‘Operation Higher Court’: Inside the religious right’s efforts to wine and dine Supreme Court justices
A former evangelical leader details his group’s extensive program to influence Justices Thomas, Alito and Scalia through meals and entertainment.
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Newsom signs gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight
The California governor signed a gun control bill Friday that mimics Texas’ abortion ban. He also unveiled an ad targeting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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The NRA helped make it hard to study gun violence for decades. Now the floodgates are open.
What actually reduces gun violence? The NRA helped make it hard to study for decades. Now these studies are getting federal funding to seek solutions.
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What the hell is wrong with the US that we are regressing at such a fast rate. Every study and medical data shows spanking is not only harmful with life long problems but counterproductive in dealing with childrens problems. These are the same people that demand teachers are grooming kids now want those same teachers to hit them? This is again a drive to return to draconian religious views. Hugs
Missouri school district reinstates spanking as punishment: ‘We’ve had people actually thank us’
The Cassville school board approved a policy this summer to once again use corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure for K-12 students.
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Pastor files lawsuit after he was handcuffed for watering flowers
Black pastor from Alabama accused police of racial profiling him in a discrimination lawsuit, after he was unlawfully handcuffed for watering his neighbors flowers while they were out of town.
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Conservatives in Idaho target 400 library books — but the library doesn’t even own them
After nine months on the job, the library director is quitting. “Nothing in my background could have prepared me for the political atmosphere of extremism,” she said.
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Trump considering releasing surveillance footage of FBI Mar-a-Lago search
Some allies of former President Donald Trump are urging him to publicly release surveillance footage of FBI agents executing a search warrant on his Mar-a-Lago residence, a proposal that has drawn mixed reaction inside his orbit, CNN has learned.
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Trump Steamrolls His Way Past Accountability. The Mar-a-Lago Search Might Be Different.
Donald Trump’s signature strategy for getting ahead of scandals, ignoring inconvenient facts and hammering his own version of events has served him well, but it might not save him this time.
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Scottie
