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Trump Just Guaranteed Pelosi Will be the Next Speaker 0
- Politics
- November 8, 2018
Wednesday morning, basking in the shade of the red wall he helped build to hold back the vaunted “blue wave,” President Trump tweeted: — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018 Virtually everyone, including the president’s former press secretary, Sean Spicer, thought Trump was being sarcastic. Spicer himself, appearing on Fox News that same day,
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New York Lawmakers Want to Screen Gun Buyers’ Social Media History for Hate Speech 0
- Politics
- November 7, 2018
A pair of New York legislators is drafting a bill that would make social media history checks part of the process of purchasing a gun. Under the legislation, gun purchasers would have up to three years of their social media history potentially scrutinized by authorities, New York outlet WCBS NewsRadio reports. The internet search history of prospective gun
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The Economist Explains How Transgenderism Hurts Feminism 0
- Culture
- November 7, 2018
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election in 2016, Mara Keisling, head of the National Center for Transgender Equality, anticipated his hostility. She declared that trans people would fight for their rights – and that “Over the last two decades, we have made faster progress than any movement in American history”. That’s probably right. Faster
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Boy Scouts Learn Just How Fickle Women Can Be 0
- November 7, 2018
It happened. The Girl Scouts are finally suing their male counterparts after the latter decided to open its doors to scouts of both sexes a little over a year ago. Officially, the lawsuit centers on trademark issues. With the Boy Scouts rebranding to “Scouts BSA” and welcoming females into their ranks, the Girl Scouts feel
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3 Ways to Make the Post-Election World Better 0
- Culture
- November 7, 2018
I scanned my sample ballot. The options were less than inspiring. “Surely,” I thought, “there is a better way than this.” Fortunately, there is. Voting isn’t the only way to effect social change—indeed, it isn’t necessarily a very good one given what we know about voter irrationality and the like. Here are three complements to
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Kristallnacht: Are We Experiencing the Modern Version?0
- Culture
- November 7, 2018
November 9th marks the eightieth anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, in Germany. Earlier that month in 1938, a young Jew of Polish descent, Herschel Grynszpan, having learned of his family’s forced expulsion from their home in Hanover, Germany, bought a revolver, entered the German embassy in Paris, and killed Ernst Van Roth,
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Trump Just Guaranteed Pelosi Will be the Next Speaker 0