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Three years ago, Montgomery County, Maryland approved several books that include LGBTQ characters for use in public school classrooms. Not much else is known about these books, how they have been used, when used in lessons, or how teachers will use them in the future.These questions came before the lower court, but the Supreme Court decided to hear the case – Mahmoudv. Taylorbrought to you by conservative Muslim and Christian parents who find these books uncomfortable. These lower courts had the opportunity to sort out whether someone's constitutional rights were in fact violated.Despite all this uncertainty, all six Supreme Court…
Your mileage may vary. This is an advice column that provides a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemma. To submit your question, fill out this anonymous form or email [email protected]. Here is a question from readers this week.Recently, I have been avoiding news about the current political situation to help my mental health. That really helps. I have not completely buried my head in the sand. I still get some information from things leaking to others and social media (I use it less) and things like John Oliver, but overall, I didn't think about it much. But obviously…
Luigi Mangione, 26, accused of bravely shelling United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who became a blessed vigilante, was charged by the Federal Ju Trial on Thursday.According to NPR, federal accusations include stalking, firearm violations and murder by using a firearm. If convicted, Mangion will be subject to death for murder. Mangion also faces additional charges from state prosecutors in New York and Pennsylvania, where he was arrested. Attorney General Pam Bondy recently directed prosecutors at the Department of Justice to seek Mangion's death penalty. “If there's a death incident, this is one,” Bondy told Fox News. “This man is accused…
Just after midnight on Saturday, the Supreme Court handed over a short order prohibiting the Trump administration from eliminating groups of Venezuelan immigrants without justification. It is known as the fact of this incident Aarpv. Trumpuncertain and rapidly developing. A lot of what we know aarp The case comes from an emergency application filed by an immigration lawyer at the ACLU late Friday night. The application said the government began moving Venezuelan immigrants around the US to Texas detention facilities without providing much explanation as to why they were doing so.One day on Friday, an unknown number of these immigrants…
What should America's immigration policy be implemented? This may seem like an absurd question for the current immigration agenda to send hundreds of people, including those who have legally been here and many without criminal history, to the largest prisons of the Salvadra faction known for human rights violations, to reclaim the visas of domestic candidates by speeding up tickets, losing customs or random imprisonment. Sign up here to explore the big complex problems the world is facing and the most efficient ways to solve them. It was sent twice a week.Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance has posted on X.…
The Justice Department, the State Department and perhaps the White House top officials may be guarding the barrels towards a criminal conviction against the court's light empty. But even if they are convicted, it is not clear whether anything will happen to them.On Wednesday, Judge James Boasberg determined that Trump administration officials who denied one of his orders had a “presumed cause” to conclude that they had requested that deportation be suspended under illegal orders calling wartime laws. (A light empt is a process used to punish people who violate court orders, sometimes imprisoned.)Boasberg's order concludes that unless the government…
This story appeared in log off, a A daily newsletter that will help you stay informed about the Trump administration without taking over your life in political news. Subscribe here.Welcome to logoff: Today, I focus on the escalating battle with the judicial division over illegal deportation after an appeals judge (a stop before the Supreme Court) issued a harsh warning about the dangers violating the court's orders.What is the context? Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was sent to a prison in Salvador last month despite a court order, except for his deportation. Last week, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower…
Koala is a national Australian icon. And in some parts of the country, these marsupials – known for their fluffy ears, adorable clingy babies, and eucalyptus leaves diets – are at risk of extinction. Over the past 20 years, population sizes in some regions have fallen by half.It may seem strange that the government is shooting them from trees. From the helicopter. In a national park. Earlier this month, government officials likely shot hundreds of koalas dead from helicopters in Budge Bim National Park, a protected area in southern Victoria, as reported by journalist Michael Dahlstrom. Some animal welfare advocates…
J.K. Rowling’s supporters frequently claim the author has never actually said or done anything transphobic. It’s a position you can see on social media, in the pages of the New York Times, and even on a 2023 podcast with Rowling herself.It’s also an easily debunked lie.Some of this confusion around Rowling’s opinions can be cleared up with a definition of transphobia, which doesn’t — despite the “phobia” — solely mean fear of trans people, but, per Merriam-Webster, also an “irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against transgender people.” (In fact, Merriam-Webster’s own examples list cites multiple articles related to…
That's probably the most urgent reason Democrats lost in November. The party has lost solid support from working-class voters across the country and has no solid sense of how to get them back.Now, a group of democratic researchers, strategists and operatives are beginning a new effort to communicate with the rest of their party to best deal with concerns before the 2026 election cycle.The working-class project, led by former Democratic middle governor of Louisiana and former mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landryu, will provide guidance on how to build a “more sustainable majority” in future elections over the coming months.Their…