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A judge just disrupted Democrat’s midterm map strategy

A Maryland judge has blocked a November constitutional amendment that could have helped Democrats eliminate the state’s only Republican congressional district. The legislature missed a ballot deadline it had enacted only months earlier and used language the court found misleading.

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What we never heard about the George Floyd case

Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao gives a detailed firsthand account of the George Floyd case, his prosecution and his subsequent imprisonment. He argues the officers were judged before the evidence was examined.

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America needs to make things again

America cannot remain fully independent while relying on foreign powers for the materials, medicines, weapons and technologies essential to national life. Rebuilding domestic industry will require targeted support for strategic production, combined with competition and accountability to ensure that economic independence does not become an…

THE BIG READ

Why America stopped prosecuting pornography

American obscenity laws did not disappear after the sexual revolution. The Supreme Court narrowed their scope but continued to permit prosecution of hardcore material, and federal authorities were still winning obscenity convictions in the 2000s.

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