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How Justin Jones and Justin Pearson can reclaim their seats

Just hours after the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel two Democratic lawmakers, their pictures and profiles had already been removed from the state’s General Assembly website, a symbol of the vacant seats that now need to be filled…

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Founder of ‘Protect Our Kids First’ arrested for child porn

Michael Dolce, a 53-year-old lawyer known for representing child sexual abuse survivors, was recently arrested by FBI agents at his West Palm Beach, Florida home. Dolce, who founded a group called Protect Our Kids First Inc., was allegedly laying…

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The long history of drag and why right-wing outrage is absurd

As Republicans try to ban drag queens from performing for children, it’s worth remembering that drag reaches far back into America’s history The US is facing rampant gun violence, hate driven by ignorance, a growing climate crisis and increasing levels…

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Anti-gay vandal identified through MAGA bumper sticker

Chicago police identified the suspect in a series of anti-gay hate crimes directed against a neighbor’s home through a unique bumper sticker he left at the crime scene. Last Thursday, 62-year-old Thomas Howard, a resident of the city’s…

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Transgender athletes in sports: what’s the debate?

England’s governing body for swimming has barred transgender women athletes from competing in the female category, joining a growing list of sports organisations that have placed similar restrictions on trans competitors. Under the changes announced by Swim England this week…

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Tennessee House ousts two Black members, spares White one

Two Democratic members of the Tennessee House of Representatives have been expelled while a third member was spared in an ousting by Republican lawmakers that was decried by the trio as oppressive, vindictive, and racially motivated…