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Census will determine which states win or lose in redistricting Two states that have the most on the line in the Supreme Court case over the citizenship question in the 2020 census are taking drastically different approaches to the decennial count next year. New York and Texas could have the biggest swings in congressional representation after the 2020 census. New York is projected to lose two seats, and Texas could gain as many as three, according to forecasting by the nonpartisan consulting firm Election Data Services. With the stakes so high, New York has organized a statewide effort backed by...

USA vs Spain on FS1. First Round Of 16 game.

After Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she would be stepping down, there has been a battle raging to decide who will become the next leader of the British Conservative Party, and therefore the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Several hopeful candidates have fallen since the leadership battle began, and now only two remain. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt stands as the clear underdog to Boris Johnson, the famously-eccentric former London Mayor. Some of Boris JohnsonÂ’s critics have launched waves of accusations of racism and bigotry in an effort to thwart his leadership hopes. Not only is this strategy...

There’s a recurring complaint with King County Metro customers: The buses or bus stops smell of human waste. And some customers are losing their patience, sometimes unfairly. “Either you have a serial dumper or no one did anything to address this,” one customer complained. “Sick of it. Clean this [expletive] up, literally.” As a frequent bus user, I’ve experienced some of the same observations on routes 70 and 8. The bus or bus stop can sometimes smell as if it’s been used as a toilet. KTTH and MyNorthwest, through a public disclosure request, poured through over 15,000 complaints filed with...

Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends) What, you mean I have to keep doing my job? Why didn’t someone tell me? – Pete Buttigieg got an unpleasant reminder late last week, when he found out he had to actually return to South Bend, Indiana, the town of 100,000 – you know, about the number of people who try to get tickets to the average Trump rally – where he still happens to be mayor. There, he found a small group of Black Lives Matter protesters, courtesy of George Soros, who were expressing anger over a recent police shooting...

A British judge ordered Friday that an abortion be performed on a mentally disabled woman who is 22 weeks pregnant, despite objections from the woman and her mother. Justice Nathalie Lieven admits in the ruling of the “heartbreaking” case that it’s an “immense intrusion” to order the abortion against the woman’s will, but argued that it’s in the best interest of the woman. “I am acutely conscious of the fact that for the State to order a woman to have a termination where it appears that she doesn't want it is an immense intrusion,” the justice said. “I have to...

Momentum is building to free conservative former Congressman Steve Stockman from prison. The outspoken conservative activist was targeted by the deep state after he stood up to the Obama administration, which included him calling for the arrest of Lois Lerner. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly misusing nonprofit funds for political purposes.His attorneys filed an appeal last month. It was followed by an amicus curiae signed by 27 prominent conservatives, all of whom are affiliated with nonprofits themselves. The signers include Richard Viguerie, L. Brent Bozell III and Jenny Beth Martin. The amici are concerned with how the law was...

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Across the nation, local school districts are pushing radical transgender education policies on public school children of all ages. Worse still, some policies even encourage teachers to hide a child’s gender transition from his parents. Three shocking examples from Texas, California, and Virginia show how it’s happening and what parents can do to stop it.In 2016, Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) Superintendent Kent Scribner unilaterally imposed transgender guidelines on his entire school district in North Texas. The mandatory guidelines he approved—without a board vote or public comment—encouraged students and school personnel to keep transgender status secret from parents. After...

“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else,” Charles Dickens wondered. He feared that if he wasn’t the hero, then he would surely be the victim of his own life.Dickens, like most of us, would like to be the hero. That means that we have achieved our important goals and that we are, at least somewhat, in control of our own lives.A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.  Heroes have a different outlook on...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left Washington Sunday headed for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.... President Trump tweeting over the weekend that: "major additional Sanctions" will be imposed on Iran Monday...... National Security Adviser John Bolton said Sunday that President Trump looks forward to meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit.... The rerun of the election for mayor in Turkey's largest city Sunday. Results showing a strong lead for the CHP opposition party..... Democrat Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg back home in South Bend, Indiana Sunday confronting anger and frustration at a town hall meeting.......

December 10, 2014: A New York man was arrested that day by Big Apple law enforcement and charged with gun running. Over several months, he’d smuggled at least two AR-15s in addition to approximately 129 handguns into the city, often while flying from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to JFK International Airport to do so. Once in New York, the firearms were believed to have found their way into Brooklyn’s criminal underworld. The above three incidents, though not alike in the crimes committed, do have common elements which bind them together. For one, airlines and their planes were the locus of...

Israel Folau's spokesperson claimed there is "a continuing campaign of discrimination" against the former Australia international after GoFundMe shut down his crowdfunding campaign due to a violation of their terms. Ex-Wallabies star Folau had asked for public donations in his legal battle against Rugby Australia (RA) having had his contract terminated by the governing body last month, following a social media post in which he said homosexuals were destined for hell unless they repented their sins. Folau, who had previously been warned about similar posts, received more than 700,000 Australian dollars in donations on GoFundMe, but the crowdfunding platform shut...

This is my second column in a series generated from my TEDx Talk, "How to Make an Enemy and How to Turn Them Around" focusing on how we can turn difficult relationships from distance to dialogue in an increasingly polarized world. Reportedly, Abraham Lincoln came upon a conversation with three politicians talking about a man they disliked. He listened for a minute, and then said, "I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better." One entry in a politician's diary captured his enduring wisdom. Relationships are like personal "bank" deposit systems. Every positive experience...

Jeremy Hunt says Britain would consider joining the US in military action against Iran. Tensions between the US and Iran have increased in recent weeks after the downing of an American drone, and claims by Washington that Tehran was behind attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. The Foreign Secretary's comments came as Foreign Office minister Andrew Murrison held talks with the Tehran government at the weekend where he said he was "clear" about the UK's concerns over Iran's activities. Mr Hunt said Britain would "stand by the United States as our strongest ally" and "weigh up military intervention...

The bodies of four people — including a toddler and two infants — were found Sunday night along the US-Mexico border, according to cops. Authorities in Hidalgo County, Texas reported the grisly discovery on Twitter. “Bodies appear to be 2 infants, a toddler and 20yoa female,” said local sheriff Eddie Guerra at around 9:35 p.m. CT. “Deputies are on scene…awaiting FBI agents who will be leading.” The bodies were found by Border Patrol agents in the Las Paloma Wildlife Management Area, just southeast of Anzalduas Park, according to Guerra. A cause of death was not immediately clear, but law enforcement...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Carl Hulse about his book "Confirmation Bias: Inside Washington's War Over the Supreme Court, From Scalia's Death to Justice Kavanaugh." ns are expected this week. Many will likely be decided by the five-vote conservative majority that the public has come to expect. But long before any of the current term's cases were decided, achieving that majority was part of a long-term plan, a calculated political maneuver by Republicans after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. That battle and its aftermath are the subject of a new book by Carl Hulse, chief Washington correspondent for...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Despite Democratic election wins across Nevada last year, Republicans are banking on President Donald Trump's enthusiastic supporters, a united GOP organization and a soaring economy to turn the state red in 2020. Though Trump lost Nevada in 2016 to Democrat Hillary Clinton and the state has trended blue in recent cycles, it's still considered a battleground. Trump's reelection campaign identified the state as one of at least four the president lost but is targeting in 2020....

Tucker Carlson criticizes neoconservatives like Bret Stephens, Bill Kristol, John Bolton and others who are calling for the U.S. to bomb Iran. TUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS: Just 24 hours ago, this country stood on the brink of cataclysm. After weeks of slow escalation and without a single vote from the Congress, the United States came within minutes of war with Iran. In response to the destruction of an unmanned drone, American forces nearly launched an airstrike on Iranian targets. According to some reports, our planes were literally in the air. But in the end, it didn't happen. The President pulled...

Today’s Cryptogram XMNT E KHIT MKEXMED, ZBZ GEXITL RTEIKMYMPEKMBD MD TGTHO EHTE BY VTH XMYT, EDL M KHO KB LB KVT WEZT. –HEPVETX HEO Today’s CG is courtesy of the Arkansas Gazette. You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments,...