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Princeton Indoctrination Begins Before Classes Even Start

Princeton Indoctrination Begins Before Classes Even Start

Like alumni of universities across the country, many Princeton graduates have become deeply concerned about the attacks on free speech and academic freedom at our alma mater. It is not just the public attacks that are of concern. Multiple national and college-specific polls have shown that faculty and students are afraid to say what they think. Princeton is no different. One student told us he…

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Portland’s Planned Ban Over New Texas Abortion Law Could Cost The State $7M A Year – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

Portland’s Planned Ban Over New Texas Abortion Law Could Cost The State $7M A Year – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

PORTLAND, Ore. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — According to officials, the city of Portland, Oregon’s plan to boycott Texas goods and services over its new abortion law could cost companies in the Lone Star State millions of dollars a year. Heather Hafer, a spokeswoman with the Office of Management and Finance, said Portland has inked almost $35 million in contracts with Texas-based businesses over the last…

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XVS Is Available for Exchange on Changelly

XVS Is Available for Exchange on Changelly

Changelly introduces XVS as a new member of the family of over 200 cryptocurrencies available for exchange on the platform. Users can exchange XVS to other digital assets at floating rates on Changelly. XVS is a token by VenusProtocol, an AMM and synthetic stablecoin protocol governed by the $XVS community members. XVS can be used to vote on adjustments, such as adding new collateral types and…

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‘We’ll Help You Rebuild’ – CBS New York

‘We’ll Help You Rebuild’ – CBS New York

MANVILLE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — President Joe Biden made his way around Manville on Tuesday to get a first-hand look at the destruction caused by last week’s powerful storms. “Thank God you’re safe. That’s the most important thing. We’ll help you rebuild,” Biden said. As Alice Gainer reported, he met the Dommar family, which spoke to CBS2 last Friday. They were there picking up the pieces after…

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Texas’s New Law Is The Climax Of A Record-Shattering Year For Voting Restrictions

Texas’s New Law Is The Climax Of A Record-Shattering Year For Voting Restrictions

It took several months, but Texas Republicans have finally enacted their much-debated bill rolling back voting access in the Lone Star State.  Back in the spring, disagreements between Senate and House Republicans delayed the final vote on the proposal until the last day of Texas’s regular legislative session, making it easy for Democrats to kill that bill by leaving the capitol early that day,…

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Students In Minneapolis Return To Classrooms With Masks Required – WCCO

Students In Minneapolis Return To Classrooms With Masks Required – WCCO

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Another school district is now back for in-person learning, as students enrolled with Minneapolis Public Schools return to class Wednesday morning. WCCO’s Heather Brown visited Bryn Mawr Elementary School in Minneapolis, where students and staff will need to mask up for their first day back. That’s the policy district-wide, as it is with several of the states’ other large…

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9/11, the war on terror, and the death of liberal interventionism in Afghanistan and Iraq

9/11, the war on terror, and the death of liberal interventionism in Afghanistan and Iraq

By removing all troops from Afghanistan shortly before the 9/11 attacks’ 20th anniversary, President Joe Biden sent a none-too-subtle message: He wanted America, and the world, to see that he was turning the page — that the war on terror era was well and truly over. In a speech last week justifying his decision, he stated the rationale explicitly: “It’s about ending an era of major military…

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Draper James x Lands’ End Launch Cozy New Fall Collection: Shop Now

Draper James x Lands’ End Launch Cozy New Fall Collection: Shop Now

Now that Labor Day has come and gone, perhaps it’s time to start thinking about knit sweaters, apple picking and maybe even a pumpkin spice latte. While the temperatures haven’t dropped just yet, there’s definitely a touch of fall in the air, and luckily, Draper James has you covered for all your stylish autumnal needs. Reese Witherspoon’s preppy lifestyle brand just launched its third collab…

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Kylie Jenner Confirms She’s Expecting Her Second Child With Travis Scott

Kylie Jenner Confirms She’s Expecting Her Second Child With Travis Scott

Kylie Jenner decided to put the world in her business and share the gift of life with her followers. Today she uploaded a sweet video putting speculations to an end and showing off her growing baby bump. In a nearly two-minute video, she shared with her 265m Instagram followers how she told Travis Scott, the father of her three-year-old daughter Stormi, along with her mother, Kris Jenner, that…

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Take 5 With Rich Steimel

Take 5 With Rich Steimel

In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject. Richard Steimel, senior vice president and principal in charge, healthcare, at Lendlease (New York), shares his thoughts on prefabrication and new technologies and methods to increase speed to market.   Acceleration of…

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San Bernardino home invasion results in arrest of sisters

San Bernardino home invasion results in arrest of sisters

Two sisters who are accused of pistol whipping someone during a home invasion-robbery last year have been arrested, the San Bernardino Police Department announced Tuesday. On May 8, 2020, Alize and Lyiah Faison forced their way inside a home in the 2000 block of North Central Avenue while armed with a pistol and an assault rifle, police said. The sisters stole $560 worth of property from the…

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Trump To Mark 9/11 By Charging Fans $50 To Hear Him Babble About Boxing

Trump To Mark 9/11 By Charging Fans $50 To Hear Him Babble About Boxing

Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., will spend the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks cashing in on a boxing match in Florida.  The two are set to offer “alternative” commentary to this weekend’s match between Evander Holyfield and Vitor Belfort via the FITE streaming platform.  If there is any charity component to the former president’s participation, it is not mentioned…

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Centre's criticism of Infosys, Tata angers business community

Centre’s criticism of Infosys, Tata angers business community

A public rant against two Indian business giants by officials of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ideological allies has pissed off the business community, several industry executives told Reuters. Over the weekend, a magazine run by members of Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) launched an attack on Indian tech giant Infosys for failing to fix problems with the website of…

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If you can’t save the marriage, protect the assets – The Denver Post

If you can’t save the marriage, protect the assets – The Denver Post

Dear Amy: My husband and I are both seniors. He works full time and I work part time. We have been married for over 25 years. He recently told me that he is involved in a relationship with a 19-year-old girl. When I pressed him for details, he said that they communicate several times a day and have been in touch every day for the last two years. I am devastated and repulsed by what he told me in…

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Rand Paul Says Fauci Lied To Congress After Report Shows U.S. Funded Wuhan Coronavirus Research

Rand Paul Says Fauci Lied To Congress After Report Shows U.S. Funded Wuhan Coronavirus Research

Senator Rand Paul says Doctor Anthony Fauci lied to Congress following a bombshell report indicating the United States government helped fund coronavirus research at a lab in Wuhan, China. Internal documents obtained by The Intercept through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit show the National Institute of Health (NIH) provided a “bat coronavirus grant” to a group called the EcoHealth…

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Comparing the Man Utd XI in Cristiano Ronaldo’s last game to the current side

Comparing the Man Utd XI in Cristiano Ronaldo’s last game to the current side

Cristiano Ronaldo completed his fairytale return to Manchester United this summer, 12 years after leaving the club for Real Madrid.  Ronaldo has spent the last three seasons at Serie A side Juventus but decided to return to England after they finished fourth in 2020-21. We’ve looked at the starting XI from Ronaldo’s last game at the club, a 2-0 defeat against Barcelona in 2009, and compared it to…

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Game On - Kraken Blog

Game On – Kraken Blog

The crypto market has rallied from year-to-date lows, renewing hope of a bull market on the horizon. But, historical price analysis suggests the market may be due for a pause.  In our latest report, “Game On,” the Kraken Intelligence team examines how much crypto rallied in August and whether the momentum could carry over into September – or what is, on average, the worst-performing month for…

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