Remember George Carlin’s 7 words you couldn’t say on TV? Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control have been told to avoid using seven words in their budget requests. The words include “fetus,” “transgender” and, my personal favorite for a scientific agency, “science-based.”
Michael Gerson, a guy who thinks of himself as a moderate Republican, has come to the obvious conclusion a mere 13 months too late — Republicans have to lose more elections like the one in Alabama if the party, at least as he understands it, is to survive.
Rehoboth Beach commissioners tabled the plan to extend voting rights to owners of limited liability corporations. The article also points out that Mayor Paul Kuhns is co-owner of Arena’s Deli, which I didn’t realize.
This is what life is like in a police state: The family of the 16-year-old shot and killed by a Delaware state trooper earlier this week is just as much in the dark as the rest of the public about what happened that led to the shooting, let alone who shot him. All police have said is that the youth “displayed” a gun. It’s not a police bill of rights, it’s a bill of special privileges.
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