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Black man who says he was elected mayor of rural Alabama town files federal civil rights lawsuit claiming white leaders are BLOCKING him from the role

The plaintiff, Patrick Braxton, 57, claims he filed the necessary proper paperwork to run in the town’s 2020 mayoral election – and won when no one else did  When the situation was understood, the filing claims, the incumbent and town council held an illegal, secret election to keep him on as mayor of the town […]

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Paris needs to learn to live with rats, mayor concedes – POLITICO

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has a message for the rats overrunning the City of Light: Why can’t we be friends? After years spent battling vermin, this week Hidalgo’s administration announced it intends to take a different approach and attempt to achieve a more peaceful state of coexistence with the rodents. “With guidance from the mayor, […]

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March for Life returns to DC with new post-Roe v. Wade focus | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

One year ago, the annual March for Life protest against legal abortion took place in Washington in a mood of undisguised triumph. With a fresh conservative majority on the Supreme Court, thousands of marchers braved bitterly cold weather to celebrate the seemingly inevitable fall of Roe v. Wade.Now they’re assembling again, with the constitutional right […]

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