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"..I keep seeing articles like this, about how people choosing to drink less is hurting bars and restaurants, and it's almost always framed as people, especially younger generations, don't like to drink.

They never seem to bring up the fact that a cocktail is like $20 now unless you go to a really divey dive bar. It's the same kind of reporting they on how no one goes to the movies anymore. It's always about changing habits, and never that movie tickets just cost a lot now.."

"...Tulsi Gabbard's 2019 Tweet Comes Back To Haunt Her: 'The US Must Not Go To War With Iran'
Gabbard's tweet resurfaced following the resignation of the director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday..."

"...Republicans Add Slate Of Anti-Trans Proposals To Controversial Voting Rights Bill...

...One proposed amendment would create criminal provisions for doctors who provide gender-affirming care, including prescribing puberty blockers or hormones, to transgender youth. The bill would penalize doctors with a fine or up to 10 years in prison. The amendment to criminalize gender-affirming care mirrors language from a bill by former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that stalled in the House.


Another SAVE America Act amendment would bar transgender women and girls from participating in women’s and girls’ sports teams.

“The Senate majority knows that this bill will never get the votes it needs to pass, but they are nevertheless attempting to appease President Trump by taking cheap shots at transgender people,” Caius Willingham, a senior policy analyst at Advocates for Trans Equality, told HuffPost in a statement, noting the amendments could impact more than just transgender people.

“It would also severely impact working-class people, people of color, young people, and anyone else who cannot afford to pay document fees and take time off work to register to vote in person.”

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) on Tuesday said in a statement that he “worked closely” with Trump to amend the bill in light of the president’s “priorities to restore election integrity, keep men out of women’s sports, and protect children from gender mutilation surgeries.”

Schmitt’s office did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment..."

"...Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional..."