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What It Takes to Allege "Actual Malice" in #TheyLied Libel-by-Accusation-of-Sexual-Assault Claims

What It Takes to Allege “Actual Malice” in #TheyLied Libel-by-Accusation-of-Sexual-Assault Claims

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The factual allegations from an earlier iteration of the case: Tallman … lives in the city of Boardman, Oregon, in Morrow County. He owns and operates a coffee shop in Boardman called, “The Farmer’s Cup.” … Miller … grew up in Boardman. In approximately April 2019, she began working at The Farmer’s Cup, as a server. She was 16 years old. Tallman hired Miller and was her supervisor. Shortly after she began working for Tallman, Miller [alleged that she] […]

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"Florida Woman Convicted of Civil Rights Conspiracy Targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers"

“Florida Woman Convicted of Civil Rights Conspiracy Targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers”

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From a Justice Department statement, released Dec. 10 but just posted on Westlaw: Gabriella Oropesa, of Cooper City, Florida, was convicted yesterday for her role in a conspiracy to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate employees of pro-life pregnancy help centers in the free exercise of the right to provide and seek to provide reproductive health services. The defendant and her co-conspirators selected reproductive health facilities that provided and counseled alternatives to abortion and vandalized those facilities with threatening […]

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Tweet George Will decries the abuse of “national security!” as a pretext for expanding the government’s control over Americans’ lives. Two slices: More than 2,000 U.S. corporations have market capitalizations larger than U.S. Steel, which has fewer employees (21,800) than Krispy Kreme, which manufactures doughnuts. The U.S. military requires a minuscule portion (in 2017, 3 percent) of domestic steel production. Japan is a steadfast ally that, while Nippon’s $14.9 billion purchase is being blocked, is purchasing vital U.S. […]

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The Historian as Priestly Gardener

The Historian as Priestly Gardener

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Contemporary Western culture is profoundly ahistorical, Sarah Irving-Stonebraker reasons in her latest book, Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age. The Australian professor devotes the first quarter of the book to making the case that, around 2010, the occidental world entered this “phase of late modernity,” to which she assigns the moniker “the Ahistoric Age.” Continue Reading…

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Regulations Are Driving Up Ride-Sharing Prices in Washington, D.C.

Regulations Are Driving Up Ride-Sharing Prices in Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C., was once one of the most ride-sharing-friendly cities in America. Nowadays, the city fines Empower—a peer-to-peer alternative to Uber and Lyft—tens of thousands of dollars per day for refusing to register with the Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV) as a private for-hire vehicle company. The D.C. Council should consider the benefits of market competition and reevaluate whether penalizing market entrants truly serves the best interest of its constituents. Empower’s platform allows independent drivers to set their […]

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For U.S Ancaps who claim to be pro-immigration except for a nebulous idea of “welfare”, where do you actually draw the line?

For U.S Ancaps who claim to be pro-immigration except for a nebulous idea of “welfare”, where do you actually draw the line?

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Many ancaps in this subreddit say they’re pro-immigration in theory, yet when it actually comes towards any idea of liberalizing the border or increasing immigration in any capacity, they hide behind a vague veneer of “I’ll allow it when they stop giving welfare to immigrants”. I do recognize instances of specific terrible policy decisions, such as Argentina’s combination of free healthcare + open borders making people from neighboring countries use the free healthcare off of the native populations’ […]

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