Hwang loudly calls out the flaw of democracy that allows the barest of majorities to subject all to nightmarish policies — even more nightmarish for those who voted against them.
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Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
Congress passed the law that led to its creation based on its power under the Constitution’s spending clause, which allows Congress to subject federal funds to certain requirements.
Gary Arant, a board member representing Valley Center, worried the move could jeopardize the water authority’s credit rating, which can increase interest rates for borrowing.
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2025
The Trump administration has also been jeopardizing critical Arctic alliances.
Place the chicken in front of you, breast up, with the neck pointing away from you.
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Peter Barrett,
Outside Online,
9 June 2025
Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America.
Though not currently endangered, their Arctic homes are warming rapidly due to climate change, which threatens both their hunting grounds and their preferred prey.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
In a brutal fight in which Myung-gi more than once endangers his newborn daughter (sometimes on purpose), Myung-gi ends up falling off the tall platform before the final round officially begins, meaning now either Gi-hun or the baby has to die or they will both be shot by the game workers.
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