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Recent Examples of exploiterRepublicans saw him as an exploiter of Bush’s insecurities and an opportunist who amassed power at the expense of Congress.—Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
At the time, advocates told WCCO the approach focuses on harm reduction and helping both communities and users stay safer while working toward recovery.
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Ashley Grams,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
That was largely because of a huge swell of protests from hunters, fishermen, hikers, mountain bikers, and other recreational users of these lands—and from the businesses that cater to them.
The quarter-ton bears, apex predators who are revered by some Native American tribes but also feared for their attacks on livestock and sometimes humans, became locally extinct in California in 1924, the same year that the last California gray wolf was captured and killed.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
After Warren Jeffs’ arrest, what are the confluence of events that allow for a predator like Sam Bateman to infiltrate this vulnerable community?