Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.
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Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
Many of these decisions were made so Netanyahu could retain the support of the far-right extremists keeping him in power and avoid a possible jail sentence on corruption charges.
Some imagery on the shirt, depicting Haitian revolutionaries from the early 1800s, was declared political and therefore not allowed, having fallen foul of FIFA’s often quite stringent rules around kits at World Cups.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Both then and now, targeting revolutionaries like Dessalines has supported that goal.
For The Times) The Supreme Court upheld states’ ability to count mail ballots postmarked by election day but arriving later, which conservatives have argued slows vote counting but liberals defend as expanding voter access.
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Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Giving the president more direct control over who serves on those bodies has long been a goal of conservatives, who have objected to unelected bureaucrats wielding too much power with little accountability.
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