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White evangelicals love Trump. Religious voters? Not so much.

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(CNN)Much has been made of President Donald Trump’s strong standing with voters on the religious right, especially after a Christianity Today editorial called for Trump to be impeached and removed from office. The editorial generated a lot of press because Trump won white born-again evangelicals with more than 75% of the vote in 2016 and his approval rating with them remains at 75% in CNN/SSRS polling taken in the middle of last year. Simply put, Trump’s not popular with nonwhite born-again evangelical voters. His approval rating with them was a…

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Racism exclusions up in England’s primary schools

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496 temporary exclusions for racism from primary schools in the academic year 2017-18 a rise of 40% on 2006-07, when there were 350 exclusions in the North West there were 36 temporary exclusions in 2006-07, compared with 76 in 2017-18 the number of exclusions for racism across all schools in England has fallen over the same period Nai’m’s story Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNai’m says the racism left him shocked and sad at the same time Carla, who moved to Manchester from Bermuda three years ago…

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Woman Writes An Open Letter, Explains How 4 Words Changed Her Attitude Towards Motherhood

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“There’s no trophy, Ashley,” her husband said as she was giving birth. The words really resonated with her, reminding her that it’s OK for mothers to think of themselves as well. She put all of her realizations into a wonderfully-written post on Facebook, and it quickly went viral. Continue scrolling and read for yourself. Image credits: Image credits: Ashley J. Gibson The superficial trophy she has dealt the most with during her latest pregnancy was the feeling that she needed to get her pre-baby back right away. “I work in…

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Israel’s Netanyahu seeks immunity from prosecution in corruption cases

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(CNN)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested immunity from prosecution in three corruption cases in which he faces indictment on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Political rival slams request Rival Benny Gantz, who leads the Blue and White party, blasted Netanyahu’s request, saying voters will have two choices in the upcoming elections in March. ” … the interests of Netanyahu will win or the national interest will win. Or there will be an extreme immunity government or there will be broad unity government. Or the kingdom of…

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Turns Out The Child Actor Playing Danny In The Shining Had No Clue They Were Filming A Horror Movie

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Everyone has heard about “The Shining,” if not Stephen King’s 1977 novel, then definitely Stanley Kubrick’s horror film. The story focuses on a family occupying an isolated historical hotel after the father (played by Jack Nicholson) agrees to be the off-season caretaker of it. Jack Torrance is accompanied by his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd). Everything seems mundane and calm until a winter storm leaves the Torrances snowbound and Jack starts to lose sanity due to the supernatural forces that inhabit the hotel. The movie is…

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Marriott slapped with $300G discrimination lawsuit filed by black woman over ‘no party policy’

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(Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images) STAYING IN A HOTEL ROOM? YOU MIGHT WANT TO AVOID SITTING IN THE UPHOLSTERED CHAIRS The two-page no party policy says it was established to inform all guests of noise limits and “not to insinuate any distrust in the ‘average’ guest,” according to a copy provided by Gonzales’ attorneys. “No hotels want to have parties in them and we don’t want that type of business,” the policy read. The policy also said guests are responsible for any missing items from their suites…

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Joe Biden’s ‘West Wing’ fantasy

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(CNN)Former Vice President and current Democratic front-runner Joe Biden is a good guy. In fact, that’s his primary argument for why he deserves the presidency: He’s America’s Uncle, a literal regular Joe who wants to bring respectability back to the Oval Office, uniting the warring houses of red and blue in the common goal of mopping up the toxic sewage pouring out of President Donald Trump’s White House. It’s a heartwarming aspiration, on the face of it. But Biden’s statement Monday that he’d be open to choosing a Republican running…

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