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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Charles Pierce | The Authoritarians Are on Parade, All Over the World





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Charles Pierce | The Authoritarians Are on Parade, All Over the World 
Protestors hold pictures of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate on October 8, 2018, in Istanbul. (photo: Ozan Kose/Getty Images)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Sometimes, the news from disparate places combines to present us with a very unsettling whole."
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Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Anatomy of a Lie: Where Trump's Fictitious "Open Borders Bill" Comes From
Dara Lind, Vox
Lind writes: "Lesser politicians merely exaggerate or spread fear about what the opposing party would do if they took power in Congress. President Donald Trump is inventing specific pieces of legislation."
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Police performing a traffic stop and vehicle search in New Town, North Dakota. (photo: Getty Images)
Police performing a traffic stop and vehicle search in New Town, North Dakota. (photo: Getty Images)


How 20 Years of Stop and Search Has Widened America's Racial Divide
James Forman Jr., Guardian UK
Forman Jr. writes: "Why had a majority-black city instituted a style of policing that imposed such costs on its most disadvantaged residents?"
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The Yale Law Library reading room. (photo: Ashley Tarr/Patch)
The Yale Law Library reading room. (photo: Ashley Tarr/Patch)

Investigation at Yale Law School
Dahlia Lithwick and Susan Matthews, Slate
Excerpt: "An inquiry into the actions of a prominent professor reveals why it's so hard to report inappropriate behavior at the top law school in the country."
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C.J. Grisham (L), founder of Open Carry Texas, and Greg Holland, a member of Open Carry Texas, openly carry firearms in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 24, 2018. (photo: Loren Elliott/Reuters)
C.J. Grisham (L), founder of Open Carry Texas, and Greg Holland, a member of Open Carry Texas, openly carry firearms in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 24, 2018. (photo: Loren Elliott/Reuters)

Local Gun Groups Flex Muscle in State Politics, Sidestepping the NRA
Daniel Trotta, Reuters
Trotta writes: "With major gun-rights legislation stalled in Washington, much of the action has shifted to the states, where self-described 'no compromise' groups such as the Missouri Firearms Coalition have mobilized activists in favor of pro-gun laws."
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India's #MeToo movement started last year with a U.S.-based student publishing a list of harassers on Facebook. (photo: Issei Kato/Reuters)
India's #MeToo movement started last year with a U.S.-based student publishing a list of harassers on Facebook. (photo: Issei Kato/Reuters)

#MeToo: Women Journalists, Writers in India Name Sexual Harassers
Zeenat Saberin, Al Jazeera
Saberin writes: "Accusations of sexual assault have spread across India's social media as the #MeToo movement took aim at prominent journalists, writers, editors and a comedian."
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Demonstrators sit down on the rails of the coal trains while police officers are arriving and surrounding them. (photo: Daniel Chatard/National Geographic)
Demonstrators sit down on the rails of the coal trains while police officers are arriving and surrounding them. (photo: Daniel Chatard/National Geographic)

Protesters Battle Police in a Fight for an Ancient Forest
Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic
Gibbens writes: "Now, the ancient forest is caught in a legal battle between environmental groups trying to prevent deforestation and German energy company RWE, which wants to clear large swaths of the forest for brown coal mining operations."
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