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    Student attempts to be first openly gay climber to reach Seven Summits

    NJ.com
    March 10, 2013

    Cason Crane is attempting to become the first openly gay person to scale the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on all seven continents. In this June 2012 photo, Crane holds holding one of his Rainbow Summits Project posters on top of Mt. Elbrus, Russia, the highest mountain in Europe. Photo courtesy…


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    Revealed: Hobby Lobby founder behind $3 billion effort to 'rebrand Jesus'

    Matthew Chapman
    February 03, 2023

    A mysterious commercial called "He Gets Us" that is set to air during the Super Bowl and promotes faith in Christ has been linked to the founder of Hobby Lobby — and a three-year-long campaign he has funded to "rebrand Jesus," according to Christianity Today on Friday.

    "For the past 10 months, the 'He Gets Us' ads have shown up on billboards, YouTube channels, and television screens — most recently during NFL playoff games — across the country, all spreading the message that Jesus understands the human condition," reported Bob Smietana. The ad shows pictures overlaid with text like "Jesus called huddles, too," and "Jesus confronted racism with love,"; and "Jesus was a refugee."

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    Gunmaker fined $19K for illegal donation to pro-gun super PAC

    Rodric Hurdle-Bradford
    February 03, 2023

    Gun manufacturer Sig Sauer was fined a $19,000 "civil penalty" by the Federal Election Commission for an illegal 2020 donation to Gun Owners Action Fund, a pro-gun industry super PAC that spent in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to defeat current Georgia Democratic Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

    Although the fine was for the 2020 election, it was handed down by the Federal Election Commission in April and just made public in January.

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    Arizona GOP proposal would dramatically increase signature requirements for ballot measures

    Gloria Rebecca Gomez AZ Mirror
    February 03, 2023

    Lawmakers are seeking to place a measure on the 2024 ballot that critics say could further hamstring Arizonans’ efforts to pass their own laws.

    Since it was ratified in 1912, Arizona’s Constitution has given citizens the right to put changes to state law and the constitution on the ballot, as long as they gather the required number of signatures in support.

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