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On 1st December, WHO, together with communities and partners will commemorate World AIDS Day 2023, under the theme “Let communities lead”. Local Gay Icon posthumously honored humanitarian Timothy Ray Brown, widely known as the “Berlin Patient,” with the 464th star on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars. Human Rights Day 10 December. and more...

On 1st December, WHO, together with communities and partners will commemorate World AIDS Day 2023, under the theme “Let communities lead”. Local Gay Icon posthumously honored humanitarian Timothy Ray Brown, widely known as the “Berlin Patient,” with the 464th star on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars. Human Rights Day 10 December. and more...

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In<br />

The<br />

News...or not<br />

by AioBUS<br />

The Great Debate<br />

This debate will go down in history as<br />

a modern-day version of the Scopes<br />

Monkey Trial. It will be the first time both<br />

sides have come clean with their issues.<br />

This nation has stood for rights <strong>since</strong><br />

1925 when the great attorney Clarence<br />

Darrow joined the fight for the right<br />

to teach any theory, including those<br />

that may deny the story of the Divine<br />

Creation of man as taught in the Bible.<br />

In opposition to teaching bans, local<br />

businessmen George Rappleyea and<br />

Scopes got themselves arrested, and<br />

the pair enlisted the aid of the American<br />

Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to organize<br />

a defense. Christian fundamentalist<br />

William Jennings Bryan assisted the<br />

prosecution.<br />

Thus, the stage was set for one of the<br />

most famous trials in U.S. history.<br />

In a dramatic twist, Clarence Darrow<br />

called only one witness, Bryan, and<br />

mopped the floor with his arrogance.<br />

On July 21, in his closing speech, Darrow<br />

asked the jury to return a guilty verdict<br />

so that this verdict could be appealed.<br />

After eight minutes of deliberation,<br />

the jury returned with a guilty verdict,<br />

and Raulston ordered Scopes to pay<br />

a fine of $100, the minimum the law<br />

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allowed. Later, in 1927, the Tennessee<br />

Supreme Court overturned the Monkey<br />

Trial verdict on a technicality but left<br />

the constitutional issues unresolved until<br />

1968, when the U.S. Supreme Court<br />

found it violated the First Amendment.<br />

To all, it was settled.<br />

Until The Great Debate and other GOP<br />

disasters<br />

Like the great debate on Fox, each side<br />

was subjected to significant ridicule<br />

and contradictory statements to the<br />

amusement of the crowd.<br />

Finally, it was agreed that both sides<br />

claim they love America, and you may<br />

have a different opinion, and for now,<br />

that’s okay. But from where I see it,<br />

only one side was talking about all of<br />

America.<br />

Highlights:<br />

It was DeSantis and Hannity vs. Newsom<br />

and Biden. says the New York Times<br />

“Joe Biden will be our nominee in a<br />

matter of weeks,” Mr. Newsom said<br />

before adding of Mr. DeSantis, “In a<br />

matter of weeks, he will be endorsing<br />

Donald Trump.”<br />

Mr. Newsom added that inflation was<br />

down to 3.2 percent. Wage growth<br />

had topped 4 percent, and economic<br />

growth in the last quarter was a blistering<br />

5.2 percent, he said, adding, “Those are<br />

facts you don’t hear on Fox News.”<br />

-Meanwhile, New York court reinstates<br />

Trump’s gag orders in civil fraud case:<br />

Santos expelled Kevin McCarthy says<br />

Matt Gaetz “Belongs in Jail,”

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