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The Texas GOP lawmaker is one of dozens of lawmakers who have announced plans to exit Congress

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Rosa Park’s story is about courage. But, lest one forget, it is also a story about breaking the law
It was 70 years ago when four African Americans were sitting in the fifth row of a bus in Montgomery. As one white man had to stand towards the front, the driver asked the four to get up and move towards the back of the bus. Three did; one did not – the rest is history. Or so many American kids might think when they first read the story of Rosa Parks in school.
It is a story of courage, but, lest one forget, it is also a story about breaking the law. And the question for us today is what civil disobedience means in an era when the federal government is signaling its readiness severely to punish even perfectly legal dissent.
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Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario was booed by his own supporters after his clearance was punished by Harry Wilson as Fulham scored twice in just six opening minutes

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Which couples will end up securing a spot in the quarter finals?

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