POLITICAL TERRORISM: GOP Lawmaker Targeted Following Baseball Field Shooting Spree

POLITICAL TERRORISM:  GOP Lawmaker Targeted Following Baseball Field Shooting Spree

Wednesday morning's attempted massacre at a baseball field in Virginia, in which an apparent Bernie Sanders backer opened fire on several GOP members of Congress and their staff after reportedly inquiring about the group's political affiliation, allegedly inspired another as-of-now-unnamed individual to threaten a female Republican lawmaker.

Staffers for U.S. Representative Claudia Tenney (R-New York), not long after Capitol Police put down the alleged gunman, reported receiving a terror-inspired email message from an individual purportedly hailing from a nearby Congressional district who mocked the female GOP lawmaker, writing, "one down, 216 to go."

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Gender Fluidity, Division of Sexes Leads To Confusion About High School Graduation Gowns

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For years, Lincoln Academy, a private high school in Newcastle, Maine, has been having boys wear black gowns and girls wear white gowns at the school's graduation. But a senior who had learned about gender fluidity suggested maybe everyone should wear black, leading to disruption and confusion; she plans to attend Bates College next year and study climate change.

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