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Why Longer Lives Mean the Future of US Politics Is Female – OZY

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Why Longer Lives Mean the Future of US Politics Is Female  OZY Women live longer than men. And in the realm of politics, simply sticking around has an advantage, as seniority often dictates power — particularly in Congress and state legislatures. But that hasn’t helped women traditionally. Until now. For decades, men have more often gotten elected at a younger age, whereas women either struggled to win races or didn’t choose to join politics until after raising children. Take Nancy Pelosi, perhaps the most sustainably powerful female American politician in history,…

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro took a page from US politics by dangling the possibility of an evangelical Supreme Court Justice – Vox.com

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro took a page from US politics by dangling the possibility of an evangelical Supreme Court Justice  Vox.com Victor Moriyama/Getty Images But US evangelicals have been more loyal to Trump than Brazil’s evangelicals have been to President Bolsonaro, so this move may not work. Speaking at an Assembly of God Pentecostal church this morning, Brazil’s rightist President Jair Bolsonaro opened a new front in Brazil’s culture wars: the composition of Brazil’s Supreme Court. Decrying a recent Supreme Court ruling that hate crime legislation protects sexual minorities, Bolsonaro asked, “Isn’t it…

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American politics doesn’t need a Christian supremacy. It needs solidarity. – The Washington Post

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American politics doesn’t need a Christian supremacy. It needs solidarity.  The Washington Post In a country that spans a continent, in a party that produced Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, there is still no serious political challenge to the … “us politics” – Google News

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