Social Issues

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Wisconsin Sen. Jon Erpenbach speaks at a news conference accompanied by Rep. Jimmy Anderson, right, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Madison, Wis., to warn of "rationed" health care for Wisconsin residents under a Republican health care plan that would replace the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo by Cara Lombardo)

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In this March 22, 2017 photo provided by the Nassau County Police Department, Tommy Vladim Alvarado-Ventura, of Hempstead, N.Y. is shown. Police say Alvarado-Ventura, a member of the MS-13 street gang who had been deported from the U.S. four times, stabbed two women and sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl in a New York City suburb. (Nassau County Police Department via AP)

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A progressive student organization at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, has apologized after a social experiment involving racist fliers backfired. (KMSP)

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Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch gathers his papers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, during a break in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Judge Grouch's supporters say he is a kind, open-minded man. However, Grosuch's opponents have said Grosuch lacks empthy, pointing to his 2008 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ruling. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

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Breana Harmon Talbott, an 18-year-old Texas woman who burst into a church bloodied and half-dressed claiming she had been kidnapped and raped by three black men, has admitted to making up the story, police said Wednesday. (FOX 4)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by her grandson Thomas, walks to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017, as the GOP's long-promised legislation to repeal and replace "Obamacare" comes to a showdown vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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In this March 19, 2017 photo, the Garcia family receives a special blessing in Bogota, Colombia. The Garcia's are among a group of Venezuelan converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. Their journey almost fell apart when late last year, after months of correspondence with officials in Israel, they were denied entry over concerns they weren’t involved enough with Venezuela’s Jewish community and were looking to take advantage of Israel’s immigration policies to flee the troubled South American nation. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by her grandson Thomas, walks to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017, as the GOP's long-promised legislation to repeal and replace "Obamacare" comes to a showdown vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The Capitol is framed through a window in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017, as House Republican leadership scrambles for votes on their health care overhaul. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., a key moderate in the health care bill debate, explains why he would be voting "no" on the Obamacare replacement, Thursday, March 23, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

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In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017 photo, Ric Rooney sits in a newly-installed room in his updated tanning salon northeast of downtown Colorado Springs, Colo. President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act imposed a 10 percent tax on tanning as a way to help fund provisions of the law that expanded coverage for some 20 million Americans. With the Republican's health care overhaul, salon owners now expect relief. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks in support for the Republican health care bill during a TV interview in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Ryan and President Donald Trump are trying to persuade reluctant GOP conservatives to vote for the bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this March 15, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. gestures during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans’ health care bill provides massive tax cuts to the wealthy while increasing taxes for many lower income families, adding to America’s big income gap between the rich and everyone else. “This is a massive transfer of wealth from working families to the very richest people in this country,” said Sanders. “In this case, all the people will be forced to pay more for health insurance while billionaires get a tax break.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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In this March 19, 2017 photo, Jackson Marrone receives a special blessing at a synagogue in Bogota, Colombia. Marrone is among nine Venezuelan converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. According to an official in Israel familiar with the case, there was evidence suggesting some of the applicants converted to Judaism to take advantage of Israeli social benefits, including health insurance. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

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In this March 19, 2017 photo, a rabbi fills out paperwork in Bogota, Colombia, making the conversion of nine Venezuelans to Judaism official before their departure to Israel. According to an official in Israel familiar with the case, there was evidence suggesting some of the applicants converted to Judaism to take advantage of Israeli social benefits, including health insurance. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

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In this March 17, 2017 photo, Jewish converts Sahir Quitero, center, her husband Franklin Perez, son Ezra, left, and daughter Hannah, walk to departures lounge of the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on their way to Israel. Their journey almost fell apart when late last year, after months of correspondence with officials in Israel, they were denied entry over concerns they weren’t involved enough with Venezuela’s Jewish community and were looking to take advantage of Israel’s immigration policies to flee the troubled South American nation. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)