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Illustration on human trafficking and open borders by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on Hillary's support of partial birth abortion by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on bad developments in health insurance rates by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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A recent Gallup poll finds respect for law enforcement is the highest across 14 demographic groups, among Republicans (86 percent) and conservatives (85 percent), and among liberals and Democrats as well. (Associated Press)
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Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones contends that baseball is a "white man's sport," but research indicates that black youths may be less likely to play, not because baseball is associated with white culture but because they are less likely to have fathers at home. (Associated Press)
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Stone County High School in Wiggins, Miss., is seen Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. The state NAACP says white students at Stone County High School threw a noose around the neck of a black student and "yanked backward". Ayana Kinnel, spokeswoman for the civil-rights group, says Monday that the incident took place the afternoon of Oct. 13 at the Stone County High School field house in Wiggins. The civil-rights group is calling on the school to expel the white students. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
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Katie McLaughlin, former wife of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle, makes a statement on legal action filed on her behalf during a press conference in Noblesville, Ind., Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. Fogle was sentenced last year to more than 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing and receiving child pornography and traveling out of state to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.McLaughlin is suing the restaurant chain for damages, saying the company received three reports indicating his sexual interest in children but failed to take proper action and continued promoting him as their spokesman. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2016 file photo, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Within weeks of the Pentagon allowing transgender service members to serve openly, Army officials said 10 soldiers have formally asked to be recognized as their new, preferred gender. Milley said the key now is to educate the force, particularly commanders who will have to make decisions about soldiers in their units who request a gender change. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Migrants carrying their belongings leave a makeshift camp known as "the jungle" near Calais, northern France, to register at a processing centre, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. Oct. 24, 2016. French authorities say the closure of the slum-like camp in Calais will start on Monday and will last approximatively a week in what they describe as a "humanitarian" operation. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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This photo March 22, 2013, file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2016. file photo, protesters block I-277 during a third night of unrest following the police fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C. Policing in the United States’ minority communities has been a flashpoint since the deaths of Trayvon Martin in Florida, Michael Brown in Missouri, Tamir Rice in Ohio, Sandra Bland in Texas and others. The increasing number of graphic photos and film depicting the deaths of black men, women and children at the hands of police officers has sparked unrest around the nation. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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FILE - In this June 26, 2015, file photo, a supporter of same-sex marriage runs with an "equality" flag under a larger "equality" drape outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, before the court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the U.S. Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land, but there are other battlegrounds related to civil rights and non-discrimination protections for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. Two polarizing questions: What sort of access should transgender people have to public bathrooms? And are the advances for LGBT rights infringing on the religious freedom of some Americans? (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Nicholas Novak poses for a photo in Lynwood, Ill. Novak, a part-time worker needed an operation and found out Medicaid would cover his $46,000 bill. The coverage was made eligible through Obama's Medicaid expansion. Medicaid has long been the stepchild of government health care programs. Now it's finally coming into its own, even as the 2016 presidential election could change its fate. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Justifying Ones Views on Abortion Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2016 file photo, Democratic California U.S. Senate candidate California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks during a debate against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, not shown, in Los Angeles. Come Election Day, California could legalize pot smoking. The state's new U.S. senator will be black or Hispanic, a first. Voters could end the death penalty, and revive bilingual education in schools. Behind it all, a wave of new voters - many younger, Hispanic, or both - is contributing to generational, demographic and cultural shifts that are being witnessed on the Nov. 8 ballot. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
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FILE - In this March 26, 2016, file photo, Chicago Cubs' Kyle Schwarber leaves the batter's box during the team's spring training baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Mesa, Ariz. Schwarber could return for the Cubs if they make it to the World Series. The Cubs had ruled Schwarber out for the year after he tore two ligaments in his left knee during an outfield collision in April. But a couple of positive medical reports led the team to activate the catcher/outfielder from the 60-day disabled list on Saturday so it could check him out in the Arizona Fall League. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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FILE- In this April 17, 2015, file photo, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks during her State of the State address in Portland, Ore. Brown says she supports Oregon's contentious Ballot Measure 97 because the state budget is facing a $1.3 billion deficit, and the money is needed to help fund education, health care and senior services. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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Ben Emmerson, U.N. special investigator on counter-terrorism and human rights, holds a news conference on migration policies, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at U.N. headquarters. Emmerson accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday of peddling "lies and xenophobia" by claiming a link between Syrian refugees and Islamic State extremists. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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FILE - This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. More than 28,000 Americans died from overdosing on opiates in 2014, a record high for the nation. That’s 78 people per day, a number that doesn’t include the millions of family members, first responders and even taxpayers who feel the ripple of drug addiction in their daily lives. A rise in prescription painkillers is partially to blame: The sale of these drugs has quadrupled since 1999, and so has the number of Americans dying from an addiction to them. When prescriptions run out, people find themselves turning to the cheaper alternative heroin and, increasingly, the even more deadly drug fentanyl. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
