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Tax Burden Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Tax Burden Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Standing at the podium at an anti-Equal Rights Amendment dinner in Washington are, from left: Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), activist Phyllis Schlafly, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), March 22, 1979. The dinner was held to celebrate the date of what would have been the expiration of the seven-year ratification period for the ERA before its extension by Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
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Anti-abortion leader Phyllis Schlafly, a delegate from Alton, Ill., right, talks with Juanita Crosby, a Missouri delegate from Kansas City, on the floor of the Astrodome during the opening session of the Republican National Convention in Houston, Aug. 17, 1992. Abortion rights proponents gave up their fight to force a floor debate on softening the anti-abortion plank of the party. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
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Anti-abortion demonstrators, including Phyllis Schlafly, foreground, rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1992. The high court upheld most provisions of a restrictive Pennsylvania abortion law. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)
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Phyllis Schlafly speaks during an interview in her office Wednesday, March 7, 2007, in Clayton, Mo. At 82 the matriarch of the conservative movement is showing no signs of slowing down and is still speaking out against abortion and illegal immigrants, still fighting the Equal Rights Amendment and still a thorn in the side of not only Democrats but of Republicans she sees as leaning too far to the left. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Phyllis Schlafly sits at her desk during an interview in her office Wednesday, March 7, 2007 in Clayton, Mo. At 82 the matriarch of the conservative movement is showing no signs of slowing down and is still speaking out against abortion and illegal immigrants, still fighting the Equal Rights Amendment and still a thorn in the side of not only Democrats but of Republicans she sees as leaning too far to the left. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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In this March 11, 2016 photo, longtime conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, 91, endorses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before Trump begins speaking at a campaign rally in St. Louis. Her support for Trump has led to internal strife _ and what she claims was an attempt to oust her _ at the organization she formed nearly a half-century ago to fight the Equal Rights Amendment. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Supporters of the main opposition party wave Georgian national flags during a protest against buying gas from state-controlled Gazprom, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, March 6, 2016. Thousands of Georgians formed a human chain stretching for about 7 kilometers (4 miles) through the capital on Sunday to protest negotiations between their government and the Russian natural gas monopoly, Gazprom. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
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Texas wide receiver John Burt (1) celebrates with teammates after they defeated Notre Dame in double overtime in a NCAA college football game, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, in Austin, Texas. Texas won 50-47. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Sen. Kelly Ayotte
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Pope Francis blesses a nun of the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity as he leaves at the end of the Canonization Mass of Mother Teresa in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Screen capture from a Facebook video of demolition of a Toledo Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. A pro-life monument is being erected on the site. [https://www.facebook.com/lynn.mills.399/videos/vb.697867478/10154137687162479/?type=2&theater]
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In this Aug. 26, 2016, photo, Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II poses for a photo near Cannon Ball., N.D., on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation overlooking an encampment where Native Americans from across North America have gathered to join his tribe's growing protest against a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline. About 30 people, including Archambault himself, have been arrested in recent weeks for interfering with construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. (AP Photo/James MacPherson) ** FILE **
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, photograph, Miss Missouri, Erin O'Flaherty waves as she is introduced during Miss America Pageant arrival ceremonies in Atlantic City. O'Flaherty, is the first openly lesbian contestant to win a state title in the Miss America pageant. Her platform is suicide prevention, an issue she says is particularly important with young gay people. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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A plumber at a Planned Parenthood clinic under construction. He told pro-life activists that he have no reservations about doing a plumbing job for an abortion clinic, nor would he for the KKK or even for Adolf Hitler. Video via sophia1679 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFgx6VAK2N0
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Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle arrives at the federal courthouse in Indianapolis in this Nov. 19, 2015 file photo. Fogle, imprisoned for child pornography and sex abuse, says the parents of one of his female victims are to blame for what he describes as her "destructive behaviors." Fogle makes that argument in a Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, filing in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) **FILE**
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Illustration on Trump's "softening" on immigration by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency
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Pamela Anderson's official Twitter account promoting a signed and personalized copy of her last naked centerfold in Playboy. In the September 1 Wall Street Journal, Ms. Anderson and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach denounced pornography in an op-ed titled, "Take the Pledge: No More Indulging Porn."
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This January 2015 file booking photo released by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office shows Brock Turner. The former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman is poised to leave jail Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, after serving half a six-month sentence that critics denounced as too lenient. (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
