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Jimmy Kimmel Reveals He Secured Italian Citizenship as Fellow Trump Critics Flee U.S. – Realtor.com

Jimmy Kimmel Reveals He Secured Italian Citizenship as Fellow Trump Critics Flee U.S.  Realtor.com Jimmy Kimmel’s backup plan may be a move to Italy  CNN Jimmy Kimmel secures Italian citizenship in case he needs to escape Trump’s second term  Los Angeles Times Jimmy Kimmel obtained Italian citizenship in response to Trump’s ‘unbelievable’ re-election  The Guardian Jimmy Kimmel secures Italian citizenship as liberal celebrities threaten …

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After a traumatic childhood, I built a life where I wouldn’t have to take care of anyone. Now my husband’s daughter needs me. I want to flee.

After a traumatic childhood, I built a life where I wouldn’t have to take care of anyone. Now my husband’s daughter needs me. I want to flee.

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, After a traumatic childhood, I built a life where I don’t have take care of people. But recently my husband’s adult daughter developed a serious illness, and she and her toddler son have moved in with us. I’m living my …

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Texas House reconvenes without quorum as Democrats flee state | Texas

Texas House reconvenes without quorum as Democrats flee state | Texas

Texas Democrats in the state legislature denied its speaker a legislative quorum Monday by leaving the state, forestalling plans proposed by the White House to redistrict Texas’s congressional lines to more greatly favor Republicans. When the legislature gaveled in at 3pm local time on Monday, Republicans fell short of a quorum by eight votes after Democrats fled to Illinois, a …

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Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP’s redistricting plan

Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP’s redistricting plan

Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts.  “For two weeks, while families in the Hill Country mourned the loss of over 130 Texans in catastrophic floods, Democrats fought to make their relief the …

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Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump

Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump

Getty Images Gene Wu, a Democratic state lawmaker in Houston, says he and others are “walking out on a rigged system”. Democratic state lawmakers have fled Texas to try to stop a vote on a new congressional map that would heavily favour Republicans. The proposed redistricting – unveiled by Texas’s majority Republicans last week and backed by President Donald Trump …

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Texas Democrats flee state in effort to block GOP’s House map overhaul – The Washington Post

Texas Democrats flee state in effort to block GOP’s House map overhaul  The Washington Post Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump  BBC Texas Democrats flee state to prevent vote on redrawing congressional map  The Guardian Texas Democrats Leave State to Stop Republicans’ Redistricting Plan  The New York Times Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas House Democrats with removal from office …

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Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort – Chicago Tribune

Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort  Chicago Tribune Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent vote on GOP-drawn congressional map  CNN Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas House Democrats with removal from office for fleeing state  The Texas Tribune Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump  BBC Will Texas be as ‘gerrymandered’ as California?  Fox News …

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Texas House Democrats flee to block GOP congressional map

Texas House Democrats flee to block GOP congressional map

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state Sunday in a bid to block passage of a new congressional map …

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Texas Dems to flee state amid national redistricting battle – Politico

Texas Dems to flee state amid national redistricting battle  Politico Will Texas be as ‘gerrymandered’ as California?  Fox News Democrats contemplate walkout in Texas  The Hill In draft congressional map, Texas Republicans bet big that gains with Latino voters will persist  The Texas Tribune Texas House panel passes new redistricting map that adds more GOP seats  CBS News Source link

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How the Brain Decides to Flee or Freeze

How the Brain Decides to Flee or Freeze

Summary: A new study reveals how evolution fine-tunes instinctive fear responses by tweaking a key neural switch deep in the brain. Comparing two deer-mouse species, researchers found that forest-dwelling mice have hypersensitive escape circuits, while open-field mice are more likely to freeze. This difference is traced to the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG), a brain hub for defensive actions, which is …

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