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Andrew Cline reports on the new geopolitical mapping of America, including Beyond Red and Blue, a study featured on the Massachusetts online political 'zine Commonwealth that divides our nation into 10 surprising political regions.

Your truly has a story on disturbing new censorship legislation before the House Judiciary Committee: H.B. 4239, also called the "Parents' Empowerment Act," [which] would allow the parent or guardian of a minor to sue in federal court anyone who knowingly disseminates any media containing "material that is harmful to minors" if the material is distributed in a way that "a reasonable person can expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to the material." Yet, the name of the bill, the "Parents' Empowerment Act" is almost oxymoronic: the bill appears to place responsibility of keeping objectionable materials out of the hands of minors in everyone's hands - except the parents.

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