Why I Left the Free State Cult

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I wanted out. Fearing backlash, I slowly, passively removed myself from FSP circles. I stopped attending events and unfriended thousands on Facebook. In early 2016, when Ian Freeman publicly claimed that children can consent to sex, I opted for a formal cleaving.

Hassan, Shaheen, Goodlander meet with AmeriCorps members, directors to discuss proposed program cuts

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“As we heard this morning, as we were talking about what the impact of potential cuts to the AmeriCorps program would be, it’s not going to save money,” said Senator Shaheen. “What it’s going to do is downshift those costs to local communities, and it’s going to actually cost us more. So this is all a foolhardy effort.”

Senator Hassan on Director Noem’s hearing exchange: ‘I was truly shocked by her answer’

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“And the fact, I was hoping that she actually would be able to respond accurately to the question of what habeas corpus is and I was anticipating that we would have perhaps a difference of opinion about how easy it is for a president to decide to suspend it, what kind of process they have to do. And instead, I found that she was giving me a definition that was completely inverted.”

Hassan, Goodlander meet with educators to discuss impact of DOE closure on Granite State students

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“I’d just like to say that as public educators, our number one commitment is to do what is best for our students. And we achieve that through federal funding. So, largely our federal funding. goes to our most at-risk kids. It is students from low-income families. It is students who are homeless. It is students with social and emotional needs.”