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But in a fundamental sense, Trump’s most disturbing remark over the past few days may have been his unprompted comment about Abraham Lincoln during an appearance on Fox News: “Lincoln was probably a great president. Although I’ve always said, why wasn’t that settled, you know? I’m a guy that — it doesn’t make sense we had a civil war.”

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And if he is, here’s the thing: The Civil War couldn’t have been “settled” by moderating Northern demands that the South give up its slaves, because there was no such demand.

Yes, Northern states had banned slavery within their own borders and many Northerners considered slavery abhorrent. But outspoken abolitionists who sought to end slavery everywhere were a small minority. If the South hadn’t seceded, slavery might well have continued unimpeded for decades.

Star Trek: Section 31 will debut in January.

The Steam Deck 2 might be significantly faster than its predecessor.

REPEAT, CONFIRMED SIGHTING OF MAOIST STANDARD ENGLISH IN THE WILD

https://fxtwitter.com/jaredlholt/status/1848477959340101898

Printed 117 years ago today in The Seattle Star. Image cleaned up, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

• Dead priest ID'd as child molester, joins long and growing list
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• Southern Baptist pastor pleads guilty in seminary sexual abuse coverup
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• Wisconsin pastor arrested again after new victim comes forward
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• Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse
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• Kansas pastor charged with rape and kidnapping in Utah

• Oklahoma pastor found guilty of lewd acts, rape of underage girls
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• Priest pleads no contest to one felony count of possession of child sexual abuse material
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• Arkansas pastor arrested, facing 100 counts of child pornography possession
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• Michigan church leader charged with sexually abusing children
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Mozilla is reminding Firefox users that a necessary root certificate expires soon and that older browser versions could become a security and usability nightmare in a few months. Starting March 14, 2025, Firefox versions older than 128 (ESR 115.13) containing the expired certificate will likely cause "significant" issues with add-ons, content signing, and streaming of DRM-protected media.

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A recent investigation by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab has uncovered potential security weaknesses in WeChat's custom encryption protocol. These weaknesses arise because the developers of WeChat, which boasts over a billion monthly active users, have modified the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 protocol, creating a version called MMTLS.