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Bass said that when she toured police station houses after being elected, the number one complaint she heard was about the perception that lower-ranking officers are punished more severely than command staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Rams had elected to boot the ball away and let the Buffalo Bills have it first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Irranca-Davies said his message for new Senedd members, elected in May, was that the "institution is at its best when we recognise that disagreement need not mean division".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
She remembered a time when Arab and Muslim New Yorkers struggled to find elected officials willing to acknowledge their experiences at all.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Shirley Chisholm became the first Negro woman elected to Congress.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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