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And in the meantime, both will twist the rules however they can to aggrandize the rights of homophobes at the expense of LGBTQ+ people who ask for nothing more than equal justice.

“The PRC’s efforts to aggrandize its rights in the strait while constraining the rights/freedoms of other nations — by claiming excessive sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control in the Strait-has no basis in international law,” the analysis states, adding that China is conducting “gray zone” operations to control the strait.

In an era of Eras literature, which has ascended to its own genre of pop culture commentary, it can be a little too easy to hitch a ride on the bandwagon of awe and adulation — to uncritically aggrandize a billion-dollar enterprise.

He said the school is doing this “without authorization, and in an undignified manner that seems to attempt to aggrandize and deify my father in a fawning way that he would never have wanted or approved.”

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy got in big, big trouble this week for missing an opportunity to maximally aggrandize Trump.