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As the talks faltered, Washington put its thumb on the scales, suspending aid to Ethiopia, while Trump suggested that Egypt might "blow up" the dam.

As a rule of thumb, smart meters in the northern region designed to connect to the radio signal have two small indicator lights on the communications hub, fitted to the top of the smart meter.

The thumb has long been on the scale for rapists, misogynists and bigots.

Purcell takes that public-interest idea, makes it very specific, says it’s just about elections, and puts a huge thumb on the scale to disfavor last-minute federal court intervention in elections.

And in one of his recent writings on this, he kind of suggested a modified version of this four-part test that really puts a huge thumb on the scale disfavoring federal court intervention.