Daily Links: 11/07/17 – Québec’s face-covering ban goes to court

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• Civil liberties and religious freedom advocates are going to court over Québec, Canada’s bigoted new face-covering ban. ^[pictured]

• Justice Department drops prosecution of woman who laughed at Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearing.
  (via Joe.My.God.)

• Explaining why he’d rather do nothing about guns, Paul Ryan says “prayer works” in response to a mass shooting where 26 were murdered whilst praying in a church.

• Trump is becoming toxic for Republican candidates and they know it.

• Finally, Australia’s voluntary, non-binding, basically useless postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage is ending, with a predicted majority voting in favor.
  (via Joe.My.God.)

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