Daily Links #120: Trump signs FOSTA/SESTA into law

Trump signs terrible, counterproductive, sex-worker-endangering, free-speech-chilling pseudo-anti-sex-trafficking bill FOSTA/SESTA into law.
Speaking of, this comes after the US government seized Backpage.com, undermining their own arguments that they needed FOSTA/SESTA do so. Bonus: After years crusading against the site for supposedly harboring sex traffickers, none of the litany of charges against Backpage executives contain anything about sex trafficking.
Hawaii becomes seventh state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
(via Secular Student Alliance | Facebook)
“Values voters” indeed: White evangelical support for Trump has increased though the Stormy Daniels scandal.
On the other end of the spectrum, credit where it’s due: Texas-based evangelical church takes a leaf out of John Oliver’s book and wipes out over $10.5 million in medical debt.
Finally, Iceland government refuses to legalize speech that insults foreign leaders.
(via @sarahemclaugh; retweet by @Popehat)

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