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Patriots Fan Who Protested Anthem Kneeling Wins Again; One Citation Left

Matthew McDonald

A New England Patriots fan from Swansea who protested against football players kneeling during the national anthem on September 28 by burning a Patriots jersey outside his home and inviting people to watch has gotten three of the four citations issued by the local fire chief against him tossed. He is asking a Superior Court judge to toss the one remaining citation on First Amendment grounds, which may set up a conflict between free speech and the state's fire code.

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Vermont Newspaper Fires Editor for Opposing ‘Third Gender’ Pronouns

Matthew McDonald

Denis Finley was fired as editor of The Burlington Free Press for tweets that "failed to adhere to the company's code of conduct and ethics policy," according to a story in the newspaper. The story doesn't mention any particular tweets, but the one that's getting the most attention responds to a tweet that called a bill that in the Vermont legislature that would add a "third gender" pronoun to Vermont driver's licenses "awesome":

https://twitter.com/denisjfinley/status/949456071554469888

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