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State Senator Wants To Pay Coast Guard Personnel With State Funds During Federal Shutdown

Matthew McDonald

A Massachusetts state senator is calling on the state legislature to appropriate state funds to pay U.S. Coast Guard personnel stationed in Massachusetts during the partial federal government shutdown.

More than 2,000 active-duty and reserve personnel of the Coast Guard are being forced to work during the shutdown without getting paid for it, according to the Salem News.

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Massachusetts HS History Assignment Asking Students To Determine If Trump Is/Is Not “Fascist” Irks Some, Raises Serious Doubts About Critical Thinking Goal

Bill Gnade

A history class assignment asking students to analyze President Donald Trump to determine if he qualified to be called a fascist has irked some parents of students in Haverhill High School (HHS).

The Eagle-Tribune reports that the assignment was given by "veteran history teacher Shaun Ashworth" and essentially asked students to find "Evidence that Mr. Trump talks/behaves like a Fascist" or "Evidence Mr. Trump does not behave like a Fascist."

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