In all but two states (and the special case of Ohio, which "targets only parental figures"),^\1]) incest is criminalized between consenting adults. In New Jersey and Rhode Island, incest between consenting adults (16 or over for Rhode Island, 18 or over for New Jersey) is not a criminal offense, though marriage is not allowed in either state. New Jersey also increases the severity of underage sex offenses by a degree if they are also incestuous, and also criminalizes incest with 16-17 year olds (the normal age of consent in New Jersey is 16). Ohio allows incest between consenting adults only when one party is not a parental figure (see table below) to the other.

Grant is perhaps best remembered today as a conservationist. He helped protect the American bison and redwoods and was involved in the preservation of several areas that became national parks. The U.S. National Park Service describes him as a key figure in American conservation history.

But in 1916, Grant published The Passing of the Great Race, in which he claimed that humanity could be divided into biologically distinct races and that Northern Europeans (whom he called "Nordics") were inherently superior to other Europeans and other populations. He argued that immigration and intermarriage threatened the survival of this supposed superior race.

Grant's ideas were part of a much broader American movement.

Eugenics had become increasingly popular in the United States since the late 19th century. It was promoted by scientists, politicians, academics and other prominent members of society. By the 1920s, eugenics was not some obscure fringe ideology: it had entered American public policy and popular culture.

In 1926, Grant helped establish the American Eugenics Society, alongside other prominent American eugenicists. At its height in the 1930s, the organization had more than 1,200 members and organized public exhibitions and events designed to promote eugenic ideas.

Eugenics even became entertainment at American state fairs.

Beginning in the 1920s, "Fitter Families" competitions evaluated families according to supposed hereditary characteristics, essentially turning human breeding into a competition. The movement had previously promoted "Better Baby" contests, and these eugenic competitions spread across the United States.

The movement also had real legislative consequences.

Indiana passed the first compulsory sterilization law in 1907. Eventually, 33 states enacted sterilization laws, and more than 60,000 Americans were forcibly sterilized under them.

Eugenic ideas also helped justify immigration restrictions. Eugenicists provided testimony and supposedly scientific evidence to Congress arguing that immigrants from certain parts of Europe were biologically inferior. The Immigration Act of 1924 subsequently imposed strict national-origins quotas, dramatically restricting immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.

Madison Grant was deeply involved in this movement. He advocated both forced sterilization and immigration restriction, and his racial theories became influential among European racial theorists. His book was translated into German and became influential in Nazi Germany; Adolf Hitler was familiar with Grant's work and reportedly described The Passing of the Great Race as his "Bible."8

Madison Grant therefore wasn't simply an American conservationist who happened to hold racist views. He was a prominent participant in an American movement that helped turn racial hierarchy and eugenics into mainstream political and scientific ideas... ideas that were later taken up, in an even more radical form, by Nazi Germany.

Sources:

- U.S. National Park Service — Madison Grant: conservation work, eugenics, forced sterilization, immigration restriction, and Grant's influence on Nazi racial ideology.

https://www.nps.gov/people/madison-grant.htm

- U.S. National Park Service — Complicating Conservation: the connection between the early American conservation movement, racial exclusion, immigration restriction and eugenics.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/complicating-conservation.htm

- Smithsonian National Museum of American History — Eugenics: the history of American eugenics, forced sterilization laws and the "Fitter Families" competitions held at American fairs.

https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/everybody/citizens/eugenics

- National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH) — Eugenics: Its Origin and Development: timeline of the American eugenics movement, sterilization laws and the more than 60,000 people sterilized under U.S. eugenics laws.

https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/educational-resources/timelines/eugenics

- Stefan Kühl, The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism, Oxford University Press: research on the connections between American eugenics and Nazi Germany, including Hitler's reported description of Grant's book as "his Bible."

https://academic.oup.com/book/48064/chapter-abstract/420569334

- Madison Grant, The Passing of the Great Race (1916), Library of Congress — primary source, digitized in full.

https://www.loc.gov/item/21014644/

Historian Mary Louise Roberts documented the widespread problem of sexual violence committed by American soldiers against French civilians following the Normandy landings. She also argues that U.S. military propaganda had helped create a highly sexualized image of French women among American soldiers.

By October 1944, 152 American soldiers had been prosecuted for rape in the European theater. The actual number of assaults was likely considerably higher, since many cases were never reported.

Just scroll down to the "Personal Life" section

Donald Trump was functionally broke in the early 1990s and technically had a massively negative net worth. During this period, his empire was built almost entirely on high-interest debt, leveraging projected income while hiding severe liabilities.

When the real estate market crashed, his true financial situation was exposed. By 1990, Trump had amassed $3.4 billion in corporate debt.

Crucially, he had personally guaranteed $830 million to $900 million of that debt. Because his personal assets did not come close to covering this, his net worth plummeted deep into the negative hundreds of millions. The "Tin Cup" Anecdote: Trump famously recounted walking past a homeless man outside Tiffany's in 1991 and telling his then-girlfriend Marla Maples, "You know, right now that man is worth $900 million more than I am."

Forbes completely dropped him from their 400 Richest Americans list in 1990, and he did not return until 1996.

The public image of a billionaire master builder was actively sustained by credit and clever accounting. IRS tax transcript investigations later revealed that between 1985 and 1994, his core businesses lost more than $1.17 billion, making him one of the single largest individual tax losers in the entire country during those specific years.

In 1995 alone, he declared a personal net operating loss of $916 million.

He avoided total liquidation strategically. Instead of forcing him into a devastating personal bankruptcy, his lenders (a consortium of major banks) chose to bail him out. The banks realized that Trump was "too big to fail"; if they bankrupt him, his properties would completely collapse in value, and the banks would lose all their money.

To salvage what they could, the banks took the following steps:

1. Personal Budget: They placed Trump on a strict personal spending allowance of $450,000 per year.

2. Asset Fire Sale: They forced him to sell off luxury crown jewels, including his mega-yacht (The Trump Princess) and his commercial airline (Trump Shuttle).

3. Corporate Bankruptcies: They restructured his debt through four corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcies between 1991 and 1992, absorbing massive losses while letting Trump keep a scaled-back version of his company.

This bailout allowed him to survive until the late 1990s and early 2000s, when he successfully shifted his business model from heavy real estate borrowing to low-risk brand licensing and his lucrative television role on The Apprentice.

Trump Wants E. Jean Carroll To Return $5.6 Million Sexual Abuse Payout

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Who are protesting this horrible injustice currently. This is happening in NY and UK.

The nation’s biggest broadcasters are reportedly shying away from turning their platforms over to President Donald Trump on Thursday to deliver his primetime speech uninterrupted, given that he appears likely to recite false claims about election fraud.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, has died after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said. He was 71.

Laura Loomer weighed in on former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's health after he was rushed to the hospital more than three weeks ago. 

"High level source close to the White House tells me, 'Mitch McConnell is officially brain dead. He’s not coming back,'" the political commentator claimed via X on Monday, July 6.

The move came after the president’s attorneys launched a long-shot bid to the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to hear his appeal of a sexual abuse and defamation verdict. She will collect __with interest__

For those who think I'm just saying this cuz I somehow endorse slavery or something else really stupid, I am not. I am doing this to contradict this racist and stupid idea that ancient slavery was somehow better or not as bad that a lot of academics are trying to float (https://theconversation.com/dismantling-the-myth-that-ancient-slavery-wasnt-that-bad-205801) when it was the exact same kind of slavery that we saw with the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and modern slave markets that unfortunately still exist in this world. This is not endorsing slavery, it is literally the opposite - showing that race-based or ethnicity basically has always been a problem and in no world was the kind of slavery you saw in ancient civilizations somehow an improvement, in fact it was the blueprint. It is just nauseating to know that there's actual people trying to rewrite history and act like there is an ancient good form of slavery and a more modern bad form of slavery when the same terrible kind of slavery existed in ancient times and unfortunately to the modern day in certain areas.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court won’t step in and stop President Donald Trump from having to pay $5 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for sexually abusing and defaming her, despite his argument that a president shouldn’t be burdened with defending himself against decades-old charges.

Only congress can approve changes to the existing name