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VIDEO: 10 Things Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t know about their own religion

 Lloyd Evans has a new video and we love the premise. Here’s how he describes []

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Trump has now twice implicated Pence, who seems aware he’s in a Prisoner’s Dilemma

[The vice president meeting Ukraine President Zelensky in Warsaw, Sept 2]

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[In regards to this Washington Post story: Trump involved Pence in efforts to pressure Ukraine’s leader, though officials say vice president was unaware of allegations in whistleblower complaint]

The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a []

Trophy hunting beneficial to African communities? Boston Globe begs to differ.

[Cecil the lion]

As repugnant as trophy hunting is, it has its defenders. And invariably, they argue that killing lions and elephants in Africa is actually beneficial to the local communities where it []

Tree of Life: Nearly a year later, a community struggles with homegrown terror

 This brilliant Times of Israel piece revisits the Tree of Life synagogue, almost a year after 11 of its members were killed in a cowardly act of domestic terrorism last October []

Lloyd Evans talks to ex-JW author whose publisher was sued for his apostasy

 Lloyd’s description: “Watchtower’s typical response to apostate writers and activists is to pretend they don’t exist. But when Misha Verollet published his German-language book ‘Goodbye Jehova!’ about his experiences as a Jehovah’s Witness, they sued his publisher. I caught up with Misha in Vienna to find out more about his []

Tom Cruise and the Ukraine president: Hit us with your best conspiracy theory

 Tom Cruise picked a hell of a week to meet with the president of Ukraine, Vanity Fair points []

If Mueller Report ‘exonerated’ Trump from ‘collusion,’ why fixate on undermining it?

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly []

Roger Friedman: ‘Crazy as a fruitbat’ Kirstie Alley wants to know who the whistleblower is

 Roger Friedman at Showbiz 411 is in rare []

Woman’s Day says DWTS fans groaned at news Leah Remini will guest-judge? Really?

 Leah has not only been a contestant on Dancing With The Stars (and we loved her Scientology-inspired interpretive dance), but she’s also guest hosted already. []

NXIVM: Keith Raniere’s prosecutor gets her reward, parachutes to private practice

[Moira Penza leaving court. Photo by Dianne Lipson]

Moira Penza, the lead government attorney on the team that convicted Nxivm leader Keith Raniere, has left the Department of Justice to re-enter private practice. She has joined the boutique law firm of Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz. []