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The system red states are constructing works by empowering extreme ideologues and partisans to impose their will on their communities, whatever level of popular support they happen to enjoy. Dissenters get the right to set public health and educational policy, overriding the judgment of elected school boards and expert regulators. Anti-abortion vigilantes and anti-LGBTQ+ extremists are empowered to surveil their neighbors and rewarded for bringing legal proceedings against them. Lax open-carry laws, immunity from criminal prosecution, promises of kid-glove treatment from police and prosecutors, and pardons when “leftist” prosecutors try to crack down on right-wing thuggery signal to militias and other reactionary radicals that they can engage in political violence with near impunity.

Examples abound. This year, Indiana’s Republican attorney general, Todd Rokita, launched a website with the Orwellian name “Eyes on Education.” The website invites informants to report on teachers who share “objectionable curricula, policies, or programs”; it also posts personally identifying information that can easily be used to dox or harass educators. Among the “objectionable” materials reported through the site is an email from a superintendent who vowed to “address societal injustice in our classrooms” in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. After Florida enacted its Safety in Private Spaces Act, banning transgender people from using state-owned bathrooms that match their gender identity, transgender and cisgender residents alike have reported being assaulted by bystanders claiming that they “don’t belong” in public restrooms. Localordinances designed by Jonathan Mitchell, the lawyer behind Texas’ anti-abortion bounty-hunter scheme, use vigilantes to target individuals who cross state lines to secure abortions. Georgia is implementing changes to its electoral rules that practically invite hardcore partisans to disrupt the certification of election results, a strategy with origins in the 2000 presidential election that MAGA leaders returned to in 2020 and 2022.

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one of the most widely reported proposals in Project 2025 is its threatened “campaign to enforce the criminal prohibitions” of the Comstock Act “against providers and distributors of abortion pills.” That law, enacted in 1873 amid a sexual-purity crusade, purports to make it illegal to mail any “article or thing … intended for producing abortion.” For decades, federal agencies under both Republican and Democratic administrations interpreted the Comstock Act narrowly, to apply only when the person mailing an article or thing intended that it be used unlawfully. Reversing this long-standing position would trigger not only a wave of federal criminal prosecutions, as speakers at the Democratic National Convention stressed. It would also kick off a surge of vigilante lawsuits under local laws that authorize ordinary citizens to enforce federal abortion restrictions.

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Brookfield NH Planning 5/16/19 HLT-00-02-21

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Common Repairs Needed After a Home Inspection: What Must Sellers Fix?

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If you're selling your home, youmight wonderif there are common repairs needed after ahome inspection. Most buyers, after all,won't commit to purchasing aplace until it's been thoroughly vetted by a home inspector-and rest assured,if thereareproblems, this professional will find them!

So if yourhome inspectionturns up flaws that your home buyer wants fixed, what then?

To be sure, repair requestsafteran inspection are a hassle,and liable to cut into your profits. So for starters, make sure toread your contract carefully to make sure you don't get locked into repairingsomething you don't want to fix.

As a seller, you should never sign a contract until you fully understand its obligations, particularly where it concerns your responsibility for repairs, saysMichele Lerner, author of Homebuying: Tough Times, First Time, Any Time: Smart Ways to Make a Sound Investment.

And rest assured, there's no need for youto fixeverythinga home inspector thinks could stand for improvement; a home inspectionreport is not a to-do list.

Basically repairs fall into threecategories: ones that are pretty much required, ones that typically aren't required, and ones that are up for debate. Here's how to know which is which.

Common repairsrequired after a home inspection

There are some repairs that will be required by lenders before they will release funds tofinance a buyer's home purchase. Typically theseaddress structural defects, building code violations, or safety issues.

If a home inspection reveals such problems, odds are you're responsible for fixing them.Start by getting some bids from contractors to see how much the repairs will cost.From there, you can fix these problems or-the more expedient route-offer the buyersa repair credit so they can pay for the repairs themselves. This might be preferable since you won't have to oversee the process; you can move out and move on with your life.

Home inspectionrepairs that aren't required

Cosmetic issues and normal wear and tear usually don't have to be fixed.

Some contracts will expressly state that the buyers cannot request any cosmetic repairs to be made and can only ask for fixes to structural defects, building code violations, or safety issues, says Lerner. Furthermore, state laws may also impact your liability as a seller for any issues uncovered during an inspection.

Be sure to check your localordinances to know which fix-its legally fall in your realm of responsibility.

Home inspectionrepairs that are negotiable

Between repairs that are typically required and those that aren'tis a whole gray area of repairs that are up for grabs.How you handle those dependsin part on the market you're in. If you're in a hot seller's market, you have more power to call theshots.

While buyers are always advised to have a home inspection so they know what they are buying, when there are a limited number of homes for sale and buyers need to compete for homes, they are more likely to waive their right to ask a seller to make repairs, says Lerner.

In fact, the best contract for a seller would be for the buyer to agree to purchase your homeas isor to request an 'information only' home inspection, thus absolving you of any need to pay for any repairs.

However, in a normal market, you won't be able to draw such a hard and fast line. Work with your real estate agent to understand what items you should tackle and where you might want to push back.

You'll want to be reasonable-after all, you've already put a lot of time into the selling process, and it's likely in your best interest to accommodate somerepairs rather than allowing the buyer to walk away. Also, depending on the magnitude of the requested repair, it's not likely to go away. Now that it's been uncovered, you'll need to disclose the issue to the next buyer.

How to negotiatehome repairs

Here are twosneaky but totally effective ways to handle the home repair hurdle:

Offer a home warranty.I sometimes keep a$500 one-year home warrantyin my back pocket as a token to ease concerns during a home inspection repair request session, says RealtorKyle Springer, with Coldwell Banker in Bowling Green, KY. That can come in handy if there is an element that doesn't truly need repairs but is still worrying the buyers, such as an aging HVAC unit.

Barter for something of value to the buyer.Often sellers will suggest their real estate agent ask the buyer's agent ifthe buyers want appliances or furniture if they have no plans move them. Springeradvises sellers to wait to make that offer until after they get the repair request list, because they may be able to beg offcertainrepairs in exchange for items such as the washer and dryer.

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'Amazingly Open' Tiny House in Wyoming Changes the Form of Wee Abodes

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By now, we all know that the tiny-house movement is anything but tiny-in fact it's downright huge.It'sbecome a widespread obsession among many designers, along with the public looking to shed the unnecessary trappings of our modern life.

After all, the thinking goes, we've all become used to the idea of homes that are really, really small-now let's see what we can do with the form and function of those tiny spaces.

The latest example: this tiny houselocated in Sheridan, WY (for now). The wood-sided home on wheelsis on the market for $61,000, and it's a mere229 square feet. But inside it feels pretty darn roomy. Welcome to the open-concept tiny home.

A view of the exterior

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It's amazingly open, sayslisting agentHeather Vanderhoef. It's spacious for 200 square feet. I'm thinking I could live there, which surprised me.

Tiny homes have earned a bum rapas cramped, dark spaces with little space to sleep. In the case of this small home, the layout brings to minda shotgun home-it's long, not squat as manytiny homes are. An owner can easily see from one end of the home to the other, and everything you need is on a single level. No clambering up and down a ladder in the middle of the night to use the modest facilities.

And this portable palace has a fewunique featuresfor a tiny home: a copper roof, bamboo flooring, two skylights, and room for a queen-size (yes, queen!) bed. The skylights add to the home's open appeal and let in abundant natural light-a perfect remedy for any sort of claustrophobic inclinations these tiny dwellings inspire.

So where would this tiny home feel at home? It'd be perfect on a ranch, Vanderhoef says, noting that thewide open spaces in Wyoming would be perfect for tiny homes. These structuresare noted for their versatility-they're able to move on wheels to any urban or rural location, so long as the localordinances allow the owner to drop trailer.

The openinterior

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And while the open-plan spec homes in California we're accustomed to ogling have price tags well into the seven digits, this is an affordable entree to architecture worth admiring.It's less expensive than single-family homes and occupies a smaller carbon footprint than most dwellings.

It's pretty cool, Vanderhoef says.It's cheaper than building a guesthouse or building a separate man cave or she shed.

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