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Damon Darling appears in the public record primarily as a social-media comedian and merchandiser who posts oil-rig–themed content and sells apparel through his website; multiple profile pieces claim h...
Several recent state bills sought to change ages tied to sexual consent, marriage, medical consent, or criminal prosecution — mostly to raise ages (e.g., Oklahoma’s HB1003 to raise statutory‑rape thre...
Since 2010 dozens of U.S. states considered or passed laws aimed at blocking “Sharia” or foreign/religious law; databases count between roughly 201 and 233 anti‑Sharia/anti‑Muslim bills introduced acr...
No U.S. state has “passed Sharia law” as a parallel legal system; instead, more than a dozen states have enacted laws or ballot measures intended to block courts from applying “Sharia,” “foreign,” or ...
Available reporting does not identify a physical oil rig owned or operated by Damon Darling; his public profile in the supplied sources portrays him as a content creator who produces “oil rig”–themed ...
Twelve to fifteen U.S. jurisdictions already let residents store state IDs or mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) in smartphone wallets or state apps for some official uses, and at least 14 states are acc...
Data from the 2023 American Community Survey shows many of the states with the highest poverty rates are in the South and Southwest, and a plurality of those high-poverty states are under Republican c...
As of the sources provided, a majority of reporting distinguishes ordinary state driver’s licenses (19 states + DC as of 2023–2025 reporting) from federally regulated commercial driver’s licenses (CDL...
Hugo Chávez’s government seized or nationalized foreign oil assets in multiple waves, most prominently in 2007 when it reasserted state control over Orinoco heavy‑oil projects operated by major intern...
ICE operated a large, dispersed network of detention facilities in and before 2024, ranging from dedicated ICE processing centers to county jails holding immigration detainees; reporting and advocacy ...
States that passed measures explicitly described as banning Sharia or restricting foreign/religious law include Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, South Dakota, Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama; Oklahom...
Available reporting does not show Damon Darling owning an oil rig or an oil company; coverage characterizes him as a comedian and content creator whose persona and merchandise reference oil-rig work a...
Official and reputable post-election analyses put 2024 turnout between about 64% and 65.3% of the eligible U.S. electorate: the University of Florida Election Lab and related reporting cite roughly 64...
Since 2020, reporting shows a renewed push by some Republican lawmakers and state officials to curb the influence of “Sharia” by advancing new bills or touting existing laws; Texas actions and multipl...
Census and multiple research outlets show turnout in the 2024 presidential election was high by modern standards — roughly 65.3% of voting-age citizens voted according to the Census Bureau’s CPS estim...
Recent reporting and legislative records in the provided sources show a stronger trend toward raising, not lowering, state ages of consent or tightening rules around minors (for example, Oklahoma move...
States enacted a variety of “Sharia bans” or foreign‑law restrictions mainly in 2010–2011, and several high‑profile measures (for example Oklahoma’s 2010 constitutional amendment) were later blocked b...
As of the documents in this file, at least eight U.S. states (California, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Texas, Wisconsin and Alabama) and the U.S. territory of Guam have laws that authorize chemi...
The available contemporaneous reporting indicates that, following the 2024 general election and as the 119th Congress was seated, twelve states had in their U.S. House delegations: . This finding is r...
The available reporting shows several high-profile crashes involving drivers described as undocumented who held commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs), prompting federal action and state disputes over li...