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In 2016 I couldn't vote for Donald Trump. I wrote about it. When people asked me about Trump vs. Clinton I responded, "You can't trust either one of them." When Trump claimed a pro-life platform, I didn't believe he'd follow through. I made a bet with my friend, Troy Newman (no relation), president of Operation Rescue and an ardent Trump supporter. If three standards were met, I would publicly recant my position. Trump would have to: reinstate the Mexico City Policy, place judges willing to overturn Roe v. Wade on the Supreme Court, and defund Planned Parenthood. I didn't get...

[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 5/06/02 ]Land of state House speaker, family would adjoin new Haralson County reservoir By JOHN MCCOSH Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Tallapoosa -- West Georgia endured some of the worst of the region's droughts in recent years, so state officials are moving to place a 2,300-acre reservoir and recreational lake in Haralson County. Project boosters say it's just a coincidence that the waves will lap against more than 1,000 acres owned by state House Speaker Tom Murphy and his family. Murphy (D-Bremen) pushed for the reservoir for years from his Statehouse post, though the site was only...