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House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke at a conservative Christian event in Iowa, while the 1619 Freedom School hosted a Read-In event to protest book bans, and discussed the potential for a warmer and drier winter.

House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke at a conservative Christian event in Iowa. The 1619 Freedom School hosted its annual Read-In event to protest book bans. And it could be a warmer and drier winter.

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