Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for October 31, 2026. In today’s U.S. news, controversy surrounds the tight Alaska Senate race, spotlighting legal and ethical questions over how two candidates named Dan Sullivan landed on the ballot. Voters in 39 states will face more than 140 ballot measures on Election Day, covering topics […]

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1179:
Philip II is crowned King of France. In 1180, Phillip would order the arrest of
all Jews living in his realm based on charges of ritual murder. It should come
as no surprise that two years later, in 1182 Phillip confiscated all of the…