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Dem Houston DA slams ‘broken system’ at border for letting in migrants suspected of killing Jocelyn NungarayA New Jersey mayor has ordered a Pride flag that has flown from the borough hall flagpole each June for years to be taken down and moved — and gay activists complain he’s hidden it behind trees in the back of the building.

“This year, Mayor Kennedy O’Brien has decided to hide the beacon of acceptance in the trees behind Borough Hall,” the group wrote.Texas mom tells The Post she was kicked off United flight for misgendering flight attendantThe move comes as the town pushes a proposed rule that would ban specialty flags — such as the Pride flag — over the municipal building, the outlet said.

“As I fly the Pride flag, I have to fly practically every flag,” Mayor Kennedy O’Brien said, claiming he’d had to hire someone to keep track of what flags fly when. Earlier this month, Ken Kelly, a former councilman who also chairs the local Veterans’ Alliance, told elected officials that the Pride flag was “a matter of great controversy and anxiety to our fellow veterans” because they thought the flagpole was dedicated to honoring the military.

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