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The healing-industrial complex has mushroomed into a gazillion dollar business, and for good reason: there’s an endless volume of toxicity being spewed at us daily, either in the news or from people in our lives. These days, there’s something...
by Alison Gallant
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on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 06:33 PM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event, in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �
This is the ...
by birches
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on Tue Sep 05, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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UPDATE: The Guardian has a good article today on this story. For one thing, Jenni Hermoso is now pretty much a hero everywhere in Spain. When Jenni Hermoso arrived in the stands, the standing ovation was thundering. On the field below, Atlético de...
by yankeewhiteboy
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on Sun Aug 27, 2023 at 12:54 AM PDT
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Well this is a thing I did not know about. One would think they would vomit before this happens. All things in moderation. You must drink water to stay hydrated in this heat BUT do not drink a lot at one time and too fast. When you are thirsty and I...
by Vetwife
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on Mon Aug 14, 2023 at 09:55 AM PDT
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THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SERIES. FOR PART ONE, GO HERE. In the first post of this two-part series on deregulation, we covered planes, so next up are trains (we won’t get to automobiles, sad to say). The train derailment that occurred in East...
by Ian Reifowitz
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on Sun Mar 19, 2023 at 06:29 AM PDT
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Help has arrived in East Palestine, just in time. Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons! GoComics.com/laloalcaraz & laloalcaraz.com y Pocho.com y mas!
by laloalcaraz
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on Wed Feb 22, 2023 at 01:42 PM PST
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Like many parts of the United States, Colfax, Louisiana, has a long history of deeply rooted institutional racism. One of Colfax’s distinctions in this terrible story is that time and time again, Louisiana and our government have sanctioned attacks,...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Dec 19, 2022 at 11:24 AM PST
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Good afternoon, everyone! I’m not trying to start a pie fight; distinctions need to be drawn about what needs to be done before someone is hurt or killed. I’m not trying to be hyperbolic; it makes me angry and frustrated with the inaction of West...
by abluerippleinohio
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on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 11:10 AM PST
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The trick about conspiracy theories is they’re built from a kernel of truth. Anti-vaccine theories are a good example—a lack of trust about what our bodies are exposed to helped create fertile soil for anti-vaccine theories to grow. America's federal...
by Matthew Braunginn
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on Mon Aug 22, 2022 at 07:29 AM PDT
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President Biden’s compassion was on full display at the signing of the PACT act. It was beautiful to watch. As I was reading the comments, I kept expecting attacks from the ugly authoritarian white supremacist white grievance bigot party members and I...
by Dem
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on Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 11:16 AM PDT
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by Nick Anderson
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on Wed Aug 03, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Let's just remove the fig leaves from the attempted justification for Senate Republicans voting down the Honoring our PACT Act by the former head of " Club for 'Growth' " (ironic since this is an extremely right wing group which supports Republican...
by Dem
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on Mon Aug 01, 2022 at 02:20 PM PDT
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On Thursday, March 3, 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 3967, the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021. The bill was only expected to pass in the House because the Democratic Party holds the majority of seats. This is exactly how it...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Mar 03, 2022 at 03:40 PM PST
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Back on Valentines Day, Trump supporter Kanye West hinted that he was sending his ex wife Kim K a bed full of red roses and the words "My Vision is Krystal Klear" written on the side of the vehicle. At the time people interpreted that as a sign that he...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Thu Mar 03, 2022 at 04:48 AM PST
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On Wednesday, comedian and veterans’ activist Jon Stewart joined veterans and veteran organizations to speak out in support of the Honoring Our PACT Act, which would pay for benefits and primary care for veterans who have been exposed to toxic...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Mar 02, 2022 at 04:10 PM PST
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Imagine a woman’s simple message that she is alone , taken as an invitation to solicit sex from her, especially during this pandemic times that have gotten many of us have feeling alone and sad. It’s a shame that Carson misogynist and borderline...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Sat Feb 19, 2022 at 07:24 AM PST
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Good afternoon. Let's get to it! So, Tesla's been ordered by a San Francisco federal court to pay $136.9 million for a racist and toxic work environment. Here's a tweet for more clarification. Tesla could have avoided this. There's no excusing what...
by abluerippleinohio
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on Wed Oct 06, 2021 at 02:29 PM PDT
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In a July 2020 poll conducted by Civiqs, 82% of Democrats polled said that they wear a mask whenever they leave the house, compared to only 27% of Republicans. In general, about two-thirds of women polled said they always wore a mask, while just...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Aug 10, 2020 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Alexanna Hengy is a staffer with the Rashid for Congress campaign, an environmental activist and co-founder of the Rappahannock Climate Mobilization, and suicide prevention activist. You can find out more about Qasim’s campaign at www.rashidforva.com...
by Qasim Rashid
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on Thu Apr 23, 2020 at 11:07 AM PDT
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Alexanna Hengy is a staffer with the Rashid for Congress campaign, an environmental activist and co-founder of the Rappahannock Climate Mobilization, and suicide prevention activist. You can find out more about Qasim’s campaign at www.rashidforva.com...
by Qasim Rashid
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on Wed Apr 01, 2020 at 11:02 AM PDT
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