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California activist blames racism and ignorance for Utah lawmaker’s assertion that DEI is to blame for the horrific Baltimore bridge collapse — www.nbcnews.com/... In reality, it is a tragedy: people have died and many people are suffering because of...
by jamesinsf
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on Thu Mar 28, 2024 at 10:51 AM PDT
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For several years when I was younger, I was part of an independent small Christian church not affiliated with any Catholic or Protestant organization or denomination. The church did not have a creedbook, theology statements, doctrinal coda, or other...
by SteveDavis
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on Fri Jun 09, 2023 at 08:07 AM PDT
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“We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness” ― Joseph Conrad The verdict By the standards of the developed world, murder is common in America. In 2020, there were 26,031 in the US. Most are little noted. Some are notorious – notably...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Sat May 13, 2023 at 03:47 PM PDT
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Utah Republican State Rep. Merrill F. Nelson has been in the Beehive State’s legislature since 2013. Before that, he was an attorney with affiliations to the Utah Supreme Court, the Utah State Bar, and many other prestigious Utah groups, in including...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Sep 09, 2022 at 11:48 AM PDT
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In 2012, Jennifer Rubin supported Mitt Romney for president, so much so that Politico suggested she should be labelled Romney’s spokesperson. When he was elected senator in 2018, she still had high hopes for him. No more. The sky has well and truly...
by Dan K
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on Wed Jul 06, 2022 at 08:35 AM PDT
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Though there are a handful of billionaires whose names we know from their frequent media coverage, there are plenty of ultra-wealthy folks who mostly live under the radar. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have an impact—for better or for worse. One...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Wed Dec 22, 2021 at 09:30 AM PST
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A family in Delaware has witnessed a loved one descend into madness. According to the Dallas Observer, multiple members of the Leek family confirmed that a relative had left her husband and children in the Mid-Atlantic to follow a fringe QAnon cult...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Tue Dec 21, 2021 at 08:53 AM PST
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At the end of Pride Month, an extremely brave group of Brigham Young University (BYU) students, friends, and alumni participated in a Pride event. What makes this such a big deal, given that people all over the nation (and, really, the world)...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Tue Jul 06, 2021 at 02:13 PM PDT
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Mike Pence wore his bestest pants, and probably magic underwear too, Tuesday night in Mesa, AZ at something billed as the Latter-day Saints for Trump Coalition. After tossing down a big bowl of fruit Jell-O, he began his speech by noting that...
by Mother Mags
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on Wed Aug 12, 2020 at 07:10 AM PDT
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Thanks to the story last night of the BYU valedictorian who came out of the closet during his graduation speech, I didn’t sleep well. I lay awake with some serious thoughts floating around in my head, and I thought it would be a good idea to start a...
by sandbear75
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on Mon Apr 29, 2019 at 11:58 AM PDT
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It’s not a shock, nor is it a surprise. NBC News reports that a man described as the “intellectual godfather” of anti-gay “conversion therapy” is now living his life as a gay man. David Matheson was once a big-time Mormon Church “conversion therapist.”...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Jan 25, 2019 at 11:45 AM PST
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" Note: Previous title was "Mormon Church Excommunicates former Bishop Sam Young for trying to protect children!"
What would you, as a parent, think if your 12-year-old son came to you and asked “What does chastity mean? What is masturbation?”
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by Richardeslc
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on Thu Dec 20, 2018 at 11:01 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Doctor RJ, Magnifico, ...
by side pocket
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on Sun Mar 18, 2018 at 08:59 PM PDT
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Why is Albany the capitol of New York?
Why is the government of the United States not like the government of Great Britain?
Why did the woman’s suffrage movement start in upstate New York and the northern Rocky Mountains?
The answer is the...
by CA148 NEWS
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on Sat Mar 24, 2018 at 01:34 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Doctor RJ, Magnifico, ...
by side pocket
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on Sun Feb 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM PST
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It’s not like we didn’t see it coming. Of course when I say “we” I mean those of us who have spent time in Reparative Therapy trying to “pray the gay away.” A prayer that simply goes unanswered, no matter how spiritual you think you are when you pray...
by Benthovens5th
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on Tue Jan 30, 2018 at 05:33 PM PST
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One thing that most religions are good for is trying to control people’s morality by shaming them for their natural sexual impulses. Newsweek has published the findings of a leaked 1981 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ guidebook, provided...
by Walter Einenkel
172 comments
on Thu Dec 14, 2017 at 11:52 AM PST
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The message from this Mormon elder, cauterized in the heads of many, indicates the level of suffering some will accept for ideology or beliefs. Watch how he creates an unlikely reward for the suffering.
Many Progressives pull out their hairs trying...
by Egberto Willies
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on Mon Apr 03, 2017 at 01:22 PM PDT
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It all started when Trump was elected and many of us were incredulous. We sensed that something was way off. The EKG of truth was flat-lining. Then came the news that Russia had intervened in various ways. I gathered the signatures of over 200...
by drkathie
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on Mon Feb 20, 2017 at 08:21 PM PST
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After the Bundys and their ilk broke into the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in early 2016, for some reason they displayed venom towards Refuge Biologist Linda Sue Beck.
They took over her office and littered her desktop with bullets and pizza boxes,...
by 6412093
227 comments
on Mon Sep 26, 2016 at 08:16 AM PDT
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