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The color of tragedy and media coverage

April 5, 2016 Denise Velez 5

I was skimming through twitter when I saw this graphic — which was from cinismo ilustrado originally, and it made me stop and think. So much that feeds news cycles depends on when, where and […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Securing the World from Nuclear Terrorism

April 2, 2016 JanF 8

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President spoke […]

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President Obama to media: “Stop hurting America”

March 29, 2016 JanF 7

Actually, that wasn’t President Obama saying that!! It was Jon Stewart talking to Crossfire host Tucker Carlson back in 2004 during another election season: “I made a special effort to come on the show today, […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Defeating ISIL

March 26, 2016 JanF 6

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, President Obama offered […]

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The Affordable Care Act is still under attack

March 23, 2016 JanF 6

Today, as the Affordable Care Act turns 6 years old, one of its provisions is being challenged in the Supreme Court of the United States. The contraceptive mandate guaranteed that women would have access to […]

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President Obama: “¿Que bolá Cuba?”

March 21, 2016 JanF 7

Sunday afternoon, President Barack Obama landed in Havana, the first president to visit there since 1928. He didn’t arrive by battleship, like President Calvin Coolidge did. Here is how he arrived: ¿Que bolá Cuba? Just […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination

March 19, 2016 JanF 16

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President discussed […]

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President Obama announces his Supreme Court nominee, Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the DC Circuit – UPDATED

March 16, 2016 JanF 19

President Obama announcing his nominee to the United States Supreme Court: in a Rose Garden address Transcript: Remarks by the President Announcing Judge Merrick Garland as his Nominee to the Supreme Court For Immediate Release […]

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Honoring Our Friendships: President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau at a State Dinner

March 12, 2016 JanF 10

Our weekly post from the White House is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House: President Obama: … this visit reminds us of […]

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International Women’s Day: “Women’s Rights are Human Rights”

March 8, 2016 JanF 3

In 1995, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing China. Today, as we celebrate International Women’s Day, it is a good time to reflect […]

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Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]
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Summer Sunning!

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Later today, we mark the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. The [...]
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At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more [...]
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Tomorrow, March 20th, at 2:01am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]

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