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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

They stormed the Capitol. Now they’re running for office. – POLITICO

…at least 57 individuals who played a role in that day’s events — either by attending the Save America rally that preceded the riots, gathering at the Capitol steps or breaching the Capitol itself — are now running for elected office.

Rather than disqualifying them from public service, the events of Jan. 6 appear to have served as a political springboard for dozens of Republicans who will be on the ballot this year for federal, state and local offices.

It’s difficult to state with precision just how many of those who participated in the rally on the Ellipse, marched to the Capitol or stormed the building will be on the ballot in 2022 — in many states, candidate filing deadlines are months away.

But a POLITICO review of Department of Justice case reports, social media posts, news accounts and interviews with attendees found that last year alone, 11 Jan. 6 protesters were elected to offices ranging from state legislature to city council to school board.

This year, more than two dozen are running for Congress, state legislature or statewide office — including at least two protesters who actually entered the Capitol. At least five Jan. 6ers are gearing up for gubernatorial races, among them Doug Mastriano, a Pennsylvania state senator and a leading voice in the national movement to discredit the 2020 election results…

At least three candidates this year face charges related to the Jan. 6 riots.

Source: They stormed the Capitol. Now they’re running for office. – POLITICO

Canada charter passengers who flouted Covid rules could be stranded in Mexico | Canada | The Guardian

Trudeau called the passengers’ conduct irresponsible and a “slap in the face″ to everyone who has been following public health restrictions. In French, he referred to the passengers as “idiots” and “barbarians”. Source: Canada charter passengers who flouted Covid rules could be stranded in Mexico | Canada | The Guardian

Look at the Stars|به ستاره ها نگاه کن

A Voice from Iran

“101st story”

First published: July.25.2019

A friend’s memory:

My husband was in a mission and had to live in the Arizona desert for a while.

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I moved to Arizona with him and stayed in a little house. After a while, I realized how much I hated that place. The heat was unbearable and everything was covered in sand.

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All the local people were Aboriginals and Mexicans. I had to stay alone every day at that miserable hut, called home. I couldn’t take it any longer. I wanted to leave and go back home to my family, even if it would cost me, my marriage.

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I wrote a letter to my Dad, he was the smartest and I always relied on his opinion. I waited for his reply, to then decide how I will end this unfortunate life of mine.

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His letter changed my life forever. The content was only two…

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Recipe: Easy Panettone + Pod 15 C Sterling’s Author Marketing + Icy Us

Happiness Between Tails by da-AL

Photo of panettone and daffodil by Ksenia Chernaya on Pexels.com
Photo by Ksenia Chernaya on Pexels.com

https://anchor.fm/s/622e2888/podcast/rss

Click H-E-R_E for my new podcast page at AnchorFM. This week’s audio show is the audio version of “Author Reality + Charles Sterling on Marketing and Author Platform,” which you can read the text version of H-E-R-E.

At the Happiness Between Tails podcast page, you’ll also find links to subscribe, hear, and share it via most any platform, from Spotify and Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts and Breaker, to Pocket Casts and RadioPublic and Castbox and Stitcher, plus an RSS feed. The full list of 50+ places is H-E-R-E.

Panettone, or pan dulce as my Argentine mother calls it, is one of my family’s favorite desserts that I make. For anyone who has yet to become acquainted with panettone, it’s the queen of winter holiday fruit breads. Traditionally shaped like a chef’s hat (though mine are more freeform, same…

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En vez de arrancar flores

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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¿Y si, un día, en vez de arrancar flores, las cultivo y adorno los caminos de la vida? ¿Y si, a cierta hora, retiro el lenguaje que insulta y lastima y lo coloco en los paisajes del bien, del amor y de la verdad? ¿Y si, en algún momento de mi existencia, renuncio a tanto peso y liviandad, y reparto los detalles que cargo en mi mochila? ¿Y si, una fecha y otras más, abandono el asiento del teatro y me presento en el escenario con la idea de convertirme en protagonista de una historia cautivante, genial e inolvidable? ¿Y si, ahora mismo, dejo de presumir tantos anillos en mis dedos y ofrezco mis manos a quienes necesitan, urgentemente, un apoyo? ¿Y si, lejos de compararme con los demás y hacerlos mis rivales, me hermano con ellos y, juntos…

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