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Half of Parents With Young Kids Have Been Pelted With Anti-Vax Nonsense on Social Media 

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A new study out of the UK by the Royal Society for Public Health has found that fully half of parents with young children are being exposed to anti-vax misinformation on social media. Great! That’s great.

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The House Oversight Committee Will No Longer Be Run by a Bunch of Old, White Republican Men

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Few things get me out of bed nowadays, but one incentive is the possibility I’ll get to watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grill Donald Trump about the pee tape one day. So far, that’s been naught but a beautiful pipe dream, but it is possible it will soon be a reality, now that a handful of progressives have reportedly…

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“She was ‘The Grandma.’  She worked as the head nurse at St….

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“She was ‘The Grandma.’  She worked as the head nurse at St. James hospital.  She owned her own house.   I lived with her up until the sixth grade.  We’d have these long conversations every night.  And every morning she’d make a ball of coconut for me to bring to school.  She was the most consistent thing in my life.  Even after Mom got mixed up in drugs, Grandma paid to keep our phone on.  She paid to keep our lights on.  She checked my grades and sent me to after-school programs.  She even bought me my first computer.  It was made especially for me, big tower, lots of lights.  It kept me off the street for months.  Grandma was the only person who ever took me out of the state.  We went to theme parks.  We went to water parks.  Once she even took me to the Bahamas for four days.  Most of my friends had never even left the block.  I did get mixed up in the streets for a while.  Grandma was upset when I dropped out of high school, but she still did her best to keep me level.  She helped me get my GED.  She talked to me about nursing.  She supported me when I joined the military.  I never thought I’d be where I am today.  I’m working construction.  I recently joined the union.  Everything is because of her.  She’s the only woman who’s name I have tattooed on my body.“

wilwheaton: “It’s as if a group of far-right online trolls took control of the executive branch of…

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“It’s as if a group of far-right online trolls took control of the executive branch of a global superpower. I’m especially fascinated by the idea that the White House wanted to put the House Speaker “in her place.” Does anyone seriously believe Nancy Pelosi will feel intimidated by the amateur president’s sophomoric antics? Is it realistic to think she’ll shy away from confrontations with the White House because Trump threw another tantrum and needlessly cancelled her trip to a warzone the president hasn’t yet visited himself?”

Trump White House reportedly sought to put Pelosi ‘in her place’