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"A huge moment in our country." Former Michigan Congressmember Andy Levin, who lost to Haley Stevens in 2022, in a race that included a flood of AIPAC money against him, responds to yesterday's Democratic primary race.

When a politician is this unpopular with his constituents, people shouldn't have to wait til election time to remove him from office. "He is down there with the Titanic!" John Fetterman's unpopularity is off the charts!

The screen test for ‘Roman Holiday’ that changed AUDREY HEPBURN’s life & career. Audrey’s time in Arnhem during WW2 was hugely painful & you can see the pain in her eyes when she sits down & talks about this traumatic period in her life.

Let's talk about the time that an 18 YEAR OLD invented the COLOR MAUVE (I am not kidding) and completely revolutionized textiles, fashion & eventually cancer diagnosis. The teenager was William Henry Perkin, a bit of a prodigy, who at 15 began studying with August Wilhelm von Hofmann at ICL.

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In 1856 Perkin accidentally discovered mauvine—the first commercialized synthetic dye—and introduced a new era in the chemical industry.

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The Alberta government is ending an online mandatory Indigenous training course for new lawyers and those transferring from out of province. To speak more on the matter, Dennis Ward was joined by Melinda Moch, Secretary of the Indigenous Bar Association.

Alberta ends mandatory Indigenous training course for new lawyers | APTN News

The Alberta government is ending an online mandatory Indigenous training course for new lawyers and those transferring from out of province. To speak more on the matter, Dennis Ward was joined by…

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More than 500 activists set out from Bosnia and Herzegovina, aboard 17 buses and dozens of vehicles on a humanitarian convoy to the border of Palestine. The convoy is calling for international attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. The convoy has now reached Turkey.

1 in 2 Israelis agree the IDF should emulate Joshua at Jericho and kill all the inhabitants of Gaza. Among religious & ultra-Orthodox respondents support was over 90%. This level of public support for genocide is deeply alarming, just as it is unprecedented in modern times. Shocking! #GazaGenocide

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Did I mention they lost every single swing state? Every single one? Did I fail to mention that they lost every single swing state the last time they lost to TRUMP? Every single one? Please spare the rest of us the lecture about knowing how to win. 

Liudmila Kondakova (Russian/American, born 1956) "Colors of Nice", 2018. Gouache on Paper, 24.25" × 21.25". Private Collection.

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In 1913 Leo Frank, a Jewish factory owner raped a 13yr old employee, Mary Phagan, to death. Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL have led a long legal campaign to overturn Frank’s conviction, claiming he was a victim of anti-Semitism.

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