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Last night on the Senate floor Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced by Senator Mitch McConnell as she tried to read the letter that Corretta Scott King wrote in 1986 criticizing Jeff Sessions and his treatment of African Americans in Alabama using his power as a Judge there. In defiance, Oregon (yay) Senator Jeff Merkley took…
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What. The Fuck. Did we really just elect a reality tv star with no political experience to speak of into the office of President of the United States? Even worse, that he has emboldened racists and mysogynists to show their true colors, to make it ok to hate and to bully and be violent. I…
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“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would…
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I was crushed yesterday when I heard the news about the bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. As a runner I couldn’t not empathize with the people there, running the race. The Boston Marathon is the ultimate goal for people like me. People work their entire lives to get there and to…
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As you have most likely heard, there was a school shooting today. You might have also heard about the shooting at Clackamas Town Center in the Portland area on Tuesday. I have been trying to process this event all week because Clackamas Town Center is the mall I shop at. I go there all the…
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