April 2018 – Page 9 – Confluence Daily

April 6, 2018 Confluence

Some California Legislators Do the Unthinkable – They Openly Propose the Only Real Solution for Police Reform

Reading Time: 4 minutes A few California legislators are painting targets on their backs by doing what should be done in every state. They are suggesting Use of Deadly Force Laws in the US should meet international standard. They are talking about it publicly, in front of cameras.
This is a watershed moment – and we should all be paying attention.
They are suggesting if there was another option available to you, even if you’re afraid, you cannot resort to “shoot first, ask questions later policing”.

Informed

April 6, 2018 Confluence

3 New Stories You Should Read Today – 4/6/2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. Trump threatens China with new $100 billion tariff

Thrive

April 5, 2018 Confluence

3 Ways to Get a Rockin’ Hot Body Right Now – Because It’s Always That Time of Year Somewhere

Reading Time: 3 minutes Here’s what I know: Your body is a work of art. She’s amazing in every way. If you woke up this morning, you’ve got a lot to be grateful for.

Evolve

April 5, 2018 Confluence

DJT as Conscious Creator

Reading Time: 2 minutes We each get to create what we want. We don’t have to agree with what everyone else is creating and there’s no reason one person’s success has to negate another’s.
Perhaps DJT can galvanize us to use our own creative powers as well as he uses his.

Informed

April 5, 2018 Confluence

(PART 2) IN A FIT OF FRUSTRATION TRUMP THREATENS TO MOBILIZE TROOPS TO THE US/MEXICO BORDER

Reading Time: 2 minutes The most maddening piece of this is that Trump’s ramped up rhetoric and his recent twitter rage manufactures a crisis – they don’t match the actual numbers. The number of people crossing the border illegally is historically low and the DHS recently reported the border is as secure as it has ever been.

Informed

April 5, 2018 Confluence

3 News Stories You Should Read Today – 4/5/2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know Oregon governor: I’ll say no if Trump asks

Evolve

April 4, 2018 Confluence

Right This Very Moment, You Are Telling Yourself a Story

Reading Time: 3 minutes Nothing needs to change for you to tell a compelling, satisfying, enjoyable story about the moment you are in right now. Any good novelist knows that. The skill is in being able to artfully describe the mundane. That is the craft of both an exceptional novelist and a deliberate creator.

Evolve

April 4, 2018 Confluence

A Revolution in Tenderness – The Legacy of Princess Diana is Still Relevant

Reading Time: 5 minutes During Pope Francis’ 18-minute soliloquy addressed to a world sorely in need of reminding that “tenderness is not weakness; it is fortitude,” he also declared that “tenderness is the path of choice for the strongest, most courageous men and women.” Speaking about how one’s power can be a “force for good,” the Pope suggested that “if you don’t connect your power with humility and tenderness…your power will ruin you, and you will ruin the other.”

Informed

April 4, 2018 Confluence

In a Fit of Frustration Trump Threatens to Mobilize Troops to the US/Mexico Border (Part 1)

Reading Time: 3 minutes The unfortunate reality is that while militarization of our borders takes the spotlight the human loss, the human stories, the human pain of walking days on end, the sorrow of leaving home behind and the desperation that drives one to take that kind of risk…those stories and those realities get lost in this current landscape.

Engage

April 4, 2018 Confluence

Ladies, It’s Time to Run for Office and It Might Be Easier Than You Think

Reading Time: < 1 minute We need women candidates to run to provide an alternative to what we see every day from the White House on the ballot. Also, Democratic women tend to drive up turnout, which is the key to winning close elections.