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Month: January 2019

Informed
Confluence

Now This: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explains Why A System With Billionaires Is Immoral

Reading Time: < 1 minute In a recent public interview at the Riverside Church in NYC, democratic socialist congresswoman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addressed the morality of inequality, poverty, and a system that allows for billionaires. In this Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez interview, Ocasio Cortez explains that she thinks any economy that allows for people to amass obscene wealth is immoral. She clarified that she doesn’t think billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett themselves are immoral. Nonprogressive news outlets like Fox News ran with this quotes from Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Dancing around the actual issue, Fox News focused on what she said about ringworm in Alabama. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been in the news recently for her 70% marginal tax rate proposal.

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Thrive
Confluence

Your Cold and Flu Arsenal #3: Fight it Off or Get Rid of it Fast!

Reading Time: 5 minutes If a cold or flu virus is getting you down this winter, this series of tips is for you!

There are plenty of natural remedies—and lifestyle modifications—that will help you beat a cold that’s trying to get you before it takes hold. And if you stay on top of things even before you start feeling those symptoms, you’re much more likely to get through cold and flu season feeling healthy and energized…. even when you’re surrounded by people who are snuffling and sneezing into their hankies!

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News
Confluence

The Wailing Wall: Trump announces shutdown deal with no money for border wall

Reading Time: < 1 minute President Donald Trump he’s reached a deal to reopen the federal government after a month-long shutdown.

“I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government,”

Trump said in remarks from the Rose Garden. “As everyone knows I have a very powerful alternative but I’m not going to use it at this time,” Trump said.

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Evolve
Confluence

ARE YOU A WORKAHOLIC? HERE’S WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

Reading Time: 5 minutes To help you to scale back, set boundaries for yourself – and write them down. Set a cut-off time for leaving the office or shutting down your laptop at home. Don’t leave your smartphone on your nightstand (or bring it to the dinner table); instead, put it on the other side of the room, so that you’ll be less tempted to check in on work while you’re in your bed or having dinner with your loved ones. Setting boundaries is simply a form of goal-setting, so for your goals to be most effective, consider them set in stone, so that you don’t allow for any slippage. To up the ante, select an accountability partner who can help you to keep your commitments to yourself.

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News
Confluence

Roger Stone is Finally Indicted and Taken into Custody: It’s a Doublewide Domino Falling

Reading Time: 2 minutes This indictment is not the whole story. It’s quite likely the intro chapter. Just because the charge today is obstruction of justice doesn’t mean many other charges against Stone won’t emerge. We’ve seen that happen repeatedly in the way the Special Council works. Think both Cohen and Manafort. Once they were indicted the charges just kept flowing.

Additionally, the real prize in this box is: The unnamed senior campaign official.

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