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October 4, 2019 Confluence

The New Yorker: Did Donald Trump Just Self-impeach?

Reading Time: 6 minutes You could practically hear the collective gasp in Washington. Republicans had spent days denying what Trump had more or less just admitted to. “As President Trump keeps talking, he makes it more and more difficult for his supporters to mount an actual defense of his underlying behavior,” Philip Klein, the executive editor of the Washington Examiner, a conservative magazine, soon wrote. It was as though Richard Nixon in 1972 had gone out on the White House lawn and said, Yes, I authorized the Watergate break-in, and I’d do it again. It was as though Bill Clinton in 1998 had said, Yes, I lied under oath about my affair with Monica Lewinsky, and I’d do it again.

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October 3, 2019 Confluence

The Root: Botham Jean, Amber Guyger and the Delusion of Forgiveness

Reading Time: 4 minutes “What white people are really asking for when they demand forgiveness from a traumatized community is absolution. They want absolution from the racism that infects us all even though forgiveness cannot reconcile America’s racist sins. They want absolution from their silence in the face of all manner of racism, great and small,” Roxane Gay wrote in the New York Times. “I, for one, am done forgiving.”

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September 24, 2019 Confluence

CNN: Donald Trump’s attack on Greta Thunberg is WAY beyond the pale

Reading Time: 3 minutes Think of your own teenager or a friend who has a teenager. Would you want the President of the United States mocking him or her solely because what they believe is different than what he believes, and they have the audacity to speak out about it?

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September 24, 2019 Confluence

Editorial: Joe Biden and White is Right Racism

Reading Time: 5 minutes Joe Biden is not racist in the hateful tiki torch-wielding kind of way. He’s racist in an elitist entitled sort of way that makes his racism near invisible to the naked eye of other well-intending white people, most of whom have an Uncle Joe in their family.

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September 20, 2019 Confluence

This former CIA operative is running for Congress — and her campaign video is breaking the interne

Reading Time: < 1 minute This former CIA operative is running for Congress — and her campaign video is breaking the internet

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September 20, 2019 Confluence

Business Insider: A mysterious exchange between Trump and a foreign leader is Washington’s latest obsession.

Reading Time: 7 minutes A whistleblower complaint filed by a member of the intelligence community has sent shockwaves through Washington, as it allegedly accuses President Donald Trump of making an inappropriate promise to a foreign leader, among other acts.

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September 19, 2019 Confluence

How to be a good patron at a strip club for $50 or less

Reading Time: 3 minutes With the recent Hollywood film “Hustlers” providing a glamorized look at some types of sex work and stripping there are undoubtedly many folks of different genders who are venturing into strip clubs for the first time, whether it’s to work or watch.

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September 18, 2019 Confluence

3 Ways Pet Adoption Can Be a Win for All

Reading Time: 2 minutes “Pets are good for our physical and mental well-being,” said Mark Johnson, President of Mars Petcare North America. “Supporting pet adoption from local animal shelters is one of the most important things we do; not only does it support our global ambition to end pet homelessness, but we’re also helping improve the lives of the people in our community who are going home with a new best friend. It’s a win-win for everyone involved.”

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September 10, 2019 Confluence

Psychology Today: A Complete Psychological Analysis of Trump’s Support

Reading Time: 10 minutes Whether we want to or not, we must try to understand the Donald Trump phenomenon, as it has completely swept the nation and also fiercely divided it. What is most baffling about it all is Trump’s apparent political invincibility.

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September 10, 2019 Confluence

The Changing Face of Cannabis Use

Reading Time: 5 minutes The use of medical cannabis is on the rise, and considering that its use among seniors has spiked tenfold over the past decade in an effort to tame various ailments, such demand doesn’t seem to be dwindling any time soon.

With continued legalization of marijuana in states across the nation, barriers continue to be broken down, giving consumers — including seniors — more incentive to seek out marijuana as an alternative to pharmaceuticals.