Dana Bash: Trump caved on border wall, no other way to describe it
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNN’s Dana Bash says President Donald Trump caved on the shutdown deal because he did not get any money for his border wall.
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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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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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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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Astrology: See a change a-comin’ down the track
Reading Time: 6 minutes Imagine what you want.
Make it radical and outrageous.
Set intentions for delightful surprises.
Get ready to lean out over the front of your metaphorical skis, yelling ‘WOOHOOOOO!’ at the top of your voice, and prepare to enjoy the ride.
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The Week in Good News – 1/25/2019 Edition
Reading Time: 3 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. 15-Year-old Autistic Boy Gets Lifetime Supply of Favorite
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Roger Stone, FAA, Border Wall: 3 Stories You Should Read 1/25/2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. In the category of: When the predictable is
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The Real Problem with Doreen Virtue’s Unicorn
Reading Time: 3 minutes Following the “rules” and practicing one’s chosen belief system in an “all-out” manner isn’t fundamentalism. Some of us like to play full out, heart and soul, in a dot-every-i-and-cross-every-t sort of way. And some of us are more laid back, and choose to engage in a more relaxed way. But fundamentalism doesn’t allow the adherent to choose their participation level. There is no freedom to choose a certain path, or way of navigating that path. Fundamentalism chooses for you, and it’s “our way or the highway”.
Fundamentalism in any form – religious, political, social – is worrisome. It always separates, it never unifies.
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The way we eat could doom us as a species. Here’s a new diet designed to save us.
Reading Time: 7 minutes Feeding everyone within planetary boundaries will also mean changing agricultural practices and reducing food loss. It’s a gargantuan task, and it’s clearly not a top priority yet for most leaders (ahem, Donald Trump). Yet it’s time to get moving, time to sift through the big ambitious ideas like those in the Lancet report and figure out how to eat in ways that won’t destroy the planet. Otherwise, we might be cooked.
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Clutter Is An Opinion
Reading Time: 3 minutes Clutter is residue that feels smothering, overwhelming, draggy.
Clutter is residue. But not all residue is clutter.
Some people (maximalists like me) like a lot of stuff around them. We like our environments embellished and interesting and story-full. Walls are covered in art. Everywhere the eye rests invites conversation. Oscar Wilde would feel right at home.
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