Category: Current Events
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Senate Health Bill Reels as C.B.O. Predicts 22 Million More Uninsured
The figure released by the Congressional Budget Office is only slightly lower than the 23 million more uninsured under the House version of the legislation. Source: Senate Health Bill Reels as C.B.O. Predicts 22 Million More Uninsured I intentionally waited for the CBO report before contacting my senators. I’m okay with changing the system, but…
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NPR Interviews George W. Bush
Bush has dedicated billions to combat AIDS in Africa and recently traveled to the continent. If nothing had been done about the pandemic during his time in office, he said, “I would’ve been ashamed.” Source: George W. Bush Calls Foreign Aid A Moral And Security Imperative I was not a huge fan of President Bush…
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Two Explosions Kill at Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings, but they came weeks before Pope Francis is to visit the country. Source: Two Explosions Kill at Least 31 at Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday As we pile into the car to head to Palm Sunday Mass ourselves, the absolute senselessness of violence, and…
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President Trump
This isn’t what I was expecting. There was no way Trump would win. He’s not going to win the primary. He did? He’s not going to win the general. But, he did. I’m not sure how to proceed. If I lived in a vacuum and “Clinton” and “Trump” were just random names, I would say…
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Orlando
There isn’t a word for the event overnight in Orlando. To call it terrorism, which it was, makes it seem like something far away, isolated, and a something abstract that politicians will use to further their own ends (which they will anyhow). To call it a mass shooting, which it was, lumps it into the…
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Visualized: How the insane amount of rain in Texas could turn Rhode Island into a lake
What 8 million acre-feet of water actually looks like. Source: Visualized: How the insane amount of rain in Texas could turn Rhode Island into a lake The Washington Post has become my favorite dead pulp media outlet. Almost daily, there is a story or two I want to share here. In today’s round, 8 million…