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'We're in a quandary': Mitch McConnell reportedly blames Trump for failing Ukraine bill
11 months ago

'We're in a quandary': Mitch McConnell reportedly blames Trump for failing Ukraine bill

Raw Story  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is signaling serious doubts about the ability to move the Senate's combined Ukraine aid and border reform package, which has been in talks for weeks between GOP leadership and the White House but has no concrete text as of now — and a big part of the reason appears to be former President Donald Trump. …

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Texas School Board Allows Trans Student In Musical After Outcry
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas School Board Allows Trans Student In Musical After Outcry

Huff Post  

Max Hightower stands with his sister Gracie outside the Sherman Independent School District board meeting on Nov. 13, 2023. Amy Hightower A school district in northern Texas announced unexpectedly this week that it will let a high school performance of “Oklahoma” go on as initially planned — including allowing a transgender student to play a lead role and reinstating actors …

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Trans Student Cut From Role In Texas School Musical
1 year, 1 month ago

Trans Student Cut From Role In Texas School Musical

Huff Post  

Max Hightower, 17, who had been cast as Ali Hakim in his school performance of "Oklahoma," was sent to the principal's office to be told he was being cut from the role. Meghan Cone, the communications director for the Sherman Independent School District, told HuffPost that there isn’t a blanket policy on how students will be cast for future performances …

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MLB commissioner throws support behind new stadium for the Kansas City Royals
1 year, 4 months ago

MLB commissioner throws support behind new stadium for the Kansas City Royals

Associated Press  

— MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred threw his support behind a new stadium for the Royals on Wednesday, calling both of their potential sites near downtown Kansas City “unbelievably high quality” for the type of revenue-producing, multi-use districts that are necessary for small-market clubs to compete. “I think in our economic system,” Manfred said, “new facilities provide a ballclub with an …

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This is L.A.’s big year for James Beard Awards — and what that means
1 year, 6 months ago

This is L.A.’s big year for James Beard Awards — and what that means

LA Times  

Anajak Thai chef and co-owner Justin Pichetrungsi, who has taken over his family’s generational Thai restaurant in Sherman Oaks, won the James Beard Award as best chef: California on Monday. “Awards and recognition mean everything, and they mean nothing.” That’s how I concluded my thoughts this time last year on the results of the annual James Beard Foundation awards. Anajak …

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The Unapologetic Abortion Storyteller
3 years ago

The Unapologetic Abortion Storyteller

Huff Post  

"Democrats with no backbone, who are afraid of the next election, are not doing what needs to be done to protect the majority of people who need abortions in this country," Renee Bracey Sherman told HuffPost. “By showing and giving a platform to more folks of color, you’re going to end up with people like 19-year-old Renee right before or …

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House calls bring Jewish tradition of Sukkot to the isolated
4 years, 2 months ago

House calls bring Jewish tradition of Sukkot to the isolated

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Sukkot, the weeklong Jewish fall holiday commemorating God’s miraculous protection of the Jewish people in the desert, looks different this year. To bring the joy and tradition to them, Rabbi Eli Blokh, director of the Chabad of Rego Park Jewish and Russian Community Center in New York’s Queens borough, mounted a sukkah of three walls with a …

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