Comments by "girl from the bronx by way of el barrio" (@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288) on "CBS Sunday Morning" channel.

  1. Protect civil service. This system came into being for a reason.
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  2. He is still with us, although in hospice. Thank you President Carter. 🗽
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  3. McKay did a great job of covering this story, and my social studies teacher did an amazing job of explaining all of it to us. What a sad time.
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  4. Renaming Fort Benning for Julie Moore is absolutely appropriate. She deserves that honor, and much more. Restore the Fort Moore designation.
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  5. Hope has little impact on the weasels that control NYC real estate. We should know that by now, one of these grifters accidentally fell backwards into the presidency. Hope the surviving residents had intensely talented attorneys. I feel sad for NYC, truly cheap living space was THE reason that Hotel Chelsea played a role in culture and history. I can't wait until we elect a truly courageous mayor who refuses to accept one dollar of real estate money in her campaign, and then moves forward to break the strangle hold real estate has on NYC politics. Then people will be able to afford both rent and food for a change. We need a new Mayor LaGuardia to step up and just scream at these creeps until they stop.
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  6. Can a Historically Black College step in to expand their university into Eatonville? That would be educationally congruent with the first philanthropists' mission for the land. Is there a historically black college in Florida with a healthy endowment that can afford the land? What about Howard? They probably have the money. So weird that a school board is now asserting its right to be a real estate developer?? Florida is coming up with new autocratic tricks every day, and using school boards to get this ugly work done. Pay attention, USA, and vote these types OUT up and down the ballot. Plan for 2024 voting now. Stay safe everyone! 💙
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  7. Vote Abbott out, he is up for re election in November. When is Cruz due for re election?
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  8. 'They are in my heart, of course."
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  9. Only if we put up with it. For motivation, let's reread all those books from the progressive era in the 1880s. Visit a settlement house. If your town doesn't have one, create one. Read "How the Other Half Lives". Read about the Muckrakers. Yeah, Theodore Roosevelt was an imperialist with a big stick, but he was primarily a Republican, a progressive, a supporter of land conservation and a trust buster. Civics instruction, accurate history and protection against book bannings are under attack. Let's defend them. Pay attention to history. ⚖️🗽⚖️
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  10. This is emergency aid. Many of these recipients are living in refugee camps because they had to leave their land due to armed conflict or weather conditions. Remember climate change? Where can they farm in a refugee camp? A little kindness would help your soul to heal.
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  11. "Does anyone read a book in history."
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  12. BTW midterm elections are right around the house in 2026. Start organizing now, start volunteering now. 60 Senators and the House majority so we can pass legislation to repair some damage. Not easy, but we like hard work. Stay aware stay awesome! ⚖️💙⚖️
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  13. Loved the way Mrs McCain picked out Haiti on the map so quickly as clearly deserving of support. Don't forget Haiti, this small country in our hemisphere!
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  14. Whatever else we did, for 20 years in Afghanistan, women went to work to feed their families, and girls went to school, and continued their education to prepare for the careers that their nation so desperately needs. Every member of the USA military who ever worked on Afghanistan, and everyone who worked with NATO, should feel very very proud of that. Sometimes I wonder why we didn't leave the weapons with the women. The women are still protesting in any small way they can, trying to get video out, teaching in secret schools, etc. They just ask that the world not forget them, not allow them to slip completely out of the news cycle. Afghan diaspora, please remember your sisters and continue to work for a better day. If the women could be trained as citizen soldiers, they would resist the Taliban until their nails bleed. Afghan women will never give up. They cannot give up. I believe a better day will come for them.
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  15. One of my neighbors used to work maintenance at Hotel Chelsea. Liked the job, hated the management. Your story rings very true. You seem to be happy with your new path. Be well!
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  16. So disappointing to see such lack of courage from the GOP Senate. I felt particularly bad for Sen Ernst. Btw midterm elections are right around the corner in 2026. Let's celebrate 250 years of DEMOCRACY with 60 Senators and the House majority so we can pass legislation to repair some damage. 💙⚖️🗽⚖️💙
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  17. Only if we put up with it. We don't need to live this way. Support local journalism, support community based legal groups that can help workers who get discharged. Many more legal challenges to come. SO many executive orders, don't be overwhelmed by the firehose. For instance, the inspector general firings were supposed to wait until 30 days notice was given to Congress. Congress is a co equal branch of government. We do not elect kings in the USA. Challenge it. Thank you to the states that challenged the unconstitutional birth right citizenship order. It received its first favorable ruling and is now making its way through the courts. Resist. Challenge everything. Do not comply in advance. Reread every bit of history you can find. Between the 1930s and the Gilded Age, we are walking through a lot of potholes!! Stay aware, stay awesome. BTW midterm elections are right around the corner in 2026. Let's celebrate 250 years of DEMOCRACY with 60 Senators and the House majority! 💙⚖️💙
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  18. There is a part of me that wishes he could be president again, but we forget that former presidents can do so many important things. President Carter's habitat for humanity....amazing idea!!! Remember when Bush senior and Clinton join together for relief fundraising after the tsunami? So I look forward to all the new ideas for service that the Obamas will present to the nation and the world!
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  19. Walter Cronkite would have something to say about this.
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  20. I hate even typing this but... Boulder, AR15 used; Parkland AR 15 used; Las Vegas AR 15 used; Aurora AR15 used; Sandy Hook AR 15 used; San Bernardino AR 15 used; Midland AR 15 used; Sutherland AR15 used; Tree of Life AR15 used; both Buffalo and Uvalde AR 15 used. Enough. Ban the weapon. If a ladder was connected to this much death, it would be off the market. Ban the gun. I'm sorry to create that list, it feels ghoulish, but how can these gun manufacturers think that we can't see the truth here? Ban the weapon. Enough.
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  21. Cinderella liberty, what a great movie! James Caan, I miss you already. Job well done! You have earned your rest. 🌆
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  22. Luxury boutique hotel, just ...I can't anymore. Really, there's a desperate need for more luxury spaces in Chelsea? ? I thought NYC has an urgent need for truly affordable housing? As in lower rent for working class people. Money has already destroyed Chelsea, a cool working class neighborhood that was built on docker workers and factory workers, and also writers and artists. Now, just obscene piles of money. Yuch. 🌆🗽
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  24.  @myurbangarden7695  I don't know Florida A&M well enough. Do they have a healthy endowment? At the end of the day, most real estate development is about money. A responsible entity giving them money could make them go away, then turn back to the town and do right by the residents. The good news is that college students generate economic activity: little restaurants, rental housing for off campus living, etc. Hope it works. 🗽
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  25. Nice try, but that's not the full story. The base was named for Henry Benning, a Confederate general. Then, in 2025 they stripped the name Fort Moore and reinstalled Fort Benning, this time claiming it was for Corporal Benning from the Great War. Nice trick, nice dog whistle, not a suitable way to treat the memory of Corporal Benning to make him a pawn in ancient beefs from the Confederacy and Reconstruction. Shame on you. No one is buying this, at least not me. Honor Julie Moore. Restore the Fort Moore designation. 🦅⚖️🦅
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  26. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽 Up and down the ballot, to give them the team they need to pass legislation and appoint judges. 🗽
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  27. Felicia mamrak, for some reason your lengthy comment did not post as part of the thread. Adding Russia, Afghanistan and Ukraine to the already sensitive discussion of gun control is an attempt at distraction. The problem is not the doors, the problem is guns. The Dept of Defense has no interest in seeing assault weapons in the hands of untrained civilian adolescent males. Military personnel would only use a weapon after several months of training and observation, and more dangerous weapons like assault weapons would only be supplied when needed for a specific mission, then collected afterwards. Gun manufacturers with irresponsible marketing should be held accountable. It is not true that nothing can be done. If our lawmakers continue to demonstrate a lack of courage on gun control legislation, they must be voted out. The problem is the gun.
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  28. Disgracefully disrespectful to Janis.
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  29. Janis was a vulnerable person. A true human would have gotten that. Hiding behind rock and roll, how empty headed. You've said all you need to say about your priorities.
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  30. Too easy to forget that the earlier republicans were progressives: Lincoln the Emancipator, Theodore Roosevelt the protector of public lands and the trust buster (also an imperialist, but that's another story). Even Fiorello LaGuardia was a republican. I really wish that the current GOP would embrace their origin story and become progressive again. Until the GOP cleans house, however, I know that I will remain a Democrat. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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  32. Thank you so much for this user friendly guide. Okay everyone, check your voter registration and call every senator, starting with this list. We can get this done, we are better than this.
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  33. Ouch. More information needed on civil services. In most cases, these jobs require completing an exam before you can be hired, proof that you are qualified. People used to talk about civil service exams all the time. Exams helped to cut through the graft. Please pay attention to history.
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  34. Made in the USA. Awesome!
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  35. Especially now when so many of our adolescents nationwide are suffering with anxiety and depression.
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  36. OMG I love Kenmore anything. I can hardly describe how much I miss Sears! 🎭
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  37. Billy did a rendition of Miami 2017 for a televised pandemic fundraiser during the very worst of it. It's easy to forget what a scary time that was for NYC, thousands had already perished, not clear if help was coming. I literally cried listening to just his voice and his piano. And now we can look back on it. Never ever count out NYC. Indomitable as ever. 🐳🗽🦈
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  38. Go Fetterman!! Six weeks of recovery to remission. Wow! Imagine if Pennsylvania had made a grave mistake and gone for oz. In less than six weeks, the disaster would be apparent. But maybe Pennsylvania would have lots more bottles of supplements? Anyway, go Fetterman. To strong healthy hopeful days ahead for yourself and those who love you. The victory is yours, really! 💙
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  39.  @pattyreed2011  Many minimum wage workers are living in shelters and in their cars, so... Enough with this "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" and "the dignity of work" storyline. The systems are broken. Let's be honest, stop placing blame on the poor, and let's get to work on fixing it.
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  40. Because this is a feature for African American history month. There were other features for Asian American Pacific Islander, Hispanic Heritage, etc. Don't forget indigenous soldiers who served, especially the Navajo Code Talkers. Of course, when we get a bit more evolved we can just do all history and know that everyone is fully included...but who knows when we will get there. Let's close the wealth gap first? Enjoy the month?! Let's all learn stuff, okay?
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  41. So glad the Americans with Disabilities act signed by Bush Sr prevents discrimination against disabled people who want to work. Thank you for your service, Senator Fetterman.
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  42. Same with my mom!
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  43. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽up and down the ballot
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  44. "Anchors aweigh" features a scene in the Hollywood bowl. My favorite!!
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  45.  @davidpaz9389  Thomas wrote his own separate and disgusting opinion. Did you read it? The old fool has many interesting things to say about his future plans for this country.
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  46. We also need more counselors across the nation to deal with our current increase in anxiety and depression. Many people are on waiting lists for care because there aren't enough counselors. Nice to know that mental health improvement has an advocate in Senator Fetterman. Let's get this funded to help our adolescents and prevent more gun violence. Don't forget, the GOP is always blaming mental health, so let's get it funded. Get to work Congress. 💙🌻💙
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  47. WOW, proof that grassroots community organizing works.
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  48. But this one company did go bankrupt, so one down, moving on to others. Also, the obstacle of the PLCAA law (protection of lawful commerce and arms) passed 2005 would have to be removed before liability could be a factor. (6.02) That law shields gun makers from liability; tobacco companies were never protected in that way. Horrible law. More work to do, especially voting in November.
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  49. Amendments to the constitution are difficult, but not impossible. We are the USA, we can do difficult things. We are WOMEN in the USA, we can definitely do difficult things. Time to revisit the ERA and include specific protections for abortion and other privacy rights.
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  50. Also time to revisit 1937 and FDR who started to move on legislation to reform the supreme court when the court was repeatedly blocking measures needed to help the nation recover from the Great Depression. Remember "a switch in time saved nine"? Just the fact that FDR was working on the legislation caused the court to back off on their attempt to eliminate the minimum wage. SCOTUS is one branch of government; they do not own the USA.
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  51. Yes, love love "funny thing happened on the way to the forum"!! Thanks for the description of the Canadian railroad commercial, sounds brilliant! If early Hollywood had treated their performers better, maybe he wouldnt have been injured. Tremendous performer.
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  53. Wow. Not true. Please please use reliable news sources.
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  54. This case already closed. Historic $75 million settlement. (3.54; 9.15) I'm glad they went bankrupt. If a scooter caused this much death, it would be off the market. Remember the info on cigarette companies targeting ads to children? They lost that one too. This is a similar situation. Thank goodness for smart tenacious lawyers.
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  55. When we vote in large numbers we win. Remember 2020? Fireworks, dancing in the streets. So sweet. Make your voting plans now! See you at the ballot box, and at the block party. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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  56.  @rosedalinevaletine6931  Thank you thank you thank you!!! I was so confused as to why so many people on this thread did not understand the concept of sight words! Maybe they were absent that day? A mix of sight words and a little bit of phonics too, and a love of reading and storytelling that a positive classroom plus a positive family can create, equals a happy smart kid who knows how to read! Huzzah! And some kids will have one but not the other, because life can be like that, right? Anyway, thank you for your insight! Stay awesome.
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  57. Baryshnikov doing the right thing for Ukraine, and also sending a shout out to NYC and USA! Huzzah!!🌆😎🌻🌱🌃🎭
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  58. Given the climate of the society at large in 1948, the desegregation order lost Truman votes. 1948 election was extremely close; given that he had just won a huge and horrible war he should have been incredibly popular. Maybe in history textbooks you have seen photos of Truman holding up a newspaper headline that screams "Dewey Wins."? The newspapers already assumed that they could go to print confident that Truman's opponent had won the White House. But Truman won, just barely.
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  59. Water is also baptism, cleansing, new life.... I think it is meant to mean what people who visit there need it to mean. So much healing and comfort is needed...
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  60. I think the fight against Hitler and the horrible things that were laid bare when the camps were liberated made some in the military a bit more idealistic in the post war years. They had a sense that they had fought the good fight, and therefore they had no appetite to enforce racism. Unfortunately, the entire military didn't feel that way, and the society at large turned their backs, making the 50s a tumultuous time for civil rights struggles. Nice to see the military showing leadership and trying to create momentum for desegregation in the society.
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  61. That so called ex Marine is an embarrassment to military service. NYC subway riders would not feel at all safe with wannabe vigilantes on the trains. Vigilantes and fake good guys are a danger to innocent bystanders. If a person yelling about hunger and food scares you, you should change to the adjoining subway car. That is what any adolescent coming home from high school would know to do. If that guy really wanted to be a leader, a hero, a Marine, he could have held the door and assisted other passengers to leave the car. Now the vulnerable young man in the middle of an episode is alone in a quiet car and probably already calming down. From your safer position in the adjoining car, your next goal is to contact the conductor so that transit police can meet the train in the next station. This is easily accomplished by walking through the train to the conductor's booth. It usually takes about five minutes for a train to arrive in the next station. So penny is such a warrior, he was incapable of remaining calm, formulating a plan, and maintaining the situation for five minutes. Got it. No, I do not at all feel safe with a guy like penny on the subway. Penny, please take a taxi in the future, if you can handle that. I don't want any cab drivers to get hurt on your watch.
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  62. Omg Pres Biden on the bike again....yikes. The toe clips, please talk about the toe clips. Any cyclist know how annoying toe clips are. Bad reporting CBS.
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  63. Your comment about Lovng is directly related to the topic. They don't know that because they are poorly informed. Thomas was not content to join Alito's opinion tumbling over Roe, he also wrote a separate disgusting opinion that no other justice signed. In this separate opinion he stated that several cases that are based on the right to privacy, such as Roe, should be reviewed next. He enumerated the case that allows married couples to use contraception and the marriage equality case (gay marriage). However, the interracial marriage case Loving v Virginia was also based on the right to privacy and was used as the foundation of the marriage equality case. So if one case falls, the other case falls too. So sorry, Ginni Thomas. And I guess Thomas has such a limited understanding of the law, he didn't notice his mistake. And none of his SCOTUS friends bothered to help him out. Sad bunch this court. Hey, Chief Justice Roberts, could you please get your court back on track?
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  64.  @happycook6737  Can I ask what state is perpetrating this crime on learning? State to state school systems are starting to look dysfunctional to me. Consistently low performing states are starving their public schools, in the interest of low taxes I suppose, and their substandard education brings the nation down. Also, it seems that red states have an interest in maintaining a pool of undereducated low wage workers that certain business interests crave. Plus, undereducated citizens likely vote less and exercise less critical thinking when they do engage with the political process. Add some book bannings and WOW! USA, wake up.
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  65. Yes, you are missing a lot. Also seems obvious that you have never spent time in a classroom or even an after school program or a summer camp. Try explaining to kindergartners 2+2=4 after they ask you, "But why?" Then try 3+1=4 and they repeat with a sweet smile, "But why?" Then the next day, the sweethearts forget the lesson because they were living their best kindergarten life in the playground, and the lesson has to be repeated again. Yes, this is the problem. People who have absolutely no understanding of education, cognitive psychology, child psychology, adolescent psychology, but they are certain that learning is a hoax. Add book bannings, school shootings, and now we have thousands upon thousands of teaching vacancies. Hmmm... "Teaching is just office work." Wow. 📓📚📓
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  66.  @Zarincos  Although the evangelicals didn't adopt the abortion issue until the 1980s when they saw it as a pathway to political power. More hypocrisy.
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  67. Yes, I remember a story about a dad who was planting special plants to help monarch butterflies in honor of his daughter. Must have been milkweed. It seemed to be successful. Now, if everyone who has a garden could participate... Imagine your yard filled with butterflies!! How awesome. Let's do it!!!🌺🌱🦋
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  68. ​ @ent1311 NYPD is ready. The beauty of living in a strict gun control environment! They will stick out like sore thumbs well before they reach the bridge. But if you are willing to be peaceful and share the sidewalk as you stroll, you are welcome to our wonderous city. Drive past Yankee Stadium. Stroll past Carnegie Hall, enjoy Central Park or any of the other numerous amazing parks: Van Cortlandt, Pelham Bay, Inwood, etc. Just be nice. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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  69. But what kind of service? In World War One most black soldiers were cooks, janitors, etc. That's why the Tuskegee Airmen were so amazing. Getting combat duty in World War Two, and Korea and beyond meant real service with a real pathway to promotions and higher rank and a true career in the military, not just more servitude. Also, look into something called "the double v". I stumbled on that when I was reading about black and white movies from the 40s. The concept was that World War Two had to be a double victory against Fascism and racism. We couldn't claim the moral high ground against Hitler unless we clean up our racism at home. In addition, we needed to recruit Black soldiers to win a war that frankly we were losing at the beginning of the conflict. Double v probably motivated some of what was on Truman's mind in 1948.
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  70. Of course the bill needs to be worded correctly. Not impossible to ban a particular type of weapon. It was done in the 1930s I believe for machine guns.
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  71. Ms. Mamrak, the problem is the gun. I don't like to list these events, because it is ghoulish, but you seem to have seriously inaccurate information. The AR 15 was used in Sandy Hook (hence this in depth news story on the AR 15 interviewing Sandy Hook parents.). The AR 15 was also used in Uvalde, Buffalo, Parkland, Las Vegas, Aurora, San Bernardino, Boulder, Midland, Sutherland, and Tree of Life. Multiple news sources have reported this. The problem is the gun. Be well, be safe.
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  72. Tom Dobrokhot, you are completely mistaken. Please research PLCAA signed in 2005. It shields gun manufacturers very differently from the tobacco industry, very differently from cars. Thank you to the Sandy Hook families and their attorney for their humanity and their grit.
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  73.  @ramencurry6672  What level of funding do Texas' public schools receive? Texas is 50th among states in mental health services.
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  74. I'm sure all who became involved with World War Two would urge us now to reread the chapter on 1930s in the school textbooks. Fascism, never again. Never. Vote carefully everyone. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽 This is not a game, this is our nation.
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  75. No no not overturn, just a tortured twisted interpretation that breaks from all precedent and returns the USA to 1787.
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  77. I think the other point to make here is the way Pale Male created a population of hawks who would visit other "nearby" parks, well, nearby as the crow flies, so to speak. When my daughter was practicing long jump with her track group, who was supervising from the trees? A red tail hawk. Our park is not super close to Central Park, but probably just a stretch of the wings for a hawk. It would be interesting to know if someone in the Central Park Conservancy kept data on Pale Male's offspring and any new families or colonies they created in other city parks.
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  78. Stay strong. With other illnesses too (auto immune, maybe others?) there seem to be certain meds that work great for about ten years, then not so much. So frustrating. Have you tried to contact Sen. Fetterman's office? Most of the senators even have YouTube channels. I have received info from Sen. Whitehouse and Sen. Murphy's channels, and I don't even live in those states. I'm sure if you sent an email, he would be pleased to share info with you. Since you are a veteran, Walter Reed should be able to share info with your doctor. A lot of this stuff is probably public information. Of course, I understand that the VA is a mess, but there might be a pathway through the bureaucracy? Try to contact Fetterman's office. His office has a staff to communicate with citizens after all. I read a good article in a reputable magazine (sorry, I can't remember exactly which one. I think Time?) that exercise, meditation/mindfulness and nutrition plus CBT/talk can be as effective as meds? No side effects, so that's good. But it can't be yoga once in a while, it has to be a regimen like a medication schedule. Very rough for people who can't get out of bed to commit to daily exercise? Some people change meds five times before finding the right fit. Sorry I rambled on so much. Just to say, I understand your frustration. Stay strong, stay hopeful, stay awesome. 🐝🌻🦋
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  79. I believe that some Senate votes have been postponed recently awaiting Mitch McConnell's return from his injury and recovery. Don't remember hearing about any disasters, but maybe you have a specific list? That's the reason that we have a speaker, so that a bill comes to the floor for a vote when he knows that he has the votes. 💙
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  80. Thank you for your service. Some of the 10% do wake up years later and say to themselves "I had some really great teachers, but I really gave them a hard time. I wish I hadn't done that." I will never forget this student who told me that he still remembered a lesson I did on the dictionary, and that he felt that he improved his spelling because of that. The dictionary, who knew?? 😎 Stay awesome! Stay hopeful.📚📓
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  81.  @nobackhands  It is such a difficult job. It would nice if our society would realize that and do a better job of supporting schools and teachers. Imagine if we paid them more, because, let's face it, that's how a capitalist economy demonstrates love and respect. Imagine if every teacher had an administrative assistant/teacher's aide so they are not consumed by paperwork. Imagine if we had a nationwide school system with uniform academic standards instead of this patchwork of low performing/low tax states versus high performing states. I'm sure you tried your best.
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  82. @L Lewis He doesn't get to make that exception, because Loving was based on privacy rights, identical to gay marriage. Loving was used as a foundation to build the gay marriage case. He is such an old fool. Demonstrates his lack of understanding of the law.
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  84. Tax fraud, fraudulent business records, tampering with federal elections. That's for starters. Stay tuned. More court cases coming.
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  85.  @jfayiii  Perhaps small town mayors, town councils, and school board presidents feel overwhelmed when confronted by real estate developers? More than overdue for the USA to take a closer look at the real estate industry nationwide, an ugly industry that has proved to be irresponsible in the past. We might get a handle on inflation in housing costs and reduce homelessness as beneficial byproducts.
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  86. Repeal PLCAA (2005) to restore liability to gun manufacturers. Contact your representatives ASAP.
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  87. Any vehicle with as much death connected to it as an AR 15 would have been pulled off the market long ago. The founders never intended for children and innocent bystanders to suffer this constant carnage. A public safety amendment to the Constitution is overdue. Repeal PLCAA.
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  88. GOP senators MUST do their job and only pass on a nominee who has experience, credentials and good moral character.
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  89. So much of this reminds me of the hysteria around Senator Fetterman. Using captions would dismantle the US Senate, wearing a hoodie made him unfit for office, etc. There are lots of objective measurements of economic growth that show that Biden is doing the job. Wall Street records, historically low unemployment, new jobs created, etc etc. The amount of legislation signed is impressive. I guess we should feel lucky that FDR never had to engage in debates. Maybe he wouldn't look young and cute in his wheelchair, so no one would vote for him. Vote carefully everyone. 💙🌊💙🌊
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  90.  @rosedalinevaletine6931  I hope your teachers' union brings this up to deflect this desire to continue the pain. One very wise and terrific teacher and supervisor used to tell me, "Just because you are a good teacher doesn't mean you have to be a missionary." She was really helpful in reminding people when they were crossing the line and straying into burn out. If you are going to tutor, sign up for one of the paid tutoring slots, don't do it for free. Burn out helps no one. At one point, we did have a yearly stipend for supplies( don't know if that benefit was lost in subsequent contracts). Some schools got teachers to use their supply money to pay for their xerox copies. (Really. Find me a tech executive who would pay for his own supplies and xerox copies.) A strong union chapter can really help with some of these issues. And it will still be a hard job, but at least if teachers stick together, they might lose fewer teachers to burn out. Hang in there?
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  91. This gun maker is now bankrupt. That's a win. Now moving on to additional suits, especially from Buffalo, to eliminate other manufacturers. A highly dangerous product was let loose on the population without attempts to mitigate harm. That's a problem. Be well, be safe.
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  92. BTW, you do realize that USA public school systems are managed on the state level, not the federal level? That's why some states are low performing while other states have admirable academic performance; some states are instituting book bans while other states know this is a ridiculous anti democratic idea. Each state has its own state Dept of Education, and they set curriculum. Teacher certification, school funding, those issues are decided on the state and local level. That's why some people will only buy a house in a town that has a good school system. The federal government tries to exert some influence through monies, especially title one monies to support low performing students. If you want to quality for title one money, your school must do certain things to earn it. If your school seems like a federal prison, maybe you have used too much of your school's budget on resource officers? Try more guidance counselors? Gun control?
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  93. The cold hearted marketing strategy directed at young males should be publicized as widely as possible. The gun companies knew what they were doing. Aren't they still doing it now? No more AR 15s. Enough.
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  94. Like many things in capitalism, this is about money. Pay teachers what a masters degree is worth, period. Unfortunately, money equals respect in a capitalist system, so consistently low wages for teachers are a huge part of the disrespectful messaging of our society. Then we wonder why there is disrespectful behavior coming from students and parents. If excessive paperwork is a problem (and it is) hire administrative assistants and more teacher's aides. Would any high powered tech company ask their executives to work without an administrative assistant? If discipline is the problem, hire more deans. Not necessarily school resource officers; those are cops. People with an understanding of child psychology and cognitive psychology are needed as part of the classroom team to say, "Mary, come with me because you are not letting your teacher teach right now. Let's talk, you fix your behavior, and then you can come back to your class." When this happens smoothly without interrupting the lesson, the change in tone is huge. For too long, certain states have been starving their public schools. Enough is enough.
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  95. Alexa Ray 's favorite song for me is "Notice Me". Such a fun song!! 🗽🎵🎶🎵🗽
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  96.  @TheTaoofEternalWar  August thru June is half the year? Really?
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  97.  @cleoendara8943  🗽🦋🐝🗽
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  99. If they grew up on TV, at their age that means they were likely listening to Walter Cronkite. Please, Mr. Cronkite, please have a stern word or two for these people so willing to support civil war and incarcerated insurrectionists. Wow, I just can't anymore.... On the other hand, I am completely confident that our military, our national guardsmen, our FBI, anyone who ever had true respect for an oath they took, they will not be intimidated by a bunch of people who have nothing better to do than stand in a cold rain to hear a grifter who doesn't have enough respect for them to pay for a comfortable indoor venue. Or he could have visited existing locales like senior centers and have small meetings to discuss Medicare and Social Security and housing and other real issues. No, a screaming rally in the cold rain is what you get from this guy. Hmmm..... Vote carefully everyone. ⚖️💙🌊💙🌊⚖️
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  100.  @fey__3919  Until justice Thomas moves on contraception. Refusing to respect precedent is the definition of a slippery slope.
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  101.  @philongpham3886  Many states are enacting laws that do not provide for rape or incest. Arkansas is one of them. You are aware of that? A woman being forced to bring to full term a baby resulting from incest. Yes, incest. Do you understand the life long trauma, the emotional harm that would result from nine months of that kind of pain, that pain resulting from the control of the state. And what if the delivery doesn't go well? Do you how miserable the USA maternal death rate is? So a woman might potentially die because the state colluded with pro lifers to force her to give birth after she was the victim of incest. Women are not victims, woman are responsible and intelligent enough to make a medical decision that enables them to move forward after trauma and begin to heal, rather than multiply the trauma for nine additional months with possibly disastrous outcomes. Do you understand why that is unacceptable to women who thought they were living in a free society?
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  102.  @blizz2748  The right is the right to privacy. Therefore the woman has the right to make a medical decision in private in conjunction with her doctor, especially because medical records are private. Except not anymore. Try explaining this to that guy because I'm too angry to get into it with an obtuse fool. So every action that is related to privacy is now up for debate. So marriage is also a private decision, so is the decision of a married couple to use contraception. Those are the other target cases that old fool Thomas enumerated in his junk opinion that every other justice refused to sign. So you really think there is no danger here? So the state will tell you who you can't marry...again. Lovely. So medical decisions are everybody's business but yours. Delightful. Please tell them so that they understand.
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  103. It is limited in 26 states; several states do not include allowances for rape or incest. For instance, check Arkansas. The state forces you to carry the baby of your rapist to term. Incest victims, same fate. Do you understand now? Who is the legislator who could write a bill like that? What kind of sub human piece of trash. This is pure ugly hatred of women. Beyond the pale.
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  104.  @teenyverse7707  Not true. Many states have horrible bans in place, some from the moment of conception, several states do not include allowances for rape and incest. Get it? The state will force you to carry the child of your rapist for nine months. Do you get that? Try to explain why that is not evil ugly hatred of women that has nothing to do with loving little babies. Just twisted.
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  105. "Whether" not "weather". Given what we now know about thousands upon thousands of teaching vacancies in 2022/2023, we can now see that numerous elements of your "analysis" of public education and teachers' salaries were wide of the mark. Perhaps a little less hubris moving forward, and you will come closer to better understanding. Good luck on your journey.
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  106. COVID certainly proved that human teachers in the classroom are absolutely essential. Have we increased the pay yet to show our appreciation? Stopped the book bans? No? Huge gaps in our nation's ability to learn.
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  107. I think this fountain was built with sustainability in mind, I think the water is recirculating? Wonder if there is research on that?
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  108. I think he asked that because the extreme right wing these days raises that issue constantly. They try to raise "reverse discrimination" court cases off that stuff. That ugliness overshadowed a lot of Justice Jackson's SCOTUS appointment. I think he just wanted to give Secretary Austin the opportunity to eliminate the stupidity.
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  109. Pay attention to history. Because LBJ stepped down and handed off to VP Humphrey, the 1968 Democratic Convention was a chaotic floor fight, the party split, George Wallace developed a third party "American Independent Party" and took Southern Democrats with him. Given the chaos of multiple assassinations and Vietnam protests, maybe 1968 would have been chaotic no matter what, but splitting the Democratic vote resulted in Nixon, in Laos and Cambodia, in Watergate. Not our proudest moments. We don't have to repeat 1968. And doing all of that because of polls? Really? Stay calm, stay strategic, stay unified. VP Harris is awesome in my opinion, but handing off to a VP at this late date is not as easy as it looks. President Biden has a documented impressive legislative record comparable to FDR and LBJ. Stay calm, we can win this. Independent voters do not want to elect a felon as president. Imagine a Commander in Chief who cannot pass a security clearance, who will be barred from entering most nations around the globe. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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  110. Civil service protections have been in place since Andrew Jackson. A president was actually assassinated over graft in federal jobs. Please pay attention to history.
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  111. Perhaps read a book on the 1930s and how a fascist army based on racism failed. Perhaps a book on Truman's decision to integrate the military in the late 1940s, in advance of the larger USA society. Perhaps a book on the role of African American soldiers and airmen in World War Two. Enjoy your trip to the library. It's a great place.
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  113. I think they connected one side, then used a bow and arrow to send the other end across, so that it could be attached as well. They used those fake IDs to access the unfinished roof, trying to look like a construction crew. I believe NYC had already started to slide into bankruptcy, so maybe the site didn't have enough security? I was amazed to hear that he crossed back and forth several times. Yikes!
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  114. Unlimited sick leave?? Really??
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  115. This reporter has a very long history with this channel. His track record should be easy to find. Given that Walter Cronkite was the CBS anchor for years, and he had an intense anti Vietnam stance, I find it easy to believe that the old guard at CBS is unlikely to be right wing.
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