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Dawn Dumm

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News junkie, Arts fanatic, anti-racist, democracy, kindness advocate, Exvangelical, LGBTQ Ally, caretaker of neurotic pets.

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When we show up and make our voices heard peacefully, we are too loud to ignore! Nearly seven million protesters, gathered yesterday for the #No Kings rallies in opposition to Trump’s authoritarian agenda. Protesters rallied across more than 2,700 US cities and towns Saturday.

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He provides ways to consider the impact of our structures on individuals and families and offers strategies to tackle the issues, giving hope in what can seem like a hopeless situation. During a time when we seem to be backsliding into cruelty and apathy, this book reminds us not to let that happen.

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I was lucky enough to get an copy of this book early, and I'm so glad I did! Dr. Lester weaves his own story into this book to make the research on poverty and education he shares personal.

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Empathy, Solidarity, and Resisting the Trumpian Military State
YouTube video by The Convocation Unscripted Empathy, Solidarity, and Resisting the Trumpian Military State

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These wonderful scholars are a light in all the darkness.

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On Honor, Service, and other Patriotic Values
YouTube video by The Convocation Unscripted On Honor, Service, and other Patriotic Values

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Pope Leo XIV, the first in history from the United States - Our thoughts...
YouTube video by The Convocation Unscripted Pope Leo XIV, the first in history from the United States - Our thoughts...

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Trump’s First 100 Days: Racial and Religious Divides in America
YouTube video by The Convocation Unscripted Trump’s First 100 Days: Racial and Religious Divides in America

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Follow for more context

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β€œDepartment of Government Efficiency.”

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The Crucifixion of Jesus and our Political Moment
YouTube video by The Convocation Unscripted The Crucifixion of Jesus and our Political Moment

A very moving discussion on events and the intersection with Holy week: youtu.be/hRfFG7Ky7Zc?...

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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

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A play in two acts.

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Good morning.

Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.

It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

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This series has been a light in the darkness. youtu.be/Z4Crfd5_DNc?...

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Absolutely. Highly recommend!

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Former federal employee sentenced to prison for mishandling classified materials AUGUSTA, GA: Β A former employee of a U.S. Department of Defense component agency was sentenced to federal prison for mishandling sensitive documents.

Today DOJ announced a three-year prison sentence for a DOD employee, a 26-year-old civilian woman from Nevada, who mishandled Top Secret documents by taking them home from a secure facility.

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Trump’s Pick for Top Intelligence Post Overstated Parts of His Biography (Gift Article) Aides revised old claims about Representative John Ratcliffe’s role in prosecuting a prominent terrorism case.

John Ratcliffe lied on his resume. In the private sector, he’d be unemployable.

www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/u...

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he’s crashing out

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🚨 BREAKING EXCLUSIVE

Senator Schiff calls for resignations of Trump officials over β€œSignal-Gate”

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Special election results: 36th state Senate District Voters in Lancaster County are casting ballots for their state senator in Tuesday's special election for the 36th state Senate District.

"It will be the first time a Democrat has held the seat since it was redistricted in 1980." www.wgal.com/article/pa-s...

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Trump Text Fiasco Worsens as Tulsi Gabbard Implodes and Fox Melts Down As the controversy grows over a breach in a war-planning text chat, an expert in national security law explains how Tulsi Gabbard’s Senate testimony made things worseβ€”and why Fox’s spin is dumber than...

Trump Text Fiasco Worsens as Tulsi Gabbard Implodes and Fox Melts Down

As the controversy grows over a breach in a war-planning text chat, an expert in national security law explains how DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s Senate testimony made things worse β€” and why Fox’s spin is dumber than usual.

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Himes: "Apparently all this mayhem is cheered by the president of the United States and by 20-somethings with laptops and names like Big Balls. But I've been doing this for a long time, and I know that Moscow and Beijing and Tehran and Pyongyang cannot believe their luck."

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A Huge Amount of Money Is Missing From Tesla As the Financial Times reports, a whopping $1.4 billion is unaccounted for in Tesla's financial statements.

Hear ye, hear ye...

Billions missing from the company of dude in charge of finding government fraud.

futurism.com/huge-amount-...

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At the Bernie AOC rally Denver, probably 30k people.

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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Segregation was never just separate facilities
It was paying more & getting less in your neighborhood
It was getting the Phd, but still not getting hired
It was needing police for the police
It was building up a newspaper & having it burned (Wells)
It was building a school & having it shot up (JSU)

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Harriet Hageman got booed to oblivion last night in her own town hall for pumping up Doge so hard that even her loyal suckers woke up and smelled the bullshitβ€”about five months too late!

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Seen in Denmark recently. Which urinal would YOU use?

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