#GOVERNMENT

Okay, so a lot of Philadelphia neighborhoods (including mine) are seeing trash pile up. Trash pickup is three, even four days behind in some places. Residents are rightfully complaining. But
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The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Scholarship Program.Application Deadline: Varying by Country.#share https://www.jobsandschools.com/scholarships/the-kennedy-lugar-youth-exchange-and-study-yes-scholarship-program/ The Kennedy
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Updates from Gov. Cooper’s COVID-19 briefing:https://twitter.com/NC_Governor/status/1253743560941158401 All of us have been impacted by COVID-19 in some way. Overnight, beloved teachers our children saw in real life are now seen only
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I’ll start this thread by saying “Fck Trump” republicans and democrats b/c apparently calling out Joe Biden’s racism means I support TrumpI’m an independent that is consistent with calling out
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A lot of people who are into cryptocurrencies will see this FinCen leak as vindication and proof that banks are money launderers. But, this will be used against cryptocurrencies...1/ See
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This morning we lay Johnson Barasa, (SABC cameraman Nairobi office) to rest at his home in Kitale. Just like I have used this platform for 12 years to tell you
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1) The Isle of Lost SoulsHart Island, NY or The Isle of Lost Souls is located at Long Island Sound, in the Bronx, NYC. As a writer, it would be
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My thanks to Thomas Wright for the debate about how progressives should deal with China. A few replies:https://twitter.com/thomaswright08/status/1264162925058625536 1. Wright's main point is that the accommodating, soft-power-loving EU
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1/ There are no other constitutional rights in substance without freedom to transactBeing meaning to write this for 6 months, but the Canadian response to the trucker protests is illustrating
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern used her press briefing to reassure children about the possibility of the Easter bunny not showing up this year.Donald Trump used his press briefing to
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I'm a librarian (no kidding, you say) & people always expect me to get precious about physical books. And indeed, I used to be like that. However, cataloging rare books
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#NTiHoR 1/15 Before the railways was the carrying trade—an intermodal network of waggons, boats and coastal ships operated by independent carriers. Historians have written about these transport modes, but the
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It was #NationalMeadowsDay on 4th July, so we wanted to highlight ways YOU can help create, nurture & support meadows. It doesn't need to hard, in fact, the most SIMPLE
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We’re incentivizing doctors $13k per death certificate that says cause of death is coronavirus?If you request a ventilator as a hospital or doctor you get $39k per ventilator?What? Someone said
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This is deeply pseudoscientific and dangerous rubbish. I wouldn't normally amplify, but in this case given the public health emergency I've made an exception. The full version is here: https://youtu.be/DUDg5ossirU Otherwise
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Now that covid cases are coming closer than ever for all of us, I really cannot think enough of the monumental efforts this government has put up in fighting the
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