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What Rosie From Caillou Taught Me About Vulnerability

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Meg McCarney Updated January 15, 2020 By Teletoon At some point during one of our conversations, my boyfriend and I started talking about obscure children’s cartoon characters. Our conversations tend to do this, meandering from very serious topics like life and love to old cartoons in the same breath. Blame it on our collective inability to focus. We’re easily excitable. Regardless of how we got there, I made a comment about how Rosie from Caillou always aggravated me. In the few scenes from Caillou I can recall, she’s always complaining…

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Rob Kardashian Is ‘Worried Sick’ About Daughter Dream Spending Any More Time With Blac Chyna – Perez Hilton

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Rob Kardashian is awfully concerned about his daughter’s well-being, and it sounds like he’s doing whatever he can behind the scenes to make it better. The one-time Keeping Up with the Kardashians star is reportedly “worried sick” about Dream Kardashian every time she goes off to live at Blac Chyna‘s house. As Speaking to E! News about the matter now, multiple sources have come forward relaying information about Rob’s reaction to the disturbing allegations. With rumors swirling and plenty of highly emotional, contentious moments likely ahead, it seems like everybody involved is bracing themselves…

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Buttigieg warns against ‘going to the extreme’ on election issues

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Washington (CNN)Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday warned against “going to the extreme” on important election issues a day after he was assailed by his liberal competitors at the CNN/Des Moines Register Democratic debate for being too moderate. On Tuesday night, six candidates participated in the last debate before next month’s Iowa caucuses, where voters will cast the first votes of this election cycle. Buttigieg, who has cast his “Medicare for all who want it” plan as a viable alternative to Warren and Sanders’ “Medicare for All” plan, faced…

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Where does Bernie Sanders stand on the issues?

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a fundraiser for the Nevada Democratic Party, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) WARREN’S ‘FANTASY’ WEALTH TAX: HERE’S ALL THE PROGRAMS 2020 DEM CLAIMS TO COVER WITH FUNDING TRICK “Taxing the extreme wealth of the top 0.1% is not radical,” Sanders wrote on Twitter in September. “What’s radical is that the Walton family makes $25,000 a minute while their workers at Walmart are paid poverty wages.” His wealth tax would feature several brackets, extracting 1 percent per year…

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The year of the gig worker uprising

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2019 was a momentous year for gig workers. While the likes of Uber, Lyft, Instacart and DoorDash rely on these workers for their respective core services, the pay does not match how much they’re worth — which is a lot. It’s this issue that lies at the root of gig workers’ demands. “This past year has been a pivotal year not only for gig workers but for workers across the tech economy,” Gig Workers Rising co-organizer Lauren Casey told TechCrunch. “That unto itself is a win — to see mass…

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The Best Bachelor Recap Youll Ever Read: Champagne Showers | Betches

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Hello and welcome back to the best recap you’ll ever read! Every Monday I tell myself that this will be the Monday that I cut ties with this disease-ridden franchise and do something for myself. The things I would do with those two hours back in my life! I could download a workout video! I could watch that workout video while eating Cheetos by the handful in bed! I could take a nap! Re-watch in its entirety for the third time! The possibilities are truly endless, and yet, every Monday…

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