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Dear God, Thank You

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Marisa Donnelly Updated February 28, 2019 By Grace Chung For this little muscle beating inside my chest. Thank you for its resilience, for its strength. Thank you for helping it beat, through every Stairmaster workout, through every terrifying scene in a scary movie, through every kiss, through every morning when I was so so tired, and didn’t want to face the world. Thank you for giving me physical strength—to overcome obstacles, to push myself, to never quit. Thank you for my emotional strength—to let people in, to forgive, to share…

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How the Salvation Army is trying to change its ‘anti-LGBTQ’ reputation

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(CNN)Salvation Army bell ringers, the folks you see jingling bells by red kettles at Christmastime, will be carrying a new prop this year: A card explaining the Christian church and charity’s approach to LGBTQ people. But to some in the LGBTQ community, the Salvation Army has another reputation. For decades, they’ve accused Salvationsts of denying some services to same-sex couples, advocating against gay rights and adhering to a traditional theology that considers gay sex sinful. At times, LGBTQ activists have dropped fake dollar bills or vouchers protesting the Salvation Army…

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‘Amazing deal’ or ‘capitulation’? Why the US-China trade truce may not last

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Donald Trump hailed the agreement, but others think it masks a process of deglobalisation as the two superpowers struggle for hegemony The trade war between the US and China may never be settled, experts fear, even after the two sides agreed on an outline phase one deal. Economists and investors have been poring over agreement would also require China to make structural reforms and other changes to its economic and trade regime in the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, agriculture, financial services, and currency and foreign exchange. In exchange,…

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30 Hilarious Palindromes For Literary Nerds

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By Thought Catalog Ask Reddit has put together the best palindromes, which are sentences that can be read the same forwards and backwards. By Thought Catalog 1. No parts? STRAP-ON! 2. Do geese see God? 3. A Santa Lived As a Devil At NASA. 4. Tulsa night life: filth, gin, a slut. 5. Step on no pets. 6. Dammit I’m mad. 7. Do not tell E.T. to nod. 8. Pooping is a sign I poop. 9. A nut for a jar of tuna. 10. Never odd or even. 11. Neil,…

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Qantas Sydney to Perth flight evacuated via slides after smoke fills cabin

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Terrifying ordeal forced plane to return to Sydney airport shortly after takeoff Passengers on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth evacuated via slides after the Airbus A330 was forced to return as the cabin filled with smoke. Qantas said flight 575 returned to Sydney shortly after takeoff on Sunday morning due to a hydraulic issue. Once back at the gate, the captain made the decision to evacuate the aircraft as a precaution and three emergency slides were deployed, the airline said in a statement. Passengers were evacuated through both…

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Analysis: Trump has weathered impeachment better than Clinton

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(CNN)First things first: The theme song of the week is the closing credits from Growing Pains. In these, Trump usually comes out looking poorly compared to Bill Clinton, the last president to be impeached. Clinton’s job approval rating stayed higher and the percentage who wanted him impeached and removed from office stayed lower. I’ll make the argument, though, that these figures aren’t telling the whole story. A look at the net favorability rating changes for Clinton and Trump during their impeachment sagas indicates that Clinton was hurt by impeachment in…

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Debate so white: candidates of color miss out as Democratic field narrows

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Despite an increasingly diverse party, Andrew Yang will be the only non-white face on the stage in Los Angeles When the Democratic presidential candidates gather in Los Angeles next Thursday to debate for the sixth time, the stage will look rather different than it did when the contenders first faced off back in June. A field that was initially celebrated for its diversity has been whittled down to seven debate participants: the former vice-president Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Amy Klobuchar, billionaire activist…

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Lawsuit says $44M Ferrari 250 GTO is missing a part

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(SWNS) (SWNS) Fisken has since resold the Ferrari for an undisclosed sum, but is looking to force the delivery of the gearbox, claiming in High Court in London that he purchased the car with the understanding that it could and would be acquired and handed over following the sale. The Times reported that arrangements were being made to do just that, but that the parties disagreed over the specifics, which included a $25,000 fee to the third party, and it never happened.

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Kentucky: outgoing governor pardons killer whose brother hosted fundraiser

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Pardons of violent offenders, including a child rapist and a man who beheaded a female victim, provoke widespread backlash Days after leaving office, the former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin is facing widespread backlash and calls for an investigation following a number of controversial pardons of violent offenders on his way out the door. Pardons are traditional at the end of a governors term and most of the Republicans more than 400 pardons were for drug offenses. But a number of the pardons were for particularly violent crimes, like a woman…

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