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If you need a lovely story to make you feel better today, this is it.

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@churchofpoetry  Here’s a photo of a Lutheran church somewhere in Indiana. A friend posted a pic of her fella and this was in the frame. I know you collect ‘em.

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[micdotcom]

The Trump administration won’t count LGBTQ Americans in the next census

The Trump administration won’t add questions about sexual orientation or gender identity to the 2020 census.

This means that LGBTQ Americans will continue to go uncounted by the survey that’s intended to be the “leading source of quality data about the nation’s people,” according to the census website.

A draft from earlier this month of the administration’s plans for the 2020 census had included a proposal to add questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, the Huffington Post reported, but in the final report that the administration submitted to Congress this week, those subjects had been removed. Read more. (3/29/2017 11:05 AM)

[heatherp82]

WTF

[wilwheaton]

Trump Asked for Veto Power Over Sally Yates’s Testimony at Russia Hearing

The former acting attorney general refused — then, Devin Nunes canceled her hearing.

This administration is the most corrupt in my lifetime, and the Congress is failing to due its constitutional duty to defend the country from enemies foreign and domestic.

Congressional Republicans are a disgrace, and for a group of people who use patriotism as a cudgel to silence dissent, their hypocrisy is unequaled. 

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So sweet

[macarons-and-corpses]

I don’t know if you’ve actually seen this episode, but Pam invites the entire office to her art show that she’s been gearing up for for a really long time. Nobody shows up except for Oscar and his partner (and they critique her work, calling her “lacking in courage” among other things, not realizing she is standing right behind them) and then Michael. And Michael is the only one who tells her she is great just for putting herself out there, and the only one who places value on what she’s done, and he points out all the little details she got right and notices absolutely every bit of hard work she put into it. And then treats Pam like the artist she is by not just paying her for her art, but displaying it where literally everyone can see it.

It’s one of my favorite episodes.

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Robert Reich: Show This To Anyone Who Voted For Trump, Immediately

While a lot of Trump voters won’t listen to any criticism of the man (much like Trump himself), there are lots of them that have expressed regret over their support for him. Whichever of those two categories your Trump-voting friends or family fall into, here is something that they need to read, immediately. There’s always […]

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcXWq40F5Hk)

Been watching this feed for about three days now. Still no baby giraffe but it’s interesting. The animals are very well tended here so no snide comments, please. Just enjoy the miracle of birth and hopefully it’ll be SOON!

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[todayinhistory]

February 19th 1942: Japanese internment begins

On this day in 1942, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 9066 which allowed the military to relocate Japanese-Americans to internment camps. A climate of paranoia descended on the US following the attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan, which prompted the US to join the Second World War. Americans of Japanese ancestry became targets for persecution, as there were fears that they would collude with Japan and pose a national security threat. This came to a head with FDR’s executive order, which led to 120,000 Japanese-Americans being rounded up and held in camps. The constitutionality of the controversial measure was upheld by the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States (1944). Interned Americans suffered great material and personal hardship, with most people losing their property and some losing their lives to illness or the violence of camp sentries. The victims of internment and their families eventually received an official government apology in 1988 and reparations began in the 1990s. This dark episode of American history is often forgotten in the narrative of US involvement in the Second World War, but Japanese internment poses a stark reminder of the dangers of paranoia and scapegoating.