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Here’s what board games would be like if they addressed sexism in the workplace

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Former GOP Presidential Candidate Tries Big Play

Marco Rubio may have dropped out of the presidential race but his delegates are still obligated to support him at the convention, at least on the first ballot. Candidates ordinarily release delegates when they quit a presidential race, but not Marco Rubio. He is holding on to all of them.

The Florida GOP Senator sent the Chairman of the Republican Party of Alaska a letter making clear he has not released his delegates, and is holding them to their duties. RNC Chair Reince Priebus was copied on the letter:

Sen. Rubio “is personally asking state parties in 21 states and territories to refrain from releasing any of the 172 delegates he won while campaigning this year, MSNBC has learned,” according to NBC News’ Ari Melber, who calls the move “unprecedented.”

Rubio aide Alex Burgos told MSNBC that while the Florida senator is “no longer a candidate,” he “wants to give voters a chance to stop Trump.”

Is this enough to stop Trump from winning the GOP nomination? Probably not, but it’s another roadblock the GOP frontrunner will now have to maneuver.

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MA Sanders Voters File Suit Against Bill Clinton for Campaigning Inside Polling Stations

Claiming the harm suffered was neither “trivial nor inconsequential,” a group called MA Sanders Voters and Volunteers Disenfranchised by Bill Clinton has announced they have officially filed suit against former president Bill Clinton and MA Secretary of State William Galvin for “vote dilution” on the day of the Massachusetts Democratic primary.

The complaint has been filed by a plaintiff member of the group in Boston Federal District Court. The suit asks that the judge award all MA Democratic delegates to Bernie Sanders as a remedy and a deterrent to the alleged violations of voting law by Bill Clinton and the MA Secretary of State, who allowed Clinton’s activity inside the 150 foot boundary declared by MA law as off-limits to campaigning by candidates and their supporters.

The litigant rejects the MA Secretary of State’s contention that Bill Clinton was not campaigning when he can be seen in videos and photographs meeting and greeting election workers and others inside at least two polling stations. (See HubPages “Sanders Voters in MA to Sue Bill Clinton for Trampling on Voting Rights - Seek Delegates be Awarded to Bernie.”)

The complaint argues:

“This notion is beyond absurd…In his very person, [Bill Clinton] amounts to a walking, talking sign for Hillary.”

The plaintiff alleges that Bill Clinton’s entrance into the fray was neither random nor accidental, but strategically calculated by Clinton to swing the result of the elections toward his wife Hillary. The complaint reads:

“By the end of the day Hillary Clinton had eked out a narrow victory by 1.4%, which represented about 16,800 votes. 14. The narrow victory in this closely watched race, deemed “critical” for each candidate, bolstered the Clinton candidacy in future primaries, making this a live and active issue to the present day.”

The complaint notes that, on primary day, a recent poll showed 8% of MA Democratic primary voters as “undecided” between Clinton and Bernie Sanders, which would represent about 100,000 votes, in an election in which around 1.2 million people voted in the Democratic primary. The complaint states:

“Given the large number of “undecided” voters and the extremely narrow margin of victory for Hillary Clinton, there was sufficient fluidity in the race for Bill Clinton’s illegal electioneering to have made a significant impact, and to have reversed the verdict of the voters by handing victory to Clinton rather than to Sanders. With 100,00 undecided voters and a margin of victory of only 16,800 votes, it is eminently plausible that Bill Clinton impacted the final result.”

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If Clintons think they can use any means to reach their goals they are wrong. Let’s make the elections fair!

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WISCONSIN! You’re up next!

*Mark your calendar for April 5th. Polls are open 7:00am-8:00pm.*

KEY INFO FOR WISCONSIN VOTERS:

Wisconsin has open primaries — Wisconsinites can vote for Bernie Sanders regardless of their registered party. BUT YOU MUST BE REGISTERED BY APRIL 1ST.

You can also register at your polling place on election day by bringing proof of residency and certifying that you’ve been a resident of Wisconsin for 28 days.

Wisconsin requires you to present a photo identification in order to vote in person. Click here to learn more about acceptable photo IDs.

You can participate in early voting for the Wisconsin Democratic Primary at your municipal clerk’s office between March 21 and April 1, 2016. Or you can request a mail-in absentee ballot from your municipal clerk until March 31, 2016.

If you are a college student not living in your home state, you can vote for Bernie in either your home state or in the state in which you are attending school!

If you are a military voter or a United States citizen living abroad, you are able to request a ballot here.

If you have any questions about voting in Wisconsin you may contact your state elections office for more information: 608-266-8005

LET’S GET BERNIE ANOTHER YUGE WIN LIKE HE GOT IN ALASKA, WASHINGTON, AND HAWAI’I!

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Adenine, a DNA base other than cytosine, also gets methylated, thereby silencing nearby genes in mouse stem cells

The sequence of letters in DNA is only a fraction of the story of biological diversity. By controlling how and when genes are turned on and off, different proteins are expressed by cells, making them different from each other–even in the same organism.

There are many different kinds of switches and control mechanisms, and this recent finding adds to the list of ways mammals modify the expression of genes. Methylation (the attachment of a methyl group, or carbon with three hydrogens, to a DNA base) has long been noted on cytosine bases in mammals, and methylated adenine has been seen in other organisms, too. This discovery is the first time researchers have found methylated adenine in mammals, and figuring out how it works (and how it differs from cytosine methylation) should provide deeper insight into how genes are controlled.

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Michigan woman trades Twitter handle for 41,000 bottles of water for Flint

Having what someone else wants can go a long way — especially if it’s a major corporation that wants it. The Dr. Pepper Snapple Group just sent 41,000 water bottles to Flint, on the demands of Michigan resident Diana Hussein. All she had to give them in exchange was a Twitter account the beverage maker desperately wanted.

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The Nightly Show, March 22, 2016

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who is this guy? I owe him warm hugs and warm beverages! he effin’ nailed it good.

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It’s Larry Wilmore from The Nightly Show! One of my favorite shows on TV, with great show regulars and guests including feminist vlogger @chescaleigh.

Here are some great feminist segments from the show:

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Half of this school’s students are homeless, 82% go to college

A school is working with some of the most economically disadvantaged students in New York City and sending them off to colleges at an astounding rate. Broome Street Academy, a charter high school that opened in 2011, has a student population of over 77% that fall under the category of economically disadvantaged. In 2015, 82% of the school’s first graduating students enrolled into college. How? “It’s about breaking the cycle.

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Donald Trump says his Muslim ban doesn’t apply to his rich Muslim friends

Trump, with a totally straight face, told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Wednesday that he has “a lot of friends that are Muslim,” who are “very rich,” and he would make “exceptions” to let them in the country. We’re not sure which part of this is more dubious.