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We had the honor of speaking to parents and educators at a beautiful school this week, fielding questions and sharing tools on how to help boys grow into happy, healthy men. So grateful to get to do this work. @mrhealthteacher amazon.com/Talk-Your-Boys-Co…
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A truly next-level troll just in the depth of misunderstanding of the movie 500 Days of Summer, let alone the rest of the tweet. Oh, and also just racism.
So many outsiders watched “500 Days of Summer,” the movie where Zooey Deschanel repeatedly betrays Joseph Gordon-Levitt while toying with his naive emotions and luring him in with her fake appreciation of the Smiths, and thought that was the Real Downtown Los Angeles. No. The real DTLA is courthouses and parking lots with angry owners of indeterminate ethnic origin and like one lively street where they sell knockoff branded luxury goods. That’s it. If Los Angeles has a downtown (it does not), it’s either Century City or The Grove courtesy of Rick Caruso.
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They never say this about cosmetic surgery, only gender transition care. Shouldn't she be saying this about breast augmentation and liposuction? These are VERY serious, major surgeries that you only need ONE consultation for before being cut up, permanently.
If people don’t like their sexed bodies, it doesn’t mean they’re in the wrong body. It means they need therapy in order to get used to their body because they’re going to be stuck with it for the rest of their lives. I’m not sure why this isn’t obvious to some.
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Shouldn't cosmetic surgery be exactly the same? Go to therapy and learn to like your breasts/fat/wrinkles/pecs and NOT surgery? You're going to be stuck in your body the rest of your life, get used to it. They don't say this because they ONLY care when it's a trans person.
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From the fact check:
Unfounded claims of homeless voter fraud roil L.A. We went to Skid Row for answers latimes.com/california/story…
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Will someone tell me why a graduate Theology degree doesn't get the 20K loan caps that my son's graduate Doctor of Physical Therapy degree does? Genuinely excited to hear why nurses, DPTs, and many more medically necessary grad degrees are being sacrificed but NOT Theology.
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has made it impossible for my son to get a graduate degree (Doctor of Physical Therapy), a degree he's been preparing for in undergrad for three years. A loan cap of $20K does very little for non-wealthy families when degreess are generally $100K
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This primary list EXCLUDES: Nursing, NP, PA, PTs. Pharmacy (Pharm.D); Dentistry (DOS, D.MD); Veterinary Medicine (DVM); Chiropractic Medicine (DC, DCM); Law (LLM, JD); Medicine (MD); Optometry (OD); Osteopathic Medicine (DO); Podiatry (DPM, DP, Pod.D); and Theology (M.Div, MHL).
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For the full list, you can go to the government's site or visit this, which is much clearer: naicu.edu/policy-advocacy/ad…

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Hi Elizabeth. Increasing from 431 votes to 573 is NOT a 150% increase. Jfc. Also, if there has only been 573 in Skid Row (as of Wednesday) it kinda hurts the claim that Nithya won tens of thousands of votes there, don’t you think?
Skid Row’s turnout increased 150% from our last Mayoral Election. Imagine that!!
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The graphic shows Skid Row precinct votes increased from 431 to 573—a 33% rise, not 150%—lower than the citywide increase and totaling under 600 votes in preliminary data. x.com/cinyc9/status/… x.com/damintoell/sta…
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This app is so full of anti-American, anti-Democracy bots and paid trolls now that anyone can get a blue check... I genuinely think someday X will be in history books for the role it played in taking down the integrity of the USA. Not even being paranoid. It's scary.
This post has completely made-up numbers and a totally false claim about only Pratt voters being asked to cure their ballots, and it doesn't matter because RWers on Twitter are happy to credulously (or consciously) retweet lies that suit their political biases.
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We should always question the veracity of our voting systems. BUT! It's the motivation that's the problem with this drummed-up LA Mayor controversy. Are we making sure everyone who's eligible gets to vote - or sowing doubt in the system so future outcomes can be manipulated?
“ChatGPT could not find one example in American history of a third-place candidate surging days after an election to overtake second place…” and the tab was closed
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On one side, we have people trying to make sure MORE legal voters can vote by making polling places and mail-in ballots more accessible. On the other side, we have people making sure less legal voters get a chance to vote by making it harder, then questioning valid results.
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Both sides say they're doing it to protect our Republic, but look at the motivation and try to be objective about which one makes actual sense and represents the values of our country.
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Unpopular take: Voting should be as easy as paying your utility bill.
California Democrats have cheapened the democratic process by making voting as routine as paying your utility bill. Voting should require some effort. Both to educate yourself and to actually go vote in person. Frankly if you don’t think meaningful effort should be required to cast your vote, consider the idea that perhaps you should not be voting.
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My son used to love the game Clue, but as a tiny little boy he couldn't comprehend losing. EVERY time he lost he'd accuse one of us of cheating, even his grandparents! It was his "sore loser" era, and he grew out of it quickly when friends/cousins wouldn't paly with him. 1/2
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He had to lose sometimes to learn how to play the game better - and also because life is full of loss. He's on his way to playing baseball in college next year, a game of who fails less, not who wins the most. This story is true, but also an allegory for the LA Mayor race.
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Agree entirely! Even if a system is honest, having it seem suspicious is enough to inspire an overhaul.
A close friend of mine is cancelling his voter registration today. He is convinced Spencer Pratt was robbed of the election. I explained to him that in California we count absentees first (which skew older and more conservative) and election day voters are younger and more Democratic. The slow count is largely because of policies to maximize participation, including postmarking a ballot on Election Day. Regardless, we need to figure out in California how we can get the vote counted faster and results tabulated so it does not drag on. We should make the investments in operational improvements and resources in the wealthiest state in the nation. It is worth spending the resources to get the vast majority of the vote counted within 48 hours. Right now the system is eroding trust and spawning conspiracy theories.
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It's really ironic to hear Spencer Pratt complaining about the tariffs on building materials and how much more expensive it is when he's in deep with MAGA, the origins of these tariffs that disproportionately hurt working class folks and victims of natural disaster.
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I've been warning about this since the tariffs went into place. With Hurricane Helene in the Southeast and the fires in Los Angeles, the demand for building materials is higher than any time in recent history and Trump tariffs them into total oblivion.
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"Buy American!" they'll say. I'm a Michigan girl raised by a dad who worked on a factory floor my whole life. I"m 100% for it. Bad news: almost everything built in the USA has foreign components. Almost every single thing. You don't realize how bad it hurts until it hurts you!
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