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WE RESPECT ALL

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Over 350 languages are spoken in the United States. Some linguistic surveys estimate the total can be closer to 430 when including specific dialects and indigenous languages. However, the three main languages spoken are English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.

UNCOMFORTABLY DUMB

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"A person who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake" ~ Confucius
'Tis the mourning after, following the third No Kings rallies and the beginning of the MLB baseball season. The bases are loaded, and election day draws closer in every way.

A ROYAL PAIN

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We are not sure of the exact date, so the middle of this month is a rough estimate. Pain in the butt is a colloquial phrase meaning that something or someone is annoying, troublesome, or a nuisance. This was the preamble to a historical document. Did you know? Answer posted below.

WE ARE ALL LEADERS

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Democracy comes from the Greek and translates to “rule by the people.” In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln captured this essence of democracy in his famous Gettysburg address, upholding a government “of the people by the people and for the people.” Workers make up the vast majority of the people. All we need is digital democracy to save the world order that could turn it into a den of thieves.

CAMELOT CONTINUES?

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In the years following President Kennedy’s assassination, three Kennedy women worked to commemorate his life and legacy. Rose, his mother, relied upon her memories to recreate his birthplace as the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site. Jackie, his wife, used her experiences as First Lady to inform her vision of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. A generation later, Caroline, his daughter, would continue their efforts by establishing the Profile in Courage Award. Each of these women had a strong understanding of image making and legacy, and shaped the national memory of President Kennedy beyond the 1960s.

GOP POLY TICKS

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Poly = Many + Ticks = Blood-sucking Parasites
Dominance displays are commonly observed in male animals—often primates—who seek to improve their social status. Behaviors like stamping, slapping the ground, dragging branches, and throwing rocks serve to intimidate rivals and impress onlookers, showing strength, boldness, and creativity. The core idea is that:
Spectacular and vigorous displays = greater social impact
This leads to faster ascent in the hierarchy and longer dominance
In evolutionary terms, such behaviors may be selected for because high status often brings better access to resources, including mates.

NO DOA FOR VOA

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With bureaus and reporters around the world producing original content for web, radio, television, mobile apps, and social media, VOA’s News Center serves as the agency’s 24/7 news hub, supplying more than 45 language services with the core of their programming. It also offers its own programming roster, including weekly television programs such as “The Inside Story," top-of-the-hour radio newscasts updated around the clock, daily and weekly podcasts “Flashpoint Global Crises” and “Flashpoint Ukraine,” and award-winning documentaries on topics rarely covered elsewhere. Combined with comprehensive coverage of major news events, enlightening investigations, detailed fact-checking, balanced analysis, and extensive beat coverage, the output of VOA’s News Center results in a wide-ranging catalogue of trustworthy journalism brought to global audiences, estimated to exceed 354 million viewers, listeners, and readers.