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Bryan Pregon

Trump and his wife Melania test positive for coronavirus | Reuters - 8 views

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    Global reactions have ranged from "Get well soon" to "I told you so" to even more blunt "wishes" for Trump. Remember that we are discussing this in an educational context for those who are going to comment on this situation. How do you think this is going to affect the election with only 32 days until the election?
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    I think that a lot of people are happy t0 see this happen based on what he says about coronavirus. Personally, I do not think that it will make a difference in what he says about coronavirus. The reason that I believe this is because Trump is most likely going to survive coronavirus because he is getting the best medical care around. I think after that he will still talk about how it is still a hoax becuase he survived it.
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    I think that Trump didn't believe in COVID-19 until it actually happened to him and I hope that he will be more empathetic toward Americans going through this too. It did say he was symptomatic and that he is at high risk so there's a possibility that he might not make it.
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    I think now that Trump has COVID-19 his political campaign will be impacted. He will need to be in quarantine for at least 2 weeks and with so few days left until the election, his campaign will be at least a little bit impacted. Even though he has COVID-19 I don't think his outlook on it will change at all.
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    I hope now that Trump has COVID-19 he will be more willing to help other people with it and now be able to understand what others are going through.
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    I hope that Trump is more willing to help people and realizes that coronavirus is a serious thing, now that he has it.
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    I hope that Trump realizes that now that he has COVID-19 that it's a serious thing and helps other people with it.
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    Its funny this happened right after he was making fun of biden for wearing a mask
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    Hopefully, Trump is less insensitive to those who have COVID or have a family member who has had it and realizes how real and bad the virus can really be.
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    I think it's ironic how after he's been saying for months that masks don't work and that the pandemic is a hoax that he contracts COVID. But even though he does have corona, he still isn't taking it serious. He's taking off his mask two days after the diagnosis in front of a sea of reporters and I just think it's despicable.
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    I think that Trump with remain ignorant to the real effects of COVID and will continue to promote unhealthy recommendations to the public. I don't think having COVID will change him at all as he continues to display his normal narcissistic and dangerous behaviors that he always had
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    It sounds like he is starting to take precautions and is learning from previous choices he may have made.
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    I think that Trump is going to continue to take advice from the scientists but he is going to do what he feels is needed to "protect himself" from the Corona Virus. This doesn't mean he isn't going to not follow the ppe guidelines fro when in public.
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    I think it's good he got it because he's learning how serious it really is. sometimes it takes the first-hand experience to realize the truth about something. I think this is a slap in the face to some of the republicans that didn´t believe it.
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    I think it's kinda like karma for making fun of joe for wearing his mask all the time, although it does make him look bad because the president of our country makes fun of people for protecting themselves and taking covid seriously.
nelsontad

Weather groundhog Phil 'indicted,' accused of lying as winter continues - 1 views

shared by nelsontad on 25 Mar 13 - No Cached
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    (CNN) -- Punxsutawney Phil lied. That's what a prosecutor in Ohio says. He has filed a criminal "indictment" against the famed groundhog, who, year for year on February 2, emerges from his burrow at Gobbler's Knob to predict whether spring will come early or winter will linger.
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    This case should not even be allowed. Just because he has to do these predictions doesn't mean he will always be right. After all, like the article says, he's just a groundhog.
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    What?! I don't see what the big deal is if a groundhog gets his PREDICTION wrong. This dude needs to lighten up.
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    i think that it is bad that he got it wrong because a lot of people were looking forward to spring coming so we could enjoy the nice weather but you cant always be right 100% sometimes you say something and it might not always happen like you say it will.
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    That is just ridiculous, A. it's a PREDICTION, and they are never for sure B. It is only a groundhog... If America can barely trust people, why should it trust an animal?
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    Why do we rely on a groundhog to predict our weather. What's next a tomato that can perdict the next president?
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    IT'S A GROUNDHOG... how is it absolutely guaranteed to predict the weather? Maybe it can predict what I'll get on my next test!
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    I guess a ground hog would be able to change it up if it wanted to, we need to fire that ground hog and hire a new one. Spring just needs to come soon so I can play some more tennis and get to a golf course.
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    This is just plain out stupid. There is nothing anyone can do to control the weather. And I know it's surprising, but not even a groundhog can control the weather.
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    Hey guys, it was a joke. They can't kill the groundhog for predicting the weather incorrectly.
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    This article is a joke nobody is suing the groundhog. I was just posting this because it was funny.
Morgan Ronfeldt

California dad dies after fight with teen daughter, cops say - 2 views

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    This is a really short article, but from the little information that's stated I think the case is unfair. I don't think the daughter should be charged with manslaughter if he suffered from a heart attack.
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    Isn't it child abuse if they were in a physical fight? She was just defending herself, that doesn't mean that she killed him.
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    No one plans on having a heart attack when they get into a fight with their parent. So she shouldn't be charged with manslaughter involuntary or not.
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    I don't think she should be charged. She did not kill him, his body died out on its own. It may have got his heart rate going but its just a freak accident. Its not like she wanted to kill her dad. Although she shouldn't have been fighting him.
chasesnavely

Texas House Bill Proposes Dropping Algebra II From Diploma Standards - 0 views

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    I'm going to Texas!!
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    That is just dumb. It is giving kids a reason to do less in school than they already do. Retaking tests as many times as you want, Skipping weeks of school but still passing by taking and passing performances.. I mean come on, how much easier can it get. College is going to be a slap in the face when kids aren't handed everything. Good Luck.
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    I completely agree with Madison.
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    Actually this doesn't sound bad, because colleges will still require it, and Texas schools don't necessarily have the same grading system as us.
Bryan Pregon

Video shows test firing of 3-D-printed handgun - CNN.com - 3 views

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    "A Texas group run by a self-described anarchist has posted what appears to be the first video of the live firing of a handgun created with a 3-D printer."
Melissa Diaz-Aguilera

After threats against U.S., North Korea turns ire to South - 0 views

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    Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- In its latest bout of hostile rhetoric, North Korea on Friday warned of the possibility of "strong physical counter-measures" against South Korea in relation to tougher sanctions imposed this week by the United Nations.
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    as long as they test their weapons by not firing them at their or anyone elses people they should not be sanctioned
Natalie Wilson

Teenage girl suffered strokes, brain damage after smoking synthetic marijuana - 3 views

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    class A reason why they should just legalize what is know to be a safe substance. Then maybe kids wouldn't be choking each other for a high... or putting stuff in their body they have no background knowledge on.
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    That's the risk of doing she lived on the edge and she fell off
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    Something that is legal so you can get a high, it almosted costed her life and the worst thing is she wont ever be the same.
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    I think that's a perfect example as to why they shouldn't legalize it, not the opposite.
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    She may not of known what would've happened to her if she smoked the fake marijuana but, she did make a choice into smoking it knowing that it might not of been a good thing to her. Sure it's bad that she had seizures and became paralyzed. But, it was fake it wasn't the real thing maybe due to the chemicals in the drug triggered the seizures and other symptoms.
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    I think that the fact that real marijuana is illegal while "fake" marijuana remains legal, is ridiculous. I think the fact that Marijuana being illegal is ridiculous in itself. If we can legalize alcohol, why not Marijuana? I can understand that there is no immediate test to see if one is high or not while there is for alcohol, but that is a minor step in the road. Why not take it, set an age restriction on it, then tax the poop out of it? Make some money while legalizing something that has no reason to not be legal and will continue to be used anyway.
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    I think this proves that we should just go with the lesser evil and legalize it. Make it available at a certain age, yeah minors will be able to get a hold of it like they do with cigarettes and alcohol, but clearly marijuana is much safer than the legal "fake" stuff. It poses no harm to the user other than the fear of getting possession charges.
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    This information should be spread so people know the effect that it can have on people if they don't know what is in it. They need to learn some of the effects of it before doing it. She chose to smoke it not knowing the effects of it and she won't ever be the same because of it. This story is a good example of why you need to be educated about what you are doing.
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    That should prove why it would be wrong to legalize it, especially since a lot of young users don't know the side effects it can cause not just to themselves but to their loved ones as well.
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    Well it was her choice, Kids only do it to be against "the man" if they legalized thaat itd be a few days of people smoking on every corner then everyone would get tired of it. There will always be substance abuse.
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    Obviously fake and legal marijuana creates more problems than illegal marijuana does. If marijuana were to be legalized these problems wouldn't occur due to the fact that people wouldn't get the fake kind. Even tho marijuana does cause problems, it's not to that intensity where you have multiple strokes and your brain is half or three fourths dead.
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    She should have known more about it before she did it
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    I think this is a perfect reason why they shouldn't legalize it. If she wants to smoke then she should just go live in Colorado.
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    I mean if she wanted to smoke she should of just moved to Colorado!
lizretikis

Obama's vision of a nuke-free world is tested - 1 views

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    Wildcard North Korea is edging closer to its goal of building a viable nuclear device, Pakistan continues to amass nuclear material at unmatched rates, and Russian officials openly discuss pre-emptive nuclear strikes on Europe. And the sharpening skills of computer hackers mean cyber threats to nuclear facilities are increasing, too.
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    it seems interesting but i think that we should get rid of about half an up date the ones that we have left
Christina Constant

North Korea's Missiles Are Fakes, Analysts Say - 1 views

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    Image Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP Photo North Korea tried to flex its military might with an extravagant parade on April 15, just three days after it admitted that its missile test had been a failure, but analysts now say that the new intercontinental ballistic missiles on display in the meticulously choreographed parade were nothing more than props.
Bryan Pregon

New wrinkle in pot debate: stoned driving - 23 views

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    This women is given a medical drug. When she drive's when she's is still high? So if she is getting medical weed and they make a law stating that you can not be "high" or drugged up before driving. Then why doesn't the government give them transportation, sure buses work if you live in the city, or taxi's. But why should she have to pay when the hospitals are giving it to her.
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    Or maybe instead they should just not drive. if smoking marijuana impairs you to the point to where your incapable of driving then don't drive, its not the governments responsibility to provide transportation to someone who chooses that as a medicine. and yeah the hospital gave it to her, but the hospital gives people a lot of other drugs that have warning labels stating not to drive and use heavy machinery. so why should the government have to provide transportation when people know that using that medicine might not allow them to be able to drive?
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    Why Shouldn't they? there handing it out? Right? So if the government made the decision to give out marijuana to those who would like to have because of health problems then they should take Responsibility for the people there giving it to . Plus people wouldn't listen any ways, people drive under the influence all the time. No matter what its going to happen, that's why I think that the government should keep tabs on people who have medical drugs and make sure there safe, and make sure there not hurting someone else.
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    if people wouldn't listen, then there is no point for the government to pay to transport someone around who would just abuse it in the first place. and keeping tabs on all of the people who use medical marijuana or any drug that could impair you would take a ridiculous amount of time and money that our government probably isn't willing to do. if someone wants or needs that medical drug then they should be responsible for their actions while using it not the government.
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    Then why make a laws and expect people to follow this one. It's pretty evident that nobody listen's anyways. So enforcing the law by keeping tabs might save people's lives and save them from injury? So how would that be a waste of time? And yes the thought is unrealistic but, I was just throwing out an idea.
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    i think its ok to be given the drug for a medical problem and to be able to drive, but if its worse then being drunk and then driving afterwards then you shouldn't be able to drive and be under an influence of a medical use of drugs. they should have special ways of transportation.
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    I believe it's impossible to be too dough'd to drive!
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    I think that yes government should provide the transportation if your under medication that you should not be driving or using heavy machinery. Then there is also the thought of who is to say that some one won't just get high and say its hospital medication? It will always be a battle no matter what happens. you could have the government provide the transportation but the only way you can use it is by providing proof by like wearing a I.d. bracelet or having to keep the container with you. Then there are still ways that people will get around like taking other peoples bracelets or containers or them expiring. So there is almost no way to decide and make it possible! Not everyone is going to follow the laws or ever will!
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    i dont think it really matters wether they make it legal or not, people will still abuse it just like alcohol. they can set an age limit on it, but you still see 9 yearolds getting their hands on cigaretts even though ur supposed to be 18. and as far as transportation goes, i dont believe the government will provide transportation. if you choose to smoke pot, then its ur problem wether to drive or not. i dont think its a big deal if you smoke a bowl or two and then drive to the store, but can the police actualy tell or test you for thc? argue all you want i say let people be free and smoke whatever plant they want wether its tobacco or marijuana, its a natural god given plant.
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    There's no reason that the government should use the money, that we don't have, to provide transportation to someone who doesn't need it. Does she need marijuana? Clearly, she may however, that does not constitute the necessity to have someone pay for her to get around. Maybe, she should try taking the bus.
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    I believe she should not be driving while under the influence. Even if she is prescribed the drug, there should be warnings and other precautions taken to prevent accidents.
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    Maybe she should try cocaine I heard that works too.
Bryan Pregon

Google Wants To Put Sat Dish Farm In Council Bluffs - 9 views

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    They invested millions into our city for the land and resources, not to mention the free programs they offer to our citizens. I don't see a problem with passing over the metro area for the beta testing of fiber optic broadband. Google gives us plenty of benefits they aren't obliged to.
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    i say no, i dont want those big ugly things taking up where i want to live. plus we dont know how many they want to put in and where
Ellie Croson

Air Force nuke cheating scandal grows - 0 views

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    A cheating scandal involving members of the Air Force nuclear command has tripled in size over the past two weeks with more people identified as investigators stepped up their probe. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said on Thursday that 92 officers from Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana are now implicated in the scandal over a proficiency test administered last year.
mya_doty

Sick kids flooding ER in Alabama - 11 views

shared by mya_doty on 12 Sep 14 - No Cached
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    (CNN) -- Children with severe respiratory illnesses are flooding the emergency room of USA Children's and Women's Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, according to CNN affiliate WPMI. Doctors started noticing an increase in children with severe colds and troubling breathing in mid-August, said Dr. Jason Richerson, medical director of USA Children's & Women's Evaluation Center.
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    It's sad that there are 80 people in six states who have been tested positive for having the respiratory illness caused by the EV-D68.
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    Yeah I wonder what started it?
jborwick

Rat poison found in food at prison - CNN Video - 4 views

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    CNN affiliate WPIX reports that some prisoners at Rikers Island became ill after eating meatloaf. Lab tests confirmed that the meatloaf contained high levels of a pesticide.
Bryan Pregon

Slap To The Face Gets Student Expelled - 11 views

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    This case is NOT about the S.L.A.P.S test to decide if something is obscene (Serious Literary, Artistic, Political, Scientific value). So anyway, different sort of slap... Do you think the school reacted with an appropriate punishment?
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    No I don't believe that the school should have expelled him. Students get into fist fights, but sometimes only get suspended. He should be punished, but I think they went a little too far.
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    I feel the school went a little overboard on the punishment, but then again it shows other teens that slapping someone in the face is not okay, and is not a joking matter.
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    Seems to me that this punishment was cruel and a little excessive. I do agree that he needs some sort of punishment to learn from it but the one he received took things to far.
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    I think they went a little too far with the punishment. They could've suspended him instead.
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    I think they went too far for the punishment. I understand that it's bad to randomly hurt people, but expelling him is too much.
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    I agree that it went to far.
michaelaheilesen

Second health care worker tests positive for Ebola at Dallas hospital - 3 views

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    (CNN) -- The Texas hospital where a nurse contracted Ebola while caring for a patient had guidelines that were "constantly changing" and didn't have protocols on how to deal with the deadly virus," a nurses' union claims. "The protocols that should have been in place in Dallas were not in place, and that those protocols are not in place anywhere in the United States as far as we can tell," National Nurses United Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro said Tuesday night.
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    Oh yeah so screwed.
mya_doty

Report: Michael Brown's blood found on Officer Darren Wilson's gun, car door - 2 views

shared by mya_doty on 20 Oct 14 - No Cached
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    (CNN) -- Forensic tests have found the blood of Michael Brown on the gun, uniform and police cruiser belonging to Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot the unarmed teen two months ago in Ferguson, Missouri, The New York Times reported.
dawsonmantich

Bihar cheating scandal: What parents in India will do for good grades - CNN.com - 2 views

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    Images of parents and family members clambering up school buildings and clinging on window ledges to pass cheat sheets to their children have left authorities in despair.
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    That is unbelievable, it's always mind-boggling to see how other countries are versus our's.
amcconkey

Zika virus was sexually transmitted in Texas, CDC says - CNN.com - 3 views

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    The case, announced by Dallas County health officials, involved a patient who had sex with someone who had recently returned from Venezuela infected with the mosquito-borne virus. In a statement to CNN, the CDC said it confirmed the test results showing Zika present in the blood of a "nontraveler in the continental United States."
Julia Gibler

Texas cuts Planned Parenthood from - CNNPolitics.com - 1 views

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    A letter from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Office of the Inspector General went out Monday to inform affiliates they are believed to be "no longer capable of performing medical services in a professionally competent, safe, legal, and ethical manner," according to a copy posted by The Dallas Morning News.
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    this is very wrong, planned parenthood doesn't only do abortions. like it said in the article, planned parenthood does cancer screenings, HIV testing, birth control, and much more. only about 3% of planned parenthood services are abortions. if they're so against abortions, then shutting down planned parenthood isn't going to help, it will only lead to unsafe illegal abortions. they're contradicting themselves because planned parenthood provides birth control, and people would only get more abortions. they're not only hurting people who want abortions, but all of the other services too.
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