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100% of profits from the sale of this necklace will be donated to Planned Parenthood. Click here to purchase. The hanger has sadly become a symbol of the pro-choice movement, reminding us of the horrors women endure when abortion access is restricted. I
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thedailywhat:
This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: A student at a Prairie Village, KS, high school who tweeted a comment critical of Gov. Sam Brownback was scolded for nearly an hour by her principal after the governor’s office called the school to tattle on her.
Sullivan, a Shawnee Mission East High School senior, visited Topeka and attended a speech by Brownback as part of the Kansas Youth in Government program. It was there that she decided to tweet “Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person.”
In reality, Sullivan did no such thing.
“Some of my friends were joking about what they’d really like to say (to Brownback), so I just took out my phone [and tweeted],” she told the Wichita Eagle. “I guess it was kind of a heat-of-the-moment thing.”
But the joke was enough to get her in trouble with Brownback’s director of communication, Sherriene Jones-Sontag, who said the tweet “wasn’t respectful.” She informed Youth in Government, which, in turn, informed Sullivan’s school.
“It was important for the organization to be aware of the comments their students were making,” Jones-Sontag told The Kansas City Star. “It’s also important for students to recognize the power of social media, how lasting it is. It is on the Internet.”
East principal Karl R. Krawitz told Sullivan her tweet had embarrassed the school, and said she had to write Gov. Brownback, Youth in Government, and others a letter of apology. Reached for comment, Krawitz said the disciplinary action was “a school issue, a private issue, not a public matter.”
Sullivan agreed to write the apology letters, mostly out of concern for her school transcripts, which will soon be sent to the University of Arkansas where she plans to study psychology.
Not surprisingly, her personal opinion of Brownback remains low. “I’m just an 18-year-old girl who knows what I believe, and I know what he believes, and we disagree. That is not going to change.”
[kcs / eagle / @emmakate988.]
You know who sucks more than Brownback? His communications director. The best way to turn an incredible amount of attention to a non-issue is to point your finger at a teenager on the internet and whine about it. Your whole team looks ridiculous. I’m now awaiting my scolding, Mrs. Jones-Sontag.
My old governor is a dick.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv8udnctQL1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: A student at a Prairie Village, KS, high school who tweeted a comment critical of Gov. Sam Brownback was scolded for nearly an hour by her principal after the governor’s office called the school to tattle on her.
Sullivan, a Shawnee Mission East High School senior, visited Topeka and attended a speech by Brownback as part of the Kansas Youth in Government program. It was there that she decided to tweet “Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person.”
In reality, Sullivan did no such thing.
“Some of my friends were joking about what they’d really like to say (to Brownback), so I just took out my phone [and tweeted],” she told the Wichita Eagle. “I guess it was kind of a heat-of-the-moment thing.”
But the joke was enough to get her in trouble with Brownback’s director of communication, Sherriene Jones-Sontag, who said the tweet “wasn’t respectful.” She informed Youth in Government, which, in turn, informed Sullivan’s school.
“It was important for the organization to be aware of the comments their students were making,” Jones-Sontag told The Kansas City Star. “It’s also important for students to recognize the power of social media, how lasting it is. It is on the Internet.”
East principal Karl R. Krawitz told Sullivan her tweet had embarrassed the school, and said she had to write Gov. Brownback, Youth in Government, and others a letter of apology. Reached for comment, Krawitz said the disciplinary action was “a school issue, a private issue, not a public matter.”
Sullivan agreed to write the apology letters, mostly out of concern for her school transcripts, which will soon be sent to the University of Arkansas where she plans to study psychology.
Not surprisingly, her personal opinion of Brownback remains low. “I’m just an 18-year-old girl who knows what I believe, and I know what he believes, and we disagree. That is not going to change.”
[kcs / eagle / @emmakate988.]
You know who sucks more than Brownback? His communications director. The best way to turn an incredible amount of attention to a non-issue is to point your finger at a teenager on the internet and whine about it. Your whole team looks ridiculous. I’m now awaiting my scolding, Mrs. Jones-Sontag.
My old governor is a dick.
![thedailywhat:
One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others of the Day: Hint: It’s the one with the cover story about how it’s completely okay, if not beneficial, to feel unease about future uncertainties, as opposed to, say, riot in the streets until sh*t gets done.
Sadly, this is a fairly common occurrence.
[@ggreenwald.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv8nae5rdA1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others of the Day: Hint: It’s the one with the cover story about how it’s completely okay, if not beneficial, to feel unease about future uncertainties, as opposed to, say, riot in the streets until sh*t gets done.
Sadly, this is a fairly common occurrence.
[@ggreenwald.]
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The hanger has sadly become a symbol of the pro-choice movement, reminding us of the horrors women endure when abortion access is restricted. I have encountered, first hand, during my time interning for a local Planned Parenthood, the horrors some women have experienced while attempting to exercise choice before it was legal. I also know a wide variety of women who rely heavily on Planned Parenthood as their primary source of health care.
Despite the fantastic things that Planned Parenthood does these wonderful, necessary things, they are constantly under attack. And it’s looking like the Planned Parenthood I interned for in Kansas is now going to be the last abortion provider standing in Kansas after the latest round of policy changes. These policies are the Jim Crow laws of women’s rights. We can’t stand for this.
I can’t explain the frustration of escorting frightened women through hoards of pro-life people who block doorways, yell curses, pray, and cry for an unborn child they’d ignore if it were ever brought to term. I’ve worked with beautiful children who are tangled in a mess of foster care, children who constantly get the shaft by these pro-lifer’s who would rather have their own offspring than adopt one of these kids. I heard the threats, had my license plates photographed, was told I was going to Hell on a near daily basis. It’s an underground war. We all try to ignore it, but it’s worse than you’d expect, unless you’d seen it first hand.
That’s why I began making these necklaces. I needed to find a way to raise money while doing something I love - creating things. With the purchase of this necklace, $15 will be donated to Planned Parenthood where it will be distributed to wherever the need is greatest. These donations will help provide low-income women with access to much needed healthcare treatment and prevention services. Since opening shop a few months ago, I’ve raised $680. Help me keep up the momentum!
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The hanger has sadly become a symbol of the pro-choice movement, reminding us of the horrors women endure when abortion access is restricted. I have encountered, first hand, during my time interning for a local Planned Parenthood, the horrors some women have experienced while attempting to exercise choice before it was legal. I also know a wide variety of women who rely heavily on Planned Parenthood as their primary source of health care.
Despite the fantastic things that Planned Parenthood does these wonderful, necessary things, they are constantly under attack. And it’s looking like the Planned Parenthood I interned for in Kansas is now going to be the last abortion provider standing in Kansas after the latest round of policy changes. These policies are the Jim Crow laws of women’s rights. We can’t stand for this.
I can’t explain the frustration of escorting frightened women through hoards of pro-life people who block doorways, yell curses, pray, and cry for an unborn child they’d ignore if it were ever brought to term. I’ve worked with beautiful children who are tangled in a mess of foster care, children who constantly get the shaft by these pro-lifer’s who would rather have their own offspring than adopt one of these kids. I heard the threats, had my license plates photographed, was told I was going to Hell on a near daily basis. It’s an underground war. We all try to ignore it, but it’s worse than you’d expect, unless you’d seen it first hand.
That’s why I began making these necklaces. I needed to find a way to raise money while doing something I love - creating things. With the purchase of this necklace, $15 will be donated to Planned Parenthood where it will be distributed to wherever the need is greatest. These donations will help provide low-income women with access to much needed healthcare treatment and prevention services. Since opening shop a few months ago, I’ve raised $280. Help me keep up the momentum!
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The hanger has sadly become a symbol of the pro-choice movement, reminding us of the horrors women endure when abortion access is restricted. I have encountered, first hand, during my time interning for a local Planned Parenthood, the horrors some women have experienced while attempting to exercise choice before it was legal. I also know a wide variety of women who rely heavily on Planned Parenthood as their primary source of health care.
Despite the fantastic things that Planned Parenthood does these wonderful, necessary things, they are constantly under attack. And it’s looking like the Planned Parenthood I interned for in Kansas is now going to be the last abortion provider standing in Kansas after the latest round of policy changes. These policies are the Jim Crow laws of women’s rights. We can’t stand for this.
I can’t explain the frustration of escorting frightened women through hoards of pro-life people who block doorways, yell curses, pray, and cry for an unborn child they’d ignore if it were ever brought to term. I’ve worked with beautiful children who are tangled in a mess of foster care, children who constantly get the shaft by these pro-lifer’s who would rather have their own offspring than adopt one of these kids. I heard the threats, had my license plates photographed, was told I was going to Hell on a near daily basis. It’s an underground war. We all try to ignore it, but it’s worse than you’d expect, unless you’d seen it first hand.
That’s why I began making these necklaces. I needed to find a way to raise money while doing something I love - creating things. With the purchase of this necklace, $15 will be donated to Planned Parenthood where it will be distributed to wherever the need is greatest. These donations will help provide low-income women with access to much needed healthcare treatment and prevention services. Since opening shop a few months ago, I’ve raised $680. Help me keep up the momentum!
View high resolution
The hanger has sadly become a symbol of the pro-choice movement, reminding us of the horrors women endure when abortion access is restricted. I have encountered, first hand, during my time interning for a local Planned Parenthood, the horrors some women have experienced while attempting to exercise choice before it was legal. I also know a wide variety of women who rely heavily on Planned Parenthood as their primary source of health care.
Despite the fantastic things that Planned Parenthood does these wonderful, necessary things, they are constantly under attack. And it’s looking like the Planned Parenthood I interned for in Kansas is now going to be the last abortion provider standing in Kansas after the latest round of policy changes. These policies are the Jim Crow laws of women’s rights. We can’t stand for this.
I can’t explain the frustration of escorting frightened women through hoards of pro-life people who block doorways, yell curses, pray, and cry for an unborn child they’d ignore if it were ever brought to term. I’ve worked with beautiful children who are tangled in a mess of foster care, children who constantly get the shaft by these pro-lifer’s who would rather have their own offspring than adopt one of these kids. I heard the threats, had my license plates photographed, was told I was going to Hell on a near daily basis. It’s an underground war. We all try to ignore it, but it’s worse than you’d expect, unless you’d seen it first hand.
That’s why I began making these necklaces. I needed to find a way to raise money while doing something I love - creating things. With the purchase of this necklace, $15 will be donated to Planned Parenthood where it will be distributed to wherever the need is greatest. These donations will help provide low-income women with access to much needed healthcare treatment and prevention services. Since opening shop a few months ago, I’ve raised $680. Help me keep up the momentum!
View high resolution
The hanger has sadly become a symbol of the pro-choice movement, reminding us of the horrors women endure when abortion access is restricted. I have encountered, first hand, during my time interning for a local Planned Parenthood, the horrors some women have experienced while attempting to exercise choice before it was legal. I also know a wide variety of women who rely heavily on Planned Parenthood as their primary source of health care.
Despite the fantastic things that Planned Parenthood does these wonderful, necessary things, they are constantly under attack. And it’s looking like the Planned Parenthood I interned for in Kansas is now going to be the last abortion provider standing in Kansas after the latest round of policy changes. These policies are the Jim Crow laws of women’s rights. We can’t stand for this.
I can’t explain the frustration of escorting frightened women through hoards of pro-life people who block doorways, yell curses, pray, and cry for an unborn child they’d ignore if it were ever brought to term. I’ve worked with beautiful children who are tangled in a mess of foster care, children who constantly get the shaft by these pro-lifer’s who would rather have their own offspring than adopt one of these kids. I heard the threats, had my license plates photographed, was told I was going to Hell on a near daily basis. It’s an underground war. We all try to ignore it, but it’s worse than you’d expect, unless you’d seen it first hand.
That’s why I began making these necklaces. I needed to find a way to raise money while doing something I love - creating things. With the purchase of this necklace, $15 will be donated to Planned Parenthood where it will be distributed to wherever the need is greatest. These donations will help provide low-income women with access to much needed healthcare treatment and prevention services. Since opening shop a few months ago, I’ve raised $680. Help me keep up the momentum!
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The wealth gap between whites and minorities has risen to a historic high, according to new census data analyzed by the Pew Research Center, as the collapse of housing prices more severely affected the net worth of African American and Hispanic households.
The report, which was to be released Tuesday, shows that the recession wreaked havoc on the wealth of all Americans but that whites lost the least amount as a percentage of their holdings.
Between 2005 and 2009, the median net worth of Hispanic households dropped by 66 percent and that of black households fell by 53 percent, according to the report. In contrast, the median net worth of white households dropped by only 16 percent.
The median net worth of a white family now stands at 20 times that of a black family and 18 times that of a Hispanic family — roughly twice the gap that existed before the recession and the biggest gap since data began being collected in 1984.
