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‘Forever - is composed of Nows -‘ E.D.

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@nypost What an irresponsible headline.

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@cdrsalamander @baseballcrank Looks like a funny bunch.

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@FrankCalabrese @catedunlap Will that be ballot order?

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@GovPritzker Very genuine and well done @TinaSfon

[Chicago History ™️ @Chicago_History]

Gloria Steinem visits Chicago & meets Mayor Jane Byrne.

The Berghoff Bar was
"Men Only" until 1969.
Gloria Steinem was the first Woman to order a drink.

#ChicagoHistory ☑️

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

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@AfghanEmbPak @Zabehulah_M33 It does pursue #genderappartheid

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Afghan women share their stories after five years of Taliban rule https://t.co/FfPwzNwiJ5

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Good news :)

[MLB @MLB]

BRADEN MONTGOMERY HITS A WALK-OFF HOMER IN HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT!

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@chrisemma1 And in the Mayor’s seats too. Yikes.

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@Republicans What happened to being the party of freedom and a principle, policy-focused message? I’m sure our first Republican President would be impressed he saved the union so his party could carry it on with mean tweets. How grossly embarrassing,

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@UN_Women @unafghanistan !!!!!

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@realBlagojevich Ya, still too soon.

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@RobinLynneKelly Good ad

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@UN @UNHumanRights @volker_turk FINALLY!!!!!!

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

https://t.co/kepFVtIl7s

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Good luck to all the extraordinary athletes representing @TeamUSA at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics! It’s been so inspiring to follow your journeys to the world stage, and we'll be cheering you on as you compete in Italy.

[RK PR Solutions @rkprsheadlines]

State Senate Republicans introduce bills addressing Illinois' rise in domestic violence deaths https://t.co/JedpZLp0Z4

[Malala Fund @MalalaFund]

The Taliban’s new Criminal Procedure Code is a further escalation in the systematic repression of women and girls in Afghanistan. This is gender apartheid — laws designed to control, punish and exclude women and girls from public life.

🔗Read our full statement: https://t.co/rXjLvohXL6

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@WDIAfghanistan1 @TRobinsonNewEra @elonmusk @GuntherEagleman @jk_rowling @realDonaldTrump Where you at @UN