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  • Catching Feelings: When Do You Start Saying ‘I Love You’?

    It was somewhere in the middle of our third or fourth session of lovemaking when I blurted it out unexpectedly. It coasted into our space on the tailwind of a pleasurable sigh, and it was out of my mouth before I realized it. “I love you,” I said, breathlessly. He paused for a moment, eyes…

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  • New York Department of Corrections Puts Severe Restrictions on Books Prisoners Can Receive

    The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision recently began operating on a directive issued last month that severely restricts the books people in prison can receive. Directive 4911 is currently in effect at three prisons in the state but could be expanded to all facilities in the state, according to ThinkProgress. The initiative…

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  • I Bought Legal Recreational Weed in California for the 1st Time

    Like most Californians, I have been waiting for the day I could walk into a dispensary and buy marijuana without the required medical recommendation. Mine expired nearly four years ago, and I have been relying on other means to get my stash as of late. On Jan. 1, weed went mainstream in my state, but…

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  • #NetNeutrality: Senate Democrats Use Congressional Review Act to Force Vote on Overturning FCC Repeal

    Senate Democrats on Monday secured enough co-sponsors to force a vote on a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the repeal of net neutrality rules by the Federal Communications Commission last week. The CRA resolution (pdf) was introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) shortly after the FCC first voted to repeal net neutrality last month.…

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  • 10 Friday-Night ‘Get Your Groove On’ Songs

    The other day, I got into a discussion with one of my good friends about songs that just have to go on a “knocking boots” playlist. Sex, after all, is as much aural as it is physical, and in addition to the sounds the two of you make for each other, nothing pleases the ear…

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  • #NetNeutrality: FCC Reveals Details of ‘Restoring Internet Freedom’ Order

    Just three weeks after it voted to repeal the rules of net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission finally released the details of its “Restoring Internet Freedom” order Thursday. As expected, the 539-page order removes a lot of protections that President Barack Obama’s administration put in place—the biggest being the end of public utility regulation of…

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  • Receipts! Fire and Fury Author Recorded Conversations Inside the White House for Months

    Previously on White House Apprentice, Donald Trump and his attorneys tried to stop Steve Bannon from saying bad things about the president and his family. At the same time, they tried to stop author Michael Wolff from publishing a book full of bad things that Bannon, among others, has said about the president and his…

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  • #NetNeutrality: California Lawmakers Introduce Open-Internet Legislation in Their State

    Now that the Federal Communications Commission has voted to overturn net neutrality rules, California lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks to make sure the internet remains open and free for users in their state. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, introduced S.B. 822, a bill that would require telecommunication companies that…

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  • Bridging the Wage Gap: Ban Employers From Asking for Salary Histories

    While everyone was celebrating the ushering in of recreational weed in California on New Year’s Day, another largely overlooked law went into effect that will make a huge difference in wage disparities for women and people of color. On Jan. 1, Assembly Bill 168—which was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 12,…

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  • Stop Dissing Me: Trump Lawyer Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Steve Bannon

    Previously on White House Apprentice, Steve Bannon—who got kicked out of the house in August—was going around trash-talking Donald Trump, his administration, his family and the way he runs 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Trump came out on Wednesday denouncing Bannon and saying that he had “lost his mind” in an attempt to discredit his former chief…

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