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September 12, 2019 Confluence

Newsweek: ICE FAILS TO PROPERLY REDACT DOCUMENT, REVEALS LOCATION OF FUTURE ‘URBAN WARFARE’ TRAINING FACILITY

Reading Time: 4 minutes The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has accidentally revealed the whereabouts of a future “urban warfare” training facility that is expected to include “hyper-realistic” simulations of homes, hotels and commercial buildings in Chicago and Arizona.

On Tuesday, ICE published an acquisition form for the procurement of “hyper-realistic training devices” for a new training facility for its expanding Special Response Team (SRT) program on the Federal Business Opportunities website.

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September 11, 2019 Confluence

At 77, this woman now holds the record for oldest person to sail around the world solo

Reading Time: < 1 minute Jeanne Socrates Sets Record for Oldest Person to Complete A Solo Sail Around the World

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August 29, 2019 Confluence

Elizabeth Warren: A Woman With a Plan

Reading Time: < 1 minute Name any political issue and Elizabeth Warren probably ‘has a plan for that’ (via NowThis Politics)

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August 23, 2019 Confluence

What’s On Your Schedule Ten Days From Now?

Reading Time: 3 minutes By: Lisa M. Hayes – Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. A couple of weeks ago I

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August 23, 2019 Confluence

Making the Back-to-School Transition Easy

Reading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. (Family Features) It’s time to get your

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August 9, 2019 Confluence

Flavorful, On-Trend Asian-Inspired Summer Entertaining

Reading Time: 3 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. (Family Features) Summer is the perfect time

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August 1, 2019 Confluence

Heather Booth founded an underground abortion network in her dorm room before Roe v. Wade

Reading Time: < 1 minute Heather Booth founded an underground abortion network in her dorm room before Roe v. Wade in 1965 — here’s how her org helped thousands of women and inspired later generations to fight for reproductive rights

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July 31, 2019 Confluence

The National Cathedral: Have We No Decency

Reading Time: 3 minutes This week, President Trump crossed another threshold. Not only did he insult a leader in the fight for racial justice and equality for all persons; not only did he savage the nations from which immigrants to this country have come; but now he has condemned the residents of an entire American city. Where will he go from here?

Make no mistake about it, words matter. And, Mr. Trump’s words are dangerous.

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July 26, 2019 Confluence

This entrepreneur is helping women leaders break through the cannabis industry’s ‘grass ceiling’

Reading Time: < 1 minute This entrepreneur is helping women leaders break through the cannabis industry’s ‘grass ceiling,’ raising the bar for industry safety standards, and raking in the green along the way.

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July 23, 2019 Confluence

Neighbors Form Human Chain Around Immigrant Family to Prevent ICE from Taking Them

Reading Time: 2 minutes The man and his son were in their van Monday morning when they were blocked in by ICE agents, local news reports. Over the next few hours, community members brought the man and his son water, gasoline, food and other supplies until four hours into the siege the neighbors formed a human chain to shield him and his son as they entered their home. Deterred, ICE left.