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Minnie Phillips is a news writer for PM-News, where she writes about politics, health, business, parenting, and finance. She has been writing since she was in high school. Minnie is also a mother of two and loves to travel. In her spare time she likes to go hiking and read books by her favorite author James Patterson.

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Feel-Good Friday: A Son's Heartfelt LinkedIn Post to Solicit Work for His Dad Goes Viral

We are experiencing unusual times and tough times, for many reasons and no particular reason. But often this is when we see acts of kindness, compassion, and resource from expected and unexpected sources. This week’s Feel-Good Friday highlights this. Pete Judge worked at Winco Foods in Phoenix as a cashier, and was quite popular with …

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TikTok Executive Takes a Page From Progressive Playbook, Calls Lawmakers ‘Xenophobic’ Over House Hearing

Executives working for TikTok, a video sharing app, took a shellacking on Thursday while they answered questions from lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce committee. Amid concerns about national security, the company’s leadership were quite uncomfortable during the hearing. But at least one of them channeled the likes of AOC when she struck back …

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The Press Are Really Angry at Ron DeSantis Again, and the Reason Is Perfect

Ron DeSantis has pioneered a new strategy in dealing with the press. Namely, he largely ignores them. For years, outlets like CNN and The New York Times have relied on access to politicians they despise and constantly smear. And for years, Republicans have played along, believing they need the publicity in order to communicate with …

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Fifty Years On, 'The Dark Side of the Moon' by Pink Floyd Still Dwells in Its Own Orbit

In March 1973, when I was finishing eighth grade (ouch), a song came floating through the AM Top 40 radio favored by my sister that sounded quite unlike most anything else my tender ears had yet to hear. It rocked, at least a little, and lyrically decried materialism and pursuit of the almighty dollar; a …

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Biden Gives Some Disturbing and Scary Answers at Ottawa Press Conference

Joe Biden is in Ottawa, Canada, embarrassing himself and us before the Canadians and the world. We wrote about some of his earlier meetings, as well as his gaffe-ridden remarks before Parliament where he called for applauding China before he corrected himself. He then did a press conference that was long on lies and exaggeration, …

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Halle Bailey's Sweet Moment With A Young 'Little Mermaid' Fan Will Make You Teary

Halle Bailey is taking her princess duties off-screen — and onto dry land. On Thursday, the star of Disney’s upcoming “Little Mermaid” film shared a video to Instagram of her encounter with a young fan at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Bailey, who plays Ariel in the live-action remake, can be seen in …

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Biden Speaks to the Canadian Parliament, It Does Not Go Well

Joe Biden is in Ottawa to talk with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Canadian leaders about “irregular migration” (translation: “illegal immigration” and climate change, among other matters. As we reported, he was quite the hypocrite, tooling around in a massive gas-guzzling SUV motorcade while claiming to care about climate change. He joked that he …

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Mainstream Journalism Is Dead, Long Live the Age of the Private Journalist

You are beset by liars and these liars control the biggest stages the world has ever seen. These liars call themselves “journalists” but what they truly are is a rabble of activists with press passes. As I’ve spoken of before, mainstream media outlets aren’t above guiding the news in whatever way will make them the …

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