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I like to stay informed with quality news. We can have our viewpoints without coloring them with hate and anger. I like art, music, literature, all cultures, nature. I do yoga and seasonally bike and walk. pic is 25 years old, when I went to England!
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December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Mink was Time’s Woman of the Year for 1972 and the first Asian American to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. In 2014, President Obama posthumously awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2024, she was featured in the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program. /end
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Mink introduced the Early Childhood Education Act, which led to the Head Start program. In 1972, she co-authored Title IX, the law banning sex discrimination in U.S. education programs. She championed the Women’s Educational Equity Act of 1974, which helped promote gender equity in schools. /5
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Mink was a reform-minded Democrat who served in the Hawaii territorial and state legislatures from 1956 to 1964, when she won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. She served two separate tenures in Congress, from 1965 to 1977 and again from 1990 until her death in 2002. /4
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Mink graduated from University of Chicago Law School in 1951, but no law firms would hire a married woman with a child, so she opened her own private practice. She launched her political career in 1956 as Hawaii debated statehood, driven in part by her experiences with discrimination. /3
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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A third-generation descendant of Japanese immigrants, Mink faced significant racial and gender discrimination throughout her life. After graduating at the top of her high school class, she was rejected from numerous medical schools because she was a woman. This led her to study law instead. /2
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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#ResistanceRoots

Patsy Mink was born on this day in 1927 in Hāmākua Poko, Hawaii Territory. She was the first Asian American woman elected to Congress and the first woman of color to serve in the House of Representatives. She served Hawaii for 24 years and co-authored landmark legislation. /1
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I love Pres Claudia!
December 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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What did the Nazis do with valuable items of Jewish people they deported or sent to concentration camps? They did the same thing that Nazi ICE rats are doing with the property of Hispanic people.
December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
earlier this week, $3.50 a gal...NY state
Tell me your gas price at the pump....
No Donald Trump, gas is not under $1.99 at the pump. Stop lying to the country.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Knew that looked familiar. #trump #FIFA
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The corrupt SCOTUS seems to be fine with taking away birthright citizenship. This IS BAD! This is horrifying!
Take a listen!👇🏼
#pinks
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Donnie Toddler Gets A Made Up
FIFA Peace Prize, Because He
Can't Win A Nobel Peace Prize.....
December 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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what a piece of shit
December 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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THIS WOULD EXPLAIN A LOT IF TRUE
The swollen legs, bandaged or bloody hands, unable to stay awake, spewing off the wall crap and the need for MRI's
Alzheimer's disease is dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks.
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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so disgusting
FIFA just awarded Trump the first ever I didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize award and he think he just won the Nobel Peace prize.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
so disgusting
FIFA just awarded Trump the first ever I didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize award and he think he just won the Nobel Peace prize.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM