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Senator Murray Statement on Voting Against Doug Collins for VA Secretary, Reports of DOGE at VA

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Senator Murray Statement on Voting Against Doug Collins for VA Secretary, Reports of DOGE at VA

Murray: “We should all be deeply concerned about what it could mean to give Elon Musk and his cronies free rein at VA—I am already hearing that DOGE may have barged into VA today.  Musk […]

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National / International

Cantwell Votes NO On Advancing RFK Jr.’s Nomination for HHS Secretary

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell Votes NO On Advancing RFK Jr.’s Nomination for HHS Secretary

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a meeting of the Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) voted no on advancing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of […]

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Washington

$156M solar power grant for Washington in limbo after Trump order

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on $156M solar power grant for Washington in limbo after Trump order

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardFebruary 4, 2025 Washington was locked out of about $150 million in federal funding for solar projects focused on low-income communities last week as the Trump administration paused clean energy […]

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Tesla is the only EV maker that can sell directly to consumers in WA. Lawmakers might change that

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Tesla is the only EV maker that can sell directly to consumers in WA. Lawmakers might change that

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardFebruary 4, 2025 Washington wants more electric vehicles on the road. It’s offered generous incentives for EV buyers and set deadlines barring new gasoline-powered car sales. The next step, some […]

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Senate Republican leader pitches increased state scrutiny of Oregon Food Bank

February 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Senate Republican leader pitches increased state scrutiny of Oregon Food Bank

by Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital ChronicleFebruary 4, 2025 For years, legislative Republicans have argued that the Oregon Food Bank strayed from its mission of eliminating hunger by weighing in on political debates. On Tuesday, the […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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