An IRS contractor named Braulio Castillo hurt his foot playing football in military prep school. He never served in the actual military. Then one day, decades later, he used it to get preferred treatment in government contracts. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), who lost both her legs and still could lose her arm from combat injuries,…
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Gender, Health, NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation
She Thought It Was An Abortion Clinic. What It Actually Is Made My Blood Boil.
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“We want to look professional. We want to look business-like. And yeah, we do kind of want to look medical.” Will you share this story? This is a practice so shocking that everyone needs to know about it. Read more: http://upworthy.com/she-thought-it-was-an-abortion-clinic-what-it-actually-is-made-my-blood-boil
Community, Health
How Do You Know Someone Is Doing Something Awful? If They Call You A Terrorist For Photographing It.
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I don’t know what to find more horrifying — the idea that people still habitually abuse helpless animals, or that this is how parts of our country want to treat the people who try to stop it. WARNING: This video contains some disturbing footage. But most of it is just Bill Moyers talking about something…
Diversity
I Almost Feel Bad For Bill O'Reilly In This Clip. Almost.
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When hip-hop artist Common performed at the White House in May 2011, he sparked a minor controversy over some poetry he wrote concerning a woman he believes was wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. Fox News jumped at the opportunity to attack Obama for allowing such a deviant into the White House. Fox and…
Diversity
In 1982, 2 Men Beat Another Man To Death. Here's Why We Should Remember More Than 30 Years Later.
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Entertainment & Culture, Health
This Actress Will Make You Laugh, But The Photoshop Job Hollywood Pulled On Her Will Make You Cry
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Apparently, 20th Century Fox didn’t like the way the hilarious and insanely talented Melissa McCarthy looked in real life, so the marketing department took it upon themselves to Photoshop away about 30 pounds of her for the official movie poster. Unneeded, unwanted, and totally disgusting. Read more: http://upworthy.com/this-actress-will-make-you-laugh-but-the-photoshop-job-hollywood-pulled-on-her-will-make-you-cry-2