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The Telegraph: ‘I loved my fiancé, but after his brain cancer diagnosis I knew I had to leave him’ On September 8 2022, the day the Queen died, my life changed forever. This is because it was also the day I found out that my partner of two years, Jelle (pronounced ‘Yella’) Fresen, at the age of 37, had stage four brain cancer. “I’m really sorry,” said the neurologist, “but your scan suggests a malignant stage-four brain cancer called medulloblastoma.” As soon as I heard these words delivered to my fiancé, I knew the future we had planned out was over. It had disappeared in a matter of seconds. Both of us broke down in tears. But while I went to pieces and remained a mess for a long time afterwards, Jelle was remarkably strong and calm. He never once said, “Why me?” or “It’s not fair.” His attitude was: “These are the cards I’ve been dealt and I just have to get on with it.” But I knew then I could not stay with him. Watching helplessly as he got sicker and sicker over the preceding three months had been bad enough, but the uncertainty the diagnosis brought was just too much for me. I spent many sleepless nights researching, trying to find a miracle cure or a story with a good outcome but all I could find was uncertainty and bleak statistics. Not only was there a significant chance of the cancer returning in the future but there was the possibility of long-term and sometimes delayed side-effects from the radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment on his brain. They warned me not to tell him my decision at least until after his surgery. So I went to stay at my mother’s and in late September Jelle went into hospital for a 17-hour operation to remove the tumour. At 4am I finally received a call from the surgeon: Jelle was out of the operating theatre and was talking and moving his arms and legs. But he’d also been left with some quite severe brain damage, and had to get used to living with disabilities. He had double vision and paralysis on the right side of his face. He also had motor skills issues and had to learn how to write and walk again. Despite all this, he has coped amazingly well. Me, less so.

DeSantis to expand "Don't Say Gay" law to all grades. The proposal, which would not require legislative approval, is scheduled for a vote next month before the state Board of Education and has been put forward by the state Education Department, both of which are led by appointees of the governor. The rule change would ban lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity from grades 4 to 12, unless required by existing state standards or as part of reproductive health instruction that students can choose not to take. The initial law that DeSantis championed last spring bans those lessons in kindergarten through the third grade. The change was first reported by the Orlando Sentinel. https://apnews.com/article/dont-say-gay-desantis-florida-gender-d3a9c91f4b5383a5bf6df6f7d8ff65b6 Who didn't see this coming?

https://www.wboc.com/news/delaware-marijuana-legalization-will-roll-through-without-carney-s-signature/article_9963bd24-e07e-11ed-b4c1-abf127f4235f.html Last year, governor Carney vetoed a marijuana legalization bill. A new bill has passed through the state legislature, and the governor won’t veto, allowing the bill to become law. The state now joins: Michigan, Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Washington, Missouri, Montana, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Mexico, New York, Vermont, Virginia, New Jersey, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Nevada and D.C. to fully allow legal recreational use of marijuana, with potentially Minnesota to come soon

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/disney-announces-groundbreaking-affordable-housing-florida-2023-04-20/

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Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has resigned following an investigation into multiple complaints of bullying. Raab, who also served as U.K. justice secretary, was accused of bullying behavior toward several current and former members of Whitehall staff during his tenure in government. In a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday, Raab — who had pledged to resign if found to have bullied staff — said it was “important to keep my word,” but warned the inquiry had “set a dangerous precedent” by “setting the threshold for bullying so low.” Sunak tasked the senior lawyer Adam Tolley with carrying out an independent probe into the complaints following a barrage of negative media reports. In his exit letter, Raab wrote: “Whilst I feel duty bound to accept the outcome of the inquiry, it dismissed all but two of the claims levelled against me. I also believe that its two adverse findings are flawed and set a dangerous precedent for the conduct of good government.” Raab argued that ministers “must be able to give direct critical feedback on briefings and submissions to senior officials,” and said he had not “shouted at anyone, let alone thrown anything or otherwise physically intimidated anyone, nor intentionally sought to belittle anyone.” “I am genuinely sorry for any unintended stress or offence that any officials felt, as a result of the pace, standards and challenge that I brought to the Ministry of Justice,” he said. “That is, however, what the public expect of ministers working on their behalf.” Raab — who ran for Conservative leader in 2019 – previously served as U.K. foreign secretary under Boris Johnson, but was demoted in 2021 following his department’s bungled handling of the U.K. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He also served briefly as Brexit secretary under Theresa May, but quit that post in protest at her doomed Brexit deal. https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-deputy-pm-dominic-raab-resigns-after-bullying-probe/

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A 16-year old Black teen was shot in the head by a white male, after he went to the wrong home. He was trying to pick up his younger sibling from a friend’s house. After he was shot through the window, the white male opened the door and shot him again at a close range. The teen ran to each neighbors home pleading for help, but they refused to help. He collapsed and the police were called. He is currently in critical condition, and the shooter has been released.

Jordan Peterson randomly decided to attack the only female Democratic primary nominee Marianne Willoamson about her campaign video calling for action against climate change. The progressive candidate Ms. Williamson left the conservative author activist Mr. Peterson no room to breathe, as she ended him with brutal receipt about his anti-climate change grifting and left Mr. Peterson unable to respond back.

https://heartlandsignal.com/2023/04/17/fbi-investigating-gop-okla-officials-caught-on-tape-talking-about-lynching-black-people-murdering-newspaper-reporters/

The $400 billion dollar animal-slaughter and animal-exploitation industry continues to avoid accountability and obfuscate facts regarding their role in the climate change crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s March 20th Report originally stated “plant-based diets can reduce GHG emissions by up to 50% compared to the average emission-intensive Western diet” but was watered down to a vague and non-specific call for “balanced, sustainable healthy diets acknowledging nutritional needs” after pressure from Brazil and Argentina’s animal-slaughter and animal-exploitation industries, which are some of the most profitable in the global economy. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, animal-slaughter and exploitation industries account for up to HALF of the total global environmental impact of food production. https://m.youtube.com/shorts/rxseko5PDDE https://qz.com/ipcc-report-on-climate-change-meat-industry-1850261179

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