Watch Smile Train on RHONY Tomorrow at 9/8c on Bravo!

In case you missed it, last week the cast of The Real Housewives of New York Citydecorated Yummie by Heather Thomson jeans on the show to auction off in support of Smile Train. Tune in to Bravo TV tomorrow night at 9/8c to see the jeans on display at the Denim + Diamonds event that Smile Train supporter Kristen Taekman hosted to benefit children with clefts.  BID ON THE JEANS | WATCH PREVIEW Smile Train Updates on:    Cleft repair is simple, and the transformation is immediate. To learn more about cleft lip and palate and what can be done to prevent these conditions, please click here. Smile Train, 41 Madison Ave., 28th Floor, New York, NY 10010

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Words, Guns, Terrorists, and Doublespeak

Words, Guns, Terrorists, and Doublespeak Larry Wines: We are appalled and dumbfounded that our rich nation has million-dollar condos in gentrified buildings rising above gritty urban streets filled with homeless, aimless, lost souls, many of them our damaged and forgotten military veterans. READ HERE shared from

MONDAY, 20 JULY 2015 Iran Deal and Anti-Semitism Lila Garrett: By attacking Iran, we could very easily have resorted to drones armed with nuclear bombs because we have the technology, we have the will, and we have the Republicans. READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Our Lack of Standardized Tests!? Steven Singer: Organizations that you’d expect to see fighting against racism have been clamoring for access to multiple choice bubble exams. READ HERE Happy Birthday, Living Legend Rachel Robinson! Yohuru Williams: While Jack made the headlines, Rachel often bore the brunt of the hidden but nonetheless significant battles such as shepherding the family through the process of facing northern style apartheid. READ HERE America's Healthcare Delusion Rudy Acuña: Middle-class Americans live under the illusion that their HMO provider will take care of the pain. They never awaken to the reality that health care in the United States is based on profit, the maintenance or the management of illness, and not the cure. READ MORE Words, Guns, Terrorists, and Doublespeak Larry Wines: We are appalled and dumbfounded that our rich nation has million-dollar condos in gentrified buildings rising above gritty urban streets filled with homeless, aimless, lost souls, many of them our damaged and forgotten military veterans. READ HERE

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Meet the Comic Book King Running Bernie Sanders' Campaign

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This Genius Is Fixing Sports If you've ever been to a professional sporting event, you may have noticed that most are not exactly green operations. In addition to the mountains of beer cans, Styrofoam nacho trays, and peanut shells, there's the giant energy cost of powering a stadium—and all the carbon emissions that go with it. Sports execs considered all that an unavoidable cost of doing business—until a charismatic scientist named Allen Hershkowitz came onto the scene a decade ago. Since then, thanks to Hershkowitz and his Green Sports Alliance, at least 28 venues now use some kind of renewable energy, 20 stadiums have been LEED certified, and the NHL, the NBA, and Major League Baseball have all made major changes to reduce their environmental footprints. So how did Hershkowitz do it? [READ MORE]

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Bernie Sanders Raises $800,000 Off Of Martin O’Malley Super PAC Ad Attacking Him

Bernie Sanders Raises $800,000 Off Of Martin O’Malley Super PAC Ad Attacking Him Bernie Sanders took negative super PAC ad attacking him and turned it into $800,000 in campaign donations. Read more »

Netanyahu Admits He Is Helping Treasonous Republicans Try To Sabotage Obama Iran Deal Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu indirectly admitted that he is working with Republicans in Congress to kill President Obama's Iran deal.     Read more » Bernie Sanders Raises $800,000 Off Of Martin O’Malley Super PAC Ad Attacking Him Bernie Sanders took negative super PAC ad attacking him and turned it into $800,000 in campaign donations.     Read more » Republicans In Full Melt Down As Trump Refuses To Quit Race, And May Run As An Independent Donald Trump refused to drop out of the race for the Republican nomination today and confirmed that he may run as an Independent if he does not win the Republican nomination.     Read more » Hypocrite Republicans Demand Trump Apologize to McCain, But They Won’t Apologize to John Kerry Republicans are demanding an apology from Donald Trump and we're getting nonstop coverage about the outrage, but Republicans aren't apologizing for what they did to John Kerry or Max Cleland.     Read more » Self-Proclaimed Champion of Veterans Jeb Bush, Supported Switfboating John Kerry Jeb Bush said yesterday in response to Donald Trump’s attack on John McCain that all veterans are deserving of respect: Enough with the slanderous attacks. @SenJohnMcCain and all our veterans – particularly POWs have earned our respect and admiration. — Jeb Bush (@JebBush) July 18, 2015 As Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Jay Bookman then pointedly asked, […]     Read more »

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