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TL/DR - Advocates for Missouri's small family farms have addressed lawmakers about the next Farm Bill, focusing on better protection for food resources and family farmers. Nearly 200 groups have written to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reconsider conservation practices that favor factory farms and contribute to local pollution. Tim…

TL/DR - Daniel Mulhall, who spent over 40 years in Ireland's diplomatic corps, has served as an Ambassador to the US, UK, Germany, and Malaysia, and is currently a Resident Fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics. He has also authored a publication titled 'Pilgrim Soul: W.B. Yeats and the Ireland of His Time'. Mulhall will discuss…

TL/DR - Heidi Lynne Moore, a 70-year-old resident of Marquette, Michigan, passed away on November 14. Moore, a nurse who is estimated to have delivered around two thousand babies during her career, was heavily involved in her community, both through her work and her involvement in several local churches. She is survived by seven children, twelve…

TL/DR - Arizona State University (ASU) cancelled an event featuring Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American in Congress, entitled "Why Palestine is an American Issue." The decision came after a bipartisan group of Arizona state lawmakers voiced their disapproval of Tlaib's "extremist, antisemitic views" and the U.S. House…