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Her father made her apologize to the man who was molesting her.
She was 6 when the family friend started abusing her in his basement, with both families in the house. At 12 she told her parents. They brought him over to talk to her. On her living room couch, he told her, "No one should ever do that, and if they do, you should tell someone." Her parents believed him. It should have been over right there. Instead, every time they fought, her father told her, "You need to apologize to Larry."
Larry was Larry Nassar, the doctor for the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team.
In the video below, Kyle Stephens faces him in court.
"Well, Larry, I'm here not to tell someone, but to tell everyone."
It got worse. At 14, his wife pressured her to babysit their kids. She did it for 7 years, because there were two little girls in that house and she wanted to protect them.
Before college she told her father again. This time he believed her. In 2016 he took his own life. She says the shame of defending Nassar was part of it.
He was first arrested on her charges. At his sentencing, 156 victims spoke.
"Little girls don't stay little forever. They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world."
Could you ever forgive parents who believed him over you?
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Indeed, Trump chose Miller precisely because Miller is a shameless liar and vicious demagogue. Miller may well aggravate Trump’s worst impulses; but it is probably more accurate to say that Miller reflects, and caters to, those impulses.
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Segal arrogantly sees herself as judge, jury and executioner. She is a hardline, right-wing menace to freedom of speech and independent journalism.
ABC Alumni is outraged at the continued insistence by Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism,that the ABC and SBS are contributing to antisemitism.
Read ABC Alumni's statement here. abcalumni.au/statement_segal…
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Robert Garcia on Stephen Miller’s promotion to Trump’s Chief of Staff:
“Stephen Miller should lawyer up.”
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"Seen the polls lately?"
I'm glad you asked. Yes, I have!
Wilson's Coalition is 14 points lower than last time they won a Victorian election.
They're on track for their LOWEST primary vote at an election - EVER.
At this rate, they'll need either Labor or One Nation support to pass any legislation in either the upper house, or both houses - pointing to four years of chaos with the most unfriendly crossbench in recent memory.
@thanatos3058 is right: Wilson's polling (31%) is more than ten points LOWER than Brad Battin's (42%) and John Pesutto's (43%) peak.
It's lower than when Ted Baillieu was elected Premier in 2010 (44.78%), and when Denis Napthine led the Liberals to their only one-term defeat in history at the next election (42%).
Even Peter Dutton did better in Victoria in 2025 (32.2%). As did Scott Morrison in 2022 (33.08%).
Her one saving grace is that Labor has tanked harder - and that outside "vs IND" contests (where the polling averages don't hold up) most of the shift in Labor vote (10 out of 14.7 points) has gone to One Nation, with the lion's share of the rest to the Greens.
The low primary polling, and massive increase in the number of 3- and 4-cornered contests, sets the scene for perhaps the most fragile Victorian government in history.
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A 21 year old new mother died of measles in Pennsylvania
If she had been vaccinated she wouldn't have caught measles and would not have died
All young deaths are a tragedy but it's even worse when it's entirely preventable
An unvaccinated 21-year-old woman who developed complications after giving birth has become Pennsylvania’s sixth measles-associated death this year.
healthday.com/health-news/in…
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Leaked emails reveal Stephen Miller exchanged over 900 messages with Breitbart News promoting white nationalist theories.
ALT I'm sorry, I can't identify or describe this person.
ALT A group of people in dark clothing and hats march in formation, holding multiple U.S. flags and Confederate flags. Some wear face coverings and brown pants. One individual carries a shield. They are outdoors near a large building on a clear day.
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Our family history is entirely dependent on our ability to escape a terrible situation in Belarus. Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would not exist. Everybody else who didn't make it to America ended up dying in the Holocaust.
David Glosser, Stephen Miller's uncle, told CNN his nephew is an "immigration hypocrite":
Our family history is entirely dependent on our ability to escape a terrible situation in Belarus. Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would not exist. Everybody else who didn't make it to America ended up dying in the Holocaust.
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Did you know a peach has more formaldehyde than a vaccine and you produce more every day? Did you not learn in medical school about biochemistry? Did you not learn about toxicology and dose? No? Oh, just click bait
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Two years ago he lost his 14 year old doggie! When he felt like he was ready to move on he was gifted his new bestie, Diesel. Now they're inseparable!
We don't deserve these angels on earth, but I thank God we have them.🙏🐶❤️
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Hands up who lived under the Kennett lies, of what he was never going to force on Victorians. 🙌
Beware of Jess Wilson who can’t answer the simple questions to MSM @abcnews, the same media who wants you to vote for another Liberal government that can’t get the truth out of her.
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The father of the 20-year-old co-pilot who died along with eight others when their Learjet crashed in Florida said Friday he has listened to his daughter’s final radio transmissions “many times” since the crash.
Allan Filgueiras, himself a pilot, was searching for answers as to why the plane plunged from the sky on Sunday — but what he found was pride in how his daughter, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, handled the crisis.
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Free speech, One Nation style. 3k for a shitty dinner and you have to sign a non disclosure agreement because you just know they don't want anyone knowing what's discussed.
The NDA will be in force to 'prevent(ing) them (attendees) from disclosing the identities of any attendees. They are also stopped from sharing the nature of any discussions at the event.'
What do One Nation have to hide? Which ultra right wing Nazi party members have been invited? What discussions are so private that they don't want the public knowing?
#auspol
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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But thanks to Berry’s Uniting Church, the ‘Wall of Tears’ is right now on display just up the road from shameful Shoalhaven.
It’s open today and all weekend to all comers.
@jewishcouncilAU
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Koalas are such precious looking animals. They look like they are from a world that has never seen hurt. They just look so innocent and pure.
