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I am sorry that no one talked about the Animal Enterprises Terrorism Act or the The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. While I do not condone violence of any kind, what I am opposed to is the government interfering on behalf of industry to prevent information from getting to the public or prohibiting the public from speaking out. AETA was pushed by biomedical and pharma and is overly broad - dangerously overly broad - to include ANYONE who speaks out against or in ANY WAY interferes with an owner's ability to profit. This would include undercover investigations, whistle blowers, peaceful vigils - not just the violent acts. Our country needs to be aware of how quickly we are signing over our rights. There are activist out there who don't identify with ELF or ALF - people who are seeking truth and transparency.

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Climate change should be changing all of us. One of the simplest things we can all do to make a dramatic change is to eat less meat and dairy! Industrial agriculture is one of the worst culprits of global warming as the research shows and yet few of us discuss how eating more of a plant based diet would positively impact our environment.

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