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Harvard Fired Employee for Showing Up Early

Matthew McDonald

An employee of Harvard's University Health Services was fired for insubordination earlier this year – including "arriving at work 30 minutes before her shift began, despite having been told not to do so," according to The Harvard Crimson.

The newspaper cites a termination letter the woman received from the university.

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Prominent Left-Wingers To Gather At Inaugural Conference of Sanders Institute

Matthew McDonald

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and actors John Cusack and Danny Glover are among the prominent left-wingers expected to speak at a three-day conference in Burlington, Vermont.

The event, called "The Gathering," is the inaugural conference of the Sanders Institute, which was founded by Jane O'Meara Sanders, the wife of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.

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