He was the first Black American honored with a public city funeral in NYC. A hero who survived the trenches to bring Jazz to the world, leaving a legacy that still beats in every syncopated note we hear today. 🎺🎷🪕🥁🇺🇸 #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 #BlackHistoryMonth2026

After surviving the horrors of the front lines, Europe was killed on May 9, 1919 in Boston, MA by a fellow band member during a backstage dispute. He survived a world war only to fall to internal friction within the very community he championed. (cont) samepassage.org/james-reese-...

instruments to see if they were "tricks!" Bottom line, they could not believe an all-Black band could produce such great music. In the link provided below, you can hear a sample of a few of James Reese Europe's 369th Infantry Band's songs. (cont) unframed.lacma.org/2024/02/26/h...

Hellfighters, his unit spent more time in continuous combat than any other American regiment. While fighting, his band traveled 2,000 miles across France, introducing "Le Jazz" to the world. The French were so stunned by the "bent" notes they reportedly inspected the (cont)

He founded the Clef Club—part union, part booking agency—to ensure Black musicians were paid fairly and treated with professional dignity. When WWI broke out, he took his mission to the trenches. As an officer in the 369th Infantry, The Harlem (cont) syncopatedtimes.com/james-reese-...

Instead of traditional violins, he used 100+banjos and mandolins. He believed Black musicians should express their own "racial feeling" rather than being "bad copies" of Europeans. Beyond the stage, Europe was a pioneer for labor rights. (cont) www.historynet.com/jazzman-jame...

In 1912, James Reese Europe did the "impossible." He led the Clef Club Orchestra in the first-ever concert of Black music at Carnegie Hall, proving syncopated rhythms belonged on the world’s most prestigious stage. He achieved this by refusing to "copy" white orchestras. (cont)

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 Before he became a Harlem Hellfighter, James Reese Europe was already one of the most famous and influential Black musicians in the United States. Let's get into it! (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.historynet.com/how-harlem-h...

I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today. I'm an immigrant. I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.

This is our tragic reality. 👇 "...in both the United States and Canada, political affiliation is now one of the single strongest — if not the strongest — predictors of vaccination status." My take: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

JUST IN: Judge Mehta rules that Trump/Russ Vought's termination of environmental grants during the shutdown — targeted solely at states that voted for Kamala Harris — violated the 5th Amendment's Equal Protection clause and orders them restored. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Chance of privately developed pipeline almost ‘zero’ if no government backstop: former Alberta energy minister I've been warning about this for months. Now, Sonya Savage says the quiet part out loud. There is no business case. None. Zippo. Nada. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

For those who like their year in review served up with a heaping side of schadenfreude, I am happy to offer up my new volume, #FridayLimericks 2025: With All Due Respect… Great for laughter and exasperated screams. Cover art by my dear friend @out5p0ken.bsky.social a.co/d/faJlXbA

Happy New Year! 🎊 🥳🧧🍾🥂🌟🎉

Nothing about this is normal. I don't even know where to start other than to say again -- this is not normal.

Both policies weaponize state power against marginalized groups. Key difference: Native tribes were sovereign nations with treaty rights. Immigrants today are individuals without legal status. But the underlying logic—who belongs, and who doesn’t is (cont) www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/12/t...

detention expansion, and exclusion from public benefits. The rhetoric? Protecting “real Americans” from outsiders. The parallels are striking: - Native nations removed, immigrants deported. - Jackson framed Natives as “obstacles”→Trump frames immigrants as "threats". (cont)

The Act wasn’t just about land. It was about power. Native sovereignty was erased, fertile soil was seized for White settlers, and slavery expanded into new territory. Fast forward: Trump’s immigration policies target undocumented immigrants with mass deportations, (cont)

of the Mississippi. It led to one of the darkest chapters in American history. Indigenous people were marched westward in brutal conditions. This became known as the Trail of Tears—tens of thousands died from disease, starvation, and exposure to the elements.(cont) www.nps.gov/trte/learn/h...

From Jackson's Indian Removal Act to Trump's mass deportation policies, I will break down the similarities in both. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. It authorized the U.S. government to force Native nations off their ancestral lands east(cont)

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 One of the first things Trump did when he returned to the Presidency was bring back the portrait of Andrew Jackson to the Oval Office. Why? They have a lot in common.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/trum...

A reminder that there is a lot of ongoing litigation around the drawing (and redrawing) of congressional maps. My firm is currently involved in more than a dozen cases in 10 states: AL, CA, GA, LA, MO, NC, NY, TX, VA and WI. Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.

Debunking the link between calcium supplements and dementia www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/art... by @edithcowanuni.bsky.social #Alzheimers #dementia #supplements #health #science

According to a White House memo, Trump might try to say federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for forced time off during the shutdown. IMO: Trump leaked this to pressure Dems into ending caving, but it won’t work in the courts or now. www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

Some on the right are using the Kirk murder as a pretext to stoke open violent warfare against the liberal-left, and as @whstancil.bsky.social noted, we need news orgs to say this clearly and directly. I tried to do that here:

NatCon founder Yoram Hazony is a piece of work. He RTd this post by British agitator Tommy Robinson (a Steve Bannon ally), which quotes Hazony as follows: “In America, u have the luxury of pretending Jews are your enemies, because their aren’t enough Muslims yet, ur going the wrong direction.” 1/

In this piece ⬇️ Jody MacPherson does a great job explaining the risks of, and Alberta govt. spin put on, the controversial Mature Asset Strategy by the “war room”. jodymacpherson.substack.com/p/the-war-ro...

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Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson (via his “1517 Fund”) invests in Rainmaker, a cloud seeding startup in El Segundo, which has a growing community of uber Christian “Tech Bros,” including Rainmaker’s Augustus Doricko & Valar Atomics’ Isaiah Taylor who attend a church tied to Doug Wilson. 1/

It is a sad state in Alberta politics. Just over a week ago, we asked our audience to ignore an account that was set up clearly to troll us and harass a journalist and private citizen. /1 #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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It may not be truth or justice, but it definitely is the American way.

Tanks in the streets. A $45 million ego trip. And a dangerous slide into authoritarianism. The Big Picture has two must-reads this week, one on Trump’s birthday travesty, and one on how we can stop it. Now’s the time to get informed. buff.ly/DbA0NVk

Denver #NoKings

There must be an office or someone at DoD who understands the symbolism and protocol of parade routes, so this has to be deliberate. The Secretary of the Army ought to be asked about this

I wrote about the risks of a "sudden stop" if investors lose faith in America. The bond market is amplifying those risks minute by minute as yields shoot higher after the budget monstrosity paulkrugman.substack.com/p/gaming-out...

This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

@brianfreed1.bsky.social Happy Birthday to you! I hope you have a wonderful birthday!🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊💕

“Either cowed by — or under the drunken influence of — MAGA authoritarianism and threats, the GOP is no longer a functioning political party. It is a cult of personality and power redolent of the Europe of the 1930s.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/no-n...

Danielle Smith needs to stop showboating her separatism and start showing up for Albertans like the Namazis. Their family, along with every other Albertan, deserves so much better than this separatist Premier and this self-serving UCP government. #abpoli #ableg #AISH #FSCD

@marybeegood.bsky.social They are doing GREAT!!!❤️

The Trump people claim to be fighting antisemitism, and the media often accept that framing. I believe, on the contrary, that these actions are antisemitic in intention and in execution. I explain in a short video: snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...