D-Day commemoration at Omaha Beach, June 6, 2024. A D-Day veteran to Ukrainian President Zelensky: “You’re a savior of the people. My hero.” Zelensky: “No, no, you saved Europe. You are our hero.”

Prince was born on June 7, 1958. Now he is one for the ages. #MusicSky

It matters a lot that Greg Bovino - warped heart of Trump's deportation machine - now openly embraces his inner Nazi MAGA is desperate to cling to power and no one from Hegseth to a broken Supreme Court cares that you see how fascist they've become My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/greg...

The Cars' self-titled album came out on June 6, 1978. #MusicSky

Juliette and the Licks, with Four On The Floor (2006). #MusicSky

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

On this day in 1984, Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA. He is as engaged as he ever was. #MusicSky

Camera Obscura came out with their album Desire Lines on June 3, 2013. It was the last album with Carey Lander. #MusicSky

From one indicted, impeached, adultering, corrupt individual to another. #Trump #KenPaxton #JohnCoran #Texan #Vegan #BreakfastTaco #Taco

The Black Keys, with Turn Blue (2014). #MusicSky

Talking Heads, debut album. #MusicSky

Morrissey, with Kill Uncle (1991). #MusicSky

Peter Gabriel released his 3rd album on this day in 1980. #MusicSky

62 years ago, The Rolling Stones came out with their first album. The US edition had the unnecessary subtitle "England's Newest Hit Makers". #MusicSky

The Smashing Pumpkin's album Gish (1991) is turning 35 today. I bought the CD after seeing them in concert that year #MusicSky

Bob Dylan came out with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan on this day in 1963. #MusicSky

It was fifty-nine years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play. #MusicSky

“We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up & perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men & citizens.” —Alexander Garfield, Arlington 1868, where 5k Civil War soldiers were buried open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

Forbes: “This Monkey Built a Banana Empire While Others Complained About Hunger”

Welsh scientists have developed a new biodegradable plastic made from seaweed that could one day replace fossil fuel-based food packaging

David Bowie released his album Lodger on this Day in 1979. #MusicSky

Frank Black, with Teenager Of The Year (1994). #MusicSky

Wolf Alice, with My Love Is Cool (2015). #MusicSky

Fleetwood Mac, with Tango In The Night (1987). #MusicSky

Radiohead came out with OK Computer on this day in 1997. Maybe the most memorable album of that year. #MusicSky

Today is the birthday of the late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. What a beautiful voice. #MusicSky

It has been forty years since Peter Gabriel's album So came out. I remember it was one of my sister's favorites. #MusicSky

Trump doesn't think about regular Americans' economic woes, so what is he focused on? His stock portfolio -- a stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months, in firms entangled in his government like Palantir, Nvidia, and Boeing Let's make this a big deal. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

On this day in 2010, the Black Keys, with Brothers. #MusicSky

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda ‘emergency’ of international concern

Blue-Eyed Son, with West Of Lincoln (2004). #MusicSky

Modest Mouse, with Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2004). Catchy title. #MusicSky

Forty-five years ago today, the Psychedelic Furs with Talk Talk Talk. #MusicSky

Ban stock trading by the President. Ban stock trading by the Vice President. Ban stock trading by members of Congress. End the corruption.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

On this day in 1969, Neil Young's album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere came out. #MusicSky

The Georgia Satellites' self-titled 1986 album. #MusicSky

The Indigo Girls, with Rites Of Passage (1992). #MusicSky

Beth Orton, with Central Reservation (1999). #MusicSky

Thirty-five years ago today, U2's Achtung Baby. A much younger version of me saw them in concert. #MusicSky

Universities that run the National Center for Atmospheric Research want to keep it from being dismantled

Paul Simon, with Graceland (1986). #MusicSky

St Vincent's self-titled album (2014). #MusicSky

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Black voter participation soared right after the VRA passed in 1965. But not until 1992, after Congress strengthened the VRA to require majority-minority districts, did we start getting closer to proportional Black representation in Congress. Because Black votes finally counted more in the South.

Roberta Flack, with First Take (1969). #MusicSky

Queen, with Sheer Heart Attack (1974). #MusicSky