“Bird have wings. Humans have books.” —Unknown #booksky

Violent crime’s plummeted in the “Democrat run cities”—including Chicago—blasted by Trump. (Except when this s#!+ happens) Newly released bodycam video seems to show a Chicago cop yelling “I’ll kill you” … before he shot and killed a man fleeing a traffic stop.-Chicago public square

60% of Black Americans live in the south. Don’t let them Jim Crow you. Find a way. Vote in November.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat agreed to a first stage for establishing Palestinian self-rule. Was Rabin Fooled by Arafat when They Signed the Oslo Accords? (The body language says it all!!) See the article in [email protected]

Thinking this morning of all the bipartisan bridges Obama built and their smashing disruption by the current regime.

Do your calls matter? Columnist and Air Force veteran Christopher Armitage reviews citizen appeals to legislators: “Form letters, petitions and automated messages are filtered out before staff ever read them. One real phone call, in the caller’s own words, outweighs hundreds of templated messages.”

“ you cannot take a majority, black city, fracture it’s voting power, and then tell us race has nothing to do with it. Racism does not become less racist because it’s called partisan.” Tennessee, Senator Landon Lamar.

“I keep thinking about what Pope Leo XIV said. ‘But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.’ That is what occurred at Doral.”lettersfromleo.com

On this date in 2023, a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in damages.

When you don't know what to do, love. It disarms the most difficult situations. It allows everyone some space to think…grace when there aren't answers. It keeps us from saying and doing things we will later wish we could take back. When you don't know what to do, do what you know. Love. Heymom.com

1945 The U.S. Army liberated the Dachau concentration camp, where over 30,000 prisoners who were tortured by the Nazis were found. After their arrival, a survivor in the camp reportedly whispered to a U.S. soldier, “Tell the world… tell the world.” [email protected]

I dissent, then, from this latest chapter in the majority’s now-completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act.” – US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court majority’s opinion eviscerating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Late Fragment by Raymond Carver - And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.

If you’re confused: A good stock market does not mean a good economy.

It’s 1992, Rodney King time; I’m working downtown LA that day, two blocks from the site where a few hours later a driver was pulled from his truck and severely beaten. The best boss I ever had (immigrant from Ghana) called me when the verdict came out and told me to go home NOW.

Southern poverty law is a charity with a 4 star or 98% ranking. Don’t be deceived by the hate being spewed against them. They are internationally recognized for tolerance education programs, and victories against white supremacists and hate groups starting with the KKK.

If she’s concerned about hate and violence, she might wanna have a chat with her husband. I don’t think Jimmy Kimmel is any kind of real threat to her or anyone else. (I hope he’s a threat to autocracy. ) Her husband on the other hand…

Former AP D.C. bureau chief Ron Fournier on what disturbs him most: The language in that note “mirrors so much of what we read and hear online from MAGA lovers and MAGA haters”—and from President Trump himself.- [email protected]

When asked about concerns over insider trading tied to prediction markets and the Iran war, President Donald Trump responded bluntly: “The world is a casino. It is what it is,” appearing to dismiss the issue rather than directly address the ethics or potential implications.

Former librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who was fired by President Donald Trump last year, was among three honorees recognized by the Authors Guild at the organization’s annual fundraising gala on Monday night, the Associated Press reports #booksky

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has blocked publication of a report showing COVID shots cut the likelihood of hospital visits.

www.charliechaplin.com/en/articles/... Aka his plea to humanity

Drab habitation of whom? / Tabernacle or tomb, / Or dome of worm, / Or porch of gnome, / Or some elf's catacomb? Emily Dickinson

About half of young Americans can’t name a single Holocaust site, repeating a pattern of ignorance seen in postwar Germany Theconversation.com

jennifergivhan.substack.com/p/the-story-... #BookSky

'If my people': Here's why the Bible passage Trump will read aloud is so potent and polarizing apnews.com/article/dona... Fascinating that those who believe America was supposed to be a Christian nation take their quotes from the Old Testament - written long before their Jesus was born.

Today’s date 1836: The Battle of San Jacinto, fought in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, the final decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texan Army defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted 18 minutes -Wikipedia

How the heck did Darwin know that reading and/ir writing music and/ or poetry on a regular basis reduces Alzheimer’s by 40%? "If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week." - Charles Darwin

In 2025, 48% of Americans ages 18-29 could not name a single concentration or death camp, according to a survey by the nonprofit Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which works to secure compensation and restitution for Holocaust survivors. theconversation.com/about-half-o...

Federal programs designed to safeguard elections have been dismantled. Since Trump took office, nearly all federal election protection programs have been eliminated, severely defunded, or had nearly all their staff removed or reassigned: ProPublica

The singularly most ignorant thing I have ever heard; “Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology”-NYT

How to spot and help someone in a mental health crisis apnews.com/article/ment... ask directly: Are you having thoughts of suicide or self-harm? Your job is to support them, not treat them. Ask them: What would feel helpful right now? National Suicide and Crisis hotline phone 988

“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.” —Mary Oliver

Nothing to see here folks it’s what Hezbollah has always done; (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah will not abide by any agreements that may result from the direct Lebanon-Israel talks in the United States, negotiations it firmly opposes,

Unbelievable: …a Pentagon official reportedly warned a cardinal “that the United States has the military power to do whatever it wants—and that the Church had better take its side.”- [email protected]

When male politicians say they’ve made mistakes in regards to women, it usually means, regardless of political party, that they are at least a misogynist and most likely a rapist. This is easier to believe when you remember that politicians have a 10 to 15% socio/psychopathology rate versus 1.5norm

Although we have lost our status as a superpower no one should run a country as long as Netanyahu has. I am not an Isreal hater, majority of my family are Israelis. Enough is enough. “Clinton grew frustrated with his dealings with the Israeli leader, “Who’s the f***ing superpower here?”

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