“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution” THAT PART! Thank you, Judge Perry.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He knows the life of one of my heroes, Nellie Bly! If I didn't already love him! ❤️ This is so well done, and spot on.

j.lulu_photography ..Lulu🦋 "Majestic beauty…A great blue heron at sunset"

Sports Chaplaincy: Cultivating a Spirit of Play open.substack.com/pub/maryvolm...

Even Mother Nature is done with Felon47’s bullshit.

Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?

“food was one of the top 10 causes of death in the 19th century. That's not true today. …These rules have made us safer, so we don't wanna undo them. We don’t have to repeat every mistake we’ve ever made.”

Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."

Maker, Mentor, Muse & Alta Mesa Center for the Arts’ present Poetry as a Tool for Wellness: Self-Nurturing and Radical Resilience led by Audrey T. Williams on Sunday, April 13th, 4pm-5:30pm PDT. www.tickettailor.com/events/maker...

CHICAGO…

💙 DC never disappoints. #handsoff

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff

Shameful

“We tend to think of the artist’s work as the output. The real work of the artist is a way of being in the world.” —Rick Rubin, THE CREATIVE ACT

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

This literary salon is not to be missed! Join Audrey T. Williams's salon, POETRY AS A TOOL FOR WELLNESS on April 13th at 4:00pm online. www.tickettailor.com/events/maker...

I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.

The Trump Administration’s cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration are making our skies less safe as we’ve seen over and over these past few weeks (1/2).

Former NFL player Chris Kluwe arrested during Huntington Beach City Council meeting www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...

"My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying." - Anton Chekhov

"For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it. For others, it is to share and spread also those words that are meaningful to us. But primarily for us all...

“I stand among you as one who offers a small message of hope, that first, there are always people who dare to seek on the margin of society, who are not dependent on social acceptance, not dependent on social routine, and prefer a kind of free-floating existence under a state of risk.

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

This too is happening. A quiet fog laced morning.

If only there was a clause in the Bill of Rights pertaining to this issue.

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge The Prisons We Choose To Live Inside buy Doris Lessing 20/20

While the only woman appearing member of their Howard Law class, Murray wrote a paper arguing that segregation violated the 13th & 14th Amendments. Murray’s professor, Spottswood Robinson, shared that paper with colleagues, including Thurgood Marshall. That paper contributed to overturning Jim Crow.

"A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song." - Maya Angelou

On July 22, 1939, Jane Bolin became the first Black woman to serve as judge in the US & for 20 years she was the only Black female judge in the country. She was also the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law. She was a children’s rights & education advocate ensuring integrated child services.

SO FAR tonight, we've seen @jeff-merkley.bsky.social, @schatz.bsky.social, @schumer.senate.gov, Dick Durbin, @murray.senate.gov, @warren.senate.gov, @markwarner.bsky.social, Mark Kelly, @hirono.senate.gov, @warnock.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov, & @kaine.senate.gov

Nat’l Assoc. of Diversity Officers in Higher Educ. v. Trump, D. Md., No. 25-cv-00333 Challenge to Trump DEI focused executive orders because the vagueness of the orders have a chilling effect on speech. Democracy Forward representing higher ed & restaurant organizations & Baltimore officials.

In 1872, Charlotte E. Ray became the first Black American lawyer in the US, first woman admitted to the DC Bar, first woman to practice before the DC Supreme Court, & first woman to graduate from Howard Law. Her admission was used as a precedent for other women to practice law throughout the US.

Maker, Mentor, Muse and Alta Mesa Center for the Arts hosts Elizabeth Costello, author of THE GOOD WAR on Feb 9th at 4:00pm (pacific). Click here to register: bit.ly/smallseeds

Nothing short of dangerous.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Please listen and share. Amplify this quiet, courageous, powerful voice of wisdom and moral authority. youtu.be/xwwaEuDeqM8?...

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge Home Ground by Lynn Freed 19/20

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge Women Talking by Miriam Toews 18/20

Home court. I put up thousands of shot on that hoop as a kid. ♥️🏀

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga 17/20

“Living or dead, we want our sons back.” More than 600,000 Syrians died during 13 years of civil war. At least 100,000 more went missing. They were mostly men, taken to prisons and torture centers. Many of those left behind were mothers, wives and children. Now women are searching for answers.

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett