“Let America Be America Again” ~BY LANGSTON HUGHES Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.”

On a wall recently photographed between the Border of Mexico & US: “They tried to bury us. They did not know we were seeds.” From: Resistensia- Poems of Protest & Revolution

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." [Remarks on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress, 13 March 1962] ~John F. Kennedy

This ⬇️ The National Endowment for the Arts withdrew grant offers and terminated existing grants that didn't align with President Donald Trump's agenda. The NEA sent out letters Friday night to arts organizations nationwide informing them that their grants were being reconsidered. #ArtSavesLives

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” ~Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.” ~ Robert A. Heinlein The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Sunday AM Pondering: Anyone wondering how many dolls his Ivanka had as a child? His grandchildren?

“We should be looking to trade with the rest of the world, & we should do what we do best & they do the same.” It is not a great idea to design a world where a few countries say ‘ha-ha-ha, we won’ & the rest of the countries are envious,”Trade should not be a weapon.” ~Warren Buffett 5/3/25

#CanadaStrong 🇨🇦🍁 Congratulations to our Dear Friends in the North! Your victory is inspiring to the world! It gives us hope that we WILL defeat our Fascist Regime. Please keep sending us emotional support. 🙏 Love, The Sane Americans of BlueSky

A private club in D.C. co-founded by djt jr. is charging a $500,000 membership fee. There is a waiting list. The “Executive Branch” held a launch party on Sat. Eve that included over a 1/2 dozen members of djt’s administration & wealthy CEOs, tech founders and policy experts. Have at it, BS.

Temu is adding “import charges” to customer orders. Fees range between 130%-150%, more than doubling costs. A dress sold on Temu for $18.47 will cost $44.68, a 142% surcharge. A child’s bathing suit priced at $12.44 will cost shoppers $31.12 w/a staggering 150% fee. From CNBC

Chinese manufacturers are pausing production & turning to new markets as the impact of U.S. tariffs sets in. The lost orders are hitting jobs forcing Chinese exporters to try livestreaming at home. Some companies have already built businesses on other trade routes from China. From: CNBC 4/27/25

“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, or you wouldn’t have come here.” ~Lewis Carroll From Alice in Wonderland

National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some stories from readers about how their pet has impacted their lives.

“The corrupt man is the one who sins but does not repent, who sins and pretends to be Christian, and it is this double life that is scandalous. The corrupt man does not know humility, he does not consider himself in need of help, he leads a double life.” ~Pope Francis #ThirdRowFelon #WHCriminals

“When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.” ~Shirley Chisholm

“The purpose of the presidency is not the glorification of the president. It is the unification of the American people.” ~Pete Buttigieg

““If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities — the expression of love — then life itself loses its meaning.” ~Harvey Milk

“No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.” — Alice Walker

“Politics at its worst is ugly, but politics at its best is magnificent. Because it's not just about policy. It is soulcraft and it is moral.” ~Pete Buttigieg

“The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope. ~Sophocles From: Oedipus Rex

“I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits — and millions of Americans agree with me." ~Hunter S. Thompson #Happy420Day 🌿

To be honest, given our current economic situation, I have no problem with self-indulgent rich women paying millions, while ordinary Americans struggle to feed their families, pretending to go into "space." I do question, however, the value of their return.

“"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties." ~Abraham Lincoln

“I hate purity, I hate goodness, I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.” ~George Orwell From: 1984 #FreeKilmarAbregoGarcia

“I appeal to all of you to get into this great revolution that is sweeping this nation. Get in and stay in the streets of every city, every village and hamlet of this nation until true freedom comes, until the revolution of 1776 is complete." ~John Lewis June 2018

“He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.” ~George Bernard Shaw

“The more incompetent one feels, the more eager he is to fight.” ~Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The more we know about the former world, the better we’ll understand what happened when it fell.” ~Emily St. John Mandel From Station Eleven

“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.” ~Noam Chomsky

“Hope is the active conviction that despair will never have the last word.” ~Cory Booker

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” ~ George Orwell from 1984

”Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

“If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.” ~John Lennon

“All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.” ~Aristotle

“Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation… in the face of tyranny, cruelty, oppression, extremism, sometimes there is only one choice. When the world looks to America, America looks to you, and you never let her down.” ~Hillary Clinton #WomensHistoryMonth #EverythingSheSaidWasTrue

“Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful.” ~Mary Shelley #WomensHistoryMonth #Truth

“If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.” ~Carl Sagan

“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.” ~Anais Nin

“I walk in the world to love it.” ~Mary Oliver

“One has to be insincere and promise something which you cannot fulfill. So you either have to be a fool who does not understand what you are promising, or deliberately be lying.” ~Vladimir Putin

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“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard

Reposting these numbers, I had a follower last night who needed help. Please share again.

“Putin distains Western values. He hasn’t paid a political price in his own country for his sins. He tells bald lies with a straight face, when guilty of aggression and blames the victim. He has convinced Trump that he is a master strategist, a man of strength.” ~ Madeleine K. Albright

“In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love, and the ability to ask questions. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.” ~Mary Oliver Upstream: Selected Essays

“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." ~Harry Truman

“The politics of an authoritarian country are structured in a very primitive way: you are either for the regime or against it. All other political options have been completely obliterated.” ~Alexei Navalny

“We must do what they fear--tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most power weapon against this regime of liars, thieves, and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it.” ~Alexei Navalny From: Patriot: A Memoir