John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer, was born on Sept. 23, 1926 (d. 1967). #JohnColtrane Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington) (1962) #Music #Jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiP7...

Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter, was born on Sep. 23, 1970. #AniDiFranco Ani DiFranco - "Not a Pretty Girl" (2018, Paste Studios - New York, NY) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry8b...

Bruce Springsteen, American singer, songwriter, and musician, was born on Sep. 23, 1949. #BruceSpringsteen Bruce Springsteen - "Thunder Road" (Bruce Springsteen) (Live, 1975) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O3M...

Ray Charles, American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer, was born on Sep. 23, 1930 (d. 2004). #RayCharles Ray Charles with the Raelettes - "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Ti...

Trump’s “based on what I feel” approach to medicine worked out swell last time

Time Russian jets allowed in Turkish airspace before getting shot down: 17 seconds Time Russian jets allowed in EU airspace before angry press release: 12 minutes “Quick and decisive” indeed.

My mom asked if I'd heard about Jimmy Kimmel. She's worried. She told me to leave my devices at home if I went to the States. Why is my mom worried about me being punished for speaking my mind? Because the Nazis occupied her country when she was a child. She's been here before.

When asked about racially segregated NJ schools, MAGA Jack Ciattarelli implies it’s only an issue “if schools with predominantly Black student populations were outperforming schools with predominantly white populations.” The quiet part, on camera, into a microphone, loudly & deliberately:

When our founders wrote our constitution they engineered language specifically when doing so. The "with these words we hold true" means true to definition. These words were never up for a different interpretation. Reading the 1A everything about it is how it restricts what gov can do. Not what...

In case anyone was wondering our entire Military is "Antifa". Oppression was our 1st enemy. Fascism is oppression. We've become the very thing our Founders fought their freedom from. #TrueAmericanPatriot

💥Dutch comedian Arjen Lubach responded Thursday night on his program LUBACH to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show by ABC, as the Disney company and brand sink. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...

Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist, was born on Sep. 21, 1934 (d. 2016). #LeonardCohen Leonard Cohen and Julie Felix - "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" (Leonard Cohen) (1967) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzgU...

Don Felder, American musician who was the lead guitarist of Eagles from 1974 "until his termination from the band in 2001" (Wikipedia), was born on Sep. 21, 1947. #DonFelder Eagles - "Hotel California" (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey) (1977, Live) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=0983...

"A republic, if you can keep it." "The first record of the anecdote appears in a 1787 journal kept by one of the delegates to the [Constitutional] convention, James McHenry of Maryland." www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/what...

Chuck Panozzo and John Panozzo (d. 1996), American musicians, fraternal twins, and co-founders of Styx, bassist and drummer resp., were born on Sep. 20, 1948. #ChuckPanozzo #JohnPanozzo Styx - "Superstars" (James Young, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw) (1977) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=O01l...

🚨 The LAPD refuses to respond to a MVA with a motorcyclist in grave condition because they are guarding peaceful protesters. Said protesters did the LAPD’s job. SHAME LAPD SHAME @losangelespress.bsky.social

🚨Jerry of “Ben and Jerry’s,” shares a public announcement explaining his decision to leave the company. Speaking out has never been more consequential to the future of our country. Thank you, Jerry. 1/2

"Mama" Cass Elliot, American singer, actress and member of the Mamas & the Papas, was born on Sep. 19, 1941 (d. 1974). #MamaCass #CassElliot The Mamas & The Papas - "Words of Love" (John Phillips) (1966, The Ed Sullivan Show) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Bm...

Sylvia Tyson, Canadian musician, performer, singer-songwriter, member of Ian and Sylvia and now of Quartette, was born on Sep. 19, 1940. #SylviaTyson Ian and Sylvia - "You Were on My Mind" (Sylvia Fricker [Sylvia Tyson]) (1964) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ZE...

Paul Williams, American composer, singer, songwriter and actor, who wrote or co-wrote many 1970s hits, was born on Sep. 19, 1940. #PaulWilliams Carpenters - "The Rainbow Connection (Outtake)" (Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoqJ...

Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter, one half of The Righteous Brothers, was born on Sep. 19, 1940. #BillMedley The Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) (2003, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLu2...

Brian Epstein, English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967, was born on Sep. 19, 1934 (d. 1967). #BrianEpstein Brian Epstein developed an interest in this group when a customer requested this record at his music store in Liverpool: 1/2

Democratic New York lawmakers — as well as City Comptroller Brad Lander — were arrested by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers Thursday after demanding access to an alleged detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at 26 Federal Plaza.

Amazing. Awful. Amazing depiction of our awful media.

Rights mean nothing if they can vanish at the government's whim.

#TV Get Smart premiered on Sept. 18, 1965 (60 years ago). Get Smart Opening and Closing Credits and Theme Song #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ6g...

He's doing it alright.🙄 Trump (Jan 20, 2025): "... I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America."

My "antifa" flag was one of the few things we owned that survived my house fire. It was the American flag the military gave my father-in-law when he died. He fought in WW2 against the Nazis. Come and take it, trump. #FuckFascism

Happy Constitution Day. The U.S. Constitution was the result of compromise, a major one being no statement against slavery. But the alternative would have been disunion. Speech of Benjamin Franklin: usconstitution.net/franklin.html Excerpt from the speech:

This is your reminder that Kash Patel wrote three children’s books where Trump is a king and Kash is a wizard who helps the king combat villains. Totally normal stuff.

This is why they’re deleting studies

Hank Williams, American singer, songwriter, and musician, "significant and influential [singer and songwriter] of the 20th century" (Wikipedia), was born on Sep. 17, 1923 (d. 1953). #HankWilliams "Hey Good Lookin'" (Hank Williams) (released in 1951) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjCo...

R.I.P. Robert Redford (Aug 18, 1936 – Sep 16, 2025), American actor and filmmaker. #RobertRedford "King Vidor and George Cukor present Robert Redford with the Oscar for Directing for 'Ordinary People'." Robert Redford Wins Best Directing: 53rd Oscars (1981) #Film www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Trc...

24 years ago, 9:00 am. I was in my van with the kids. On the radio they said a plane hit one of the twin towers. Then the second plane hit. The shock and horror in the voices of the newscasters. I pulled over, because I couldn't see, because I was crying so hard. Then the world stopped.

These spot-the-difference games are getting really hard

🚨We need more of this from students, parents, grandparents, anyone who can — should protest the dismissal of human rights! ✊🏼1/2

Still true. The state doesn't belong in the execution business. No death penalty.

“This present moment is a generational chance to…crack down on the enemies of America & the vast left-wing criminal network that has been pillaging & terrorizing our country...” “Never unity.” -Logan Hall (Blaze Media, alum of New Founding [backed by Thiel ally Marc Andreessen], in Vance pic) 1/

7 ft tall wealthy white dude doesn’t feel threatened in Trump’s America. More news at 11

At this rate, FBI Director Jackass Clouseau may end up getting this case tossed entirely

“Sir, you don’t tell me my time is over. The people of New Jersey tell me what my time is!” “You may be in charge of the FBI but I am not afraid of you, Sir.” 🔥 That’s 🔥 My 🔥 Senator 🔥 @booker.senate.gov

Ketevan "Katie" Melua, Georgian-British singer and songwriter, was born on Sep. 16, 1984. #KatieMelua Katie Melua - "Mary Pickford" (Mike Batt) (2007) #Cinema #Hollywood #MaryPickford #DouglasFairbanks #CharlieChaplin #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv-5...

#History #CivilRights Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner (2023): Sept. 15, 1963 (Birmingham, Alabama) — "A bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church placed by Klansmen killed four girls as they attended Sunday school. Many others were wounded." steady.substack.com/p/60-years-a... 1/2

"Cannonball" Adderley, American jazz alto saxophonist, was born on Sep. 15, 1928 (d. 1975). #CannonballAdderley This was a major crossover hit on the pop charts. Cannonball Adderley - "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) (1966) #Music #Jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7FF...

The Breaking Bad revival starring Kash Patel is terrible

“Public anger toward the U.S. is intensifying in Seoul after Koreans who returned from mass arrest in Georgia on Friday described squalid detention facilities and fear-filled situations.” 9/14/25 www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...

Morten Harket "(Norwegian pronunciation: [mʊ̂ʈːn̩ ˈhɑ̀ɾkət])", Norwegian singer and songwriter and the lead vocalist of the band a-ha, was born on Sep. 14, 1959. #MortenHarket a-ha - "Take On Me" (Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar) (2005, Live 8) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=3meK...

They killed one of their own but they are hunting people who didn't respond to the murder in a manner which they agree with. Because they are "free speech absolutists" and believe in freedom* *Restrictions apply for anyone who isn't a straight white male cisgender Christian nationalist

Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter, was born on Sep. 13, 1977. #FionaApple Fiona Apple - "Sleep to Dream" (Fiona Apple) (1997) #Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Wn...