On this day - Early slave revolt - Juanita Hill &Charles "Bubba" Smith born - Natalie Cole & Michael Jackson set records at thr Grammys Only 247 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #MichaelJackson #Hightower #NatalieCole

Congress denies John Willis Menard, 1st Black man elected to Congress, his seat as Rep of Louisiana 2nd District, New Orleans. Marian Anderson is born in Philadelphia, PA. Only 246 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #JohnWillisMenard #USCongress #MarianAnderson

On this day in US History, 25 February - - Dr. Carter G. Woodson makes history - Birth of a pioneer of Rock & Roll Fats Domino - and the unaliving of Trayvon Martin Only 247 days left 'til next Halloween #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #FatsDomino #TrayvonMartin

On this date in 1870, Hiram R. Revels is sworn in as the first Black member of the US Congress as a Senator from Mississippi, a seat once held by Jefferson Davis. Only 248 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #HiramRevels #Reconstruction #USHistory

Today in US history, Daniel A Payne was born in Charleston, SC Only 249 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #DanielAPayne #AMEChurch #SlaveryBrutalizesMan #BlackHistoryMonth

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU:

On this day in History - The Alamo decimated - Birth of WEB DuBois - 1st Black USMC Gensral Only 250 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #TheAlamo #VicenteGuerrero #WEBDuBois #BlackHistoryMonth

On this day in history - Shirley Temple & Bill Robinson became the first interracial dance couple in film history. Only 251 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #ShirleyTemple #Bojangles #LittleColonel #BlackHistoryMonth

On this day in US History - 21 February Only 252 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #JohnLewis #TheloniousMonk #NinaSimone #BlackHistoryMonth

Thinking about Them! again. A perfect marriage of Atomic Horror meets the fear of the Specter of Communism. The allegory works well as it is subtle (more subtle than Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and is based on a fun creature feature script. Classic Americana, even if I am an Ant in disguise.

Trump calls Supreme Court justices who ruled against tariffs 'disloyal' - The Hill They don’t owe a President loyalty

that’s right

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

On this date in 1956, the city of Montgomery arrested 89 members of the Montgomery Improvement Association on the charge of boycotting without "Just Cause" (which was unconstitutional). Only 253 days left! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #MartinLutherKingJr #RosaPark #RightToAssemble

Many ups and many downs History rolls on There's only 254 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #SmokeyRobinson #TuskegeeAirmen #LaurenAnderson

In memory of Jesse Jackson Only 255 days left 'til next Halloween #HalloweenCountdown #JesseJackson #RestInPower (18 Feb is also #ToniMorrison 's BDay) #CivilRightsLeader

On 17 February, birth of Jim Brown, Huey P. Newton, and Michael Jordan. Only 256 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #MichaelJordan #HappyBirthday #BlackPanthers #BlackHistoryMonth I kinda passed out before I could hit send.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Linda Davis, a K-8 teacher in Savannah, Georgia, was killed in a car crash by a man fleeing ICE Local authorities said they were unaware of any ICE operations in the area. "We have a no chase policy," a county chairman said www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/s...

It's Presidents Day during Black History Month so let's celebrate every Black US president. Only 257 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #PresidentsDay #Obama #POTUS

Today in US History - New Jersey bans Slavery - Expulsion of Natives and expansion of Missouri - First trial to against segregated schools Only 258 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #Abolition #BrownVBoard #TrailOfTears #Missouri

Barack Obama blasted Donald Trump and the administration in a new interview with Brian Tyler Cohen.

Says the guy who auctioned off little girls Says the guy who trafficked little girls Says the guy who raped little girls Voter cheating, or electoral fraud, is extremely rare in the USA Only 39 cases of voter fraud were ID'd in a recent election, a mere 0.000039% of over 100 million ballots cast

And thus Jesus said verily "The Good Samaritan should be arrested actually"

This same Group Obstructing for Pedophiles is trying to pass the SAVE Act which requires in-person voting. Most of the military cannot vote in-person because they moved away from home. They use mail-in ballots, a system literally designed for the military. #SaveAct #Trump

On this date- Birth of Fredrick Douglass, Morehouse College, and Gregory Hines, and Aretha Franklin records R-E-S-P-E-C-T There's only 259 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #FredrickDouglas #GregoryHines #Respect

On this date (13 Feb) in 1960, students from 4 Black colleges in Nashville, Tennessee began a successful sit-in that saw the desegregation of lunch establishments across the country. Only 260 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #SitIns #CivilRights #BlackHistoryMonth #DianeNash

On this day Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 1865 - 1st Black person spoke in Capital building. 1899 - First performance of Lift Every Voice and Sing 1909 - Founding of NAACP 1952 - Birth of Arsinio Hall Only 261 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #FoundersDay #NAACP

Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

On this date in 1644, eleven enslaved Africans sued for their freedom and won. They went on to build the first free Black village in the US. Only 262 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #NewYorkCity #ForgottenTowns #NewAmsterdam

WASHINGTON (AP) — Grand jury refuses to indict lawmakers in probe over video telling military to refuse illegal orders, AP source says.

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

Born on this day in 1903, Abel Meeropol wrote "Strange Fruit" sung by Billie Holiday Only 263 days left 'til nextHalloween! #HalloweenCountdown #AbelMeeropol #BillieHoliday #StrangeFruit #BlackHistoryMonth

Today is the incomparable Alice Walker's birthday, born this day in 1944. There's only 264 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #HappyBirthday #AliceWalker #TheColorPurple

Born on this day in 1968. RIP Gary Coleman There's only 265 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #GaryColeman #HappyBirthday #BlackHistoryMonth

Remembering Josephine Baker with 266 days left 'til next Halloween! Dancer, Singer, Spy 1906-1975 #HalloweenCountdown #JosephineBaker #WWII #BlackHistoryMonth #USHistory

Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level

Born this day- author, Melvin B. Tolson, politician Ronald Vernie Dellums, and musician Bob Marley. Only days 267 left till next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BobMarley #MelvinBTolson #RonDellums #HappyBirthday #BlackHistoryMonth

"All we ask is that you be true to what you said on paper!" There's only 268 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistoryMonth #MLK #MountianTop #FinalSpeech

On this date in 1794, Richard Allen founded the AME Church. There's only 269 days left 'til next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #AMEChurch #RevRichardAllen #USHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

Jesus Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Raymundo Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. Records show both men are from South Texas.

They ask us to stop calling them Nazis or the Gestapo And then we find out they act exactly like the Nazis and the Gestapo I'm fucking tired

Tell every member of Congress as loud as you can: Defund ICE!

this literally looks like a scene from THE FIRST PURGE

Today I joined House Democrats at ICE headquarters in DC to demand Kristi Noem's impeachment & voted NO on funding for DHS. Not a dollar more until DHS ends its violence & abuse of power. Trump's federal agents killed two Americans in broad daylight. We are not backing down.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

"power holds no value unless it is exercised"

4 February 1925 | A French Jewish woman, Ginette Kolinka (née Cherkasky), was born in Paris. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy in April 1944. She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and then to #Theresienstadt. She survived. Today she turns 101.

On this date in 1870, Iowa cast the last vote to ratify the 15th Amendment granting the Right to Vote to all male US Citizens. Only 270 days left till next Halloween! #HalloweenCountdown #15thAmendment #JimCrow #Vote #BlackHistoryMonth

In 1909 Pittsburgh police raided a neighborhood arresting any Black man who couldn't provide proof of employment. That same fervor and bigotry is the same xenophobic hate fueling the ICE raids terrorizing our nation today. #HalloweenCountdown #VagrancyLaws #JimCrow #AbolishICE #BlackHistoryMonth