First published on September 21, 1937 #BuckysCopy

A bit of James Baldwin today: "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"

We love the Alma Woodsey Thomas story!! 🧮🎨 (from the book, "Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History" by Vashtie Harrison)

So beautiful. We need the light to shine so bright right now. Thanks to Alma Thomas for showing us the light! 🤎💛🧡❤️💚💙🩵🤍🩷

happy bday artist/teacher Alma Thomas, b.1891, Columbus, GA, "first African-American woman to be included in the White House's permanent art collection". “Color is life. Light is the mother of color. Light reveals to us the spirit and living soul of the world through colors.”

happy bday Canadian writer Morley Callaghan, b.1903. "For the sake of the peace of their own souls most men live by pretending to believe in something they secretly know isn't true. It seems to be a dreadful necessity. It keeps life going on....

Today would be a good day for MSNBC to bring back Matt Dowd. @matthewjdowd.bsky.social @msnbc.com

It’s telling that the lie was accepted by the rest of the press, including some who knew it was a lie.

The truth is without Tom Brady, Bill Belichick's record as a head coach is mediocre at best.

I live about an hour from the Big Hole Natl Battlefield, where Nez Perce warriors fended off a cowardly pre-dawn attack by the US Army for 2 days while their women and children fled. If you're travelling near the Big Hole Valley of Montana I recommend a stop. Also, the scenery is spectacular.

Seriously screwed up. Trumps tactic of suing everybody might be something to emulate. Every piece of misinformation that defames someone and we sue. Need a host of retired lawyers willing to do good works for the satisfaction of it. Keep them constantly in depositions.

Thank you Matthew! Excellent quotes. Good to see you in print!

Fox News/Jesse Watters lied about both the timing & what I said about Charlie Kirk. Watters said that I said Kirk deserved to die. This is a complete lie. First, I didn't know Kirk had been shot when I spoke. Second, I never said what they said I said. Fox News has no problem defaming people.

The gap between what Republicans think they are & what they actually are is huge. GOP thinks they are for freedom, they are not. They think they are for the rule of law, they are not. They think they are against corruption, they are not. They think they are for protecting the safety of Americans...

Such a wise and worthy man to remember well.

happy bday English artist/writer Rose Garrard, b.1946. Below she is standing with her artwork Spirit of Hope.

“I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more.” ~Nez Perce Imagine this world 🌍 👆🏼👇🏼

RIP Nez Perce native American leader Chief Joseph, died this day 1904. “I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more.” “It does not require many words to speak the truth.” “The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.”

Just a note of thanks for all that you offered every time you gave your political analysis on msnbc. You are missed already.

Practice integrity or….

good morning thank you for inspiring nature, sunbeams and (our) ripples... hope you and all have a lovely day ahead🌻

We have become a nation of greed, for power, wealth, control and status. These pursuits have pushed aside values, character and integrity. IMO

"A hundred years ago to-day A barren wild our borders lay; Our stately forests grandly stood Wrapped in majestic solitude. Our rivers, coursing to the sea, Felt not the chain of tyranny; Nor yet above their glittering sheen Could Freedom's stripes and stars be seen..." - Kate Harrington

One thing you learn in life is that "speaking truth to power" and practicing integrity is easy when your job, your money, your fame, or your office is not on the line. The hard is speaking truth and practicing integrity when any one of those is on the line. That is the test of who you are.

Looking forward to my upcoming “walkabout” to the east coast to ‘follow some trails’ 🍁 🍂

happy bday writer/educator Kate Harrington, b.1831, Allegheny, PA. "One beautiful evening in summer, Ere the sunbeams had vanished from sight, When they stooped down to kiss the green prairies, And bid all the flowers ' Good-night'...

RIP French poet Saint-John Perse, died this day 1975, won Nobel Prize for Lit 1960. "Followers of trails and of seasons, breakers of camp in the little dawn wind, seekers of watercourses over the wrinkled rind of the world, o seekers, o finders of reasons to be up and be gone."

“I lived in a fallout shelter with Matthew Dowd for a year-and-a-half.” My thoughts on an old friend.

Except everyone should boycott @msnbc.com until they apologize to @matthewjdowd.bsky.social

The Matthew Dowd I Know open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...

THIS!!! Absolutely @matthewdowd.bsky.social

‘Lincoln once said, “The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, & we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, & act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, & then we shall save our country.”’ Amen!

The Matthew Dowd I Know www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-matthe...

Answering your question you asked in closing, I'm more than ready. Onward!💫💜💫

An apt analogy re trauma. Plus this: “The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.” -Lincoln

A Revolution of Healing open.substack.com/pub/matthewd... @matthewjdowd.bsky.social

The Matthew Dowd I Know open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...

Good morning sisters/brothers. My latest column in substack. open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...

Thank you, @matthewjdowd.bsky.social for speaking up and speaking truth to power. Zero moral authority, indeed. Shameful.

@matthewjdowd.bsky.social Fantastic talk with Katie Matt! Man I've loved her reporting for years... Thank you for standing up for us Matt. If you are in NC the unsweetened team is on me. Thanks Katie and Matt!

MSNBC has zero moral authority to talk about cowardice of Disney, ABC, or Republicans for bending the knee to MAGA when they did exact thing in their termination of me and others. They are doing the exact thing they complain about others doing.

I am watching my friend Matthew Dowd on Substack Live with Katy Couric. He is beyond humble and bears no ill-will as his voice will carry on other venues. America, what a country!

Next they'll cancel Yoda for basically saying the same thing.

Thank you Matthew for speaking truth to power. We stand with you in this fight.

So proud of you

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".