Big countries make it harder for us Jamaicans to survive big storms While Jamaica and other small island nations make every effort to adapt, powerful countries continue to stall global action. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Shutdown kept research into historic Hurricane Melissa at a minimum Flight engineers, pilots, scientists and others flew multiple harrowing missions into Melissa without pay. They wanted to do far more. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Inside the ‘mammoth’ task to rebuild Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa: ‘We feel hopelessness’ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Venezuela Sends 5,000 Tons of Humanitarian Aid to Cuba After Hurricane Melissa

Group asks feds to grant EI, open work permits to foreign workers affected by Hurricane Melissa www.theglobeandmail.com/business/ar...

Hurricane death toll rises to 43 in Haiti as aid pours in across the Caribbean https://www.europesays.com/ie/172440/ Haiti’s government says the death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 43, with 13 others still missing.…

“Cerro de San Juan”: Puerto Ricans’ little-known history in New York revived The Center for Puerto Rican Studies commemorates the stories of Puerto Ricans who lived in this area of Manhattan www.elnuevodia.com/english/ente...

4 years ago yesterday

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Cartoonist: Lalo Alcaraz (2021)

Tomorrow's cartoon tonight DumbDay #294 I was gonna hold onto it because you never know what tomorrow brings*

Kitchen Table Issues @9mmballpoint.bsky.social

Are we great again yet? Follow for more cartoons!

Heritage Foundation: @smoothdunk2.bsky.social

Trump is handing out tax breaks to the ultrarich and corporations, over and above the $4 trillion in the Big Ugly Bill. The breaks have gone to, among others, giant private equity firms and crypto companies. #Trump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ImpeachTrumpNow #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace

#BlackMusicSunday: Ella Jenkins, 'the first lady of children’s music' Music for your kids, grandkids and the kid in you :) www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

The only thing that pissed Trump off more about going to the Supreme Court for an emergency ruling to starve Americans, was that it almost interrupted his seafood tower on ice dinner and synchronized swimming performance at Perv a Lago last night.

Black Music Sunday: Ella Jenkins, 'the first lady of children’s music' by Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Thank you Denise for this fun Black Music Sunday diary and for the introduction to Ella Jenkins!

It's #BlackMusicSunday! Come join @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social and celebrate Ella Jenkins, "the first lady of children's music"!

Black Music Sunday: Ella Jenkins, 'the first lady of children’s music' www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

From @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

"...never lied to them and certainly never talked down to them." Read & listen some about Ella Jenkins and children's music. A piece from The 21st, from our public radio WILL-AM. Can't thank @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social enough for these BLACK MUSIC SUNDAYS! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Black Music Sunday: Ella Jenkins, 'the first lady of children’s music' www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

From @mrwilliamjones.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Hurricane Melissa leaves Haitian community of Petit-Goâve struggling to recover

WCK's #ChefsForJamaica teams are going door to door to serve meals to families impacted by Hurricane Melissa. In Bluefields & Brighton the devastation is clear, with families sheltering in damaged homes. We're cooking comforting meals to provide a sense of normalcy as communities begin to rebuild.

1 year ago today and the only campaign promise orange has kept is to round up brown people, except that there’s still crime…so he hasn’t kept one promise.

The shutdown is Republican owned and operated

Spin to win!

Making America Hungry Again #SNAP

John Deering, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

TRUMP TEAM PLAYERS Cartoon by Michael de Adder

Everybody LOVES Elise! #gop #stefanik #fascists #trump

Barry Blitt