Right back at all 12K of you 😍

Holy $#!t! Drumpf and company are out of their minds. They think this is a movie made for an audience (that is getting smaller and smaller) hungry for explosions and slo-mo walkoffs.

My closest friends lead fairly privileged lives. I worry about them being able to empathize with people of no privilege. I was telling one of them the other day exactly where my house keys are, in case I am arrested. I explained that "If I see ICE grabbing someone, I'm jumping in...etc". I have to.

I just want to put this here. I have spent more than 60yrs bucking the system. But...I've spent about 25 of those in military and federal, state, and local govt service. So, don't get it twisted. I'm a patriot. But I'm speaking out in ways that will probably attract the attention of bigots in govt.

Once the ICE raids started receiving national media attention, my body responded viscerally. I instinctively shed dozens of online friendships, even wrote some farewells. My life is better w/out feeling doubts about where some people stand. Because there's little else to do now but throw hands.

If indicting a past US AG out of spite makes the country a banana republic; what do 400+ years of enabling wyt privilege make? Sometimes I think Drumpf proves how destructive privilege truly is. But other times, he proves its staying power.

Hey DNC, this is what it looks like to have a spine and walk your talk. @schumer.senate.gov you taking notes?

This is America: A wyt bigot gets killed and all of a sudden people who have nothing to do with it become targets of the Drumpf camp. Same 'ol, same 'ole.

All assassinations belong in every school history class. jfk, medger evers, malcom, rfk, mlk, melissa hortman, kirk. They only create more entrenchment and they don't remove ideas. I don't know what motivated Kirk's killer, but I can't imagine a single justification for murder.

Looking forward to it!

The road we're on has shaped America's history: Magna Carta, Manifest destiny, The Social contract, The American dream, American exceptionalism, The new deal, Representative democracy, Wars on poverty, drugs, terror, The Electoral College, Trickle-down economics, Progressivism, Authoritarianism.

I can't honestly say that I'd never see this day coming, because the reality is I've been preparing for it for as long as I can remember. And to be clear you can be nice and succeed without hating your opposition. The main thing is making the decision to jump in the fight and get dirty.

I helped a motorist stranded at an intersection today. It was a mom with a child in back. I walked up to help. I could see she was Russian. We spoke Russian. Her husband was on the way she said. She wanted to move the car to a parking space. I pushed. She steered. The kid cheered. Life is good.

My problem is not with #Newsome the person. Rather the battle against Drumpf's supporters #maga who use the same logic as Newsome. In politics my glee may be a new drug. Social apps like frivolous crackbacks and smackdowns, when in reality, actual policy change (good and bad) is a long slog.

#academicsky #educationsky #Hoosiersky Limber up those keyboards ⌨️ & start 📝writing now. Maybe assign a persuasive essay exercise to students in your classrooms this fall ...

If you didn't hear Snap Judgement 2 weeks ago, you should. Great Stories.

The SAVE Act is stalled in the Senate, but right-wing activists are urging Republicans to include it in a must-pass piece of legislation this fall. This proposal would require proof of citizenship to vote, which could disenfranchise millions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

....Because that's exactly what's happening. Drumpf and Co. are f-ing crazy.

Two college baseball teams with horrible losing streaks — a combined 141 games — are scheduled to play each other. One of them must finally win.

I'm just sayin' ....

I block accounts promoting hate, making fun of appearance, advocating for harm, what people claim their enemies do. I choose peace. People that promote anger online remind me of who'd watch a lynching. Piling on/ganging up is a red flag. I also rarely repeat common phrases/terms. My page. My rules.

Hah!

....You are relieved, Sir!...

I require my Facebook friends to denounce racism/bigotry & annual proof they've called out a friend/family member on it. Otherwise they get the boot!

I remember.

100% Mrs. Bowers: Welcome to (enter marginalized group name here __________________) month!

I need people to know that as a person of color who associates mainly in white circles, (The numbers are not in my favor.) So, I may repost say, Betty Bowers...But that's about as angry as I'll engage. I avoid hate and name-calling. I'm uncomfortable with pack like /mob like social media vitriol.

Brown Shirt (in brown shoes)

Will be good to see/hear that experiences define a person as opposed to community/group affiliation and identification.

American Government is a thing.

Any resistance you apply is helping. It may only be gratifying if you zoom out and think of how pyramids were built. Or what it took in face-to-face meetings to write the constitution.

Liberty is a long game. Ask the descendants of slaves The friction that resistance causes ultimately can stop an object. But it also slows down that object.

“We’ve never, ever voted to raise the debt ceiling this much. It’ll be a historic increase. I think it’s not good for conservatives to be on record supporting a $4 [trillion] or $5 trillion increase in the debt ceiling,” said KY Sen. Rand Paul (R).

That's a 'no-brainer'.

War is snatching people off the street. It's our very own Guernica.

Without knowing the particulars, I think anytime this court goes 6 or more against Drumpf, the gen'l public is safer.

Speaking only for myself: 1. Lincolnite looks down their nose at Omaha. 2. Lincolnite over-celebrates Omaha Democrat Mayor. 3. Lincolnite forgets Omaha Mayor name within a few weeks. 4. Lincolnite likes blue-dot yard signage 24/7 365.

I'm not taking the bait. I've known several white South Africans. I love every one of them. I never ever question someone else's immigration status. That's not my thing. I don't care who you are. I guess the Episcopalian refugee resources are probably being saved for more deserving cases.

I've traveled with South Africans, shared rooms, socialized with them etc. Each had a different story. I never knew about or questioned their immigration status. I won't start now. I'm MUCH more concerned with ICE deportation trafficking. My episcopal brethren are likely similarly focused.

Hats for sale! Hats for sale!

I heard Amanda on NPR today. She knows exactly what time it is.

Yikes, Dude.

Allison Krause, 19 Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20 Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20 William Knox Schroeder, 19

Drumpf won 60% of Nevada Latino voters and Canadians are about 30% of international tourists to Vegas. And THEY ARE NOT GOING TO VEGAS these days. So, Casinos and Hotels are LAYING OFF WHO???? Take one guess.

We still rise. with pain, with fire...

Math is undefeated.

He so cray-cray...

American doctors returning from Gaza compared notes and started to see a pattern...

Two undefeated things in human history: Migration and New ideals. An under current of black intellectuals might depart from the flagrant performative nature of Booker's filibusters etc. I was in many sit-ins he Booker was born. There are layers to a struggle. No single act can disrupt a sea change.

This is how to do it!