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Imagine what’s possible if billionaires and corporations paid what they owe. Our families would have what we need: stable housing, quality health care, good schools, and the support to thrive.

Tell Congress: Tax the ultra-wealthy.

@4taxfairness.bsky.social @aflcio.org @patrioticmillionaires.org

NEW: Raskin, w/ 50 House Dem co-sponsors, formally introduces a bill which would create a commission to assess Trump's fitness for office under the 25th Amendment.

Bill text here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

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A Challenge — LESLYE COLVIN I do not know if or when the government of the United States of America will decide to focus on respecting human and civil rights; becoming a just and pluralistic society; being an honorable member of...

"It can be daunting to think of the tasks before us. Where do we begin? Where can I begin? The answer to these questions arrived today. I offer it as a challenge."
#LeslyesLabyrinth
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Eight years ago, I attended my first Board of Directors meeting for NETWORK Advocates. This week I return knowing I am in my ninth & final year of service to this amazing organization. Serving the Common Good with NETWORK has been one of the greatest privileges of my journey…for a time such as this…

Forgive Me That I Didn't Come (feat. Gorax Bass) YouTube video by Iyana - Topic

A friend who is a native of Sierra Leone shared this with me. My heart is racing. My eyes filled with tears. I am speechless. #Iyana #Africandiaspora
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No surprise for the woke…

“You see, it doesn’t matter whether the war in Iran was legal, but it will matter whether it was successful, and whether the White House can concoct a plausible argument that America won.” www.al.com/news/2026/04...

Vatican Media Live - English YouTube video by Vatican News - English

Prayer Vigil for Peace from Vatican
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Another round of layoffs hits Kennedy Center ahead of two-year closure Programming was impacted in the cuts, people familiar with the matter said. It’s unclear how many departments were affected or how many people were terminated.

Run into ground by incompetents and looters who now need to close the Center for “repairs” as cover. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

The Jews who rejected a Jewish state Molly Crabapple has written a moving, provocative intervention in an argument that has raged for more than a century -- and found new fervor after October 7, 2023

Fascinating and enlightening conversation between Anand Giridharadas and Molly Crabapple. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is 'truly unacceptable' ROME (AP) — In some of his strongest comments yet against the war, the American pope urged Americans and other people of good will to contact their political leaders and congressional representatives to demand they reject war and work for peace.

ROME (AP) — In some of his strongest comments yet against the war, the American pope urged Americans and other people of good will to contact their political leaders and congressional representatives to demand they reject war and work for peace.

NEW: The Secretariat of the Apostolic Nunciature (the papal nuncio's office) has also confirmed that the Pentagon meeting occurred to @rns.org, but declined to offer more details or answer directly whether the Avignon Papacy was mentioned during the meeting.

"Yolanda Pierce reminds us that the resurrection & its promise of new life doesn’t erase the pain of what has been lost: You cannot read the stories of the resurrected Jesus as accounts of life triumphing over death w/o contending with layers of grief, mourning, & pain." cac.org/daily-medita...

A Risen Existence Theologian Paula Gooder describes how Jesus’s resurrection would have been interpreted as a sign that the end times—of justice, mercy, and love—had begun:

"Belief in the resurrection is an act of rebellion against the evil, corruption and oppression that can so easily swamp us. Believing in the resurrection can be a refusal to accept the world as it is, that it can never change…. " cac.org/daily-medita...

Reserve Your Spot — Undo Trump's Vandalism Trump has put his name on everything. Reserve your spot to undo Trump's vandalism.

UNDO TRUMP
January 21, 2029
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50 Congressional Democrats Now Calling for Trump’s Immediate Removal from Office More than 50 congressional Democrats have called for President Donald Trump's removal from office following his latest threat against Iran.

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More than 50 congressional Democrats have called for trump’s removal from office following his latest threat against Iran….

Trump and Hegseth instigated a war with Iran that now has Iran attempting cyberattacks against U.S. infrastructure.

And now we learn that the most powerful cybersecurity defense tool in the world is made by the one company Trump and Hegseth stupidly cut off from the U.S. being able to use. Unreal.

The Rekindling — LESLYE COLVIN “I have seen the Lord!” Those were not her exact words as English was never her language. The shock and grief of witnessing his killing and burial were still raw and unsettling. Yet, in darkness ...

Alleluia! Easter blessings to all who celebrate!
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What Remains? — LESLYE COLVIN What remains when love and mercy embodied dies? We remain to embody love and mercy. What remains when the source of our hope and peace is killed? ...

Today's writing for this Holy Saturday: What Remains?
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🚨 🚨 ABC News confirms that Iran used advanced, passive infrared detection to shoot down the American F-15E fighter jet.

Passive infrared detection does not emit radar signals. As a result, it cannot be detected or jammed by American electronic warfare systems. That leaves our aircraft vulnerable.

Not A Good Day — LESLYE COLVIN On this day known as Good Friday my body feels the heaviness of grief born of oppression, injustice and violence as never in my almost seven decades. I then remember the grieving people of Gaza, Hait...

Today’s writing…
#GoodFriday
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CNN: Sources are telling us that recent U.S. Intelligence assessments found roughly half of Iran's missile launchers are still intact and that thousands of one way attack drones are still in Iran's arsenal tonight. That's despite daily U.S. And Israeli airstrikes.

"...through this act [of washing of the feet], Jesus purifies
not only our image of God — from the idolatry and blasphemy that have distorted it — but also our image of humanity..."

- Pope Leo XIV, Holy Thursday 2026
#HolyThursday

Pete Hegseth Ousts Top General in Middle of Iran War The defense secretary has fired another senior military officer—this time, in the middle of a growing war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the highest-ranking Army officer in the country in the middle of the U.S. war on Iran.

Gen. Randy George, the Army’s chief of staff, joins more than a dozen high-ranking military officers who have been fired since Hegseth took over at the Pentagon.

Pathetic and trifling. Another example of JD Vance sustaining white body supremacy. How much of the voice of people in Black bodies has been stolen, whitewashed or diluted? #bellhooks #jdvance

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EJI Dedicates Montgomery Square More than 300 people joined EJI today for the dedication of our newest site.

“Building on our existing Legacy Sites, the new site is dedicated to the Montgomery Decade That Changed the World. From 1955 to 1965, Black residents with extraordinary courage…” #EJI
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