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This should be called the Epstein Presidency. Is there anyone in this regime that isn't in the files?

A historic black-and-white photograph of pioneering American aviator Katherine Stinson (the "Flying Schoolgirl"), captured in the 1910s during the early days of aviation. She stands in front of the propeller of her open-cockpit biplane, one hand gripping the edge of the large wooden propeller, beaming with a wide, joyful smile. Stinson, a young woman in her 20s with long braided hair, wears a long woolen coat, gloves, and a distinctive checkered newsboy-style cap tilted at a jaunty angle. An inset close-up portrait in the lower left shows her in a smaller framed photo, smiling warmly in similar attire with a flying helmet or cap, highlighting her youthful determination and charisma. The image captures the daring spirit of one of the earliest female pilots in the U.S., who earned her license in 1912, became the first woman to fly mail, perform a loop-the-loop in America, and tour internationally in Asia—breaking barriers in a male-dominated field just a decade after the Wright brothers' first flight.

Aviator Kathrine Stinson was born #OTD in 1891.

✈️ 1st pilot to perform night skywriting, 1915
✈️ 1st American woman to "loop-the-loop"
✈️ Set non-stop distance record (606 mi, 1917), outperforming all previous US pilots
✈️ 1st woman appointed a US Air Mail pilot on a regular route

#AviationHistory

Mark Twain Gives an Interview : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Hal Holbrook's classic impersonation of Mark Twain is re-created in this interview with the author of some of the most beloved and widely-read works in...

🟩🟩🟩 Hal Holbrook's intriguing performance as Mark Twain in a 14-minute interview (1961).
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Mark Twain Silent Movie (1909) : Mark Twain : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Silent Movie featuring rare footage of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) (1909).

🟦 Brief silent film footage of Mark Twain in 1909.
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Flow, the secret to happiness Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a st...

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Sitting all day is killing you — here's what to do about it You've heard that too much time online is bad for your mental health, but what is it doing to your body? In this energizing talk, journalist and author Manoush Zomorodi explains how tech habits (inclu...

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"Why living online is leaving us exhausted — and what actually helps"

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Program at City Hall : Community 12TV : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Fifty years after the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic I Have a Dream speech, a commemorative program was held at City Hall's...

"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Program at City Hall : Community 12TV : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive" archive.org/details/cogv...

Split-image historical photograph honoring Mary Sherman Morgan (1921–2004), the pioneering American rocket fuel scientist and America's first female rocket scientist, who invented the high-energy liquid propellant Hydyne in 1957 at Rocketdyne (North American Aviation). Hydyne (a blend of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and diethylenetriamine) provided the critical extra thrust needed for the Jupiter-C (later renamed Juno I) rocket to successfully launch Explorer 1, the United States' first satellite, into orbit on January 31, 1958—helping the U.S. catch up in the early Space Race. On the left: A black-and-white portrait of a young Mary Sherman Morgan in the 1950s, seated at a desk in an office or lab setting. She wears cat-eye glasses, a light-colored blouse, a necklace, and a ring, smiling warmly and looking just right of the camera. She sits in front of an open book and is holding a pencil, with office equipment in the background. On the right: A dramatic color night-launch photograph of the Jupiter-C rocket (with "UE" markings visible on the body) blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1958. The rocket stands tall against a dark sky, illuminated by intense flames and bright exhaust plumes at liftoff, with billowing orange-white fire and smoke at the base as it ascends, symbolizing the successful orbital insertion powered by Morgan's innovative Hydyne fuel. This pairing highlights her behind-the-scenes contributions to one of the defining moments in space history (often overlooked). #MaryShermanMorgan #Hydyne #Explorer1 #WomenInSTEM #SpaceRace #NASA #WomenInScienceDay #IDWGS

Celebrating Mary Sherman Morgan--America's first female rocket scientist--on #NationalInventorsDay!

She invented the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957. Its most famous use came on 31 Jan 1958, when a Juno I rocket powered by Hydyne launched Explorer 1, America’s first successful satellite.

#WomenInSTEM

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Founders Online: James Madison to Edward Livingston, 10 July 1822 James Madison to Edward Livingston, 10 July 1822

🟪 Founding Father
James Madison
(July 10, 1822):

"Religion and government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed together."
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🟩 Thomas Jefferson:

"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."

Great speeches : words that made history : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive 297 pages ; 22 cm

Brings to mind a certain quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero....

"How many... out of their own depravity favoured him?"
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"They take our jobs!" : and 20 other myths about immigration : Chomsky, Aviva, 1957- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Includes bibliographical references

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🟩🟩 Demand your Senators to OPPOSE
the SAVE ACT.

Find Your Members in the U.S. Congress
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Last night the House of Representatives approved the Save America Act, which will make it very difficult for over 21 million Americans - many of them women - to vote. The final tally in the House was virtually along party lines, 218-213, with the Dems losing one voter, Rep. Henry Cuellar from Texas.

We. Must. All. Stop. Giving. Any. Aid. And. Comfort. To. Anyone. Directly. Supporting. Or. Enabling. Any. Of. This.

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"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary."

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"It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support."

THE RIGHTS OF MAN
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"Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."

THE RIGHTS OF MAN
Thomas Paine
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

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When politicians wage war on science, Americans pay the price.

Attacks on evidence-based research weaken public health, environmental protections, and our future.

The biggest myth about White Christian nationalism | CNN White Christian nationalism is widely seen as a partisan movement that only emerged in recent years. But the ideology is as old as the nation’s founding, and it appeals to some Democrats, independents...

...White Christian nationalists today share the same goals for America as the second incarnation of the KKK:

“a homogenous, White, Protestant nation, free from the corrupting influences of political, religious, and racial diversity...”

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Founders Online: James Madison to Edward Livingston, 10 July 1822 James Madison to Edward Livingston, 10 July 1822

🟪 Founding Father
James Madison
(July 10, 1822):

"Religion and government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed together."
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Founders Online: Thomas Jefferson to Elbridge Gerry, 26 January 1799 Thomas Jefferson to Elbridge Gerry, 26 January 1799

🟩 Founding Father Thomas Jefferson (26 January 1799):

"I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvres
to bring about
a legal ascendancy
of one sect
over another."
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WV Republican lawmakers continue to try to blur line between church and state in public schools • West Virginia Watch West Virginia Senate Republicans have introduced a bill to require a Robert Aitken Bible in some public school classrooms.

“I think there is an intent to favor Christianity, but they are trying to couch this in a historical context,” Jayne said. “…They wanted to include (this book) to try to go along with this myth that the Founders intended to create a Christian country.”

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Christian Nationalism is ruining the USA.

Our Legal Director, Patrick Elliott, wrote about his experience defending civil rights with other ordinary people in the twin cities. #[ffrf.us/4t2pP47

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