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An open letter to Rep. McGaugh, Gov. Kehoe, Sen. Black. From a constituent in Chillicothe, MO. Text RESIST to 50409.

From a constituent in 📍 Chillicothe, MO

Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas Classic songs ‘Nowhere to Run’ and ‘Dancing in the Street’ captured the revolutionary spirit of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits

Night night sweet dreamies

Go softly with yourself… you’re trying, and that is enough.
Care for your own heart the way you would someone you cherish, you deserve that same love

You do 🧡

YAY ! Can We Vote On This ?.......

Someone really ought to write a book about the significance of #SCOTUS doing so many major things through unsigned and unexplained rulings, and how so much of it really is a recent phenomenon.

Good morning, BlueSky.

#Caturday

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment.

The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment.

By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

NEW YORK (AP) — Air Canada will suspend service to New York’s JFK International airport over the summer as the war in Iran creates jet fuel shortages that have sent prices soaring.

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Report: Steyer aide offered money for endorsements The proposals could revive criticism that the billionaire Democrat is trying to buy his way into the White House.

Paying for endorsements. Billionaires will try to buy public office. That’s who they are. A Trump in Dem’s clothing…this guy is as phony as they come, hiding his private ICE prison ownership, too. California deserves better!!! #ICE #CA #CAGov #BlueCrew

Andy in the catio

Sorry, but ew!

As a Catholic, I’ve struggled with the church - but I applaud the pope’s call for peace | Margaret Sullivan These days, I’m feeling more aligned with Catholicism than I have since my first communion. I’m not alone in that

"These days, I’m feeling more aligned with Catholicism than I have since my first communion. I’m not alone in that," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.

Ideal relationship dynamic

I Completely Support This Petition….

Ossoff: I don’t know who placed those trades, but I’ll tell you this: the SEC better find out. And if they won’t, when you elect this new majority in Congress and you give us gavels and subpoenas, we will.

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Images of food being served to sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli, published by USA Today. Supplies "are going to get really low" and "morale is going to be at an all-time low," one sailor messaged his mother

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This really is the only way to get rid of the stench and stain on our country's government.

Pete Hegseth shouldn’t be allowed dinner until this is fixed.

"New York with Moon". Georgia O'Keeffe. 1925.

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

fyre festival-ass war

i have seen many, many patient encounters where a low health literacy man is accompanied to clinic by a begrudging ex-wife who knows all his medications and medical problems, but i have yet to see a low health literacy woman show up with her ex-husband to help her navigate her own health problems

ICE And The Absence Of Accountability Earlier this month, at the notorious state-run immigration detention facility in Florida dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by state officials, there was another incident.

In Maine, ICE brazenly called their operation “catch of the day.” The banal inhumanity of it all is overwhelming. The deaths, the injuries, the conditions in detention, the brazen disregard for people’s rights, including American citizens. And it’s still happening.
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How the AI oligarchy devoured America How the AI oligarchy devoured America.

Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of a new American oligarchy. Since then, this system has only become more entrenched, ever concentrated around a crew of tech titans going all in on AI.

Our newest cover story investigates these new AI overlords and their consolidation of power.

I miss President Obama so much. I will love that man forever.

Was he perfect? No.

But he was a man filled with decency, with an aura that moved your soul. He never punched down on people or dehumanized groups for a laugh. He understood the solemnity of the office, and he remains such a good man.

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