@nyt just finished Strands. I tip my hat to you. #strands #nytpuzzles

Today’s NYT Connections felt like it was stolen right out of the puzzle section of the Highlights Magazine @nytimes.com #nytconnections #connections #puzzlesection

Recovering a sofa, labor and fabric: $3200. New sofa $3500. 🙄

I don’t think I’ve used the word “capitulation” as much as I have in the last nine months as I have in my entire 58 years of existence. #government #unitedstates #democrats #voteblue

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

'Hamilton' Cancels Its Run At The Kennedy Center Amid Trump Overhaul The president of the performing arts center claimed the cancellation is because Lin-Manuel Miranda "can't be in the same room with Republicans."

www.huffpost.com/entry/hamilt...

"I’m not sure which is worse: the fact that Republicans are moving to gut the last lifeline for 72 million Americans who rely on Medicaid and 43 million Americans who rely on Food Stamps or the fact that they’re lying about doing it."

Read more: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republican...

Black History Month
Day 28 BONUS

You know those fun gifs we all use? Or how much fun our kids have from online gaming?

You can thank Lisa Gelobter for creating the technology to make them happen.

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The irony of this being on a “park service” page isn’t lost on me

I like how now whenever someone says “he’s so stupid and I wish he’d shut up” we all know who “he” is

Black History Month Day 28
While antisemitism forced Jews to flee Europe, they were shunned when they came here. However, they found a home in Black neighborhoods of Philadelphia where they were welcomed with open arms.

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Black History Month Day 27
African American Jean Baptiste du Sable from what is now Haiti built the first permanent settlement in 1779. That settlement is now known as Chicago.
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Black History Month Day 25
Though it was used primarily in the 1960s to describe the cultural movement of African Americans, the phrase “Black is Beautiful” is rumored to have been coined by abolitionist John Rock in 1858, 100 years earlier
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Black History Month Day 25
There are only two all-women HBCUs: Spelman College in Atlanta and Bennett College in Greensboro NC. On a side note, some campus scenes from “A Different World” were shot at Spelman
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Black History Month Day 24
Xavier University of Louisiana, the only Catholic HBCU, has one of the highest success rate of getting their graduates into medical school in the country.

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

Black History Month Day 23
Wilberforce University President William Sanders Scarborough had been born into slavery. He secretly taught himself to read & write. When he felt he had mastered them moved on to learning Greek & Latin.
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Black History Month Day 22
North Carolina has the most four year degree HBCUs in the country

Black History Month Day 21
Named for MLK & Malcom X, Malcom King College didnt pay its teachers, didn’t charge tuition & didn’t have a single building or a campus. But it gave the students whose average age was 32 & were 90% Black, 10% Puerto Rican a college education.
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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

Cleaning off boogers of a four year old I guess

Black History Month Day 20
Chaplain and Army Lt Colonel Allen Allensworth founded Allensworth, CA in 1908. This community was one where African Americans were in control of the government and businesses.

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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

Is this what they meant by peak government efficiency?

Black History Month Day 19
In 1809, Victor Blanco was the mayor of San Antonio. What makes this noteworthy is A: Slavery had not been abolished and B: Texas was still part of Mexico

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Black History Month Day 18
Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ plantations were purchased by former slave Benjamin T. Montgomery. He turned them into one of the largest cotton suppliers in Alabama.
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Black History Month Day 17
George Washington Carver took teachers and equipment to rural areas to teach agriculture and nutrition thus creating the moveable school model still used today in underdeveloped areas around the world.
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Black History Month Day 16

George Washington Carver not only did research on 300 products made with peanuts but also 75 made with pecans and 118 with sweet potatoes

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