Katie Porter for everything. Seriously, if I could I would vote for this brilliant woman every single time. When she pulls out that whiteboard, it’s a wrap.

My #cloudbob in 1987 ✊🏽 😂. It’s called an AFRO Tom Smith, Vogue, Marie Claire, and any other entities engaging in this unserious erasure attempt. Go appropriate somewhere else.

Say her name. Thank you for your brilliance Elizabeth Bugie.

Excellence!

Yellow Elder in bloom

A classic black-and-white photograph of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973), the pioneering gospel singer, guitarist, and "Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll." Captured mid-performance in a nightclub or studio setting (likely 1940s–1950s), she leans into a vintage microphone with a radiant, joyful smile—eyes sparkling upward in ecstasy, mouth open wide in song or laughter, conveying pure passion and energy. Her dark hair is styled in elegant curls with a small decorative bow or flower accent. She wears a light-colored dress with voluminous, sheer puffed sleeves, a high neckline, and a large bow at the neck, giving her an elegant yet exuberant stage presence. In her hands she cradles a white guitar, fingers poised on the fretboard as she plays. The background shows a draped curtain and soft stage lighting, emphasizing her dynamic pose and the fusion of sacred gospel with secular rhythm that defined her groundbreaking career. This iconic image captures Tharpe's revolutionary influence—blending gospel with early rock 'n' roll guitar techniques, influencing artists like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard, and becoming one of the first major Black female stars to cross over into mainstream popularity while remaining rooted in her faith.

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe was born #OTD in 1915.

The original #soul sister & "Godmother of Rock & Roll" influenced Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley & Jerry Lee Lewis. 😮 Great balls of fire!

#WomensHistoryMonth #musichistory

WATCH: Fourteen-year-old Ariana spent more than 45 days at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

In January, we asked detainees whether their children would be willing to write letters or draw pictures about their experiences. Listen to Ariana tell her story:

📽️ @joannashan.bsky.social

Teens are sleeping less than ever and screens aren't primarily to blame Nearly a quarter of teens sleep 5 hours or less per night and the majority sleep less than 8 hours. The problem is pervasive and technology doesn't seem to be the main culprit, according to a new report.

Nearly a quarter of teens sleep 5 hours or less per night and the majority sleep less than 8 hours. The problem is pervasive and technology doesn't seem to be the main culprit, according to a new report.

Put this woman in charge of everything.

They do realize that the good people get taken first right (according to the scriptures)? So, them being complicit in evil doing means that they aren’t the good people? Which also means their final destination is not above but below? Again, according to the scriptures they profess to believe in. 😒

242 in the know | ( Repost) | Facebook ( Repost) Good morning everyone I am Alexandra Sinclair daughter of Reserve Inspector Stanley Sinclair with a broken heart i will like to inform you that my dad passed away at 10:17 last night. If...

He is the reason why my standards for the conduct of law enforcement, government leaders, faith leaders, and other civil servants are sky high. My father exemplified what it truly looks like to serve and protect. Stanley Sinclair was a skilled COMMUNITY policeman.
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ZNS News Bahamas | The Royal Bahamas Police Force community is mourning the passing of Reserve Inspector Stanley Sinclair, a man remembered not only for his years of ser... | Facebook The Royal Bahamas Police Force community is mourning the passing of Reserve Inspector Stanley Sinclair, a man remembered not only for his years of service, but for the discipline, pride, and dignity.....

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Now I’m ugly crying.

Cue tantrum in 3,2,1…

Some good news.

Predictable.

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

A Texas voter was incorrectly flagged as a noncitizen by a federal tool pushed by Trump.

“I’m here legally, and everything I’ve done has been per the law,” she told ProPublica and @texastribune.org. “I really have no idea why I had to prove it.”

Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to nab a serial burglar Thai police say they've caught an elusive serial burglar by going undercover as lion dancers at a temple fair.

Thai police say they've caught an elusive serial burglar by going undercover as lion dancers at a temple fair. Video footage released by the Bangkok police department showed officers hidden beneath a red-and-gold lion costume dancing toward the suspect.

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

www.propublica.org/article/life...

Cruelty for cruelty’s sake. Don’t forget the innocent and hold the guilty accountable.

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Sharing and I hope whoever wrote to you stay mad. #celebratewomen

Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...

The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.

(Published May 2025)

What is happening in Fulton County is a warning to America | Jamil Smith The FBI raid in Georgia is not an aberration. It fits a broader playbook, with troubling historic precedents

"A movement that still believed in persuasion would be making an argument to voters; this one is preparing to manage them," writes @jamilsmith.bsky.social.

Trump goes public with plan to "take over" elections After the FBI seized 700 boxes of ballots in Georgia, the president calls on Republicans to assert control over voting "in at least 15 places.”

Days after FBI seizes 700 boxes of ballots in Fulton County GA, Trump says Republicans “should take over the voting in at least 15 places.” He’s once again saying quiet part out loud & openly telegraphing his plan to interfere in midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Price of fish ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...

Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.

“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.

She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security. Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.

Last fall, Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security to help oversee election security.

(Published Aug. 2025)