At my church in Columbus, MS, the congregation prepares a fundraiser which is a well oiled machine. Everyone has a role. Some are celery choppers. Some are cake icers. Some mix the deviled egg stuffing, and another committee stuffs the 1300 deviled eggs.
A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."
The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.
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Dismantling Voice of America was one of the most devastating things I’ve witnessed. VOA wasn’t propaganda, it was proof that free press could criticize its own leaders and still survive. And now we’re throwing away one of our greatest tools of freedom.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned today, a week after this:
Jeffries on Kash Patel: "We have to stop putting all the blame on the people who nominated this incompetent, toxic, malignant individual. What about the people who confirmed him? It's extraordinary to me that Senate Republican confirmed people like Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, RFK Jr, and Patel."
All five cats are patiently waiting for their Dad to give them their evening treats.
Vile white supremacist trash.
Too much is at stake in Mississippi right now with rising costs, struggling hospitals, and underpaid teachers. It’s time for a new senator who will show up and fight for what matters most
#MississippiMatters
In December last year a poll of churchgoers was reported across right wing media to try to undermine the Church of England's Project Spire reparative justice scheme. I've been looking into it and all is not as it seems.
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10 children were shot today in Shreveport, LA and 8 of them died. The police chief just doesn’t know how something like this could ever happen. But I think he knows exactly how something like this could happen and it has to do with the > 393 million guns in this country w/ very little regulation.
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
– Frederick Douglass
It is brilliant.
A post-NATO alliance is needed, as the US can’t be trusted. Instead of duplicating resources, common equipment like tanks should be used against a shared threat like Russia (which regardless of Ukraine still IS a threat) to avoid unnecessary spending at expense of welfare.
I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas ruling on cases related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup.
Or ruling on cases related to government regulations and a wealth tax knowing he took gifts from billionaires.
It's a disgrace.
We owe each other a country where at least the things that two-thirds of Americans can agree on actually get done. When something is broken in this country, we have to do what it takes to fix it.
Thank you, Tulsa, for the warm welcome back - and for showing us what a better future looks like.
Momentum is building across the Delta.
From Greenwood to Indianola, we showed up, listened, and had real conversations about what Mississippi families are facing every day.
This is what it looks like to be on the ground and accountable to the people. Mississippi matters.
Our daughter Alice who now lives in Cambridge with her lovely wife Caroline, took us on a pilgrimage to Grantchester, the location of our favorite crime drama today!
Mississippi matters Monday.
I heard it straight from him — you can’t survive on minimum wage.
That’s not just his story. That’s happening all across our state.
We’ve got to do better. Mississippi Matters.
"Gas prices right now are insane. It doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican. It's everybody." ⛽️
A DoorDash driver paying $70–80 a tank says most of what he earns goes straight back into his car. #TrumpsWar (From @nytimes.com )
“It’s a bright spot on the moon and we would like to call it Carroll.”
I wish science could explain what’s happening.
Getting dizzy listening to these yahoos complain that Iran is a hotbed of religious fanaticism and then turning right around and acting like religious fanatics themselves.
Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
If you’re lost behind enemy lines, we will move heaven and earth to try and bring you home alive.
If we can’t do that, we’ll move heaven and earth to bring you home anyway.
That’s the promise, and it’s non-negotiable.
I’ve been worried about the WSO all day. Glad he’s safe.
Jeanine to the tenth power.
It was detention for all of the disgusting bullying he’d committed in the previous week. Think “ Breakfast Club” but in the next to last circle of Hell. OR, to get him out of the house, his mother sent him to Seventh Day Adventists’ services.
If you ever meet an Air Force PJ, buy them a drink.
They’re some of the bravest MFs you’ll ever meet.
They’ve been at this all day trying to find the WSO, despite taking fire every time they go out.
“These Things We Do, That Others May Live”
Many of us are retired and remember the protests of the 60s & 70’s. Our oldest protester is 92. If we old white people with secure pensions & social security,with no fear of real retaliation, don’t protest, then we have failed our country. We know many people who are suffering in fear.
