The White Cliffs of Dover (2007 Remaster) YouTube video by Vera Lynn - Topic

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The late Queen Elizabeth II—born 100 years ago today—famously loved WWII-era songs by Vera Lynn. See you around.
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Gandhi Writes Letters to Hitler: “We Have Found in Non-Violence a Force Which Can Match the Most Violent Forces in the World” (1939/40) Image via Wikimedia Commons It must come up in every single argument, from sophisticated to sophomoric, about the practicability of non-violent pacifism. 'Look what Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. ...

Gandhi Writes Letters to Hitler: “We Have Found in Non-Violence a Force Which Can Match the Most Violent Forces in the World” (1939/40)

If Bezos is going to hire a conservative editorial page editor, as is his right, he could at least find one who can make an argument that doesn’t fall apart under the slightest scrutiny

“Chief Justice Balls ’n’ Strikes seems a bit confused. He’s not supposed to care about the economic impact of a presidential initiative. He’s only supposed to decide whether the initiative itself is constitutional.”👇🏼

#EqualJusticeUnderLaw
#ChiefJusticeRoberts
#ShadowDocket
#USConstitution
#SCOTUS

Cf. the Bezos Post, "Republicans gerrymandering in Texas is fine, actually" b/w "Democrats gerrymandering in Virginia is a threat to democracy"

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.

249 years later, we have this idiot.

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

“The US has provided no evidence that any of the vessels were involved in drug trafficking, and legal experts and rights groups say the attacks amount to extrajudicial killings as they apparently target civilians who do not pose any immediate threat.”

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If you love American music, this is monumental. The clarity on this discovered test pressing reveals Johnson's genius to an even greater degree than the '61 re-release of his 29 songs. You can hear the stabbing slide and delicate fingering on every string. Amazing.

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

It’s not media cluelessness – it’s cowardice and complicity But there’s another word starting with “C” that describes some journalists: courage.

Amid the cowardice and complicity of legacy media in the age of the Trump administration, Stop the Presses' Mark Jacob highlights courageous journalists and outlets that Americans can still rely on.

Doesn't look like agreeing to Trump's absurd demand for an end to edited interviews got you much, CBS. Maybe next time choose *not* to get extorted?

Why the journalistic 'center' cannot hold Plus: The New York Times responds to criticism of its business story on Lauren Sánchez Bezos

"The new owner of CBS and the current editor-in-chief ... set an explicit objective of appealing to the center right and the center left. That is a political goal. It is not a journalistic one." @postbaron.bsky.social via @sulliview.bsky.social

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Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

Insane and despicable.
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Trump consumer finance watchdog ends key civil rights-era anti-discrimination protection The U.S. federal consumer finance watchdog agency on Tuesday formally ended certain civil-rights-era antidiscrimination ​requirements for the lending industry, according to a notice in the federal reg...

“Curbing disparate-impact liability, which is common in employment-related cases, removes a tool the government has used for decades to police racial and gender discrimination in housing, education, lending and other areas.”👇🏼

#ConsumerWatchdog
#Discrimination
#CFPB

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Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

“The contract provisions, taken together, allow wealthy donors with business before the federal government to contribute anonymously … while exempting the White House from key conflict of interest safeguards and limiting scrutiny by Congress and the public.”👇🏼

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The Powerful Messages That Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger Inscribed on Their Guitar & Banjo: “This Machine Kills Fascists” and “This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender” Photo by Al Aumuller, via Wikimedia Commons Like another famous Okie from Muskogee, Woody Guthrie came from a part of Oklahoma that the U.S. government sold during the 1889 land rush away from the Qua...

The Powerful Messages That Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger Inscribed on Their Guitar & Banjo: “This Machine Kills Fascists” and “This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender”

Axios ‪@axios.com‬ ⏱️ NEW: Trump tells Axios he expects Iran deal "in a day or two" Trump tells Axios he expects Iran deal "in a day or two" Trump is very feeling bullish.

Conflicts ‪@conflicts.bsky.social‬ Iran media: Tehran rejects participation in 2nd round of talks with Washington www.europesays.com/iran/73350/ Iran’s state-run news agency has reported that the country has refused to take part in the second round… Iran media: Tehran rejects participation in 2nd round of talks with Washington - Iran Iran's state-run news agency has reported that the country has refused to take part in the second round of negotiations with the United States. www.europesays.com

Friday: "trump says Iran deal in a day or two"

Two days later: Iran says no to further talks

Maybe just maybe it's time for reporters to stop blasting their latest phone chat with trump across the media ecosystem without facts, context AND without a transcript of the call.

Tariff refunds are a nightmare for Trump’s economy The tariffs have created a very tricky political problem in what happens to the $166 billion worth of refunds

“This is not going to please Trump’s support base of ordinary, low income Americans who have to continue paying elevated prices in the stores, while corporations who sell them the goods enjoy a feast of refunds.”👇🏼
#ConsumerSpending
#TrumpsTariffs
#USEconomy
#Inflation

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Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, with 'Sold' topping the list The American Library Association says book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs. Efforts to remove titles have become more coordinated and politicized.

“'Libraries exist to make space for every story and every lived experience,' ALA President Sam Helmick said in a statement. 'As we celebrate National Library Week, we reaffirm that libraries are places for knowledge, for access, and for all.'”📚👇🏽

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"Whether the loot ends up in Trump’s pocket or goes to causes he pretends to care about, these are functionally extortion payments."

First, let's note that the Trump library saga combines the worse of his imperial presidency all in one: his use of lawsuits to extort private entities for tribute; his garishly awful decorative and architectural taste; and his Nero-scale megalomania.

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Trump has basically turned the presidency into a giant Bribe Delivery System.

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I study racist politicians from the Jim Crow era and this is on par with anything that John Rankin, Theodore Bilbo, or Cotton Ed Smith ever said in public

🎯Exactly this:➡️ "Roberts may very well be an institutionalist in a different sense. His project is not to withdraw the Court from politics, but to entrench its authority within it. He is committed to sustaining and expanding the Court’s capacity to decide foundational questions of governance."

Beginning to think that the Trump presidential library, like TrumpCoin, or in an earlier era, his hotels, is just a useful front for processing bribes to the President.

It's essential, but also a fitting punishment for someone who spent so much time and energy protecting the statues and memorials of the white supremacist traitors who came before him in the Confederacy.

Five Trump Scandals You’ve Probably Missed Swirling scandals—from the Pentagon to DHS to the IRS to the Labor Department—that represent basic betrayals of public office, trust, and confidence-in-leadership that should be the table stakes of go...

Washington can only pay attention to a scandal or two at a time, which means in the Trump age there are all sorts of should-be-big-deal scandals that don’t get the oxygen or media focus that they should.

I'll bet you've missed at least three of these: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-trump...

Again, it's not just that it is targeting MI, but Harmeet is targeting Wayne (Detroit and Dearborn) and not Oakland or Antrim, where there were criminal shenanigans by Trumpsters in 2020 or Washtenaw, where a non-citizen did unwittingly vote in 2024 (but got prosecuted after the fact).

221. Chief Justice Roberts and the Clean Power Plan Remarkable reporting from the New York Times provides a peek behind the curtain of the February 2016 rulings that ushered in the modern emergency docket. And what it reveals is pretty discouraging.

"In the first major case in which the Court granted emergency relief as a means of shaping nationwide policy, it turns out that the justice who led the charge was the one who was doing quite a bit more than calling balls and strikes."

Me on Saturday's @nytimes.com scoop in today's "One First":

Little Elegy YouTube video by Sari Gruber - Topic

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Elinor Wylie (1885-1928) wrote the poem "Little Elegy" that composer Lori Laitman set to music and here performs on the piano accompanying soprano Sari Gruber. See you around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDSF...