"A lot of things come out of so-called 'mistakes'. In reality, nothing is a mistake; it's how you shape music, how you resolve it. If people hear things in my music and identify with them, that's good. The music speaks for itself."
McCoy Tyner
December 11, 1938 - March 6, 2020
Thank you!
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! DRED SCOTT CASE DECIDED BY U.S. SUPREME COURT IN 1857.
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NBA PLAYER, SHAQUILLE O’NEAL ! JAZZ GUITARIST, WES MONTGOMERY ! SINGER, MARY WILSON ! COMEDIAN, DL HUGHLEY ! NBA PLAYER, MARCUS SMART ! ACTRESS, ANNA MARIA HORSFORD !
Happy 78th Birthday, Anna Maria Horsford 🎂🥳🎊
Political cartoon by Michael de Adder. Man and woman standing behind counter in "Halloween Store." Newspaper on ground, headline: "Noem Fired." Man saying, "We lost our best customer." The couple is surrounded by costumes on mannequins; e.g., ICE, cowgirl, police, firefighter. src: https://deadder.substack.com/p/kristi-noem-fired
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"I believe in range. If you don't have complete freedom, or you won't let yourself get away from that one straight line oh, my goodness, that's too horrible to even think about."
Happy Birthday Wes Montgomery
born March 6, 1923
#MMLifers Born on this day in 1923 and died aged 45 in 1968, John Leslie Montgomery, known as Wes Montgomery.
Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery, Jazz Guitarist, #BornOnThisDay in 1923, in Indianapolis, Indiana
"I'm free, I do what I want? No, man. There's a difference between being free and freedom. Freedom is there for everybody. Being free is a totally different matter. Have the courage to be free."
Happy Birthday Flora Purim
born March 6, 1942
Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer and leader with the Chicago Freedom Movement, dies at 85
Godspeed, Bernard LaFayette
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How a #DHS #shooting of a third #US #citizen went unnoticed for months
No state or federal agency disclosed that a Homeland Security Investigations agent had killed #RubenRayMartinez until it was revealed in a public records request.
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He has the “white peen get out of everything” card.
In late January, Platner appeared for an online interview with Nate Cornacchia, an antisemitic broadcaster. Platner called himself "a longtime fan" of Cornacchia's YouTube channel, "Valhalla VFT," and said it was "an absolute pleasure" appearing on his show. Cornacchia has blamed Jewish people for the slaying of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk as well as for military battles around the globe. Last October, journalists revealed that Platner had a tattoo on his chest that resembled the Totenkopf, a death's head symbol used by Nazi military members and German concentration camp guards. Platner has since covered up the tattoo, claiming he drunkenly got the tattoo while in the military and was unaware of its Nazi-connections. He later called its symbolism "deeply offensive to my core beliefs." That same month, media outlets noted that Platner's past social media posts used "homophobic language and rhetoric that mocked or demeaned LGBTQ+ people," sometimes using gay people as the punchline to jokes.
“Graham Platner also recently raised eyebrows for doing an interview with an antisemitic broadcaster”
“Didn’t know it was Nazi”
“It was an accident”
Yada yada yada. I look at patterns, constants, and variables.
Hard pass.
Dem Senate candidate shares post from anti-LGBTQ influencer
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Ok, but why is Graham Platner actually a thing? Wtf is wrong with yall?
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: A mess of a disaster
From Greg Dworkin
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Racist texts from young Republicans in Miami expose a problem the GOP shouldn’t ignore | Opinion
Let me be clear: I’m glad Kristi Noem was fired. But we still have to abolish ICE.
Emmanuel Damas died in ICE custody after ICE failed to treat a tooth issue that turned into pneumonia.
ICE didn't even keep his family updated.
The Trump admin's cruelty knows no bounds.
I'm pressing with Senator Markey and Rep. Pressley to hold ICE accountable.
ICE killed Emmanuel Damas
Goodbye and good riddance.
But don’t take the bait. Firing Noem alone won’t halt Trump’s campaign of terror.
The atrocities happening by ICE behind the walls of detention facilities and in broad daylight have proven that ICE cannot be reformed.
Abolish ICE NOW.
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
World U.S. submarine torpedoes Iranian ship in Indian Ocean, reportedly killing at least 87 sailors Attack off coast of Galle, Sri Lanka, set off rescue efforts Thomson Reuters Posted: Mar 04, 2026 6:36 AM PST | Last Updated: March 4 Listen to this article i Estimated 4 minutes Workers in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday unload the bodies of Iranian sailors from a vehicle, after they were killed when the IRIS Dena warship sank outside Sri Lanka's territorial waters. (Eranga Jayawardena/The Associated Press)
An Iranian ship at a joint Indian naval exercise, where all vessels were required to be unarmed, paraded its sailors along other participants, including the US. The US then withdrew at the last minute, torpedoed the Iranian vessel, and refused to rescue survivors. 87 sailors killed, 60 missing.
Let this article serve as a tool to counter any disingenuous talking points about Cuba. Let’s finally start adding the much-needed context to the conversation.
It could save countless Cuban lives.
Hurricane name 'Melissa' retired after deadly 2025 impact in the Caribbean
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