I want to remind folks of something that’s still raw for me. After the 2024 loss, most Dems in Congress went quiet. You remember the silence. It was deafening.

Jasmine Crockett did the opposite. She stepped up early, got loud, and was never afraid to take on Trump.
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I will not vote to fund DHS & ICE while they are putting Americans in danger, recklessly violating laws and decency, and refusing to be held accountable for or allow any oversight of their actions.

Congress must provide checks and balances to an Administration out of control.

The Shanola Hampton-led series, ‘Found,’ has been added to Netflix (U.S.)

The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of War By framing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.

The language used by the press is capitulation to the regime.

theintercept.com/2026/01/04/t...

U.S. removal of cemetery panels honoring Black World War II troops spurs anger in Netherlands The removal by a U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands of two displays recognizing Black troops who fought in World War II has spurred anger there.

There is an organized effort to erase and rewrite the history of the United States.

www.cbsnews.com/news/netherl...

We’ve gone from bootlegging whiskey during prohibition to having to bootleg truth during fascism…

Antiabortion Militants Open Training Facility in Memphis, Aim to Restart Large-Scale Clinic Blockades As FACE enforcement collapses, anti abortion groups are gearing up to launch a new wave of coordinated clinic blockades.

Embattled reproductive healthcare providers and patients in the US are already dealing with unprecedented harassment and intimidation. The resurgence of blockades as a tactic carries significant potential for radicalizing participants to violence.

POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈

Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨

youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared

Gender is not an ideology – but conservative groups know learning about it empowers people to think for themselves From book bans and firing teachers to taking over university administrations altogether, right-wing politicians and activists worldwide have been keen on rooting out gender from schools. Why is that?

The attacks on all levels of education are a clear attempt to push the United States towards establishing an openly authoritarian state.

theconversation.com/gender-is-no...

For the tiny portion of people who get a job solely because of Medicaid cuts and are actually able to get a job with insurance I can almost guarantee it offers worse coverage than Medicaid did

A beer pioneer, South Africa's first Black female brewery owner trains a new generation South Africa’s first Black female beer brewery owner is aiming to shake up the industry. At her Brewsters Academy in Johannesburg, Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela trains young Black science graduates — most of t...

I have to say the rooibos beer is very intriguing...

apnews.com/article/sout...

Happy ‘Ironheart’ Day! 🦾❤️

Despite all the constant vitriol and hate campaigns the series was widely loved and appreciated by many.

📺: All episodes are now streaming on Disney+

We need to stop referring to the place in El Salvador as a prison. There are no rules, no parole, no access to the outdoors, no visitors, no lawyers, no family allowed and no one ever leaves that enters. It is not a “mega prison” it’s a concentration camp and torture facility! The language matters!

RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September

Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

Black American people tend to fight for the liberation and anti-discrimination of ALL minorities. Other minorities tend to fight for those within their own race, culture and also discriminate against Black people.

And that’s the difference between Black people and People of Color.

It has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story

You can become a member of the National African American History and Culture Museum.

support.si.edu/site/Donatio...

Black people caring for themselves and others in the Black community is *not* inaction. It's not even apolitical. Don't let people guilt you for taking a step back, laughter, joy and restoration is a political act.

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Correct

Governments don’t need to be profitable. Money is fake. Food is real. Medical care is real. Violence is real. Safety is real.

Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.

‘Many teachers don’t want to do this, but they’re trapped’: film shows extent of Putin indoctrination in Russian schools Two years after he started documenting the effect of the Ukraine war on his pupils, Pavel Talankin reveals how it led to accolade – and exile from home

I'm afraid this type of propaganda will be required across the US education system. Project 2025 points our country in this direction.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...