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RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

06.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 6309 πŸ” 1700 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 103
Bison in a field of wild flowers

Bison in a field of wild flowers

Something to remind you
In a world gone mad
Its still a world worth saving

06.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 325 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Black History Month Lives On Despite Jackson’s Death Black history is American history: full stop.

The latest post by my First Draft colleague, Jamie O.

27.02.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Important point being made...

#WontBowDontKnowHow

27.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts
Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts YouTube video by BBC

Ink Radio.
The only place you’ll hear.

21.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 868 πŸ” 216 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 30
Jon Batiste - FREEDOM
Jon Batiste - FREEDOM YouTube video by JonBatisteVEVO

The groove continues because of this.

20.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 3696 πŸ” 845 πŸ’¬ 162 πŸ“Œ 97
Rockin' a Dream
Rockin' a Dream YouTube video by Bop Cats - Topic

Always deferred to the Canadian band, The Bop Cats (Sonny Baker - vocals, Jack DeKeyzer - guitar, Teddy Fury - drums, Zeke Rivers - bass). Managed by a UK chap with short hair & earring...later reinveted as Daddy Cool. Same Dave Booth, different era.😜
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l8C...

21.02.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Bop Cats, Canadian Rockabilly band, were just as good (if not better). Their first single went to #2 in the U.K. charts, higher than the Stray Cats! They were managed by a certain fellow with an English accent, pierced ear, short hair...who later re-invented as "Daddy Cool"

21.02.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"caters to the wishes of a small minority in the city"
Gee, what party does that sound like? 🧐

20.02.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Governor Pritzker @GovPritzker has just demand $8.6 BILLION or $1,700 per family in Illinois in tariff refund money from President Trump.

Every American should demand a refund based on the fact that the Trump Tariffs were an ILLEGAL tax on American importers.

20.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 2082 πŸ” 591 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 28

Revolution, redemption, love and community. Legacy.
#TimelineCleanse #LiveTheLifeYouLove

20.02.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a win for veterans everywhere. The fact that this was proposed in the first place was an insult to every person who has ever put on the uniform.

We will continue to hold this administration accountable to make sure our promises to those who served are kept, period.

20.02.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 11286 πŸ” 3290 πŸ’¬ 350 πŸ“Œ 171
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NEW: Natasha Korecki at NBC reports that in light of the SCOTUS tariff ruling, Gov. Pritzker sent President Donald Trump an invoice of $8.6 billion.

20.02.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 10372 πŸ” 2918 πŸ’¬ 436 πŸ“Œ 360

40% of teen pregnancies in 15 y/o girls involve a fathering man who is 20-29.

It is never lost on me that the conversations surrounding teen pregnancy are always about the promiscuity of teenage girls and not the violence of older men.

19.02.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

If I've heard this before, I don't remember. 😜
Interesting track, great share, thank ye.

19.02.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New Orleans - and the world - needs its badass Women, now more than ever. You being here is proof of that! πŸ”₯

19.02.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.

NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...

18.02.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 13266 πŸ” 6993 πŸ’¬ 659 πŸ“Œ 447
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β€œ.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus …
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”

18.02.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 17072 πŸ” 6148 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Civilization" 🀣🀬

18.02.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rocket cedar and white pine.

18.02.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ye mean, it wasn't "I'm sorry"? 😜

18.02.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Littlest Hobo FTW (I think it was 3rd placebut whose counting)

18.02.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't let it make you sneer or let your blood pressure rise because its true. We are still here, and we will be here when the last of the false creations are dust. πŸͺΆ

18.02.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This seems like a New Orleans thing...🀣

11.02.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad β€” the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

11.02.2026 03:43 πŸ‘ 25569 πŸ” 7253 πŸ’¬ 411 πŸ“Œ 541
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McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man?

LYONS: Yes mam

McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?

LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question


McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?

10.02.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 14189 πŸ” 3189 πŸ’¬ 606 πŸ“Œ 551

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

10.02.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 27131 πŸ” 9606 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 358
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Dawes Act - Wikipedia

On this day in 1887, the US government passed the Dawes Act (AKA the General Allotment Act) in order to convert Native tribes' reservation land into private property and break the tribe as a social unit.

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