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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 7h

The people who are getting hit the hardest are in the south. They voted for him. I've needed to believe in a president, but Clinton's treatment of Monica Lewinsky broke the spell.

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 9h

For I have known you when your forests were mine; when they gave me my meat and my clothing.

OPINION | Has anything changed? Revisiting Chief Dan George's iconic 'Lament for Confederation' | CBC Canada 2017

On Canada Day 1967, Chief Dan George recited his piece 'Lament for Confederation.' Now 50 years later, Mohawk/Tuscarora writer Janet Rogers revisits the lament. Has anything changed?

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 11h

You can read it for free

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 11h

Perseverance furthers

From the I Ching
(Book of Changes)

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 14h

Its too bad that Chuck
Palahniuk had already written Fight Club.
I would have liked to heard about Jack's flaming a**hole!

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 14h

“Zionism and genocide have no future,” the protester said. “Israel’s two-year long assaults on Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Yemen have driven millions into action.”

Pro-Palestinian student groups protest ‘the last 700 Days of Genocide’ outside campus gates two years after Oct. 7 attack

Around 100 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the 116th Street and Broadway gates at 1 p.m. for a walkout and protest on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Is...

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 15h

Beauty queen who beat Sarah Palin in 1984 aims for political crown

The woman who beat Sarah Palin for the beauty queen crown of Miss Alaska in 1984 is setting her sights on her own political career.Maryline Blackburn, who is mounting a Democratic challenge for a seat

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 16h

GOP needs more active shooters to raise support for anti gun control measures.

Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 16h

The Southern California Psychiatry Society & the Cmte to Protect Public Mental Health are calling for the ouster of RFKjr from Health & Human Services. "As physicians committed to evidence-based care, we're alarmed by the direction of HHS under RFK Jr," the committee said www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 16h

If jfk junior wants to keep his dead animal cache a secret, he needs to let us keep our meds, as prescribed by Actual Board Certified Doctors.

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 17h

Forgive? Sounds good
Forget? I'm not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting

The Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice (Official Video)

YouTube video by dixiechicksVEVO

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 18h

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings

YouTube video by Acony Records

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 20h

We, in this instance, are young and have never used claws to capture and kill.
It's the adult cats who destroy.

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Sherrill @sherrillann.bsky.social · 23h

Old man trump was so special, Woody Guthrie wrote a song for him!

Woody Guthrie -- I Ain't Got No Home/Old Man Trump by the Missin' Cousins

YouTube video by The Missin' Cousins

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