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Dee Dee Bridgewater
““I couldn’t go to a No Kings protest, but I do protest songs with the We Exist! band,” she says. “The programme I am doing now started out of the war in Gaza – I watched the news and thought: I am witnessing the beginning of a genocide.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
““I couldn’t go to a No Kings protest, but I do protest songs with the We Exist! band,” she says. “The programme I am doing now started out of the war in Gaza – I watched the news and thought: I am witnessing the beginning of a genocide.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I can’t be silent. I’ve been through too much’: Dee Dee Bridgewater on singing with the greats – and confronting Maga with jazz
Fuelled by a loathing of Trump, the war in Gaza and anger at ‘the same old chauvinistic crap’, the 75-year-old – who cut her teeth with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and more – has no plans to stop p...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dee Dee Bridgewater
““I couldn’t go to a No Kings protest, but I do protest songs with the We Exist! band,” she says. “The programme I am doing now started out of the war in Gaza – I watched the news and thought: I am witnessing the beginning of a genocide.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
““I couldn’t go to a No Kings protest, but I do protest songs with the We Exist! band,” she says. “The programme I am doing now started out of the war in Gaza – I watched the news and thought: I am witnessing the beginning of a genocide.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Yes, but the volume is so great we need a lot of people doing “careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.” My head spins at the thought.
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Yes, but the volume is so great we need a lot of people doing “careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.” My head spins at the thought.
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new video up at my youtube page on the history of the filibuster and why it’s Bad. watch/share/subscribe/etc!
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
What's the deal with the filibuster?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
new video up at my youtube page on the history of the filibuster and why it’s Bad. watch/share/subscribe/etc!
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
Exactly. The billionaires want to control ALL media so they can control workers, manipulate public opinion, refuse to pay taxes, and do as they please.
Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Exactly. The billionaires want to control ALL media so they can control workers, manipulate public opinion, refuse to pay taxes, and do as they please.
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It’s a classic Vance rhetorical move that’s almost indecipherable unless you're doused in MAGA. Instead of calling out the Hitler-loving Fuentes, he called out anyone who has been calling out Fuentes. And he called on the GOP to unite around the things they love, like deporting brown children.
JD Vance now leads the GOP. And he wants the party to welcome Hitler lovers.
The VP wants peace with gutter racists who spew vile hatred at his wife. And the press refuses to reckon with what this means.
www.thefarce.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s a classic Vance rhetorical move that’s almost indecipherable unless you're doused in MAGA. Instead of calling out the Hitler-loving Fuentes, he called out anyone who has been calling out Fuentes. And he called on the GOP to unite around the things they love, like deporting brown children.
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Loren Voss introduces Lawfare's new resource tracking how and where National Guard and military forces are being used on U.S. soil and discusses the troubling lack of transparency surrounding domestic deployments. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/coun...
Counting the Boots: Tracking Domestic Deployments, One Missing Report at a Time
A monthlong effort to track domestic deployments revealed a troubling lack of transparency on why and how military forces are used on U.S. soil.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Loren Voss introduces Lawfare's new resource tracking how and where National Guard and military forces are being used on U.S. soil and discusses the troubling lack of transparency surrounding domestic deployments. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/coun...
Congressman Morelle has posted several times today here is one. If you live in NY-25 go over to see what else he is saying and let him know what you think?
@morelle.house.gov
@morelle.house.gov
Families in our community are hurting while Trump uses hunger as a weapon. I won't stop fighting for the assistance our people rely on.
I'm grateful for orgs like the Irondequoit Community Cupboard for supporting those in need. I stopped by to hear the challenges they're facing.
I'm grateful for orgs like the Irondequoit Community Cupboard for supporting those in need. I stopped by to hear the challenges they're facing.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Congressman Morelle has posted several times today here is one. If you live in NY-25 go over to see what else he is saying and let him know what you think?
@morelle.house.gov
@morelle.house.gov
Yep!
The problem isn’t that Christianity isn’t taught in schools; the problem is that Christianity isn’t taught at Church. — Anonymous internet twitter.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Yep!
Why are Veterans are over represented on death row across the United States?
Veterans are overrepresented on death row across the United States. The Death Penalty Information Center's new report explores the cases of veterans sentenced to death and the injustices they face in the criminal legal system.
Forgotten Service, Lasting Wounds: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center
**Executive Summary** - Though the Supreme Court has recognized the importance of military service in capital mitigation, the legal...
deathpenaltyinfo.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Why are Veterans are over represented on death row across the United States?
The leadership of the Democratic Party has failed yet again. It's time to take to the primaries. This will not be easy or fun, but it is necessary.
@schumer.senate.gov
@morelle.house.gov
www.indivisible2026.org?amp;source=e...
@schumer.senate.gov
@morelle.house.gov
www.indivisible2026.org?amp;source=e...
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The leadership of the Democratic Party has failed yet again. It's time to take to the primaries. This will not be easy or fun, but it is necessary.
@schumer.senate.gov
@morelle.house.gov
www.indivisible2026.org?amp;source=e...
@schumer.senate.gov
@morelle.house.gov
www.indivisible2026.org?amp;source=e...
My spouse has Estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. She knew not to take hormone replacement therapy for menopause. The warnings are necessary.
US FDA chief Makary asks drugmakers to remove warnings from hormone therapy reut.rs/3LwMh4j
US FDA chief Makary asks drugmakers to remove warnings from hormone therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting drug manufacturers to remove its strictest "black box" warnings from hormone therapies given to women to treat menopause symptoms, Commissioner Marty Makary said in an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My spouse has Estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. She knew not to take hormone replacement therapy for menopause. The warnings are necessary.
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I think you mean "we may someday start fighting."
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I think you mean "we may someday start fighting."
FA newsletter today reviews the costs to the US of the so called “war on terror”.
@foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
@foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
Winning Ugly
What the war on terror cost America.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
FA newsletter today reviews the costs to the US of the so called “war on terror”.
@foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
@foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
😨😰😱
Trump wants health insurance premiums to spike right after he allowed medical debt to adversely affect people’s credit ratings, while rolling out 50 year mortgages.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
😨😰😱
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Trump wants health insurance premiums to spike right after he allowed medical debt to adversely affect people’s credit ratings, while rolling out 50 year mortgages.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Trump wants health insurance premiums to spike right after he allowed medical debt to adversely affect people’s credit ratings, while rolling out 50 year mortgages.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
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Impressive that Altman built a company that relies on fraud, puffery, and deception even more than Tesla seems to!
“.. if anything, [OpenAI’s] endless barrage of statements, interviews, and communications .. is starting to become counterproductive (anyone, whether it’s a company or politician, that insists on saturating media cycles .. usually isn’t doing so from a place of confidence).”
- Vital Knowledge
- Vital Knowledge
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Impressive that Altman built a company that relies on fraud, puffery, and deception even more than Tesla seems to!
In the current situation, as tiring as it gets, we must continue to organize consistently and not stop ever.
Mamdani got 1,036,051 votes and had 108,000 volunteers. One out of ten people who voted for him also built the campaign. Amazing.
All of us olds live in constant PTSD about Obama's campaign purposefully unwinding its volunteer army in 2009.
Good news: Mamdani's team says it's doing the opposite.
All of us olds live in constant PTSD about Obama's campaign purposefully unwinding its volunteer army in 2009.
Good news: Mamdani's team says it's doing the opposite.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In the current situation, as tiring as it gets, we must continue to organize consistently and not stop ever.
This story helps explain why I hate the NYTimes. Though I have not yet cancelled my subscription, I don’t trust it.
@nytimes.com
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
@nytimes.com
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This story helps explain why I hate the NYTimes. Though I have not yet cancelled my subscription, I don’t trust it.
@nytimes.com
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
@nytimes.com
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
I just bought a club pass to the 2026 Rochester International Jazz Festival
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November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I just bought a club pass to the 2026 Rochester International Jazz Festival
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Have you read the 15th amendment to the US Constitution ?
Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment is short, a mere fifty words including the section headings, but written with a large intended effect. https://bit.ly/4npLAaj
The Fifteenth Amendment: Annotated - JSTOR Daily
The brevity of the Fifteenth Amendment of the US Constitution belies its impact on American voting rights.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Have you read the 15th amendment to the US Constitution ?
The Trump USDA against people getting food.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The Trump USDA against people getting food.
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A right wing guy filed a complaint against me for conduct unbecoming an elected official relating to my comments about ICE. The Monroe County Board of Ethics actually investigated. Needless to say, I'm pretty disturbed.
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/bellos-eth...
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/bellos-eth...
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A right wing guy filed a complaint against me for conduct unbecoming an elected official relating to my comments about ICE. The Monroe County Board of Ethics actually investigated. Needless to say, I'm pretty disturbed.
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/bellos-eth...
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/bellos-eth...
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AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
Read Fintan O’Toole:
“If the Democrats do not seem brave enough to take the risks involved in speaking against the oligarchy, they will not prevent Trumpism from establishing itself as the American political order for the foreseeable future.”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
“If the Democrats do not seem brave enough to take the risks involved in speaking against the oligarchy, they will not prevent Trumpism from establishing itself as the American political order for the foreseeable future.”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Lingering Delusion | Fintan O’Toole
Kamala Harris’s memoir 107 Days succeeds at least in distilling the evasions and weaknesses of the modern Democratic Party.
www.nybooks.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Read Fintan O’Toole:
“If the Democrats do not seem brave enough to take the risks involved in speaking against the oligarchy, they will not prevent Trumpism from establishing itself as the American political order for the foreseeable future.”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
“If the Democrats do not seem brave enough to take the risks involved in speaking against the oligarchy, they will not prevent Trumpism from establishing itself as the American political order for the foreseeable future.”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...