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Ethnomusicologist, musician, educator, and lover of movie musicals around the world.
If you are feeling a bit helpless in the face of the nonstop onslaught of negative news, I suggest you reach out to RFK Jr. to let him know what you think of this cut of $500,000,000 to vaccine research. ☮️❤️🇺🇸
RFK Jr. pulls funding for vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses
The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to prevent flu, COVID-19 and H5N1 infections.
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August 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you are feeling a bit helpless in the face of the nonstop onslaught of negative news, I suggest you reach out to RFK Jr. to let him know what you think of this cut of $500,000,000 to vaccine research. ☮️❤️🇺🇸
Well, looks like the Smithsonian is turning into a branch of what Orwell would call "The Ministry of Truth." I urge you to call the National Museum of American History at 202-633-1000 and email them at [email protected] to remind them that we want the WHOLE truth. ☮️🩷🤓🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...
Smithsonian Removes Reference to Trump’s Impeachments, but Says It Will Return
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Well, looks like the Smithsonian is turning into a branch of what Orwell would call "The Ministry of Truth." I urge you to call the National Museum of American History at 202-633-1000 and email them at [email protected] to remind them that we want the WHOLE truth. ☮️🩷🤓🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...
Elon Musk is trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Now he is promising "I will also personally hand over two checks for a million dollars each in appreciation for you taking the time to vote." Here is a good guide to the choices. guides.vote/guide/2025-w...
2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court Voter Guide - Crawford v. Schimel - Guides.vote | Voters Guides
To download a PDF of this guide, click here. To view this guide in Spanish, click here.
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March 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Elon Musk is trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Now he is promising "I will also personally hand over two checks for a million dollars each in appreciation for you taking the time to vote." Here is a good guide to the choices. guides.vote/guide/2025-w...
I was sadly surprised to realize that Netflix will not enable casting with their cheaper ad option. It also turns out, despite what they promised me, that not all their content would be available either as they have created paywalls for premium content. And no, I don't have a smart TV.
March 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I was sadly surprised to realize that Netflix will not enable casting with their cheaper ad option. It also turns out, despite what they promised me, that not all their content would be available either as they have created paywalls for premium content. And no, I don't have a smart TV.
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Oh no. Jeanette Vizguerra spent most of the first Trump administration in sanctuary in a church. She was even put on the Time 100 list for her advocacy. Now she's been rounded up during Trump 2.0. time.com/collection/2...
March 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Oh no. Jeanette Vizguerra spent most of the first Trump administration in sanctuary in a church. She was even put on the Time 100 list for her advocacy. Now she's been rounded up during Trump 2.0. time.com/collection/2...
Follow the money. Capitalistic cruelty is now the norm.
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Follow the money. Capitalistic cruelty is now the norm.
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The general process (because of course there are exceptions) is that DHS has to file a Notice to Appear (a bit like an indictment) in immigration court, alleging that the person is removable for having violated a specific provision of immigration law. ICE bears the burden of proving removability.
Can someone who knows immigration law explain what sort of legal process would normally have to be followed to “revoke” somebody’s green card?
March 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The general process (because of course there are exceptions) is that DHS has to file a Notice to Appear (a bit like an indictment) in immigration court, alleging that the person is removable for having violated a specific provision of immigration law. ICE bears the burden of proving removability.
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Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.
UPDATE — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now commented on the Trump admin’s detaining & attempted green card revocation of a Columbia Gaza encampment student negotiator:
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
March 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.
Let's flood them with calls and emails for Mahmoud Khalil. As them if they know where he is and what they are going to do about it.
March 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Let's flood them with calls and emails for Mahmoud Khalil. As them if they know where he is and what they are going to do about it.
Let's flood the Columbia University president's office with calls and emails. (212) 854-9970 [email protected]. I just called and they refused to give me a yes or no answer on whether or not they would help Khalil. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students say
The detention of graduate student Mahmoud Khalil appears to be one of the first efforts by Donald Trump to fulfill his promise to seek the deportation of some foreign students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.
www.reuters.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Let's flood the Columbia University president's office with calls and emails. (212) 854-9970 [email protected]. I just called and they refused to give me a yes or no answer on whether or not they would help Khalil. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Yes! Let’s see some action!
Elon Musk is grifting the American taxpayers. I'm fighting back with the ELON MUSK Act to ban "Special Government Employees" like Musk from holding government contracts.
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Introducing the ELON MUSK Act
YouTube video by repmarkpocan
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February 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Yes! Let’s see some action!
Whether you call it St. Brigid's Day, Imbolc, or Groundhog's Day, humans have long sought to engender hope that the spring will come again. May it bring you some comfort to invite Brigid in this weekend and embrace that hope. ☮️❤️☘️
February 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Whether you call it St. Brigid's Day, Imbolc, or Groundhog's Day, humans have long sought to engender hope that the spring will come again. May it bring you some comfort to invite Brigid in this weekend and embrace that hope. ☮️❤️☘️
I find hope in the fire in Cory Booker's eyes. We cannot let emotional weariness overcome us. youtu.be/aPIYmuoyz14?...
WATCH: Sen. Booker questions Patel in confirmation hearing
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I find hope in the fire in Cory Booker's eyes. We cannot let emotional weariness overcome us. youtu.be/aPIYmuoyz14?...
What she said.
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What she said.
This man is a deeply disturbed danger to the health of Americans and the world. To confirm him would likely condemn medically vulnerable Americans to unnecessary suffering and possibly death.
January 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This man is a deeply disturbed danger to the health of Americans and the world. To confirm him would likely condemn medically vulnerable Americans to unnecessary suffering and possibly death.
As a Christian, I continue to struggle with despair regarding the cruel pageantry of the current president's purge.
January 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As a Christian, I continue to struggle with despair regarding the cruel pageantry of the current president's purge.
Aren't those who look away passively consenting? You can see the full document here, complete with readings: tnfrw.org/wp-content/u...
January 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Aren't those who look away passively consenting? You can see the full document here, complete with readings: tnfrw.org/wp-content/u...
It has begun. ICE is detaining citizens. www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...
News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
Official Page of Newark, NJ News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
www.newarknj.gov
January 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It has begun. ICE is detaining citizens. www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...
We Kneel to No Pope, and We Kneel to No King tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
We Kneel to No Pope, and We Kneel to No King
Yesterday, during a service at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde delivered a solemn message to President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. As she conclu…
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January 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We Kneel to No Pope, and We Kneel to No King tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...
Doing my best to focus on Dr. King and love today. This helps. ☮️❤️🎶 youtu.be/GUpG0Cev7qc?...
Peter Paul & Mary Talk about The March On Washington & Sing Songs 1963 [HD]
YouTube video by Sam Rosenburg
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January 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Doing my best to focus on Dr. King and love today. This helps. ☮️❤️🎶 youtu.be/GUpG0Cev7qc?...
I think this is an excellent point. While the implications are surely frightening, the likelihood of these annexations to happen is really low. We need to focus on the unqualified individuals he is proposing, and grocery prices that are already going up.
“For my next attention seeking trick, I will have you concentrate on Greenland, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Panama Canal—instead of my absurdly unqualified cabinet picks or that I have no real plans to fix the border or bring down food prices. Look, America, a rabbit!”
January 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I think this is an excellent point. While the implications are surely frightening, the likelihood of these annexations to happen is really low. We need to focus on the unqualified individuals he is proposing, and grocery prices that are already going up.
As I begin to interact more on this platform, I couldn't think of a better song, and performance, to share. It is a message for all of us in this dark time, and a tribute to a great musician who used her talent to spread the light.
youtu.be/Qj3fpujjFis?...
youtu.be/Qj3fpujjFis?...
« This little light of mine » par Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1960)
YouTube video by fcarcena01
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January 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As I begin to interact more on this platform, I couldn't think of a better song, and performance, to share. It is a message for all of us in this dark time, and a tribute to a great musician who used her talent to spread the light.
youtu.be/Qj3fpujjFis?...
youtu.be/Qj3fpujjFis?...