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legitimately love this guy.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Solitude isn't loneliness to me. It's the absence of judgment, noise, and misunderstanding. It's where I feel most at ease
December 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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And may every day be another wonderful secret.
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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“Walk Like an Egyptian” hits #1 today in 1986.

“.. We honestly thought it was a novelty record,” said Hoffs. “When it became this massive hit, it was .. complicated, because suddenly that song defined us for a lot of people. .. I can appreciate it now in a way that was harder to do at the time.”
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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George Michael hits #1 today in 1987 with “Faith”.

“.. It was very much about having faith in yourself,” he said. “It wasn’t a religious song at all — it was about believing in yourself when everything around you is changing and people are questioning what you’re doing.”

#RIP
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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seriously though, there is very clearly pent up demand for rail options and every reason to build out as much new rail as possible.
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Francis Albert Sinatra, born today in 1915.

“.. You only go around once in life. But if you play your cards right, once is enough.”

#RIP
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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The great McCoy Tyner, born today in 1938.

“I play what I live,” he said. “My music is a reflection of the life I’ve lived so far, and of the people I’ve been blessed to be around. Everything that happens to you, everything you see, it all goes into the music somehow.”

“Impressions” #RIP 🙏🏼
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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NEW: Justice Dept files motion in court seeking to dismiss civil lawsuit filed by injured police officers who responded on Jan 6

Officers' suit sought court order to hang the legally-required Jan 6 honorary plaque for police

Justice Dept argues the plaque is faulty!

(MORE)
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Cassidy continues to pay lip service to the public health catastrophe he created with his cowardice.
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The soundtrack to “O Brother, Where Art Thou” turns 25 today.

Classic T-Bone. 🔥

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December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Jacob Frey: "We are here to respond to credible reports relaying that there are as many as 100 federal agents that will be deployed to the Twin Cities with a specific focus on targeting our Somali community. To our Somali community -- we love you and we stand with you. That commitment is rock solid"
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Elton releases “Levon” 54 yrs ago today.

“I wasn’t writing about a literal man,” said lyricist Bernie Taupin. It’s a portrait of someone “born into something he didn’t choose — carrying the weight of it, trying very hard to preserve dignity in the middle of a world that’s already moving beyond him”
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Nicolette Larson’s “Lotta Love” debuts on the Billboard charts 47 years ago today — a cover of Neil Young’s tune.

“I remember the day Neil heard her version,” said producer Ted Templeman. “He smiled and said something like, ‘That’s how the song should’ve felt.’ He was genuinely knocked out.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Glenn Frey releases “The Heat is On” 41 yrs ago today, for “Beverly Hills Cop”.

“I was between projects, the Eagles were done,” he said. “But that film had an energy to it. .. Radio grabbed it .. Suddenly I’m out playing this thing and crowds are going nuts — fists in the air .. I’m proud of that.”
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Stevie Wonder releases “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” 60 yrs ago today.

At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”

The song saved his career.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Trump Guns are now running commercials on Fox News
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Kansas releases “Carry On Wayward Son” 49 years ago today — their breakthrough hit.

“I brought in a song I’d written at the last minute and said: ‘Guys, maybe you ought to listen to this,’” said Kerry Livgren. “When they heard it, everybody’s eyebrows raised. .. And of course it changed everything.
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Stauber voted against this project he’s now taking credit for, as Republicans do constantly.
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Sade releases her “Promise” LP 40 years ago today.

Of “Sweetest Taboo,” she said:

“.. It’s about a love that feels almost TOO good, the sort of feeling you don’t talk about because it makes you vulnerable. I like writing about that kind of emotion — the danger .. of loving someone that deeply.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Clyburn calls out Bessent for trying to take credit on a project in his district initiated by Biden.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM