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Just here trying to cope.
This is highly DISRESPECTFUL to Americans…

Linda McMahon, recently selected to lead the dwindling Department of Education, did not know (in an interview) what IDEA means. Unacceptable.

#education #IDEA #deparmentofeducation
March 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Out of my hometown #wacotexas
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Feb 28
The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University is the world's largest digital collection of gospel music. Now it wants to collect oral histories around its rare recordings.
Black Gospel Archive fills gaps in gospel music history
The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University is the world's largest digital collection of gospel music. Now it wants to collect oral histories around its rare recordings.
www.npr.org
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Analyzing the entire Oval Office exchange with my 10-year old because I want him to understand the dynamics, the history, and the leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Do we all take to @5calls.org to respond to the utter disgrace and humiliation we witnessed yesterday in our nation’s highest office?

Or does screaming into my pillow help?

What will help?!?
March 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I don’t side with bullies and manipulators. I stand with Zelenskyy. sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans
Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.
sign.moveon.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
There is no vaccine for douchebag chills. Be well, y’all.
A German word for being embarrassed by the actions of someone else is Fremdscham, or “foreign shame.” A similar word from Icelandic is aulahrollur, which is quite tricky to translate but basically means something along the lines of “cringe quake” or “douchebag chills”
March 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The world is different. And not for the better.
March 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM