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ADD YOUR NAME: Christians are committed to protecting marriage equality -- The court will decide whether to hear the case to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges this fall, but we cannot wait until then to take action. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/lgbt-pl...
ADD YOUR NAME: Christians are committed to protecting marriage equality
SCOTUS just received a formal request to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, which could strip away marriage protection for LGBTQ couples overnight. The court will decide whether to hear the case this fall...
act.faithfulamerica.org
August 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
ADD YOUR NAME: Christians are committed to protecting marriage equality -- The court will decide whether to hear the case to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges this fall, but we cannot wait until then to take action. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/lgbt-pl...
Is it OK to say I hope the weather forecast is accurate? At least for this particular parade?
June 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Is it OK to say I hope the weather forecast is accurate? At least for this particular parade?
Nearly 400 books have been purged by the Naval Academy's library. Adolf Hitler is still there. Maya Angelou isn't.
Do Pete Hegseth really think these cadets can't handle the truth?
Do Pete Hegseth really think these cadets can't handle the truth?
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? (Gift Article)
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Nearly 400 books have been purged by the Naval Academy's library. Adolf Hitler is still there. Maya Angelou isn't.
Do Pete Hegseth really think these cadets can't handle the truth?
Do Pete Hegseth really think these cadets can't handle the truth?
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Where is our humanity?
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Where is our humanity?
I was dismayed when I first saw the harsh critique of NPR. thanks to Steve Inskeep, I know that a lot of it was in error. Room for better journalism, of course. That’s always true. but not what was painted. open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
How my NPR colleague failed at “viewpoint diversity”
Uri Berliner gave a perfect example of the kind of journalism he says he’s against.
open.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I was dismayed when I first saw the harsh critique of NPR. thanks to Steve Inskeep, I know that a lot of it was in error. Room for better journalism, of course. That’s always true. but not what was painted. open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
I read that Canada's per capita GDP is about the same as Alabama's, but Canadians are a lot better off than Alabamians (and happier, too). The reason, the benefits of that GDP is spread more equally across the country, not concentrated in the hands of a few rich people.
Our economy is far larger than it was decades ago.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
March 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I read that Canada's per capita GDP is about the same as Alabama's, but Canadians are a lot better off than Alabamians (and happier, too). The reason, the benefits of that GDP is spread more equally across the country, not concentrated in the hands of a few rich people.
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Our economy is far larger than it was decades ago.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
March 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Our economy is far larger than it was decades ago.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
Where have most of the gains gone? To the top.
Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity.
This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.
"Then they came for the historians, but I did not speak out, because I am not a historian."
Well, no more. And in a larger sense, NO MORE!
Rewriting the parts of history that make you uncomfortable is just plain ORWELLIAN!
apple.news/AB9VWK82uTCK...
Well, no more. And in a larger sense, NO MORE!
Rewriting the parts of history that make you uncomfortable is just plain ORWELLIAN!
apple.news/AB9VWK82uTCK...
Trump targets 'improper ideology' at Smithsonian museums in new executive order — NBC News
The order states that Vice President JD Vance will be in charge of efforts to prohibit federal funding for Smithsonian programs that are not in line with the administration's goals.
apple.news
March 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"Then they came for the historians, but I did not speak out, because I am not a historian."
Well, no more. And in a larger sense, NO MORE!
Rewriting the parts of history that make you uncomfortable is just plain ORWELLIAN!
apple.news/AB9VWK82uTCK...
Well, no more. And in a larger sense, NO MORE!
Rewriting the parts of history that make you uncomfortable is just plain ORWELLIAN!
apple.news/AB9VWK82uTCK...
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This Trump executive order is a racist, sexist attack on the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Women’s History Museum and the true purpose of history: to tell the truth about our past.
It is straight out of Orwell.
It is straight out of Orwell.
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American History
RESTORING TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This Trump executive order is a racist, sexist attack on the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Women’s History Museum and the true purpose of history: to tell the truth about our past.
It is straight out of Orwell.
It is straight out of Orwell.
In these dark days we could do with a bit of encouragement, and a reminder that it takes effort to rebuild.
Folk singer Stan Rogers has a song about sailors who salvaged a good ship.
I especially love the last verse. It could have been written about us.
youtu.be/fT-aEcPgkuA?...
Folk singer Stan Rogers has a song about sailors who salvaged a good ship.
I especially love the last verse. It could have been written about us.
youtu.be/fT-aEcPgkuA?...
Stan Rogers performs "The Mary Ellen Carter" in One Warm Line documentary
YouTube video by Kensington TV
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In these dark days we could do with a bit of encouragement, and a reminder that it takes effort to rebuild.
Folk singer Stan Rogers has a song about sailors who salvaged a good ship.
I especially love the last verse. It could have been written about us.
youtu.be/fT-aEcPgkuA?...
Folk singer Stan Rogers has a song about sailors who salvaged a good ship.
I especially love the last verse. It could have been written about us.
youtu.be/fT-aEcPgkuA?...
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I love the occasional double take we get from some drivers when they see Honest Abe watching them from the dining room window!
February 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I love the occasional double take we get from some drivers when they see Honest Abe watching them from the dining room window!
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trump's press secretary really just said "this administration believes birthright citizenship is unconstitutional"
lady ya just said the constitution is unconstitutional
lady ya just said the constitution is unconstitutional
January 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
trump's press secretary really just said "this administration believes birthright citizenship is unconstitutional"
lady ya just said the constitution is unconstitutional
lady ya just said the constitution is unconstitutional
Parhelia, also known as sun dogs, bracket the rising sun in Cadillac MI on Monday 20 January 2025. Sun dogs form when hexagonal ice crystals drift in the air, letting light refract through the long side of the crystals. That gives the rainbow effect and sets the 22-degree angle from the sun.
January 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Parhelia, also known as sun dogs, bracket the rising sun in Cadillac MI on Monday 20 January 2025. Sun dogs form when hexagonal ice crystals drift in the air, letting light refract through the long side of the crystals. That gives the rainbow effect and sets the 22-degree angle from the sun.
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Remember, today especially, that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Keep the faith. Keep up the fight.
January 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Remember, today especially, that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Keep the faith. Keep up the fight.
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Just a reminder that the GOP relied on the testimony of a man who just plead guilty to lying about a bribery scheme between Joe and Hunter Biden .
This was the main witness and story the GOP relied on in impeachment committee
This was the main witness and story the GOP relied on in impeachment committee
December 18, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Just a reminder that the GOP relied on the testimony of a man who just plead guilty to lying about a bribery scheme between Joe and Hunter Biden .
This was the main witness and story the GOP relied on in impeachment committee
This was the main witness and story the GOP relied on in impeachment committee
So the bitcoin people are betting on the USA creating a cryptocurrency reserve, like the strategic oil reserve. I don't get it. Oil is a real thing that is vital to industry and defense needs. Crypto ... isn't.
Why don't we establish a strategic tulip bulb reserve? Makes about as much sense.
Why don't we establish a strategic tulip bulb reserve? Makes about as much sense.
December 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
So the bitcoin people are betting on the USA creating a cryptocurrency reserve, like the strategic oil reserve. I don't get it. Oil is a real thing that is vital to industry and defense needs. Crypto ... isn't.
Why don't we establish a strategic tulip bulb reserve? Makes about as much sense.
Why don't we establish a strategic tulip bulb reserve? Makes about as much sense.
We also have black squirrels in Michigan!
November 22, 2024 at 11:22 AM
We also have black squirrels in Michigan!
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Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains
November 22, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains
Wild turkeys come visiting in Cadillac, MI
November 18, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Wild turkeys come visiting in Cadillac, MI
One of the many reasons we fell in love with Michigan and moved here for retirement: I've never seen water so blue. Here is the lighthouse at Manistee.
November 17, 2024 at 9:22 PM
One of the many reasons we fell in love with Michigan and moved here for retirement: I've never seen water so blue. Here is the lighthouse at Manistee.
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Trump wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15%. This would give...
-The 5 largest banks a $4.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest drug makers a $3.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest US oil companies a $2.5B tax cut
-The 5 largest grocery stores a $1.7B tax cut
Some populist, huh?
-The 5 largest banks a $4.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest drug makers a $3.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest US oil companies a $2.5B tax cut
-The 5 largest grocery stores a $1.7B tax cut
Some populist, huh?
November 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Trump wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15%. This would give...
-The 5 largest banks a $4.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest drug makers a $3.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest US oil companies a $2.5B tax cut
-The 5 largest grocery stores a $1.7B tax cut
Some populist, huh?
-The 5 largest banks a $4.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest drug makers a $3.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest US oil companies a $2.5B tax cut
-The 5 largest grocery stores a $1.7B tax cut
Some populist, huh?