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How nutso is the Trumpery/Texas administration? This nuts: they’re deleting Buddy Holly’s glasses
Where did I see this news item? Don’t recall but boy do I recall the item. Indeed, it’s an Item. Like bolded. I can’t copy ‘n’ paste the photo of a crossroads in Lubbock, Texas — either because someone won’t let … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer boycott, Culture, Government, News media, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Amazon, Black Lives Matter road painting, Buddy Holly, Buddy Holly crossroads, Buddy Holly's glasses, Greg Abbott, Home Depot, Lubbock Texas, Perplexity, Target, Trump
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Confused about SNAP? Here’s why
From Harper’s Weekly Review: The Trump Administration said it was sending states money to fully fund SNAP benefits for nearly 42 million Americans on the same day that the Supreme Court temporarily upheld the administration’s prior request to block said … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Judiciary, Politics, SCOTUS, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Department of Agriculture, Harper's, SCOTUS, SNAP, Trump, Wes Moore
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A profound and sort of shattering observation about political heroes
It is surely no accident that many of the twentieth century’s most beloved liberation heroes are men like [Martin Luther] King and [Mohandas] Gandhi, who retain their unsullied reputations in part because they never had to govern. –From “Pan-Africanism and … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Journalism, Politics, Revolution, The Facts of Life
Tagged Ali A Mazrui, Ghana, Howard W French, Kelefa Sanneh, Kwame Nkrumah, Mahmood Mamdani, Mira Nair, The New Yorker, Zohran Mamdani
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