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March 7, 2024

Trump declares "the Republican Party is 'getting rid of the Romneys'"

Seems he forced Ronna McDaniel out of the RNC Chair, and he harbors a deep resentment for Mitt Romney.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-republican-party-is-getting-rid-of-the-romneys/ar-BB1jkv2d

My question is, will this 'strategy' cause him to lose Utah in the General Election (if he can delay his trials long enough to MAKE it to the General Election)?

February 21, 2024

On a whim, I just searched Youtube for: 'Because Orange Jesus tells me so'.

I found this gem, and felt it was worth sharing!
https://m.

&pp=ygUkQmVjYXVzZSB0aGUgb3JhbmdlIGplc3VzIHRlbGxzIG1lIHNv
January 14, 2024

'Black bodies are not for sale': the battle over an African American cemetery

For 63-year-old Nanette Hunter, the fight over the Moses Macedonia African cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland, is a personal one.

Hunter is a direct descendant of people interred in the Maryland cemetery, a burial site used for formerly enslaved people. The site itself is buried by an apartment complex and parking lot and is embroiled in a legal battle that could have national implications.
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The fight to preserve Moses Macedonia African cemetery dates back nearly a decade. Over the years, developers have tried to build several additional structures atop the burial ground, including a parking garage and a storage facility, the Washington Post reported in 2021.
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In addition to being a burial ground, the cemetery is what remains of Bethesda’s River Road community, a historically Black area that was overtaken by white developers in the 1960s.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/13/protest-black-cemetery-sale-developer-lawsuit-maryland
December 10, 2023

Republicans to meet allies of Hungary's Viktor Orbn on ending Ukraine aid

Source: The Guardian

Allies of Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán will hold a closed-door meeting with Republicans in Washington to push for an end to US military support for Ukraine, the Guardian has learned.

Márton Ugrósdy, the deputy state secretary for the prime minister’s political director’s office, and Attila Demkó, a leading pro-Orbán academic, along with members of the Hungarian embassy in Washington, will on Monday begin a two-day event hosted by the conservative Heritage Foundation thinktank.
Allies of Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán will hold a closed-door meeting with Republicans in Washington to push for an end to US military support for Ukraine, the Guardian has learned.

A diplomatic source close to the Hungarian embassy said: “Orbán is confident that the Ukraine aid will not pass in Congress. That is why he is trying to block assistance from the EU as well.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/10/hungary-viktor-orban-republicans-ukraine-aid



So, the Heritage Foundation, which has been choosing most of our Supreme Court justices, is now assisting Putin in his ambitions?
November 27, 2023

Trump indicted on 91 charges. Great. But why not Bribes for Pardons scheme?

Back in May of this year, there was the explosive allegation of a Presidential Pardon bribery scheme, involving Guiliani and Trump. The details of the scheme shocked even people who were sure they they were immune to being shocked by anything that came from the MAGA White House.
In case anyone has forgotten:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143074669

Where are we now, on this? Is there a fear that adding yet another separate charge, another trial, will make it too cumbersome to conduct the ongoing trials effectively? But if so, why not at least indict Guiliani?


November 14, 2023

Approached outside the Public Library to sign a petition for 'No Labels Party'..

I was asked by a young woman if I would sign a petition to make it easier for an independent party candidate to get on the Tennesse ballot. Interested, I glanced at the petition, and saw 'No Labels Party' on the petition. I was startled. I said " No way!"
She asked why, and i said that I knew who the guy was running for President in that Party, and wanted nothing to do with him.
I'm a little mad at myself that I didn't spend a few minutes trying to talk her out of doing her petition duties.

October 31, 2023

I've seen white pelicans in TN in the past...

always in the winter, but I've only seen a small group of a dozen or so.
But yesterday, I saw this:

I live about 25 miles south west of Clarksville TN.
(Sorry about the poor quality of the photo)

October 30, 2023

Sometimes, Tennessee really makes me proud (despite most of its politicians)

Resting in Peace
Known only to God.
We dedicate this monument
with highest regard.
This monument is erected on behalf of
more than 500 African Americans buried here.
May they find eternal peace.

On Monday, Oct. 30, members of the community are invited to the unveiling of a monument for the 500 unmarked graves discovered using ground penetrating radar at the Gallatin City Cemetery. The words above are inscribed on the monument.

When the Gallatin City Cemetery was established in 1814, it was segregated, and many Black residents were buried in the back of the property.



https://www.newschannel5.com/news/so-much-more-than-a-gravesite-monument-for-500-unmarked-graves-in-gallatin?fbclid=IwAR148JDf2S6BT0BFDINxPOIxhawZck5hbPWfxlwGsp0bjM0IdZPeZNjqIoU
September 24, 2023

I'm afraid that this man's life is in the hands of a Supreme Court, whose majority i do not trust.

"Robert Roberson was convicted of murdering his two-year-old daughter on the basis of the now largely discredited shaken baby syndrome theory"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/24/texas-death-row-robert-roberson-supreme-court-shaken-baby-syndrome

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