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Avid reader, guitarist, liberal, ex-con, retired septuagenarian. Another Trumpugee fleeing FB, X, etc. for the Blue Sky.
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Disturbing the War

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Agent Orange regularly disrespects our military, calling them 'suckers and losers' and the GOP continues to kiss his ring.

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#FreeLeonardPeltier

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June 25th Happy Global Beatles Day! Commemorating the band's performance of "All You Need Is Love" during the first live global television link in 1967, promoting messages of peace and love.

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THERE WAS NO IMMINENT THREAT just an insecure man-baby wanting to blow things up

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25 June 1954 Happy Birthday to Sonia Sotomayor! 1st woman of color on the US Supreme Court

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Increasing our debt so he can play golf, poorly. And he cheats.

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25 June 1946 Happy Birthday to Ian McDonald! saxophone, keyboards, guitar King Crimson, 1968-69; Foreigner, 1976-80 R. I. P.

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Oooh, Can I choose the Billionaires?

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25 June 1943 Happy Birthday to Carly Simon!

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That Ain't Democracy just more obfuscations

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25 June 1929 Happy Birthday to Eric Carle!

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The GOP is unable to defend any of their claims honestly. Their only recourse is to make stuff up.

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25 June 1925 Happy Birthday to June Lockhart! Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction

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The Head Hypocrite and his failing memory

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25 June 1925 Happy Birthday to Clifton Chenier! King of Zydeco

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How long can GOP supporters keep voting against their own interests? Is it just the bigotry that blinds them?

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25 June 1903 Happy Birthday to George Orwell! (However 1984 was not intended as a guide to authoritarianism but rather as a warning against authoritarianism)

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Justice Begins At Home Lock Her Up

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25 January 1978 First use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco

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If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything. Lemmings

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25 June 1941 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802, which forbids racial discrimination in the defense industry. (Somebody tell Agent Orange)

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We Love and Need Our Immigrants! but there are many 'undesirables' who no one would miss.

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25 June 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn US 7th Cavalry under Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer is wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in what becomes famously known as "Custer's Last Stand"

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During the 1930a, Alabama's Klu Klux Klan were terrified that African-Americans would be seduced by the Communist Party's promise of Equality. This is K.K.K. poster that attempted to intimidate them from attending meetings.

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24 June 1946 Happy Birthday to Robert Reich! American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He worked in the administrations of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and he served as Secretary of Labor in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton

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24 June 1944 Happy Birthday to Chris Wood! British rock saxophone and flute player (Traffic; Ginger Baker's Air Force; Jimi Hendrix)

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I may be an atheist but I'm proudly woke. Those who identify as Christian, please take note of the Pope's words.

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24 June 1944 Happy Birthday to Jeff Beck!

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"It's always the old to lead us to the wars It's always the young to fall" - Phil Ochs

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24 June 1942 Happy Birthday to Arthur Brown!

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Gestapo and Brown Shirts on the streets of America.

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24 June 1938 Happy Birthday to Lawrence Block!

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Law & Order Let's Lock Up the Criminals

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24 June 1935 Happy Birthday to Terry Riley!

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'Following Orders' that preempt your morals and humanity. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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24 June 1931 Happy Birthday to Leslie Cochran! Albert Leslie Cochran was an American homeless man, peace activist, cross-dresser, urban outdoorsman, and outspoken critic of police treatment of the homeless.

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Sociopaths Profit

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24 June 1904 Happy Birthday to Phil Harris! American singer, actor (The Jungle Book; The Aristocrats; Robin Hood), comedian, and orchestra leader (The Jack Benny Program; The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show), born in Linton, Indiana (d. 1995)

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24 June 2022 US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to choose abortion in a 6-3 vote. (Of course the decision only affects America's poorest)

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The United States Loves and Welcomes Immigrants! (Except for a few ignorant bigots inspired by the racist son of immigrants in the White House)

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24 June 1853 US President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670 square-miles from Mexico for $10 million.

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