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In my continuing effort to better understand our current historical moment, I picked up a copy of Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle” (1967). He opens part one of the text with this epigraph from the preface to “The Essence of Christianity” (1841) by German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach.

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Fredi Washington (1903-1994), American actor and civil rights activist. Photographer unknown.

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We should all applaud Judge Ho’s appointment of former Bush SG Paul Clement to present a perspective distinct from those of the indicted NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the Trumpservient DOJ prosecutor Emil Bove. Well played! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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The Sugar Shack (1976) by Ernie Barnes (1938-2009). Acrylic on canvas.

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I always suspected we’d eventually slide into fascism, I just didn’t expect the fascists to be sporting Racist Sunset No. 5 bronzer and a muskrat pelt toupee.

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“They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and outraged. And they do not know why; they are powerless pawns in a blind play of social forces.” –from Native Son by Richard Wright (1908-1960) Photography by Gordon Parks.

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"We enter the Reichstag to arm ourselves with democracy’s weapons. If democracy is foolish enough to give us free railway passes and salaries, that is its problem. It does not concern us. Any way of bringing about the revolution is fine by us." --Joseph Goebbels, "Der Angriff," 30 April 1928.

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American Gothic (1942) by Gordon Parks (1912-2006).

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“When you live in a world that is crumbling under your feet, the only thing that helps you survive is to believe in civilized democratic countries that uphold values. “When countries like the United States cease to be pillars, there is nothing to hope for.”

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Upon receiving the news that four of the City's Deputy Mayors have submitted their resignations, I sent the following letter to @nycmayor.

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Ford Carr (D-84), Kansas House of Representatives.

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"Agreement with Trump’s policy aims need not mean agreement with his power grab. But the most powerful branch of government is supine. It is not that it can’t act to protect its power. It’s that it will not act to protect its power. "This is a nonplayer Congress."

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When “doing your own research” means Googling the cost of child-size coffins

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Ossie Davis (1917-2005) and Ruby Dee (1922-2014), American actors and advocates for civil rights. Photographer unknown.

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"Bottles or takeaway cartons that you own for moments embark on months-long carbon-spewing journeys. Upon arrival in Vietnam or the Philippines some of these objects get chemically reduced — an energy-intensive task that unleashes innumerable toxins and microplastics into local ecosystems."

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Remembering the late Sweet Pea Atkinson (1945-2020) on this 13th day of Black History Month 2025. The Man had more soul in his little finger than most singers have in their entire body.

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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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"Repressive societies always seemed to understand the danger of ‘wrong’ ideas.” –from Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006)

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Student's Aspire (1977) by Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012). Bronze relief, Howard University, Washington D.C.

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"We support our courts who are treating these cases with the urgency they require. Americans know there is a right way and a wrong way to proceed. What is being done is not the right way to pursue the change that is sought in our system of government. "

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Lord knows it's winter in America The Constitution, a noble piece of paper With free society Well, they struggled but they died in vain And now democracy is ragtime on the corners On the cord, hoping it'd rain Yes, he's been a-hopin' for some rain But it just don't look like rain...

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“These people don’t care about the actual thing. They care about laying waste to it. If you press them, it’s never about solutions [...] because they don’t have a theory of building. “They have a theory of destruction.” –Kara Swisher, in conversation with Ezra Klein on “The Ezra Klein Show.”

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“Hostile intelligence services are likely already at work trying to assess which Musk team members might be sloppy with their digital devices or vulnerable to entrapment or coercion.” – “Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk?” Foreign Affairs, February 7, 2025.

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TODAY ONLY: "Bandcamp will donate 100% of its proceeds to MusiCares to aid those affected by the devastating Southern California wildfires. Purchase a copy of my 2022 release, "Distant Stars," and I will personally donate an additional twenty-five percent of the sale to the cause.

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#blackhistorymonth

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Odetta (1930-2008) with a devastating performance of the old folk song, "House of the Rising Sun"... #blackhistorymonth

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Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965) Promotional photo from "Blues for a Junkman," a 1961 episode of the MGM television series "Cain's Hundred."

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Alma Thomas (1891-1978), The Eclipse, 1970, acrylic on canvas, 62 in. × 49 3⁄4 in. (157.5 × 126.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum

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“I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids–and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible[...]simply because people refuse to see me.”

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The trade war started by the U.S. is an opportunity for the rest of the world to strengthen their other alliances and build economies that exclude the U.S. from the equation, which will hasten the long-term decline of U.S. relevance in the global economy as well as the U.S. economy itself.

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"Trump has never wanted to be president. [...] He has always wanted to be king. His plan this time is to first play king on TV. If we believe he is already king, we will be likelier to let him govern as a king. "Don’t believe him." @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

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Nina Simone (1933-2003)

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"Tonight (!!!) on 'Isn't It Ironic'..."

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Sitting Congressman calls for deportation of clergy member for daring to include in her sermon a plea for Trump to show mercy to immigrants. Totally normal, well-adjusted human being stuff here. Truly.

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The National Weather Service has announced a weather Alert for LA, Ventura, SFV, SCV, and Antelope Valley starting at 12 PM Monday...

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Imagine a people so evil, so miserable, so grotesque, so despicable, that even expressions of joy from Palestinians trigger them. What wretched monsters they are.

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FEMA will be at seven LA Public Library branches today (1/12) and tomorrow (1/13) to assist you with information and applying for aid. lacountylibrary.org/Fema/

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“Pence told Gore that his actions on 1/6/21, in part because, as a newly sworn-in member of Congress on 1/6/01, he'd seen the vice president stand up to pressure from his own party to defy the Constitution even though doing so meant personal defeat. “‘I never forgot it,’ Pence told Gore.”

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