This Memorial Day, let’s remember the men and women who sacrificed everything for the people they served with and the country they loved. We owe them all an enormous debt of gratitude. pic.twitter.com/uPSn54O9Xs
Let everyone know the truth: Newly liberated Black people in Charleston created Memorial Day to honor Black soldiers for their courage and tenacity after they fought on the frontlines of the Civil War. pic.twitter.com/FTBCvrCh5U
Good West Coast Memorial Day to our beloved Blog Leader, Nerdy. Thank you every day for your consistency. It is appreciated more than we can say. 💖😘🙏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🌟💃🏾
On the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we remember all those who were killed and the survivors who bravely continue to share their stories so that we never forget this painful part of our history. Take a moment to learn about what happened: https://t.co/RiqrSpKGNz
On #MemorialDay, grateful Americans pay tribute to the fallen heroes who gave their last full measure of devotion to safeguard our cherished freedom and ensure the survival of our sacred democracy.
On this solemn day of remembrance, let us honor our selfless servicemembers by renewing this vital pledge: that just as the military leaves no one behind on the battlefield, we must leave no veteran behind when they come home.
CORRECTED: On this day, 100 years ago, white mobs terrorized, tortured and murdered 300 Black people in one of the biggest attacks of racial violence in American history. https://t.co/vETlnbQu0Z
Thank you, Sheila, this is an incredible and enlightening lesson in history, I surely never knew of, growing up in the Southern Maryland school system in the 1950’s and 1960’s, these horrific and shameful massacres were not brought into our curriculum.
I am so ashamed to be a ‘white’ person, my heart was heavy when I woke up today, it’s even more so now, after reading Michael Harriot. Forgive me everyone, take care, stay safe.
A Proclamation on Day Of Remembrance: 100 Years After The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
(excerpt)
“A century later, the fear and pain from the devastation of Greenwood is still felt. As Viola Fletcher,
a 107-year-old survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre courageously testified before the Congress recently,
“I will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home. I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lying in the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see Black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead. I hear the screams. I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot.”
With this proclamation, I commit to the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, including Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, the descendants of victims, and to this Nation that we will never forget. We honor the legacy of the Greenwood community, and of Black Wall Street, by reaffirming our commitment to advance racial justice through the whole of our government, and working to root out systemic racism from our laws, our policies, and our hearts.”
(whitehouse.gov)
Congrats Gail, thanks to Nerdy, and peace to all this Memorial Day. My dad might have been one of the fallen in WWII if not for a bayonet training accident at Camp LeJeune during basic training that nearly cost him his eye and sidelined him stateside. Thinking of all those families who have lost a soldier in our nation’s wars.
Massive fine for not talking to the press? This must change!
People come to see Naomi for the tennis. Why don’t athletes have the option of talking to the press if they want to? (Do guys on football teams get the option?) When you’ve just played your guts out on the court…this pressure to talk afterwards is wrong. Naomi am so with you!!
For anyone tempted to criticize #NaomiOsaka just know that it is possible to play in front of a crowd and be damn near paralyzed by anxiety and stress when peppered w/ (asinine) questions by the press. She does not owe the world her mental health. ✊🏾
— Portia J&J💉 McGonagal (@PortiaMcGonagal) May 31, 2021
Why people, Why???!!!!! https://au.sports.yahoo.com/french-open-2021-coco-gauff-question-vindicates-naomi-osaka-media-boycott-023607454.html
Shocking Coco Gauff question that vindicates Naomi Osaka’s boycott
A shocking question for American teenager Coco Gauff at the French Open has left many tennis fans convinced by Naomi Osaka’s controversial press conference boycott. Andrew Reid
Andrew Reid
Sun, 30 May 2021, 7:36 pm·4-min read
American teenager Coco Gauff is seen here reacting to a point in a tennis match.
Coco Gauff found herself at the centre of a bizarre and shocking question at the French Open. Pic: Getty
A shocking question for American teenager Coco Gauff at the French Open has left many tennis fans convinced by Naomi Osaka’s controversial press conference boycott.
However, others have pointed to an eye-opening press conference with 17-year-old Gauff, as proof that Osaka’s concerns are justified.
The American teen sensation – who begins her Roland Garros campaign against World no. 212 Aleksandra Krunic on Tuesday – was asked by a journalist about being compared to fellow Americans, Serena and Venus Williams – the latter of whom she is partnering in the doubles.
“You are often compared to the Williams sisters. Maybe it’s because you’re black. But I guess it’s because you’re talented and maybe American too,” the reporter started off by saying.
“We could have a final between you and Serena. Is it something you hope for? I mean, 22 years separate you girls.”
This recognition is happening in a city that I used to live in, here in the San Gabriel Valley, California
🙏🏾🌟💖
On January 25, 2020, as part of the MAP quarterly meeting, Leroy “Buster” Criss was selected as the
seventh Neighborhood Treasure. Much of the history known about Mr. Criss was gathered from the City
Historian and family members.
Mr. Criss was a resident of Monrovia and attended the Monrovia Arcadia Duarte High School. He also
took flying lessons at the Monrovia Airport. These lessons ended up serving him well during World War II
when he joined the military on December 6, 1943. He was first assigned to Biloxi, Mississippi for basic
training, and was soon transferred to the Tuskegee Army Air Base for Aviation Cadet training. Upon completion his aviation education, he joined the 477th Bombardment Group.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces.
During World War II, the American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal
government. This occurred because black Americans in many U.S. states were still subject to Jim Crow
laws which legalized segregation. Mr. Criss was eventually promoted to Lieutenant at some point during
his military career.
Mr. Criss was not only one of the original Tuskegee Airmen pilots; he also spent 37 years as a highlyrespected high school teacher in the Los Angeles area following his military service. Unfortunately, he
was never given the opportunity to teach in Monrovia due to the color of his skin.
The AIPP Committee would like to recognize Mr. Criss for military service with the Tuskegee Airmen, the
first group of African American aviators.
A multi-colored, circular art piece depicting Mr. Criss in his flying gear in front of his aircraft with the aircraft’s wings extending beyond the background.
The overall art piece would be nine feet tall and 40 inches wide. The art will be made out of pressed metal
and molded resin. It will be painted using a high quality ultra violet resistant exterior acrylic paint
President Biden spoke at an annual Memorial Day ceremony in New Castle,
Delaware Veterans Memorial Park.
Event includes: Governor John Carney (D-DE), Joshua Mattis, Executive Director of the Deleware Commission of Veterans Services, Sen Tom Carper, Charles Baldwin, Delawere Commissioner of Veterans Affairs,
Major General Michael Berry, Chaplain Donald Van Aust.
Let me just say something else about @naomiosaka decision. If she doesn't want to talk and protect her mental health, that is her prerogative. I am personally disgusted because people are acting like shit is normal in the world right now. IT IS NOT.
While everyone has also gone through something, for some people, it's been worse because of the rank racism focused on certain bodies in this world. I don't think I have to spell this out, you get my drift.
So Osaka's decision to withdraw is not weakness.. it is the strength to carve a space of wholeness and healing in a world that keeps trying to control our bodies and minds for consumption and $$$
Lots of people struggle with depression, and don't need to be dealing with folks peppering them with questions designed to cut one's self confidence. Some of us cope better than others, but no one needs to be constantly reminded of where they have f*cked up or fallen short.
So eff the #frenchopen2021 , and if you are a tennis fan, consider NOT giving them the ratings. After all, they have driven off one of the best reasons to watch the damn event.
.@naomiosaka, you were 100% clear. You don’t owe anyone access to you. We support you prioritizing your mental health and wellbeing! https://t.co/1hh3UQMFP4
— Dr. Oni Blackstock (@oni_blackstock) May 31, 2021
Texas Rep. Sylvia Garcia: "The latest actions taken by the Republican-led Texas legislature are not about voter security, they're about voter suppression." https://t.co/gKUqspPcMypic.twitter.com/O07V0YlNTM
He was a veteran as well. All the republicans posting about honoring the fallen while the entire party refuses to meet with his family and they refuse to honor him. pic.twitter.com/wxZwyIu7Va
— President Kamala’s Hand (STILL) (@DearDean22) May 31, 2021
Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe is expected to become the first African American recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. Here’s his story: https://t.co/ebnXm9qGDy
These master race dudes keep proving, day after day, they aren't very smart. Violent, yes. Dangerous, sure. But not very smart. And this one looks like a sad, bald Seth Green, so…
We honor those members of our military who sacrificed their lives in order to defend our freedoms. We owe these heroes—and their loved ones—everything. Not just on Memorial Day. Every day. pic.twitter.com/bAbl6cxxw1
The outrageous, BS provision in the Texas bill that makes it illegal to transport more than 2 non-relatives to polls unmasks better than anything the motive here. This has nothing to do with "voter fraud" and everything to do with voter suppression. TX GOP= racist authoritarian.
As we wrap up this year’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration, look back on the many contributions of our colleagues of #AAPI descent in our @Twitter Moment: https://t.co/Jy7ZEJV9kE
NASA Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month 2021
“Each May, NASA commemorates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month to recognize the significant contributions of past and present employees of AAPI descent. Each of them embody the enduring and resilient spirit this community brings to advancing science, research, and discovery. Hear their stories.”
Anthony Arviola – Langley Research Center
Han Woong (Brian) Bae – Marshall Space Flight Center
Kelly Busquets – Goddard Space Flight Center
Sarat Calmur – Langley Research Center
Gemma Flores – NASA Headquarters
Wensheng Huang – Glenn Research Center
Miki Kenji – Glenn Research Center
Alex Lin – Langley Research Center
Rita Melvin – Goddard Space Flight Center
Kartik Sheth – NASA Headquarters
Steve Shih – NASA Headquarters
Emilie Siochi – Langley Research Center
Jenny Staggs – Armstrong Flight Research Center
Githika Tondapu – Marshall Space Flight Center
Sara Tsui – Kennedy Space Center
Jennifer Turner – Johnson Space Center
Video Credit: NASA 360 – Jessica Wilde, David Shelton, and Scott Bednar
BREAKING: Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open.
She was fined for not going to press conferences for mental health reasons: "I am not a natural public speaker and get huge waves of anxiety before I speak to the world's media." pic.twitter.com/o094ZrP5w2
Fomenting armed rebellion – isn’t that illegal?
Am trusting the FBI and others are watching Flynn and his people
who want a military coup to install trump.
Sir, just say you hate Black women—especially those "uppity" enough to dare to be self-possessed and protective of their own well-being—and go. https://t.co/vPysec3hMN
Look here girl, you’re the entertainment. You do as I say, not as I do.
FFT president Gilles Moretton made a statement in French about Naomi Osaka's withdrawal, then repeated it in English, then left without taking questions. #RG21
Paying my respects at the monument to the Unknown Dead at the San Francisco National Cemetery in the Presidio in honor of #MemorialDay. Today, and every day, we are thankful for their service and draw strength from their sacrifice. pic.twitter.com/aqsEfJFAFo
On Memorial Day, join me in remembering those who gave everything for something greater than themselves. We must honor their sacrifice with service of our own. pic.twitter.com/W1PEPAZPo9
Zoom in and see the pain and courage. Remember the soldiers who fought some of the ugliest battles in the other war – the fight for democracy and freedom at home. https://t.co/ziDNwPNSWf
Today on Memorial Day we honor American heroes like Brian Sicknick, who was a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force, and then a US Capitol Police Officer for over a decade. Rest In Peace. pic.twitter.com/kHtwEMkSgN
Can someone please explain to me why in hell Michael Flynn has not been arrested? This weekend he publicly advocated the violent military overthrow of the United States government.
With these seditious remarks Comrade Flynn may have crossed the line for recall to active duty and court-martial. As a JAG I’m qualified and also happy to prosecute this case. https://t.co/7gAM2TlG8D P.S. US mil would NEVER support this. We love America.
— Yevgeny (Eugene) Vindman (@YVindman) May 31, 2021
This is not a political issue. It’s a legal issue and discussion about accountability for a Soldier that apparently violated the UCMJ – military law. Like with all my tweets, views my own.
— Yevgeny (Eugene) Vindman (@YVindman) May 31, 2021
Myanmar.
World Report 2022 Myanmar, Human Rights Watch.
“International pressure increased on the government to cooperate meaningfully with UN rights investigators, including UN Special Rapporteur Thomas Andrews and the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), in pursuing accountability for grave rights violations against ethnic minority groups. The International Court of Justice unanimously ordered Myanmar to take provisional measures to protect the Rohingya from genocide as Gambia’s case against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention moves ahead. The court also mandated regular reports from Gambia and Myanmar on Myanmar’s compliance, although the reports remain confidential.”
At first Navratilova flat-out dismissed Naomi’s reason for not wanting to do press conferences on air (I heard it myself) by saying she needed to “woman up” and learn to compartmentalize better. I guess after the dragging she got, she softened a bit, but still accused Naomi of making things worse by withdrawing after the tournament officials threatened to expel her. Some ally. 🙄
She and Billie Jean King both disappointed me big time. They didn’t advocate for a female athlete trying to protect herself and had nothing to say about the tournaments threatening that young woman’s career instead of working to provide a safer environment for all athletes. After all these years watching the shit Venus & Serena endured. This young woman said I’m not willing to just suck it up, it’s unhealthy and they basically just blathered about how back in the day they just shut up and took whatever came at them. Well, their experience is not her experience. Her mental health is not their mental health. Fuck that shit.
Homeland Security officials have formally banned separating children from parents caught illegally crossing U.S. border, as part of an effort by the Biden admin to revert the effects of Trump's "zero tolerance" policy.https://t.co/toB3YViQRB
COUP D’ÉTAT:
The sudden violent overthrow of an existing Government by a small group.
Michael Flynn, fmr National Security Adviser and ret. Army Lieutenant General,
says he is FOR IT in the United States.
General Barry McCaffrey (ret.):
“This is putting the country at risk…”
“But as a senior military officer retired as he is, to be calling apparently for a coup against our democratic country, and he`s done this before, is extremely dangerous. Department of Justice is going to be hard-pressed to not consider whether this language is criminal in nature.”
Brian Williams:
“What do you think turned him, General?
Because for him to hold these views now means a dramatic reversal of all the training and indoctrination that our flag officers go through to work up to the rank he occupied in the U.S. Army. It was alarming to see him enjoying a banquet dinner with Putin on the Russia television coverage of that event early on.
But what turns a man like Mike Flynn?”
The Chinese government says a 41-year-old man has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu, but that the risk of large-scale spread is low. China's National Health Commission said the man is in stable condition. https://t.co/Vah26xIe6L
Today, President Biden will travel to Tulsa to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. He'll also tour the Greenwood Cultural Center.
100 years ago, the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma was ruthlessly attacked by a white supremacist mob—as many as 300 Black Americans were killed and 10,000 were left homeless. Today, I’m visiting the Greenwood Cultural Center and meeting with survivors.
President Biden will meet with survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre on Tuesday, 100 years after a white mob destroyed a Black neighborhood in one of the worst outbreaks of racist violence in American history.https://t.co/U25toQEW7t
“June 10: Eclipse of the Sun at 19.47 Gemini at 10.54 am conjunct Mercury at 20 Gemini and widely square Neptune at 23.08 Pisces.
Briefly, an eclipse of the Sun indicates the end of one set of circumstances and the beginning of another. The house position tells you where this event is going to occur. This sense of “endings and new beginnings” (a solar eclipse is after all, a New Moon) does not have to be negative. There are things, relationships, ideas, things that have had their period of usefulness and now must “move along.” In this respect, solar eclipses can also indicate “a place of new opportunity.” As the eclipse is in Gemini conjunct Mercury in Gemini, I would think (good Gemini word), that the eclipse would offer a place for new opportunities for speaking, writing, and thinking after an “old place” was replaced.
Now I try to avoid bringing up the subject of DT as I am so glad not to hear that voice or see that face on a daily basis (even if it was in the brief time it took me to change the channel or press a delete button). But my astrological interest is stronger than my personal disdain, so please note that in the man’s natal map his Uranus is at 17.54 Gemini, his nodes are at 20.48 Gemini/Sagittarius, the Sun is at 22.56 Gemini, and his Moon is at 21.12 Sagittarius. This means that the Solar eclipse (19.47 Gemini) is right atop this entire grouping (with transiting Neptune at 23.08 Pisces). Je crois que le destin est enfin arrive’—so much more dramatic to say this in French—I believe that his destiny has finally arrived…in the form of karmic returns from illegal financial interplay (and perhaps, from previous sexual escapades as well). I get this from Neptune in Pisces transiting his 8th house ruling the natal 8th house (but in Libra in the natal 2nd) square his Gemini/Sagittarius grouping of planets. The unfolding/unraveling of this mess will take those involved until the end of 2022 to process (Neptune enters 23 Pisces and no longer retrogrades to affect his degrees in Gemini/Sagittarius beginning in mid-January 2023. Until then, Neptune will “have his way” with Mr. T.“
This is the question a “journalist” asked Coco Gauff.
She’s a 17 year old girl !!!
Yet some people wanna act dumb when Naomi said she is protecting her mental health and y’all will not cross her boundaries with this BS. https://t.co/Iq0xUTeP1h
Remarks by President Biden at the 153rd National Memorial Day Observance
“Democracy is more than a form of government. It’s a way of being; it’s a way of seeing the world.
Democracy means the rule of the people — the rule of the people. Not the rule of monarchs, not the rule of the moneyed, not the rule of the mighty — literally, the rule of the people.
The lives of billions, from antiquity to our own hour, have been shaped by the battle between aspirations of the many and the greed of the few. Between people’s right to self-determination and the self-seeking of the dictator. Between dreams of democracy and appetites for autocracy, which we’re seeing around the world.
Our troops have fought this battle on fields around the world, but also the battle of our time. And the mission falls to each of us, each and every day. Democracy itself is in peril, here at home and around the world.
What we do now — what we do now, how we honor the memory of the fallen, will determine whether or not democracy will long endure. We all take it for granted. We think we learned in school. You have to — every generation has to fight for it.”
Folks are all for mental health until a Black woman sets a boundary. Then she’s uppity, self absorbed, entitled, etc. Naomi Osaka is one of the best in the world, let that be enough. Damn.
Republic of Korea Joins List of Nations to Sign Artemis Accords
May 24 2021
New Zealand signs Artemis Accords
May 31 2021
“New Zealand, along with seven other nations, helped craft the principles espoused in the Artemis Accords.
These simple, universal principles will enable the next generation of international partnerships for the exploration of the Moon and beyond,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
(nasa.gov)
On behalf of @NASA, I’m thrilled to welcome New Zealand as a signatory of the #Artemis Accords, principles of safety and transparency in space that New Zealand helped create! @nzspacegovtpic.twitter.com/raFJFYmch6
Sicilian Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca, whose grisly crimes include having a child’s body dissolved in acid, has been released from prison.
Dubbed the “people slayer”, Brusca has confessed to his role in over 100 killings, including the assassination of Italy’s top anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone.
But Brusca became an informant, helping prosecutors hunt down fellow mobsters.
His release after 25 years in jail has outraged his victims’ relatives.
inr? if the ‘law enforcement’ has to plea deal with a mass murderer to rat out on the other murdering thugs, that shows their utter incompetence. Just like the US ‘law enforcement’ against a traitorous seditious insurrectionist.
Obama: "Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job."
"90% of the folks who were there in my admin, they are continuing and building on the policies we talked about, whether it's the Affordable Care Act, or our climate change agenda." https://t.co/koPSkx5Uij
"Anti-Trumpism may now be one of the most durable political values of Americans under 50. By the end of Mr. Trump’s presidency, after the Jan. 6 insurrection, almost three-quarters of Americans under 50 said they strongly disapproved of him. "https://t.co/cvK0d8uYL5
"Serena, you just won the match, and … normally, you smile when you win … you laugh. What happened tonight, is it because you beat Venus or because you're thinking about [the next match]? What's wrong?"pic.twitter.com/FIGCVnxqsU
— Fiona Applebum says Block Shaun King 🍎 (@WrittenByHanna) May 31, 2021
Eh we can’t have our young people being educated about real history.
Seems ‘critical theory’ is a buzzword for Marxian theory, used for analyzing power relationships. Plus we can’t have their white target base aligning themselves politically with people of color – right? Turning people who should be allies against each other, creating a false ideology so you’ll act against your own interests, is all they have. They have nothing and will only take. Let’s align working women and men of all colors. And btw we need schools and colleges that encourage our children to think.
They fined Osaka for not taking questions, then the head refused to take questions. You cannot make this stuff up. This is why you can’t take these organizations seriously. https://t.co/Bvnw2hHHPC
Latest news confirms Manchin does NOT back the Dem Voting Rights Bill.
We’re up against the wall, make or break right now.
You’ve got Flynn full on coup language.
Manchin must know that America turning autocratic endangers the entire world.
–Do we have any, any response to any of the well-coordinated right wing attacks on this country?
I just called Dick Durbin’s office and shared my concern with his office. I then called the WH, but the comment line is working yet so I had to leave my comment on the website. I pulled no punches. Personally, I think this voting rights issue needs to be the ONLY thing the administration is focused on right now. Not infrastructure, gun safety or any other issues. Because if this voting rights does not get settled, none of this other things will matter!!! I love Joe, but I do not think he or any of the other Dems see this ON FIRE issue.
wow! you found that rare group of anarchists that are super into government and passing legislation thoughts and prayers at this obviously difficult time and i hope you get all that spray paint from under your finger nails https://t.co/qTkcGL2nzp
A Mississippi HS had two black female students as their valedictorian and salutatorian.
Then suddenly, hours before the graduation, they announced two additional students were ALSO the valedictorian and salutatorian for a total of four. The school has deleted their social media pic.twitter.com/CkAKQ5nKjL
All this excellence just gives me chills and brings the waterworks. 😭
Midshipman Sydney Barber made history as the first Black woman Brigade Commander at the U.S. Naval Academy. I had the honor of speaking with her, and discussing the importance of aiming high and paving the way for others to do the same. pic.twitter.com/qiTvYc4vlE
The Obama Diary 
Good West Coast Memorial Day to our beloved Blog Leader, Nerdy. Thank you every day for your consistency. It is appreciated more than we can say. 💖😘🙏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🌟💃🏾
Hi ggail! I second everything you said! Thank you Nerdy! ❤️👏🏾🇺🇸😘
I’m “a third” on all that! Thank you, Nerdy!
And, a fourth thank you!!! 🙂
Thank you!
THREAD…LONG BUT WORTH THE READ
Thank you, Sheila, this is an incredible and enlightening lesson in history, I surely never knew of, growing up in the Southern Maryland school system in the 1950’s and 1960’s, these horrific and shameful massacres were not brought into our curriculum.
I am so ashamed to be a ‘white’ person, my heart was heavy when I woke up today, it’s even more so now, after reading Michael Harriot. Forgive me everyone, take care, stay safe.
Keep You The Heart
🕊🕯💗🕯🕊
“I want to know what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here—no reason”
“Mike Flynn Uses Memorial Day To Call For A Military Coup To Overthrow Biden”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2021/05/31/mike-flynn-coup.html)
—-TrumpQ made it ok to be a violent treasonous criminal.
A Proclamation on Day Of Remembrance: 100 Years After The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
(excerpt)
“A century later, the fear and pain from the devastation of Greenwood is still felt. As Viola Fletcher,
a 107-year-old survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre courageously testified before the Congress recently,
“I will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home. I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lying in the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see Black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead. I hear the screams. I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot.”
With this proclamation, I commit to the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, including Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, the descendants of victims, and to this Nation that we will never forget. We honor the legacy of the Greenwood community, and of Black Wall Street, by reaffirming our commitment to advance racial justice through the whole of our government, and working to root out systemic racism from our laws, our policies, and our hearts.”
(whitehouse.gov)
Speaker Pelosi Statement on Observance of Memorial Day
(https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/53121)
Congrats Gail, thanks to Nerdy, and peace to all this Memorial Day. My dad might have been one of the fallen in WWII if not for a bayonet training accident at Camp LeJeune during basic training that nearly cost him his eye and sidelined him stateside. Thinking of all those families who have lost a soldier in our nation’s wars.
Insensitive crude people have caused this
Massive fine for not talking to the press? This must change!
People come to see Naomi for the tennis. Why don’t athletes have the option of talking to the press if they want to? (Do guys on football teams get the option?) When you’ve just played your guts out on the court…this pressure to talk afterwards is wrong. Naomi am so with you!!
Why people, Why???!!!!!
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/french-open-2021-coco-gauff-question-vindicates-naomi-osaka-media-boycott-023607454.html
Shocking Coco Gauff question that vindicates Naomi Osaka’s boycott
A shocking question for American teenager Coco Gauff at the French Open has left many tennis fans convinced by Naomi Osaka’s controversial press conference boycott. Andrew Reid
Andrew Reid
Sun, 30 May 2021, 7:36 pm·4-min read
American teenager Coco Gauff is seen here reacting to a point in a tennis match.
Coco Gauff found herself at the centre of a bizarre and shocking question at the French Open. Pic: Getty
A shocking question for American teenager Coco Gauff at the French Open has left many tennis fans convinced by Naomi Osaka’s controversial press conference boycott.
However, others have pointed to an eye-opening press conference with 17-year-old Gauff, as proof that Osaka’s concerns are justified.
The American teen sensation – who begins her Roland Garros campaign against World no. 212 Aleksandra Krunic on Tuesday – was asked by a journalist about being compared to fellow Americans, Serena and Venus Williams – the latter of whom she is partnering in the doubles.
“You are often compared to the Williams sisters. Maybe it’s because you’re black. But I guess it’s because you’re talented and maybe American too,” the reporter started off by saying.
“We could have a final between you and Serena. Is it something you hope for? I mean, 22 years separate you girls.”
WhatThePhuckingHell People???!!!!!!!
This recognition is happening in a city that I used to live in, here in the San Gabriel Valley, California
🙏🏾🌟💖
On January 25, 2020, as part of the MAP quarterly meeting, Leroy “Buster” Criss was selected as the
seventh Neighborhood Treasure. Much of the history known about Mr. Criss was gathered from the City
Historian and family members.
Mr. Criss was a resident of Monrovia and attended the Monrovia Arcadia Duarte High School. He also
took flying lessons at the Monrovia Airport. These lessons ended up serving him well during World War II
when he joined the military on December 6, 1943. He was first assigned to Biloxi, Mississippi for basic
training, and was soon transferred to the Tuskegee Army Air Base for Aviation Cadet training. Upon completion his aviation education, he joined the 477th Bombardment Group.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces.
During World War II, the American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal
government. This occurred because black Americans in many U.S. states were still subject to Jim Crow
laws which legalized segregation. Mr. Criss was eventually promoted to Lieutenant at some point during
his military career.
Mr. Criss was not only one of the original Tuskegee Airmen pilots; he also spent 37 years as a highlyrespected high school teacher in the Los Angeles area following his military service. Unfortunately, he
was never given the opportunity to teach in Monrovia due to the color of his skin.
The AIPP Committee would like to recognize Mr. Criss for military service with the Tuskegee Airmen, the
first group of African American aviators.
A multi-colored, circular art piece depicting Mr. Criss in his flying gear in front of his aircraft with the aircraft’s wings extending beyond the background.
The overall art piece would be nine feet tall and 40 inches wide. The art will be made out of pressed metal
and molded resin. It will be painted using a high quality ultra violet resistant exterior acrylic paint
President Biden spoke at an annual Memorial Day ceremony in New Castle,
Delaware Veterans Memorial Park.
Event includes: Governor John Carney (D-DE), Joshua Mattis, Executive Director of the Deleware Commission of Veterans Services, Sen Tom Carper, Charles Baldwin, Delawere Commissioner of Veterans Affairs,
Major General Michael Berry, Chaplain Donald Van Aust.
Here:
(https://www.c-span.org/video/?512201-1/president-biden-delivers-memorial-day-weekend-remarks-delaware)
Excerpts from a good thread
Just sayin’
Honor Him!
Texas…. strike that, should’ve said Republicans
NASA Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month 2021
“Each May, NASA commemorates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month to recognize the significant contributions of past and present employees of AAPI descent. Each of them embody the enduring and resilient spirit this community brings to advancing science, research, and discovery. Hear their stories.”
Anthony Arviola – Langley Research Center
Han Woong (Brian) Bae – Marshall Space Flight Center
Kelly Busquets – Goddard Space Flight Center
Sarat Calmur – Langley Research Center
Gemma Flores – NASA Headquarters
Wensheng Huang – Glenn Research Center
Miki Kenji – Glenn Research Center
Alex Lin – Langley Research Center
Rita Melvin – Goddard Space Flight Center
Kartik Sheth – NASA Headquarters
Steve Shih – NASA Headquarters
Emilie Siochi – Langley Research Center
Jenny Staggs – Armstrong Flight Research Center
Githika Tondapu – Marshall Space Flight Center
Sara Tsui – Kennedy Space Center
Jennifer Turner – Johnson Space Center
Video Credit: NASA 360 – Jessica Wilde, David Shelton, and Scott Bednar
“Cheney fires back at Flynn over coup remark”
(https://thehill.com/homenews/house/556212-cheney-fires-back-at-flynn-over-coup-remark
MICHAEL FLYNN,
Doom’s former National Security Adviser said:
“I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here—no reason”
Fomenting armed rebellion – isn’t that illegal?
Am trusting the FBI and others are watching Flynn and his people
who want a military coup to install trump.
The GOP created these monsters. Since Newt Gingrich and Rush Limpballs they have cultivated the crazy with lies and hatred toward the Government.
Look here girl, you’re the entertainment. You do as I say, not as I do.
Ow!
A good thing happening in Nevada!
The struggle has never ceased
✊🏾
zero consequences for all of the traitorous thugs.
#metoo
#METOO
voters get what they wilfully vote for.
Do it joe. Use him.
Myanmar.
World Report 2022 Myanmar, Human Rights Watch.
“International pressure increased on the government to cooperate meaningfully with UN rights investigators, including UN Special Rapporteur Thomas Andrews and the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), in pursuing accountability for grave rights violations against ethnic minority groups. The International Court of Justice unanimously ordered Myanmar to take provisional measures to protect the Rohingya from genocide as Gambia’s case against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention moves ahead. The court also mandated regular reports from Gambia and Myanmar on Myanmar’s compliance, although the reports remain confidential.”
Details:
(https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/myanmar-burma
Fellow athletes rally around Osaka after withdrawal
https://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/fellow-athletes-rally-around-osaka-after-withdrawal-french-open/20210601.htm
Note that they are all POC. I have seen only Navratilova supporting her. The french tennis fucktard gave a statement and then ducked the press.
At first Navratilova flat-out dismissed Naomi’s reason for not wanting to do press conferences on air (I heard it myself) by saying she needed to “woman up” and learn to compartmentalize better. I guess after the dragging she got, she softened a bit, but still accused Naomi of making things worse by withdrawing after the tournament officials threatened to expel her. Some ally. 🙄
I guess I only saw the later martina. Bummer.
She and Billie Jean King both disappointed me big time. They didn’t advocate for a female athlete trying to protect herself and had nothing to say about the tournaments threatening that young woman’s career instead of working to provide a safer environment for all athletes. After all these years watching the shit Venus & Serena endured. This young woman said I’m not willing to just suck it up, it’s unhealthy and they basically just blathered about how back in the day they just shut up and took whatever came at them. Well, their experience is not her experience. Her mental health is not their mental health. Fuck that shit.
Billie too? That sucks.
Both-sider-itis
Separating children and treating them animals was the thug’s worst crime and yet 70+ million racists were ok with it.
COUP D’ÉTAT:
The sudden violent overthrow of an existing Government by a small group.
Michael Flynn, fmr National Security Adviser and ret. Army Lieutenant General,
says he is FOR IT in the United States.
General Barry McCaffrey (ret.):
“This is putting the country at risk…”
“But as a senior military officer retired as he is, to be calling apparently for a coup against our democratic country, and he`s done this before, is extremely dangerous. Department of Justice is going to be hard-pressed to not consider whether this language is criminal in nature.”
Brian Williams:
“What do you think turned him, General?
Because for him to hold these views now means a dramatic reversal of all the training and indoctrination that our flag officers go through to work up to the rank he occupied in the U.S. Army. It was alarming to see him enjoying a banquet dinner with Putin on the Russia television coverage of that event early on.
But what turns a man like Mike Flynn?”
Money, money and power builds tremendous greed
Good Morning!
“June 10: Eclipse of the Sun at 19.47 Gemini at 10.54 am conjunct Mercury at 20 Gemini and widely square Neptune at 23.08 Pisces.
Briefly, an eclipse of the Sun indicates the end of one set of circumstances and the beginning of another. The house position tells you where this event is going to occur. This sense of “endings and new beginnings” (a solar eclipse is after all, a New Moon) does not have to be negative. There are things, relationships, ideas, things that have had their period of usefulness and now must “move along.” In this respect, solar eclipses can also indicate “a place of new opportunity.” As the eclipse is in Gemini conjunct Mercury in Gemini, I would think (good Gemini word), that the eclipse would offer a place for new opportunities for speaking, writing, and thinking after an “old place” was replaced.
Now I try to avoid bringing up the subject of DT as I am so glad not to hear that voice or see that face on a daily basis (even if it was in the brief time it took me to change the channel or press a delete button). But my astrological interest is stronger than my personal disdain, so please note that in the man’s natal map his Uranus is at 17.54 Gemini, his nodes are at 20.48 Gemini/Sagittarius, the Sun is at 22.56 Gemini, and his Moon is at 21.12 Sagittarius. This means that the Solar eclipse (19.47 Gemini) is right atop this entire grouping (with transiting Neptune at 23.08 Pisces). Je crois que le destin est enfin arrive’—so much more dramatic to say this in French—I believe that his destiny has finally arrived…in the form of karmic returns from illegal financial interplay (and perhaps, from previous sexual escapades as well). I get this from Neptune in Pisces transiting his 8th house ruling the natal 8th house (but in Libra in the natal 2nd) square his Gemini/Sagittarius grouping of planets. The unfolding/unraveling of this mess will take those involved until the end of 2022 to process (Neptune enters 23 Pisces and no longer retrogrades to affect his degrees in Gemini/Sagittarius beginning in mid-January 2023. Until then, Neptune will “have his way” with Mr. T.“
http://www.alanoken.com
My dear old friend and mentor
Naomi is the future of tennis.
We must support her to stay on track regardless.
regardless of the games, and not let this mistreatment turn her against what she loves.
Remarks by President Biden at the 153rd National Memorial Day Observance
“Democracy is more than a form of government. It’s a way of being; it’s a way of seeing the world.
Democracy means the rule of the people — the rule of the people. Not the rule of monarchs, not the rule of the moneyed, not the rule of the mighty — literally, the rule of the people.
The lives of billions, from antiquity to our own hour, have been shaped by the battle between aspirations of the many and the greed of the few. Between people’s right to self-determination and the self-seeking of the dictator. Between dreams of democracy and appetites for autocracy, which we’re seeing around the world.
Our troops have fought this battle on fields around the world, but also the battle of our time. And the mission falls to each of us, each and every day. Democracy itself is in peril, here at home and around the world.
What we do now — what we do now, how we honor the memory of the fallen, will determine whether or not democracy will long endure. We all take it for granted. We think we learned in school. You have to — every generation has to fight for it.”
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/05/31/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-153rd-national-memorial-day-observance/)
Republic of Korea Joins List of Nations to Sign Artemis Accords
May 24 2021
New Zealand signs Artemis Accords
May 31 2021
“New Zealand, along with seven other nations, helped craft the principles espoused in the Artemis Accords.
These simple, universal principles will enable the next generation of international partnerships for the exploration of the Moon and beyond,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
(nasa.gov)
Sicilian Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca, whose grisly crimes include having a child’s body dissolved in acid, has been released from prison.
Dubbed the “people slayer”, Brusca has confessed to his role in over 100 killings, including the assassination of Italy’s top anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone.
But Brusca became an informant, helping prosecutors hunt down fellow mobsters.
His release after 25 years in jail has outraged his victims’ relatives.
He will now be on parole for four years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57317220
white peeps shite.
😳
inr? if the ‘law enforcement’ has to plea deal with a mass murderer to rat out on the other murdering thugs, that shows their utter incompetence. Just like the US ‘law enforcement’ against a traitorous seditious insurrectionist.
thx amk, brilliant interview on “The Ezra Klein Show” pod.
PBO: “It presumes none of us have a monopoly on truth.”
Hope it’s true. The majority of oldies fucked up and are still fucking up things. Here is to the future fucking up the past.
I remember that clip with Venus and wanting to threw things at my TV. Bravo to Mr. Williams for standing up for his daughters!
“Montana AG says critical race theory,
some anti-racism programs taught in schools
are ‘discriminatory’.”
(https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/555933-montana-ag-says-critical-race-theory-some-antiracism-programs-taught-in)
Eh we can’t have our young people being educated about real history.
Seems ‘critical theory’ is a buzzword for Marxian theory, used for analyzing power relationships. Plus we can’t have their white target base aligning themselves politically with people of color – right? Turning people who should be allies against each other, creating a false ideology so you’ll act against your own interests, is all they have. They have nothing and will only take. Let’s align working women and men of all colors. And btw we need schools and colleges that encourage our children to think.
Latest news confirms Manchin does NOT back the Dem Voting Rights Bill.
We’re up against the wall, make or break right now.
You’ve got Flynn full on coup language.
Manchin must know that America turning autocratic endangers the entire world.
–Do we have any, any response to any of the well-coordinated right wing attacks on this country?
Just give me a sign.
oops late for signs. DO SOMETHING.
I just called Dick Durbin’s office and shared my concern with his office. I then called the WH, but the comment line is working yet so I had to leave my comment on the website. I pulled no punches. Personally, I think this voting rights issue needs to be the ONLY thing the administration is focused on right now. Not infrastructure, gun safety or any other issues. Because if this voting rights does not get settled, none of this other things will matter!!! I love Joe, but I do not think he or any of the other Dems see this ON FIRE issue.
SOON..,
Also: https://abcnews.go.com/Live
New post.
Ha!
Deep soul-wrenching sigh!
Thank you Nike!
All this excellence just gives me chills and brings the waterworks. 😭