Former President @BarackObama is out with a new series showcasing our iconic national parks and calling for their preservation for years to come. @alroker shares a first look and has an exclusive interview for #TODAYClimate. pic.twitter.com/ZLf9HI6Ebz
SATURDAY: White House Correspondents Association holds its annual awards dinner in Washington, D.C., with The Daily Show’s host Trevor Noah providing the entertainment along with remarks from President Biden. https://t.co/feQM71wY5r#WHCDpic.twitter.com/NIXLip4WWs
Hundreds of billions in PPP loans have been forgiven, including for big corporations. Republicans had NO issue.
But the moment it seems like President Biden might forgive some student loans to help younger Americans and our economy, Republicans are screaming about “handouts.”
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) April 27, 2022
If Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg lets the Trump grand jury expire this week without renewing it, then NY Governor Kathy Hochul should reassign the case to a different office immediately.
Prince Harry just wrapped up the fifth Invictus Games, an adaptive sports competition for veterans that takes place in different cities each year. https://t.co/ji6IjOYQnW
Biden Has Already Done More for Rural America Than Trump Ever Did
“In under two years in office, President Biden has done more for places like Guthrie County and other parts of rural America than Mr. Trump ever did. The rural economy is stronger, wages are higher and infrastructure projects are popping up all over.
Mr. Biden and his fellow Democrats are responsible for many of the improvements and for bringing back a sense of stability. For the midterms, they should run on these successes — the American Rescue Plan, the infrastructure bill. And they should run on why they have worked: Democrats should run on Democratic values.”
Saw interview…Montana Senator Tester and Lawrence O’Donnell. He describes pressing for bipartisan legislation to help farmers and consumers.
Emphasizes we must ttalk more about what the Biden Administration has accomplished through Congress,
including the serious investments in rural America in the American Rescue Plan. “
Joe said here is money for start ups.”
Stresses the importance of continuing to make deals and pass bills.
“Rural America is drying up…mass exodus of the land”.
Commentary:
Why Brittney Griner was in Russia, and what it says about women’s sports in the U.S.
By Lindsay Kagawa Colas
“I woke up to the phone ringing just after 5 a.m. in Portland. My colleague was calling from the East Coast.
“Lindz, it’s BG. She’s been taken into custody at the airport. She has her phone and can text.” Brittney Griner, who had spent several WNBA offseasons starring for UMMC Ekaterinburg, an elite Russian basketball club team, had been traveling back to Ekaterinburg from the U.S., connecting in Moscow when she was detained. She was now in the custody of Russian officials at the airport and, for the next several hours, I tracked her location on my phone and continued texting her, trying to stay with her as long as I could.”
Today Nike opened the Serena Williams building, which is now the largest building on its Oregon campus. The 1 million sq. Ft building includes 140,000 sq. Ft of showrooms & work space, footwear materials library, a color lab, and Olympia Theater named after Serena’s daughter. 💕 pic.twitter.com/LeBNbpNb9W
Elon Musk Isn’t Buying Twitter to Defend Free Speech
Business moguls tend to be big on protecting speech, right until it hurts their bottom line.
By Adam Serwer
(excerpt)
“For those who are not terminally online, a little explanation is in order.
Compared to the big social media giants, Twitter is a relatively small but influential social network because it is used by many people who are relatively important to political discourse. Although the moderation policies of a private company don’t implicate traditional questions of free speech—that is, state restriction of speech—Twitter’s policies have played a prominent role in arguments about “free speech” online, that is, how platforms decide
what they want to host.
When people talk about free speech in this more colloquial context,
what they mean is that certain entities may be so powerful that their coercive potential mimics or approaches that of the state. The problem is that when private actors are involved, there’s no clear line between one person’s free speech and another’s: A private platform can also decide not to host you if it wants, and that is also an exercise of speech. Right-wing demands for a political purge of Twitter employees indicate just how sincerely conservatives take this secondary understanding as a matter of principle rather than rhetoric.
The fight over Twitter’s future is not really about free speech, but the political agenda the platform
may end up serving. As Americans are more and more reliant on a shrinking number of wealthy individuals and companies for services, conservatives believe having a sympathetic billionaire acquire Twitter means one less large or influential corporation the Republican Party needs to strongarm into serving its purposes. Whatever Musk ends up doing, this possibility is what the right is actually celebrating. “Free speech” is a disingenuous attempt to frame what is ultimately a political conflict over Twitter’s usage as a neutral question about civil liberties,
but the outcome conservatives are hoping for is one in which conservative speech on the platform is favored
and liberal speech disfavored.
—from Serwer discussion with Hayes…it’s about social media platforms using power to serve GOP,
whose only problem is if the corporate power isn’t being used to further THEIR ends = as long as the corporation is doing what they want when they say to do it, no problem in their view.
‘GOP mafia bosses will come after you if you don’t do as we say’.
‘All this boils down to is power’: Sen. Warren on Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout
“Senator Elizabeth Warren joins Ari Melber to discuss the regulation of big tech
after billionaire Elon Musk bought out Twitter. Warren opens up about what Congress can do to better regulate big tech, what Musk’s purchase of Twitter means for democracy, and the need for more competition in the sector. Warren also shares her thoughts on the GOP backing Musk’s buyout of the social media platform.”
.
imo,
A trumpQ pro-Putin, pro-fascist president could sign
a National Emergency Act by Executive Order
giving them the enhanced power
to freeze American assets.
Therefore,
a trumpQ president could garnish the bank accounts of young people with outstanding student loans.
Is why we must get on and cancel all student loans.
Exploring Space with NASA Astronaut Victor Glover (Live from the Smithsonian)
“NASA astronaut Victor Glover served as the pilot on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission and spent six months on the International Space Station, where he worked on scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, and completed four spacewalks. He’ll speak live from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture about preparing to be an astronaut, his recent mission, and the future of space travel including Artemis missions to the Moon.”
Michigan Republican resigns from GOP committee citing ‘delusional lies’
Craig Mauger
“Lansing — Tony Daunt, a longtime Michigan Republican insider, resigned Tuesday night from the GOP’s state committee, saying party leaders had made the coming election a test of “who is most cravenly loyal” to former President Donald Trump.”
Michigan GOP in chaos as fealty to Trump’s Big Lie defines party
Rachel Maddow reports on Michigan Republicans choosing two 2020 election conspiracy theorists as nominees for Secretary of State and Attorney General while a Republican member of the election board quit over the party’s preoccupation with “delusional lies.”
Paul Manafort, the former Donald Trump campaign chairman who was convicted of financial crimes then pardoned by his old boss, was sued by the Justice Department, which is seeking $3 million over undeclared foreign bank accounts. https://t.co/hryZCt5f4C
UN SecGen goes to Moscow, begs the war criminal to stop the open genocide and arrives at Kiev only to be greeted by the war criminal thug’s missiles. Both UN and UNSC have become toothless paper tigers. Pathetic.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “Marshall law” text has now been submitted in her proceeding to be disqualified as an insurrectionist under the 14th Amendment.
The more is revealed, the worse it gets for the January 6 conspirators.
Deposition transcript reveals Trump fear of flying fruit
Rachel Maddow shares a bizarre transcript from a deposition taken from Donald Trump in a civil case in which protesters are suing him for rough treatment at the hands of security outside of Trump Tower, in which a lawyer explores Trump’s unusual preoccupation with the possibility of being injured or killed by a thrown piece of fruit.
So let me get this straight: conservatives love free speech for Elon Musk, but hate free speech for Colin Kaepernick?— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 28, 2022
A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus spilled its load leaving New York Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, surprised, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, confounded, astonished, and numbed. pic.twitter.com/YyhfkmOcxa
Alice Allison Dunnigan and Ethel Payne are the first recipients of the @WHCA’s new lifetime achievement award dubbed the Dunnigan-Payne Prize for Lifetime Career Achievement. @GayleKing will present the posthumous honors to the families Saturday https://t.co/P5e1FRNYUT#NerdPrompic.twitter.com/3urynLEbGC
While we’re counting, the guy Obama ran against in 2008’s widow also voted for Obama’s Vice President because her husband’s party went batshit. https://t.co/NaEyDHNFmW
FACT SHEET: U.S. Agencies Are Advancing the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Around the World
APRIL 28, 2022
“We’re… making equality the centerpiece of our diplomacy around the world. We believe LGBTQ+ rights are human rights. In February, I signed a presidential memorandum establishing that it’s the policy of the United States to pursue an end to violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.”
– President Joe Biden
Today, the U.S. Government released a first of its kind progress report on implementation of President Biden’s Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Around the World. The progress demonstrates the U.S. commitment to promoting and protecting the human rights of LGBTQI+ people around the world through our diplomacy and foreign assistance.
Disney's special governing district in Florida has responded to the Republican law seeking to dissolve it, saying the state would be on the hook for the district's current outstanding debt obligations of approximately $1,000,000,000.https://t.co/ojbmygeyZM
Ms Tchekmedyian continues to report on this, undaunted. (See Rachel Maddow interview and reports)
LA county Sheriff’s Deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed man inside the LA county jail for 3 minutes. For having he temerity to report the cover up by this Deputy and Sheriff, the latter held a press conference saying he’d investigate her. And as she sat right in front of him ready for questions, he displayed her photograph on a board. The Sheriff later claimed he was misunderstood…
Full Coverage: Sheriff’s Department cover-up of incident where deputy knelt on inmate’s head
By Times Staff, April 26/22
Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials attempted to cover up an incident in which a deputy knelt on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes because they feared the “negative light” it could shed on the department, according to internal records reviewed by The Times.
The independent watchdog for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating allegations Sheriff Alex Villanueva lied about his knowledge of the incident.
—If you love history and true perspective on the dire history happening under our noses, please don’t miss Timothy Snyder interview last night with Rachel Maddow.
Stacey Abrams, first guest in the “The New Face of Georgia” series
A new initiative has brought together three major news outlets in Atlanta.
The New Face of Georgia is a new series from The Ethnic Media Collaborative.
Candidate Stacey Abrams was the first special guest in the series.
House passes bill to study new Asian Pacific American museum
“The bill approved unanimously by the House would establish a new commission
to consider the feasibility of a new National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture.
The measure now heads to the Senate.”
Georgia’s largest ethnic media collaborate in pioneering journalism move
Atlanta Voice, Georgia Asian Times, and Mundo Hispanico collaborate in pioneering journalism coverage of ethnic communities in metro Atlanta and Georgia
We are setting a new standard for journalism in Georgia.
“This project has been in the works for a long time and through many hiccups. I’m glad that we are able to come together for the inaugural interview with Stacey Abrams,” said Li Wong, CEO & Publisher of the Georgia Asian Times, largest independent media covering the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in metro Atlanta and Georgia.
“Our newspaper has been serving the Black and African American communities in Georgia for over 50 years.
We are proud to work together with other ethnic media groups to share our stories and news to better inform our people,” said Janis Ware, President and Publisher of Atlanta Voice, the largest independent media covering the African American community in Georgia.
The collaborative effort is named Ethnic Media Collaboration and the project plans to host several more in-depth conversations on issues that affects the ethnic and communities of color in metro Atlanta and Georgia.”
Are Democrats going to echo and amplify this message with the fervor Republicans continue to declare Trump their ever-king? I’m not seeing it yet. https://t.co/zB5YflpuYo
① A great deal of commentary about Elon Musk taking over Twitter has an eerie panglossian quality to It, reminiscent of earlier complacency about obvious dangers like the Iraq war, Fox News, Donald Trump,
and COVID-19
② The danger becomes more obvious when you understand how right-wing propaganda operates
and how giddy its purveyors are about the Musk news
③ And when you start thinking like the kind of greedy, unethical authoritarians who’ve run roughshod through American and global politics these last few years, it’s easy to imagine some real nightmare scenarios
coming to pass
The powwow trail returns.
After two dark years, the Gathering of Nations returns as an in-person event.
“That follows the successful completion of Denver March Powwow last month, and the Crow Fair last July.
The events and the many others that are planned are a force of optimism even as coronavirus cases continue to climb in certain places.
Native America Calling will celebrate the celebrations and calculate the lingering risks as people head back to the powwow trail.”
This morning, I tested positive for COVID-19. I last saw the President Wednesday in a socially-distanced meeting while wearing an N-95 mask, and he is not considered a close contact as defined by the CDC.
i dont simply go through airport security. i have a goal. i want everyone in line to be blown away by my efficiency. i want to be celebrated as i push my belongings across the table. i want TSA to offer me a job (i’ll decline). i want people talking about me at their gate. glory.
The South Side made my brother Craig and me who we are today, so it was extra special seeing him go back to participate in our @ObamaFoundation Futures Series. By sharing his story, he’s letting these young people know that they can also dream big and accomplish their goals. pic.twitter.com/arvuPVBnW0
Tennis great Boris Becker has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. https://t.co/u3vgZPvbGz
The Obama Diary 
Hi Everyone! Thanks Nerdy! 😘❤️
Glad to hear MVP is feeling well!
YAY!!
Wonderful to see…
Woohoo!!!
you should have chosen different carpet. don’t balme the cat.
✨🪐🌘✨
wow
#gutlessgarland is why
Good Morning Family! Here’s a good message to carry with you today and everyday!
thx dear Dudette,
love both women, such talent and loving spirit.
You’re most welcome dear brp!
I loved this!
LIVE NOW:
Biden Has Already Done More for Rural America Than Trump Ever Did
“In under two years in office, President Biden has done more for places like Guthrie County and other parts of rural America than Mr. Trump ever did. The rural economy is stronger, wages are higher and infrastructure projects are popping up all over.
Mr. Biden and his fellow Democrats are responsible for many of the improvements and for bringing back a sense of stability. For the midterms, they should run on these successes — the American Rescue Plan, the infrastructure bill. And they should run on why they have worked: Democrats should run on Democratic values.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/opinion/biden-trump-democrats-rural-america.html)
“Capitalsm isn’t working here”.
Saw interview…Montana Senator Tester and Lawrence O’Donnell. He describes pressing for bipartisan legislation to help farmers and consumers.
Emphasizes we must ttalk more about what the Biden Administration has accomplished through Congress,
including the serious investments in rural America in the American Rescue Plan. “
Joe said here is money for start ups.”
Stresses the importance of continuing to make deals and pass bills.
“Rural America is drying up…mass exodus of the land”.
Readout of White House Roundtable with Lesbian Leaders to Celebrate Lesbian Day of Visibility
APRIL 27, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/27/readout-of-white-house-roundtable-with-lesbian-leaders-to-celebrate-lesbian-day-of-visibility/)
Commentary:
Why Brittney Griner was in Russia, and what it says about women’s sports in the U.S.
By Lindsay Kagawa Colas
“I woke up to the phone ringing just after 5 a.m. in Portland. My colleague was calling from the East Coast.
“Lindz, it’s BG. She’s been taken into custody at the airport. She has her phone and can text.” Brittney Griner, who had spent several WNBA offseasons starring for UMMC Ekaterinburg, an elite Russian basketball club team, had been traveling back to Ekaterinburg from the U.S., connecting in Moscow when she was detained. She was now in the custody of Russian officials at the airport and, for the next several hours, I tracked her location on my phone and continued texting her, trying to stay with her as long as I could.”
Read on! (https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-04-26/brittney-griner-russia-pay-gap)
Nike made a cool Serena Shrine!
Astronaut Victor Glover at NMAAHC
🕯
Elon Musk Isn’t Buying Twitter to Defend Free Speech
Business moguls tend to be big on protecting speech, right until it hurts their bottom line.
By Adam Serwer
(excerpt)
“For those who are not terminally online, a little explanation is in order.
Compared to the big social media giants, Twitter is a relatively small but influential social network because it is used by many people who are relatively important to political discourse. Although the moderation policies of a private company don’t implicate traditional questions of free speech—that is, state restriction of speech—Twitter’s policies have played a prominent role in arguments about “free speech” online, that is, how platforms decide
what they want to host.
When people talk about free speech in this more colloquial context,
what they mean is that certain entities may be so powerful that their coercive potential mimics or approaches that of the state. The problem is that when private actors are involved, there’s no clear line between one person’s free speech and another’s: A private platform can also decide not to host you if it wants, and that is also an exercise of speech. Right-wing demands for a political purge of Twitter employees indicate just how sincerely conservatives take this secondary understanding as a matter of principle rather than rhetoric.
The fight over Twitter’s future is not really about free speech, but the political agenda the platform
may end up serving. As Americans are more and more reliant on a shrinking number of wealthy individuals and companies for services, conservatives believe having a sympathetic billionaire acquire Twitter means one less large or influential corporation the Republican Party needs to strongarm into serving its purposes. Whatever Musk ends up doing, this possibility is what the right is actually celebrating. “Free speech” is a disingenuous attempt to frame what is ultimately a political conflict over Twitter’s usage as a neutral question about civil liberties,
but the outcome conservatives are hoping for is one in which conservative speech on the platform is favored
and liberal speech disfavored.
(https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/04/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech/629694/)
—from Serwer discussion with Hayes…it’s about social media platforms using power to serve GOP,
whose only problem is if the corporate power isn’t being used to further THEIR ends = as long as the corporation is doing what they want when they say to do it, no problem in their view.
‘GOP mafia bosses will come after you if you don’t do as we say’.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsuXf9aL1Jw)
‘All this boils down to is power’: Sen. Warren on Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout
“Senator Elizabeth Warren joins Ari Melber to discuss the regulation of big tech
after billionaire Elon Musk bought out Twitter. Warren opens up about what Congress can do to better regulate big tech, what Musk’s purchase of Twitter means for democracy, and the need for more competition in the sector. Warren also shares her thoughts on the GOP backing Musk’s buyout of the social media platform.”
.
Been thinkin’ about student loans:
imo,
A trumpQ pro-Putin, pro-fascist president could sign
a National Emergency Act by Executive Order
giving them the enhanced power
to freeze American assets.
Therefore,
a trumpQ president could garnish the bank accounts of young people with outstanding student loans.
Is why we must get on and cancel all student loans.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a tribute to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
–includes delightful stories of their time together, gorgeous.
FASCISM: A WARNING
Book by Madeleine Allbright (2018)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4bmfGy9XYU)
Exploring Space with NASA Astronaut Victor Glover (Live from the Smithsonian)
“NASA astronaut Victor Glover served as the pilot on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission and spent six months on the International Space Station, where he worked on scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, and completed four spacewalks. He’ll speak live from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture about preparing to be an astronaut, his recent mission, and the future of space travel including Artemis missions to the Moon.”
Michigan Republican resigns from GOP committee citing ‘delusional lies’
Craig Mauger
“Lansing — Tony Daunt, a longtime Michigan Republican insider, resigned Tuesday night from the GOP’s state committee, saying party leaders had made the coming election a test of “who is most cravenly loyal” to former President Donald Trump.”
(https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/26/michigan-republican-resigns-gop-post-citing-delusional-lies/9547809002/)
Michigan GOP in chaos as fealty to Trump’s Big Lie defines party
Rachel Maddow reports on Michigan Republicans choosing two 2020 election conspiracy theorists as nominees for Secretary of State and Attorney General while a Republican member of the election board quit over the party’s preoccupation with “delusional lies.”
(https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/michigan-gop-in-chaos-as-fealty-to-trump-s-big-lie-defines-party-138802245782)
Fabulous!
UN SecGen goes to Moscow, begs the war criminal to stop the open genocide and arrives at Kiev only to be greeted by the war criminal thug’s missiles. Both UN and UNSC have become toothless paper tigers. Pathetic.
I sure hope so. the ‘judge’ seemed to be a magat himself to me.
yup. nyt – voice of the uncouth and the uneducated.
Deposition transcript reveals Trump fear of flying fruit
Rachel Maddow shares a bizarre transcript from a deposition taken from Donald Trump in a civil case in which protesters are suing him for rough treatment at the hands of security outside of Trump Tower, in which a lawyer explores Trump’s unusual preoccupation with the possibility of being injured or killed by a thrown piece of fruit.
(https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/deposition-transcript-reveals-trump-fear-of-flying-fruit-138799173942)
—-Was saving this for tomorrow…but gots ta put it up !!
Notwithstanding:
Rachel Maddow’s “ship load” of hilarity,
“Fruitpocalypse scare window”,
“incoming banana”.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
I was at a loss for words.
Good one!
What a pos.
LIVE SOON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds weekly news briefing
LIVE NOW: Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses ‘new phase for the coronavirus pandemic’
FACT SHEET: White House Calls on Congress to Provide Additional Support for Ukraine
APRIL 28, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/28/fact-sheet-white-house-calls-on-congress-to-provide-additional-support-for-ukraine/)
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet
APRIL 28, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/04/28/background-press-call-by-senior-administration-officials-on-the-declaration-for-the-future-of-the-internet/)
FACT SHEET: U.S. Agencies Are Advancing the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Around the World
APRIL 28, 2022
“We’re… making equality the centerpiece of our diplomacy around the world. We believe LGBTQ+ rights are human rights. In February, I signed a presidential memorandum establishing that it’s the policy of the United States to pursue an end to violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.”
– President Joe Biden
Today, the U.S. Government released a first of its kind progress report on implementation of President Biden’s Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Around the World. The progress demonstrates the U.S. commitment to promoting and protecting the human rights of LGBTQI+ people around the world through our diplomacy and foreign assistance.
Federal agencies are:
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/28/fact-sheet-u-s-agencies-are-advancing-the-human-rights-of-lgbtqi-persons-around-the-world/
Speaker Pelosi Remarks at African American Mayors Association Annual Conference
APRIL 28, 2022
(https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/42822-2)
You vote for shit, you get shitsandwich.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI7538wxDhk)
Maddow: Republican War On Journalism Part Of A Tactic Worth Recognizing
Rachel Maddow looks at how attacks on the media and journalists are a familiar tactic of leaders
who want to avoid accountability.
First eyewitness account of Sheriff Villanueva lying in a cover-up revealed in filing
(April 28/22)
BY ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-28/deputy-kneeling-video-cover-up-claim
Ms Tchekmedyian continues to report on this, undaunted. (See Rachel Maddow interview and reports)
LA county Sheriff’s Deputy kneeled on the head of a handcuffed man inside the LA county jail for 3 minutes. For having he temerity to report the cover up by this Deputy and Sheriff, the latter held a press conference saying he’d investigate her. And as she sat right in front of him ready for questions, he displayed her photograph on a board. The Sheriff later claimed he was misunderstood…
Full Coverage: Sheriff’s Department cover-up of incident where deputy knelt on inmate’s head
By Times Staff, April 26/22
Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials attempted to cover up an incident in which a deputy knelt on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes because they feared the “negative light” it could shed on the department, according to internal records reviewed by The Times.
The independent watchdog for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating allegations Sheriff Alex Villanueva lied about his knowledge of the incident.
(https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-26/full-coverage-la-county-sheriff-villanueva-jail-cover-up)
——-Ms. Tchekmedyian is receiving support far and wide for her reporting.
War criminal has bitten of more than he can chew.
“Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin”
By Timothy Snyder
New version out this week with afterword about the world today.
—If you love history and true perspective on the dire history happening under our noses, please don’t miss Timothy Snyder interview last night with Rachel Maddow.
Wooooot! MVP to give the commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy!
That will be SO GREAT to see!
Our Team!
Stacey Abrams, first guest in the “The New Face of Georgia” series
A new initiative has brought together three major news outlets in Atlanta.
The New Face of Georgia is a new series from The Ethnic Media Collaborative.
Candidate Stacey Abrams was the first special guest in the series.
(https://en.mundohispanico.com/stacey-abrams-first-guest-in-the-new-face-of-georgia-series/)
House passes bill to study new Asian Pacific American museum
“The bill approved unanimously by the House would establish a new commission
to consider the feasibility of a new National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture.
The measure now heads to the Senate.”
(https://gasiantimes.com/2022/04/27/house-passes-bill-to-study-new-asian-pacific-american-museum/)
Georgia’s largest ethnic media collaborate in pioneering journalism move
Atlanta Voice, Georgia Asian Times, and Mundo Hispanico collaborate in pioneering journalism coverage of ethnic communities in metro Atlanta and Georgia
We are setting a new standard for journalism in Georgia.
“This project has been in the works for a long time and through many hiccups. I’m glad that we are able to come together for the inaugural interview with Stacey Abrams,” said Li Wong, CEO & Publisher of the Georgia Asian Times, largest independent media covering the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in metro Atlanta and Georgia.
“Our newspaper has been serving the Black and African American communities in Georgia for over 50 years.
We are proud to work together with other ethnic media groups to share our stories and news to better inform our people,” said Janis Ware, President and Publisher of Atlanta Voice, the largest independent media covering the African American community in Georgia.
The collaborative effort is named Ethnic Media Collaboration and the project plans to host several more in-depth conversations on issues that affects the ethnic and communities of color in metro Atlanta and Georgia.”
(https://gasiantimes.com/2022/04/26/georgias-largest-ethnic-media-collaborates-in-pioneering-journalism-move/)
Me either
① A great deal of commentary about Elon Musk taking over Twitter has an eerie panglossian quality to It, reminiscent of earlier complacency about obvious dangers like the Iraq war, Fox News, Donald Trump,
and COVID-19
② The danger becomes more obvious when you understand how right-wing propaganda operates
and how giddy its purveyors are about the Musk news
③ And when you start thinking like the kind of greedy, unethical authoritarians who’ve run roughshod through American and global politics these last few years, it’s easy to imagine some real nightmare scenarios
coming to pass
(Brian Beutler, Crooked)
Today in Music History: Read/listen to this thread!
Native America Calling: The powwow trail returns
The powwow trail returns.
After two dark years, the Gathering of Nations returns as an in-person event.
“That follows the successful completion of Denver March Powwow last month, and the Crow Fair last July.
The events and the many others that are planned are a force of optimism even as coronavirus cases continue to climb in certain places.
Native America Calling will celebrate the celebrations and calculate the lingering risks as people head back to the powwow trail.”
(https://www.indianz.com/News/2022/04/26/native-america-calling-the-powwow-trail-returns/)
best wishes to Ms. Bedingfield and her family.
So funny!
peace, peace, peace to Ukraine, democracy, sovereign nation.
peace to our world.
Stardate: Friday April 29, 2022
leaving
all that’s left,
the orphaned children
A message from Mrs. O.
Damn, Boris!
An EarthDay manifesto of hope and determination, please do share, all over the world! 🌎🌍🌏
https://freemovieswatch.tv/watch-movie/watch-the-biggest-little-farm-the-return-free-online-79513.8274916
Big big hugs all around!!
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President Joe is so good with kids.
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