Martin Luther King Jr. gives his final speech

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Monday April 03, 2023 · 4:00 AM PDT

2023/04/03 · 04:00

April 3, 1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech; he was assassinated the next day.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Been_to_the_Mountaintop

Wargame predicts how China vs US war would end

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Monday March 20, 2023 · 9:58 AM PDT

2023/03/20 · 09:58

ScreenShot2023-03-20at12.50.15PM.png — DC's Center for Strategic & International Studies creates tabletop simulation for war over Taiwan.

WASHINGTON — Pieces on a board, each one symbolizing an American air force squadron, or an American aircraft carrier with thousands of U.S. Navy sailors on board.

These aren’t just adults playing on a colorful game board. They’re simulating how a war between the U.S. and China over the Island of Taiwan would happen.

www.wusa9.com/...

Comedy Exists (Song Parody)

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Tuesday November 29, 2022 · 2:21 AM PST

2022/11/29 · 02:21

All we want for Christmas is for

MUSK to FAIL, MUSK to FAIL, MUSK to FAIL!

All we want for Christmas is for MUSK to FAIL –

and we will have a MERRY XMUSK!

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/elon-musk-long-list-failures/ https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/elon-musk-tesla-almost-failed-552633.html

#MerryXMusk

#PleaseShare

Tried to copy the Twitter link . . . but it FAILED.

View tweet here:

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Music: Train keeps arollin'

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Tuesday July 05, 2022 · 4:15 AM PDT

2022/07/05 · 04:15

ScreenShot2022-07-04at7.06.27AM.png — Future SNL Musical Guests?

Saw a clip of these guys on Twitter, found the entire video on YouTube. Enjoy!

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Patriot Front: Arrests on conspiracy to riot

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Saturday June 11, 2022 · 4:22 PM PDT

2022/06/11 · 16:22

Members of SPLC-designated hate group PATRIOT FRONT march without a permit in Washington, DC on Feb. 9, 2020 — PICTURED: Stock Image from DKOS library

Outside a Pride Event in Idaho:

BREAKING: Authorities have stopped this Uhaul and detained approximately 20 people. They all have the same type of clothing on. Truck was stopped about 1/8th mile from the pride event. We’re working to get more info from police. @KREM2 pic.twitter.com/bez1msBz45
— Kyle Simchuk (@KyleSimchuk) June 11, 2022

Holy shit a cop in Coeur D’Alene straight up said they have informants inside Patriot Front who told them they were loading up in the back of a UHaul with weapons, and they’re being arrested on conspiracy to riot.
— Talia Jane (@taliaotg) June 11, 2022

Police are holding a press conference about the arrests at 4:30
— Kyle Simchuk (@KyleSimchuk) June 11, 2022

The Next MAGA Mob is Coming for School Boards

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Wednesday June 09, 2021 · 7:39 AM PDT

2021/06/09 · 07:39

ScreenShot2021-06-09at10.26.22AM.png — School board says they do not teach CRT.

Protestors started gathering outside long before the meeting began. Parents who oppose the district’s equity efforts as they’ve been rolled out are organizing to oust school board members. pic.twitter.com/DRN37Q3goL
— amna (@IAmAmnaNawaz) June 8, 2021

Masks are required inside and the room was swept for security before the meeting. Armed security are posted at the entrances and inside the meeting room. Fair to say, tensions here are high. pic.twitter.com/d2fRckMGRp
— amna (@IAmAmnaNawaz) June 8, 2021

One of the school board members just said 121 members of the public signed up to speak tonight. 😳
— amna (@IAmAmnaNawaz) June 8, 2021

Couldn’t even get through the first 30 minutes of comments without crowd yelling, interrupting, clapping, some boos. School board members just adjourned “so the room can find its decorum” and left the room.

The room is unhappy. pic.twitter.com/sOQbbmXenP
— amna (@IAmAmnaNawaz) June 8, 2021

Can We Call It the TRUMP Virus Now?

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Sunday April 11, 2021 · 10:01 AM PDT

2021/04/11 · 10:01

ScreenShot2021-04-11at12.54.31PM.png — Trump greets the crowd before he leaves at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit on December 08, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

For example:
“The TRUMP VIRUS has killed well over half a million people in the USA so far.”

There really is no bottom to his depravity:

Former President Donald Trump wants you to start calling the COVID-19 vaccine by a different name.

"Trumpcine" is the former president's desired moniker for the life-saving jab, CNN reporter Kevin Liptak said on Twitter.

Trump said everyone should be calling it the “Trumpcine” (instead of vaccine) and deemed Mitch McConnell a “dumb son of a bitch” during his RNC remarks at Mar-a-Lago tonight, per person in the room.
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) April 11, 2021

Link to full article here: www.businessinsider.com/...

30 Years in Quarantine

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Saturday March 27, 2021 · 11:31 AM PDT

2021/03/27 · 11:31

MARCH 27, 1915 – “Typhoid Mary”, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, was put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

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Abolishing the Upper Chamber / with poll

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Friday March 19, 2021 · 11:45 AM PDT

2021/03/19 · 11:45

MARCH 19, 1649 – The House of Commons of England passed an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_reform_of_the_House_of_Lords#Abolition_of_the_House_of_Lords,_1649

Abolition of the House of Lords, 1649

On 19 March 1649 the House of Commons abolished the House of Lords. This revolutionary action did not obtain the consent of either Lords or the King and so it was not recognised as a valid law after the restoration of the King.

The first part of the abolishing Act was as follows.

The Commons of England assembled in Parliament, finding by too long experience that the House of Lords is useless and dangerous to the people of England to be continued, have thought fit to ordain and enact, and be it ordained and enacted by this present Parliament, and by the authority of the same, that from henceforth the House of Lords in Parliament shall be and is hereby wholly abolished and taken away; and that the Lords shall not from henceforth meet or sit in the said House called the Lords' House, or in any other house or place whatsoever ...

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Police Arrest 71-Year-Old Man Parked Near Capitol With Gun And 20 Rounds Of Ammunition

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Thursday January 28, 2021 · 3:45 PM PST

2021/01/28 · 15:45

From DCist:

On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Capitol Police arrested a 71-year-old man who was parked near the Capitol and allegedly carrying a gun and 20 rounds of ammunition in his car.

The man was arrested and charged with carrying a pistol without a license, possession of unregistered ammo, and unlawful possession of a firearm misdemeanor, according to a USCP release.

The Daily Beast identified the man as Dennis Westover of West Virginia.

A Facebook page in Westover’s name appears to show him as a MAGA supporter who attended the Jan. 6 riots, according to the Daily Beast

"A top MAGA gathering finds life complicated after Trump" update

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Wednesday January 27, 2021 · 7:55 AM PST

2021/01/27 · 07:55

static.politico.jpg — Mike Pence addresses CPAC in 2020 (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

From POLITICO:

CPAC was at the top of its powers last year. Then Covid-19 hit, Trump lost, and the post-election chaos ensued. Now, the confab has some challenges ahead.

This is delicious:

ACU chairman Matt Schlapp said he is convinced this year’s conference will be no different from past years. “CPAC is going great,” he told POLITICO on Tuesday, before then saying that his quote needed to be attributed without his name.

ACU General Counsel David Safavian accused POLITICO of “tortious interference with business relationships” and attempting “to ‘cancel’ both CPAC and the American Conservative Union itself.” The group then tweeted a copy of a letter from Safavian that included a litigation threat.

“We fully intend to explore our legal rights to hold Politico fully accountable for what we see as tortious conduct,” the letter stated.

The full article is worth reading (something I don’t always claim for POLITICO).

The best news for people in the Washington, DC area: CPAC has booked space in Orlando, due to Florida’s less rigorous COVID-19 restrictions.

UPDATE: Here is the full letter tweeted to Politico:

ATTN: @politico @CPAC pic.twitter.com/tDEHSWhHLX
— ACU (@ACUConservative) January 26, 2021

New Era Begins Today

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Wednesday January 20, 2021 · 9:56 AM PST

2021/01/20 · 09:56

external-content.duckduckgo.jpg — January 20: On the cusp of the future

January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. In ancient astrology, it is the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius.

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