#langstonhughes expresses my impatience right now so well. #impatience #morality #corruption #disgust
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@SharonCrockett__dup_1227@toot.community
mastodon 4.7.3Writer of non-fiction narrative | history, literature, design, art, politics, economics, genealogy, food, gardening and hiking/walking
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United States (native), Switzerland, Belgium
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Historical subjects I’m interested in:
WWII, 19th-century African-Americans
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Non-fiction books, ancestry.com, Decaf coffee, iPad, cats, historical documentaries, WNYC, old photographs, dark chocolate
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Just thought I’d re-boost this from 3 years ago. Always a good reminder of what our forefathers & foremothers sacrificed for us. It’s time for us again to make some of our own sacrifices to save our democracy.
Not so surprising....
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers - The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa?st=1uwcUm
I just found out that US-Canadian Olympic bobsledder, Kallie Humphries, is a Trumpster. It's always weird when, as a Black woman from the US, I meet a younger white woman whom I find generally nice & then over the course of our conversation (or later on) I learn that she's a Trump supporter. It's like cognitive dissonance. How can they talk to me "nicely" & also support a person who wants to erase my people's history, who fires Black men & women from the US govt & military & who is a racist?
Just because TFG started a war with Iran after he and his family got billions of $US dollars of investments, crypto, cash and a luxury Qatari jet from other Arab nations doesn’t mean we all forget about the withholding of key Epstein files and lack of accountability for child sexual abusers and traffickers. To forget would be an unconscionable disservice to Epstein’s victims. We should be able to hold two horrible thoughts in our minds simultaneously. #iran #epstein #dontforget
Well, Black History Month is done. Now that didn't hurt too much, did it, Hegseth? Actually, Black History is US History and should be championed throughout the whole year.... #blackhistory #ushistory #hegseth
Apparently, TFG is sending ICE agents to major US airports beginning on Monday, because he's furious about the Republicans not being able to fund DHS & TSA in Congress. Great. So how will passengers feel safe if masked, unidentified agents are prowling around US airports? How can passengers know they're not just a bunch of actual criminals? I doubt CEOs of major US airlines are going to like this, if chaos ensues. #tsa #ice #airports
Is Kash Patel STILL head of the FBI? What is it going to take to get him fired like Noem??? #incompetence #kashpatel #fbi
I just found out the origin of the term, Hush Puppies. When slaves tried to escape, they would ball up cornbread and throw the balls to the hounds, calling out to them, "Hush puppies". Fascinating linguistic history. #slavery #englishlanguage #linguistics #hushpuppies
How I'm dealing with the horrible news of today when I'm not here on this platform:
* baking bread
* doing stretches
* continuing with writing a non-fiction manuscript (set during the early 1940's)
* texting w/my friend who's undergoing chemo
* giving subcutaneous fluids to my 16-year-old kitty
* watching the snow melt outside
* lifting free weights
* drinking tea
Will our daily lives continue to be stable even as our country illegally drops bombs on other countries? #dailylife #war
"The administration’s move to mint official coins with Mr. Trump’s face is also legally aggressive. An 1866 law called the Thayer Amendment states: 'Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities.'" #narcissism #megalomania
The son of the guy who invented Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups despises the current version that’s no longer made with real peanut butter. Here’s a nice substitute: Chocolove XOXOX (it also comes in the form of Easter eggs for the holiday) #chocolate #peanutbutter
BEST chocolate Easter egg. From Dandelion Small-Batch Chocolates. #easteregg #chocolate
https://www.dandelionchocolate.com/products/signature-easter-egg
Whelp, the Colts Neck elementary school that was supposed to be renamed after Donald J. Trump is now a no-go after the town's school board abandoned the proposal. This just happened. Couldn't be because of the Iran War, the Epstein Files, his sinking poll numbers,...etc.?
“Outlander” is a category on Jeopardy tonight. Finally, a category I think I could totally dominate! 🤔
If Putin even dare consider taking out Zelenskyy the way TFG took out the leader of Iran... At a minimum, TFG's rash actions have untied Putin's hands and made life for Zelenskyy that much more dangerous. Also, where are China & Russia, 2 countries who have been friendly towards Iran? They both seem very quiet these days. #Ukraine #putin #zelenskyy #Iran #China #russia
@oscarjiminy@aus.social I truly hope it doesn't come to that.
#charliekirk ???? #banners ????? #wtf ???? Seen on a federal government building in Washington, DC. What are we devolving into becoming????
Trump Is Preparing to Fire Kristi Noem - The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-iuis-preparing-to-fire-kristi-noem-85815862?st=36euGr