I just sent this to my nephew via his dad, my brother. My nephew has never served his country as his father and grandfather did. His life has been laid out for him with privilege at every turn. He proudly posts on Facebook his allegiance to Trump even as Trump’s closest appointees tell us what they know first-hand.
The freedoms and opportunities my nephew’s father and grandfather protected are still evolving within our democracy as that very democracy stands on the precipice.
Our country is not perfect. History has much to teach us as we continue to form that more perfect Union where we truly recognize our shared future with our brothers and sisters around the world.
Thank you and Heather and all the others here today for history’s clear warning faced by our GREAT USA in 2024. Let’s share this post far and wide!!
A good movie for your nephew to see is “Occupied City” by the director Steve McQueen or “Mississippi Burning” but it sounds like your nephew is locked in.
Some guys are more open to listening to a coach. Here is San Antonio Spurs Coach Greg Popovich on video and a sportswriter’s short article on what Coach Popovich observed about Trump:
Yes, just now reading Joy Reid’s Medgar and Merlie. I am 77 years old and I had no idea how bad it was in Mississippi; I mean I saw a lot of civil rights things in the news when I was in high school but still, the lived lives of Black people in the south… To live with so much fear and misery. It saddens me to my core. 🥲
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re all in the same boat now.”
- Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
Thanks for reminding us of our history and the importance of the work we have yet to accomplish.
Eric Holder’s riff on Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous quote about justice:
"the arc...only bends toward justice because people pull it towards justice."
Most immediately, we each can be sharing widely Heather’s letter about fascism.
Yes, Ellie,
I just sent this to my nephew via his dad, my brother. My nephew has never served his country as his father and grandfather did. His life has been laid out for him with privilege at every turn. He proudly posts on Facebook his allegiance to Trump even as Trump’s closest appointees tell us what they know first-hand.
The freedoms and opportunities my nephew’s father and grandfather protected are still evolving within our democracy as that very democracy stands on the precipice.
Our country is not perfect. History has much to teach us as we continue to form that more perfect Union where we truly recognize our shared future with our brothers and sisters around the world.
Thank you and Heather and all the others here today for history’s clear warning faced by our GREAT USA in 2024. Let’s share this post far and wide!!
A good movie for your nephew to see is “Occupied City” by the director Steve McQueen or “Mississippi Burning” but it sounds like your nephew is locked in.
Mississippi Burning is great!!!
Some guys are more open to listening to a coach. Here is San Antonio Spurs Coach Greg Popovich on video and a sportswriter’s short article on what Coach Popovich observed about Trump:
https://pin.it/7AQ4z2Ki9
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs/article/popovich-blasts-trump-setting-bad-example-19865604.php
Yes. Thanks, Ellie. Sharing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw-Hu9J2NiE
If there is an after-life and the Right Reverend Dr King still exists somewhere in it, may he and other saints of our lifetime come to our aid now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1LWVY0wwG4
From your keyboard to G*d’s screen
Thank you for the affirmation and a clever one at that, Susan.
Yes, just now reading Joy Reid’s Medgar and Merlie. I am 77 years old and I had no idea how bad it was in Mississippi; I mean I saw a lot of civil rights things in the news when I was in high school but still, the lived lives of Black people in the south… To live with so much fear and misery. It saddens me to my core. 🥲
Marina Inspiring quote. Hope the boat isn’t the Titanic.
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