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20K reactions · 7K shares | As a resistance historian, I get asked this all the time: How do we apply what we know from past resistance movements to the crisis we’re living through now? Here’s one ap... As a resistance historian, I get asked this all the time: How do we apply what we know from past resistance movements to the crisis we’re living through now? Here’s one application. Project 2025 is....

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Any of my friends here represented by any of these members? Lets turn up the heat and make it their last term in Congress!

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Resist playlist

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#FlagDay #USA #NoKings #NoKingsDay #NewPledge #PledgeofAllegiance2025

I pledge allegiance to the United States of America, not to any president or politician, but to the democratic republic as outlined in the Constitution, One Nation Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All.

#FlagDay #PledgeofAllegiance
#NoKings #NoKingsDay

Today is Flag Day. These are some of my flags. Fly yours. #FlagDay #USA #NoKings #NoKingsDay #MeltingPot

YouTube video by Leeja Miller The Chaos Is The Point

Worth your time.

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Happy Release Radar / New Music Friday for those that celebrate!
#Spotify #Music #Friday!

YouTube video by Chicago - Topic Harry Truman (2002 Remaster)

Released by Chicago in 1975

"Harry Truman"

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America's wondering, "How we got here?"
Harry, all we get is lies
We're getting safer cars
Rocket ships to Mars
From men who'd sell us out
To get themselves a piece of power
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In his farewell address to the American people given in January 1953, President Truman referred to this concept very specifically in asserting that, "The President--whoever he is--has to decide. He can't pass the buck to anybody. No one else can do the deciding for him. That's his job.”

We did it and received praise. Some of the praise is due to the exceptional arrangements, the songs themselves and the programed multimedia experience. But some of the praise is just because we had good sound and singing. We put on a good show. I’m proud of that and I’m proud of us.

(And a separate one for Outreach music, as we couldn’t perform any of the Disney songs outside of this run of four shows.) One of the Disney songs was 49 pages by itself. Another challenge was performing to preset video. The songs had to be executed precisely to match the screen.

…and to commiserate with tongue twisting lyrics.

We (the full chorus) learned and performed 8 or 9 songs more than we normally do in the same timeframe. I usually have one notebook for all my sheet music per show. I had a notebook for each act for this show.

Disney is specific with their requirements—and beyond that, there’s pride OF and WITH with the people I performed with because we all pulled together and dug in to do extra rehearsals, to help each other with our own personal musical challenges, to do more homework…

Disney Pride In Concert was a joy to perform. It was a lot of work and it was a challenging program—but that just adds to the experience. There’s a sense of accomplishment, a sense of uniqueness (as not every chorus will accept the challenge), a sense of commitment…

I pledge allegiance
to the United States of America,
not to any president or politician,
but to the democratic republic
as outlined in the Constitution,
One Nation Indivisible,
with Liberty and Justice
for ALL.

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Just some Disney songs strung together. No reason… IYKYK

#Disney #DisneyPrideInConcert

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Just some Disney songs strung together. No reason… IYKYK

#Disney #DisneyPrideInConcert

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Black Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional Democracy Black Saturday, March 15, 2025, will be remembered as the day the U.S. ceased to function as a constitutional democracy. A sitting president defied a federal court order, proving that judicial authori...

Saturday, March 15, 2025, may have seemed unremarkable.

But history will remember it as Black Saturday—the day the U.S. ceased to function as a constitutional democracy.

In this essay, The Intellectualist explores what this means—and what comes next.
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An Animated Show: The Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus Gets Help From the House of Mouse for ‘Disney Pride in Concert’ - Coachella Valley Independent The family-friendly show, which combines timeless Disney songs with video clips from the Disney vault, is billed as a celebration of LGBTQ+ life, love, family and pride.

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We’re Well Past Alarm Bells The Trump administration is mocking court orders, laying the groundwork for political retribution, and declaring open war on the rule of law.

"Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It almost destroyed civilization itself. That didn’t happen because Germany took in too many migrants. It happened because the German people fell for arguments uncomfortably close to JD Vance’s."

Bonus: Day 11

An Art of Inclusion: Navigating Uncertain Times in the Choral Sector How can choirs remain authentic amid uncertainty? Explore strategies to navigate policy & foster belonging. FREE webinar offers actionable insight.

That’s why this moment is so critical: regardless of what’s being deemed legal and illegal, choral musicians understand that humanity is the engine of the choral ensemble and diversity is its power.

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