D. Michelle

@aoc.bsky.social It's time to run for the US Senate.

Would looove to see the Dropkick Murphys live. Hesitant though.

Flavor Flav with his daughters Shanique Karren Dazyna and Kayla

Flavor Flav and Kelly

Flavor Flav with his WoManager Rhiannon and President Biden

Flavor Flav and assistant Gabi

I try to celebrate women everyday,,, but today I wanna shout out some special and important women in my life:::
My Daughters
My Girlfriend
My WoManager
My LawyHers
My Assistant
The US Women’s Olympic Water Polo team
And most of all,,, my Moms 🕊️

Happy Women’s Day,,, all year long,!!

Remembering Ornette Coleman Today on What Would Have Been His 95th Birthday (Born 3/9/30) Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Ornette Coleman’s musical legacy and share your personal memories of him with us.

Remembering Ornette Coleman today on what would have been his 95th birthday (born March 9, 1930) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here:

"If I said it, I meant it, bite my tongue for no one." Remembering the Notorious B.I.G. (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997) 💙🕊

Exclusive: Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say The lack of so-called "read outs" for workers with clearances dismissed by Musk's DOGE could raise security risks, experts say.

"None of the employees with security clearances for nuclear secrets were properly debriefed, the current DOE source said...

"Those employees could be targeted by foreign adversaries for nuclear espionage...

"They have lost their source of income..."
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A School District Rejected a Black Author’s Book About Tulsa for Its Curriculum. Then the Community Decided to Act. Randi Pink, author of the young adult fiction novel “The Angel of Greenwood,” talked to ContrabandCamp about how residents of a Pittsburgh suburb rallied around her book.

Instead of listening to students, educators and the experts in charge of the curriculum, school board members in a 94% white district rejected a novel set in 1921 Tulsa, Okla.

@phillewis.bsky.social writes what happened next

Some sad news…

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of 58 years, has died.

He was 82.

“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy."

After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission. We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people. The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions: Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education. Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus. Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs. Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics. As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals Removing red tape and bureaucratic barriers will empower parents to make th

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.

I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.

Here is a portion:

Better yet, listen to the man himself. His speeches will stir your soul and make you see right from wrong.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says the federal government should 'take over' the District of Columbia, backing GOP push in Congress.

UPDATE: Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants said.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

WAPO: The Social Security Administration’s records include all Social Security numbers, comprehensive medical records for those who have applied for disability benefits, bank information, earnings records and more, Altman said.
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is,” she said.

How Musk’s Businesses Could Benefit from his work at DOGE As Elon Musk forges ahead with his work at DOGE and expands his political influence, questions are now mounting over the possible conflicts of interest he and his businesses face. DOGE, which is not an official government body, has targeted dozens of federal agencies–some of which regulate his own companies. They undermine the very systems designed to combat corruption and protect Americans from predatory practices. “Trump dismantled [an] accountability and ethics system that was really built up after Watergate,” notes Eric Lipton, a New York Times investigative reporter who co-authored a recent report outlining Musk’s potential conflicts. “Just about every aspect of accountability outside of the federal court system is gone.” As it stands, there’s currently no system for accountability and ethics monitoring at the federal level, Lipton said. Meanwhile, current conflict-of-interest laws are outdated and ill-equipped to address Musk’s vast business entanglements, according to Kirsten Grind, Lipton’s co-author. “He touches every single agency in some way,” she said.

Concerns over Musk’s conflicts of interests grow as he undermines fed. regulators. DOGE has gutted “every aspect of accountability outside of the fed. court system,” says Eric Lipton. Current ethics laws are too “antiquated” to address Musk’s vast entanglements says @kirstengrind.bsky.social #Velshi

Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.

Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them

The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired and lost access to their govt email accounts.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Hey OutKast fans….where are you?

Step up your game and vote vote.rockhall.com/leaderboard

The CEO Of A Company That Trump Promised To Help Is Sounding The Alarm He's worried about big new tariffs — and the end of support for electric vehicles.

"jobs will be at risk"

"a lot of cost and a lot of chaos"

That's the CEO of Ford yesterday, talking about what Trump's agenda could mean for the auto industry

www.huffpost.com/entry/ford-c...

Dude's funny.
Kendrick's half-time numbers were 133.5 million, the highest of all time. All the years of rock acts and not one comes even remotely close. Except Coldplay, who was joined by Beyonce and Bruno Mars.

Journalists, sign up for this free, hands-on digital security training being held in Washington, D.C.

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Nah. It's still the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of America just sounds stupid.

Google is just going all out with the MAGA.

Eddie Vedder? Do tell. I haven’t been a Pearl Jam fan. I don’t know his bonafides.

There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.

Rank them? How?
My favorite: In Rainbows Disk 1, is just a masterpiece—soars above everything else they’ve ever done. Which is saying a lot.
My least favorite: King of Limbs. I still haven’t connected to it.

Happy 50th Birthday to Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, Born February 1, 1975 Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Big Boi’s  musical legacy and share your personal memories of him with us.

Happy 50th Birthday Big Boi! Explore the OutKast co-founder's musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/BigBoiHBD

Mood ✊🏿 #BlackHistoryMonth

Actually some of us can imagine it, have actually historically experienced what’s coming, and tried mightily to warn others in the US. But, we, the 92%, are considered “DEI,” and are easily dismissed.

Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and
offer them to small to medium size businesses.

Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .

Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?

Thoughts ?

Remembering Sherman Hemsley on his birthday (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) 💙🕊️

John Witherspoon...January 27, 1942...October 29, 2019
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - R.I.P.