Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes

Time flies—faster with each year… I graduated from high school almost fifty-four years ago. Like many Boomers, I keep in touch with some of my high school friends through Facebook, yet even Boomers seem to be using that platform le…

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Searching for the Truth CBS’s 60-Minutes was planning to run a segment on their show about CECOT and what they deemed  “brutal and tortuous conditions.” But then the segment was pulled from …

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I Never Said That (RedWords) YouTube video by JoshM - Topic

This is the Christmas song we need this year to save the soul of our country.

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#Antifa #NoKingsDay

Now that Gay Pride Month is over, what do you think gay pride really means? Without words I couldn’t do my job. I’m a writer. I’ve always taken a special interest in words. I remember in junior high school finding  etymology fascinating. Even now, when writing a …

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Glad you are enjoying them! The new one comes out the end if this month. 👻

#libertyandjustice

Are you an American Patriot? An American patriot is one who supports and defends the United States of America. An American patriot is not defined as someone who is a loyalist to Trump, no more than it is defined as someone who…

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#patriot #MSNBC #Constitution #ElSalvador #trump #pledge #American

One way to reduce crime and violence, yet Moms for Liberty & MAGA aren’t on board. In fact, they’re against it. Do you know what violent criminals have in common? A lack of empathy. There have been studies that show empathetic people are less likely to engage in crime. Empathetic teenagers are less likely to…

#empathy #bookbanning #momsforliberty #reduceviolence
#MAGA #jesus

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The True Persecutor of Christians in the USA After I heard of Trump’s executive order aimed at eradicating “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government, I read some articles to help understand what he planned. According to various online n…

#antichristianbias #trump #christian #religion #firstAmendment #Evangelical #American #Unconstitutional
#pilgrims #Christ #Jesus #freedomreligion

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Taylor Swift Hating is Just Pathetic The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show when I was in the fourth grade.  I remember the clutching of pearls by some adults regarding the length of the band members’ h…

#TaylorSwift #BeachBoys #Beatles #EdSullivan #elon musk #MegynKelly #misogynist #Sargent #Taylor #Swift #Trump

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Olon Dusk and the Star Stones Once upon a time, there was a boy named Olon Dusk. He lived in a country that used star stones as currency. Star stones were believed to have been placed on the planet by space aliens thousands of …

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What does it mean to be an American? Conservatives like to say public schools indoctrinate children. I supposed they’re right. When I went to school, I stood up every day in class and said the Pledge of Allegiance. I was told our…

#DAR #patriotism #USConstitution #America #Musk #trump #AmericanPresident

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#DEI #RFKjr #Hegseth #Kennedy #trump #Cabinet #congress #confirmation #health

It’s not you. It’s me. My brain is broken. After reading the title of this blog, those of you out there who have been annoyed by my recent opinion pieces might be nodding about now, while saying, “Well, duhh. I knew that.” To which I respon…

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#faceblindness #facialrecognition

I don’t fucking think so.

What Mr. Rowe taught me about some people. My favorite teacher in high school was Mr. Rowe.  He was my sophomore English teacher, during the first year Lake Havasu High School opened its doors. The last year he taught at Lake Hava…

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I would rather leave a crying emoji than a like. 😭

Eliminating DEI doesn’t do what you think. This new administration keeps telling us DEI is responsible for subpar employees. It prevents employers from hiring the best. Yet by Trump’s own cabinet picks, the recent confirmation hearings are …

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#DEI #kennedy #hegseth #HHS #DOD #Trump

Hope you enjoy it!👻👻

Reflections: A Girl from the 60s & 70s Growing up I didn’t attend church with my parents.  Occasionally my sister and I would go to Sunday School, yet we didn’t have a church family but that was okay, because I had my family. My immedia…

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Flooding the zone with…story fodder? During Trump’s first term, MAGA darling Steve Bannon talked about the strategy of flooding the zone with shit to distract the media. It also works on the American public by overwhelming us, making …

#authors #writers #storyfodder #inspiration

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Mixing Politics and Business Back when Twitter was Twitter, and I was still on the platform, one of the people I followed was author Stephen King. King was never shy about expressing his political views, and because of that, h…

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#authors #politics #writing

Trump proved eliminating DEI wouldn’t mean the Federal government's hiring decisions would be based solely on qualifications, skills, and experience, without considering factors like race, gender, or ethnicity.

Just look at his cabinet picks!

#cabinet #trumpcabinet #DEI

Do you have any greenhouse tips for a newbie? After we moved to Oregon over three years ago, I was finally able to have something I’ve wanted my entire adult life—a  vegetable garden that actually produces fresh vegetables. A couple …

#greenhouse #gardening #vegetablegarden #greenhousetips

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The NCUA is a Federal agency, according to Ai it would be more difficult for the president to get rid of compared to FDIC. But my question, has Trump expressed any desire to go after the NCUA too?

Loss is not always the same. My mother—one of my dearest friends and greatest champions—passed away less than two weeks before the last election. While Mom’s death was not a surprise, after all she was 96 years old, suffered f…

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#election #electionloss #trump #inauguration #electionresults

America: how we are leading by example. According to a recent New York Post article, “A majority of Gen Z and millennial workers believe that “cheating” in the workplace is completely acceptable, such as napping on th…

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#millennial #genz #trump #ceo #healthcare #women #workers #workethics #leaders