Denise McCullough

Some old tweets from our new deputy director of the FBI.

William Harrison Withers Jr. was born in Slab Fork, West Virginia, on July 4, 1938, to William and Mattie (Galloway) Withers. He overcame a stutter and so much more to give us this timeless song. #BlackHistoryMonth

YouTube video by Paulo Najar Sister Rosetta Tharpe That's All

Sunday morning sermon by the Godmother of Rock and Roll. The OG Les Paul ripper. The Queen who influenced Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton and Little Richard countless more.

#BlackHistoryMonth

“Can’t no man play like me. I play better than a man.” Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Trump says US will ‘take over’ and ‘own’ Gaza Strip and says US troops will be deployed ‘if it’s necessary’ – live Netanyahu calls Trump the ‘greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House’ at a new conference alongside the US president

"Trump did not rule out sending US troops to secure Gaza. “As far as Gaza is concerned, we’ll do what is necessary. If it’s necessary, we’ll do that,” he said"

DOGE’s access to federal data is ‘an absolute nightmare,’ legal experts warn The latest moves at Treasury have already triggered a lawsuit, with a fight over the dissolution of USAID looming.

“They’re not following the law, they’re not following any semblance of best practice, they’re just hacking and slashing government IT systems in a way that threatens national security and puts everyone at risk,” Alan Butler of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

Trump issues orders on K-12 ‘indoctrination,’ school choice and campus protests One order also reinstates the 1776 Commission that Trump created during his first term in office to promote patriotic education.

Uhhh there's a lot to unpack here, but it's an anti LGBQT, anti Muslim, pro private schools being funded by the public, pro policing and prosecuting educators, pile of steaming 💩.... for starters.

Mississippi senator files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’ A state senator has filed a bill titled the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act.”

Blessed be the seed.

Trump's agenda rests in the hands of a 91-year-old With the gerontocracy under a microscope, Chuck Grassley is a key GOP gatekeeper as Senate Judiciary chair.

My sincere apologies to the rest of the world from Iowa.

While the bigots and the ignorant, the traitors and the uber wealthy celebrate, the rest of us grieve and prepare to defend this country and the most vulnerable who inhabit it.

Helpful!

Biden commutes life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, 80 Native American activist spent half a century in prison over 1975 murder of two FBI agents in South Dakota

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

That would suggest they care about a woman's pleasure. Doubtful.

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl

"This combination of evil and embarrassment is a unique horror, one that science fiction has failed to prepare us for."

Glazing some pots and listening to some tunes last night when At Last came on. Took me right to January 20, 2009. That special dance. Being so filled with hope. Hope that our country was moving forward. Hope that maybe this country wasn't as racist as I thought. Hope. Then I came back to now. 😭