Wow.

I think the word you were looking for is “traumatized”, not rattled. Will take time to recover. Many likely never will fully to pre-trauma baseline. All courtesy of good stewardship of taxpayer dollars…/s

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour How the autobiography of a Muslim slave is challenging an American narrative

Stories are precious youtube.com/watch?v=EBQe...

Remembering Bassist Gary Karr (1941-2025) For those who haven't heard, the great double bass soloist Gary Karr died Wednesday of a brain aneurysm. He had been recently diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer. He was 83. I know this is a violi...

May the joy you shared with so many now return to you a thousand fold, Gary. With gratefulness from a one-time young public school music student. You took the time to bring Flight of the Bumblebee to the working class kids. Gratitude and respect for your caring 🙏🎶❤️. www.violinist.com/blog/scottsl...

Visa Trouble Postpones TwoSet Violin's U.S. West Coast Tour Plans TwoSet Violin has been forced to postpone five of its <a href="https://worldtour.twosetviolin.com/">World Tour concerts</a> scheduled for July in the United States, due to the rejection of violinist B...

Two Set denied entry?!? Seriously????! Smh.

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'Humiliating and traumatizing': Czech musician set to perform in Kent detained, sent home A Czech musician and former Kent State student was scheduled to perform several U.S. concerts. Instead, he was detained in Detroit and denied entry.

Coming for the musicians performing pro bono…..?!? www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/l...

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Do we know?….

From the ICE_Raids community on Reddit: ICE sending an interpreter to his death Posted by Livid_Discount9140 - 824 votes and 43 comments

Egregious And how does this improve our national security ? The ripples from this across many lives in time will be heartrending

Intgrity, and lack thereof, matters
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These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸

Hearing Loss, Incident Parkinson Disease, and Treatment With Hearing Aids

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Music. The universal language. Bonus points for singing while you play bsky.app/profile/in-o...

there’s a lot of talk about how “gnarly” things are in L.A. right now. not at this interfaith vigil a few blocks from the protest. this is nice. ❤️

YouTube video by NSS Music Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg - Sesame Street

But yes by all means stop funding to PBS. Emotional and musical intelligence is not of value in today’s world or in the USA so why teach such useless stuff to children? (Or maybe send the policy makers for some remedial stuff they can use?) youtu.be/U_hdCugr4-c?...

Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to address

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National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage | CNN An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump a...

“Americans are not infants: they can handle complex and challenging historical narratives. They do not need to be protected from the truth.”

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This is the dubious way Trump calculated his ‘reciprocal’ tariffs | CNN Business President Donald Trump’s massive tariffs announced on dozens of nations Wednesday were pitched as “reciprocal,” matching what other countries charge the United States dollar for dollar, even taking in...

Public education is important and should be a priority. How many have the basic literacy across disciplines to grasp this and what is happening?

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$722K in food shipments to East Tennessee food bank canceled by U.S. Department of Agriculture Twenty-one tractor-tailer loads of food coming to East Tennessee were canceled by the United State Department of Agriculture, Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee shared.

So much winning and greatness and growling tummies…..

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Veterans Affairs Research Under Threat This Viewpoint discusses the critical importance of continued funding for the intramural research program in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Military personnel have a unique role in society. As veterans they have unique medical and health needs.

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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏😎

One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen Remembers Struggle for Recognition Amid Trump's DEI Purge Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who won the first U.S. Air Force Gunnery Meet in 1949.

Yes, you ARE good, COL Harvey.

Valor and dedicated service and excellence. Period.

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Inside the Turmoil at the V.A. Mental Health System Under Trump A chaotic restructuring ordered threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System into Turmoil www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...

ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Oh my What frightful dream is this? www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.

Thank you for your service……

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The Alien Enemies Act, Explained This detention and deportation power poses an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.

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Which Vet Center?

Rising egg prices in the US spark chicken rental trend The service provides hens, feed, and support for six months, allowing customers to collect fresh eggs at home.

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Egg.cellent creative problem solving! Why stay cooped up in a problem when there are options to egg.splore and egg.spoloit. 😎🤣https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cyvemrjzq55o

This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.

“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"

Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.

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