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🚨 D.C. — TRUMP IS PREPARING TO DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD IN THE CITY 🚨

This is NOT about safety—it is an attack on the people living in D.C., especially Black and Brown communities.

If you’re in D.C., there’s a rally tomorrow (8/11):
📍 815 16th St NW
⏰ 10 am

Learn more at:
bit.ly/free-dc-our-home

The window never closes when you have courage and hope.

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Only those who are not in denial which is 1/3, another 1/3 wants it to happen and the other 1/3 is clueless and will stand by and let it happen

Map of Ohio's gerrymandered state districts.

Fixing gerrymandering isn't about electing more Democratic Party members for me - it's about fair representation.

A safe seat is a bad seat. Gerrymandering leads to comfort with power or comfort without it. Either way, useless to the people.

#Gerrymandering #FairMaps #ProudBlue #DemVoice1

Esther Williams standing with beach ball and umbrella at the ocean

8/8/1921 — b. Esther Williams, American swimmer, actor and author. Known as the “Million Dollar Mermaid”; a teenage #swimming champion and Hollywood entertainer. She won three U.S. national championships, and set numerous regional and national swimming records #womenshistory #sports #OTD

Yes, instead of being like Jack who had no problem selling out to an unbalanced fascist soulless oligarch

Alice Huyler Ramsey driving with her three companion travelers

Alice Huyler Ramsey changing the car's tire.

8/7/1909 — Alice Ramsey and three women traveling in a green Maxwell 30 become the first women to complete a transcontinental automobile trip; Broadway, NYC to San Francisco, California. Ramsey, the only driver, was the first woman to drive across the U.S. #womenshistory #auto #WomenInSTEM #OTD

Laure Houssaye de Leomenil | Pastel of a girl with braids sitting and holding a basket of flowers

8/7/1806 — b. Laure Houssaye de Leomenil, French artist, 19th c. royal portraitist. Painter, watercolorist and pastelist; portraits and orientalist subjects. Produced 11 portraits of the French Royal family, commissioned by King Louis Philippe of France #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #OTD

US troops exiting the ship on the beaches of Normandy

Nazis have long been jealous that they never got to be in this video

TIME CIRCLE is a very groovy 2 CD compilation of the band's best material.

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
SPIRIT
9. "So Little Time To Fly" CLEAR 1969
Co-written and sung by Randy California
Here's an environmental anthem from a Spirit album that has aged well. "So Little Time..." foreshadows "Nature's Way", the centerpiece of 12 DREAMS.
youtu.be/haJTInYARL0?...

Joy M. Cayler standing in a gown holding her trumpet

8/6/1923 — b. Joy M. Cayler, American musician, bandleader, educator. Known as the “Queen of the Trumpet”; trumpet player, women’s big band leader. Joy Cayler’s Denver-based all-girl band played swing music to World War II troops #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #WWII #OTD

Judge Rules OMB Must Comply
with the Law Agency required to resume publicly disclosing how it spends taxpayer dollars

In a huge victory, we secured a permanent injunction in our case against OMB for violating the law requiring public disclosure of how taxpayer dollars are spent. The public has a right to know what the government has been doing with your taxpayer dollars. protectdemocracy.org/work/omb-req...

Proud to introduce legislation to name the post office in Collinwood in honor of Tech Sergeant Alma Gladys Minter, a Clevelander who served in historic Six Triple Eight Postal Battalion in WWII.

In Ohio, the lawbreaking legislators violated the Ohio Constitution, their oaths, and court orders seven times in order to illegally draw gerrymandered maps.

Faced zero accountability.

And then sat in their illegal seats.

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Why The Voting Rights Act's 60th Birthday Might Be Its Last Why The Voting Rights Act's 60th Birthday Might Be Its Last

The Voting Rights Act, the watershed Civil Rights era law that has prevented attempts to dilute minority votes through racially gerrymandered electoral maps hundreds of times, turns 60 Wednesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A peacock showing off its art.

People in the gerrymandered red states need to withhold federal tax payments if they can + stop paying (or reduce amt) your property taxes if this applies to U. Red states already causing widespread double digit property taxes delinquencies due to their policies; choke em @ state + local levels too!

Greg Abbott has the nerve to even think he can threaten a felony charge on TX Dems for breaking Quorum when he’s taking orders from F47 😂🤣😂

“Come and take ‘em”
#MessWithTexas

Work by Peter H. Harskamp

Text about educating children against disinformation.

I've read the section on disinformation - possibly the vandalism of the WH is making me more pessimistic atm.

I hope policies like these spread widely ⬇️

How Scientists Started to Decode Birdsong Language is said to make us human. What if birds talk, too?

Scientists have been trying to understand the vocalizations of birds—and discovering that the animals have intellectual abilities far greater than most people had imagined.

The other four don’t even share a brain

Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.

April Lawton playing guitar

7/30/1948 — b. April Lawton, American musician, singer, songwriter and artist. Rock, psychedelic and jazz musician; lead guitarist for the band Ramatam (early-mid 1970s). Renowned as the female Jimi Hendrix (1972) #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #OTD

Patti Scialfa seated on a motorcycle

7/29/1953 — b. Patti Scialfa, American singer, songwriter and musician. Back up singer, guitarist and solo artist; back up singer in the E Street Band and the wife of Bruce Springsteen #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #OTD

Setting the World on Fire: New Women in Music 2025 Are Breaking Boundaries with Heart, Grit, and Global Reach - CelebMix The year is 2025, and women in music aren’t just making waves—they’re steering the tide. From indie scenes to mainstream arenas, a fresh and fearless generation of female artists is reshaping the soni...

Women across indie and mainstream music genres are redefining the industry by breaking boundaries with authentic, genre-blending sounds that address themes of connection, resistance, healing, and triumph.

– Monella on @celebmix.com

#womeninmusic #indiemusic #femalemusicians #musicindustry #music

7/28/1866 — b. Beatrix Potter, British natural scientist, mycologist, conservationist, author, and scientific illustrator. She published 22 illustrated animal story books, most notably ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ (1901) #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #WomenInSTEM #OTD