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Dorie Miller: A Story America Tried Not to Tell From ‘Unnamed Negro Messman’ to American Hero

Doris “Dorie” Miller was a 22-year-old Black messman aboard the USS West Virginia when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941.
—a reminder that institutions can celebrate a single act of Black bravery while resisting structural change that bravery demands.
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Mission: Civic Engagement YouTube video by Advocacy Arena Network

Happy Sunday all…
A reminder that YOU have power! Civic engagement is your duty in this moment.

A call to action…
get informed
get engaged
— the power is with the people.

Join the #AdvocacyArena community—you are not alone.

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Humanity is at risk of dissolution. The US is in an age of reckoning.

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols — The Washington Post The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

In the era of US Autocracy
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This regime is surveilling the innocent while welcoming the true enemy to eat at our table.

This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country — 404 Media Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future. Immigratio...

GWB administration DHS efforts after 9/11 pales in comparison — this regime’s Surveillance State is next level authoritarian tactics
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When the memes become the message, democracy becomes the casualty.~~~Dee Batiste, Sep 2025

I wrote about this in September open.substack.com/pub/advocacy...

Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench — The Atlantic A judge explains his reasons for resigning.

My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.
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Reagan-appointed judge issues brutal condemnation of Donald Trump — Newsweek Federal Judge Mark L. Wolf accused Trump of weaponizing the Justice Department against political opponents in an op-ed on Sunday.

Federal Judge Mark L. Wolf accused Trump of weaponizing the Justice Department against political opponents in an op-ed on Sunday

Me: 👏🏽👏🏽He understands the moment we’re in and is willing to speak out— FIGHT!
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You look like a whole fool, just so you’re aware.

Collaborators

Moderate Democrats Reach Deal With GOP to Reopen Government With Promise for Later Vote on ACA Tax Credits — Mississippi Free Press Democrats are considering a Republican offer to reopen the government with a promise for a later vote on extending Affordable Care Act health-care tax credits. But one Democrat says it would amount to

We’re in the midst of a fascist takeover so at this point they’re
8 Facist collaborators 😤
#Vichy

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Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Withhold SNAP Payments Until Government Shutdown Ends TIME IN SHUTDOWN LiveUpdated Nov. 4, 2025, 12:45 p.m. ETTrump Administration Live Updates: President Threatens to Withhold Food Stamps Until Shutdown EndsShare full articleImageVolunteers distributed groceries at a food pantry in Manhattan on Saturday, ...

Trump is now threatening to nix even partial funding for SNAP. Americans are rationing food, while D.C. Republicans are playing political games. Yesterday, they said feeding half the family was enough; now they are back to starving the whole family. https://nyti.ms/4nEJDXo

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Ft. Teddy Pendergrass) – Wake Up Everybody “Wake Up Everybody” is the title track from American R&B group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album Wake Up Everybody, released in November of 1975. The song features Teddy

The world won't get no better
If we just let it be, na, na, na, na, na, na
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah
Just you and me
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YouTube video by Philadelphia International Records Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (Official Soul Train Video)

IT'S ELECTION DAY!!!

Wake up, everybody
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin'
Time for thinkin' ahead
The world has changed so very much
From what it used to be
There is so much hatred
War and poverty

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Gopuff Donating Up to $10 Million in Free Groceries to SNAP Recipients as Families Nationwide Prepare for Potential Lapse in Benefits Gopuff offering SNAP recipients $50 off groceries as SNAP benefits are slated to halt November 1st

🚨https://www.gopuff.com/newsroom/community-impact/gopuff-donating-up-to-10-million-in-free-groceries-to-snap-recipients-as-families-nationwide-prepare-for-potential-lapse-in-benefits

When I visited East Berlin in the 80’s still under communist stasi control and we were told it was forbidden to photograph Federal Bldgs.

A friend went to Russia on business and they too were told the same thing.

Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction — The Wall Street Journal Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat

WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing after images of construction equipment dismantling the facade of the building went viral online!

SEE: Signs of AUTOCRACY

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I know; however the post is meant to drive home the point in regard to mistreatment by law enforcement who have used heavy handed tactics against Black & brown people.

Many believe that we "should have complied".

To get people to truly understand, we have to put a white face on the situation.

#MorningVibe

To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please

I don't tell you what to say
Oh-h-h-h don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
✍🏼 J Madara & D White

Seriously. Is that too much to ask?

Volume 🆙

Amarillo Tx.

in Boston. 🩷💜💚

Longmont Colorado

Brandon,Fl💜

Boston Common!

Ellsworth ME No Kings Protest Rally! Lots of Patriotic Love and Music… including Noel Paul Stookey (from Peter, Paul and Mary).

Lincoln Nebraska

Springfield Ohio

Brooklyn NY