Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
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Family historian, travel enthusiast, ret. public health nurse, reader, writer, & researcher, author of two books on early French-Canadian history. California - USA Website: www.tracingsbysam.com
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Two books on early French-Canadian history
The founding of #Quebec, the founding of #Montreal โ from the perspective of the women who were there. These two books are my contribution to Canadaโs early #FrenchCanadian history. Nonfiction. Well-researched. Available on Amazon.
30.11.2025 03:33 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Not to be forgotten โ Slava Ukraini!
29.11.2025 17:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE insteadโฆ
29.11.2025 06:18 โ ๐ 9715 ๐ 3625 ๐ฌ 270 ๐ 283Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump โข November 27, 2025, 11:27 PM A very Happy Thanksgiving salutation to all of our Great American Citizens and Patriots who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at, along with certain other foolish countries throughout the World, for being "Politically Correct," and just plain STUPID, when it comes to Immigration.
Iโll spare you the rest of Trumpโs statement where he calls Tim Waltz the R-word & hate mongers immigrantsโ
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about โvermin,โ & vengeance. Itโs the clearest reminder yet โ there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he wonโt cross
Another side project involves researching families living at a certain time in some of the small towns and villages my ancestors called home. The various work, religious, social, and familial connections are a knot worth untying in many cases.
#genchat
And we wonder why Democratic veterans felt the need to remind soldiers they didnโt have to follow unlawful orders?
29.11.2025 03:59 โ ๐ 1273 ๐ 390 ๐ฌ 44 ๐ 12They apparently forgot to put the crazy uncle back into the basement after Thanksgiving
28.11.2025 20:00 โ ๐ 4003 ๐ 722 ๐ฌ 469 ๐ 101Donald Trump finally posts a Thanksgiving message โ and uses it to call Governor Tim Walz โseriously retarded.โ
28.11.2025 05:14 โ ๐ 3282 ๐ 950 ๐ฌ 894 ๐ 253Watch this video before you do your Black Friday shopping on Amazon.
28.11.2025 14:10 โ ๐ 2840 ๐ 1460 ๐ฌ 148 ๐ 123Can Trump be other than seriously deranged?
28.11.2025 14:32 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So very sad. So needless. ๐๐๐
27.11.2025 19:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. Enjoy the feasting with family, with friends. Tomorrow we can get back to the business of everything else.
27.11.2025 15:26 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Steve Witkoff helped Russia derail Ukraineโs access to Tomahawk missiles. He tipped off the Kremlin about Zelenskyโs U.S. visit, giving Moscow time to arrange a call that convinced Trump to block the deal. Witkoff actively works against Ukraineโs defense, in coordination with Putinโs regime.
26.11.2025 08:37 โ ๐ 1736 ๐ 887 ๐ฌ 115 ๐ 90I always check the CEO salaries of the charities I am considering for donations. It says a lot about the organizations.
26.11.2025 16:52 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The entire world can clearly see that Putin owns Steve Witkoff and yet Witkoff is the one that Trump wants leading the negotiations on a peace deal. If Putin owns Witkoff, and Trump doesnโt care, that means Putin owns Trump - either directly, by proxy, or by stupidity.
25.11.2025 21:53 โ ๐ 3004 ๐ 805 ๐ฌ 156 ๐ 31Post from Pete Buttigieg that reads: As a military officer, I was repeatedly trained on the law concerning illegal orders. Now, veterans citing this law have been targeted by the president with threats of prosecution and death - because they oppose him politically. If the government acts against them, it will further display President Trump's thirst for the one thing our Republic cannot abide: tyranny.
26.11.2025 03:48 โ ๐ 13259 ๐ 3442 ๐ฌ 277 ๐ 93"It's difficult to think in celebratory terms when I have spent two years seeing what shrapnel does to a child's body. It's difficult to think in celebratory terms when I know that my tax money is doing this."
- Omar El Akkad, winner of the 2025 National Book Award
Genealogy doesnโt have to be overwhelming. Iโve put all my YouTube teaching handouts into easy digital guides you can download, print, and keep by your desk. From Ancestry + FamilySearch tips to DNA sorting and 1700sโ1800s strategiesโbrowse the full shop: www.etsy.com/shop/ancestr...
21.11.2025 16:51 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0#Genealogy If youโve #FrenchCanadian ancestors who settled in early Montreal, your male forebears may have been in the Holy Family Militia, established by Gov Maisonneuve in 1663 to protect the settlement on Montreal Island. This article lists men who served in the militia:
ย bit.ly/MontrealHoly...
This is not our finest moment. We are far from great!
20.11.2025 23:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0To those with #FrenchCanadian ancestryโThese two books will provide context for the stories of your pioneer ancestors of 17th century New France. Available on Amazon.
20.11.2025 17:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The occupation of HHS by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has crossed a line that should be UNACCEPTABLE by any American.
Congress needs to DO THEIR JOB and rid of us of this threat to our health, lives and national security. This is not hyperbole.
This is INTOLERABLE.
Vaccine Safety MENU V For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS โข The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. โข Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. โข HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism, including investigations on plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links.
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Little to no hope that Trump will do the right thing and release largely intact Epstein files.๐ฌ
20.11.2025 00:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Do you ever look at a photo of an unknown child (especially one from long ago) and wonder what became of her or him โ how the childโs life turned out?
19.11.2025 21:34 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Donโt give up the ship.
I could add to this list. Not everyone is blessed with good health.
19.11.2025 17:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0