Sen. Darline Graham of South Carolina won the Republican primary runoff Tuesday to replace her brother ... read more
Martin Luther King, Jr.
August 28, 1963
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., United States of America
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Donald Trump's administration is facing calls to launch an investigation into allegations that Michael Boren, a senior official who oversees the US Forest Service, pressed agency staff to deploy additional resources to fight a fire burning near his Idaho ranch.
The former FBI operative whose disclosures fueled a lawsuit over mosque surveillance is now walking back key claims. read more
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani paused the Trump administration's plan to use the Postal Service to limit the delivery of ballots.
Faith No More - We Care a Lot (1985)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
Verse 1]
(We care a lot) About disasters, fires, floods and killer bees
About the NASA shuttle falling in the sea
(We care a lot) About starvation and the food that Live Aid bought
(We care a lot) About disease, baby, Rock Hudson, rock, yeah
(Whoo)
[Chorus]
(Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
[Refrain]
We care a lot
We care a lot
[Verse 2]
(We care a lot) About the gamblers and the pushers and the geeks
(We care a lot) About the smack and crack and whack that hits the streets
(We care a lot) About the welfare of all you boys and girls
(We care a lot) About you people 'cause we're out to save the world
Yeah
(Whoo)
[Chorus]
It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Said it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Said it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
...
@#8 ... Add in that 10 year bond yields going up ...
Not just the 10-yr bonds, but also the 30-yr bonds.
So, Pres Trump apparently instructing Chmn Marsh to lower interest rates, but Chmn Marsh is in a corner.
The bond market is signaling trouble ahead. This is why you should pay attention
www.npr.org
... If you know one thing about bonds, know this: A sharp sell-off is shaking the bond market, and it has big implications for both the economy and your pocketbook.
To understand why the sell-off matters, it helps to understand how bond markets work " and why they are sounding alarm bells about the U.S. government's record-shattering debt levels and the path for inflation.
Here's a simple and handy guide to make sense of what's going on. ...
@#7 ... and Sec Def Hegseth is qualified for his positiion... how? ...
Maybe he knows more of Pres Trump, along these lines?
Wayne Hancock - That's What Daddy Wants (1997)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Do you see that gal with the blue dress on
That's what daddy wants
My low down blues are long gone
That's what daddy wants
If she'd make a big ol' like-it song
That's what daddy wants
(Chorus)
Well, that's what daddy wants
Brother, that's what daddy wants
I want a gal that treat me right
That's what daddy wants
Go honky tonkin' every night
That's what daddy wants
[Interlude]
Every day she passes by
That's what daddy wants
She sure a sight for my sore eyes
That's what daddy wants
If she were mine my heart would fly
That's what daddy wants
(Repeat Chorus)
(Oh yeah, that's what daddy wants baby)
Well, that's what daddy wants
Baby, that's what daddy wants
I want a gal that treat me right
That's what daddy wants
Go juke joint jumpin' every night
...
Aviation Safety At Risk Amid DOGE Cuts And Shutdown Fears, Industry Leaders Tell Congress (March 2025)
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... Staffing cuts and uncertainty over a potential federal government shutdown later this month is putting further pressure on the already-strained U.S. air traffic system, aviation leaders warned Tuesday during a Congressional hearing on bolstering the beleaguered U.S. Air Traffic Control system. ...
Key Facts
Aviation leaders criticized DOGE for firing approximately 400 Federal Aviation Administration employees in mid-February, telling the hearing that a potential government shutdown in mid-March could threaten the country's aviation safety.
"Haphazardly eliminating positions and encouraging resignations are having a demoralizing effect on the workforce," testified David Spero, president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, which represents 132 terminated FAA workers who installed, maintained, and certified air traffic control and national defense equipment.
Spero added "no assessment had been done" before the firings to determine their impact on aviation safety.
Although air traffic controllers were exempted from DOGE firings, additional pressures on them puts them in a "very vulnerable position and as risk to the system," Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, testified.
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy announced a "hiring supercharge" for air traffic controllers last week, but Nicholas Calio, CEO of lobby group Airlines for America, said: "It's not going to be enough. The numbers don't add up."
Daniels pushed back on Elon Musk's call last Thursday for retired air traffic controllers to return to work, pointing out that ATCs who were hired back would have to repeat the training process and would potentially bottleneck the training of younger controllers "that we need to actually invest in and sustain the system going forward."
DOGE did not respond immediately to Forbes' request for comment. ...
Also ...
Georgia's GOP House Speaker says vote-by-mail system would be 'devastating to Republicans' (April 2020)
thehill.com
..."... a multitude of reasons why vote by mail in my view is not acceptable," [Georgia state House Speaker David] Ralston went on, before adding "the president said it best, this will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia." ...
"The things they had in there were crazy. They had things, levels of voting that if you ever agreed to, you would never have a Republican elected in this country again," Pres Trump said...
... His message is simple, his persona is unglamorous, and his old-school North Carolina Senate bid is working. ...
As opposed to the approach ...
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts ... Now (2004)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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I was walkin' down the street
In the town where I was born
I was movin' to a beat
That I'd never felt before
So I opened up my eyes
And I took a look around
I saw it written 'cross the sky
The revolution starts now
Yeah, the revolution starts now
The revolution starts now
When you rise above your fear
And tear the walls around you down
The revolution starts here
Where you work and where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do and what you say
The revolution starts now
Yeah the revolution starts now
...
@#9 ... I'd imagine there are a lot of submarines around there. ...
yeah.
But likely also more provocative actions ...
Confrontation Over Taiwan
www.cfr.org
...
Overview
China's claim to sovereignty over the island of Taiwan and President Xi Jinping's stated objective of "re-unification" by 2049 have driven an escalating campaign of grey zone pressure, including air defense zone incursions and expanding Coast Guard operations.
Trump's contradictory statements on U.S. defense commitments have deepened uncertainty in Taipei, while a recent PLA missile test signals an enhanced nuclear second-strike capability.
A conflict would devastate global semiconductor supply chains, with severe economic consequences.
...
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. ...