From my congress critter Salud Carbajal in response to my email.:
Dear Friend:
Thank you for contacting me. Your input is of great value to me and I will make sure to keep in mind your thoughts when I consider legislation or other solutions to issues important to you.
The average American household is in a very precarious state.
The average American household is in deep trouble, and by "deep" I mean in debt.
The average American is so deeply in debt that they may as well stop pretending that they are free.
Tonight at 10PM in most markets PBS is showing 'National Bird'
This needs wider exposure than just a comment on gjohnsit's excellent Drone war diary.
Here's the webpage for the show from Independent Lens.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/national-bird/
Here's the trailer:
The Democrats' internal research has been quietly churning out autopsy reports regarding the 2016 election debacle, and the results are disastrous.
Unlike the GOS, they don't blame the loss on racist Bernie supporters, nor Putin! Putin! Putin!
Late night quickie. I haven't had a chance to analyze what they're doing, this is a summary taken from a CNN article that came up. Here's what the article describes as what's in and what's out. Notice how it's mostly small change with a rather innocuous "billions for new defense spending, including the global war on terrorism".
One of the first things Trump did as president was to loosen the rules on drone strikes, "even if it means tolerating more civilian casualties".
This Essay is one I published over at TOP in 2015, with a few changes and updates. It develops an idea which I find fascinating: that the International Labor Day, May 1, is the extension of the ancient Holy Day of Beltaine, and part and parcel of its resurgence in modern times. And the artwork of Walter Crane is pretty cool, too!
Jake Graf's short film Headspace was released in February, but Upworthy decided to promote the video on Friday Afternoon, so LGBTQNation followed suit today.
If you have not yet seen it, the film explores the inner thoughts of some transgender people who encounter some uncomfortable situations.
Here it is:
