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My interpretation of Governor Ron DeSantis’ comments about Black people

My interpretation of Governor Ron DeSantis’ comments about Black people having too much equity in this country, own too much, and we need to go back to living on a plantation owned by the white people. I am hot as a crock pot; it’s going to take some time for me to cool off. What he said about Black people in this country has me to the point of boiling over. Black people and all people we need to get out and vote this man out of politics forever. […]

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Trump  Meets Exorcist

   America’s democratic voters are in disbelief as to why Republican Congresspersons  and  their voters revere Trump as though he’s the anointed Antichrist. But why in God’s name would any sane Christian believer follow the ultimate enemy of Christ? Besides, didn’t Trump seek to overthrow the government? […]

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Ron DeSantis : Running hard on racism

      Governor Ron DeSantis is running hard on racism. It is the central message of his presidential campaign filled with a hate speech platform patterned after the White supremacy segregationists of the 1950s and 60s. It is a stunning reproduction of the Jim Crow mantra of that era with different labels.  But the mission is obvious, and people of color are very clear about what they are looking at. I remember watching a cable news show where a Black woman commented on the DeSantis slogan, “Florida is where Woke goes to die.” She angrily said, “I’m not going back to slavery. Never!” […]

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Long Holiday Weekend Brings 16 Mass Killings across America

     The Gun Violence Archive recorded these incidents this weekend, from 5 p.m., on Friday until 5am on Wednesday across 13 states as well as Washington DC. The archive’s tally of mass killings over the 4th July weekend started in Washington DC, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland (twice), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas (twice). […]

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To Feel Less Heat, We Need More Trees

     Roughly 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas and roughly 80 percent of those city dwellers live neighborhoods with less than 20 percent tree cover. And those places with minimal tree canopy experience significantly higher temperatures than green neighborhoods just miles away. That’s true in big cities like Newark and New Orleans and smaller ones like Burlington, Vt., and Erie, Pa. […]