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LoneStar State
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David Banter retweeted
Don’t say damn word to Black voters about who is and who isn’t electable when the 2028 primary rolls around…
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bang
if you’re in texas vote for talarico and hinojosa
lets get these sorry fucks outta here
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on vacation in Jamaica, 1965.
In June 1965, at the height of the American Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King spent time together in Jamaica. These photographs offer a rare glimpse of the couple away from the marches, speeches and constant demands of King's public life.
King's visit to Jamaica was more than a holiday. He had been invited to deliver the valedictory sermon at the University of the West Indies in Mona. During his visit, he also addressed a huge crowd at Jamaica's National Stadium and was presented with the Key to the City of Kingston. He visited the shrine of Jamaican political leader Marcus Garvey as well, paying tribute to a man whose ideas about Black dignity and self-determination had influenced generations.
The trip came only months after some of the most important events of the civil rights struggle. The Selma campaign had brought national attention to the fight for voting rights, and the Voting Rights Act would become law in August 1965. King was already one of the most recognized political and religious leaders in the world, yet photographs like these show another side of him, a husband spending time with Coretta and enjoying moments of ordinary life.
King later spoke warmly about Jamaica, recalling how comfortable and welcomed he had felt there. His connection with the island continued beyond this visit. In 1967, he returned to Jamaica with Coretta and spent several weeks in Ocho Rios working on what became his final book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
For a man whose life was consumed by the struggle for justice, these quiet moments with Coretta are a reminder that history is also made up of the time people managed to find for themselves and the people they loved.
David Banter retweeted
This is outrageous.Trump’s corrupt pardons have wiped out at least $119 million in court-ordered restitution owed to crime victims—from small businesses to everyday people who were defrauded. While wealthy donors and connected fraudsters walk free, the people they hurt are left with nothing.
The American people deserve better.
Op: @phillydefranco
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Fox: Why are you here this morning?
Trump rally attendee: Well, in the late 70s, I was a little too young to go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.
David Banter retweeted
Cam’ron discovers someone in Australia named “Camron Giles” was receiving his BMI checks for the last 20 years 😳📉
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Armed Customs & Border Patrol agents stopped a person right in front of a polling place in Key Largo which is prohibited in Florida. It’s where people from different
National Origins come to vote. A bartender was able to record the whole thing & he says it was deliberate.
David Banter retweeted
I have no idea how there isn't a false start on Cleveland here on the play that got them in FG range.
I mean, c'mon.
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Cleveland's long late gain by TE Harold Fannin Jr. should have been nullified by a blatant false start. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…
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In 1847, Missouri banned education for black people.
John Berry Meachum went ahead and equipped a steamboat with a library, desks, chairs and opened a 'Floating Freedom School'.
A THREAD!
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So reporters who have exposed Trump’s pay-for-pardon scheme, are they eligible for the 30k? politicalwire.com/2026/10/20…
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Breaking: Vivek Ramaswamy caught with two different home addresses on two official records
• New York lawyer registration
• Ohio voter registration
He broke either New York's lawyer registration rules or Ohio's voter registration laws
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Sly Stone wrote Everyday People and Family Affair. At 71 he was living in an RV. A jury awarded him $5 million in his royalty case against his old manager, and a judge took it back.
In the video below, it is two days after the verdict. A reporter outside his RV asks what he will do with the money. "Probably get a bigger new RV," he says.
Three of his songs went to No. 1. For 20 years, he said, not one royalty check arrived.
In 1989 he signed with a new manager, Jerry Goldstein. His royalties went into a company they set up together, Even Street Productions, in exchange for a 50% stake.
In 2010 Sly sued him for $50 million. A year later he was found living in a camper van in Los Angeles.
In January 2015 a Los Angeles jury agreed the royalties had been diverted. It awarded him $5 million, $2.45 million of it from Goldstein.
Asked what he would do first, Sly said he would think of his kids.
Then a judge threw the verdict out. The 1989 signature was legal. He never got the $5 million.
Little Richard sold Tutti Frutti for $50. Sly Stone wrote three No. 1 hits and ended up in an RV.
Was Sly robbed, or did he sign it all away himself?
