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Semi-retired registered nurse and proud granny to to six young , gifted and black men, and one young gifted and black woman. I'm an activist because of them. I must do all I can to leave this world a better place than I found it.
Diaries published: 24 (138 days since last diary on Sat Jan 09, 2021 at 05:46 AM PST)
Comments posted: 2409 (6 days since last comment on Fri May 21, 2021 at 10:14 AM PDT)
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Total Recommends: 21
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Most Recommended Diary: WHILE Y'ALL TALKING 'BOUT TARA READE......, 387 comments, 502 recommends
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Back in May of 2020 (seems like EONS ago), I wrote a little diary here about the (Now) “Insurrectionist-In-Chief” DJT. I was not tryna be a prophet when I said he was “Evil Incarnate” back then or when I said there was “no bottom” with this guy...
by BlackGrannyRising
 10 comments
on Sat Jan 09, 2021 at 05:46 AM PST
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A MORAL victory as well. SUNDAY MORNING MUSINGS: President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris both gave stirring, heartfelt speeches last night. Already, however, (even with Biden's 290-and-counting Electoral College votes),...
by BlackGrannyRising
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on Sun Nov 08, 2020 at 11:57 AM PST
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Indeed. “Let Trump be Trump” says all the Mark Meadows’ of trumpworld. “He’s his own best spokesperson” they say. So, this sixty-something year-old Black woman, retired RN, a child of Jim Crow Mississippi, has increasingly begun to see the age-old...
by BlackGrannyRising
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on Mon Jul 06, 2020 at 03:22 AM PDT
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currently.att.yahoo.com/… Well, Well, Well. It's maybe 125 years late and untold MILLIONS of dollars short, but my home state, where I picked and chopped cotton for $2.00/day, FINALLY said "good-bye" to the Confederate emblem in the State's flag!!...
by BlackGrannyRising
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on Tue Jun 30, 2020 at 10:55 AM PDT
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Yep, I said “the great state of Mississippi.” (Since I was born and raised there before relocating to Chicago, I get to dream, right, that my home state can move beyond it’s racist past and embrace ALL of it’s citizens and their rights to be FULL...
by BlackGrannyRising
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on Sat Jun 27, 2020 at 04:54 AM PDT
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We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union,establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,...
by BlackGrannyRising
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on Tue Jun 02, 2020 at 08:09 AM PDT
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- Who stands with Reverend Barber in North Carolina? The DSCC, who concerns itself with senate candidates and judges them by their bank accounts, has inserted itself into the senate primary in NC. They've made it clear that their favored candidate is the...181 comments 239 Recs
- I’ve been seeing some comments lately which have the basic theme of “I might not vote for Warren because I’m worried it is a wasted vote when I want to defeat the moderate wing of the party for the nomination”. The logic is to make whatever Sanders...137 comments 104 Recs
- Let me begin with full disclosure: I am a Warren Democrat. I have been a Democrat and a liberal my entire adult life. Not once have I have voted for a Republican presidential candidate (my first presidential election was in 1980). My idea of a...810 comments 283 Recs
- Three women that the corporation has identified but none of the NDAs involving him personally. February 21, 2020 I’ve had the company go back over its record and they’ve identified 3 NDAs that we signed over the past 30-plus years with women to address...64 comments 12 Recs
- Warren, like Biden, has demonstrated a capacity for strategy: Lengthy comment should be its own BlogI was commenting upon Xaxnar’s piece on Elizabeth Warren and realized the comment was getting lengthy such that it probably should be its own piece. So here you go below. 1st though, to answer Xaxnar’s question regarding any support for Warren, I’ve...18 comments 23 Recs
- Bernie’s Tweet was in response to one by Sahil Kapur Bloomberg’s Campaign Manager with this in the subject line: “BERNIE’S NEW BRO… DONALD TRUMP” Ouch! This will leave a mark. Bernie is coming to the Puget Sound this President’s Day for what will...404 comments 230 Recs
- I’m hardly an expert on Michael Bloomberg and I’m sure someone can write a more comprehensive case against his candidacy (please do!). But even a casual survey of the news brings up enough negatives about him to put Bloomberg at the absolute bottom of...875 comments 225 Recs
- Donald Trump is king of the bungle, but he’s not, in any formal sense, a monarch. That didn’t stop him from suggesting it this morning in a tweet, though: The quote is from a February 1 column by New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker....300 comments 293 Recs
- I read a diary the other day making the argument that M4A was not possible to achieve and that Elizabeth and Bernie should not campaign on it. Rather they should focus on the global climate crisis, ...361 comments 236 Recs
- These days are a slog but there are plenty of reasons for hope. Here are eight things that worry many of us and eight counter-messages to calm us down, keep us energized, and keep us all working hard. 1. I am worried because Democrats will never unite...278 comments 225 Recs
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