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John lestino retweeted
Wisconsin Supreme Court justices have a profound responsibility: protecting the rights of the people and delivering on the promise of equal justice under the law. Judge Chris Taylor is the only candidate running for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court with a proven record of delivering on that promise. I hope Wisconsin voters join me in supporting her candidacy for Wisconsin’s highest court. Election Day is April 7th — make your plan to vote now. myvote.wi.gov/en-us/
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John lestino retweeted
Can’t believe Paul McCartney finally played Uncle Albert live and it was for the Apple 50th concert😭😭😭
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i love sgt. peppers but is amazing how much better A Day In The Life us compared to the other songs. A masterpiece
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Replying to @ABDanielleSmith
How does Bill 25 " strengthen the Education Act to protect them from incidents of violence and aggression?". What will happen if staff is a target of aggression? What does singing O Canada daily have to do with removing politics and ideology?
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Replying to @ABDanielleSmith
The Canadian equivalent of American "dont say gay or trans" policies, brought to you by "freedom loving" conservatives. Shame on you, Premier Smith.
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John lestino retweeted
We’re not just facing a political crisis — we’re facing a spiritual one! When greed is normalized, truth is disposable, and cruelty is marketed as strength, the soul of the nation is at stake! This isn’t about one man. It’s about a moral decay that rewards corruption and punishes integrity. We must call our young people back to courage, truth, justice, and love! #TruthJusticeLove @CNN_NewsNight
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John lestino retweeted
Trump ripped up the Iran nuclear deal and created this mess. Now, he's putting servicemembers in harm's way with no clear plan and no Congressional approval. The American people deserve answers — and Congress needs to do its job.
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When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous-not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance. . . . That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. . . . That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. . . . That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful. . . . The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful. ― Ann Druyan
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John lestino retweeted
The truth makes some people very uncomfortable. Very powerful scene.

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John lestino retweeted
The Supreme Court’s tariff decision is a turning point for Trump. Harvard Law’s @profnoahfeldman explains why 🎥
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Replying to @fasc1nate
Man, this photo always hits hard. Ian Tilton captured pure raw emotion right after that intense set where Kurt smashed his guitar through the amp. The fact that he let himself break down like that in front of the camera shows how real he was—no walls, no fake toughness. Rare vulnerability in rock. Legend.
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John lestino retweeted
Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of a true giant, the Reverend Jesse Jackson. We will always be grateful for Jesse's lifetime of service, and the friendship our families share. We stood on his shoulders. We send our deepest condolences to the Jackson family and everyone in Chicago and beyond who knew and loved him.
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Throughout our decades of friendship and partnership, I've known Reverend Jackson as history will remember him: a man of God and of the people. Determined and tenacious. Unafraid of the work to redeem the soul of our Nation. I've seen how Reverend Jackson has helped lead our Nation forward through tumult and triumph. He's done it with optimism, and a relentless insistence on what is right and just. Whether through impassioned words on the campaign trail, or moments of quiet courage, Reverend Jackson influenced generations of Americans, and countless elected leaders, including Presidents. Reverend Jackson believed in his bones the promise of America: that we are all created equal in the image of God and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives. While we've never fully lived up to that promise, he dedicated his life to ensuring we never fully walked away from it either. Jill and I are grateful to Reverend Jackson for his lifetime of dedicated service and inspirational leadership. We extend our love to the entire Jackson family, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and all those who counted Reverend Jackson as a mentor, friend, and hero.
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In 1982, Winona LaDuke made a choice that defied the logic of upward mobility. At 23, armed with a degree in economics from Harvard, she bypassed the high-rise career path to move to the White Earth Reservation in rural Minnesota—a place she had never lived, where her arrival was met with suspicion. Her father was Ojibwe from White Earth; her mother was Jewish from the Bronx. LaDuke had grown up in Oregon, spoke no Ojibwe, and carried the "Ivy League" label—a credential that, on the reservation, often signaled an outsider who came to talk rather than listen. She took a job as a high school principal at Pine Point, where she listened more than she spoke. What she heard was the mechanical hum of a century-old theft. In 1867, a treaty had established White Earth as a permanent home for the Anishinaabe—over 837,000 acres of tallgrass prairie and sacred wild rice beds. It was supposed to be protected in perpetuity. By the time LaDuke arrived, a staggering 90% of that land had been stripped away through "paper-wars": fraudulent land deals, tax forfeitures on a people with no cash economy, and contracts written in English for people who spoke only Ojibwe. In 1985, LaDuke joined a massive consolidated lawsuit to recover the stolen territory. When the courts eventually dismissed the claims, ruling that too much time had passed, most people would have moved on. She stayed. In 1989, using $20,000 from a human rights award, she founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP) with a mission that was deceptively simple: buy back the land, acre by grueling acre. No dramatic protests or media campaigns—just quiet, persistent reclamation. It was impossibly slow work, measured in single-digit parcels while hundreds of thousands of acres remained beyond reach. But something else was growing alongside the land. LaDuke launched Ojibwe language programs so children could speak the words their grandparents had been punished for using. She reintroduced buffalo herds that hadn't roamed the region in a century and established wind energy projects when renewable energy was still considered fringe. She revived the cultivation of manoomin (wild rice)—the sacred grain that had sustained her people for generations but had nearly disappeared. By 2000, the project had recovered 1,200 acres. It was a fraction of what was lost, but it meant ceremonies could resume and memory could take root. Then came the pipelines. When Enbridge proposed the Line 3 tar sands pipeline—a project cutting through treaty-protected waters—LaDuke’s quiet work became loud resistance. She organized legal challenges, led direct actions that blocked construction equipment, and stood with "Water Protectors" in freezing conditions. She was arrested multiple times and spent days in jail, facing criminal charges that took years to resolve. More than 600 people were arrested during the Line 3 protests. They chained themselves to equipment and demanded the world pay attention. Though the pipeline was completed in 2021, the fight shifted the foundation of future battles. Treaty rights entered mainstream legal debate, and when a Minnesota judge eventually dismissed charges against LaDuke and other protectors, it established a precedent for the right to protect treaty lands that continues to influence cases today. LaDuke also took this message to the national stage, running for Vice President on the Green Party ticket in 1996 and 2000. She knew she wouldn't win; she ran to force Indigenous issues into presidential debates and make erasure impossible. In 2016, she became the first Green Party member and first Native American woman to receive an Electoral College vote—a symbolic moment reflecting four decades of making herself impossible to ignore. © History Pictures #archaeohistories
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Replying to @archeohistories
Kathleen Duvall's Pulitzer price winning book Native Nations is one of the most comprehensive book on the history of indigenous cultures of North America and how they lost out to European settlers. It is written from the indigenous tribes perspective which you rarely ever get.
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John lestino retweeted
Many people recognize the names of certain Native American tribes, such as the Apache, Sioux, Cherokee, and Cheyenne, yet countless other Indigenous groups remain overlooked despite their profound contributions to North American history. Tribes like the Blackfeet, Arapaho, and Navajo played vital roles in shaping the continent’s past, yet their stories are often underrepresented. Each of these groups maintained rich traditions, complex social structures, and unique cultural practices long before European colonization. The limited focus on these lesser-known tribes in historical narratives has led to a narrow perception of Native American heritage. This oversight diminishes awareness of their customs, achievements, and deep connections to the land. The Blackfeet, for instance, had a strong buffalo-hunting culture, while the Navajo became renowned for their intricate weaving and silverwork. These and many other tribes developed advanced trade networks, spiritual traditions, and governance systems that shaped the regions they inhabited. By expanding our understanding of Native American history, we acknowledge the full breadth of their influence and resilience. Recognizing all tribes—not just the most widely remembered—ensures that their contributions are honored and that their legacies remain an integral part of the broader historical narrative. #archaeohistories
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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John lestino retweeted
President Bush accepted the Immigrants into this Country and understood how they could help it! He also saw that there was a certain group of White Supremacists that were starting to hate against them and want them out and this was in 2011!
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