Great tune. Thanks. It fits the moment, as does Paul Simon’s “America.” We are a great people, with flaws and failings, yes, but a people of great hope because of a great idea: the Idea of America.
Thank you for this song and for your reflections. While I’m feeling weary and sad, I’m also feeling hopeful that tomorrow will send a clear signal that the American people have had enough.
Let us all make sure, through our participation tomorrow, that we inscribe the date - June 14, 2025 - into the history books as the day on which we started to turn the gathering gloom of fear and lies into a blaze of righteous truth.
We owe no less to those who came before us and to those who come after.
Perhaps it’s simply work exhaustion tho I think not as tears flow listening, reading. Tomorrow - 6/14/2025 - feels like an important day to remember, in hopes it won’t be LA or more, 1/6/2021 writ large. Thoughts of safety to all. May Sunday find us all and our country in tact enough to move on.
Yes, Steven I will be participating in the daylight of June 14’s Flag Day and the NO KINGS DAY protest in Provo, Utah- - “ for a great uplifting event that can remind us of a nearly 250-year-old democratic tradition.”
I will be observing my 80th year of American Freedom, following in the footsteps & patriotism of my paternal grandparent’s who took advantage and helped create a township during the Oklahoma Land Run of 1893… and the democratic activism of my father in the early 1950’s. I learned from them well and am grateful for the patriotic values they lived and shared.
I will be holding my resistance poster proudly while also thinking of my children/grandchildren & young great-grand-kiddos. Regretfully, they will not be participating- - nor do they support my social activism currently. It is disheartening and, at times, unbearable.
But, the day IS critically important and significant because I too believe “ we are at an inflection point after this week’s alarming events.” I wish each of us peace in our hearts as we demonstrate our resistance to the cruel Trump regime.
The musical words I’ll be humming are “This land is made for you and me,” by Woody Guthrie circa 1944.
At this point he has no foreign or domestic successes. This No Kings Day is our opportunity to capture the momentum as the WH failures piled up this week.
• Blatant overreach in LA with threats to other cities and protesters based on lies. There is a good chance the decision by Judge Breyer will hold on appeal.
• Manhandling, removing & handcuffing a US Senator who tried to ask Noem a question - supported it with lies.
• A military parade fulfilling the president’s wish for a parade like France’s Bastille Day that happens to fall on his birthday & appears to celebrate the militarization of America.
• The president’s approval numbers among registered voters dropped to 38%. How he’s handled immigration issues is now underwater at 43% according to Quinnipiac.
74% think international students at US universities is a good thing.
54% disapprove of how he’s handled universities.
64% want a continuation of all people born in the US having automatic (birth right) citizenship.
He’s losing on every front. That’s why yesterday the TACO president promised changes for farm & hotel workers. It’s too tuff on their employers.
I love Paul Simon and, of course, Simon & Garfunkel. Don't know if I've told this story here. In college in the sixties one of our friends worked for the college radio station. He gave us a record the station had received as a promo, because his manager thought it no one would like it, so he wasn't going to put it on the air. The album: Wednesday Morning 3 AM. I still have it.
It is going to be an eventful day tomorrow, Steven...I haven't demonstrated since the 60s at CCNY but we're planning to be in Mt Kisco....should be great!
Thank you, Steven. Rest up, we’ve got a country to save today. It’s the wee hours of the 14th and I’m praying that We The People show up in numbers that cannot be ignored.
Great tune. Thanks. It fits the moment, as does Paul Simon’s “America.” We are a great people, with flaws and failings, yes, but a people of great hope because of a great idea: the Idea of America.
Thank you for this song and for your reflections. While I’m feeling weary and sad, I’m also feeling hopeful that tomorrow will send a clear signal that the American people have had enough.
Let us all make sure, through our participation tomorrow, that we inscribe the date - June 14, 2025 - into the history books as the day on which we started to turn the gathering gloom of fear and lies into a blaze of righteous truth.
We owe no less to those who came before us and to those who come after.
Thank you Steven
For whatever reason I just know we shall get through this
Wonderful song.
Paul Simon 🤗
Rest up for tomorrow.
I’m in good company here with people with, hearts, brains and souls.
This can be one of anthems for this movement
Thank you Steven
Perhaps it’s simply work exhaustion tho I think not as tears flow listening, reading. Tomorrow - 6/14/2025 - feels like an important day to remember, in hopes it won’t be LA or more, 1/6/2021 writ large. Thoughts of safety to all. May Sunday find us all and our country in tact enough to move on.
Yes, Steven I will be participating in the daylight of June 14’s Flag Day and the NO KINGS DAY protest in Provo, Utah- - “ for a great uplifting event that can remind us of a nearly 250-year-old democratic tradition.”
I will be observing my 80th year of American Freedom, following in the footsteps & patriotism of my paternal grandparent’s who took advantage and helped create a township during the Oklahoma Land Run of 1893… and the democratic activism of my father in the early 1950’s. I learned from them well and am grateful for the patriotic values they lived and shared.
I will be holding my resistance poster proudly while also thinking of my children/grandchildren & young great-grand-kiddos. Regretfully, they will not be participating- - nor do they support my social activism currently. It is disheartening and, at times, unbearable.
But, the day IS critically important and significant because I too believe “ we are at an inflection point after this week’s alarming events.” I wish each of us peace in our hearts as we demonstrate our resistance to the cruel Trump regime.
The musical words I’ll be humming are “This land is made for you and me,” by Woody Guthrie circa 1944.
At this point he has no foreign or domestic successes. This No Kings Day is our opportunity to capture the momentum as the WH failures piled up this week.
• Blatant overreach in LA with threats to other cities and protesters based on lies. There is a good chance the decision by Judge Breyer will hold on appeal.
• Manhandling, removing & handcuffing a US Senator who tried to ask Noem a question - supported it with lies.
• A military parade fulfilling the president’s wish for a parade like France’s Bastille Day that happens to fall on his birthday & appears to celebrate the militarization of America.
• The president’s approval numbers among registered voters dropped to 38%. How he’s handled immigration issues is now underwater at 43% according to Quinnipiac.
74% think international students at US universities is a good thing.
54% disapprove of how he’s handled universities.
64% want a continuation of all people born in the US having automatic (birth right) citizenship.
He’s losing on every front. That’s why yesterday the TACO president promised changes for farm & hotel workers. It’s too tuff on their employers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-vows-changes-immigration-crackdown-164033884.html
We the People!
Get in the Kitchen!
It’s time to
Cook Trumplings in Blue Sauce!!
Perfect song for this time. Watching what happened to sitting elected US Senator Padilla yesterday took a whole lot out of me.
I love Paul Simon and, of course, Simon & Garfunkel. Don't know if I've told this story here. In college in the sixties one of our friends worked for the college radio station. He gave us a record the station had received as a promo, because his manager thought it no one would like it, so he wasn't going to put it on the air. The album: Wednesday Morning 3 AM. I still have it.
It is going to be an eventful day tomorrow, Steven...I haven't demonstrated since the 60s at CCNY but we're planning to be in Mt Kisco....should be great!
Good!
Thank you, Steven. Rest up, we’ve got a country to save today. It’s the wee hours of the 14th and I’m praying that We The People show up in numbers that cannot be ignored.
Where can one find the full video of Leslie’s performance?
To my knowledge, he only shared this clip.
Super