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Timothy Tucker's avatar

The U.S. is becoming East Germany during the Soviet Communist Take Over.

"From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance

Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University

Under the guise of efficiency and fraud prevention, the federal government is breaking down data silos to collect and aggregate information on virtually everyone in the US"

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Timothy Tucker's avatar

Sad News. I'm not religious at all. However, The Pope died yesterday. I'm 73 and of all the popes in my life, this one was the Proper Real Pope. I Respected and Loved this man, for all the Good, Honesty and Decency that he was. A wonderful and decent man, human, first and foremost above religion and everything else.

**** He truly IS the one person to be officially proclaimed as a "SAINT".

RIP Pope Francis

NOW the Church will fall completely back into control of the Criminals, Crooked & Child Molesters

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Timothy Tucker's avatar

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

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Karen Kennedy Weber's avatar

Thank you for the beautiful reminder of who we are today and have been as a nation. We will not let this fascist regime replace all that we stand for.

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Timothy Tucker's avatar

"Steady one in five have no religious preference"

by Jeffrey M. Jones

*Until All Religions Completely Disappear, the world will never be at peace or equal to all people. Religions are no more sane than Donald tRump.

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Timothy Tucker's avatar

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

- Benjamin Franklin

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Harvey Kravetz's avatar

Pure musical genius. No voice, great singer. Dan share RC's "Lady with the Red Dress"

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Timothy Tucker's avatar

If Donald doesn't die while in Office, then nothing will change for the better till the next election. Better? Maybe. Likely. (tRump himself is nothing better than a mentally sick maggot).

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Patricia Schildmeier's avatar

If Donald dies while president, the torch automatically goes to VP—JD Vance. He won’t be better than trump. I believe next in line is then the House Speaker. There is no better there.

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Timothy Tucker's avatar

All 3 of them are just shit maggots. Gonna be a while. Maybe a long while before anything gets better in America. I may be gone before that.

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Harvey Kravetz's avatar

With all that is known about the Don 40% of the populous support him. Can there be that many cultists?

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Timothy Tucker's avatar

Obviously That's True.

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Michael Miller's avatar

Beautiful pictures. Beautiful music. Thank you for sharing, Dan. I need both, especially now.

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joel baumwoll's avatar

It can’t happen here ©Joel Baumwoll

America America God shed his grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea.

These words, a hymn, sung from the heart

Ingrained a faith in me from the start.

Until I learned how fragile were the

The bonds of humanity that held together

My country ‘tis of thee.

One sees such evil in the world

And question what we hold so dear

with the meme oft repeated in my little ear,

“It can’t happen here.”

The truths of Vietnam, Youtubed for all to see,

Put the lie to such grand proclaims,

As we burnt and killed on orders

People with naught to blame.

But still we said with strong belief

It can’t happen here, to our relief.

When Bull Connor’s dogs

ripped the flesh of our people

And guns killed the seekers of equality,

We finally asked “what is happening here”

But then a law was passed for all the people

That made good at least the minimum promise

So we reassured ourselves and repeated

It can’t happen here.

Then live before our eyes

We saw 8 minutes and 46 seconds

Take the life of one of us.

Something’s happening here.

For how many years

can some people exist

Before they're allowed to be free?

and how many people view death on TV

And pretend that they just don't see?

And now we know, the answer my friend

Is blowing in the wind we fear

Yes my friends, It is happening here.

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Harvey Kravetz's avatar

Joel, EXCELLENT!!

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Heather Marie's avatar

How strong and beautiful America really is.

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CeciliaA's avatar

I didn't have a chance to read this and listen to the song until the evening of 4/14. I REALLY needed the song tonight. Thanks for having it there.

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Marlene “Gmail” Knopp's avatar

This past week I was listening to "HOME" by Dierks Bentley. In addition to "America the Beautiful", I believe "Home" is a song that tells us how we (our ancestors) came to America and built this country - how even through many different challenges over the years, we still love and respect our freedom and the opportunity to be whatever we want - America will always be home to me - the land that I love 💕

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Mary Grafing's avatar

Thank you! I didn't know how much I needed that!

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Dan Rather's avatar

Thank you for reading, Mary. Glad you found some comfort here.

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Margaret's avatar

I want my AMERICA back! These days it isn't what it was just a few months ago.

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Elise Morris's avatar

I love his rendition of America but right now it brings me to tears. For the wrongest of reasons. Our country is under attack from within and it’s vicious and relentless. My sorrow runs so deep I don’t have words for it.

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