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Barack Obama: “Making things better is within our reach, if we vote.”

October 22, 2020 JanF 3

Former President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd at a drive-in-rally in Philadelphia, encouraging them to Get Out and Vote for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Democrats for Congress and state legislative seats. This is […]

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Fighting Back: “Our minds, souls, and hearts cannot rest until freedom and justice exist for all the people.”

July 18, 2020 JanF 3

    No one in the Democratic Party knew more about Fighting Back than John Lewis. He will be sorely missed. President Barack Obama on the passing of John Lewis: America is a constant work […]

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President Barack Obama Endorses Joe Biden for President

April 15, 2020 JanF 7

President Barack Obama has endorsed his former Vice President, Joe Biden, for president. Text (bolding added). “Hi everybody. Let me start by saying the obvious – these aren’t normal times. As we all manage our […]

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Fighting Back: Let’s not just say “we are better than this”, let’s actually become better.

October 26, 2019 JanF 2

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois reminding us that #CadetBoneSpurs is not fit to be Commander in Chief. (After President Trump’s devastating and reckless decision to […]

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Barack Obama: “This moment is too important to sit out.”

September 8, 2018 JanF 3

Former President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Illinois on Friday, accepting the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government from the U. of I. system’s Institute of Government and Public Affairs – […]

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Barack Obama: “Love comes more naturally to the human heart.”

July 18, 2018 JanF 5

President Barack Obama spoke in South Africa commemorating the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth at the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. His speech was uplifting even as it warned of the challenges to our […]

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: “We shall always march ahead, we cannot turn back”

January 15, 2018 JanF 10

The day set aside to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday is a good day to reflect on the power of resistance, the power of peaceful demonstration, the power of We The People insisting that […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: The Eye of the Hurricane 8/29/17

August 29, 2017 DoReMI 13

I’ve only experienced one hurricane in my life; Hurricane Gloria in 1985, when I was living in Portsmouth, RI on Aquidneck Island. As a native Midwesterner, I had no idea what to expect, and so […]

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Barack Obama: “No tweaks can change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation.”

June 23, 2017 JanF 10

President Barack Obama took to Facebook yesterday to weigh in on the Republican Party’s legislation to repeal healthcare: “Our politics are divided. They have been for a long time. And while I know that division […]

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Charleston Remembered – President Obama: “We must not allow ourselves to slip into comfortable silence again”

June 17, 2017 JanF 4

From the Obama White House, June 27, 2015 … President Obama travels to the College of Charleston in South Carolina to deliver a eulogy for Reverend Clement Pinckney and 8 other congregation members of Emanuel […]

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Holding Vigil for One of Our Founding “Meeses” – Denise Velez (Updated)

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July 13, 2026 8
Back in September 2008, a group of like minded people gathered at the Motley Moose to talk about politics and how they could promote politicians and political causes that would change people’s lives for the [...]

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June 21, 2026 2
Later this morning, we will mark the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° [...]
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Spring Colors in the Pacific Northwest woods

May 15, 2026 6
I love the Pacific Northwest native flora this time of year as they emerge from our long dark winter. Since we can’t get out into the woods everyday, we have brought the woodlands colors home [...]
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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2026 2
At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more [...]
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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

March 20, 2026 3
Today, March 20th, at 7:46am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]

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