The Motley Moose
  • Home
  • Featured Posts
  • Editors’ Choice
  • News & Opinion
    • Biden-Harris White House
    • Motley Megaphone
    • It Takes a Village
    • Obama White House
  • Just Grazin’
    • Fiction
    • Our World in Images
  • Community
  • The Moose
    • Recent Post Feed
    • Comment Feed
    • Moose Admin Posts
    • FAQ – Getting Started
    • FAQ – How to Log In
    • FAQ – How to Compose a Post
    • About
  • My Moose
HomeBennie Thompson

Bennie Thompson

Editors' Choice

Fighting Back: “Democrats will continue to use truth as our guide.”

April 18, 2020 JanF 4

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) reminding everyone that Democrats rely on science and data to guide our policies. (Rep. Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi, the Chairman […]

Featured Posts

Welcome, Returning Light!

Featured Posts
December 21, 2025 5
The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]

Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

Featured Posts
September 22, 2025 3
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]
Featured Posts

“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

August 1, 2025 3
Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]
Featured Posts

Summer Sunning!

June 20, 2025 3
Later today, we 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° 26′. The [...]
Featured Posts

April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2025 3
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 [...]

Recent Posts

  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 18th January 18, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th January 10, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 4th January 3, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: December 28th December 27, 2025
  • Welcome, Returning Light! December 21, 2025

Legacy Motley Moose

Motley Moose – July 2008 to May 2015

Motley Moose Archives by Month

Recent Comments

  • Diana in NoVa on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 18th
  • Diana in NoVa on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 18th
  • bfitzinAR on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 18th
  • Denise Velez on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 18th
  • anotherdemocrat on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 18th

Blog Roll

Legacy Motley Moose – Archive

Balloon Juice
Black Kos
Booman Tribune
Charlie Pierce
Ed Kilgore – NY Mag
Horizons (Smartypants)
Norbrook’s Blog
Peter Jukes
P.M. Carpenter
Stonekettle Station
Talking Points Memo (TPM)
Washington Monthly
Wonkette

Search the Moose

Moose Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • Home
  • Editors’ Choice
  • Featured Posts
  • News and Opinion
  • Biden-Harris White House
  • The Obama White House
  • Motley Megaphone
  • It Takes a Village
  • Just Grazin’
  • Fiction
  • Our World in Images
  • Community
  • About the Motley Moose
  • FAQ – Getting Started at the Moose
  • My Moose

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
RSS NPR
  • High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21 January 19, 2026
  • In Los Angeles, Iranian-Americans march against government crackdown in Iran January 18, 2026
  • United Nations leaders bemoan global turmoil as the General Assembly turns 80 January 18, 2026
  • Parts of Florida receive rare snowfall as freezing temperatures linger January 18, 2026
  • European leaders warn Trump's Greenland tariffs threaten 'dangerous downward spiral' January 18, 2026
  • Syrian government announces a ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces January 18, 2026
  • U.S. military troops on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota January 18, 2026
  • Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream ... about health care January 18, 2026
RSS Guardian – US News
  • CBS finally airs 60 Minutes segment on Venezuelan prisoners sent to Cecot in El Salvador January 19, 2026
  • Rushed laws after a tragedy are ‘never good’, warns father of youngest Bondi victim January 19, 2026
  • 15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant January 19, 2026
  • Trump news at a glance: EU weighs up economic sanctions against US after Trump’s tariff threats January 19, 2026
  • Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks kill two as Ukrainian strikes trigger blackouts in occupied south January 19, 2026
  • Roger Allers, Disney film-maker and co-director of The Lion King, dies aged 76 January 19, 2026
  • Portugal presidential election: Socialist party’s Seguro to face far-right leader in runoff January 19, 2026
  • High-speed train crash in southern Spain leaves at least 21 dead January 19, 2026
RSS Lawyers, Guns and Money Blog
  • Der Mann im langen braunen Mantel January 19, 2026
  • Rare Earths In Greenland January 18, 2026
  • NFL Open Thread: Divisional Round Sunday January 18, 2026
  • What Is to Be Done with Greenland? January 18, 2026
  • The absurdity of the non-ideological university January 18, 2026
RSS ProPublica
  • Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With January 16, 2026
  • A Black Teen Died Over a $12 Shoplifting Attempt. 13 Years Later, Two Men Plead Guilty in His Killing. January 16, 2026
  • Her Daughter Died After Taking a Generic Version of a Lifesaving Drug. This Is What She Wants You to Know. January 15, 2026
  • A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion. January 14, 2026
  • After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources January 14, 2026
RSS BBC – World News
  • At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-speed trains January 19, 2026
  • My children were recruited in a trafficking scam. I joined a police hunt to find them January 19, 2026
  • Factory explosion in China kills two, injures 84 January 19, 2026
  • 'The finest in the world': Why the US is buying icebreakers from Finland January 19, 2026
  • 'Europe won't be blackmailed,' Danish PM says in wake of Trump Greenland threats January 18, 2026
RSS BBC – Latin America
  • Chile declares 'state of catastrophe' as deadly wildfires menace cities January 18, 2026
  • Machado vows to lead Venezuela 'when right time comes' January 16, 2026
  • CIA director had two-hour meeting with new Venezuelan leader in Caracas January 16, 2026
  • Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner presents her medal to Trump January 16, 2026
  • Cuba counts cost of alliance after 32 troops killed in Venezuela January 16, 2026
  • Home
  • Editors’ Choice
  • Featured Posts
  • News and Opinion
  • Biden-Harris White House
  • The Obama White House
  • Motley Megaphone
  • It Takes a Village
  • Just Grazin’
  • Fiction
  • Our World in Images
  • Community
  • About the Motley Moose
  • FAQ – Getting Started at the Moose
  • My Moose

Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes