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Nearly 20 years into her music career Wonder Girls’ Sunmi is staying humble, but persistent. theverge.com/entertainment/1…
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Amid college sports chaos, Florida moves to influence Senate legislation dlvr.it/TTsrVD
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Perfectly said. Well done, @AbdulElSayed
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President Trump, Jan 20: “I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.”
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A few years ago, @jonstewart said:
“Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether. When a society feels under threat, comedians are who gets sent away first.”
He was right.
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“I was in Nicaragua with the Sandinistas. I’ve argued for Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the United Farm Workers. I’ve been a radical for a long time. I guess it’s too bad. I’d be more marketable as a right-wing redneck. But I got into this to tell the truth as I saw it”—Kris Kristopherson. Rest in peace singer, songwriter, veteran, working class hero.
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Maybe they should explain to their “angry customers” that a Black man named Nearest Green taught Jack Daniel the whiskey game and gave him the recipe that created his billion dollar empire.
So the “DEI hire” was actually Jack Daniel.
Anyway, make sure y’all buy Uncle Nearest whiskey!
Jack Daniel's becomes latest brand to scrap diversity hiring targets after increased pressure from angry customers trib.al/ST5PmuN
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Closing statements in Fulton County DA Fani Willis, Nathan Wade disqualification hearing teapawt.org/i/broadcasts/1mrGmyWwv…
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Here at the Wonderful @MontereyJazz where I met this lovely young lady, @SamaraJoy99! And Oh what a Joyful Soul She is. After hearing her sing, I can say the Grammys Sure got this one Right! Awarded #BestNewArtistoftheYear! Congratulations Samara!
#samarajoy #azarlawrence #jazz
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Congratulations to the iconic @QuincyDJones who has just received the inaugural Peace Through Music Award!
Congratulations Q!
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And that's a wrap for the 2023 Chicago Jazz Festival. What a wonderful weekend of #JazzInChicago.
@ChiJazzFest #JazzEducation #NextGenJazz
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Today we won our 100th race! Words can’t describe how it feels to make history with this team of hardworking, driven and passionate human beings. We must keep fighting, keep rising. We’ve got a championship to win #LH100
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According to the Department of Energy, the waves along the US coast could cover 64% of our nation's energy needs. So why haven’t we harnessed them? Well, it's annoyingly complicated, but this renewable technology is about to make waves in the new green economy. #VWN
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Lines to get vaccinated in Africa… meanwhile here half of 🇺🇸 has their heads so full of disinformation we have doses going bad and hospitals filled with the regret of the unvaccinated. 😷
Vaccine hesitancy is not Africa’s #1 challenge. Rather vaccine famine is the real issue. Long lines, like the one in this video, of Africans across many @_AfricanUnion member states waiting to be vaccinated.
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I just learned that a dear friend in the UK has just died, killed by Covid. I'm really sad. I'm going to take a couple of days off social media. Please get vaccinated, if not for you for those who cannot.
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Frank Sinatra and @QuincyDJones were the ultimate duo. From their collaborations, classics like the album It Might As Well Be Swing was born. It featured the gem “Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) 🎶 Read more about it here! udiscovermusic.com/stories/f…
