Not a Roosevelt, Never Will Be The banners on the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. suggest that there is a patriotic duty to compare President Trump with President Theodore Roosevelt. One long banner hangs down on the viewer’s left, showing the steadfast glower of Trump, while another shows the resolute stare of Roosevelt. Both are depicted as stern men […]
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During President Trump’s fourth week in office, exciting events took place around the Beltway region. First, the CPAC 2025 Conference is being held February 19-22nd at the National Harbor. The GOP Republican Governor Convention also took place in Washington, D.C. with President Trump delivering the keynote speech on Thursday, February 20th. Just a few days earlier, on February 18th, a […]
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According to various special interest groups and experts, the Los Angeles, California wildfires, which struck Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other areas last month beginning on January 7th, might not have been preventable, but the damage and impact could have been less if the L.A. authorities were better prepared. This is the opinion of experts testifying at the House Judiciary Committee […]
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will soon qualify to be on the ballot for U.S. President 2024 in all 50 states, including in the District of Columbia, but many voters don’t know it. Kennedy Jr. confirmed this in a live call while thanking his volunteers for helping collect signatures. Team Kennedy is holding campaign conferences and phone banks to reach out […]
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Homeless Services Limited Shrinking Accountability Due to Increases in Migrants Thank to the Biden Administration with its gates wide open for all-migrants rushing into the United States, “Houston, we have a great problem!” Not only is New York facing a deficit and possible bankruptcy accommodating the migrants, but so are other sanctuary cities. All citizens living in the city nowadays […]
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The fashion right now is that anything spiritual and humane is only skin deep. So it appears with the beautiful people of Davos attending the 2023 World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum met this January 16-20, in Davos, Switzerland, high in alpine country. It is an international supragovernmental organization that promotes discussion and ideas catering to the globalized interests […]
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Why No One Wants to Vote in DC: It really doesn’t matter During the primary, early elections are being held at various locations in District of Columbia, including in the extensively renovated Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. This voter showed up early and amid all the paperwork for changing party, it still went mostly smoothly. The reason for the […]
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Or how even the best of intentions can fail…[Crosspost from yourhomelessblog] Every day now is a struggle for many Americans who must cope with the prevalent surreality — if they are awake! How many of us are not awake, because we are forced into a mold that disallows us the privilege of thinking for ourselves much less with expression? […]
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WASHINGTON — On July 20th, the House Financial Services Committee held an extended hearing in Congress over proposed legislation by California Representative Maxine Waters. The hearing was attended mandatorily by new Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge. The Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen was not present however. Waters, who represents the Los Angeles 43rd District, has proposed […]
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According to Empower DC, a Washington, D.C. city-wide coalition of local grassroots citizen organizations, the proposed changes to the DC Comprehensive Plan underway is a developers’ brainchild. The revision will intensify redevelopment and gentrification not only in urban neighborhoods but existing residential neighborhoods, such as in Anacostia. They are doing so by demanding reclassification of zoning considerations, shortening or eliminating […]
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Here is a crosspost from YourHomelessBlog.blogspot.com Recently I ran into a person I used to see at Miriam’s Kitchen, one of the poets of our group. There were several white males in our group that met every Wednesday morning (pre-Covid). One was a former professor, up in years, who due to taking care of his wife, had used up his […]
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The Muse for this entry is from Poverty Skolar’s amusing, gifted, solo performance at PNN Read the rest at Your Homeless blog (https://yourhomelessblog.blogspot.com/)
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