Our very democracy depends on a free and independent press. Without it, authoritarianism wins and democracy dies. —Warren J. Blumenfeld Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 21 1414, Italy – Fransesco della Rovere (July 21, 1414 – August 12,
What if it isn’t The Manchurian Candidate? What if it’s The Manchurian Party? We may have to face it. Republicans aren’t “spineless”. They’re compromised. —Jan Oxenberg Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 20 356 BCE,
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the
The Congressional Oath of Office: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that
This fake president should be protested everywhere he goes and everyday until he is out. —Amy Siskind Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 17 1730, Netherlands – In Rotterdam, Leendert de Haas, age 60, candlemaker, Casper Schroder, distiller,
When the speech condemns a free press, you are hearing the words of a tyrant. —Thomas Jefferson. Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 16 1746, UK – Mary Hamilton (1721-?? ) was the subject of a notorious 18th century
To forget the victims means to kill them a second time. So I couldn’t prevent the first death. I surely must be capable of saving them from a second death. —Elie Wiesel Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 14
The distance to equal opportunity for women—in the face of the pervasive social, cultural, and legal roots of sex-based discrimination—remains considerable. —Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsber Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – July 13 100 BC, Italy – Caius
I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That’s what I see. That’s the America