Barbara E Bj

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Writer; Democrat; Jewish; Zionist; Feminist; Ally to LGBTQIA, Ukraine, Non-violent environmentalism. BE YOU.
HOMEDelaware City DE
FAMILY4 daughters, 8 grandkids, 2 great grandkids, & sexy G-Grandpaw hubby
ANIMAL FREINDS2 baritone barkers, 1 visiting treble barker & 4½ meowers
HOBBIESWriting politics & news, talking politics & news, reading politics & news, pondering politics & news, 😋 and hanging out with my four-legged friends, family, doctors, etc. while I relish this life and all it's joy.
Off-Broadway play 'Fatherland' is based on true story of son turning in father of Capitol attack

The new off-Broadway play 'Fatherland' centers on the trial of Guy Wesley Refitt, the first American convicted in the January 6 attacks. The play centers on Refitt's son, Jackson, who reported his father to the FBI.

MSNBC

"Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88"

https://apnews.com/article/kris-kristofferson-dead-47becf20fecd41aba66840af2e1275db

Kris Kristofferson: Country music superstar and Hollywood A-lister dies at 88

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar who became a superstar songwriter, singer and actor, has died. A family spokeswoman says Kristofferson died at his home in Hawaii on Saturday. He was 88. Kristofferson brought a gritty realism to country music with compositions like "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down,” "Help Me Make it Through the Night" and and "Me and Bobby McGee." As an actor, he played the leading man opposite Barbra Streisand and Ellen Burstyn, but also did shoot-out Westerns and cowboy dramas. With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks, he represented a new breed of country songwriters with his peers like Willie Nelson, John Prine and Tom T. Hall.

AP News

"Exclusive: Beyoncé gives Kamala Harris permission to use her song ‘Freedom’ for her presidential campaign"

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/entertainment/beyonce-freedom-harris-campaign/index.html

Exclusive: Beyoncé gives Kamala Harris permission to use her song ‘Freedom’ for her presidential campaign

Vice President Kamala Harris made a big entrance during a visit to her campaign headquarters on Monday evening, walking out to Beyoncé’s song “Freedom.”

CNN
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"Taylor Swift is a hero to food banks from coast to coast"

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/business/taylor-swift-food-bank-donations/index.html

Taylor Swift is a hero to food banks from coast to coast

When the Arizona Food Bank Network received a call that Taylor Swift wanted to make a hefty donation to the charity as she kicked off her Eras tour in the state, some staffers thought it was a prank.

CNN

They're trying to do their own abortions, but the abortion ban does not make exceptions for vital complications that are killing women. It's the "coat hangers" again, but with other options. Now, their other children have no mother.

https://www.propublica.org/article/candi-miller-abortion-ban-death-georgia

Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died

Candi Miller’s family said she didn't visit a doctor “due to the current legislation on pregnancies and abortions.” Maternal health experts deemed her death preventable and blamed Georgia’s abortion ban.

ProPublica

"FAA Proposes $633,009 in Civil Penalties Against SpaceX"

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-proposes-633009-civil-penalties-against-spacex

"A swan that is "heartbroken" over the loss of his mate is being rescued and given a new home."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-68448169

'Heartbroken' Devizes swan to be rehomed

Charlie, who is grieving for his mate and in danger of being hit by a car, is being given a new home.

Cruise ships could end these deaths by changing the structure of the balconies. If each balcony, top to bottom, was modified to extend enough beyond the prior balcony, no one would fall further than one level.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2024/09/12/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-boy-dies-falls-balcony-galveston-texas-harmony-of-the-seas/75190286007/

Boy, 12, falls to his death from balcony on Royal Caribbean cruise ship returning to Texas

A 12-year-old boy died on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on its return to Galveston Saturday. Child fell from balcony, FBI investigating the death.

Austin American-Statesman

"The 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccines are recommended for all persons aged ≥6 months to target currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains and provide additional protection against severe COVID-19–associated illness and death."

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7337e2.htm?s_cid=mm7337e2_e

Use of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccines ...

This report describes the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendations for the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccines.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention