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ALL THE SMOKE with Matt Barnes & Stephen Jackson  On a very special edition of ALL THE SMOKE, Matt and Stak sit down for an exclusive interview with current Vice President and Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election, Kamala Harris.  Vice President Harris shares her plan to boost the economy and her perspective on America’s progress on social justice. Plus, she discusses her Bay Area roots, how she deals with personal character attacks, cannabis legislation and more.  This interview was recorded on Tuesday, September 24th at the Vice President's Residence in Washington DC.  MERCH STORE: https://allthesmoke.store/ Smoke Tour Tickets: https://www.allthesmokeproductions.co... Anillos: https://drinkanillos.com/ Book pre-order: https://www.simonandschuster.com/book... Smoke Signal Newsletter: https://newsletter.allthesmokeproduct... #allthesmoke #kamalaharris #politics #kamala  (00:00:00) - Intro (00:00:35) - Meeting Her Husband, Doug (00:02:00) - Ba...

by Gregg Chadwick Review of Courage in The People's House: Nine Trailblazing Representatives Who Shaped America by Joe Neguse Courage in The People's House: Nine Trailblazing Representatives Who Shaped America by Joe Neguse is the latest in a line of must-read books about the history of political thought and action in the United States. Joe Neguse, the first Black American elected to the House of Representatives from Colorado, tells the stories of nine folks who stepped up and served their communities and country as elected representatives in Congress. Neguse explains that “the People's House fulfills the founders' intent as the most democratic part of our federal government. And true to form, over the decades this system has worked to open up access to more of our citizens.” Inspired by the courageous career of Representative John Lewis and filtered through Neguse’s reminiscences of John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage , Neguse’s Courage in The People's House ...

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“We are here because the American dream and our American democracy are under attack and on the line like never before. We are here at this moment in time because we must answer a fundamental question.  Who are we? Who are we as Americans? So, let’s answer that question to the world and each other right now: America, we are better than this,” - Kamala Harris Jan 27, 2019 Oakland, CA  Sen. @KamalaHarris : "With faith in God, with fidelity to country, and with the fighting spirit I got from my mother, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States." Full video here: https://t.co/qPadtK25Pr pic.twitter.com/rCIwj2NpGW — CSPAN (@cspan) January 27, 2019 Kamala Harris shows why Trump's 2020 advisers are terrified of her. https://t.co/LPY50S9vPA pic.twitter.com/wYYs3ipaai — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 27, 2019 HARRIS: When we have children in cages crying for their mothers and fathers, don't y...

"The world is a dangerous place...not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it" -Albert Einstein In the light of the horrific, fascist, white-supremacist violence against peaceful folks in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017, I find this film produced by the US War Department during WWII to be instructive. Clips from the film are appearing on social media sites. The full film is presented here. From IMDB: "Financed and produced by the United States War Department in 1943, and shot at the Warners studio, although it was distributed through all of the major studios' film exchanges and also by National Screen Services free to the theatre exhibitors: A young, healthy American Free Mason is taken in by the message of a soap-box orator who asserts that all good jobs in the United States are being taken by the so-called minorities, domestic and foreign. He falls into a conversation with a refugee ...

“All art has a political stance whether it’s on the surface or boiling underneath.” -Gregg Chadwick, Santa Monica- … https://t.co/Px2mJZJ4Kl pic.twitter.com/nSCiBi0Qr2 — Clark Hulings Fund (@clarkhulingsorg) July 4, 2017

Full text and Video of First Lady Michelle Obama’s remarks to the Democratic National Convention on Sept. 4 in Charlotte, as prepared for delivery. photo by Doug Mills for The New York Times Thank you so much, Elaine…we are so grateful for your family’s service and sacrifice…and we will always have your back.  Over the past few years as First Lady, I have had the extraordinary privilege of traveling all across this country. And everywhere I’ve gone, in the people I’ve met, and the stories I’ve heard, I have seen the very best of the American spirit.  I have seen it in the incredible kindness and warmth that people have shown me and my family, especially our girls. I’ve seen it in teachers in a near-bankrupt school district who vowed to keep teaching without pay.  I’ve seen it in people who become heroes at a moment’s notice, diving into harm’s way to save others…flying across the country to put out a fire…driving for hours to bail out a flooded town. And I’...

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Gerard Julien/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A Roman bust thought by some French historians to be the only surviving statue of Julius Caesar that was carved during his lifetime. On display at the Musée Départmental de l’Arles Antique. Julius Caesar's assassination in Joseph Mankiewicz' 1953 film version of Shakespeare's play. The Ides of March by C.B. Cavafy Guard, O my soul, against pomp and glory. And if you cannot curb your ambitions, at least pursue them hesitantly, cautiously. And the higher you go, the more searching and careful you need to be. And when you reach your summit, Caesar at last— when you assume the role of someone that famous— then be especially careful as you go out into the street, a conspicuous man of power with your retinue; and should a certain Artemidoros come up to you out of the crowd, bringing a letter, and say hurriedly: “Read this at once. There are things in it important for you to see,” be sure to stop; be sure to postpone all talk or b...

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United 4 Iran Presents Arts Program for Peace at UCLA Date/Time: Jul 25 2009 6:00pm - 9:00pm Price: Free to the public Where: UCLA Bruin Plaza 308 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles CA 90024 United4Iran event at UCLA Desmond Tutu and other Nobel Peace Laureates, Iranian Poets and Artists Support July 25th Global Day of Action Protests in Iran Continue - Global Activism Increasing In Los Angeles a coalition of student organizations, United4Iran.org, Levantine Cultural Center and others are presenting an evening of music, poetry, speeches and solidarity messages on Saturday, July 25, from six to nine pm. Among the presents/performers are Sussan Deyhim, Maz Jobrani, Mamak Khadem and Naked Rhythm. A press release from United4Iran quotes several prominent leaders and others: "We deplore the violence and crackdown on peaceful protesters, the increasing restrictions on civil liberties, and the imprisonment of a growing number of civil leaders in Iran. " —Archbishop Destmond Tutu, Nobel Peac...

We were at Kepler's Bookstore this weekend and had a good laugh while reading Erich Origen and Gan Golan's politically inspired parody of the children's classic Goodnight Bush . “Goodnight earth? Goodnight heir? Goodnight failures everywhere.” In this month of graduation speeches and thoughts of the road ahead, one future date stands out: 1/20/09. On his recent tour Bruce Springsteen has been playing the haunting title track off his new album Magic . The song is like a nightmare - the nightmare of the last eight years. Good news is at hand though, " the coming end of the worst presidency ever." I got a coin in my palm I can make it disappear I got a card up my sleeve Name it and I'll pull it out your ear I got a rabbit in my hat If you want to come and see This is what will be, this is what will be I got shackles on my wrist Soon I'll slip 'em and be gone Chain me in a box in the river And I'll rise singin' this song Trust none of what you hear...

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