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Michael McDermott - Tell Tale Heart

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The Amazing Michael McDermott Gets Honest With Himself In 'Tell Tale Heart': Video Premiere.  https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8494905/michael-mcdermott-tell-tale-heart-video via @billboard

Kamala Harris Officially Announces Her Candidacy for President of the United States

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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...

Today we Remember the Holocaust

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Education can help counter hate. More than ever it is imperative that we Never Forget! Today is International #HolocaustRemembrance Day “It's the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz ” 74th anniversary of the liberation of KL Auschwitz | Survivors are walking through the 'Arbeit macht frei' gate at former Auschwitz I camp. #Auschwitz74 #HMD2019 pic.twitter.com/kbRsiZHrpE — Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) January 27, 2019

Kamala Harris Tells It Like It Is

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Currently, I am reading Kamala Harris' new book, The Truths We Hold .  Highly recommended.  Americans who live paycheck to paycheck can't afford another day, let alone another week, of a government shutdown. Let's do the right thing and vote on a clean bill to reopen the government tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/Ub5SZP46gq — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 24, 2019 "Americans who live paycheck to paycheck can't afford another day, let alone another week, of a government shutdown. Let's do the right thing and vote on a clean bill to reopen the government tomorrow." - Kamala Harris on Maddow Jan 23, 2019 

Happy Martin Luther King Day!

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Gregg Chadwick An August Dream 18"x36" oil on linen 2009-2018 The last message that my father spoke to the world...”I may not get there with you.” #MLK #MLK90 #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/GfN4Q5FF0v — Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 22, 2019 "An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity" Dr. King #MartinLutherKingJrDay ⁠ ⁠ #MLKDay ⁠ ⁠ #MLKNow pic.twitter.com/0p8EaCQAri — COMMON (@common) January 21, 2019 "If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, whatever you do keep moving forward." ~  #MLK #MLKDAY   pic.twitter.com/KK6u2jzOWE — Khary Penebaker (@kharyp)  January 16, 2017

Watch #MLKNow 2019 by Blackout for Human Rights

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The #MLKNow program is live now from Riverside Church, site of one of his most revolutionary speeches. It will include a panel on athletes and activism moderated by @jemelehill and a conversation between Ta-Nehisi Coates and @AOC . Watch it live here.

The Killers - Land Of The Free - Video by Spike Lee

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Powerful and Timely! Kudos to The Killers and Spike Lee "We got more people locked up than the rest of the world Right here in red, white and blue Incarceration's become big business It's harvest time out on the avenue" "So how may daughters, tell me how many sons Do we have to put in the ground before we just break down and face it We got a problem with guns" A real national emergency is the epidemic of gun violence in America. On average, 96 people die from it every single day. Let's do something about that. — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 12, 2019 Bob Lefsetz writes,"The message of the song, the message of the video. What does America stand for? But that wall hasn't been built yet and the Killers don't want it to be. They're making a statement that will reach their fans more than anything in the "New York Times," never mind Fox News. That's the power of art, to change minds. And if ...

UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi's flawless floor routine is one for the ages.

‘A 10 isn’t enough’: UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi's flawless floor routine is one for the ages.  https://t.co/1Pz0s5AURu @uclagymnastics @ucla #gymnastics pic.twitter.com/dS9Jmoi325 — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) January 14, 2019

Love AOC!

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her friends having a great time at Boston University in 2010!  I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous. Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too! 💃🏽 Have a great weekend everyone :) pic.twitter.com/9y6ALOw4F6 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 4, 2019 I made a mash-up of a mash-up. "Lisztomania" by Phoenix feat. The Breakfast Club and @AOC pic.twitter.com/ds7sYEzk5h — Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 3, 2019 "Lisztomania" by Phoenix feat. The Breakfast Club and @AOC pic.twitter.com/ds7sYEzk5h — Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 3, 2019 I’m pretty happy ‘bout it. — ally sheedy (@allysheedy1) January 3, 2019 I want Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to give me dance lessons. @AOC — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 3, 2019 Today is truly a historic day. Welcome, #116thCongress ! https://t.co/oultKwgaKA — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 3, 2019

Saudi Arabia | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Netflix

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In solidarity with @hasanminhaj , @patriotact and to honor the memory of Jamal #khashoggi , everyone should watch and share Hasan’s brilliant Saudi Arabia episode, which the Saudi government banned. It is still online on YouTube

Robert Frost Recites -"Stopping by woods on a snowy evening"

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Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. - My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. - He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. - The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. -Robert Frost 

Merriam-Webster choses justice as the official Word of 2018

It’s easy to see why Merriam-Webster chose ‘justice’ as the official Word of 2018 pic.twitter.com/FkzNNEPCOt — NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 26, 2018 Merriam-Webster choses justice as the official Word of 2018

Meanwhile Across the Pond!

There’s already an HBO movie in development about the Brexit Christmas truce, when Leavers and Remainers climbed out of the trenches and drunkenly played Xbox with each other — Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru) December 26, 2018 The Brexit Truce 

Little drummer boy - David Bowie & Bing Crosby

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Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas! “Joel, the Lump of Coal"

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Happy Christmas! “Joel, the Lump of Coal" by The Killers & Jimmy Kimmel

A look back at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Yuzuru Hanyu wins gold for the men's figure skating long program. He's the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in this category in 66 years. Shoma Uno gets second. #WinterOlympics #figureskating #羽生くん pic.twitter.com/SMEpxM4gU8 "Yuzuru Hanyu" — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) February 17, 2018 A look back at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang From Chloe Kim's dominant performance in the halfpipe to Hanyu Yuzuru's second consecutive gold medal in men's figure skating.

Season's Greetings!

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 Love the latest holiday card from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Happy Holidays to all. 

Hear Barack Obama take the mic on Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton' remix

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We’re coming at you one last time with our final #Hamildrop and it’s one for the books. Listen to “One Last Time (44 Remix)” featuring Christopher Jackson, Bebe Winans, and Barack Obama. Stream it: https://Atlantic.lnk.to/OneLastTime44... Barack Obama reads George Washington's lines reflecting on his own administration: “Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration I am unconscious of intentional error I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects Not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors I shall also carry with me the hope That my country will view them with indulgence And that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal The faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion As I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat In which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoymen...

"Invention and Design: Early Italian Drawings" at the Morgan Library

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"Invention and Design: Early Italian Drawings" tells the story of how drawing evolved during the 15th and early 16th centuries and features artists such as #Mantegna , #Lippi , #Botticelli , Leonardo #daVinci , #Raphael , and Andrea del Sarto. Learn more: https://t.co/YTUass6PCf pic.twitter.com/kVx0YDPhTs — The Morgan (@MorganLibrary) December 20, 2018 Invention and Design: Early Italian Drawings at the Morgan February 15 through May 19, 2019 From the Morgan Library and Museum Website: "The Morgan’s impressive collection of Italian Drawings documents the development of Renaissance drawing practice from its beginnings in the fourteenth century and over the following two centuries. Drawings from the earlier part of the Renaissance—by artists born before 1500—are a particular strength of the collection, but this exhibition will be the first to focus on this material, featuring works by artists such as Mantegna, ...

"Happy Xmas (War is Over)" Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson ft. Sean Ono Lennon

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H.E.R. at the Tiny Desk

Music Break!  Watch as H.E.R. ( @hermusicx ) stuns in her second appearance at the #TinyDesk , showcasing not only her vocal mastery but also her skills as a multi-instrumentalist. https:// n.pr/2PxweQX  

Cohen Going to Prison for 45's Dirty Deeds

Cohen addresses Trump’s tweets: “Recently, the President tweeted a statement calling me weak, and it was correct, but for a much different reason than he was implying. It was because time and time again, I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds.” Michael Cohen sentenced to 36 months in prison. @realDonaldTrump 's self-described "fixer" going to the big house. Cohen addresses Trump’s tweets: “Recently, the President tweeted a statement calling me weak, and it was correct, but for a much different reason than he was implying. It was because time and time again, I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds.” https://t.co/CME1KYaj2d — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) December 12, 2018 Michael Cohen sentenced to 36 months in prison. @realDonaldTrump 's self-described "fixer" going to the big house. https://t.co/FyQKBd1vdq — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) December 12, 2018 The president is now implicated in two separate crimin...

Mood from the White House. Whose house? Our house!

Mood! pic.twitter.com/C0p0fLhglO — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) December 11, 2018

Get Health Insurance for 2019

No jump shots. No ferns. No memes. Not this time. I’m going to give it to you straight: If you need health insurance for 2019, the deadline to get covered is December 15. Go to https://t.co/ob1Ynoesod today and pass this on — you just might save a life. pic.twitter.com/8mHMsXGY0g — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 10, 2018 If you need health insurance for 2019, the deadline to get covered is December 15. Go to http:// HealthCare.gov   today and pass this on — you just might save a life.

"Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki" in theaters Dec. 13 & 18, 2018

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by Gregg Chadwick "The single difference between films for children and films for adults is that in films for children, there is always the option to start again, to create a new beginning. In films for adults, there are no ways to change things."  -Hayao Miyazaki* Gkids is bringing a new documentary on Hayao Miyazaki to theaters in the United States this month and I have been thinking about how inspirational Miyazaki has been to artists all over the world. Pixar animator Enrico Casarosa said,  "Miyazaki has this uncanny ability to add a childish sense of wonder to his stories. He’s able to make us feel like little kids again."  Miyazaki is careful to steer his work towards child-like wonder and away from childishness. Instead, Miyazaki's films have three main themes: 1. A distaste for heedless violence and warmongering.  2. Concern for the environment and a depiction of natural beauty as a counterweight to our increasingly industrialized world.  3. St...