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Lest we forget: Just after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Fresh from a crucial California primary victory, he had vowed to heal the nation’s divisions. Coming only two months after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and five years after his brother’s, America lost another chance at a different future. We must remember that day and resolve never to let the future of our democracy be stolen again.

I will be chilling and taking time off to unplug,. This is making it an appropriate time to place this blog on a brief hiatus.
I expect to return around our nation's anniversary, assuming it still feels worth celebrating. With any luck, we will have begun to undo some of the damage done recently. It is time to challenge outdated institutions and assumptions, including the notion that Rhode Island should wield the same Senate representation as California despite their vastly different populations.
Members of Congress who identify as conservatives should be asked to explain how they can claim to defend democratic principles while supporting actions that undermine them. Elected officials of all political affiliations should be held accountable for honesty, integrity and fidelity to the rule of law.
Keep the faith. Above all, remain committed to the U.S. Constitution and the democratic values it represents.

Are Cuba and US officials acting like little piggies, while the communist island's population continues to suffer? Trump has often compared himself with many historical figures. Will he do the same with Cuban freedom fighter Jose Marti.who was a poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, professor, publisher, and considered a Cuban national hero because of his attempted role in the liberation of his country?.

Is military madness quickly killing our nation? President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s warning about the "military-industrial complex" (MIC) was delivered during his nationally televised Farewell Address on January 17, 1961. As a former five-star general and retiring president, he cautioned Americans about the unprecedented peacetime alliance between a massive military establishment and a large private arms industry. https://www.archives.gov/

The #ReaganBush administration, the greatest Republican tag-team in modern American history was successful in tearing down the #BerlinWall and destroying the #IronCurtain by breaking up the Soviet Union into separate independent nations. It now appears that the GOP could be compromised and it will be a heavy lift for the current administration to top their accomplishments..Are Republicans looking for love in all the wrong places?

Perhaps, it is Sink Oh De Maya. The Maya civilization developed in the Maya Region, an area that today comprises southeastern Mexico. Mexico City DF is sinking so rapidly that it can be easily seen from outer space.

El Niño could amplify heat this summer, with forecasters warning of a strong chance the climate pattern will develop and persist through the end of the year.

The phenomenon, marked by unusually warm Pacific Ocean waters, can push global temperatures higher and influence weather patterns across the United States, including the Northeast.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center says there is a 62% chance El Niño will form between June and August and continue into winter.

Ex; New York’s Community Resilience Estimates & Statistical Differences (90% Confidence) with 3+ components of social vulnerability: 25.69 (+/-0.82) Significant difference vs. national rate: Higher # of individuals with 3+ components: 5,024,585 (+/-159,806)

The Republicans are making a strategic gamble: unity vs. adaptability. It’s Not Just Iran. Trump Is Flailing on Multiple Fronts.
The president is on a losing streak, and even some of his aides are dismayed by his choices.