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Republican Chair Throws Rep. Barbara Lee Out Of Committee

US Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) delivers remarks to a World AIDS Day event hosted by the Business Council for International Understanding in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2022.
US Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) delivers remarks to a World AIDS Day event hosted by the Business Council for International Understanding in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2022.Photo: JONATHAN ERNST / POOL (Getty Images)

Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) was unceremoniously tossed out of a committee hearing by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) on Thursday — after voicing her opinion on the relationship (or lack thereof) between the United States and Cuba.

“I was just kicked out of a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on Cuba police because the Republican Chair didn’t like my views,” posted the California Congresswoman on X, later adding, “By taking this action the Chair is conducting the same silencing of alternative voices that occurs under undemocratic regimes & authoritarians like Trump.”

During the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, which was chaired by Rep. Salazar — Rep. Lee spoke in favor of restoring diplomatic relations between the United States and Cub. The Republican Congresswoman accused Rep. Lee of spreading of spreading “communist propoganda” and kicked her out.

As she was being asked to leave, Lee criticized Rep. Salazar for perpetuating the same authoritarian policies she criticized the Cuban government for. “I am an African American woman with a point of view,” said Rep. Lee. “We’re in a democracy those points of views are allowed. And you are doing exactly what you say the Cuban government is.”

Things went even further on social media. Rep. Salazar called the political veteran a “communist sympathizer” and accused her of being friends with Fidel Castro. Rep. Salazar also said that since Rep. Lee was not a member of the committee she had a right to kick her out for her “disruption.”

Source: Republican Chair Throws Rep. Barbara Lee Out Of Committee

https://www.theroot.com/what-republican-chair-throws-famous-black-congresswoma-1851179929

Retro Music 102 | beetleypete

Walking Ollie earlier, someone asked me if I was ‘looking forward to the weekend’. I was surprised, as for some reason I thought today was Wednesday. That made her laugh, and I explained to her that since I retired, I almost never knew what day it was, except for birthdays or special occasions like weddings.

That conversation prompted me to remember this song from 1969, when the band Chicago was still called Chicago Transit Authority, and I bought their first album…

Source: Retro Music 102 | beetleypete

Aparência – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Enquanto a aparência for mais importante do que a inteligência; Enquanto os corpos forem mais interessantes que os livros; Enquanto a nudez sobressair ao respeito e consideração que se tem “pelo outro” e pelos outros, nós vamos continuar a observar o mundo por uma janela, sem poder esperar nenhum significado novo a respeito de mudança. A consciência não gera ciência nesse sentido. Ela incorpora o que entende ” valor “, e não absorve aquilo que é o mais importante ao indivíduo, que é no caso, a sua essência.

 

Marii Freire.

https://Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Imagem: pinterest/ marrr

Santarém, Pá 19 de janeiro de 2024

Source: Aparência – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

चांद / Moon – Kaushal Kishore

 

मुझे संतोष होता है

रात में ट्रेन की खिड़की से 

बाहर झांकते रहने में,

चांद को साथ चलते देखकर, 

मुझे कोई गम नहीं होता

अपने चांद से बिछड़ने का…

🌝🌝🌝

I find solace 

in gazing out of the window 

of the train at night, 

seeing the moon moving along, 

I feel no sadness at being 

separated from my own moon…

🌝

–Kaushal Kishore

Source: चांद / Moon – Kaushal Kishore