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Definitely worthy of a headline. Just not from 2025 - try 1933



The year was 1933. Eleanor Roosevelt held a press conference and banned all male reporters. Thirty-five women showed up. The men stood at the doorway, fuming. They had no idea she'd just forced every newspaper in America to hire female journalists.

Women had only recently won the right to vote. Female journalists existed, but barely—relegated to "society pages," writing about fashion and recipes while their male colleagues covered real politics in the halls of power.

Then Eleanor Roosevelt walked into the White House with an idea that would change everything.

Just days after her husband Franklin's inauguration, she called her first press conference.

Thirty-five journalists showed up. Every single one was a woman.

And the men? They stood at the doorway, fuming, as the women sat on the floor of the Red Room because there weren't enough chairs.

They laughed. They dismissed it. They had no idea what was coming.

Eleanor's strategy was brilliant: If news organizations wanted access to the First Lady of the United States—one of the most powerful positions in the country—they would have to hire ...

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Shiftless2 said:

" Eleanor ...
They had no idea she'd just forced every newspaper in America to hire female journalists." #181

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"Eleanor, gee I think you're swelleanor!" John Joseph McLaughlin (March 29, 1927 – August 16, 2016)
Moderator McLaughlin spoke this quotation on broadcast from the set of his weekly current events show, with journalist Eleanor Clift on set, on camera

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Economist behind K-shaped economy sees a ‘sea of despair’ for the bottom 90% and a ‘crisis of confidence’ in the American dream​

Supreme Court declines case involving loudspeaker prayers at high school football games​

A decade-long attempt to force Christian prayers over state-run loudspeakers finally collapsed, much to the frustration of Christian Nationalists​

Yesterday, the Supreme Court rejected a case that could have struck another blow against church/state separation. It involved prayer at high school football events sanctioned by the state of Florida, and it took a decade to finally get to this ending.


Here’s what this is all about: Back in December of 2015, two private Christian schools, Cambridge Christian School (CCS) and University Christian School, made it all the way to the championship game in the state’s class 2A football playoffs. Before the game, one of the CCS administrators wanted to say prayers over the public address system. But the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), which oversees all games, correctly said no. This was a state-run event. It was televised. It was at a public facility. It would be illegal for Christians to hijack the loudspeaker system for religious purposes.

Obviously no one was stopping the Christian players and coaches from praying on their own, but as we all know by now, conservative Christians don’t believe prayer counts unless they can push it upon everyone else. (In fact, before the championship game, the players, coaches, administrators, and “at least one referee” gathered at midfield to pray together. They did the same thing afterwards, too. But because those prayers weren’t broadcast to the public, no one, including the FHSAA, had a problem with it.)

The Christians eventually filed a lawsuit over the lack of access to ....

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Matthew 6:5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

Jesus wasn't really ambiguous here. Assuming these were the words of Jesus accurately remembered, of course. And, as mythicists will remind me, that Jesus existed at all.

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This material from NBC-TV Nightly News 25/11/20

Among those at initial risk:


They have already made public:
"No one has to carry out orders that violate the law"
"... or our Constitution"

The administration's position:



President Trump has openly, in writing threaten to punish his critics within the Democrat caucus of congress "by death".

This is not good, though perhaps not entirely unpredicted.

Does this happen often in U.S. history? Did you think "Hang Mike Pence!", President Trump's own vice president was merely a fluke, once in a lifetime threat?

Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945)​

Happy 80th Birthday Goldie​

Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, producer, dancer, and singer. She achieved stardom and acclaim for playing lighthearted comedic roles in film and television. In a career spanning six decades, she has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

She rose to fame on the NBC sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1970). She made her screen debut in a minor role in the western comedy The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), before going on to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her comedic role in Cactus Flower (1969). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a woman who enlists for the army in the comedy Private Benjamin (1980).

Hawn has also starred in such comedy films as There's a Girl in My Soup (1970), Butterflies Are Free (1972), The Sugarland Express (1974), Shampoo (1975), Foul Play (1978), and Seems Like Old Times (1980). She later starred in Overboard (1987), Bird on a Wire (1990), Death Becomes Her, Housesitter (both 1992), The First Wives Club (1996), The Out-of-Towners (1999), and The Banger Sisters (2002). Hawn made her return to film with roles in Snatched (2017), The Christmas Chronicles (2018), and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020).

Hawn is the mother of actors Oliver Hudson, Kate Hudson, and Wyatt Russell. She has been in a relationship with Kurt Russell since 1983. In 2003, she founded the Hawn Foundation, which educates underprivileged children.
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Goldie!
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Thanks for the laughs Ms Hawn.

sear said:

The administration's position: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump #186

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday was forced to clarify to reporters on Thursday that "no," Trump does not want to execute members of Congress.

Several Democrats accused by President Donald Trump of "seditious behavior" defended their message to military members that they can refuse illegal order. The president and administration officials suggested the action could be punishable by law.
The video featuring six Democrats who served in the military or in the intelligence community set off more than a dozen social media posts by Trump, who called them "traitors" and said their action could be "punishable by death."
"I think it's important to say that there is nothing more American than standing up for the Constitution, that's what we were doing. President didn't like it, so now he calls for us to be hanged," Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly said on CNN's "The Source with Kaitlan Collins" on Thursday night.

Democrats defend message to troops as Trump, officials suggest they be punished

Trump called them "bad people" who "broke the law."

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