DCPetterson

FYI: (This is update from someone's earlier quote in the last century.) Writing is easy. You fire up the text editor, open a vein, and bleed on the keyboard.

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On my 50th wedding anniversary, I am more convinced than ever that I definitely married up. The first pic was on our wedding day in 1976. We were in the back seat of an Austin Marina. The second was a selfie from yesterday. We were in the front sear of an awesome Camaro. I am SO lucky.

#WomensHistoryMonth THREAD 🧵Professor, political activist, founder of a radio station + former member of the Young Lords Party AND the Black Panther Party Denise Oliver Velez is still militantly Black, still militantly proud + is still fighting today. Who is Denise Oliver-Velez? Glad you asked.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Fremont County CO” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

THREAD🧵During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan in 1998 the world's most awarded + greatest individual figure skater, Surya Bonaly, performed the first back flip and LANDED ON ONE BLADE during an Olympics. No Ilia Malinin WAS NOT THE FIRST. Don't know about Surya Bonali? Glad you asked.

THREAD #OTD February 21, 1965 husband, father, freedom fighter and one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz or Malcolm X, was assassinated at the Audobon Ballroom in New York City. Don't know about Malcolm X? Glad you asked.

History teaches us a dictator has superpowers and is invulnerable to opposition ONLY until the moment he is not. After his downfall, the collapse =always= looks inevitable. He is only as powerful as the citizens he is oppressing believe he is. Learn. This. Lesson. Now.

THREAD #OTD On January 26, 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff. Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher, would have been the first civilian to travel to space. Don't know about the Challenger disaster? Glad you asked.

THREAD 🧵"Negroes are human, not superhuman. Like all people, they have differing personalities, diverse financial interests and varied aspirations. There are Negroes who will never fight for freedom. There are Negroes who seek profit for themselves alone from the struggle." 1/4

THREAD 🧵"It’s time now for you and me to become more politically mature and realize what the ballot is for; what we’re supposed to get when we cast a ballot; and that if we don’t cast a ballot, it’s going to end up in a situation where we’re going to have to cast a bullet." 1/2 Malcolm X

"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) The Boss has something to say. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

THREAD🧵Author and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux was born January 22, 1884. He was the first Black person to write, produce, direct and own a film company, starting out with the novels he wrote. Don't know about Oscar Micheaux? Glad you asked.

THREAD On January 23, 1870 the US Army led by Major Eugene Baker massacred over 150 Blackfeet—most of whom were women, children, the elderly, and those suffering from disease— during the Bear Creek/Marias River/Baker massacre in Montana. Don't know about this massacre? Glad you asked.

I am damn proud of Minneapolis and Minnesota. I lived there for forty years. They are not complying. Minnesota will prevail. Trump and Noem will lose. #ICEout.

THREAD🧵On January 14, 1963, after an overwhelming victory by Alabama voters, infamous racist and segregationist Gov. George Wallace, in his inaugural address, calls for "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Don't know about Gov. George Wallace? Glad you asked.

THREAD🧵On December 21, 2025 Dr. Renfrew Christie, whose undercover work for the African National Congress was CRITICAL in destroying the apartheid regime's ability to make nuclear bombs, died. Who was Renfrew Christie? Glad you asked.

Martin Luther King, Jr. "On Service," an excerpt of his famous "Drum Major" speech. youtu.be/WkRdj9L3wyE?...

After a day of service, nothing like going to SOLD OUT Burr Stadium at The Mecca, Howard v. Morehouse. (Howard won!) There's nothing, absolutely nothing, like the HBCU experience. #HU #YouKnow

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I want everyone to google "night and fog." This is where we are.

MLK Day is the one day each year Republicans pretend they don't hate everything about Black people.

THREAD 🧵On November 14, 1960 six-year-old Ruby Bridges was escorted by federal marshals in order to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, LA. This was done in the wake of SCOTUS Brown v. Board decision that mandated integrated schools. Who was Ruby Bridges? Glad you asked.

THREAD 🧵On December 11, 1917, the U.S. Army executed 13 Black soldiers who were court-martialed + denied an appeal. July 1917, the all-Black 3rd Infantry Battalion was stationed at Camp Logan, near Houston to guard white soldiers headed to Europe. What was this mass execution? Glad you asked.

Emperor Donald Nero wants to put his face on dollar coins. I'm serious.

THREAD 🧵 December 6, 1915, SCOTUS upheld the racist Expatriation Act of 1907 = stripped American women of their citizenship b/c they married a non-citizen. This law was targeted toward Asian Pacific Islanders; the case was Mackenzie v. Hare. Don't know about the Expatriation Act? Glad you asked.

THREAD🧵On On December 3, 1970, human rights fighter Cesar Chavez was jailed for his refusal to end a boycott on farmers who engaged in coercive, violent, and unjust labor practices against Latino migrant farm workers. Who was Cesar Chavez? Glad you asked.

"I cannot, in good conscience, authorize or execute orders that risk innocent lives and compromise the principles I swore to uphold." No surprise here Adm. Alvin Holsey, who retired recently just a year in his new command, is an HBCU graduate. Thank you for your moral courage, sir.

Brain Worm Guy wants to kill your children.

Trump is blocking federal release of jobs data. Here's the Nov number from ADP, a private firm which does nearly as good with these numbers as the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 32,000 jobs lost in Nov is private sector only. Doesn't include federal layoffs. mediacenter.adp.com/2025-12-03-A...

This Lincoln Project video is a killer. It's from three years ago. It is terrifying how closely Piggyman is following the playbook. Please. watch and spread this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Y-...

On November 26, 1972 journalist, sports columnist and civil rights fighter Wendell Smith made his transition. He was also inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and was a key factor in the integration of baseball. Don't know about Wendell Smith? Glad you asked.

THREAD 🧵On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II kicks off the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!” Don't know about the Crusades? Glad you asked.

In case my followers didn't know, my good friend here used to do these Glad You Asked threads on another platform. He's re-stared the series here. The threads are ALL worth reading. Prepare to learn and to be amazed. Thank you, my brother!

🧵THREAD On December 1, 1955 secretary, investigator and founder of Alabama's NAACP Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery. This is often considered the start of the modern civil rights movement. Don't know about Rosa Parks? Glad you asked.

Dementia Don is so deep into the sundowning part of his cognitive decline that he fell asleep during his live Cabinet Apprentice show today, even while all the contestants were praising him.

Seven years ago this week, the Trump 1 Administration fired tear gas from within the United States across the border into Mexico--thus executing an illegal international chemical weapons attack against women, children and babies seeking asylum in the US. It got memory holed.

This is what fascism looks like. The Trump Reich wants to call retired US Navy Captain, and now Senator, Mark Kelly back to active service so they can court martial him for reminding servicemembers that they swore an oath to not obey illegal orders. www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...

Republicans want to destroy democratic government, because only democratic government can prevent them from preying on you. That's why they've been trying, for decades, to convince you that government is the enemy. Because government is =their= enemy.

We got a light sprinkling of snow last night. The view this morning looks awesome. This is an unenhanced and unretouched picture off my back deck.

THREAD 🧵On November 19, 1985 Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry died in Woodland Hills, CA. The first Black millionaire movie star, he is best known as the character of "Stepin Fetchit", a befuddled, mumbling, shiftless fool. Who was "Stepin Fetchit"? Glad you asked.

The problem we face is that Americans lose interest if you don't say something inflammatory by halfway through the