"National Treasure: Sing a Song With Ella Jenkins, the Beloved First Lady of Children’s Music "Discover how Ella Jenkins' joyful songs and storytelling have inspired generations of young listeners, while her commitment to advocacy has profoundly affected the world of music and beyond. (04:39)"
"The publisher [of Melania #Trump's book] responded with an absurd demand: “CNN shall pay a licensing fee of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).” They also insisted CNN sign an NDA about the fee. "The news giant declined to sign the agreement."
"Jordan Seidhom and his son, Landon, made multiple trips into the #flood zone of the #NC mountains to deliver food and water within 24 hours of Hurricane Helene’s passing through the state. The Seidhoms said they rescued five people stranded on the mountainside, leaving a sixth after Seidhom said a Lake Lure fire official threatened to arrest him if he didn’t leave the airspace." (Photo Credit: Jordan Seidhom)
"Donald #Trump’s campaign ran ads in the state of Georgia showing a beautiful landscape from... the country of Georgia. "The digital ad, captured in reports by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Telegraph, calls on voters in the Peach State to register to vote. “REGISTER TO VOTE FOR TRUMP,” reads the message overlayed on an image... "That image on Shutterstock, captioned: 'Cloudy morning view of the mountain hill in Upper Svanetia, Georgia, Europe.'”
"Melania Trump was paid [$237,000] by the Log Cabin Republicans for the April fundraiser. But it’s a mystery who actually cut the check: Charles Moran, president of the Log Cabin Republicans...the group did not put up the money ...and the disclosure form did not give any more information about the source of the payment....in the White House, she was always so concerned about people making money off of her because she felt it was money she should be earning.”
"Sunday a soldier of Company A died and was buried. Everything went on as if nothing had happened, for death is so common that little sentiment is wasted. It is not like a death at home." Elisha Hunt Rhodes, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry
"Historian Timothy Messer-Kruse believes that people on both sides of this debate [about the founders’ intentions for the future of #slavery often miss the point. In this week’s HNN feature, he argues that pinpointing the truth about 18th-century perspectives on abolition requires taking a closer look at the self-interested anxieties that white elites brought to the issue." HNN feature [free access with a request to sign up for the newsletter] https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/in-the-white-interest
#Project2025 regarding Reproductive Rights will ...withdraw Medicaid funds for states that require abortion insurance or that discriminate in violation of the Weldon Amendment. This would punish states that try to protect women's access to abortion care. [472]