I attended and participated in the demonstration against neo-nazi Gavin McInnes, a white racist, homo/transphobe at the NYC Republican Club on East 83rd St,

I attended and participated in the demonstration against white racist, homo and transphobe, neo-nazi Gavin McInnes at the New York City Republican Clubhouse on East 83rd St,

The media has attempted to make the demonstration an Antifa vs proud boy battle, While there were about 6 -8 demonstrators who were dressed in ANTIFA drag ..( black Hoodies, shades, face scarfs (to prevent identification) and acting in ways I am familiar with, the majority of us were there to protest against Nazi scum peacefully. The arrival of the Proud Boys in a group of about 60 was truly frightening to me, They marched with a sense of Charlottesville entitlement. before they went inside they attacked one of us ..But the heavy turn out of police broke it up almost immediately, I left just before the Proud Boys came out of the building thinking there is going to be violence and I do not want to be a part of it.,

The media across the board did not correctly represent who we were and concentrated on the more sensationalist actions of the few antifida. I went to protest the GOP hosting a White racist organizer. Period. Personally at this stage, I am committed to non-violence and talking to people as I did at this demonstration who were watching us about what we have in common that is under attack by the rise of fascism (trump and corporate coup of Democracy) ..and what we can do to stop it .. my weapon (if you will ) is VOTING in the November 6th primary, fighting for campaign financing and climate control and demilitarizing local police and a return to peace officers, I am grateful for non-violent practice both Alexis and Jamie who have been teaching us in Rise and Resist and to any group interested the tactics of non-violent resistance...

Watch and learn the violent politics of Gavin McInnes and his Proud Boy Movement

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/will-kill-viral-video-appears -show-proud-boys-founder-calling-trump-supporters-commit-violence/

Lessons in fearlessness and personal courage STEB live like STREB!

Artist/dancers role model how to face the unknown with joy and courage .. Act and artists liek this inspires me when I feel hopeless of scared of the future .. just one more example ..of inspiration ...thank you STREB! company Thank you Elizabeth Streb

AWAY September 13th? Here is how you can still vote VOTE AS IF YOUR FUTURE DEPENDED ON IT

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY YOU CAN MAIL YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT Application request INTO THE BOARD OF ELECtIONS!  You can print the application for a ballot t by clicking out this link and find the application n  https://www.elections.ny.gov/votingabsentee.html

If you can not mail it in by midnight tonight (main post office is open late at 33h St and 8th, you \can take the application to the Board of Elections office .. the one in the Village is located at Manhattan. 200 Varick Street, 10 Fl. New York, NY 10014.  Turn the application for a ballot in.  they will give you a ballot to vote on and  oard of elections.

Or you can authorize me to pick it up for you. If you fill in my name in the place on the application. Give it to me , I will pick up the ballot for you . You fill it out  and  sign it , Give it to me if you can not go to the office . I will take it in for you.

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Remember every votes does count. 

IF IS CRITICAL TO VOTE IN THIS PRIMARY .

I AM VOTING FOR CYNTHIA NIXON for Governor   and ZEPHYR TEACHOUT for ATTORNEY GENERAL

if youlive in the Districts which have IDC (independent Democrat Caucus )fake Democrats (I call them CuomoREPUBLICANS) be sure to vote for the candidates runing against them  : information on these candidates  
www.noidcny.org/learn/challengers .  I particularly like John Liu who I supported for Mayor

REMEMBER THE DEMOCRATIC MACHINE STATE WIDE AND HERE IN NEW YORK CITY has made it so difficult to vote .refusing to making registering and voting easier. Throw the bums out and elect true progressives to state and city office 

Betrayal of Constitution seeded in the officious and subtle arrogant response of Justice Kavanagh in his Supreme Court confirmation hearing

The betrayal of the Constitution on display at the confirmation hearings of Brett M. Kavanaugh  is beyond anything I have ever seen in my lifetime, The fact that this hearing is allowed to proceed is astounding. Kavanaugh has lied to the Senate previously. That should have been enough to have his nomination rejected. The fact that the GOP and the President allowed it to go go forward is an attack on the integrity and tradition of how a Supreme Court Justice is chosen. How can  any Senator make an informed vote when the Republicans refuse to provide the history on record of Kavanaugh positions and judgement? , The proceedings should have stopped until this information was made available to the Senate and the pubic. The so called FREEDOM caucus,  funded by the home bred economic terrorists who are attacking every principal of equality , could hold such power suggest a coup to me,

What each of us needs to do to stop this disrespect of the law and the Constitution is BE . IN THE STREETS SHOUTING NO NO NO NO NO 

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Nixon steps up to the election plate and hits the ball out of the Park leaving Cuomo stunned by her grand slam ,

Cynthia Nixon steps up to the election plate and hits the ball out of the Park leaving Cuomo stunned by her grand slam and pocketing the votes of any thinking person who listened, This game is not over , Two crucial weeks before the September primary. Nixon won the debate and my vote.

I went to Syndicated, a popular movie theater-bar-restaurant in Bushwick to watch the Cuomo/Nixon debate Some friends of mine from Occupy the Pipeline, an Occupy Wall Street off shoot who tried very hard to wake up Greenwich Village to the fact that a fracked gas pipeline was crossing the Hudson and bringing frack gas into Manhattan. Making the high rent neighborhood surrounding the High Line and the new Whitney a potential blast-zone from a possible explosion of the pipeline. The local electeds led by than City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn had been silence. Usually fracked gas is NOT transported into and though a densely populated neighborhoods like the far west Village because of the danger of an explosion, 

My friends had told me they were meeting there to watch h the debate. My friend Kim, a fierce enviormental activist and wonderful large puppet maker, told me she was very impressed by Nixon. I expressed doubt that she could win but I had announced I was endorsing her. I told Kim I would ask others to vote for her. I saw my vote as more of an anti-Cuomo rather than a pro -Nixon vote I could not find my friends in the now crowed room. I secured one of the last seats as the Syndicated filled up with people in theri 20's and 30's. I think I was the oldest person in the room. I sat between a young, full bodied black woman in a red dress and her friend a very thing, white, blond young woman.

Bo y, was I surprised how aggressive and informed Mx Nixon was. Her passion was real, not acting. She refused to give Cuomo an inch. More than once asked him to stop lying. The room was hers as the debate proceeded. He called her a corporation and she repeatedly called him a lier. The biggest roar from the crowd came when she talked about rents being out of control. She pointed out his biggest donors to his campaign are real estate developers. He answer that he support rent control. But like many of his answers during the debate, she spoke fact to his generalizations, repeatedly pointing out rent control, unlike rent stabilization is controlled by Albany . To the delight of the room, she called for a serous, overhaul. Most of the millennials present do not live in rent regulated apartments, The high cost of rent drew a loud response from the young crowd. The MTA issue drew a loud response for because most of the people use the L-train to go to work, It will be shut dow for two years would affect them , I was particularly impressed in how Nixon addressed labor. Than it was over. I left with a very changed impression of Mx. Nixon. I now actually actually think if enough people will listen t this debate she has a chance of wining,

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A PERFECT CONCERT: Brandi Carlile at Newport Folk Festival 2018

I fell in love with Brandi Carlile the very first time I saw her perform .. maybe 14 years ago .. she is one of my go-to listens ....when I feel down and need a shot of folk joy and authentic emotion and a reality check on life. I grew up in RI  and started going To the Newport Jazz and Folk festival when I was a teenager...high points included waiting with my mom 3 hours in the rain to see Judy Garland..it only took about six minutes for all of us to forgive her ...again waiting in the rain to Mahalia Jackson play her first secular concert (thank you George Wein) she waited until midnight to make a Sat become a Sunday..and brought Church to the festival...her first song was "Oh Lord did it not Rain."..and being part of the majority present who cheered Dylan when  went electic...when Billie walked on Stage during a Lester Young set and began to sing... they had had a falling out a few years previously ..it was an unforgettable moment ..and cemented in me the power of music to heal ..both were dead with the year..or when the Indigo Girls brought out Farron,, and left the stage and the rest of their set to her, but this post is about Brandi.  I want you to listen to this very, very special set .. and please please pay attention to the song The Mothers and the introduction.....please listen to the audio of her set and read FUV''s Rita Houston's pitch-perfect description of Brandi Carlilie. (I am including the actual link in case the audio button does not work'..... and Carlile can ROCK,,, there is a Zepplin rip in the set.

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LISTEN TO CONCERT RECORDINGS FROM THE ORIGINAL WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL

Brandi Carlile, Live in Concert: Newport Folk 2018

August 8, 20188:46 AM ET

RITA HOUSTON

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Adam Kissick for NPR

The family spirit of the Newport Folk Festival is solid in Brandi Carlile's hands. She formed her own musical family with Phil and Tim Hanseroth years ago, and now they all tour together with their wives and children (they even make an appearance on the Newport stage). Stemming out from there, Carlile has fostered a living, breathing collaborative network of artists, walking the walk by showing up early and staying late to perform with her friends. Carlile was all over the festival, performing with Margo Price, Lucius, The Lone Bellow, Mumford and Sons and more.

Brandi Carlile performs at the 2018 Newport Folk Festival.

Adam Kissick for NPR

It's all part of a great year, as By the Way, I Forgive You has brought even more fans into the Bramily. Her Sunday evening Newport set was pure celebration, as if she soaked up all that sunshine and love and poured it back over the crowd. The dynamic song list included several new tunes, older faves, and a couple nods to past inspiration, with covers of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" and a Led-Zep-fierce rendition of Joan Baez's "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You."

SET LIST:

• "Raise Hell"
• "The Story"
• "The Eye"
• "The Mother"
• "The Joke"
• "Mainstream Kid"
• "Sugartooth"
• "A Case Of You" (Joni Mitchell)
• "Babe, Im Gonna Leave You"
• "Party Of One"
• "Hold Out Your Hand"

Credit List:

Technical Director:Josh Rogosin; Production Assistant: Téa Mottolese ; Location Recording facilities Provided by Aura-Sonic, Ltd.; Producer: Suraya Mohamed; Photography: Adam Kissick.

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