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Animals, Animals, Animals!

Search for a Giant Squid, by Amy Seto Forrester/Illustrated by Andy Chou Musser, (Apr. 2023, Chronicle Books), $14.99, ISBN: 9781797213934 Ages 6-9 Choose your own adventure, nonfiction style! Readers can learn about the elusive giant squid while navigating their own adventure. The stage is set: the team is going on an expedition to find a giant squid. Readers can choose a scientist, a…

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SAXOPHONES AT SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB

SEAMUS BLAKE with Alexander Claffy and Mark Whitfield Jr, 18 SEPTEMBER 2024, 7:30 pm set

SARAH HANAHAN with Caelan Cardello, Matt Dwonszyk, and Hank Allen-Barfield, 19 SEPTEMBER 2024, 10:30 pm set

MIKE LEDONNE with ERIC ALEXANDER, Alex Claffy, and Aaron Seeber, 16 SEPTEMBER 2024, 7:30 pm set

I did go on a saxophone spurt so that is the overarching way to organize this souvenir. But there’s Alexander Claffy as the absolute glue on the SEAMUS BLAKE set but also on MIKE LEDONNE’s gig. I’ve been thinking of tenor/bass/drums trios so Blake extends that exercise following on Julieta Eugenio (with Matt Dwonszyk coincidentally) two weeks ago. I was a little surprised by Caelan Cardello’s power in his recent trio gig, so hearing him with the relentless SARAH HANAHAN was interesting. She opened with John Coltrane’s Welcome while LEDONNE/ALEXANDER made a similar move with McCoy Tyner’s Blues for Ball and then Coltrane’s I’ll Wait and Pray.

Let’s see what fabric I make out of all these threads.

Well, first, SEAMUS BLAKE was, like Eugenio, a lighter melodic improviser. He was more tune oriented with Stella By Starlight to open and Autumn Leaves to close. His version of Along Came Betty had a bossa feel to the point that he wanted to call it Betty Goes To Rio. He identified In Bloom as part of the Kurt Cobain songbook; it was catchy enough over a simple and direct rhythm section. It segued into some Ellington to save the day. Blake was solid but ordinary. It was Claffy who stood out with interesting solos and, seemingly, the necessary work to drive the band. He was in sync with Mark Whitfield Jr who was extremely tasty, playing at Mezzrow’s level in the bigger club without sacrificing any drive.

SARAH HANAHAN is a raw talent. With Joe Farnsworth, as she was earlier in the week (oh, yeah, another thread of context), she is an indulged enfant terrible. If she were a trumpet player, I would complain as she does the saxophone equivalent of playing lots and lots of notes going to the upper register too early and often. She also really extends tunes; there just three in her set. The Coltrane opener had a modal churn and even a significant A Love Supreme quote. Hanahan of course went there. Cardello held his own, but let off the gas often enough to benefit his own playing but also his leader. The second tune was probably a standard so Hanahan took most of her second solo in a more lyrical vein. Her We Bop as a closer is also catchy with a riffy line that provided some structure. She has an album with more focused tunes, so she will get there. For now, we can wait and watch as she grows into her raw talent.

I saw an Eric Alexander gig recently, probably with MIKE LEDONNE, that lacked structure, so I appreciate his leadership here. As I was getting to know his playing, I found him sometimes heavy handed. He is a big player and going modal early in the set makes a certain sense. But, that heft focused Alexander who shifted to alto for a ballad (Sometimes I’m Happy?) and a blues at the end that I found more successful. Ledonne though was solid throughout and Claffy was there too though he didn’t have to do as much.

Solid enough stuff. A cliche here might be, “but nothing to write home about.” But I have written about it.

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Let’s Be Real

It is easy to think that we have all the social media apps we could ever handle. After all, we have our hands full trying to keep up with Facebook, Insta, TikTok, Twitter, SnapChat, and LinkedIn. But that hasn’t stopped Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger from launching Artifact (more on that in a future blog), or a former President from creating TruthSocial, and an even wider array of Alt-Right sites like Parler.

And then there’s Alexis Barreyat and Kevin Perreau, who founded the French social media app BeReal in 2020. It didn’t gain much traction during COVID, but has now exploded in growth. It is billed as the most real of social apps, in that it focuses on authenticity. Or so they say. I’ve been watching this one closely since early last Fall, when it first popped on my radar.



Here’s how it works. Users get a push notification at random times each day, and they have two minutes to shoot and post a photo of them doing whatever it is they are doing right then. The app activates both forward and rear cameras so you get a shot of the person as well as what they are seeing. No filters. No Photoshop or Lightroom. No makeup or fancy clothes. No influencers.



Just you in the raw.

Of course, we may not always be able to do this within two minutes (I’m looking at all y’all stuck in Dallas traffic right now), so the app allows for late posts, but it duly notes your tardiness. Oh, the shame and indignity.

At a time when all of our other socials are highly curated and feature tweaked images and reels, BeReal is the opposite. It wants to allow our friends and followers to see us living life, not posturing for a paid sponsor.

It’s an interesting idea to say the least, especially given that at least Facebook and Insta indeed had far humbler beginnings free of influencers. I confess that I too have taken to polishing my media before posting. A little Photoshop or Lightroom never did any harm, right? Think digital cosmetics. I can fix any blemish.

Alas, I am not pandering to corporations, as I am not on any payrolls other than the State of Texas. But then again, we do have our personal brands to worry about, too. And given that I am working on some fun travel-related books right now, it can’t hurt. Besides, I really don’t want people to see what I look like before the first two or three cups of coffee.

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I’m not addicted. I swear.

But while BeReal has enjoyed popularity in the various app stores, I see this as a novelty, much like a Fourth of July bottle rocket. It makes a pretty splash in the sky, and then the embers fall to the ground. I can see people growing weary of being pestered at random times for another $%^&* picture. It’s almost like the app developers assume we are all sitting around doing nothing. Have they never heard of classes? Meetings? Dinner? Airplanes? Anyone?

Then there’s the very real possibility of people’s so-called authenticity being a parade for the very people and products we already see on social media. You’re in Playa del Carmen on the beach, and you get buzzed. Or at a posh movie debut. Driving a Mercedes S-Class. In the fanciest suite at the Barfield in Downtown Amarillo.



Yeah, that all looks pretty real, doesn’t it? Actually, it looks pretty damn ostentatious to me. No, I am not envious, but in a rush to focus on least common denominators, we must recognize that some people have a much larger denominator to begin with. Those brands would love to be in a big hurry to hop on this bandwagon. Even pedestrian companies like Chipotle have hacked the system by posting promos to their BeReal.

And even though the firm has received a $30 million cash infusion, there is still the most critical of flaws: They have no revenue model. This is Rule #1 for any app or social. You must have a way of making money sooner or later, just like Google and Meta discovered.

If companies are already subverting the game plan, just watch out. It is only going to look more and more like what we have been using all along. Well, that’s as long as BeReal actually bothers to figure out how to sustain itself. All the authenticity in the world won’t pay the bills, and as I have said many times before, you don’t just launch an app out of the goodness of your heart.

Nice try, BeReal. My gut tells me that people don’t want to be real. We buy in to the Looking Glass Self concept, in which our perceptions of ourselves are informed by what we think others think of us.

And…here’s the important part—we try to influence what others think of us. It’s an affirmation feedback loop. 



God knows we love those Likes and Hearts a lot more than any feedback we get for posting our bed head hair.

Dr “Let’s Be Really Real“ Gerlich

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For Black-owned businesses, concerns extend beyond inflation, supply chain issues--NBC

Sept. 20, 2022, 2:16 PM EDT / Updated Sept. 21, 2022, 10:42 AM EDT

By Curtis Bunn and Claretta Bellamy

When Keith Millner, wife Charmaine and two of their friends decided to open a Jersey Mike’s Subs sandwich shop in Atlanta in 2019, they had no idea they would end up working behind the counter.

Their doors opened in November 2020, during the heart of the Covid pandemic. When businesses started reopening in July 2021, the nature of commerce had changed — and Black businesses felt the reverberations. For this group at Jersey Mike’s, part of the work became finding dedicated workers post-pandemic. With little to no options, they were forced to don aprons and hats and roll up their sleeves.

“It’s either that or close the business,” said Millner, a former commercial banker who now coaches individuals and organizations on corporate culture, public speaking and other areas. “We were trained on every aspect of the business. So, yeah, we ran the counter, made sandwiches, worked the grill, ordered inventory — whatever it took. And we still do.”

A recent study of small business owners by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that inflation and supply chain issues are the top challenges entrepreneurs face today. However, Black business owners, like Millner and Co., face other unique hurdles that are specific to the Black community.

Unlike their white counterparts, Black businesses deal with systemic racism — a fact highlighted in a study on the government’s Payment Protection Program (PPP). The study shows that there are structural inequities “built-in to the administration of the program, the application process, and the fee structure.” Additionally, Black businesses often encounter racism and discrimination when securing bank financing, which leads to them having difficulties acquiring loans.

There has also been a massive increase of Black workers wanting flexibility instead of working traditional 9-to-6 schedules, leading to labor shortages, according to a study by Future Forum. 

A Future Forum/Slack survey of 5,448 workers found that 83% of Black workers want a flexible working schedule to create a work-life balance, which creates a labor shortage for Black business owners serving the Black community, especially in the service industry. Millner’s Jersey Mike’s in Atlanta is located in an area with a largely Black demographic and workforce. Millner and his corporate executive co-partners Charmaine Ward, Eric Harrison and Nicole Williams say these stats coincide with their ongoing staffing issues. 

“Their freedom and flexibility in their schedule are more important to them than a regular paycheck,” Millner said of many young Black workers he has employed. “And so, they will drive Uber or Lyft. They will take the occasional odd job or they’ll go work for a moving company for a day or two or they’ll take four roommates so that they can split their rent. They’re making a lot of different choices from a lifestyle standpoint. And it impacts business.” 

The challenge of securing funding

The Chamber of Commerce study said that 85% of small business owners say they are concerned about the impact of inflation on their business, up from 74% last quarter. One in three small business owners call inflation their highest concern and 67% of them have raised prices in response to inflation. Those concerns weigh heavily on Black-owned businesses, too. But the biggest hurdle is finding those willing to finance their business.  

Maya Barfield, a veterinarian who owns Willow Brook Animal Hospital in Dallas, was astounded and deflated when, despite having pristine credit and attempting to purchase an established successful business, she and her husband were refused bank loans.

“You put together a great portfolio and it’s not enough,” Barfield said. “A process that should take 30 to 45 days took us six months. It was exhausting. Our white counterparts who are on equal footing had no such problems.”

She and her husband, a pharmaceutical company executive, had to use programs such as Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)’s Black Economic Development Fund to secure the resources to procure their business.

This concern is unique to Black entrepreneurs. A number of studies and organizations point out various discrepancies in lending practices, all of them pointing to Black entrepreneurs being denied at an exponentially higher rate than non-Blacks. The Federal Reserve found that over half of Black business owners were rejected for bank loans, which is twice the rate compared to white business owners.

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s flagship 7(a) program decreased loans to Black businesses by 35% in 2020, the largest drop in lending to any race or ethnic group tracked by the agency.

Millner and Co. had a curious experience when attempting to open their Jersey Mike’s restaurant. They received two approval letters from major banks. But days before closing, they were told they could not be funded.

“We have A-1 credit—all of us,” he said. “We had purchased equipment and the initial inventory, signed a 10-year lease and hired people. And then we had to scramble.

 “I used to be a banker, so I know the drill. This was not a common practice, approving someone and then pulling the offer just before closing.”

Many Black businesses, the Brookings Institute’s report said, had greater luck pursuing loans from non mainstream banks. NPR reported that Savannah, Georgia’s Black-owned Carver State Bank helped many Black businesses that were denied loans from mainstream banks, issuing $9 million in PPP loans within a five-month period. 

But all PPP loans have not been beneficial to Black-owned businesses. The Center for Responsible Lending stated some of those challenges in their report.

“The Paycheck Protection Program continues to be disadvantageous to smaller businesses, businesses owned by people of color, and businesses without employees. PPP loans can be forgiven if the business is able to use the funds for eligible expenses within eight weeks of receiving the loan,” the report read. “This requirement makes it challenging, particularly for very small businesses, to ensure loans are forgiven rather than converted into long-term debt.”

Non-Black support has dwindled

Black-owned businesses were energized by the response to the Black Lives Matter-led social justice movement of 2020. Inspired by the cause and frustrated with long-standing inequities that were on full display when George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, BLM helped ignite a push to support Black-owned businesses. There was no data to support the uptick in sales that owners say they initially felt, but anecdotally, they contend there was a boost once businesses reopened after the pandemic-forced shut down.

According to NBC Bay Area, searches for “Black-owned businesses near me” peaked in June 2020, with companies like Yelp making it easier for people to find and support Black-owned businesses, per data from Google.

That meant non-Black patrons were on the support train, too. “I felt it and I saw it,” said Mel Banks, who was shopping for a birthday gift for his wife last week at The New Black Wall Street in Stonecrest, Georgia, about 17 miles east of Atlanta. It is a mall that has more than 100 shops and restaurants — all Black-owned.

Over time, though, the enthusiasm for the BLM push diminished. And as BLM the movement quieted, so did support.

Tremaine Jasper, owner and editor of PhxSoul.com, a website that lists events and has a Phoenix-area Black-owned business directory, said he benefited from the social justice movement and community effort to support Black-owned business. He said he received up to 10,000 views in one day, when he usually had 13,000 a month. His website was promoted on mainstream media outlets, including rapper Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.

While traffic on his website has slightly dipped since then, Jasper said that he also witnessed a decline in revenue for advertising and grant funding opportunities, which were much more promoted to entrepreneurs and made available during the pandemic. He said it is difficult to pinpoint the cause for the decline, but noted one factor could be from a decline of media coverage highlighting Black-owned businesses.

“I think that PhxSoul.com has probably dropped off in the minds of people who don’t regularly visit the website,” he said.

The same can be said for salon owner Nikia Londy, who runs Intriguing Hair, a wig and hair extension shop in Boston. She said that during the height of the social justice movement, corporations and financial institutions pledged to support Black-owned businesses. However, two years later, Londy, 37, said she doesn’t “really see where that has gone.”

Alternative options for Black businesses 

This helped small business owners like Londy, who faced major financial challenges both during and post-pandemic. Aside from struggling to make payroll during the government shutdown, and having her store looted during the 2020 protests, Londy was denied a business loan from her bank of 10 years. Londy said her bank’s rejection “didn’t make sense,” and as a result was grateful for the alternative funding options like the ones LISC provided.

The salon owner eventually received two $10,000 grants, one from Verizon’s Small Business Digital Ready program through LISC and another from PayPal through the Association for Enterprise Opportunity, a program that provides capital and services to help underprivileged communities. Through LISC’s digital accelerator program, she also was able to hire three college interns from the Hult International School of Business, who worked on a digital marketing campaign for Intriguing Hair and helped increase customer traffic to the salon.

LISC also works with many major banks and insurance companies, and public and private foundations that invest in communities of color. Hall, who leads LISC’s small business and commercial lending, said the organization works with partners and foundations to decrease down payment risks for borrowers. The normal down payment risk for commercial real estate averages around 10-20% for borrowers, Hall said, but his organization lowers it to between 3 to 5% for borrowers.

Hall advises Black businesses to consider certain industries, like professional services, in which they have a better chance at being successful. Hall says that Black-owned businesses need to be in more sectors and should reflect the community needs. He cites “The Jeffersons,” a popular 1970s Black sitcom centered on a Black man who built wealth as a dry cleaners owner as an example of a business endeavor that Black people embraced.

“In the ’70s and ’80s, African Americans … we dominated the dry-cleaning business nationally,” Hall said. He said that’s not the case anymore, adding that Black American likely “didn’t see the value in it.” 

Now, Jasper is focused on the solutions. He said it’s also important for Black business owners to understand the value of partnering with other Black-owned businesses: “Let’s work on our strengths and weaknesses and try to present a good opportunity.”

CORRECTION (Sept. 21, 2022, 10:42 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article misstated the year Keith Millner opened up his Jersey Mike’s Subs sandwich shop in Atlanta. It was 2020, not 2019.

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A win for comics at this year’s Blue Peter Book Awards

A win for comics at this year’s Blue Peter Book Awards

Writer, poet and cartoonist Mike Barfield and comic creator and illustrator Jessica Bradley-Bove and have been announced as winners of the 2021 Blue Peter Book Award for “Best Book with Facts – for their hilarious book, A Day In The Life Of A Poo, A Gnu And You. Packed full of zany trivia about everything worth knowing – from pimples to porcupines – each element of A Day In The Life Of A Poo, A…

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Children's Book Review: The Ultimate Spell-Caster

Children’s Book Review: The Ultimate Spell-Caster

The Ultimate Spell-Caster by Mike Barfield is a fun and funny flip-book full of over 60 million spell-casting combinations. It’s just the kind of book which would inspire young wizards and witches!

Magic spells aren’t just for Halloween! As the daughter of a wizard (ok, a magician) I feel I’m well qualified to review this book AND test out some of the spells in it.

The instructions on the back…

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Destroy this book in the name of Science!: Einstein Edition

Destroy this book in the name of Science!: Einstein Edition, by Mike Barfield

Synopsis: Created by author, cartoonist and entertainer Mike Barfield, Destroy This Book is the ultimate activity-based book, perfect for curious children who are inspired by cool science.

With fascinating information, colouring and doodling activities to complete, and a dozen press-out projects to create, there’s…

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A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything in Between by Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley

A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything in Between by Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley

A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything in Between: History As You’ve Never Seen It Before by Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley. Buster Books, 2021. 9781780557137 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 4.5 Format: Paperback What did you like about the book? This book is fun and highly informational! Each page is a day in the life of an individual, an animal, or an…

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Which Senate Republicans Voted Against The Wall

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Which Senate Republicans Voted Against The Wall

Senate Again Votes To End Trump Emergency Declaration On Border Wall

Senate Republicans vote against Trumps border emergency | Nine News Australia

The Senate again voted on Wednesday to end President TrumpDonald TrumpFormer Sen. Heller to run for Nevada governorOvernight Defense & National Security Milley becomes lightning rodJoint Chiefs Chairman Milley becomes lightning rod on rightMOREs emergency declaration on the U.S.-Mexico border wall, paving the way for a veto showdown with the White House.

Senators voted 54–41;on a resolution to end the declaration, which Trump used to shift billions of dollars from the military toward wall construction.

Under the National Emergencies Act, a resolution ending the declaration needed only a simple majority to clear the Senate, making it likely to be approved.;But underscoring the broad swath of concern about Trumps actions among the Senate GOP caucus, 11 Republican senators voted to nix the declaration.

Roger Frederick WickerTop Republican: General told senators he opposed Afghanistan withdrawalNY Democrat tests positive for COVID-19 in latest House breakthrough caseFlorida Democrat becomes latest breakthrough COVID-19 case in HouseMORE voted to end the president’s declaration.;

Democrats have seized on the administrations decision to shift money away from military construction projects as a way to politically box in Republicans by forcing them to decide between breaking with Trump or voting to allow money to be shifted away from projects in their own states.

Same way I voted last time. How would I square voting differently? Cornyn asked.

Eleven Gop Senators Vote Against National Emergency Border Wall

Eleven GOP senators voted to cancel President Donald Trumps declaration of a national border emergency and his subsequent transfer of agency funding to build the border wall.

This 54 to 41 vote was not about the border wall, but whether the Congress of the United States of America should yield its constitutionally prescribed power of the purse to the President, said Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

The answer to that question, regardless of who is in the White House should be no, Collins continued. Congress alone is empowered by the constitution to adopt laws directing money from the U.S. Treasury.

The president stole the money, and I will not stand for that, said Vermont Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy. The president took the funding from other projects, such as the replacement of older schools at military bases, said Leahy, who is the top Democrat on the appropriations panel.

Senators should vote against the resolution because there is no Earthly reason why Democrats would force us to have one or the other, said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell .

The joint resolution is passed, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced from the Senates chair.

The 11 GOP senators who voted against the emergency and the wall included Collins, Romney, retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander , along with Sens. Roy Blunt , Mike Lee , Jerry Moran , Lisa Murkowski , Rand Paul , Rob Portman , Pat Toomey , and Roger Wicker .

Several GOP senators declined to vote.

Y Leaders Including Mcconnell And Trump Had Urged Colleagues To Reject Proposal

WASHINGTONSenate Republicans blocked the creation of a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, after GOP leaders urged colleagues to reject it.

The bill needed 60 votes to advance in the evenly divided Senate, thanks to the chambers longstanding filibuster rule. That means 10 Republicans would have had to vote with all 50 members of the Democratic caucus to allow the bill to proceed. Only six did, and the legislation fell short, with 54 votes in favor, 35 against and 11 senators not voting.

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Senate Again Rejects Trumps Border Emergency But Falls Short Of A Veto

By Emily Cochrane

WASHINGTON The Senate voted on Wednesday for a second time to terminate the national emergency that President Trump declared at the southwestern border, in a bipartisan rejection of Mr. Trumps bid to build a wall without congressional approval.

But the 54-to-41 vote, in which 11 Republicans joined Democrats to break with the president over his signature domestic priority, fell short of the margin that would be needed to overcome a presidential veto, ensuring that Mr. Trump would be able to continue to redirect military funding to build a barrier on the southwestern border.

The tally was nearly identical to the result of a vote in March, when Congress first sought to block the national emergency declaration and a dozen Republicans joined all Democrats present for the vote. Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, who voted in March to overturn the emergency declaration, did not vote on Wednesday. Mr. Rubio had a previously scheduled family matter to attend to, but would have voted again to reject the emergency declaration, his office said.

Heightening the political tension around the vote, the Pentagon this month unveiled a list of military construction projects that would be delayed as a result of the national emergency declaration. The vote in March, Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, noted on Tuesday, was before the Republicans knew which projects in their own states were at issue.

Here Are The Republicans Who Objected To Certifying The Election Results

By Jenny Gross and Luke Broadwater

Even after a mob of Trump supporters swarmed and entered the Capitol on Wednesday, a handful of Republican senators and more than 100 Republican representatives stood by their decisions to vote against certifying the results of the presidential election.

Congress certified the election of Joseph R. Biden Jr. early Thursday, ending attempts to overturn the results in two states. Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri, Ted Cruz of Texas, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, Roger Marshall of Kansas and John Kennedy of Louisiana voted to overturn the results in Arizona, while 93 senators voted against. Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Tuberville, Ms. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Marshall and Senators Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Rick Scott of Florida voted to overturn the results in Pennsylvania, while 92 voted against it.

The House rejected the Arizona challenge by a vote of 303 to 121 and rejected the Pennsylvania challenge by a vote of 282 to 138.

Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington also condemned the actions of the mob of Trump loyalists and said she would no longer vote against the vote certifications.

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Sen Jerry Moran Of Kansas

Moran, a member of Senate Appropriations,; shortly before Thursdays vote that he would support the resolution. I share President Trumps goal of securing our borders, but expanding the powers of the presidency beyond its constitutional limits is something I cannot support, he tweeted.; also attached photos of his handwritten notes outlining his position. Hes up for;a third term;in 2022.

Senate Unanimously Votes Against Defunding The Police

The Senate early Wednesday unanimously approved an amendment to its proposed budget that opposed defunding the police.

The amendment, offered by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, came during the Senates overnight vote-a-rama, a marathon session during consideration of Democrats $3.5 trillion budget where members can offer unlimited amendments. While the votes are non-binding, they can sometimes be politically tricky for senators as their colleagues force on-the-record positions on contentious issues.

My amendment is pretty simple, Tuberville said on the Senate floor. If your city council wants to defund their police, dont expect the federal government to make up the difference.

It was adopted 99-0. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker praised Tubervilles amendment, joking that senators should also declare their support for God, country and apple pie.

Sen. Cory Booker, walks to the Senate Chamber during Tuesdays infrastructure vote

After midnight, 95 senators again signed on to an amendment from Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley that provided federal funds to hire 100,000 new police officers nationwide, urging his colleagues to go beyond just stating their opposition to defunding the police.

I recognize that my friends across the aisle said they dont want to defund the police, Hawley said. Thats outstanding. Lets go a step further. Lets fund them.;

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Trumps First Presidential Veto

The bill will go to the White House, where Trump has said earlier that he will veto it, making this the first time that hes refused to sign a bill passed by both sides of Congress.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee said Thursday afternoon she wasnt sure when that would be, but within twenty minutes of the Senate vote, Trump had indicated he had not changed his mind:

Thom Tillis North Carolina

Senator Tillis to vote against emergency declaration

Sen. Tom Tillis is the other senator up for re-election in 2020 who has said he will vote to block Trumps emergency declaration. ;

“As a U.S. senator, I cannot justify providing the executive with more ways to bypass Congress,” Tillis wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post. “As a conservative, I cannot endorse a precedent that I know future left-wing presidents;will exploit to advance radical policies that will erode economic and individual freedoms.”

Contributing: Deborah Barfield Berry, Michael Collins and John Fritze, USA TODAY; The Associated Press;

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Veto Overrides Are Rare

Trumps veto will send the bill back to Congress. For Trumps emergency declaration to be permanently blocked, two-thirds of the members of both chambers of Congress need to vote to override the veto, or 290 members of the House and 67 members of the Senate.

In this case, the House will need to pick up 45 more Republican votes and the Senate another 8 to veto the bill, which is politically unlikely, because it would mean a huge number of elected politicians in states that Trump won in 2016 turning their back on the president.

Overriding a presidential veto has only happened 111 times in American history, as congressional reporter Chad Pergram points out:

Republicans Help Democrats Vote Against Trump’s Wall Funding Grab

The House voted Tuesday to revoke the national emergency President Trump declared in order to spend federal money to build a physical barrier on the southern border without congressional approval.

The joint resolution passed 245-182 with the help of 13 Republican votes. It now heads to the Senate, where many lawmakers predict it will pass with the help of at least four Republicans who oppose Trumps emergency declaration.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the Senate would vote on the measure by mid-March.

Trump has vowed to issue the first veto of his presidency if the resolution reaches his desk, and the House vote indicates there are not enough votes to override his veto. Democrats would need to find 290 votes to override Trump, 45 short of the total seen Tuesday.

The 13 Republicans voting with Democrats were Reps. Justin Amash of Michigan, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mike Gallager of Wisconsin, Jaime Hererra Beutler of Washington, Will Hurd of Texas, Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, Francis Rooney of Florida, Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, Elise Stefanik of New York, Fred Upton of Michigan and Greg Walden of Oregon.

Trump’s emergency declaration announcement came days after Congress appropriated $1.375 billion to erect physical barriers in the Rio Grande Valley. The money fell far short of the $5.7 billion Trump had been requesting.

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Congress Votes To Reverse Trumps Declaration On Border Wall

US Congress rejects Trumps emergency declaration to spend $8bn to build a wall along its border with Mexico.

Washington, DC The US Senate has voted 59-41 to reverse President Donald Trumps emergency declaration to spend $8bn to build a wall on its border with Mexico.

The vote on Thursday set up the first veto showdown of Trumps presidency and a major political issue for the 2020 election.

Despite last minute personal appeals from Trump and a White House lobbying campaign, 12 Republicans broke with the president to join the Democrats in voting against the wall.

The margin, however, fell short of what would be needed to override a Trump veto which the US president is likely to do, according to his tweet sent a few minutes after the Senate decision.

VETO!

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Building a wall to stop migration from Mexico was Trumps signature campaign issue during his presidential election campaign in 2016. It was also at the core of the constitutional standoff between Trump and Congress that led to a 35-day government shutdown earlier this year.

The presidents emergency declaration is an end run around Congress, plain and simple, said Senator Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, one of four US states that border Mexico.

I am here to tell you there is no national security emergency along the border in New Mexico.;

Democrats challenge Trumps state of emergency move over wall

Trumps US-Mexico border policies under fire in Congress

Another Republican Opposes Trump Funding Border Wall With Emergency Declaration

WASHINGTON Sen. Mike Lee on Wednesday became the fifth Republican to announce support for the House-passed resolution to terminate President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to pay for a border well, ensuring the measure will almost certainly pass Thursday.

“For decades, Congress has been giving far too much legislative power to the executive branch,” Lee said in a statement.

Lee spoke with Trump Wednesday about the upcoming vote, a senior White House official told NBC News.

Lee had introduced a bill that would end all national emergencies act declarations after 30 days unless Congress affirmatively votes to extend the emergency as a way to get past the impasse, but he acknowledged his legislation wasn’t going anywhere at this time.

The measure to terminate Trump’s national emergency declaration is expected to be approved by the GOP-controlled Senate because enough Republicans have signaled that they would join Democrats to vote in favor of the measure.

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Trump Expected To Again Veto Measure To Cancel National Emergency

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senates bipartisan rejection of President Trumps wall funding was a show vote engineered by the Democrats.

WASHINGTONThe Senate moved to prevent President Trump from redirecting military funds toward a border wall, voting to once again cancel Mr. Trumps emergency declaration at the border by approving a resolution that likely faces another White House veto.

The resolution passed the GOP-controlled chamber Wednesday with 11 Republicans voting yes and was likely to sail through the Democratic-controlled House, but it fell short of a veto-proof majority.

After Congress passed a similar resolution in March to cancel the national emergency, Mr. Trump vetoed it.

The vote was an unusual display of Republican rebellion against the presidents quest for his signature policy initiative, which led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history that ended earlier this year.

The 54-41 vote was largely identical to the original vote in March, though Sen. Marco Rubio , who previously supported the resolution, didnt vote Wednesday. Several Senate Democrats running for president were also absent.

Republicans who voted for the resolution said they wanted to defend the congressional prerogative to decide how the government spends taxpayer dollarseven if they support building a wall.

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The 8 House Republicans Who Voted Against Trumps Border Wall

The House on Thursday;passed a stopgap government funding bill by a 217-185 vote that would stave off a partial government shutdown.

Its inclusion of $5.7 billion in border wall funding, however, likely makes it dead on arrival in the Senate, leaving both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue without a backup plan as President Trump

Amash, an outspoken fiscal conservative and member of the House Freedom Caucus, was one of the two among the group, including several firebrands, to vote against the measure and oppose border wall funding.

This massive, wasteful spending billstuffed with unrelated itemspassed 217-185. Its amazing how some wall funding causes my fellow Republicans to embrace big government. Watch out if Democrats attach wall funding to Medicare for All. The bill could be called Medicare for Wall, he said about the stopgap bill.

This massive, wasteful spending billstuffed with unrelated itemspassed 217-185. Its amazing how some wall funding causes my fellow Republicans to embrace big government. Watch out if Democrats attach wall funding to Medicare for All. The bill could be called Medicare for Wall.

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I think sending federal workers home before Christmas without knowing when and if theyll have a job is wrong, he said.

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Senate Republicans Again Join Dems In Blocking Border Wall Funding

Posted by JT Crowe | Sep 25, 2019 | News

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For the second time, the Senate approved a resolution blocking President Donald Trumps national emergency plan to divert funds from other military projects to begin building his long-promised southern border wall, a move that will likely face another veto.

Eleven Republicans joined the 47 Democrats in voting to block the measure, which is likely to sail through the Democrat-controlled house but not with a veto-proof two-thirds super majority.

Congress also passed a similar resolution back in March but Trump used his presidential veto power for the first time to override the resolution.

Trump declared a national emergency in February after Congress approved $1.38 billion well below the nearly $6 billion Trump sought amid a record-long government shutdown in funding to fix older segments of fencing and not to build any new sections.

The resolution passed 54-41 with nearly an identical breakdown of who voted for what, other than Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who previously supported the measure but did not vote Wednesday because he was absent.

Republicans who voted against emergency declaration include: Mitt Romney and Mike Lee of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Rob Portman of Ohio, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Pat Toomey of Rhode Island, Roy Blunt of Missouri and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee.

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THREE QUARTETS

ADAM NIEWOOD with Marc Copland, Sean Conly, and Anthony Pinciotti, SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB, 1 MAY 2024, 10:30 pm set

JOECHEN RUECKERT with John Ellis, Mark Moreno, and Matt Penman, 6 MAY 2024, 9 pm set

SARAH HANAHAN with Caelan Cardello, Matt Dwonzyck, and Hank Allen-Barfield, 17 APRIL 2023, 10:30 pm

Saxophones with rhythm sections. I was curious about ADAM NIEWOOD but Marc Copland was the “name” in the band. John Ellis was who I was there for in JOECHEN RUECKERT’s band. Having seen Caelan Cardello in both duo sets with Rufus Reid, I wanted to see him in a band situation.

NIEWOOD has a pleasant light tone but his music didn’t get on track until Monk’s We See before an atmospheric composed tune that mirrored the opener. Both were mannered and aloof and that mood prevailed. The tune before the Monk had Sean Conly insinuating with bass lines—and he sure tried all night long—with drummer Anthony Pinciotti also glad to be off the leash. Marc Copland vamped here and had his tastiest solo but he was, as he was all night, just not that assertive. But Niewood was throughout careful. I watched this set four days later on YouTube and got stuck with seven interruptions for ads. While that did color my mood, I don’t think this was just the gig for me.

John Ellis is also out of the Lester Young/Stan Getz lineage, but he had no trouble swinging. Having a drummer as the leader probably helped, but I had no complaints with Pinciotti with Niewood. RUECKERT’s tunes were solid enough, the best being midset that grew out of his own crisp figure that was picked up by the others that became a cooker. That one was proceeded by an open and searching Wayne Shorter tune, post Weather Report I’d guess, not Blue Note era. Mike Moreno played guitar so Ellis had those more open harmonies to work with and as with Melissa Aldana the guitar can offer different possibilities than a piano. I still prefer pianos, but Moreno was a worthwhile contributor.

SARAH HANAHAN on alto was actually grittier than the two tenors and she can wail. Her openers are long and modal, this one from Abbey Lincoln’s music director. Hanahan roars, but that probably didn’t need to be a full half hour. Caelan Cardello played with appropriate power but it was only later that his music could breath. Matt Dwonzyck plays in a trio with Julieta Eugenio and so he plays a fuller bass. With a piano and Hanahan as a force of nature, he simply shifted the tasks he fulfilled. He also had Hank Allen-Barfield pushing his leader from the drums and she liked that. Gingerbread Boy as the second tune had much more room for Cardello and he took it for a fluid ride. He and Dwonzyck ended up a long way from Jimmy Heath’s theme but it all swung nicely. She ended by giving Cardello a long solo introduction and then extended trio section on Gary Bartz’s A Song of Loving Kindness on which she too showed a quieter side which she ramped up and then down. It was a fine tune and served to show Cardello in a context beyond the duo. I will be keeping my eye on him.

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A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You: A Laugh-Out-Loud Guide to Life on Earth by Mike Barfield, illustrated by Jess Bradley

A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You: A Laugh-Out-Loud Guide to Life on Earth by Mike Barfield, illustrated by Jess Bradley

A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You: A Laugh-Out-Loud Guide to Life on Earth by Mike Barfield, illustrated by Jess Bradley. Aladdin, 2021. 9781534467217 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 What did you like about the book? Colorful cartoon-like art and a conversational writing style (with humor and a fair amount of gross-out) make this an epically…

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"So ist das Leben! Entdecke alle Lebewesen um dich herum" von Mike Barfield

Wieder eine kindgerechte Enzyklopädie. Dieses Mal mit dem geballten Wissen rund um die Lebewesen unserer Welt.

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비행기 대백과

책소개 씨앗은 생존을 위해 더 멀리 가기 위한 진화를 했고 인간은 하늘을 날기 위해 글라이더에서 비행기, 우주왕복선까지 끝없이 도전했습니다! 이 책은 영국의 작가이자 만화가, 배우로 활동 중인 마이크 바필드의 작품으로 비행에 매료된 아이들이 직접 모형을 오리고 만들어 볼 수 있는 최고의 교재로 동물과 식물, 그리고 각종 항공기 등 하늘을 나는 모형으로 가득합니다. 여러분이 모형을 직접 만들어 하늘에 날려 볼 수 있죠. 모형마다 비행에 대한 유익한 정보가 함께 제공되어 모형을 만들면서 동시에 그와 관련된 역사와 과학을 배울 수 있습니다. 상세이미지

저자 소개 글그림 : 마이크 바필드 (Mike Barfield) 과학과 수학을 주제로 흥미롭고 창의적인 특별 수업을 열고 있는 영국의 작가이자 연기자. 학교,…