Blair Forlaw
@blairforlaw
Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, Stewardship. Quaker SPICES from generations back. Docent at NMAAHC. Big on family.
There are so many photos circulating these days that summarize the key points of 2026. Here's one titled: "working around him."
To my senator @kaine.senate.gov, I am encouraged to hear that you will do all you can to prevent the Admin from moving educational services for chilldren w/ disabilities to the HHS. These children have much to learn and contribute. Please please please make sure their education is assured.
This would be yet another horrid slap in the face of the memory of President Kennedy and his family if it weren't more tellingly a reminder of how childish and petty the current President is.
From Judge Kelley's ruling that the Nat'l Parks Service must restore display of historical materials President Trump found 'unpatriotic.' You called it, thank you, Judge Kelley!
To launch the Third Reconstruction many of us agree we need, we must go back to understand the essence of first and the second ones.Thank u @jamellebouie.net for these words in this morning's NYT.
On the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, here are words from Robert Samuels, co-author w/ Toluse Olorunnipa of the excellent book, His Name IS George Floyd. Ponder.
Really scary that this racist cartoon from the Raleigh News & Observer in the run-up to the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 looks an awful lot like what POTUS just posted in 2026. What are we tolerating, people?!
Good grief, this is what Gangster Dons build to protect themselves from other Gangster Mobs and the Law. Trump says his ballroom is (his words):
Reading up on the history of International Law in Armed Conflict this afternoon, and I am struck by this authoritative statement: ‘war is not supposed to be a license for wanton destruction.’ Yet this is exactly what the POTUS is threatening.
So, instead of saying, "Hey NATO colleagues, if you can help us out of this dangerous mess, we will be eternally grateful," he threatens them with more bad stuff if they don't. Donald Trump knows nothing about building partnerships. It's all threats and bullying for him.
Lifting up the legacy of Jesse Jackson at the National Museum of African American History and Culture today. Keep Hope Alive!
He expresses the hypocrisy of "America First' well. From this morning's NYT.
Opened an old file of articles on the Constitution this afternoon and found I had saved this 2018 issue of Time magazine with one of the burning questions of 2025 on the front. It’s filed under ‘Constitution’ because this question was settled in 1868, but did we actually mean it?
And the US is deporting eight immigrants without due process to a country in conflict and deadly flooding?! Wake up, people. This can’t possibly be what you voted for … or is it?
I cannot say enough good things about this book. Please do not skim and skip -- read every word and consider how George Floyd's life and the life of his ancestors intersect with your own. Powerful.
Outstanding exhibit on the Green Book and the experiences of African American travelers in the US 1930s - ‘60s. Highly recommended. MLK branch of DC Public Library. @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social
I keep thinking of these words of Olaudah Equiano, kidnapped from present-day Nigeria and brought to North America in the 1780s. Don’t they have a point today? Quote posted at the Nat’l Museum of African American History & Culture.