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REP. JAMES TALARICO, TX (D) ...interviewed on MSNOW's 'Morning Joe'--did you see that? I just watched some of it. I'm doing my homework on this young, dynamic, Southwestern Democrat, ..and I like what I'm reading. There's something hopeful about what he's showing us and, more importantly, the issues he's taking stands on: civil rights for all, the Border, culture war fatigue, affordability at home. Don't want to jinx his mojo or make another Beto O'Rourke of him, ..but I'm almost moved to use the K-word in consideration of him...of how he presents himself. There's no real comparison to be made with that icon, this early in the game, but James Talarico's got something. I think leadership coming from the WEST or the SOUTH might do our great nation some good, ..and the farther away from the big, Northeastern cities, the better. Someplace where plain, clean and 'corny'--that's what the young folks are calling old-fashioned--is...

by Edgar Miraculous Dyer Consider that Star Trek' s beautiful Lieutenant Uhura (played by actress Nichelle Nichols), one of the first African American women with a major role on an American television show, is positively ADORED by sci-fi fans . Furthermore, the television show, which spawned an immeasurably more successful movie franchise, is an American television and film genre institution. What does that have to do with VIDEOs like the one that I just watched, posted by Afro-American YouTuber and wellness enthusiast, Ruth Whitfield? Well...I have noticed that the peculiar tone of pushback, resentment, dismissiveness and hostility to any identifiably Black American rallying or showing care for their ethnic group (not race) is unmatched by what we typically find in responses to videos shared by almost any other group. It is particularly nasty, when the Afro-American content creator is trying to right a wrong or offer help with a problem, specific to other Afro-Americans. I don...

"...WHAT IS SEX THERAPY? Sex therapy, at its core, is a specialized form of psychotherapy aimed at addressing sexual issues and improving sexual health. Think of it as the emotional and psychological component of sexual and reproductive health. Whether it’s concerns about libido, sexual intercourse, or emotional connectivity in intimate relationships, sex therapy offers a safe space for exploration and resolution..." Therapy Group of DC NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR PENIS? NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR GAME OR APPROACH? THIS has nothing to do with THAT. Sexual HEALTH is LIVING HEALTH. Sexuality is how men and women form relationships to make more people, solve social problems, model healthy relationships for others (esp. younger people) and a way, though not the only way, that humans keep each other happy and healthy and keeping our WORLD going. When something, anything, gets in the way of all of that happening, and people aren't or don't know how to get together... We've go...

by Edgar Miraculous Dyer COLORISM (complexionism) is RACISM... And when we - white, tan, olive-skinned, brown-skinned, light-skinned, dark-skinned - act on colorist ideas, we willfully BOW to the status-obsessive pathology that is white supremacist racism. It's a willful, intentional bow - we don't need any help or force or historical victimization to do it. All we need is IGNORANCE and the will to keep it going, with all of us non-whites securely, comfortably at the bottom, ..with no accountability to stop it. Ever. Colorism is very powerful in America, among a broad, diverse array of ethnic groups, because we make it powerful and impactful. Latino people, Asian people, white and European people, black or African people and Arab people. We all do it. We cannot be too Latino, Asian, white, black, Arab , mixed race, light-skinned or rich to recognize racism, when we see it . As I see it, colorism is the idea that one skin color or likeness to a race (looking a little white or Sp...

  by Edgar Miraculous Dyer Ward Seven and the Pennsylvania Avenue East Corridor (region between Capitol Hill and Anacostia) needs an off-ramp, from Interstate 295 South onto East Capitol Street East. Presently, folks travelling on 295 South, heading (or returning) to our Corridor neighborhoods, have TWO wasteful, environmentally destructive options. One: get off 295 and take pothole-ridden East Capitol, over the Anacostia River, a mile around RFK Stadium and  back  over the river, to get to a tiny loop that spits you out, a block from Minnesota Avenue, ..in Fort Dupont. The other: stay on 295 South and ride it [God help you, in rush hour traffic!], all the way, nearly  two, potholey miles,  ..down to Pennsylvania Ave. The resulting air pollution, clutter of traffic, wasted time, commuter stress and wear and tear on East Capitol Street (East and West) and that mile-plus on 295 South ..is utterly ridiculous. It's an environmentally wasteful, mile-plus ha...