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US Senate confirms Biden pick as top US military officer​

By Patricia Zengerle
September 20, 202310:35 PM

U.S. President Joe Biden congratulates U.S. Air Force General Charles Brown Jr. after announcing his nomination of Brown to serve as the next chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File photo

WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate backed U.S. Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown on Wednesday to be the top U.S. military officer, as lawmakers moved to confirm some of the top senior officers whose promotions have been stalled by a Republican senator's blockade.

The Senate backed President Joe Biden's nomination of Brown to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by 83 to 11.
Brown is a former fighter pilot who brings command experience in the Pacific to the position at a time of rising tension with China.
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He will be only the second Black officer to chair the Joint Chiefs after Colin Powell two decades ago.
The Senate moved ahead with votes on Brown and two other top military officers as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, used a procedural maneuver to sidestep a blockade by Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville.

Tuberville began blocking confirmations to senior Pentagon posts in March to protest a Defense Department policy enacted last year that provides paid leave and reimburses costs for service members who travel to get an abortion.
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Brown and other military officials had said Tuberville's blockade of hundreds of military promotions could have a far-reaching impact across the armed forces, affecting troops and their families and harming national security.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin congratulated Brown on his confirmation, thanked Schumer for bringing the vote and chastised Tuberville for his obstruction. "It is well past time to confirm the over 300 other military nominees," Austin said in a statement.
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Biden's nomination of Brown, which was announced in May, followed his appointment of Austin as the first Black U.S. secretary of defense, the top civilian position at the Pentagon.

Brown's confirmation means Black Americans hold the top two positions at the Pentagon for the first time, a major milestone for an institution that is diverse in its lower ranks but largely white and male at the top.

Schumer also cleared the way for Senate votes on Biden's nomination of General Randy George to become chief of staff of the Army, and General Eric Smith to become the next commandant of the Marine Corps.

Schumer's procedural motion did not address hundreds of other military promotions still being delayed by Tuberville's action.
The Senate's approval of military promotions is usually smooth. Tuberville's hold cannot prevent the Democratic-majority Senate from voting on any promotion, but it can drastically slow the process.
Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Additional reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali; Editing by Chris Reese and Christopher Cushing
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Patricia Zengerle
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Patricia Zengerle has reported from more than 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China. An award-winning Washington-based national security and foreign policy reporter who also has worked as an editor, Patricia has appeared on NPR, C-Span and other programs, spoken at the National Press Club and attended the Hoover Institution Media Roundtable. She is a recipient of the Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic

 

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Àṣẹ àti Orí: What Do 'Ase' and 'Ori' Mean? | The Physical & Spiritual Aspects and Connections​

I generally agree and approve of this video. Here are some ancient Egyptian correspondences to go along with some of the Yoruba words found in this video. I may put some others in the comments.
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Yorùbá: àṣɛ “a coming to pass; law; command; authority; commandment; enjoinment; imposition; power; precept; discipline; instruction; cannon; biding; document; virtue; effect; consequence; imprecation”
ciKam A: wȝs "dominion, have dominion"
ciKam B: wsr "powerful, strong"
ciKam C: šȝ “to read, to authorize, to determine, to decree, to allot, to design, to ordain, to commission;” šȝ.t “something decreed, ordained by God; dues, revenues, taxes, impost.”
NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
Yorùbá: àṣɛ “sceptre”
ciKam A: wȝs “sceptre”
ciKam B: w.sr.w “staffs, rods”; j.sr “a sceptre of tamarisk wood”
Yorùbá: ɔṣɛ́ “hurt, injury”; ɛṣɛ́ “blow with the fist”
ciKam A: wȝs “to batter, to strike, to break, to bruise, to lay”
ciKam B: sr “to strike a drum; tambourine like drum”
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Yorùbá: gbòrò “be broad, be big”; a-gbára “strength, might, power”; al-á-gbára “mighty, valiant one”
ciKam: bȝ “might, power”; bȝ.w “glory, respect, authority, power, strength, fate”; bȝ.wy “power, might, strength, will, glory, prowess, fame, wrath”
ciKam: gbȝ "arm" (also gAb.t "arm")
For Egyptian /b/ and Yoruba /gb/ correspondencs, consider:
Yorùbá: ìgbɛ́ “bush”
ciKam: bȝ.t “bush, shrub”
Yorùbá: gbo-n-gba "open space, plainly"
ciKam: w.bȝ “open court” (of a temple)
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Yorùbá: kpa "kill"
Kalenjiin: bar/par "to kill"
ciKam: bȝ "to hack up (the earth); to open up"
Yorùbá: ikpa “effect, force, impact, violence”
ciKam: a.bȝ.t “impact; effect”; bȝ.w “power, might”
For Egyptian /b/ and Yoruba /kp/ correspondencs, consider:
Yorùbá: kpá “bald”
ciKam: bȝ “bald spot” (med.)
Yorùbá: akpó “quiver”
ciKam: ḥ.bȝbȝ “to waddle”; n.bȝbȝ "to tremble; to flutter"
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Yorùbá: fun "to give"
ciKam A: pȝ.wt "offerings; food"
ciKam B: fȝ.y "deliver, present"
Yorùbá: fɔ́n "to scatter"
ciKam A: ḫȝḫȝ "to scatter, to winnow"; ḫnr "to scatter, to disperse"
ciKam B: pnn "to scatter, to strew"; bn.š "to strew, scatter, spread out"
Yorùbá: fún "squeeze, tight"
ciKam A: pn.t "to squeeze out, crush, knead (bread)"
Yorùbá: fɔ́ "to break"
ciKam A: ẖȝ "to break up, to batter"
ciKam B: bȝ "destroy, hack up"; pr.š "to rend, to tear, to break open"
Yorùbá: funfun "white"
ciKam A: bȝ.h̠ "bright, light"; bȝ.ḳ "oily, bright, white, be dazzled (of sight)"
Yorùbá: fò "jump"
ciKam A: pȝ "fly, fly up, flutter"; prpr "to jump about"
ciKam B: bȝbȝ "tremble, shake, move about, jump about"
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you got a link to this article?

 

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you got a link to this article?

It's a book.

 

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https://www.youtube.com/@Collective-History

 

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if you need the books, lmk

 

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What was the African tribe that wasn't colonized, I think was in East Africa, figured out astronomy, and DNA (IIRC)?

 

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120 years ago today, Mary McLeod Bethune opened a training school in Daytona Beach, Florida, with “$1.50, faith in God and five little girls.” Discarded crates and boxes served as their desks and chairs.

Eventually that school became an accredited institution, Bethune-Cookman College, and she served as a college president, one of the few women in the world to do so.

“Invest in the human soul,” she urged. “Who knows? It might be a diamond in the rough.”

A determined civil rights leader, she decried the lynchings of Black Americans and fought for voting rights and better health care. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her as a national adviser of his “Black Cabinet” to direct the National Youth Administration. She was known as “The First Lady of The Struggle” because of her dedication to the movement.

Her home in Daytona Beach was designated as a National Historic Landmark. In 2018, the Florida Legislature designated her to become one of two statues representing the state inside the U.S. Capitol. Two years later, Time selected her as one of the most influential women of the past century.
On this day in 1904

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@zei_squirrel
on June 12th 1956 athlete, singer and actor Paul Robeson was hauled in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to answer the charge of being a Communist. Here is how Robeson responded:



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1557464222187110400/pu/vid/1280x720/m6RlcS170JRT8Yrv.mp4

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@zei_squirrel
born the son of a runaway slave, Paul Robeson became a star and used his fame to advocate for his communist principles. For doing so he was relentlessly smeared and attacked, and had his passport revoked while being blacklisted from Hollywood and the music industry



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1557470286328614915/pu/vid/1280x720/qPwfooBraxpQOT1W.mp4

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@zei_squirrel
Paul Robeson is asked if he still feels the US is his home as he is so critical of it: "I was born there, my father was a slave there, upon the backs of my people was developed the primary wealth of America, so there's a lot of America that belongs to me yet."



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1557471537858584577/pu/vid/854x480/tKXeEqH7WKtROjXS.mp4

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@zei_squirrel
the destruction of Paul Robeson was not merely led by the FBI, far right KKK freaks and McCarthyite Red Scare goons, but also importantly the liberal and esteemed New York Times, who pathologized Robeson as a mad man in its pages. The same NYT that had recently glorified Hitler

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@zei_squirrel
it's important to remember just how depraved and grotesque liberals are behind their mask of respectability and progressiveness. There is only this thin pretense separating them from the out and out fascists. Here's the NYT's fawning coverage of Hitler:

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hey remember when the new york times wrote a fawning profile of hitler and dismissed claims of his anti-semitism? literally the first piece they ever wrote about him in 1922, and they kept on writing fawning profiles of him up until the US entered the war

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@zei_squirrel
the Robeson/HUAC exchange is re-enacted brilliantly by James Earl Jones, and I highly recommend listening to it in full here: https://invidious.poast.org/watch?v=VhnCrHZkgNk



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@zei_squirrel
the US revoked Paul Robeson's passport to prevent him from spreading the message about the US empire's imperialist and racist depravity, and to stifle his ability to forge working class solidarity across national boundaries. Here he sings Joe Hill for Scottish miners in 1949



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1557486992212037638/pu/vid/656x480/tCx7hU4DxT1uN_ol.mp4

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@zei_squirrel
Paul Robeson was a king

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@zei_squirrel
Paul Robeson with a lesson as important today as when he first said it (thanks to @elhammar for sharing): "Every artist, every scientist, must decide *now* where he stands. There are no impartial observers."

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@rexermus_
so like when are we getting a movie starring james earl jones as paul robeson? because that’s a near perfect match on the voice



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@zei_squirrel
that's jones re-enacting it. I posted the full version later in the thread: x.com. also he played robeson in a play of which there is a one-man performance that was released as a movie: Paul Robeson (TV Movie 1979) 7.6 | Biography, Drama

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the Robeson/HUAC exchange is re-enacted brilliantly by James Earl Jones, and I highly recommend listening to it in full here: invidious.poast.org/watch?v=VhnCrHZk…



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Steph (@jennyquackles1) on Threads

Stunned by this mural of Harriet Tubman, 'Take My Hand' by Michael Rosato. This image of the little girl walking up to it stopped me in my tracks. It’s as if Harriet is reaching through time, offering strength and hope to the next generation. Art like this? It doesn’t just speak—it roars. Powerful

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Kevin M. Levin (@civilwarmemory.bsky.social)

My latest blog post: Remembering and Forgetting Violence in Nat Turner's Virginia 🗃️ https://kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/remembering-and-forgetting-violence

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My latest blog post: Remembering and Forgetting Violence in Nat Turner's Virginia Remembering and Forgetting Violence in Nat Turner's Virginia

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‪Mary Beth Donnelly‬ ‪@historyrhyme.bsky.social‬

Great article. Amazing how Americans can justify act of violence committed in the name of an institution, no matter how abhorrent. And then decry an act of violence committed outside an institution, no matter how justified.

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