But let's start by marking the birth day of another great American.
Today in 1899: Duke Ellington is born in Washington, D.C.! 5 favorite Ellington documents in our Archives Center: https://t.co/aa99yVPPVy pic.twitter.com/f4rnkrxMYQ— amhistorymuseum (@amhistorymuseum) April 29, 2017
Even though we lost another great in April.
_____________________________________________Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands...I went that way because I wanted a home of my own.— blicqer™ (@blicqer) April 18, 2017
Chuck Berry pic.twitter.com/BZ0mc2QOOR
This is happening to an even greater degree and still hardly anybody mentions it.
Massive protests in Venezuela intensify throughout this month.Indefensible! pic.twitter.com/jRIBmPLy0I— JUDITH MILLSTEAD (@ARTSYJUDITH) April 26, 2017
There is a tumult in Macedonia.Lots of Venezuelans have taken to the streets over the past month. Here's what you should know about the escalating violence. pic.twitter.com/GQyvB9YHks— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 26, 2017
— Dwatch News Europe (@dwmnews_europe) April 29, 2017There is a nationwide strike as well in Brazil paralyzing traffic and commerce.
A famous American reminds us to also remember how not to do things.Brazil paralyzed by nationwide strike, driven by a familiar global dynamic of elite corruption https://t.co/2GhSjM8yAT by @ggreenwald— The Intercept (@theintercept) April 28, 2017
French candidate Marine Le Pen takes another turn to the far right, and looks to alienate more voters.Today is a solemn day of pilgrimage. I've written a piece for the NYT--thank you for taking a moment to consider it. https://t.co/LQLwDa13tx— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 29, 2017
Massive marches were widely reported all over the world on behalf of the international climate. Here, a CNN timelapse shows the many who showed up to march today in the sweltering humid heat in DC.The leader of the National Front denied making the comments, but the interviewer said she recorded the conversation. https://t.co/DMw0zR73rE— The Intercept (@theintercept) April 29, 2017
Time-lapse, bird's-eye video shows thousands of protesters marching toward White House for action on climate change https://t.co/yoYEIbNWAO pic.twitter.com/jNpi7WceZi— CNN (@CNN) April 29, 2017
No less an authority than Scientific American can claim things are changing.
Also, this sexy thing came out this month.Major report prompts warnings that the Arctic is unraveling https://t.co/ApsguPngQO pic.twitter.com/grRbMuRK27— Scientific American (@sciam) April 28, 2017
The work of Aldus Manutius, the most important and innovative scholarly publisher of the Renaissance. https://t.co/M9oyzfEcjk @olmonthly pic.twitter.com/4d5mJa0rvH— Harvard Press (@Harvard_Press) April 28, 2017
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Much of the news in the US continues to swirl around what the Trump White House has done or is doing. Simple things like where he is, and, how often he takes off to his resort in Florida on the weekends. Just two weeks ago reports of the 'mother of all bombs', a US GBU-43, was dropped in Eastern Afghanistan in order to combat Daesh or the IS. People at the time thought it made him seem decisive, showing executive authority. A BBC report talks to local Afghani sceptics.
An apt portrait of today's Congressional dysfunction.BBC News - The Mother of All Bombs: How badly did it hurt IS in Afghanistan? https://t.co/fKvf1s1OCZ— neditsimple (@neditssimple) April 30, 2017
Trump signs short-term bill to avoid government shutdown https://t.co/UT3I1uNgwK— In Spite of Trump (@InSpiteOfTrump) April 29, 2017
There is still an FBI Investigation of international scope concerning the campaign of President Trump. It's not a good look for a sitting president. Not at all.
UK was given details of alleged contacts between Trump campaign and Moscow https://t.co/hZmKTcpK3u— neditsimple (@neditssimple) April 29, 2017
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