Janice Blake
@JanzaBlake
Followers
852
Following
42K
Media
3K
Statuses
36K
Reader. Writer. "The Battalion Artist" traces Nat Bellantoni's WWII odyssey in the Pacific. Next: "Lighter Than Air" tells of my Uncle Joe in the Atlantic.
Manhattan Beach, CA
Joined September 2011
Does anyone really think scenes like this make America "Great"?.
Border Patrol agents are now arresting people outside Newsom's event in California. Welcome to Trump's America
0
0
1
Memory Eternal Louis Brown. He helped save the World. One of the heroes of World War II--the Greatest Generation. We shall not see their like again.
🇺🇸 World War Two veteran Louis Brown who has passed away at the age of 99. He was a truck driver with the segregated 4036th Quartermaster Truck Company, keeping supplies rolling from Normandy and deep into Germany, often under fire. Let us honor his service to his country and
0
0
0
RT @nickfshort: Positively inspirational. I've just finished the final volume of @FXMC1957's trilogy on interwar Germany: 'The Hitler Years….
0
9
0
RT @sallyacb275: At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. Radji Beach Massacre, Bangka Island, 16 February….
0
376
0
Memory Eternal Private Lee Curtis, Eck, Silver Star, hero of the battle for Okinawa.
I recently started spending time in local cemeteries visiting the graves of veterans and I came across this unassuming headstone of a Marine that, judging by the date and the unit, I assumed he was killed in action on Okinawa. When I got home and did a quick search I found that
0
0
0
RT @spirit_spitfire: To mark International Youth Day, we are honouring the courage, skill, and determination of the youngest Spitfire pilot….
0
116
0
RT @JamesSurowiecki: Of all the people Trump could have picked to run the BLS, he picked a guy who either doesn't understand or regularly m….
0
2K
0
RT @hiltzikm: Commentary: Social Security turns 90 this week. Republicans are trying to keep it from reaching 100
latimes.com
FDR saw Social Security as protection against "the hazards and vicissitudes of life," as he put it in signing the Social Security Act 90 years ago this week. That protection has never been more...
0
2
0
RT @simon_schama: so bye bye free market capitalism then - the new imperialism instead. Jaw dropping - though as cosa nostra as rest of Tru….
0
58
0
Israeli PM says Palestinians should leave Gaza; Hamas attends ceasefire talks /via @globeandmail . Interesting: In the LA Times, editors switched the word "should" to "could" in this headline. Either way: It's obvious Netanyahu's goal: Take Gaza.
theglobeandmail.com
Netanyahu says countries concerned for Gazans should ‘open their gates and stop lecturing us’
0
0
0
Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan . Insidious!.
apnews.com
Israel is in talks with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country.
0
0
0
Her dogs kept dying. Then ‘forever chemicals’ turned up in her water. . Good-bye Gore-Tex! .Waterproof fabric. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
washingtonpost.com
Residents of Elkton, Maryland, worry about the toxic chemicals in their water but say W.L. Gore & Associates has always been a good neighbor.
0
0
0
"To suggest otherwise is an affront to the professional integrity of curators, historians, educators and everyone involved in the creation of solid, evidence-based content.”.
0
0
0
Historians Alarmed by White House Plan to Oversee Smithsonian Exhibits . “Only historians and trained museum professionals are qualified to conduct such a review, which is intended to ensure historical accuracy. .
nytimes.com
The Trump administration’s plan to, in effect, audit the content of Smithsonian museums drew criticism from groups that represent scholars and promote free speech.
1
0
0
Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C. . And THIS is what we've come to. as Trump continues to make America "Great.".
nytimes.com
A video showed a man repeatedly calling a group of officers “fascists” before throwing a sub sandwich at one.
0
0
0
RT @WWIIMemorial: The remains of a WWII Veteran were laid to rest on August 9, 2025 in Shawano, WI. U.S. Army Air Forces Private Herbert E.….
0
167
0
RT @LouDPhillips: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and s….
0
23K
0
RT @FluteMagician: 1) There is a reason why it should never, ever, be a political stunt or “let’s get tough” show of force to send the Nati….
0
6K
0
RT @StephenUzzell2: #OTD August 13, 1942, 560 Jews were murdered during the last Aktion of Mir, Belarus. This monument is all that remains.….
0
90
0