31 July 2020

What I believe...



ezs note:  I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892).  I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi (among others).  If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online) 

It behoveth thee to consecrate
 thyself to the Will of God.
 Whatsoever hath been revealed
 in His Tablets is but a reflection of
 His Will. So complete must be thy 
consecration, that every trace of worldly
 desire will be washed from thine heart.
 This is the meaning of true unity. 
(Baha’u’llah)

29 July 2020

lead story - A transgender female inmate received her gender confirmation surgery after a three-year court battle

Donald Trump - Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message

Kevin Liptak, Gregory Wallace
CNN



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What I believe...



ezs note:  I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892).  I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi (among others).  If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online) 


I have heard Mulla Abdu'l-Karim
 recount the following incident: 
"My companions and I were fast 
asleep in the vicinity of the tent of
 the Bab when the trampling of 
horsemen suddenly awakened us. We
 were soon informed that the tent of
 the Bab was vacant and that those 
who had gone out in search of Him had
 failed to find Him. We heard Muhammad
 Big remonstrate with the guards. `Why 
feel disturbed?' he pleaded. `Are not 
His magnanimity and nobleness of soul
 sufficiently established in your eyes to
 convince you that He will never, for the
 sake of His own safety, consent to involve
 others in embarrassment? He, no doubt,
 must have retired, in the silence of this
 moonlit night, to a place where 
He can seek undisturbed communion
 with God. He will unquestionably return
 to His tent. He will never desert us.' 
In his eagerness to reassure his colleagues,
 Muhammad Big set out on foot along the 
road leading to Tihran. I, too, with my 
companions, followed him. Shortly after,
 the rest of the guards were seen, each on
 horseback, marching behind us. We had 
covered about a maydan
 when, by the dim light of the early dawn, 
we discerned in the distance the lonely figure
 of the Bab. He was coming towards us
 from the direction of Tihran. `Did
 you believe Me to have escaped?'
 were His words to Muhammad Big
 as He approached him. `Far be it from
 me,' was the instant reply as he
 flung himself at the feet of the Bab
, `to entertain such thoughts.'
 Muhammad Big was too much awed
 by the serene majesty which 
that radiant face revealed that
 morning to venture any further 
remark. A look of confidence had
 settled upon His countenance, His 
words were invested with such 
transcendent power, that a feeling of
 profound reverence wrapped our 
very souls. No one dared to question Him
 as to the cause of so remarkable a
 change in His speech and demeanour. 
Nor did He Himself choose to allay
 our curiosity and wonder." 

(Dawn-Breakers)

28 July 2020

Georgia - Savannah’s first openly gay council member helps shepherd city’s new LGBTQ+ task force

lead story - As transgender rights debate spills into sports, one runner finds herself at the center of a pivotal case

Donald Trump - Misleading Virus Video, Pushed by the Trumps, Spreads Online

Sheera Frankel, Davey Alba
The New York Times


Quack, quack!


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26 July 2020

Maine - Maine transgender man claims he was wrongfully fired and sexually harassed by Dunkin Donuts co-workers

lead story - Transgender women strive to create more accepting environment in Mansfield

Donald Trump - Trump is behind in a state no Republican has won the presidency without in 96 years

Harry Enten
CNN


Florida
Sabal Palmetto


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What I believe...



ezs note:  I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892).  I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi.  If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online) 

His face their lesson and their only book.
Learning of wonderment,
of longing love their duty,
Not on learned chapters and
dull themes they look.
The chain that binds them
is His musky hair,
The Cyclic Scheme, to them,
is but to Him a stair.
(Baha’u’llah)

23 July 2020

Donald Trump - Kimberly Guilfoyle under fire for Trump fundraising disarray

Alex Isenstadt
Politico


Kimberly Guilfoyle


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What I believe...


Credit:  ezs note:  I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892).  I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi.  If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online) 

O YE RICH ONES ON EARTH!
The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease. (Baha'u'llah)

21 July 2020

Indiana - Photos: Transgender rights supporters hold rally near Indianapolis Archdiocese building

lead story - Transgender official takes abuse while leading virus efforts

Michael Rubinkam
ABC News


Bloomsburg, PA


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Donald Trump - Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree

19 July 2020

Massachusetts - Human Rights Campaign Endorses Massachusetts Champions of Equality

Lucas Acosta
HRC


Boston, MA


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lead news - Gun Match Leads to Arrest in 2017 Transgender Woman's Death

Press
US News & World Report


Macon, GA


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Donald Trump - ‘Rachel Maddow Show’ episode with Mary Trump is big-time record-breaker

Storm Gifford
Daily News


Rachel Maddow


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Rep. John R. Lewis 1940 - 2020

16 July 2020

What I believe....



ezs note:  I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892).  I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi.  If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online) 

In all the Divine Books the promise of the Divine Presence hath been explicitly recorded. By this Presence is meant the Presence of Him Who is the Dayspring of the signs, and the Dawning-Place of the clear tokens, and the Manifestation of the Excellent Names, and the Source of the attributes, of the true God, exalted be His glory. God in His Essence and in His own Self hath ever been unseen, inaccessible, and unknowable. By Presence, therefore, is meant the Presence of the One Who is His Vicegerent amongst men. He, moreover, hath never had, nor hath He, any peer or likeness. For were He to have any peer or likeness, how could it then be demonstrated that His being is exalted above, and His essence sanctified from, all comparison and likeness? Briefly, there hath been revealed in the Kitáb-i-Iqán (Book of Certitude) concerning the Presence and Revelation of God that which will suffice the fair-minded. We beseech Him--exalted be He--to aid every one to become the essence of truthfulness, and to draw nigh unto Him. He, verily, is the Lord of strength and power. No God is there but Him, the All-Hearing, the Lord of Utterance, the Almighty, the All-Praised. (Baha’u’llah)


13 July 2020

Rhode Island - Newport resident among first in RI to use ‘X’ gender marker on driver’s license

Laura Damon
NewportRI.com


Newport, RI


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lead story - Pride Without Prejudice march calls to attention deaths of Black transgender people

Terry Flores, Daniel Thompson
Kenosha News


Kenosha, WI


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Donald Trump - Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theory That Doctors Are Lying About COVID-19 to Damage His Re-Election Chances

12 July 2020

What I believe...



ezs note:  I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892).  I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi.  If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online)  

With no less than ten million people under arms, drilled and instructed in the use of the most abominable engines of destruction that science has devised; with thrice that number chafing and fretting at the rule of alien races and governments; with an equally vast army of embittered citizens impotent to procure for themselves the material goods and necessities which others are deliberately destroying; with a still greater mass of human beings groaning under the burden of ever-mounting armaments, and impoverished by the virtual collapse of international trade--with evils such as these, humanity would seem to be definitely entering the outer fringes of the most agonizing phase of its existence. (Baha'u'llah)

Alabama - US: Alabama Missing Ways to Improve Young People’s Health

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Human Rights Watch


Birmingham, AL


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lead story - Nonprofit hopes to build 20 'tiny homes' for Black transgender women

Donald Trump - New York Times: Trump considered selling Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, former acting Homeland Security chief says

10 July 2020

Vermont - Supreme Court decision protects LBGTQ workers. What does this mean for Vermont?

Riley Board
Burlington Free Press


Vermont State House
Montpelier, VT


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lead story - Transgender murders are 'rampant' in 2020: Human Rights Campaign counts 21 so far, nearly matching total of a year ago

Ellinor Aspegren
USA Today


Seattle, WA

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Donald Trump - Tropical Storm Fay cancels Trump's New Hampshire rally

Kathryn Krawczyk
The Week


ezs note:  Not sayin' God is pissed with Trump... but...


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07 July 2020

Oklahoma - Oklahoma Watch: As Coronavirus Reshapes Pride, LGBTQ+ Oklahomans Adapt

Miguel Rios, Siali Siaosi
Tahlequah Daily Press


Tahlequah, OK


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lead story - Friends and family of missing transgender woman plead for public's help

Lauren Lee
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


West Mifflin, PA


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ezs note: Although Dawn Manson was living at West Mifflin, PA, she was visiting San Francisco, CA.  If you have any information where she is, call San Francisco PD at 1-415-553-0123.  Thanks.  

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Donald Trump - Mary Trump’s Book Accuses the President of Embracing ‘Cheating as a Way of Life’

Maggie Haberman, Alan Feuer
The New York Times


Cheater With The Ace Of Diamonds, Georges de La Tour


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