Commemorative coins for Charlie but nothing – no moment of silence, no half-mast flags, no escorting shooting victims on Air Force Two, no rock concert-like memorial service, no outrage – at the 118 shootings at K-12 schools in the U.S. since Colubine that resulted in the deaths of 440 people, mostly children, and 1,243 injuries. But Congress still refuses to take action other than thoughts and prayers. Charlie Kirk did not deserve to die, but this commemorative coin B.S. is a clear example of the double standard being inflicted upon this country today.
One question: how can you S.O.Bs be so callous?
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In 1863, at the height (or depth) of the U.S. Civil War, a slave named either Peter or Gordon (it’s never been definitively determined which is correct) escaped, seeking refuge at a Union Army camp. Military doctors at the Union camp examined him and discovered horrendous scarring on his back from an inhumane whipping he’s received on Christmas Day 1862.
Photographers William D. McPherson and J. Oliver who were operating in the camp, photographed his back. The photo was published in Harper’s Weekly on July 4, 1863, shocking readers with its depiction of slavery’s cruelty and immediately becoming a powerful symbol for the abolitionist movement – much as Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s military photographers had when U.S. troops liberated Jewish concentration camps in Germany 80 years later.
The photographers who took the historic pictures of the runaway slave were from New Orleans. The photo, which became known as “The Scourged Back,” was taken in Baton Rouge. It has been on display at the Smithsonian as a reminder of a dark chapter in our history that should never be forgotten – even more so than 1853’s Twelve Years a Slave, the story of the abduction of a free black man in Washington, D.C. who was then sold to a plantation owner in Cheneyville, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish.
But now, Donald Trump, in his efforts to whitewash American history to reflect nothing but sunshine and roses, has ordered the REMOVAL of not only that photograph, but all information about slavery not just at the Smithsonian, but at all the country’s national parks.
It’s a clear illustration of how Trump, Stephen Miller and the Repugnantcan Party fear the truth and of just how far they’re willing to go to apply a broad brush to their version of what they think Americans should know about themselves, the facts be damned.
In truth, though, it’s Trump and Miller. While there may be a core of support, the Repugnantcan Party is basically just too cowardly to stand up to those two racists – and that most certainly includes our two senators.
A couple of weeks ago, I suggested that John Neely Kennedy and Bill Cassidy at least tacitly supported child sex abuse by their votes against releasing the Epstein files.
Mouth of the South Kennedy
Lame Duck Cassidy
I would now suggest that by their silence on the matter of removal of The Scourged Back photos from our national parks, photos that were taken in Baton Rouge 162 years ago, they must also support the institution of slavery.
Senate confirms 48 Trump nominees at once, including Kimberly Guilfoyle and Callista Gingrich
–Headline of Sept. 19, 2025
As might be expected of these two sycophants, John N. Kennedy and Bill Cassidy voted in lockstep with the party (whatever name it chooses to go by now that “Republican” is a sick joke):
No vetting, no hearings, no questions of the nominees (one of whom is Donnie Trump’s girlfriend) — just unquestioned featy to a psychopathic monster who has total disregard for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Those are our senators, folks. Those of you who voted for these two milquetoasts own it. Of course, Cassidy, because of his 2021 vote in favor of conviction in Trump’s second impeachment trial, is a gone goose in next year’s election, no matter how much he tries to suck up to the dictator and RFK, Jr.
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