BlackGrannyRising's Profile
Semi-retired registered nurse and proud granny to to six young , gifted and black men, and one young gifted and black woman. I'm an activist because of them. I must do all I can to leave this world a better place than I found it.
Groups: Black Kos community
Diaries published: 44 (31 days since last diary on Mon Nov 06, 2023 at 04:28 PM PST)
Comments posted: 3935 (2 days since last comment on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 12:06 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 308
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Most Recommended Diary: All of Y'all "Biden-too-old" Folk, Did you check out the SOTU Knock-out?, 448 comments, 654 recommends
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www.salon.com/… I encourage everyone to read Heather Digby Parton’s column on Salon that I referenced. She starts out with this: “Over the week-end Democrats celebrated their biennial tradition of hand wringing and panic about the election a year...
by BlackGrannyRising
 567 comments
on Mon Nov 06, 2023 at 04:28 PM PST
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I just finished watching the President's address to the nation tonight and it just made me that much more resolute to work as hard as I possibly can, with everything in me to help him and VP Harris get back in the White House in 2024. This world is...
by BlackGrannyRising
138 comments
on Thu Oct 19, 2023 at 06:04 PM PDT
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www.yahoo.com/… Do. Not. Play. With. Black. Women. That is all for now. (lol)
by BlackGrannyRising
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on Mon Aug 28, 2023 at 11:40 AM PDT
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If you didn’t see President Biden’s entire SOTU speech, do yourself a favor and set aside an hour and a half and listen to it in it’s entirety. Not the pundits picking apart of it , not the clips, not the cliff notes-the entire address. And look at the...
by BlackGrannyRising
448 comments
on Tue Feb 07, 2023 at 07:51 PM PST
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In this Twittering, texting, IG’ing, IM’ing world we live in today, I would like to make my annual small request and plea: Could we all PLEASE (especially Black people), NOT trivialize this great man and his legacy by reducing his name to initials and...
by BlackGrannyRising
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on Sat Jan 14, 2023 at 10:15 AM PST
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Here’s a little distraction while we’re waiting to see if Kevin McCarthy’s gonna be Speaker. thegrio.com/… And relax, it is tongue-in-cheek.
by BlackGrannyRising
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on Wed Jan 04, 2023 at 01:55 PM PST
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- Just a really quick story about a pretty mundane occurrence, but one that really gave me a kick today. I was at the Apple Store in Burlingame, CA, buying a new iPhone and getting it all setup, when the tech I was talking with suddenly looked over my...95 comments 650 Recs
- That’s my governor right there. If you weren’t able or willing to stomach watching Faux News to see Gavin Newsom give both Hannity and DeSantis a spanking. You missed something. But Twitter noticed. Oh, brother, did they.357 comments 938 Recs
- In a fantastic appearance on Wednesday afternoon, Elon Musk told advertisers who had left his X (formerly Twitter) social media site, “Go fuck yourself.” It was not the only F-bomb Musk dropped in a heated rant that included blaming advertisers for the...373 comments 747 Recs
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