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This weekend's music thread is about dreaming, wishing, imaginary things and places and dreamy songs and states of mind.

Donald Trump shows a striking inability to parse information. He can't order and arrange, or prioritize data in a normal way. So, we get pink elephants like airports in the Eighteen Century, refugees from terror and rampant criminality depicted as villains, and raking as a cure-all for the desiccation of North America. The President seems to be getting worse, and we are all in terror of what he may do.

The theme for this weekend’s music thread is songs about and for America, songs about its people, its places, its problems and its promise.

So this weekend's music theme is inspired by the recent Democratic debates, songs about personal stories, identity, issues, agreements and disagreements.

This weekend’s music thread is calling out the whitewashing and black redactions of truths by recognizing our true colors. Songs with colors in the titles or songs are on this weekend's musical palette

What a NY Times study found was that colleges like CU sought students from high schools in more affluent and White neighborhoods while ignoring talented students in less affluent, less White areas. They specifically cited CU's recruiting practices as an example.

Those who defend and support treason, regardless of their reasons for supporting it, are guilty of aiding and abetting treason.

How do we get back to seeing the truth as the truth. What can we do to help others be more able to separate the good stuff from the junk?

Both Clinton and Biden have since, apologized for their votes for H.J. Res. 114 because they did not think at the time that President Bush would use it as an excuse to invade Iraq. The irony is that now the vote is being used against President Obama's vice president in the same manner he used it against his 2008 primary opponent.

A new proposed agreement filed in federal court on Friday would make clear that transgender people can use restrooms and other public facilities that align with their gender identity, but Republican state legislative leaders continue to oppose it.