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Our Top 10 Jim Croce Songs list looks at a singer-songwriter who enjoyed tremendous success in the early 70s. At a time when the soft rock genre had become incredibly popular‚ Jim Croce landed multiple hit singles along with fellow artists such as James Taylor‚ Carole King‚ and Jackson Browne. The early 1970s saw an abundance of artists releasing songs in the soft rock genre that balanced the line between country‚ pop‚ easy listening‚ and rock overtones. It could be easily argued that Jim Croce was one of the pioneers of the soft rock movement. Jim Croce’s talent for writing The post Top 10 Jim Croce Songs appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A veteran social worker who says she was fired for expressing concern over racial harassment against her as a Jewish woman and political harassment over her ties to the Trump administration is suing for wrongful termination. Tammy Weitzman last week sued her former employer‚ the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance‚ now known as the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center‚ for racial and political discrimination and for retaliating against her when she spoke up about it. “I was called a white k–e‚ and I was harassed over knowing a high-ranking Cabinet member in the Trump administration‚” Weitzman told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview‚ using an offensive term for Jewish individuals. She had helped care for a daughter of the Trump administration official‚ Weitzman said. Weitzman’s attorney‚ Coalition for Liberty President Doug Turpin‚ recounted how the Seattle cancer center responded when his client expressed concern to her boss about the harassment. Weitzman herself‚ not those harassing her‚ ended up in hot water. The cancer center forced her to take “racial equity” training. When Weitzman later spoke about her experiences facing harassment as a Jewish woman‚ the “equity” facilitators told her that she was white. According to the lawsuit‚ Weitzman’s coworkers often sent her unsolicited emails condemning the Trump administration and blaming her for Trump’s policies. When she reported the harassment‚ the suit says‚ the director of the center’s human resources office told her to simply “deal with it” and warned her that she likely would face retaliation if she filed a formal complaint. Weitzman worked as an oncology social worker‚ providing counseling and therapy services for cancer patients and their families. “While other folks on the team were able to ensure that these patients had enough resources‚ a place to stay‚ and gas money to get to the clinic‚ my role was very clinical‚” Weitzman told The Daily Signal. Weitzman said she had wanted to work with cancer patients since her childhood because her father died of cancer when she was 5. Until her firing‚ she told The Daily Signal‚ she had been a social worker specializing in cancer patients for “almost 23 years.” Weitzman worked at the Seattle cancer center from January 2016 to February 2021‚ receiving a raise and many favorable commendations for her work‚ but got fired abruptly Feb. 5. Other employees repeatedly used racial slurs against her‚ and her supervisors ignored them or “told me [it] was no big deal‚” she recalled. An Anti-Trump Article Nidhi Berry‚ who supervised “Race and Allyship” training sessions at the Seattle cancer center‚ had sent an anti-Trump article as a follow-up to a racial sensitivity training that Jan. 21‚ the day after Joe Biden became president‚ according to the lawsuit. That article made generalizations about Jewish people that Weitzman found offensive. Weitzman told The Daily Signal that the article contained instructions to lecture those around her‚ including her cancer patients‚ about Trump. She said Berry asked her to use the article “to talk about racism with patients and families.” The social worker found that highly unethical‚ she said‚ not in the least because such political posturing isn’t remotely of interest to cancer patients: They’re concerned about their lives. Caring for cancer patients‚ receiving cancer treatment‚ working in a cancer hospital‚ working in any cancer facility or any medical institution should be an apolitical matter. Period. End of story. I should not be compelled to talk to patients about politics and about President Trump and how evil the Left thinks that he is. This is wrong—and yet this is happening everywhere. When Weitzman complained about the article to Tiffany Courtnage‚ her direct boss‚ Courtnage told her to bring up the issue directly with Berry. Weitzman objected to that approach‚ but ultimately followed that instruction from her boss and spoke over the phone with Berry on Jan. 21. Although that phone conversation proved “relatively pleasant‚” according to the lawsuit‚ one week later Berry sent an email berating Weitzman. The Racist Email In that email‚ Berry wrote to Weitzman that she was “flabbergasted that you‚ a white woman and fellow social worker‚ would choose to burden me‚ a woman of color‚ with your feelings and triggers around this post.” Berry asserted that “Trump’s administration did inspire hate speech and violence —this is a non-negotiable fact.” Weitzman-Complaint-Exhibit-BDownload “It is the essence of white privilege to be able to focus on a tree at the expense of seeing the forest‚” Berry added in the email to Weitzman. “It is the essence of white fragility to claim victimhood when you are definitely not the victim. I’m disturbed that a white woman on a social work team at a major institution like [Seattle Cancer Care Alliance] would try to play these games‚ would claim the status of victimhood‚ in the face of a woman of color‚ after the years of the era of Trump.” Berry also wrote: “You’ve mentioned to me previously that you identify as Jewish‚ which makes this interaction from last Thursday all the more bewildering to me‚ considering the anti-Semitisim [that] is stoked by the hate speech and violence Trump’s administration inspired.” Weitzman’s lawsuit argues: In Ms. Weitzman’s view‚ it is the essence of racial discrimination to assume that an individual must or should hold certain political or social views‚ based on his or her race. Moreover‚ to be lumped in with members of the white race‚ despite her Jewish heritage‚ and to be told that her views on the matter of racial discrimination did not matter because being Jewish was equivalent to being white for purposes of racial discussions‚ was deeply offensive and disconcerting. Berry copied Courtnage on her email‚ along with HR. The cancer center’s training supervisor explicitly rejected Weitzman’s request for mutual understanding and tolerance‚ stating: “I will not privilege you or any other white person’s comfort over the safety of people of color and Black people‚ and I certainly won’t privilege your comfort over equitable patient outcomes.” An Abrupt Termination A little over one week after Berry’s email‚ Weitzman met with Courtnage and Courtnage’s boss‚ James Jorgenson‚ who fired her. According to the lawsuit‚ Jorgenson said the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance fired Weitzman because her “ethnicity sensitivity” and her core values did not align with the values of her employer‚ and Courtnage was unable to discuss the issue with her. The cancer center’s lawyer reiterated this basis for termination‚ stating that “SCCA is an anti-racist organization‚ committed to Workplace Respect. SCCA considered the fact and substance of Ms. Weitzman’s phone call to Nidhi Berry in January 2021 to be antithetical to those values.” The cancer center appeared not to have any other concerns with Weitzman‚ according to the lawsuit. Her employer tasked her with giving a presentation for an entire division‚ which was supposed to take place on the Monday after she was fired. And two days before Weitzman was fired‚ Courtnage asked her to take on two additional clinics. Weitzman sued the cancer center along with Courtnage as her direct boss‚ Courtnage’s boss Jorgenson‚ and Berry. She argues in the suit that the cancer center and her former supervisors violated federal law‚ Washington state law‚ and the Seattle Municipal Code by discriminating against her on the basis of race and retaliating against her on the basis of race and political views. She seeks compensatory damages of at least $75‚000‚ punitive damages‚ and attorney’s fees. Weitzman and Doug Turpin‚ president of the Coalition for Liberty‚ joined The Daily Signal for an exclusive interview delving into the events surrounding her treatment and firing by the cancer center. Turpin said that the Coalition for Liberty‚ which opposes cancel culture and advocates free speech‚ is determined to right this wrong:  Tammy‚ in my mind‚ is a true hero because she’s standing up to try to prevent this kind of thing from happening to other people. They took away her dream since she was a little girl‚ after seeing her father suffer from cancer. [The dream] was to help cancer patients‚ and that’s all she ever wanted. [The cancer center] should pay for what they’ve done‚ but we’re also looking to send a message out there that this is wrong. This type of behavior is not going to be something that organizations and individuals can get away with. They can’t practice cancel culture and expect that they’re going to be getting away with it without consequences any longer. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle didn’t respond to The Daily Signal’s Dec. 27 request for comment on the case before publication time. Weitzman-ComplaintDownload Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.  The post EXCLUSIVE: Jewish Cancer Counselor Sues Former Employer Over Racial Slurs‚ ‘White Privilege’ Claims‚ Retaliation appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. In February 2022‚ amid the cross-country truck convoy civil liberties protests in Ottawa against COVID-19 precautions and vaccine mandates‚ Justin Trudeau‚ the Prime Minister‚ made an overreaching decision. He invoked the Emergencies Act as a response to this challenge to his overarching policies in a widespread attempt to silence and crush his critics. Under the Emergencies Act‚ Trudeau‚ and his Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland‚ froze the bank accounts of protesters and their supporters in one of the biggest attacks on free speech and civil liberties that Canada has seen in recent times. However‚ a Federal Court has now ruled that the Trudeau-led Liberal government overreached its powers. Their act was declared unreasonable‚ unjustified‚ and violating the Charter in a verdict published on a recent Tuesday. We obtained a copy of the verdict for you here. Related: Trudeau says he feels “serene and confident” over decision to freeze protesters’ bank accounts Presiding over the case‚ Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley found that whereas these Freedom Convoy protests generated harm‚ they did not elevate to a threat against national security as per the legal definition. Proclaiming the Emergencies Act in such a scenario‚ according to Mosley‚ lacked the attributes of sound decision-making‚ including justification‚ transparency‚ and intelligibility. Tracing the legal and factual constraints that must inform such a resolve illuminated this lack for Mosley. “I have concluded that the decision to issue the Proclamation [of the Emergencies Act’ does not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness – justification‚ transparency and intelligibility – and was not justified‚” Mosley wrote. Civil liberty groups‚ including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Canadian Constitutional Foundation (CCF)‚ had challenged this historic precedent. They contended that the Liberal government stretched its power too far while dealing with the Freedom Convoy blockades in Ontario and Alberta in February 2022. The court’s verdict aligned with their argument. Expressing a rare degree of self-reflection‚ Mosley confessed to initially leaning towards the counter-argument. He perceived the convoy’s actions as crossing the line of legitimate protest‚ constituting the erosion of public order. Were he present at the government’s decision-making table‚ he might have supported invoking the act. Over months of mulling over the evidence and different angles of the argument‚ Mosley swung towards the viewpoint presented by CCLA and CCF. Nonetheless‚ the government remains convinced that invoking the Emergencies Act was necessary and has promised to appeal the verdict. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland commented on Mosley’s decision by asserting their belief that public safety and national security‚ which include economic security‚ were under threat. “The public safety of Canadians was under threat‚ our national security‚ which includes our national economic security‚ was under threat‚” Freeland alleged. “I was convinced at the time. It was the right thing to do. It was the necessary thing to do.” The post Court Rules Trudeau Freezing Civil Liberties Protesters’ Bank Accounts Violated Canada’s Charter appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. On an otherwise normal day in late January‚ Brendan Kavanagh‚ a well-known performer who frequently enlivens London’s St Pancras station with histunes on the piano‚ found himself in a tense situation while broadcasting a livestream on YouTube. A group of Chinese tourists‚ distinct in their bright red scarves‚ interrupted his performance‚ insisting that he cease filming them‚ escalating the situation to involve the local police. The altercation was initiated by a woman claiming to work for a Chinese TV station. She queried whether the camera could capture her image and subsequently asserted filming was prohibited. Kavanagh insisted on his rights to film in public spaces‚ saying‚ “We are in Great Britain‚ we are not in China.” Tensions rose out of hand when Kavanah was accused of an attempt to physically touch one of the female tourists during his apparent gesture towards a Chinese flag she was holding. In defense‚ the pianist explained he only made contact with the flag. Further explaining‚ Kavangah drew attention to the small red flags embellished with five yellow stars. The performer adamantly reaffirmed his rights to film in public places in the UK‚ where no expectation of privacy applies. The conflict caught a bystander’s attention‚ who suggested that the displeased tourists should leave the premises. The situation drew the attention of two police officers. Display content from Twitter Click here to display content from Twitter. Learn more in Twitter’s privacy policy. Always display content from Twitter Open content directly One of the tourists prompted a male officer‚ complaining about Kavanagh filming them and his refusal to delete the footage. The officer reiterated Kavanagh’s right to film in a public space‚ while a female officer urged Kavanagh to put down his phone. However‚ Kavanagh held his ground‚ asserting that he was within his rights in a free country. While one of the officers questioned him about the alleged attempt to touch a tourist‚ he mentioned‚ “That’s why I have a camera.” The incident concluded with the tourists and officers dispersing‚ leaving the performer to resume his lively music session after declaring‚ “Free speech prevails.” The post Police Tell British Live Streamer Not To Post Video After Chinese Tourists Tell Him To Stop Filming appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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With former President Trump winning the New Hampshire Primary‚ the first time a candidate had won it along with Iowa‚ liberal CNN commentator Van Jones suggested Trump was “weak” in a way that might have gotten a right-leaning commentator suspended or canceled. According to him‚ Trump “looks weak” because he was refusing to debate a woman: former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. He also warned his fellow Democrats that they were putting up a “weak” candidate in President Joe Biden. “I do see it somewhat differently just with regard to the debate. I do think that he looks weak. Basically‚ there's a woman that says‚ ‘I want to getcha‚ I want to debate you‚’” he said. “And he looks weak running from one person.” Jones suggested that Trump’s argument that “Look‚ I don't want to be in a big circus with a bunch of nobodies‚” couldn’t cut it anymore since he was only facing Haley. “I don't know that that doesn't wind up giving her a little bit more to say‚” he hedged. That said‚ he also didn’t see a path to victory for Haley. “And to your point‚ she does not have a landing field out there anywhere past where she is right now‚” he noted.     About an hour prior to calling Trump “weak‚” he tried to warn his fellow Democrats that Biden was a weak candidate too. “Part of what we're looking at Trump's strength‚ his resilience is really a reflection of Biden’s fragility‚” he proclaimed. He chided Democrats for being oblivious to the signs of serious trouble Biden was facing: …because the polls show over and over again that even with 978 felonies he's still neck-and-neck with Biden. And so‚ it's a worrying sign. You're correct‚ there's some worrying signs for Trump. There should be worrying signs for Democrats that they're not afraid. “Republicans are not afraid of Joe Biden. They're not afraid. They don't think that by putting someone up this damaged‚ frankly‚ this deranged with this many deficits is going to hurt them at all‚” he added. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: CNN’s America’s Choice 2024: New Hampshire Primary January 23‚ 2024 7:38:54 p.m. Eastern (…) VAN JONES: I do think that what David’s [Axelrod] pointed to is important. Part of what we're looking at Trump's strength‚ his resilience is really a reflection of Biden’s fragility. Republicans are not afraid of Joe Biden. They're not afraid. They don't think that by putting someone up this damaged‚ frankly‚ this deranged with this many deficits is going to hurt them at all; because the polls show over and over again that even with 978 felonies he's still neck-and-neck with Biden. And so‚ it's a worrying sign. You're correct‚ there's some worrying signs for Trump. There should be worrying signs for Democrats that they're not afraid. [Crosstalk] (…) 8:39:27 p.m. Eastern JONES: I do see it somewhat differently just with regard to the debate. I do think that he looks weak. Basically‚ there's a woman that says‚ ‘I want to getcha‚ I want to debate you.’ And he looks weak running from one person‚ saying‚ ‘Look‚ I don't want to be in a big circus with a bunch of nobodies.’ I don't know that that doesn't wind up giving her a little bit more to say. And to your point she does not have a landing field out there anywhere past where she is right now. I think you're going to hear that and I think it might work better than we think. (…)

TV and radio broadcasting legend Charles Osgood passed away at the age of 91‚ according to CBS News‚ which reported that his family indicated that dementia was the cause of his death.Osgood is widely known for anchoring "CBS Sunday Morning" for more than two decades. He was a fixture on the radio for more than four decades."To say there's no one like Charles Osgood is an understatement‚" noted "Sunday Morning" executive producer Rand Morrison‚ according to CBS News. "He embodied the heart and soul of 'Sunday Morning.' His signature bow tie‚ his poetry … just his presence was special for the audience‚ and for those of us who worked with him. At the piano‚ Charlie put our lives to music. Truly‚ he was one of a kind – in every sense."CBS News noted that Jane Pauley‚ who became the host of "CBS Sunday Morning" when Osgood departed in 2016‚ said‚ "Watching him at work was a masterclass in communicating. I'll still think to myself‚ 'How would Charlie say it?'‚ trying to capture the elusive warmth and intelligence of his voice and delivery. I expect I'll go on trying. He was one of the best broadcast stylists and one of the last. His style was so natural and unaffected it communicated his authenticity. He connected with people. Watching him on TV‚ or listening on the radio‚ as I did for years‚ was to feel like you knew him‚ and he knew you. He brought a unique sensibility‚ curiosity and his trademark whimsy to 'Sunday Morning‚' and it endures."Osgood was the voice of the narrator on the animated 2008 movie‚ "Horton Hears a Who!" Charles Osgood‚ longtime host of "Sunday Morning‚" dies at 91 www.youtube.com Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here !