The Movement, the Party, and the President
The Republicans are cracking up. Can Democratic unity hold? And will the Biden administration be an ally of long-term organizing?
In 2020, despite down-ballot losses, the existential need to defeat Donald Trump produced more collaboration and less infighting than the Democratic coalition has seen in a long time. Progressives, notably hostile to Hillary Clinton in 2016, mustered enthusiasm for an ideologically similar Joe Biden. And Biden, having won the nomination with the weakest field operation of any modern candidate, needed to rely on the progressive ground game. His victory was built on a profusion of organizing with a scale, breadth, and diversity unlike any seen since the 1960s.
Whatever Happened To Amanda Blake, Miss Kitty On ‘Gunsmoke’?
Amanda Blake was an American actress, best known for her role as Miss Kitty Russell in
Gunsmoke. She was born in New York City and attended Pomona College before she started acting. Her career began in the ‘40s when she was signed to
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She appeared in
Gunsmoke.
Gunsmoke, she was mainly a movie star. She was in
Cattle Town, Miss Robin Crusoe, and more. Then, Amanda played Miss Kitty, the saloon keeper for 19 years on
Gunsmoke. She appeared on the series from 1955 to 1974.
Why did Amanda Blake leave ‘Gunsmoke’?
‘GUNSMOKE,’ Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds, (ca. early-mid 1960s), 1955-1975 / Everett Collection
A little Goober each day is a must
As we watch television classics, there are many character actors that have made their marks and found niches that allowed them to keep in front of the American public for years and years.Â
One of those actors was introduced to the American television family in the 1960s.
Initially, like so many actors - George Lindsey (1928 - 2012)Â rode onto the screen playing a bad sort opposite the heroes of the little screen westerns on shows like âGunsmokeâ with James Arness, Ken Curtis and the rest of the gang. He returned to that series in six seasons playing various roles. I remember watching him as a colorful mountain trapper with a mean streak a mile long on that show.
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On the Texas frontier in 1879, Lt. Colonel Kirby Yorke (John Wayne) is dealing with a shortage of troops in the 2nd Cavalry Regiment outpost to defend settlers from a group of Apaches. Tensions further arise when his estranged son Jefferson (Claude Jarman Jr.) arrives as one of the recruits sent to help the regiment and Yorke’s wife Kathleen (Maureen O’Hara) also arrives to get Jeff out of the cavalry. However, personal issues have to be set aside when the Apaches attack the fort and head into Mexico with their rescued leader and a wagonload of children as captives. Yorke and his regiment must head across the Rio Grande into Mexico in order to save them…