I think the “demons” are taking over the white house –
Demons” is a hit song by the American pop rock band Imagine Dragons, released on January 28, 2013, as the third single from their debut studio album, Night Visions (2012). The song, an indie rock ballad, explores the universal human experience of battling inner struggles, insecurities, and personal flaws, which are metaphorically referred to as “demons”. It became a major commercial success, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the band’s second top ten single after “Radioactive”.
Producer: The track was produced by British record producer Alex da Kid (Alexander Grant).
Music Video: The music video was directed by Isaac Halasima and dedicated to the late Tyler Robinson, a young fan who passed away from cancer. The band established the Tyler Robinson Foundation in his honor.
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When the days are cold and the cards all fold And the saints we see are all made of gold When your dreams all fail and the ones we hail Are the worst of all and the blood’s run stale
I wanna hide the truth, I wanna shelter you But with the beast inside, there’s nowhere we can hide No matter what we breed, we still are made of greed This is my kingdom come, this is my kingdom come
when you feel my heat, look into my eyes It’s where my demons hide, it’s where my demons hide (Oh-oh-oh) don’t get too close, it’s dark inside It’s where my demons hide, it’s where my demons hide
Curtain’s call, it’s the last of all When the lights fade out, all the sinners crawl So they dug your grave and the masquerade Will come calling out at the mess you’ve made
Don’t wanna let you down, but I am hellbound Though this is all for you, don’t wanna hide the truth No matter what we breed, we still are made of greed This is my kingdom come, this is my kingdom come
when you feel my heat, look into my eyes It’s where my demons hide, it’s where my demons hide (Oh-oh-oh) don’t get too close, it’s dark inside It’s where my demons hide, it’s where my demons hide
They say it’s what you make, I say it’s up to fate It’s woven in my soul, I need to let you go Your eyes, they shine so bright, I wanna save that light I can’t escape this now, unless you show me how
when you feel my heat, look into my eyes It’s where my demons hide, it’s where my demons hide (Oh-oh-oh) don’t get too close, it’s dark inside It’s where my demons hide, it’s where my demons hide
Rose left the shelter of the cabin, careful to step around the rock edge. The cold air made her tremble, her flesh covered with goosebumps, but she was determined not to settle for his lies any longer. He had started out so friendly and nice. Then when she realized Alex was not human, but a ghost, things started to get messy. She finally realized what he really was and not a scrap of her fantasy was true. How did she get into this, and why believe it was real? Rose heard a bell, incessantly ringing. She woke up in her bed, covers askew.
Filmed for the internet, the ancient actress dressed in her favorite indigo gown, lay silent in the coffin. She was waiting to be carried to her resting ground where fans watched the pall bearers inter the beloved celebrity.
I’m old and struggle with technology. AI is not something I enjoy or look forward to seeing progress into every aspect of our lives. You will say it already is, because phone calls that don’t get answered by your friend or relative, is probably answered by AI. The programmed responses are annoying especially if you don’t answer like another AI, in chopped rehearsed words. Recently I tried speaking to Walmart’s pharmacy and it was answered by an AI who argued with me after I immediately asked to speak to a real person. Yes, it was time for a little defenestration!
This is from 2017, the prompt was rainbow. This is long, but Reverend Jackson died on February 17, 2026, so I feel this is relevant.
What is the Rainbow Coalition by Jesse Jackson? Rainbow/PUSH is a non-profit organization formed as a merger of two non-profit organizations founded by Jesse Jackson — Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) and the National Rainbow Coalition.
I have to insert my personal appreciation for the privilege of my children being able to watch this: Thank you, Mr. Jackson!
The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice. On August 9, 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Reverend Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Reverend Jackson has been called the “Conscience of the Nation” and “the Great Unifier,” challenging America to be inclusive and to establish just and humane priorities for the benefit of all. He is known for bringing people together on common ground across lines of race, culture, class, gender and belief. Born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, Jesse Jackson graduated from the public schools in Greenville and then enrolled in the University of Illinois on a football scholarship. He later transferred to North Carolina A&T State University and graduated in 1964. He began his theological studies at Chicago Theological Seminary but deferred his studies when he began working full-time in the Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was ordained on June 30, 1968 by Rev. Clay Evans and received his earned Master of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary in 2000.
For his work in human and civil rights and nonviolent social change, Reverend Jackson has received more than 40 honorary doctorate degrees and frequently lectures at major colleges and universities including Howard, Yale, Princeton, Morehouse, Harvard, Columbia, Stanford and Hampton. He was made an Honorary Fellow of Regents Park College at Oxford University in the UK in November 2007, and received an Honorary Fellowship from Edge Hill University in Liverpool, England. In March 2010, Reverend Jackson was inducted into England’s prestigious Cambridge Union Society. In April 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. In October 1997, Reverend Jackson was appointed by President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as “Special Envoy of the President and Secretary of State for the Promotion of Democracy in Africa”. In this official position, Reverend Jackson traveled to several countries on the African continent and met with such national leaders as President Nelson Mandela of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Daniel T. Arap Moi of Kenya, and President Frederick J.T. Chiluba of Zambia. Reverend Jackson began his activism as a student in the summer of 1960 seeking to desegregate the local public library in Greenville and then as a leader in the sit-in movement. In 1965, he became a full-time organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He was soon appointed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to direct the Operation Breadbasket program. In December of 1971, Reverend Jackson founded Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) in Chicago, IL. The goals of Operation PUSH were economic empowerment and expanding educational, business and employment opportunities for the disadvantaged and people of color. In 1984, Reverend Jackson founded the National Rainbow Coalition, a social justice organization based in Washington, D.C devoted to political empowerment, education and changing public policy. In September of 1996, the Rainbow Coalition and Operation PUSH merged to form the Rainbow PUSH Coalition to continue the work of both organizations and to maximize resources. Long before national health care, a war on drugs, direct peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis, ending apartheid in South Africa and advancing democracy in Haiti became accepted public policy positions, Reverend Jesse Jackson advocated them. Reverend Jackson’s advocacy on these and other issues helped bring the American public to a new level of consciousness. Reverend Jackson’s two presidential campaigns broke new ground in U.S. politics. His 1984 campaign registered over one million new voters, won 3.5 million votes, and helped the Democratic Party regain control of the Senate in 1986. His 1988 campaign registered over two million new voters, won seven million votes, and helped boost hundreds of state and local elected officials into office. Additionally, he won historic victories, coming in first or second in 46 out of 54 primary contests. His clear progressive agenda and his ability to build an unprecedented coalition inspired millions to join the political process. In 1991, Reverend Jesse Jackson was elected Senator of Washington, D.C., advocating for statehood for the nation’s capital and advancing the “rainbow” agenda at the national and international levels. Since then, he has continued to promote voter registration and lead get-out-the-vote campaigns, believing that everyone should be encouraged to be a responsible, informed and active voter. He has spearheaded major organizing tours through Appalachia, Mississippi, California and Georgia. He has continued to be a leading advocate for a variety of public policy issues, including universal health care, equal administration of justice in all communities, sufficient funding for enforcement of civil rights laws, and for increased attention to business investment in under-served domestic communities (a theme that the Clinton administration picked up as the “New Markets Initiative”). Reverend Jackson also supports a broad range of policies to improve education, eliminate poverty, and remind everyone that we are a “One-Big-Tent-America,” with room for all, and none left in the margins. A current campaign is “Restructure Loans, Don’t Foreclose on Homes,” tackling today’s housing crisis and the economic crisis gripping the world.
As a highly respected and trusted world leader, Reverend Jackson has acted many times as an international diplomat in sensitive situations. For example, in 1984 Reverend Jackson secured the release of captured Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman from Syria, and the release of 48 Cuban and Cuban-American prisoners in Cuba. He was the first American to bring home citizens from the UK, France and other countries held as “human shields” by Saddam Hussein in Kuwait and Iraq in 1990. In 1999, Reverend Jackson negotiated the release of U.S. soldiers held hostage in Kosovo. In August 2000, Rev. Jackson helped negotiate the release of four journalists working on a documentary for Britain’s Channel 4 network held in Liberia. He has traveled extensively in the Middle East and Asia, and was a special guest of President Fernando Cardoso of Brazil in honoring Zumbi, the leader of slave revolts that led to the end of slavery in Brazil. On November 2, 1985, Reverend Jackson joined with Oliver Tambo, Bishop Trevor Huddleston, Ken Livingston, Bernie Grant, Keith Vaz, Paul Boateng, Diane Abbot (who would become MP) and others at the 120,000-strong demonstration in London’s Trafalgar Square to protest apartheid in South Africa and call on the South African government to free Nelson Mandela. He later met with PM Margaret Thatcher, appealing to her to drop Britain’s support for apartheid. In February 16, 2003, Rev. Jesse Jackson keynoted the rally held in London’s Hyde Park with over 1 million people protesting the expected invasion of Iraq by the United States. In August 2007, Equanomics-UK invited Rev. Jackson to help launch the new organization in a historic nine city UK tour: London-Bristol-Liverpool-Manchester-Leicester-Nottingham-Bradford-Sheffield-Birmingham. The tour coincided with the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act in Britain, including the official London GLA ceremony with Mayor Ken Livingston. At the conclusion of the tour, Rev. Jackson joined international dignitaries in the unveiling of the statue of Nelson Mandela in London’s Parliament Square. In 2009, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown bestowed the “Global Diversity and Inclusion Award” on Rev. Jackson at 10 Downing Street. In January 2008, Rev. Jackson delivered the international keynote address on the life and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi at an event in New Delhi, India marking the 50th anniversary of Gandhi’s martyrdom. The global event celebrated the strength of non-violent, peaceful protest that Gandhi demonstrated in his uncompromising quest for peace and justice. A hallmark of Reverend Jackson’s work has been his commitment to youth. He has visited thousands of high schools, colleges, universities and correctional facilities encouraging excellence, inspiring hope and challenging young people to study diligently and stay drug-free. Reverend Jackson has also been a consistent and vigorous supporter of the labor movement in the U.S. and around the world. He is known as someone who has walked more picket lines and spoken at more labor rallies than any other national leader. He has worked with unions to organize workers, protect workers’ rights, and mediate labor disputes. In 1996, he traveled to Asia to investigate treatment of workers in the Japanese automobile industry and in athletic apparel factories in Indonesia.
My first reaction to this prompt was Sade’s song. “Smooth Operator” is a song by English band Sade from their debut studio album, Diamond Life (1984), and was co-written by Sade Adu and Ray St. John. It was released as the album’s third single in the United Kingdom as a 7-inch singlewith “Spirit” as its B-side, and as a 12-inch maxi single with “Smooth Operator” and “Red Eye” on side A and “Spirit” on side B. Released on 28 August 1984, it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.
He was a humbug sort of guy, always a bumper in the republican caucus meetings, right on the edge of an independent. He didn’t believe a magical fairy godmother would suddenly descend on the radical speechifiers and turn their words of spam into a rib-eye steak.
The Bag Lady 
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