REV. JESSE JACKSON in 1988 (Shutterstock).

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a long-time advocate for civil rights as well as the interests of the poor and unhoused, died on Tuesday at the age of 84.

The Associated Press is reporting that Jackson, a protege of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., had died of a “rare physiological disorder” in his Chicago home.

Jackson sought to claim the mantle of leader of the Civil Rights movement after King was fatally shot at a Memphis motel in 1968.

Jackson ran for president several times, losing the Democratic presidential nomination to Michael Dukakis in 1988.

Among Jackson’s speech refrains was “I am Somebody. I may be poor, but I am Somebody; I may be on welfare, but I am Somebody.”

Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama said “Reverend Jackson helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history.”

Three dead, three critical in R.I shooting

Three people are dead and three others wounded in a shooting incident at an ice skating rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

According toThe New York Times, the shooter – who was killed in the incident on Monday afternoon – had a birth name of Robert Dorgan, but also went by the name of Roberta Esposito. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Among those who also died were the shooter’s former wife, Rhonda Dorgan and adult son Aidan Dorgan.

Those injured were Rhonda Dorgan’s parents as well as a “family friend,” Thomas Geruso.

The Times reported that Rhonda had initially filed for divorce listing the grounds as “gender reassignment surgery” and “narcissistic personality disorder, but changed it to “irreconcilable differences.”

Seizure of election materials based “on a lie?”

Voting officials in Fulton County, Georgia, are alleging that the warrant used to seize 2020 election materials were based on a lie.

United Press International reports that those officials have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Northern Georgia that the search warrant was based “not on probable cause of a crime being committed” but instead of speculation based on minor election errors that occurs in all jurisdictions.

The allegations come from Kurt Olsen, a former campaign attorney for now-President Donald Trump. Olsen, according to the lawsuit, has been sanctioned by “multiple courts from making unsubstantiated claims about elections.

Georgia was narrowly won by Joe Biden in the 2020 election, and Trump asked the Georgia governor to “find” enough votes to give the victory to him.

Weather: Cool days ahead

The rain’s not totally gone, and neither are the cold temperatures in our West Orange County cities. The forecast for Wednesday is for partly cloudy skies with a daytime high of 59 and an overnight low of 42. Rain is expected to arrive on Thursday with temps of 58 (39). Friday should warm slightly to 60 (42) with mostly sunny skies. Saturday starts a trend to warmer days with a high of 68 and a low of 47. Skies will be partly cloudy.

Great Thoughts

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“It’s hard to get lost if you don’t know where you’re going.”
– Jim Jarmusch

“Getting lost is just another way of saying, going exploring.”
– Justina Chen