NEW: On America's 250th, Sarah Jessica Parker narrates a reading on resisting authoritarianism and building a better future—featuring Mark Ruffalo, Ted Danson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Leslie Odom Jr., Margaret Atwood, & more.
"What happens next is not inevitable. It depends on us."
Today on Anthony Bourdain’s birthday, let’s honor Tony by sharing a meal…with a friend or with a stranger…and making sure they’re okay. @wckitchen we are honoring him in a way by being next to the people of Venezuela after the earthquakes. Sharing food and hope. #BourdainDay
💔 BREAKING UPDATE: The devastation in Venezuela is almost unimaginable.
Two powerful earthquakes struck just minutes apart, leaving buildings collapsed, families trapped beneath the rubble, and desperate loved ones searching for survivors.
The U.S. Geological Survey has warned the disaster could ultimately claim between 10,000 and 100,000 lives, though officials have not yet confirmed a death toll. (Reuters)
Please keep the people of Venezuela, the first responders, and every family still waiting for news of a loved one in your prayers. ❤️🇻🇪
“If you think the world is selfish and rotten, go to the cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. See what one group of men did for another on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.” — Andy Rooney
Memorial Day is an essential reminder that our 250-year-old democracy is a treasure worth protecting. We owe it to the sacrifice of those who gave what President Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” to not only honor them, but to renew our commitment to the republic for which they stood.
“ Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”- Unknown. You will never be forgotten !
On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying. I’ll always be grateful to our fallen heroes and their families, whose sacrifice reminds us of what it means to live for something greater than ourselves.
Generation after generation, men and women put on the uniform knowing the risk — and went anyway knowing they might not come home. Knowing their families would carry that for the rest of their lives.
To the families still carrying that weight — I see you. The pain doesn’t go away, but neither does the pride.
Freedom has never been guaranteed. It has to be earned, defended, and sometimes paid for in the hardest way imaginable. Today on Memorial Day, we stop, we slow down, and we remember those who did.
We honor them.
We thank them.
And we work hard to live up to what they died for. Keep the democracy they believed in worth believing in. That is the ultimate tribute for their sacrifice.
@RCamposDuffy Hey Rach…..how about you stand down. It’s tone deaf for the Secretary of Transportation to highlight his 7-month road trip when the transportation industry is struggling to survive. Maybe, just maybe, consider the people. Oh, and be respectful to others expressing an opinion.
27 years ago today, 12 students and one teacher went to school and never came home. They were shot and killed at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. 21 others were injured.
Since this tragic day, our country has continued to be plagued by gun violence that rips our families apart. I’ll always fight for a safer future, in honor of the Littleton community and every victim and survivor of gun violence.
.@ChefJoseAndres: I am a cook and I know there is no America without immigrants. There is no food at our table without immigrants. There is no farm without immigrants. There are no kitchens without immigrants.