Tami Beyer

[VoteVets @votevets]

Some ground isn’t for building on.

Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place of more than 400,000 service members and their families. A 250-foot arch, with a tourist observation deck, would go up at its entrance, changing that ground forever.

Families bury their dead there every weekday. Construction could run three years, 20 hours a day, close to those services.

Veterans are in federal court right now trying to stop it. Before the commission votes, you can help:

→ File a public comment with the commission
→ Call your representative and your senators
→ Share this

This isn’t about politics. It’s about letting a burial ground stay a burial ground. @OfTheBraveUSA

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

"It's entirely inappropriate and borders on sacrilege"

VOTE VETS & the DC-based CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION education & advocacy group have released a new video urging a halt to Trump's planned Monumental Arch near Arlington Natl Cemetery

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark and a top ally of Pope Leo, has called for Congress to block funding of ICE, calling the agency a "lawless organization" and "machinery of death."

RETWEET if you stand with Cardinal Tobin against ICE!

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Actually we aren't going to need anymore videos.

There is no rationale for thousands of masked and armed agents of the state to be in Minneapolis shooting protestors. They should get the fuck out before they kill anyone else. This is not a legal or necessary operation.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH — singer @bryanandrews_ to @RollingStone: “Jesus Christ showed his masculinity and strength through love, compassion, and empathy. Not through oppression and force. He tells you to love the immigrant as yourself.” ♥️

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

If someone works full-time and receives SNAP, that means your taxpayer dollars are subsidizing the company's profits bc it refuses to pay them a livable wage.
This can only be said so many ways; it isn’t difficult to grasp.

[Star Wars Holocron @sw_holocron]

ANDOR writer Dan Gilroy has released a statement critiquing the Trump administration and commenting on the parallels between the show and Disney’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

“As one of the writers on the Disney+ drama Andor, we spent six years thinking about a fascist takeover of a galaxy far, far away. Six years thinking about ordinary beings as an authoritarian regime comes in for the kill. Many people saw parallels between Andor and the real world. I see them as well, particularly in the events of the last week.

Donald Trump’s tools of governance, coercion and intimidation, have found focus on Hollywood. Faced with a social media firestorm, fear, and an FCC head threatening “they can do this the easy way or hard way,” Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel for speaking his mind. I deeply disagree but acknowledge it was a difficult decision. If you believe otherwise, wait until fate knocks on your door and demands you choose between conscience and hardship — because if you work in this industry that day is coming.

The suspension bought time, but not much. Disney now stands at a crossroads: terminate Kimmel’s contract and become pavement for the road to a brave new Trumpian world; or stand for the First Amendment and take the onslaught. There’s not much at stake, just free speech, the oxygen that sustains life in this town.

Trump’s aim is to control what we make and say. The concept seems far off and abstract. Neither is true. Is it hard to conjure a new oversight office or cabinet seat? Is it difficult to picture Trump toadies deplaning at LAX with binders of banned topics and mandated alternatives? You’ll meet them when you have to pitch for approval or get grilled about subversive co-workers.
Regardless of how the jack-booted attack on Jimmy Kimmel is resolved, this isn’t a skirmish. It’s a siege. The first thing Putin did after taking power was silence shows that criticized him. Artists are censored first because they fear us most. The fact this isn’t new doesn’t diminish the shock of the last few days. The majority in Hollywood believed their job was entertainment — the bolder souls attempted to inject theme and commentary — but for everyone this has suddenly become Westworld real.

Whether you’re reading this on line at Blue Bottle or killing time before your 3 o’clock Zoom or staring at a glowing screen unable to sleep, we have all become characters in a story where our actions carry actual weight and consequence. Our industry faces the most sophisticated, venomous, creeping evil in America’s history. There’s no standing above this conflict. No impartial observers. If you’re on the sidelines you’ve made a choice and must live with it.

Their goal is to instill fear, to make you feel helpless, hopeless, to break you down. Don’t let them. Educate yourself. Organize. Speak truth to authority. Because the story’s not written — the pen is in your hand.”

[Milwaukee Brewers @Brewers]

WINNING AT A HISTORIC PACE

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

VP Vance has cast the deciding vote in the Senate to cut Medicaid, take away food assistance, blow up the deficit, and add tax breaks for the wealthiest.

This bill is unpopular because it is wrong.

Congress votes this week, but it’s our voices - and our votes - that will have the final say.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

It is disheartening to see today that the strength of international law and humanitarian law no longer seems binding, replaced by the presumed right to overpower others. This is unworthy and shameful for humanity and for the leaders of nations.

[Brendan May @bmay]

This is absolutely astounding. All five minutes of it.

[Sonny Bunch @SonnyBunch]

The people who reject the measles vaccine are, and I don't say this lightly, the stupidest fucking people on the planet. https://t.co/FqrC1IvkKn

[Packers History @HistoricPackers]

For the folks claiming this is a "fake holiday," may I remind you Vince Lombardi was a staunch advocate for equal rights for African-American players and quickly made the Packers one of the most integrated teams of the NFL in the 1960s?

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

I love this woman

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

God love this 90-year-old Irish Catholic priest in Los Angeles, who showed up to the protests wearing full vestments in solidarity with immigrant communities. We need more faith leaders with his courage to show up and speak out.

[Alex Padilla @AlexPadilla4CA]

If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they do to farm workers, day laborers, cooks, and the other nonviolent immigrants they are targeting in California and across the country. Or any American that dares to speak up.

I will not stop fighting to demand accountability on behalf of the people of California.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with ABC News reporter Terry Moran against Stephen Miller!

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

🎯🎯🎯

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Jamal Khashoggi -- remember his name.

[Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' @Damaan4u33]

Who agrees with Wanda Sykes? 🖐️