Sequoia

Eternal fan of science, history & facts. “America needs you, Harry Truman.”

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

You’ve got to love motivated twenty-somethings. Give them the tools and they’ll improve and maybe save the world.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

First time visitors to DC and USA, after snowfall, 1964:

[Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat]

We don’t talk enough about how autocrats view taxpayer dollars—not as public resources to serve the people, but as a pot of gold to enrich themselves and their allies. Their focus isn’t public welfare; it’s personal profit and power.

[Orlando Guerreiro 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 @orlandoguerreir]

Trump ataca Lewis Hamilton — e recebe uma resposta contundente…. Donald Trump chamou Lewis Hamilton de “um insulto ao esporte” porque o heptacampeão é “extremamente progressista” e acredita que não devemos discriminar com base no gênero…. Infelizmente ele escolheu a pessoa errada…. Em um local histórico, Lewis Hamilton não apenas respondeu com veemência — ele fez um discurso moral…. “O presidente dos Estados Unidos acabou de dizer que eu insultei o espírito da competição”, começou Lewis Hamilton…. “Querem saber o que insulta a humanidade? Tirar o acesso à saúde dos doentes enquanto se cortam impostos para bilionários.”…. “Sabem o que insulta a humanidade?”, continuou ele…. “Deportar estrangeiros e separar bebês de suas mães.”….
“Sabe o que insulta a humanidade? Bombardear crianças inocentes em idade escolar no Irã e enviar nossos bravos homens e mulheres para morrer em mais uma guerra sem fim… Acobertar os arquivos de Epstein e depois se recusar a processar uma única pessoa envolvida.”…. Lewis Hamilton — que foi atacado por Trump por apoiar pessoas transgênero e afirmar que “todas as crianças são uma dádiva para este mundo” — mudou completamente o discurso…. Em vez de recuar, ele fundamentou sua mensagem nos próprios valores que Trump tentou usar como arma…. “Eu não sou uma pessoa perfeita”, disse ele…. “Mas me esforço todos os dias para usar minha plataforma em prol daqueles que não a têm.”…. “Somos ensinados a amar o nosso próximo como a nós mesmos… Conseguimos imaginar a guerra em um mundo perfeito? Conseguimos imaginar o preconceito em um mundo perfeito? Conseguimos imaginar a pobreza em um mundo perfeito? Então por que toleramos essas coisas na Terra?”

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@Mike_Pence @GerryDick LOL no thanks.

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@Mike_Pence @ChrisStirewalt @NewsNation @TheCW lol nope

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@Mike_Pence @marklevinshow LOL no.

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

This is Trump’s Watergate.

Today, the @nytimes released a truly stunning report on the Epstein cover-up by the White House. 

Collusion, breaking the law, evading subpoenas—it’s all in there:
- Trump quashing the files
- The VP, COS, DOJ, FBI, and others colluding in the Situation Room to stop their release and compliance
- Officials lying to the public 
- Admin in-fighting and exits
- Officials who appeared in front of Congress during this time

Read the report here: https://t.co/prgyF2Isfg

[José David. @josevidar]

El cortisol elevado es la verdadera razón por la que te despiertas a las 3-4 de la mañana.

También te quita 5 años de vida — reduce la testosterona, fija la grasa abdominal, literalmente encoge tu cerebro.

Si quisiera arreglarlo sin medicamentos, aquí hay 8 cosas que haría todos los días:

1. No comer 3 horas antes de acostarme.

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@Mike_Pence @GeorgeWill lol nope

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

This is brutal.

A new Harvard/Harris poll shows Americans now say the economy was better under @JoeBiden by a +12 margin.

But among Independents?

Biden is up a massive +40.

The media spent years lying about Biden’s record while giving Trump endless free passes. Now Americans are living with the consequences, and they know the truth:

Joe Biden was a damn good president, and this country was stronger, safer, and better off under his leadership.

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@Mike_Pence @BillHemmer lol nope

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@Mike_Pence lol no.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

The people of the Twin Cities are being awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award tonight.

This winter, Minnesotans showed the world what courage looks like. Our state was the center of America's heartbreak, but we were also the center of America's hope.

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@Mike_Pence @WSJopinion The GOP is a neon warning about itself: “beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. These figures may seem harmless or righteous, but they deceive for selfish gain.”

#Vote them all out of office.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ansari stepped out of Pam Bondi's Epstein files interview to tell the American people what's happening behind closed doors.

"The DOJ has been weaponized by Donald Trump to ensure that the most massive cover-up in American history is carried out."

She didn't stop there.

Ansari also accused James Comer, Mike Johnson, and Republican leadership of helping enable it.

They’re not even trying to hide it anymore. A total sham.

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@Mike_Pence They apparently believe whatever Epstein’s best friend tells them to believe…?

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@FaceTheNation @Mike_Pence lol no thanks

[Sequoia @BraveEagleWI]

@kwelkernbc @Mike_Pence @MeetThePress lol no thanks