DeidreSullivan

partner at H&P, fitness pursuer, patriot.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Robert De Niro’s full statement on Trump. Please read and let me know your thoughts:

I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong.  Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.
The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.
So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

“Yesterday my baby girl calls her dad crying - she left her wallet on the bus. 😳

We're all upset and she naively asks if she'll get it back. Not wanting to crush her spirit anymore-I admitted it was highly unlikely.

Get home and there is a young man banging on my door, stirring up the babies... ? “Can I help you?”

He responds he's looking for AK.? “So who are you?”

He begins- “I found her wallet on the bus and wanted to return it.

Everything is still in it, even the money. It happened to me a few weeks ago and I know how bad it feels.”

I took money out of my pocket and gave him what I had.

I couldn't let him go, we talked, he touched my heart some more so I reached into her wallet and gave him the $20 that was sitting there too. 😜

Turns out young Baxter is 19, goes to school in NY AND is the son of a co-worker(small world)...

This gesture has doused my cynicism and restored my faith.

Mr and Mrs Charles Perkins, you should be proud.

AND he has become an honorary member of our family. 😍

Credit: Stephanie Robertson-King

[DeidreSullivan @DeidreSullivan]

@LouiseMensch @realmsfeathers @CSJJ2116 @elonmusk It is happening to me too.

[DeidreSullivan @DeidreSullivan]

@armin_ejupovic @TheTennisLetter I do. My entire extended family watches the #WTA.

[Nicolle Wallace @NicolleDWallace]

Must see @AmyMcGrathKY :

[Christian Nightmares @ChristnNitemare]

.@RollingStone with the best/most accurate Pat Robertson obituary headline so far…

[SvenTennis.eth @sventennis]

Will Tennis Learn from this pact? https://t.co/rov5c59MFu

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

I visited a class of second graders to teach them about poetry, and this is a poem one student wrote.

What is Life?

My name is Marisa.
Today I feel like a wealthy lioness prancing in the fields.
Sometimes I am a fox.
Sometimes I am a wolf.
But always I am loyal.
I ask the world, "What is life?"
And the answer is
a wealthy lioness prancing in the fields.

[Christopher Clarey 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 @christophclarey]

Photo of the Day (and night)

At nearly 1:30 a.m. and after two match points saved, Jessica Pegula gets the W

📸 Robert Prange

[Calley Means @calleymeans]

Are you kidding me.

[DeidreSullivan @DeidreSullivan]

@ECLamb Wow! Sounds amazing! Can’t wait to catch up!

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Every time you obsess about money remember... 5,000 people applied for this:

[DeidreSullivan @DeidreSullivan]

@ECLamb Omg. Where are you?

[DeidreSullivan @DeidreSullivan]

@juliambaird Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple, Down by the River - Neil Young

[DeidreSullivan @DeidreSullivan]

@andy_murray @Garmin all the way.

[NoelCaslerComedy @caslernoel]

*Elon Musk tweets that 'comedy is now legal on twitter' gets 125m likes and then puts 'harmful website' warning on tweets by an account named 'Noel Casler Comedy' @elonmusk

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

He gets my vote.

[Laver Cup @LaverCup]

All the Fedal feelings.

#LaverCup