Evan Blackwell Helgeson

artist. ATL.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

I’m heartbroken by these recent tragedies of gun violence, and I just keep thinking about all the leaders who won’t take a stand to save lives and yet line up to pass bills that make it harder for us to vote.

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

Environmental justice is housing justice.
Environmental justice is health justice.
Environmental justice is climate justice.
Environmental justice is Indigenous justice.
Environmental justice is racial justice.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

All schools in New Zealand will make free menstrual products available to students for the next three years, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, adding the country to the global effort to reduce “period poverty.” https://t.co/713Js4gsww

[Matt Fuller @MEPFuller]

Just a reminder: The Senate isn’t even in next week.

They’re not going to be working on Covid relief. They’re not going to be confirming Biden’s Cabinet. They’re going on vacation.

[Evan Blackwell Helgeson @EB_Helgeson]

Being a fan of GA sports has prepared me for watching this impeachment trial. Finally looking like things will happen, getting excited, watching the other team panic, and theeeeennnnn. Fumble. If you say you’ll call witnesses follow through. Call em. 🙄

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

So let me get this straight: Redditors rallying GameStop is market manipulation, but hedge fund billionaires shorting a stock is just an investment strategy?

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

so no one ever manipulated the market before this week do i have that right

[Anderson Cooper @andersoncooper]

So enjoyed talking with the extraordinary ⁦@TheAmandaGorman⁩! Check out tonight’s interview:

https://t.co/ShNd16olUO

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

On a day for the history books, @TheAmandaGorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are proof that "there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it."

[Evan Blackwell Helgeson @EB_Helgeson]

Watching MVP Harris swear in Senators Warnock and Ossoff is beyond 🥺💙✨🙏🏽

[Evan Blackwell Helgeson @EB_Helgeson]

Exhale.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

I have one message to members of Congress who amplified lies to undermine our democracy, encouraged an attack on our Capitol, and tried to overturn our election:

Resign.

If your lust for power exceeds your dedication to democracy, there is simply no place for you in Congress.

[Evan Blackwell Helgeson @EB_Helgeson]

And to repeat: target and the Capitol are not the same place. Though our unbridled consumerism might have you think so.

[Evan Blackwell Helgeson @EB_Helgeson]

Not being entirely surprised by this doesn’t mean we should be apathetic or normalize this. Like my nerves can’t handle an insurrection and attempt to overturn and overthrow the government every four years.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

For unexplained reasons, the White House did not lower flags to half-staff today in honor of the Capitol Police officer, Brian Sicknick, who died last night from injuries he sustained while on duty responding to the pro-Trump mob. The Capitol did lower flags today.

[Evan Blackwell Helgeson @EB_Helgeson]

Not serving any consequence or repercussions for inciting a freaking insurrection bc you’re *almost* out of time is setting a precedent that as long as you storm the govt within two weeks of a terms end you good. Nah. &Pundits, stop suggesting he just go golf on taxpayers’a dime.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Some people ask: Why would you impeach and convict a president who has only a few days left in office? The answer: Precedent. It must be made clear that no president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the U.S. government.

[Evan Blackwell Helgeson @EB_Helgeson]

Then some of my people start panic screaming the sky is falling without looking up to see if it actually is. Then a couple myopic, self serving, power hungry congresspeople delay democracy in attempted coup to form a committee to investigate the allegations of the falling sky.

[Evan Blackwell Helgeson @EB_Helgeson]

The insanity of “I’ve heard allegations of widespread voter fraud” is actually code for Ive been saying there was fraud for two months on every platform I had (but actually the entire campaign cycle watering the seeds planted in 2016 that would grow into full blown sedition).

[Evan Blackwell Helgeson @EB_Helgeson]

It’s like if I went around for months screaming that the sky is falling, and then called into my fav news organization and tweeted constantly that I’ve heard wide spread allegations that the sky is falling.