Nirvana was the 1st band I ever LOVED, the first music I ever felt passionate about. In 1993, Kurt Cobain was teaching me how to appreciate what @machinegunkelly would be doing in 2020. I’m forever grateful for the moments of serendipity in my life that gifted me each of them. 🖤
Kendrick Lamar has won in all the Rap categories at tonight’s #GRAMMYs so far:
• Best Rap Song
• Best Rap Performance (with Clipse)
• Best Melodic Rap Performance
Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Over twenty-five years in the U.S. Navy, thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, I risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution – including the First Amendment rights of every American to speak out. I never expected that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense would attack me for doing exactly that.
My rank and retirement are things that I earned through my service and sacrifice for this country. I got shot at. I missed holidays and birthdays. I commanded a space shuttle mission while my wife Gabby recovered from a gunshot wound to the head– all while proudly wearing the American flag on my shoulder. Generations of servicemembers have made these same patriotic sacrifices for this country, earning the respect, appreciation, and rank they deserve.
Pete Hegseth wants to send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way. It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that.
If Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history, thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it. I will fight this with everything I’ve got — not for myself, but to send a message back that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump don’t get to decide what Americans in this country get to say about their government.
@RepThomasMassie & @RepMTG have stood up to Trump & refused to back down on the Epstein files. Trump has attempted to destroy them. @laurenboebert also refused to back down but has not received the same outrage. So what DIDN'T she refuse during that meeting in the Situation Room?
This should win a Pulitzer.
A visibly defeated and worn Trump, with the American flag lying on the ground in the background.
A symbol of his down fall, and the disgrace he has brought the American people.
This is why most want those files released. It isn't a political battle. It's a battle for accountability, validation, justice, healing, peace. It's a battle on behalf of every girl hurt by Epstein, Maxwell, the people around them & all those like them. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
I want to thank the courageous women who are Epstein survivors that wrote this beautiful letter of support for me.
I’ve got your back!
I look forward to seeing some of you this week.
Stay strong!!
Hoping this reaches @realDonaldTrump. I saw your confirmation that Charlie Kirk, someone who you loved, has died. During your first term, someone I loved, was murdered. My daughter Jaime was killed in the Parkland shooting. I had hoped to work with your administration then to reduce gun violence. I am sorry for your loss today. I would still love to work with you to stop the next one.
Time for some common sense gun laws. Democrats should introduce a bill named the Charlie Kirk common sense gun reform bill and make every Republican vote for it.
We agree with Charlie Kirk on basically nothing.
Except that he deserves the right, as every human does, to speak freely without the threat of violence.