Happy Betty Boop Day! 💋🖤 And while y’all celebrate the cartoon, I’m giving flowers to Baby Esther Jones, the little Black girl serving the “boop” before Betty became an icon. We remember the image, but around here, we remember the history too. Boop-Oop-a-Doop! ❤️ #BettyBoopDay
Happy birthday, @BarackObama! 65 never looked better. Every day, you make me a better person, and I’m thankful for all the ways you show up for our family and our country. Love you. ❤️
Ryan Coogler after winning outstanding motion picture at the 2026 NAACP Image Awards for Sinners:
"Our people have been here over four centuries, there's always been a lot of lies told about us. And a lie, no matter how powerful the person saying it is, it's still a lie. And the truth, no matter how little power the person has at saying the truth, it's still the truth. And the truth is y'all are loved, y'all are beautiful, and y'all are powerful and mighty. And bless y'all. Thank y'all so much."
Ryan Coogler and Delroy Lindo receive a standing ovation at the NAACP Image Awards:
‘We appreciate all of the support and love we have been shown in the aftermath of what happened last weekend … it is an honor to be here amongst our people’
Nicolás Maduro is a brutal dictator who has caused immense suffering. However, the way to fight authoritarianism abroad is not to embrace it at home.
Foreign policy is not the personal domain of a president. Congress has a constitutional role to serve as the voice of the people and a restraint on power. One of the oldest moves in the authoritarian playbook is to sideline the legislature and strip away checks and balances. That’s Step Three in the autocrat's playbook.
In our democracy, actions of this magnitude and decisions about what happens next, must go through Congress - not be dictated by a president who admires authoritarians and rules like one.
PSA: If you hit play on “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins at 11:56:20PM this New Year’s Eve, the drum fill will welcome you into 2026. Start the year the right way.
📸 Terry O’Neill
Rob Reiner spent decades defending democracy and fighting for equality - even when it wasn’t easy or popular. At a moment when silence is safer, his willingness to speak out is a reminder that protecting democracy requires courage.
RETWEET to honor Reiner's legacy of justice ♥️
FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS:
ICE grabs a man by the neck, sending him into a seizure while he clutches an infant agents try to tear from his hands. Truly horrific.
John Leguizamo slams former Superman actor Dean Cain for joining ICE:
“What kind of loser volunteers to be an ICE officer? What a moron. Dean Cain, your pronouns are has/been.”
This is not a photograph
I spent over 400 hours in the space of 3months working on this pencil drawing that’s about 6.5ft tall. Also my first time using color.
What are your thoughts 😊