Helen Rose, she/her

Afflicting the comfortable & comforting the afflicted one relationship at a time. Fan of ice sports, sans body checking. mom, special ed teacher, activist...

[Joaquin Castro @JoaquinCastrotx]

Kevin González is only 18. He is suffering from stage 4 colon cancer and has days to live. He’s desperate to spend his last moments with his parents, but ICE detained his mom and dad after they tried to seek humanitarian asylum.

This is the total cruelty of Trump’s mass deportation machine. I'm asking for Kevin’s parents to be released immediately so that they can be with their son. https://t.co/iHU5ngZ5Bt

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

Congratulations to the winners of the Goldman environmental prize! For the first time ever, all of its six winners are women activists. Each fighting for a greener, cleaner world.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

A wealth tax on the top .15% of the richest families would generate $6.2 trillion in revenue.

That could pay for:

Universal childcare
Millions of new homes
Slashing child poverty
Medicare for people aged 55+
Universal paid family leave
Tuition-free community college
And more.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

While we are encouraged by signs of progress in Venezuela, much work remains and the country is still not safe for return.

That’s why I signed a discharge petition to advance the Venezuela TPS Act that would extend protections for Venezuelans in the U.S. for an additional 18 months so they can remain and work legally while conditions continue to evolve.

This is about doing what’s right, standing with those who fled repression and making sure Congress acts.

[Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @Amy_Siskind]

I had an experience today that I haven't been able to shake. I was waiting in line at Walgreens behind an elderly woman who was trying to decide between different sized bags of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (what she could afford). She was rummaging around her bag looking for coupons or credits. She said her nephew was coming to visit from Virginia, and they didn't have these there, and he loved them. I asked her if I could please pay, she accepted and slowly starting walking out with the help of the Walgreens cart for support.

After I paid, I asked her if I could help her to her car, and she shared that her nephew was coming up to see her before he got deployed to the Middle East. He is in the navy. She wanted to give him his favorite treat before he left. She is of course worried.

This broke my heart. All of it. The inequity. Who we send off to wars. And who, in this case, is sending them.

We have a 5x draft dodger making these decisions. He is unbridled, undisciplined and a know it https://t.co/2jfKeHDMy3 the news is likely that he will use ground troops - for what? What are they giving their lives for? This woman's nephew, and so many sons and daughters might never come home.

Please remember the human side of what is happening. I can't shake this interaction.

[Ilya Somin @IlyaSomin]

The America I love is the one that welcomes Arthur Liu - a refugee from communist oppression - and his daughter becomes an Olympic gold medalist! I don't love the America that tries to keep people like him out, or deports them back to their oppressors, as we are now doing with so many Cubans, Venezuelans, and others.

[Helen Rose, she/her @HelenRose20]

@rockerskating Cheers to the Negroni❣️ What the hell?

[Jose Antonio Vargas @joseiswriting]

Alysa Liu, daughter of a Chinese immigrant, born and raised in the SF Bay Area, is the first multiracial American gold medalist in Olympic ladies figure skating history.

She is the present and future of a country where 1 out of 10 Americans is now multiracial––the fastest-growing demographic in the U.S.

[Helen Rose, she/her @HelenRose20]

@LukasGiesbrecht @TheIliaSociety We just need Benito

[Helen Rose, she/her @HelenRose20]

@TheIliaSociety Good friend choices

[Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs]

Is it possible to get everyone together, bring back the stages and props, the grass-people extras, the Latin music singers, dancers, and musicians, and have Bad Bunny put on another show this Sunday?

Asking for the entire human civilization, around the globe. Thank you.

🙏🏼🌎🕊️

[Helen Rose, she/her @HelenRose20]

@rockerskating That was thrillinng❣️🇺🇲⛸️

[Helen Rose, she/her @HelenRose20]

@rockerskating Omg! Those are my initials❣️❣️

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Some of us ran for Congress on a platform of abolishing ICE in 2018.

We were maligned, called “radical” and “fringe” — but really we were just the canaries in the coal mine.

And devastatingly, everything we warned about has come to bear, and more.

[Helen Rose, she/her @HelenRose20]

@rockerskating Yes❣️

[Helen Rose, she/her @HelenRose20]

@rockerskating Intensity level 4

[Erin Westphal @WestphalErin]

Nothing is more American than sending two naturalized US Citizens and six first generation Americans with immigrant parents to Milan.

[Helen Rose, she/her @HelenRose20]

@CootDilute @hoddsuspenders Wow 😯

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

[Helen Rose, she/her @HelenRose20]

@rockerskating Safe travels! I just made it to Albany airport & now plane's delayed. Driving thru Adirondacks wasn't bad during daylight. Hopefully temp hasn't dropped too much. Thx for your great & tireless coverage of that monster marathon LPGP❣️