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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Designed a hundred years ago

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis, from Ottawa, Canada, made history as the youngest person ever to graduate from college in Canada at just 12 years old.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical sciences and continues to inspire as a prodigy.
Brilliant young queen! 🙌🏾

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: PEDO PARTY! Corrupt MAGA Republican changes law to protect his own 18-year-old relative accused of raping a 13-year-old!

In a stunning display of Republican hypocrisy, tolerance for sexual perversion and elite corruption, Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams quietly helped change state law to rescue his own teenage relative from decades in prison after the 18-year-old was accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old junior high student.

The teen, who is related to the powerful Republican leader, originally faced multiple first-degree felony charges of child rape and child sodomy, which could have meant 25 years to life and lifetime sex offender registration.

But after Adams got involved, the Utah Legislature passed a convenient tweak that created a new lower charge specifically for 18-year-old high school students having sex with 13-year-olds.

Two months later, prosecutors offered the connected teenager a sweetheart plea deal: guilty to reduced charges, just one week in jail (already served), no sex offender registration, and basically a slap on the wrist.

The victim’s mother was blindsided.

“I felt like I was punched in the gut,” she told the Salt Lake Tribune, adding that she believes her child was merely “an afterthought” while powerful people protected their own. She believes the system gave special treatment to the perpetrator because of who he’s related to.

Republicans love to scream about “protecting children,” “law and order,” and pledge to be “tough on crime.” Yet when it’s one of their own powerful insiders facing consequences for the sexual abuse of a child, they rewrite the rules to make it go away.

The party of Epstein.

Adams claims he didn’t directly request the change, but everyone involved in the courtroom openly admitted the legislative tweak was the key to resolving the charges with a lenient deal. Wink, wink.
The young man’s defense attorney Cara Tangaro even drafted the language of the amendment, and even told the judge the new law “changed everything.”

Now, the 13-year-old victim and her family are left devastated, watching justice for the girl be denied so an connected 18-year-old could avoid real consequences.

Republicans can blather all day about family values, but this story reveals the truth that for them, justice is only for the little people, and that sexual misconduct can be swept under the rug.

No one should be above the law, especially not MAGA politicians and their families.

If you agree, please like and share.

[Anonymous @YourAnonCentral]

Some Democrats and anti-MAGA Republicans think Marco Rubio would restore normalcy after Trump.

Under no circumstance should any member of the Trump regime be allowed to stay in government, Marco is part of the regime, criminally aligned, and serves the same masters Trump does.

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

A restaurant where there are no prices on the menu. Only humanity. ❤️

In 2011, Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea Bon Jovi opened an unusual restaurant in New Jersey.

There are no fixed prices on the menu there.

Those who can afford to pay leave a donation. Those who have no money can help instead: wash dishes, set tables, fold napkins, or work in the kitchen.

No shame. No humiliation. No painful questions.

One evening, a woman sat at a table struggling to hold back tears. Not because she was hurting — but because she had forgotten what it felt like to be treated with dignity.

They served her a real dinner: hot soup, fresh vegetables, dessert on a normal plate.

And in that moment, she realized: they did not pity her. They respected her.

That is the heart of JBJ Soul Kitchen.

It is not just a place that feeds hungry people. It is a place that gives people back the feeling that they matter.

There are no separate rooms for the “poor” and the “rich.” No labels. No looking down on others.

Only a table, a meal, and a simple reminder:

you still matter. you still belong in this world.

Over the years, the restaurant has served more than 200,000 meals. Even during the pandemic, the team kept feeding people, and Jon Bon Jovi himself helped wash dishes.

People know him as a rock star who filled stadiums.

But perhaps one of his most important songs is not played on stage.

It is heard in a quiet kitchen, where a hungry person is given not only food — but dignity. ❤️

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

After a $1.6 billion investment and years of hard work, the Seine River, which was once heavily polluted, is now clean enough for swimming for the first time in over a century.

The city of Paris has also invested in three public swimming locations.

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Jason Arday made history in March 2023 as the youngest Black professor ever appointed at the University of Cambridge.
He didn’t speak until age 11, learned to read and write at 18, and was diagnosed with autism, yet he defied every low expectation.
A powerful story of resilience and brilliance. 👏🏾

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

Never mind the UFO files.
Release the Epstein files.

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

Almost 5,000 people waited for hours in the rain at a swabbing event in Worcester, to get tested to see if they were a match to help save the life of a five-year-old boy fighting a rare cancer, after his parents asked for help

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Pssst. Pssst. Stephen Colbert will have one guest TONIGHT on his show as part of the shows final run of episodes leading up to the series finale later in May. And that guest is:

President Barack Obama.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Pete Hegseth faces PERJURY ACCUSATIONS after repeating this false claim in Congressional testimony twice!

Lying to Congress is perjury. It carries a penalty of up to five years in federal prison and significant fines. Pete Hegseth may want to consult a lawyer.

At a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, Hegseth claimed that "in 2024, troops were deployed to polling locations in 15 states" under President Biden. He repeated the claim twice for emphasis, pointing dramatically at the accusation as if he'd caught Biden red-handed violating federal law.

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale contacted all 15 states Hegseth referenced. Every single state that responded said the same thing: no troops were deployed to polling locations. Not one.

Iowa's National Guard spokesperson put it plainly: "We have never gone to a polling station as part of an election."

Arizona's Guard said two personnel were on cybersecurity standby — "No such request was made."

Pennsylvania: "No Pennsylvania National Guard members were located at polling locations."

North Carolina: "No personnel deployed to polling stations."

West Virginia: "We did not have personnel present at polling stations."

Delaware, Illinois, and New Mexico — all the same answer.

Some states said their Guard wasn't even formally activated. Oregon pointed out it conducts elections entirely by mail, making the claim doubly absurd.

The Defense Department received CNN's requests for comment and chose not to respond.

When Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin challenged Hegseth on his false claim at a Senate hearing Thursday, he didn't correct himself. He repeated it: "By the way, in 2024, under the Biden administration, 15 states did deploy troops to polling stations."

Again. Not true. Again. Under oath. Before Congress.

There is an ironic footnote here. The general election in which National Guard troops were actually deployed to some polling locations was 2020, during Trump's first term, when election workers couldn't perform their duties because of COVID-19. Hegseth apparently has the administrations involved confused. Or he's lying. Given that he repeated the false claim after being corrected, the latter seems more likely.

Perjury — knowingly making false statements to Congress — is a federal felony carrying up to five years in prison. James Comey was indicted over a seashell Instagram photo. Hegseth made demonstrably false statements to Congress. Twice. Under oath.

We'll see which one the Justice Department prioritizes.

Please like and share this article if you think the Secretary of Defense should face the same consequences for lying to Congress as anyone else.

[Andrew Lokenauth @FluentInFinance]

BREAKING: Chinese court rules that companies cannot replace workers with AI.

An employee named Zhou checked AI output for a tech company.

His bosses tried to replace him with a machine.
They demanded he take a ~40% pay cut.
When he refused they fired him.

Zhou fought back and took them to court.
He won.
The company appealed the decision to a higher court.
Zhou won again.

The Hangzhou Intermediate People Court ruled that AI is not a legal excuse to break a job contract.

Imagine that.
China has stronger labor rights than the US.

In the US, At-will employment means your company can fire you for almost any reason.

There's no federal law protecting workers from AI displacement.

The US government can't even agree that $7.25 is not a living wage.

[Kayakestable @kayakestable]

Nadie entendía por qué papá seguía manteniendo la unidad de almacenamiento.

Le costaba $89 al mes. Le dijimos que la cancelara, que vendiera las cosas, que ahorrara el dinero. Tiene 68 años, está jubilado con un ingreso fijo. Apenas puede pagar sus medicamentos. Pero cada mes, sin falta, $89 a Store-All en Industrial Drive.
"¿Qué hay siquiera ahí dentro?", le pregunté la última Navidad.
"Cosas que la gente necesita", dijo. No quiso explicar más.

Lo seguí hasta allí en marzo. No pude contenerme. Me preocupaba que estuviera acumulando cosas, perdiendo la cabeza, gastando dinero que no teníamos.
Lo vi abrir la unidad 247. Estaba llena. Muebles. Electrodomésticos. Ropa en perchas. Utensilios de cocina. Ropa de cama. Juguetes. Todo organizado, etiquetado, limpio.

Una mujer con tres niños lo encontró allí. Él la guió como si fuera una tienda. "Toma lo que necesites. Sin prisa. Sin cargo."
Ella se fue con un microondas, platos, abrigos de invierno para los niños, mantas. Llorando. Agradeciéndole una y otra vez.
"Papá, ¿qué es esto?"

Suspiró. "Cuando tu mamá y yo nos divorciamos en el 92, me mudé a un apartamento vacío. Dormí en el suelo durante tres meses. Comí en platos de papel. Eso me rompió algo por dentro, ese vacío. Hice una promesa entonces. Si alguna vez podía, ayudaría a la gente que empieza de nuevo."
"Pero $89 al mes"
"No necesito mucho. Pero ellos lo necesitan todo. Personas que huyen del abuso. Personas que salen de refugios. Refugiados. Cualquiera que empieza desde cero."

Lo había estado haciendo durante once años. Llenaba esa unidad con muebles donados, hallazgos de tiendas de segunda mano, cosas que los vecinos le daban. Lo regalaba todo a personas que reconstruían sus vidas. Más de 200 familias.
"¿Por qué no nos lo dijiste?"
"Porque intentarían detenerme. Dirían que no puedo permitírmelo. Pero no puedo permitirme no hacerlo. No se olvida lo que se siente estar vacío."

Lo publiqué en Facebook. Solo una foto de papá en su unidad de almacenamiento, una breve explicación. Pregunté si alguien tenía muebles para donar.

Explotó. 4.000 compartidos en dos días. Las donaciones llovieron. Tiendas de muebles contribuyeron. La gente alquiló unidades adicionales. Ahora son cinco unidades. Voluntarios ayudando.

"Se llama 'El Segundo Comienzo de Papá'". Dieciséis instalaciones de almacenamiento en todo el estado haciendo lo mismo. Amueblando apartamentos vacíos para personas que escapan, se recuperan, empiezan de nuevo.

Papá todavía paga por su unidad original, eso sí. No deja que nadie más lo cubra.
"Es mi promesa", dice. "Algunas cosas las pagas tú mismo."

La semana pasada, una mujer se presentó con su hija. "Tu papá amuebló mi apartamento en 2015 cuando dejé a mi esposo abusivo. Ahora soy trabajadora social. Le envío gente. Traje platos para donar."

Papá lloró. No llora a menudo.
Porque recuerda dormir en un suelo vacío. Y se aseguró de que cientos de otros nunca tuvieran que hacerlo."
.
Que esta historia llegue a más corazones....

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

I just want to point out....

The amount of money the United States has spent on war in the last 67 days, is roughly the same cost that Bernie Sanders proposed for universal college. So the real question is never can we afford it, it's what we choose to prioritize.

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

I was at the DMV. Renewing my license. Man in front of me. Paying tickets. $280. He counted cash twice. Had $240. Short $40. Clerk said “Can’t process without full payment.” He asked if he could come back Friday. Payday. She said “License is suspended until paid. Can’t drive.” He put his head down. Said “I need to drive. For work. I’m a driver. This is my job.” Walked away. Sat on the bench. Defeated. I went to the window. Said “That man’s tickets. I’ll pay the $40.” Clerk called him back. Said “You’re all set.” He looked confused. She pointed at me. He walked over. Said “You paid my tickets?” I said “Just $40. The part you needed.” He started crying. Right there. Said “I would’ve lost my job. My kids. Everything. Over $40.” Shook my hand. Couldn’t speak. Just shook it. Left. I didn’t think about it again. Until last week. Envelope came. My address. No return address. $40 inside. Note said “For the tickets. I got promoted. Making more. Can’t thank you enough. Paying it forward.” Sometimes $40 is just money. Sometimes it’s someone’s entire life. Their job. Their kids. Their chance. You never know what small amount means to someone. Until you give it.

—Robert, Illinois

[Sovey @SoveyX]

Did you know Korea sells “one-a-day” banana packs?

Instead of every banana ripening at once, each one is at a different stage.

One is ready today.

The next one is ready tomorrow.

The last one is still spiritually in college, “experimenting.”

Simple. Genius. Solves the entire banana problem.

What do you think?
Would you prefer your bananas this way?

[Ⱥmerican Trucker 🇺🇸 @taylorbilt]

🚨 MISSING CHILD 🚨

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MADALYN ROSE NEAL, 15 YEARS OLD, has been reported missing from Wallace, North Carolina, and authorities are deeply concerned for her safety and well-being. She was last seen in the Wallace area, and since that moment, her whereabouts remain unknown. As time passes, concern continues to grow, and those involved in the search are urgently asking the public to stay alert and report anything that could help locate her.
Madalyn is only 15 years old, and every minute matters in situations involving missing minors. Even a brief sighting, a passing interaction, or a small detail noticed around the time she disappeared could become a crucial lead in helping investigators understand what happened and where she may be now. No piece of information is too small to report when a young person’s safety is at risk.
If you have seen MADALYN ROSE NEAL or have any information regarding her whereabouts, please contact the Wallace Police Department immediately at 910-285-2126. Prompt reporting can make a real difference in active missing person cases like this.
This awareness message is being shared by Missing People USA to help widen visibility and reach anyone who may unknowingly hold information that could assist in bringing her home safely.
Please take a moment to share this post. One share could reach the right person at the right time and help bring Madalyn back to her family.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: New polling shows Sherrod Brown leading his Republican opponent by 2 points in Ohio. This race could determine the Senate majority. Retweet to make sure every Ohioan knows to vote for Brown in November.

[Bernews @bernewsdotcom]

Royal Visit Island Style | King Charles III took at least three boat rides during his visit to Bermuda; with the Coast Guard, on the ferry, and traveling out to Trunk Island | More coverage: https://t.co/au4BfImUuM

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

JUST IN: A Trump judicial nominee was asked point blank: is Trump eligible to run for a third term?

Their answer: “I would have to review the actual wording…”

Sen. Chris Coons then asked every nominee in the room to confirm the Constitution bars a third term.

Silence.

Every single one of them refused to say it.

Trump is appointing judges who won’t affirm the 22nd Amendment to his face.

Never stop connecting the dots.