For years, Johnny Depp has visited children's hospitals dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow, surprising seriously ill kids and bringing smiles to their faces.
A true legend, both on and off the screen. ❤️
And Stephen Graham seems like a genuinely wonderful person as well.
Ty Cobb on Trump: “The man is crazy. He is a malignant narcissist, he’s demented. It’s all about self-enrichment. I spent hours and hours in the Oval working through things with him. It’s much worse now”
When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.
A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”
That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.
I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.
🚨BREAKING: (Chicago suburb, St. Charles) ICE agents smashed a handcuffed man’s face into a stone wall, then assaulted a U.S. citizen, multiple times, once they realized they were filming.
In the video, multiple ICE agents have a man in handcuffs. While he is completely under their control, and not resisting, they smash his face into a stone wall.
A U.S. citizen begins asking for the man’s name, while filming... note that he is not interfering, blocking the agents, or preventing the arrest in any way…. But that doesn’t stop the ICE agent from chases after him, while another agent threatens him with a taser.
As the citizen is actively backing away, the agent continues walking toward him, and aggressively shoves him backwards.
Even after the detained man is being escorted to the vehicle… and the legal observer is nowhere near the agents, or their cars… that same ICE agent continues shoving the U.S. citizen for no apparent reason.
And while he is standing on the public sidewalk, another agent walks over and points a taser inches from him, and then turns around and points his taser at other innocent people, who are just standing and watching.
Americans have a First Amendment right to record government officials performing their duties in public. Threatening, intimidating, or assaulting someone because they are documenting law enforcement, violates that right.
And slamming a person face, who is handcuffed and not resisting, into a stone wall is excessive force.
This is exactly why it’s important to always record anytime you see ICE agents.
Because when there isn’t video evidence, we’re told to trust the government’s version of events. And more often than not, their version is filled with lies.
But when there is video, the people filming often become the next target… just for documenting what is happening.
And that’s what makes this so alarming.
This is happening across the country, almost every single day. Americans are watching videos of people being thrown to the ground, beaten, threatened, shoved, tased, and intimidated by federal agents… while never seeing anyone held accountable.
When a government refuses to investigate or discipline agents who violate people’s constitutional rights, it sends a message that they can keep doing it.
And that’s exactly what we’re seeing.
The Constitution means nothing if the people sworn to uphold it can violate it without consequence.
And as long as this administration refuses to hold ICE agents accountable, Americans should expect to keep seeing videos like this… because impunity breeds abuse.
𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋, 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐔𝐒𝐊
For more than five decades, One Ton Tusk was part of the Amboseli–Tsavo Ecosystem, embodying the strength and majesty of Africa's elephants.
Estimated to have been between 50 and 60 years old, the iconic bull elephant was renowned for its massive body, impressive long tusks, and exceptionally calm demeanor. As one of Kenya's great tuskers, it represented a rare generation of elephants that survived decades in the wild, contributing to the ecological richness and continuity of the Amboseli–Tsavo Ecosystem and Kenya's natural heritage.
The passing of One Ton Tusk marked the loss of an irreplaceable giant and a significant chapter in Kenya's conservation history. Though the presence of this iconic bull is no longer part of the Amboseli–Tsavo Ecosystem, the legacy of One Ton Tusk endures as a reminder of the importance of conserving elephant populations and protecting the ecosystems that sustain them for generations to come.
#ConservingForGenerations #ProtectingWildlife
Donald Trump disgraced the World Cup, and USMNT, with his interference in Folarin Balogun's red card. I break down how everything Trump touches falls apart and why he is the worst president in U.S. history.
https://t.co/kYYZslIAZ4
Literally every military person in this room has turned their back to the Commander In Chief....while he wanders around like a guy at the prom who no one wants to dance with.
The last World Cup player to have a red card overturned--that was issued during the tournament itself--was Brazil's Garrincha in 1962 (single name, like Pele). Turns out, that reversal was also mired in scandal and political interference, and later, a coup. A must-read thread:
Michael Cohen is a thug and a convicted criminal who willingly did Donald's bidding. The idea that he was ever on the right side of things is, and always has been, ludicrous.