Mer2331

Married to an educator, Proud mom of 2, Mexican-American, Proud Democrat, Vote Blue 💙, Gen X, 🐾 No DM's, Preserve Democracy 🌊💙

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico: Just as much as people are tired of corrupt politics, they're also tired of corrupt religion—religious leaders who use their influence to accumulate more wealth and power for themselves. But I'm encouraged because everywhere I go across Texas, I have people of faith coming up to me, thanking me for speaking about my values in an unapologetic way.

I think that's an opportunity to build a bridge between neighbors who have been pitted against each other for far too long. There are going to be powerful politicians or faith leaders who are going to weaponize religion to divide us, and it's up to all of us to remember that religion is really about reconnecting us to one another.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Fun fact: Blanche initially released just one in a series of four FBI 302s of this witness, the only one that didn’t get into accusations against Trump.
https://t.co/QHbPM4isBC

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In order to protect the human person in the age of #ArtificialIntelligence, we must once again reflect on the common good, the universal destination of goods, subsidiarity, solidarity and social justice. #MagnificaHumanitas
https://t.co/Oe8yclDxkr

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

No nation, no society, and no international order can call itself just and humane if it measures its success solely by power or prosperity while neglecting those who live at the margins. Indeed, Christ’s love for the least and the forgotten compels us to reject every form of selfishness that leaves the poor and the vulnerable invisible.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

We witness today how the hope of many people is frustrated by violence, exploited by the powerful and defrauded by the rich. When injustice corrupts hearts, the bread of all becomes the possession of a few. In the face of these evils, Christ hears the cry of the people and renews our history by lifting us up from every fall. He comforts us in every suffering and encourages us in our mission. #ApostolicJourney #Angola

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

We are all our brother's and sister's keeper. In God’s great family, no one is ever a stranger or forgotten, no matter how little they may be. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Pope Leo calls Trump's threat against Iran 'truly unacceptable' https://t.co/Eb27aERMb5

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

BREAKING: Germany’s government rejected Donald Trump’s demand that NATO allies help secure the Strait of Hormuz, saying the alliance has no role in the war.

Stefan Kornelius, spokesperson for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “This war has nothing to do with NATO. It’s not NATO’s war. NATO is a defensive alliance, an alliance for the defense of its territory.

I would also like to remind you that the U.S. and Israel did not consult us before the war, and that Washington explicitly stated at the start of the war that European assistance was neither necessary nor desired.”

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Elizabeth Warren: "Here we are well into the second week, and it is still the case that the Trump administration cannot explain the reasons we entered this war, the goals we're trying to accomplish, and the methods we're doing that. The only part that seems clear is that while there is no money for 15 million Americans who lost their healthcare, there's a billion dollars a day to spent on bombing Iran."

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

The number of new enemies to America, prone to radicalization, who will swear retribution against us, for decades to come, is countless.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

** JUST IN ** The Supreme Court has just ruled on Trump's tariffs. It's a complicated ruling - some parts are 5-4 and some parts are 6-3. The overriding decision is that Trump does NOT have authorization to levy tariffs based on the emergency powers act (IEEPA) he used.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”

It says a lot that this is what MAGA was protesting.

[Ken Martin @kenmartin73]

Imagine the level of ideological capture required to see 50,000 people stand in brutal Minnesota cold and think, “Ah yes, brainwashing.” No. That’s called conviction. The kind your side used to pretend to respect.

And let’s clear up the fantasy at the center of this rant: people weren’t marching because they “love crime” or “hate Americans.” They were marching because they’re sick of a politics that treats human beings like props in a fear commercial.

You want to talk about “inversion”? Here it is: You’ve been trained to believe that the greatest threat to your neighborhood is the immigrant, not the billionaire outsourcing your job, not the corporation price-gouging your groceries, not the politician gutting your schools, not the lobbyists buying your laws.

Your anger isn’t “patriotism.”
It’s misdirection professionally packaged and sold back to you as courage.

Also, the idea that immigrants “would never endure that cold” is laughable. Do you think people cross deserts, rivers, cartels, hunger, and violence because they’re soft? Please. Nobody risks their life for fun. They do it because staying put is worse.

And spare us the selective moral outrage about “law.” The same crowd screaming about “illegal aliens” has no problem with wage theft, tax cheating, corporate crime, gun trafficking, or presidents who break the law in public, as long as the right people are getting hurt.

What really terrifies you isn’t “illegal criminals.” It’s the sight of Americans refusing to be turned into monsters. Because if people can show up in the cold for someone else’s dignity, then your whole worldview collapses, the one that says empathy is weakness and cruelty is strength.

Fifty thousand people didn’t march because they were “brainwashed.” They marched because they still remember something you’ve apparently forgotten: A nation isn’t strong because it kicks the vulnerable.
It’s strong because it doesn’t have to.

So no that wasn’t “inversion.”
That was patriotism with a spine.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Republicans knew that Trump tried to illegally overturn the election and incite a deadly riot. They understood that he committed crimes. This is just their public reminder.

Any Republican that isn't supporting his removal from office is a coward and complicit.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Republicans could end this madness today if they really wanted to.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

Criminal investigations must be predicated on a good faith belief of violations of criminal law. They are not a tool of coercion.
https://t.co/iZHWp7OXzp

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Utterly corrupt. Utterly lawless. Continuing to destroy the very independence of the Justice Department. But not one member of my former political party will say a damn thing. Every Republican, every single Republican on the ballot, needs to lose in 2026. Merry Christmas.👇

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

No one should ever take them seriously. Not now. Not ever.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

@gtconway3d This is absolutely the case. But I also think we need to reach three conclusions from what we see. First, this is an attempt at a structural change to America, from democracy to autocracy. Second, it's being designed to last forever. Third, the GOP in power seems OK with it.

[jlo @JLo]

Oh, the dancing! One of the biggest challenges was shooting the dance numbers in Kiss of the Spider Woman in one continuous take. Thank you Bill Condon for bringing your beautiful vision to life and including me in your movie making magic. I cannot wait for everyone to see it October 10.✨ 📸 Ana Carballosa