Meredith Trammell

Mama, attorney, writer, activist; loves gardening, underdogs, books, animals, NYC, satire, theatre, & music. I'm enjoying the ride & hope to make a difference.

[Meredith Trammell @MerTrammell]

@beinggautamT @anandmahindra I’m a Gen X who feels that my every aspect of my whole preteen/teen/young adult experience was somehow tethered to MTV. It’s the soundtrack, the photo album, the video collage, and the inspiration for who we were.

[Prabhakar Singh Bais @theprabhakars]

MTV was not just a TV channel. It was a cultural shift. For your generation, music became something you could see, feel, and live with. Artists were no longer only singers, they became icons. Fashion, attitude, and sound all changed together. The end of MTV feels like the end of an era that shaped memories forever.

[India 2047 @India2047in]

Sad to see MTV's music channels sign off after 44 years—ending with "Video Killed the Radio Star" was poetic irony.
It launched the music video era, skyrocketed stars like MJ and Nirvana, and defined pop culture.
Streaming may have won, but MTV's legacy lives on. Rest in peace to an icon. 🎥💔 #MTVEndOfEra

[anand mahindra @anandmahindra]

The end of MTV hits differently for Baby Boomers like me.

When it launched in 1981, it changed how we heard and saw music.

It shaped tastes, icons, and the sense of what was cool.

I guess this deserves one last chorus by Sting of: “I want my MTV.”

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

We’re $40,000,000,000,000 in Debt.

Why are we building ballrooms?

[Meredith Trammell @MerTrammell]

@honeymoon250 Ten.

[cocomo @SultanM45488238]

@CalltoActivism Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly, I see an evil one.
Robert De Niro’s 🔥

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow.

Here’s Robert De Niro’s full statement about how Donald Trump should NEVER be president again:

“I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty.

Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. 

Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world.

We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.

So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House. 

They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it. 

Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity. 

Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world. 

Safety for our families. 

Decency. 

Let’s welcome them back. 

We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

[Variety @Variety]

Larry David pays tribute to his late friend and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" co-star Richard Lewis.

“Richard and I were born three days apart in the same hospital and for most of my life he’s been like a brother to me. He had that rare combination of being the funniest person and also the sweetest. But today he made me sob and for that I’ll never forgive him."

Read more here: https://t.co/caNT8XXZC1

[WCTV Eyewitness News @WCTV]

TLH leaders dance, sing with Minister of Funk George Clinton as they give musician key to city. https://t.co/s6zh4lW14j

[Meredith Trammell @MerTrammell]

@Bandit_Morgan @JDMorgan Happy birthday, George! Sending love and happy birthday wishes from Tallahassee, Florida! 🎉🎈🎂☀️

[Meredith Trammell @MerTrammell]

@RonFilipkowski 😂😂😂

[Giancarlo Esposito @quiethandfilms]

I will sorely miss my dear friend & brother Carl Weathers. You are truly one of the most wonderful human beings I have had the honor & pleasure of spending time with! I am grateful for your influence & support of all things good in my life. This is how I will always remember you.

[Meredith Trammell @MerTrammell]

@RonFilipkowski The Tom Petty estate needs to put a stop to that if it’s being used. There’s no one in the Tom Petty estate/family that would approve anything that a Trump does.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump promises to consolidate power, eradicate dissenters and enact his autocratic agenda. This playbook isn't new - it was just written in German last time.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

If watching this disturbed you, you’re on the right side of history.

[Lou Diamond Phillips @LouDPhillips]

NO! Just no!! I am absolutely stunned by this. I was just with him a couple of months ago, laughing, hanging out. I am gutted. We’ve lost an absolute Light. What a wonderful, warm human being he was. #RIPCarlWeathers

[Garret Dillahunt @garretdillahunt]

RIP Carl. The KINDEST dude. The kinda guy who’d slow up for you in a foot race on the beach so you could feel good about yourself. Thanks for everything.

[Meredith Trammell @MerTrammell]

@RonFilipkowski 😊😂😂😂😂

[Meredith Trammell @MerTrammell]

@JDMorgan People need to get a life and to leave kids alone! As a mama, myself, it infuriates me when folks start involving kids in *any* conversation, article, social media, campaign, etc. when it’s bc of the parent/s. Children need to just able to be children. ❤️❤️❤️