michael k spayd jr

#SystemicConsciousness facilitator. Spiritual-political warrior. Democracy depends on us all. Awaken. Author - #AgileTransformation

[michael k spayd jr @mspayd]

@camkasky @Timodc @BulwarkOnline 😹

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

I have a long piece up in @nytimes talking about the Bush Line, Republicans’ declining support for Trump, how Dems can go on offense on comms, and more: https://t.co/XOzBlEkgiY

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"If your guiding North Star for the last decade was, 'The orange man is bad and that's the most important thing that faces the country right now,' you were correct."

@Timodc and @gtconway3d defend the Resistance while also calling on Democrats to try something new:

[michael k spayd jr @mspayd]

Bill still got it…

[michael k spayd jr @mspayd]

@goldman @Timodc He certainly did. Good catch.

[michael k spayd jr @mspayd]

@Timodc @willsommer That was fun!!

[Anooshirvan Miandji @miandji]

17 yıldır birlikte yaşayan 100 yaşındaki babam ve kedisi Robin’in son fotoğrafı…Babam o gece, Robin’e sarılmış halde uykusunda öldü. İki gece sonra Robin de hayatını kaybetti. Biz ailece, onun sevdiği insanın yokluğuna dayanamadığına inanıyoruz. İki ruh, tek sevgi.
- Lynn Hansen

[Abigail Miller @Abigail_M2050]

Eminem & daughter Hailie just erased $700K in school lunch debt across 103 schools in Michigan! No child hungry, no shame. 🙏

While billionaires buy yachts, Slim Shady quietly paid debts for thousands of kids. This is how you use fame — compassion over clout! Real hero! 💛📚

[michael k spayd jr @mspayd]

Yikes.

[michael k spayd jr @mspayd]

@ShakeelHashim @TheStalwart This seems big.
(And scary.)

[michael k spayd jr @mspayd]

Women strong.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

🎯🎯🎯

[‏ْ @marklfcx]

Lamine Yamal consolando a Lionel Messi tras el triunfo de España sobre Argentina en la final de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA.

🗣️ Lamine Yamal: “Ganar la Copa del Mundo debería haber sido el momento más feliz de mi vida, pero cuando vi a Leo allí de pie después del pitido final, se me rompió el corazón. Por unos segundos, olvidé que éramos rivales. Solo vi al hombre que me hizo enamorarme del fútbol.”

“Me acerqué a él porque ninguna leyenda debería abandonar un escenario así sintiéndose sola. Este es el mismo Lionel Messi que inspiró a toda una generación a soñar, el mismo hombre cuyo nombre gritaban todos los niños mientras jugaban en la calle. Verlo con el corazón roto no fue nada fácil.”

“Le dije: ‘Gracias’. No por esta noche, sino porque sin ti, no sé si hoy estaría aquí. Antes de que tuviera la edad suficiente para entender el fútbol, tú ya habías cambiado mi vida. Les diste a chicos como yo la oportunidad de creer que la magia era real.”

“A los 39 años seguía cargando con Argentina, seguía pidiendo el balón, seguía decidiendo partidos y seguía atemorizando a los mejores defensores del mundo. A la mayoría de los jugadores se les recuerda por lo que hicieron hace años. Messi seguía haciendo historia en el presente. Eso merece mucho más que aplausos; merece un respeto eterno.”

“El mundo celebrará a España, y debe hacerlo porque nos ganamos este título. Pero no permitan que un solo resultado les haga olvidar todo lo que Messi le dio a este Mundial. Cada vez que tocaba el balón, sentías que algo imposible estaba a punto de suceder. Ese es un regalo que muy pocos futbolistas le han dado a este deporte.”

“Cuando lo abracé, no estaba consolando a alguien que había fracasado. Estaba abrazando al mejor jugador que ha visto mi generación. Las finales se ganan o se pierden, los trofeos cambian de manos, pero una grandeza como la de Lionel Messi le pertenece al fútbol para siempre.”

“Algún día la gente me preguntará cómo fue enfrentar a Lionel Messi en una final de la Copa del Mundo. No empezaré hablando del trofeo. Les diré que compartí la cancha con mi ídolo, que lo miré a los ojos después del pitido final y que le di las gracias por cambiar el fútbol para siempre. Ese momento permanecerá conmigo el resto de mi vida.”

[J Giovanni @giovanni75]

Wow, this citizen owns these FBI agents who turn up at his house because of a social media post he made.

Look at the defeat on their faces and in their posture.

This dude wins the internet today for standing firm with these people. This is how you do it!

[michael k spayd jr @mspayd]

What victory looks like.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

As with many elected officials I protected for nearly two decades as a police officer, my interactions with him were limited, I do remember when he and I were alone in a elevator and he pretended he didn’t know who I was after my congregational testimony. I will never forget his betrayal to me and my colleagues.

[Football Talk @FootballTalkHQ]

🗣️ Haaland: "It has been the best weeks I have had in my entire life. I think it has changed Norway. I think it has changed me. I hope it has brought the people together.

I hope this also motivates young people back home in Norway, that it is possible to play on the biggest stage wearing this jersey."

[Selene Mariposa @Selene_Mariposa]

Today America roots for Norway, and I need you to understand exactly why.

We love an underdog. It is not a preference. It is a genetic condition.

Two hundred and fifty-three years ago, a handful of colonials with no navy, no army, and no chance decided to throw a tea party in Boston Harbor to spite the largest empire the world had ever seen. An empire the sun never set on. An empire that could have ended us in an afternoon.

And when the greatest military on earth said you cannot possibly do that, our answer was, and remains, hold my beer.

Then we picked a fight we had no business winning. Then we declared ourselves free before we had actually won anything. Then we went out and made it true.

We turned 250 last week. Still here. Still loud.

That is the whole American operating system. The impossible odds. The comeback. The redemption. We do not just like that story, we are that story, and we will root for it anywhere we find it.

It is why a bunch of college kids beating a Soviet hockey machine in 1980 still makes grown men cry in bars.

So today. Norway. Five and a half million people. A country with more sheep than starting lineups. Playing England, a founding nation of the sport, on the biggest stage there is.

Now let me be fair. We love England. Truly. Best ally we have got, and I say that with a full heart. Though the Japanese are gaining fast, so do not get comfortable.

We love the Scots. We love the Northern Irish. We love our drunk cousins in Ireland, and yes I am lumping you all in, because half of you moved here anyway and you hate the English for reasons we are all familiar with.

Nobody loves Wales. Nobody knows Wales exists. Nobody can understand a word of it. But I digress.

Because today is not about any of that.

Today is about five million Vikings walking into a stadium against an empire, with everyone on earth telling them they cannot possibly do this.

You know exactly what we say to that.

Let’s row!!!

NORWAY!!!!!!