Trump has so far blamed the deadly DCA plane crash on Barack Obama, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party, Pete Buttigieg, the 2020 election, and diversity.
No evidence was provided.
Doug and I are heartbroken by the tragic plane and helicopter crash at DCA last night. Our prayers are with the victims and all those who loved them, and we are grateful for the first responders who are undertaking heroic search and recovery efforts.
Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch.
President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again.
BREAKING: Today, Trump’s ICE agents showed up at a public elementary school in Chicago.
Hamlin Elementary School, a K-8 school with 529 students—an overwhelming majority of whom are Latino—refused to let ICE agents into the building.
Is this really the America we want? A place where innocent school kids have to live in fear?
HELL YEAH!
States are fighting back!
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces he Will NOT COMPLY to Donald Trump’s demands for the DMV to turn over data about undocumented immigrants without due process.
It gets even better.
Giannoulias has also created a safe haven for women seeking an abortion, after he championed legislation that limits law enforcement’s ability to track license plates to track women driving into the state for the procedure.
Giannoulias was also behind legislation that allows non-citizen residents, including undocumented immigrants, to obtain a standard driver's license or state ID — that ensures all drivers pass a test and do so safely.
Smash the RT to thank Secretary of State Giannoulias for standing up to Trump and call on other states to do the same! 💙
I don’t deny the power of my father’s most well-known speech, ‘I Have a Dream.’
However, its power and popularity (with focus on its conclusion) have been misused to weaken its clear messaging about ending racism, stopping police brutality, ensuring voting rights, and eradicating economic injustice.
Why didn’t Pastor Lorenzo Sewell pray these parts of the Dream during President Trump’s Inauguration?
Because the inconvenient truth (that disallows embracing the pipe dream that racism no longer exists in this country) is that Project 2025 and some of the plans that his voters encouraged POTUS to roll out on day one are reflective of an ‘America’ that denies the comprehensive King.
That’s why those who quote Daddy out of context and without the spirit of nonviolence don’t pray using my father’s ’The Other America,’ ‘The Three Evils of Society, ‘Beyond Vietnam’…or ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail.’
It’s simpler to distort the rousing conclusion of #IHaveADream and twist it to push a narrative that authentic, compassionate work to prevent and stop discrimination is actually discriminatory.
It is much harder to distort #LetterFromBirminghamJail’s call to conscience to #Christians and its powerfully relevant teaching on nonviolent direct action, injustice anywhere, devotion to order over justice, doing what’s right, and disobeying unjust laws.
Who can validate inhumane legislation by integrating prayers about civil disobedience and freedom being demanded by the oppressed, both topics covered in LFBJ?
We need to get Daddy’s Dream right, while also realizing that, in his other speeches, sermons, and writings, including LFBJ, he provides the love-centered strategy and courageous path for realizing his Dream.
And we haven’t collectively embraced that strategy or started on that path. In fact, several of the Executive Orders rescinded by President Trump this week blatantly disregard both the strategy and the path.
So keep praying…but don’t pray the Dream in pursuit of false peace, which cries for unity while decrying inclusive and equitable policies and practices.
Pray the Dream in tandem with work for true peace, which, as my father said, is the presence of justice.
#MLK #MLKDay #MissionPossibleMLK
Liz Cheney: “I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”
America, your dishonor will remain.
I just got back from Donald Trump's inauguration.
If it's any indication of what Trump's second term will look like, it'll be great for his billionaire donors and giant corporations, and pain and costs for everyone else.
No matter your immigration status, it’s important for you to know your rights if you ever have an encounter with an immigration enforcement agency like ICE.
Make sure to stay informed so that you can protect yourself and your loved ones.