Shelly Fisher

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

I am a bit sceptical about what we call blessings. I believe the ultimate source of blessings is within us. A good motivation and honesty bring self-confidence, which attracts the trust and respect of others. Therefore the real source of blessings is in your own mind.

[TIME @TIME]

“Meditation and therapy are your friend” — the advice Jonathan Groff would give his younger self if he could back in time.

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Pope Leo XIV getting visibly emotional as he prays at the archaeological site of the ancient Roman port city of Hippo Regius, the place where of St. Augustine was bishop and where he died in 430.

[day @eurydaisies]

not jonathan’s voice breaking cause of tears i am not okay

[Inside The Kennel @InsideTheKennel]

For this team to be 30-3, regular season and tournament champions…just a remarkable job by Mark Few and this team to achieve these things

[Gonzaga Basketball @ZagMBB]

CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND🐾🤑

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: At Jesse Jackson’s celebration of life, @BarackObama just torched Donald Trump’s America.

“Each day we wake up to some new assault to our democratic institutions — another setback to the idea of the rule of law. An offense to common decency. Every day you wake up to it. To things you didn’t think were possible.”

I miss this guy!

[Gonzaga Basketball @ZagMBB]

Halftime vs SMC

[Jonathan Groff Source @groffsource]

we are not prepared 😭

[Jonathan Groff Source @groffsource]

the grammy didn’t recognize it, but we do: ‘just in time’ is and will always be a WINNER. jonathan delivered one of the greatest performances of his career and no award can erase that. 💙

[Shelly Fisher @Shellfish58]

Hey check this out https://t.co/8HPye3Gp8s

[Just in Time Broadway @justintimebway]

66 years ago, Bobby Darin took us “Beyond the Sea,” for the first time - and now, Jonathan Groff is making a splash of his own. #JustInTimeBway

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

I miss this man’s kindness & wisdom so much.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The Catholic Church enrages MAGA world by coming out forcefully against the "big, beautiful bill" as twenty bishops sign an interfaith letter stating that its "passage would be a moral failure for American society as a whole."

There is nothing less Christ-like than cutting healthcare and food stamps or the poor....

"First, it provides tens of billions of dollars to the government to undertake a mass deportation campaign which will separate US families, harm US-citizen and immigrant children, and sow chaos in local communities," the letter reads. "It will spur immigration raids across the nation, harming hard-working immigrant families essential to our economy and causing widespread unrest like we recently witnessed in Los Angeles."

The legislation would funnel over $150 billion towards Trump's border policies and immigration crackdowns, with the ICE budget alone ballooning from $3.4 billion to $45 billion until the end of 2029. It amounts to a 365% increase which Professor Donald Moynihan of the University of Michigan has pointed out is more than the combined funding for all 50 federal prisons.

In addition to being a gross waste of taxpayer money, this funding will create a self-perpetrating deportation industrial machine just like our private prison system and military complex. Just like pouring money into military contractors incentivizes new wars, pouring money into this fledgling deportation industry will incentivize more crackdowns and family separations. The more you feed the monster, the bigger and hungrier it gets.

"This funding also will be used to target faith communities, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has removed places of worship from its sensitive locations list, allowing ICE agents to enter them for enforcement purposes," the letter continues. "We have already witnessed a reduction in attendance at many of our religious services in our denominations, as the threat of enforcement has deterred many families from practicing their faith."

The signatories include numerous prominent bishops such as Cardinal Robert McElroy, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Bishop John Dolan, Archbishop Paul Etienne, Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, and Bishop Jaime Soto.

In addition to the Catholic leaders, the letter was signed by the leaders of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas as well as respected faith leaders of the Episcopalian, Jewish, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Muslim communities.

"Moreover, the bill provides funding for a border wall along the US-Mexico border which we believe will drive migrants into the most remote regions of the border and lead to an increase in migrant deaths," the letter goes on. "It also would hurt the local environment along the border and force desperate asylum-seekers seeking safety to increasingly rely on human smugglers."

"As you should know, our faith organizations have long favored the creation of legal avenues for migration and a legalization program for immigrants who have lived in the US for years and contributed their hard work to our economy," the signatories wrote. "We believe the adoption of these policies, instead of the implementation of a mass deportation campaign, would not only benefit immigrant workers and their families, but be in the best interest of our nation."

"Second, the legislation makes severe cuts in health-care coverage and food assistance to millions of both low-income citizens and legal residents, including asylum-seekers and refugees, driving them deeper into poverty," the letter adds. "According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the bill transfers wealth from those in the bottom 10 percent of income to those in the top 10 percent of income in our nation, increasing the already large gap between the rich and the poor."

The bill will slash nearly $1 trillion in funding from Medicaid, a move that will directly result in the death and suffering of countless Americans. People will go blind, see their life expectancies cut in half, and end up bankrupt and homeless. Nursing homes and hospitals will shut down.

It also guts funding for crucial food programs like SNAP by roughly $186 billion by 2034. Americans are literally going to starve to death so that billionaires can afford a few new yachts.

"From our various faith perspectives, the moral test of a nation is how it treats those most in need of support. In our view, this legislation will harm the poor and vulnerable in our nation, to the detriment of the common good. Its passage would be a moral failure for American society as a whole," it concludes.

In a separate statement, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that the bill "takes from the poor to give to the wealthy."

"It provides tax breaks for some while undermining the social safety net for others through major cuts to nutrition assistance and Medicaid," he continued. "It fails to protect families and children by promoting an enforcement-only approach to immigration and eroding access to legal protections. It harms God’s creation and future generations through cuts to clean energy incentives and environmental programs."

"I underscore what my brother bishops said in their recent letter to find a better way forward and urge Senators to think and act with courage and creativity to protect human dignity for all, to uphold the common good, and to change provisions that undermine these fundamental values," he added.

Please retweet and ❤️ to thank these bishops for speaking out!

[Liz Skalka @lizskalka]

Covid times elevated a host of unlikely voices from the trenches of public health and medicine, including Ohio’s Amy Acton, who now wants to be the state’s next governor. My dispatch for @POLITICOMag:
https://t.co/ksehQYdwES

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“If you think the world is selfish and rotten, go to the cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. See what one group of men did for another on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.” — Andy Rooney

[Shelly Fisher @Shellfish58]

Check out FINE TUNING (short film) by Jon on @Kickstarter https://t.co/wi5bHxZitc

[Neale Donald Walsch @realNDWalsch]

Gratitude eliminates negativity, disappointment, resentment, and anger. And when those emotions disappear, room is made for the energy of love for God, for life, and for yourself to reappear—now more fully than ever.

[ABC News @ABC]

Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park rushed to protect their young as Monday's 5.2 magnitude quake shook California.

Video provided by park operators shows the elephants forming what is known as an "alert circle" around the herd's youngest elephant.

[Kerry Kennedy @KerryKennedyRFK]

Fifty seven years ago today, my father announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. “I cannot stand aside from the contest that will decide our nation’s future and our children’s future,” Daddy said.

I imagine he would be devastated and angry about what we are facing today. Issues and causes he fought hard for are being obliterated from the national lexicon. The protection of civic space, programs that strengthen society, and the rule of law, which he held sacred, are all on the chopping block.

This I know: He would take action. And he would implore us all to do the same.

At @RFKHumanRights, we cannot stand aside. And we will not back down. But we need your help. Every donation helps fuel the fight my father dedicated his life to—defending human rights, protecting democracy, and ensuring justice for all.

Stand with us ➡️ https://t.co/YtcHigRb7g