Sparkleon

Human Rights..Lover of Michigan. Democracy is at Risk..

[noor୨୧ @wottheberry]

i took a 45-minute uber ride home from the airport last night after a brutal, three-day business trip.

i was completely emotionally and physically drained, and my social battery was at absolute zero.

when i got into the car, the driver.. an older guy named kabir.. didn't say the usual "how was your flight?" or turn on the radio.

instead, he just handed me a small, laminated piece of paper attached to the back of his headrest.
it was a literal "ride menu."
it said:
1. *the silent ride* (total quiet, no pressure to talk).
2. *the therapist ride* (if you need to vent about your day, i am listening).
3. *the tourist ride* (i will tell you cool facts about the city).
4. *the radio ride* (we just listen to old jazz and coast).

i smiled, pointed to number 1, and whispered, "silent ride, please. thank you."

he gave me a warm nod in the rearview mirror, adjusted the AC, and drove the entire 45 minutes in absolute, beautiful silence.

it was the most peaceful, therapeutic boundary i’ve experienced all year. i felt my entire nervous system finally reset.

when he dropped me off, i gave him a massive tip and told him, "that menu is a genius business idea. you must get amazing reviews."

He looked back at me and said, "i didn't make the menu to get better tips, dear.

my daughter has severe social anxiety, and she told me that the hardest part of her day is navigating small talk with strangers when her brain is tired.

she told me it feels like running a marathon.

i made the card so that anyone who gets into my car can feel completely safe dropping the mask for a little while."

i walked into my apartment and just sat on my suitcase.

we live in a world that is constantly screaming at us to perform, to network, to be "on," and to over-communicate.

but sometimes, the deepest form of love and respect you can show another human being is just creating a small, safe pocket of silence for them to rest in.

pay attention to the people who give you permission to be quiet. they are rare.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

OK, so Karoline Leavitt asked Getty Pictures to delete this unflattering photo of her, so this is me telling you all NOT to RT and share this many times all over the place.

Whatever you do, DON'T RT this.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. 😏

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Republican Susan Collins has been caught illegally hiding $395,000 in stock trades.

Some analysts say her trades show clear signs of insider trading.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is really stupid, and it’s not getting enough attention.

The Trump administration is pulling a working $368 million ocean monitoring system out of the water, equipment taxpayers already bought, built, and sank into the deep ocean.

And they are doing it right when the oceans are behaving in ways that alarm the scientists who study them.

Record-breaking temperatures.

A system of Atlantic currents that may be lurching toward collapse.

The response?

Yank out the instruments and walk away.

That is not budgeting. That is smashing the gauges while the engine is on fire and calling it efficiency.

For what? The Trump administration dressed it up as a “nimbler approach” and “smart lifecycle management,” which is fancy nonsense for “we shut it off and hoped nobody would ask why.” There is no return-on-investment analysis. They cannot show taxpayers save a dime, because the gear is already paid for and the science it produces protects real money and real lives.

The kicker: the same people killing the monitors want to mine the deep sea for minerals. So they are destroying the only tools that could measure what that mining does. That is not an accident.

That is the point. You cannot see the damage if you break the instruments first.
https://t.co/MzE4AW1QBv

[Mark 🍁 @Markfry809]

Official word from The Whitehouse

“Trump is the sharpest, most accessible and energetic president in American history”

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

Seems like a bait and switch. After predictable outcry, Trump DOJ pulls back slush fund for insurrectionists, but retains tax immunity for Trump. Was that the plan all along? It’s all corrupt.
https://t.co/NnZwe4nLO0

[Steven Beschloss @StevenBeschloss]

You’re trying to pay for your gas and groceries and this guy is literally sitting in the White House stealing your taxpayer money by the billions to put in his own pocket.

[Rep. Jimmy Panetta @RepJimmyPanetta]

I was a U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer, I served proudly in Afghanistan, and I’ve dealt with the Intelligence Community. I can say with confidence that Bill Pulte’s lack of experience is dangerous for our national security. Congress must push back and prevent an inexperienced loyalist from becoming the next Director of National Intelligence.

[neyi kaybettiğini hatırla @neyikaybettik]

ABD'li dünyaca ünlü yazar Stephen King:

"Trump, Amerika’nın damarlarına zerk edilmiş bir tümördür. Kendi narsist egosu için koca bir ülkeyi ateşe vermekten çekinmeyen bir tiran bozuntusudur. Yazdığım hiçbir korku hikayesi, bu adam kadar ürkütücü olamaz."

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

The ugliest truth about the Epstein Files is none of the pedophiles will be arrested.

[Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 @PopularLiberal]

BOOM! Jamie Raskin is UNSTOPPABLE: Constitutional scholar, lawyer, and competent congressman Jamie Raskin is looking healthier and more energized than ever.

He just drew a moral line on the House floor that the GOP can't cross: "We draw a line against the rape and sexual violation of children."

He named the banks that bankrolled Epstein's billion-dollar trafficking ring: JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, and Bank of New York Mellon.

He named Alex Acosta—Trump's Labor Secretary—who killed the investigation that could've brought down the entire network. He looked directly at the GOP and said: "You have children. Don't you want to know?" Then he mentioned college sports teams. You know who that is.

Jim Jordan—who had a locker two down from Dr. Richard Strauss at Ohio State, whom wrestlers say looked them in the face and dismissed their abuse as "that's just Strauss," and who they say KNEW and did NOTHING while 177 young men were violated.

And the files? They show Elon Musk emailing Epstein asking about the "wildest party" on his island and responding to Epstein's offer of "no one over 25 and all very cute." JPMorgan lawsuits allege Epstein referred to Musk as a client WHILE moving billions for his trafficking operation.

This isn't about party. This is about truth.

Conservatives: You scream about "protecting children" while voting for the men who covered up the largest child sex trafficking ring in American history.

How do you sleep? How do you vote? How do you look your kids in the eye?

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

@iamno1s2hold He is a recovering crack addict that has now found a new addiction- it’s apparently called shit posting.

[tim russ @timruss2]

It was found in Texas. It destroys cattle too. It was still in other countries and the US put in programs to ensure it wouldn’t enter the US again. 60 years of success.
Until Trump cut the funding, and now it’s back in the US. Are we Great Again yet?

[Muhammad Mazen @mhmd_s09]

One of the most brutal scenes in human history has been leaked.

A video clearly shows an unarmed, injured person being bombed by Israeli aircraft along with his fellow unarmed civilians in cold blood.

A video that the world must never forget.

[John Bourscheid 🇺🇸 🚀 @bourscheid]

I’m sorry, but if Tom Kean has been AWOL for months because he got a botched facelift, he needs to lose his job at a bare minimum. Ridiculous.

[Stew Peters @realstewpeters]

RO KHANNA: “Let me be clear, Netanyahu is the one that actually told members of congress to add section 224 (merging the U.S. and Israeli militaries) into the bill.”

Khanna says the quiet part out loud. Our elected officials are subservient to a foreign nation. We are Occupied.

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

Absolute clownery. We are at war. He’s not in the Middle East assuring allies, coordinating operations, or overseeing operations. No. He’s cosplaying as a real warrior. An Infantry officer who didn’t graduate Ranger School so he has to dress up like the actual qualified soldiers that did.

[💙Brittney💙 @AZ_Brittney]

@donkoclock Kaitlan Collins has more guts than anyone in the White House Press Corps.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

Let there be no confusion. From Schumer to Sanders, the Democratic Party is unified to defeat Susan Collins.