Thee UnRuley Retired Marine 💛🐝💛🇺🇸💛🇬🇭💛

Retired Marine. Reformed Republican. Socially liberal; fiscally pragmatic. Flipped muni gov 2009; House 2018; County 2019. WH&Sen2020. #KHive #JoyfulWarrior

[Vice President Kamala Harris Archived @VP46Archive]

My friend Shonda Rhimes is an inspiration to so many. Through her shows, she helps redefine the roles that actors of color can play and inspires young artists to dream with ambition.

To Shonda and the cast of Queen Charlotte, I wish you all the best on tonight's premiere.

[Marxist777 📕🇵🇸 @Marxist777]

He was failed by overfunded cops who decided his public lynching was acceptable. But worst of all, he was failed by other New Yorkers who believed the lies and cheered on his murder.

[Marxist777 📕🇵🇸 @Marxist777]

This is Jordan Neely.

On Monday, he was lynched.

On the NYC subway he started telling passengers that he was fed up being hungry, thirsty and having no place to rest. He began to shout in his frustration, and threw his jacket on the floor.

An ex-marine then murdered him.🧵

[Sgt Joker @TheSGTJoker]

The guy on the right, Enrique Tarrio, has just been found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy against the United States of America. His co-conspirators @DanCrenshawTX @tedcruz @DonaldJTrumpJr and @SarahHuckabee are very upset these photos are publicly available so DO NOT retweet them.

[Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford]

Amplify.

[SisiYėmmié.com 🌶 @Sisi_Yemmie]

POV: When I saw my 7 year old moisturizing his feet first.

Me: you start with your face

7yr: But daddy said to start with my feet …
Me: Your face is more sensitive, that’s why you need to start there.

7yr: Why can’t you & daddy agree on how you want me to live my life???

Kilagbe, Kileju? 😳

[Thee UnRuley Retired Marine 💛🐝💛🇺🇸💛🇬🇭💛 @TheUnruley]

@ChrisCuomo Your Papa spins in his grave... 😥🤬

[Thee UnRuley Retired Marine 💛🐝💛🇺🇸💛🇬🇭💛 @TheUnruley]

@MooreParkForest @ParkForestIL Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉

[Thee UnRuley Retired Marine 💛🐝💛🇺🇸💛🇬🇭💛 @TheUnruley]

@myronjclifton YES! One down, three to go... 🎉🎉🎉

[Marita Golden. Author. Creative Writing Coach. @MaritaGolden]

🧵I celebrate how much I love my people and in the end all people.

🙋🏾‍♀️ I celebrate how much I L♥️VE being a Black woman. (9)

#happybirthdaytome #strongblackwoman

[Marita Golden. Author. Creative Writing Coach. @MaritaGolden]

🧵being the best mother I knew how to be, my big crazy laugh, my blunt honesty, my sense of myself as a citizen of the world.

I celebrate my mistakes and what I have tried when I am brave to learn from them, my love of teaching and the extraordinary life writing has given me (8)

[Marita Golden. Author. Creative Writing Coach. @MaritaGolden]

🧵On this my seventy-third birthday, I celebrate myself. I celebrate my big generous heart, being a good friend, my insatiable curiosity, being a dedicated partner to my husband Joe Murray for thirty-three years 😘 ... (7)

#lifepartner

[Marita Golden. Author. Creative Writing Coach. @MaritaGolden]

🧵Writing that essay I realized that my Uncle Bernard was a writer too. I also realized that I had the right to choose a new first name. (6)

#essay

[Marita Golden. Author. Creative Writing Coach. @MaritaGolden]

🧵My Uncle Bernard was a minister, and years after I became Marita (yet still Bernette) I wrote an essay about how connected I felt to him because like him I felt that in my writing I was ministering to people's souls and especially my own. (5)

#uncle

[Marita Golden. Author. Creative Writing Coach. @MaritaGolden]

🧵By the time I published my first book at the age of thirty-three, I had become Marita Golden. I knew I was destined to be a #writer and I fell in love with my middle name and claimed it as my first name. Marita sounded exotic, exciting and full of promise. (3)

#writerslife

[Marita Golden. Author. Creative Writing Coach. @MaritaGolden]

🧵It sounded like a writer's name. So I became Marita Golden writer. (4)

#writer

[Marita Golden. Author. Creative Writing Coach. @MaritaGolden]

🧵I have no idea in this photo of the challenges, the triumphs, the trials, and the joy that will unfold in my life in the next sixty years.

In this photo, I am Bernette Marita Golden. My mother named me after her brother, my Uncle Bernard. (2)

#maritagolden

[Marita Golden. Author. Creative Writing Coach. @MaritaGolden]

🧵 Today is my birthday.🎂

I am seventy-three years old. Seventy-three years young. In this photo, I am thirteen. I love this photo. There is a hint of uncertainty in the smile, but my eyes are lit up with expectation. (1)

#HappyBirthday #itsmybirthday