Frenche Brewer

mom, glam-ma, journalist, style maven, world traveler

[💙Brittney💙 @AZ_Brittney]

Democratic superstar Hakeem Jeffries would make an excellent House Speaker! Do you agree? ✋💙

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

@CNN @NBCNews @CBSMornings @CBSEveningNews @EW
@APEntertainment @OnlineEt
Why doesn't Mary Lou Retton have health insurance?

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

ROTFL

[Stephanie Ruhle @SRuhle]

Probably the best football highlight in my house today...
Just as the @Commanders game was slipping through their fingers, my daughter asked her dad and brother what time the Taylor Swift game was on.
Fortunately- no one was injured.

[Stephanie Ruhle @SRuhle]

Probably the best football highlight in my house today...
Just as the @Commanders game was slipping through their fingers, my daughter asked her dad and brother what time the Taylor Swift game was on.
Fortunately- no one was injured.

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

I can’t stop watching this

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Great news — starting today, Pennsylvania will begin automatic voter registration for folks getting a driver's license or state ID card at the DMV. Hopefully even more states will follow. 

https://t.co/xg5G6MIYwI

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

Finally--achieved my first GENIUS level ranking in NYT Spelling Bee!
@NYTGames #nevergiveup #spellingchamp
#wordsaremylife

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

@Oprah @arthurbrooks @CBSMornings @SRuhle
Isn't it interesting that the people writing books about happiness are the ones who are privileged? Why aren't happiness books written by the homeless?

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

@nathaliejacoby1 YES!

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

@CBSMornings @GayleKing @tonydokoupil @nateburleson
Shocking that you didn't realize that the consumer/patient pays for ambulance service!
Seriously shocking!!!

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

One day in the middle of a Target store in Wilmington, Massachusetts, a little girl started going into a full tantrum. It was Brianna Lelos’ little girl, Bella, who went into the fit. And it was bad. Instead of just walking by and trying to ignore it, a Target employee named Liliana decided she would try to help out.

So she sat down on the floor next to Bella and spoke softly to her. And after a few seconds, the toddler calmed down and everything was fine.

Mom Brianna was extremely impressed by Liliana’s way with her daughter, so she took a picture and posted about the incident on Twitter, saying: “To Liliana of the Wilmington, MA Target store: Thank you. I *think* every parent knows the feeling of their toddler/any age child having a tantrum in the middle of the store……”

She then went on to mention the very good values of employees such as Liliana, and she said she would make sure that Target executives would be made very much aware of it. Let's make Liliana famous so Target knows they have such an outstanding, caring staff member.

Photo courtesy: Twitter/@brianna_lelos

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Country music superstar Garth Brooks defies Republicans, declares that he will absolutely serve Bud Light as his new bar — and if conservatives don’t like it, they can take their business elsewhere.

But it gets even better….

The country icon declared that, “If you come into this bar, you just love one another. Otherwise, there are plenty of other places on Lower Broadway to go. Diversity. Inclusiveness. That's me. It's always been me. I think that diversity is the answer to the problems that are here and the answer to the problems that are coming. So I love diversity."

Well said, Garth!

Please retweet and ❤️ to thank Garth Brooks for standing up for the LGBTQ+ community — and consider investing in Tribel, a “woke” new Twitter competitor that is currently doing a round of equity crowdfunding and just blew past $1 million raised from 2,650 of its users. If you want to own a small piece of what may be the “next big thing” in social media, here is the link to do so https://t.co/7S6ULL2pfG, and here is the link to download the new Tribel app that Elon Musk is so afraid of: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

Oops!

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Over 100 furious parents and multiple Republican lawmakers storm the Utah Capitol to “protest a school district’s decision to remove the Bible from middle and elementary school libraries after a parent brilliantly uses a Republican book ban against “woke books” and “sensitive material” to request that it be banned.

The furious conservative parents are now demanding that the Bible be exempt from the book ban, even though it “contains instances of incest, prostitution and rape” — and the school district determined that it is too “violent and vulgar” under the new law — because they believe that The Bible is “the original textbook.”

The Associated Press reports that the furious conservative parents had “no issue” with their new law banning books that included discussions about “race and LGBTQ lifestyles.”

The Associated Press continues, reporting that, “the challenge to the Bible appears to have been submitted as a statement” to expose the “political double standard” of the law — and apparently it worked just as intended.

“If folks are outraged about the Bible being banned, they should be outraged about all the books that are being censored,” said the leader of a prominent local librarian organization.

Please retweet and ❤️ to expose the hypocrisy of Republican book bans — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a “woke” new Twitter competitor that is exploding in popularity because Elon Musk banned Tribel’s Twitter account — but he forgot to ban this link to download the new Tribel app: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

@soledadobrien It took me six months.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

This 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coiffed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home yesterday. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.

After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room …. just wait.”

“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged, it’s how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice;

I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away, just for this time in my life.”

She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing.”

And with a smile, she said: “Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less, & enjoy every moment.

Photograph by Karsten Thormaehlen

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

SHE IS A KEEPER!

It happened at a New York Airport. This is hilarious. I wish I had the guts of this girl. An award should go to the gate agent in New York for being smart and funny, while making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably
deserved to fly as cargo. For all of you out there who have had to deal with an irate customer, this one is for you.

A crowded flight was canceled. A single agent was re-booking a long line of inconvenienced travelers.

Suddenly, an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS."

The agent replied, "I'm sorry, sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first; and then I'm sure we'll be able to work something out."

The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that
the passengers behind him could hear, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?"

Without hesitating, the agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. "May I have your attention, please?", she began, her voice heard clearly throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at Gate 14 WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him with his identity, please come to Gate 14".

With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically,
the man glared at the United Airlines agent, gritted his teeth, and said, "F*** You!"

Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry sir,
you'll have to get in line for that, too."

Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

@DAVIDCARROLL3 Can't say it enough, "Simply the Best!"
May she rest in peace.

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

@leylasantiago @CNN
Grand jury indictments are handed UP.

[Frenche Brewer @_frenchebrewer]

WoW!!! Congratulations, Rick!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Judi Gatson @JudiGatson]

TONIGHT is the night @RickHenry10 receives the @scbroadcasters Masters Award for outstanding achievement as an on-air broadcaster!

His family will be there & I have the honor of making the award presentation.

Can’t wait to celebrate … CONGRATULATIONS Rick! 🎉🙌🏽👏🏽💫🌟