Anna Marie Kukec Tomczyk

Writer, editor, author of We Are Eagles book on Amazon. Communication is a 2-way street with detours.

[Anna Marie Kukec Tomczyk @amkukec]

https://t.co/TE7eWvSaGR now carries my book, We Are Eagles -- just in time for the holiday season.
https://t.co/YqGL7qZ1Iw

[Anna Marie Kukec Tomczyk @amkukec]

A Saturday evening in downtown Chicago with my wonderful husband, Jim.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Donald Trump has just provided the final proof that he is not only a dangerous clown, but an active collaborator with the greatest war criminal of our time.

After a 90-minute intimate phone call with Putin - the man who is having tens of thousands of Ukrainians slaughtered, who uses poison gas, torture, and systematic rape as tactics of war, the worst mass murderer since Hitler - this self-proclaimed “strongman” posts on Truth Social that he is seriously considering withdrawing American troops from Germany. This is not a change in policy. This is treason.

This is the moment when the US president stabs NATO in the back while Putin is setting Europe ablaze.

Trump is deliberately leaving Europe defenseless. He is sacrificing the safety of 450 million Europeans for a brief, dirty tête-à-tête with a dictator whose troops are currently committing war crimes. And he does it publicly, without shame, without even an attempt at disguise.

Anyone who still claims that this is "America First" is deliberately lying. This is Putin First.

This is the broken soul of a man who admires dictators because he wants to be one himself. Trump despises the allies, despises democracy, despises anyone who doesn't grovel before him. He doesn't see Putin as an enemy of the free world—he sees a kindred spirit. This 90-minute call wasn't a conversation. It was a deal.

The withdrawal of troops from Germany isn't "negotiating tactics." It's payment.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

@DAGToddBlanche @TheJusticeDept What a silly take. This was not a government event. Will no president ever attend an event outside the White House? Political convention? Campaign rally outside DC?

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

Whisper everyone

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency https://t.co/iIdiB9lAgl

[Everett Stern @EverettStern1]

My father handed me a framed poem the day I graduated college. No watch. No check. A poem.

I didn't understand it yet. But I hung it in my cubicle at @HSBC, my first job out of my MBA program.

It was called "Success"��attributed to Emerson—and it said nothing about corner offices, stock options, or your name on a building.

It talked about laughing often. Earning the respect of honest critics. Leaving the world slightly less broken than you found it.

I read it every morning at my desk. The same desk where I watched a global bank choose profit over national security and expected me to stay quiet about it.

That poem became the most dangerous thing in my cubicle.

Because when you internalize a definition of success that has nothing to do with money or titles, you become very hard to control. You can't threaten someone's career when they've already decided their career isn't the point.

After I blew the whistle, I lost my job. I lost relationships. The bank paid $1.9 billion in fines.

At the time, I thought I had lost everything.

I actually gained everything.

Resilience. Courage. Integrity that no one can take from me. It made me a stronger person. And every company I've built since—every decision I've made—is rooted in that poem my father gave me.

My message to anyone starting their career: the focus is not making money. Make a significant positive difference. Try to leave the world a bit better. The money will follow.

There is a lot of evil out there. But I choose to focus on the positive. I see so many people—CEOs, leaders, everyday professionals—trying to do the right thing. And it is encouraging.

The right thing doesn't mean you have to blow the whistle on an international bank and stand up to terrorists and drug cartels.

It's the little moments.

Just focus on doing the next right thing. Baby steps.

My father gave me the answer key before I even knew the test was coming. He showed me what success actually looks like—and I hope this reminds someone out there that the things worth building are always worth the cost.

Success is knowing that even one life has breathed easier because you refused to look away.

That poem still hangs on my wall. Different office now. Same standard.

[Covie @covie_93]

Pope Leo is a man of conviction.

Donald Trump is a man with several convictions.

[Mike Quigley @RepMikeQuigley]

I'm officially calling for the Cabinet to remove Trump from office under the 25th Amendment. If they can't, Congress must return from recess today and begin impeachment proceedings.

Read my full statement below.
https://t.co/WmoVZgs6wi

[Marci Shore @marci_shore]

I've taught European history for 30 years. Americans have always asked me how the Holocaust was possible, how Germans could have enabled a madman reveling in mass murder to carry out his plans. Now we can see in real time how this is enabled; now we have front-row seats.

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

This Trump language to permanently end Iranian civilization in one night seems to be code words for the use of nuclear weapons.

Congress and the Supreme Court need to watch carefully.

We are on the edge of a cliff.

[Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY]

It’s just bonkers that we’ve been bombing a foreign country for a month now, our president is threatening to bomb it “back to the stone age”, and preparing for a ground invasion while our Congress remains on vacation, never bothering to even have a vote on this war.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Let us allow ourselves to be transformed by the peace of Christ! Let us make heard the cry for peace that springs from our hearts! For this reason, I invite everyone to join me in a prayer vigil for peace that we will celebrate here in Saint Peter’s Square next Saturday, April 11. #Easter

[Jill Wine-Banks (now on Threads and Bluesky) @JillWineBanks]

The Democrats stayed firm and won. Senate passed bill to fund TSA and DHS without $ for ICE or CBP! Congratulations.

https://t.co/7JagWEmT6K

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

If you get a dollar bill with Trump’s name on it, black it out with a Sharpie. He prefers his name heavily redacted.

[Winter @LeftyWinter]

BREAKING: Minnesota sues Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem.

For the killing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good!!!!

[Covie @covie_93]

TSA agents do not carry firearms so why are ICE agents who are 'helping TSA' heavily armed???

[JB Pritzker @JBPritzker]

Turns out Donald Trump voted by mail. Again.

It's almost like mail-in voting is safe, secure and makes voting easier. 🤔

[Diligent Denizen 🇺🇸 @DiligentDenizen]

‼️🇺🇸: Federal Judge rules that the PENTAGON CAN NOT RESTRICT ACCESS TO JOURNALISTS who refuse to have their stories approved before publishing.

This is a HUGE WIN for We the People and the First Amendment. 🔥