Andy Tom 🌊💛💙

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

America, as a mental health professional, please allow me to let you in on a secret for how you can differentiate a good person/candidate from a bad one:

They have profound love for their spouse and their children. And their spouse/children reciprocate that love for them 100%.

[The Good Liars @TheGoodLiars]

Selling Bibles at a Trump rally.

[Jay Bookman @jaysbookman]

Interesting how a career in porn undermines the credibility of a witness testifying in a court case, but paying that porn star to have sex doesn't undermine the credibility of a candidate for president of the United States of America.

[Andy Tom 🌊💛💙 @AndyTomSwifty]

@Kateness8 Thank you! Your generous creativity made my day

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

first they came for your kitchen appliances, and I didn't speak out— because no one is coming for your kitchen appliances, you grandstanding paranoid jackasses. stop wasting the country's time on complete bullshit

[Deacon Blues @lusstylucy]

People traveled all over the country to see the eclipse because they trusted what scientists told them. So why don't they trust what scientists tell them about climate change?

[Brent Terhune in St Louis 9.24-27 @BrentTerhune]

As a Christian, I’m outraged that Joe Brandon declared March 31st ‘International Transgender Day of Visibility”

My faith is so weak that I can no longer celebrate Easter. It’s one of the two days I actually go to church and now I can’t even do that.

[I Smoked Mitch McConnell's Brain @BlackKnight10k]

Happy brown middle eastern radical left unhoused migrant refugee who offered free food and healthcare to the poor coming back from the dead day to those who celebrate

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate the joy, strength, and absolute courage of some of the bravest people I know.

Today, we show millions of transgender and nonbinary Americans that we see them, they belong, and they should be treated with dignity and respect.

[John Pavlovitz Official @johnpavlovitz]

@SirBylHolte Dude, your God signed copies of the Bible to pay for his rape fines.

You should sit down.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The dogs reaction to a day trip…

Sound on

📹 shnootle.hound
https://t.co/4jtFaEtjIe

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

The beautiful thing about the separation of church and state is that March 31st can be a religious holy day for the church and also a different day of significance for the state and they don’t have to be seen as conflicting with each other.

Why? Because they’re separate.

[I Smoked Mitch McConnell's Brain @BlackKnight10k]

Trump loves the police so much that he spent 3 hours watching them fight Trump supporters for their lives on January 6.

[Tim Hannan @TimHannan]

It would be a shame, it really would, if Trump’s new nickname Don Poorleone doesn’t stick.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

When you understand that Marjorie Taylor Greene initially gained her fame by harassing high school mass shooting survivors on the sidewalk (and then posting the videos of it to Facebook) you quickly realize how irredeemably fucked up the entire Republican Party is

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

First insulin — now inhalers.

$35/month. Instead of $350-650.

Thanks, Brandon.

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

If I may, there’s something I need to get off my chest.

As democracy remains under siege, it has been frustrating to watch how the press covers politics these days.

I am reminded by lessons that came to me during the Nixon years as a CBS News correspondent, which I’ll add here:

1. Enough with Both-sides-ism

When one side lies intentionally and repeatedly, they are no longer entitled to the benefit of the doubt. They should be held to account, right away. Do not simply repeat the narratives they spew.

2. Prioritize Live Fact-Checking

Rigorous and robust fact-checking is the best defense against misinformation, intentional lies, and deflection.

If Trump says the sky is green, the story isn’t that the sky is now green; the story is that the sky is still blue and Trump got it wrong.

3. Ask Lawmakers Hard Questions

Ask about the fundamental principles of democracy. Push them to go on the record that Biden won the 2020 election.

Ask if they support the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

This writing is not to offer any claim of knowing it all. Your correspondent has made his share of mistakes, but after more than seven decades I believe I have picked up a few useful guideposts.

Good journalism is always worth it. Our democracy depends on it.

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