@aprilboom🌊

One Husband & two Kids make me tired, favorite swear word? too many to count. I wish sarcasm was a font. I knit so I don’t kill people😈 @[email protected]

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Gloria Steinem was an icon and a trailblazer. Her advocacy - from championing reproductive freedom, to fighting for workplace fairness - moved our country forward. All of us can and should draw on her legacy of leadership and advocacy to strive towards making America a better place.

[Beau Bayh @BeauBayh]

I’m Beau Bayh, a captain in the Marines, a seventh-generation Hoosier, and I’m running for Secretary of State to clean up this office. I’ll end the corruption on day one. No more taxpayer-funded luxury SUVs or no-bid contracts to donors while Hoosiers barely make ends meet.

Indiana can’t afford any more weak politicians. Let’s get to work.

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

It has been 15 days since I asked for a debate, so we decided to launch a debate tracker so South Carolinians can see for themselves how their "Senator" is hiding from them and from her opponent.

What are you so afraid of, Darline? Visit https://t.co/iUELDUjQaM to track for yourself.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

This week, Tuskegee University honored several students who received FAA flight certifications with custom leather bomber jackets representing the legacy of the famed Tuskegee Airmen

[@aprilboom🌊 @aprilboom]

@kathleenmadigan

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Country music legend Dolly Parton died today at the age of 80.

My favorite story about her:

Parton wrote the songs “I Will Always Love You” and “Jolene” on the same night.

When the first song was at the top of the charts in 1974, Elvis wanted to record his own version of the song. Dolly was interested until Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis’ manager, said that it was standard procedure that when the king of rock and roll covered a song - half of the rights to that song would go to him in the future.

She refused it.

“I said, ‘I’m really, really sorry’ and cried all night. It was terrible for me, on the one hand, it’s Elvis. People told me: “You are crazy.” It’s Elvis Presley…’ but I just couldn’t do it. Something told me in my heart not to do it and I didn’t. I know he would rock with that song. But I couldn’t. And then Whitney Houston came along with her version and I made enough money from the rights to buy Dollywood.”

She grew up in severe poverty and no one famous has done more for the education of the poor than her.

In 1990, the percentage of students who did not graduate from high school in her hometown was over 30%. She introduced the “Buddy Program”, where all high school graduates received a nice sum when they graduated. It wasn’t just a waste of money, she personally came and explained the concept to them - everyone should find a buddy, and whoever doesn’t succeed she will find one for them. Everyone had to sign that they will graduate and do everything in their power to ensure that their buddy also graduates. She taught young people about friendship and helping.

The number of school dropouts dropped to below 6% and has remained so until today.

When 900 families lost their homes in the 2016 fires, she paid each family $1,000 for the next five months. When she came to the bank to finish the paperwork, she gave each family another $5,000 to find. A total of nine million dollars.

Also, her work - Imagination Library from 1995, was inspired by her realization that young people in rural areas and poor families already fall behind when they start school and that this prevents them from pursuing higher education. The goal of her program was for every child in her district to receive one book, once a month, from birth to school, completely free of charge, without any conditions. It started as an initiative in her hometown and has spread to a huge number of countries around the world.

By 2018, over 100 million books were distributed in this way.

She is also known for her witty statements, at the beginning of her career she said:

“I’m not offended by jokes about stupid blondes because I know I’m not stupid… and I’m not really blonde either.”

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

A message from the family of Dolly Parton.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Dolly Parton: My daddy told me that the Imagination Library probably was the most important thing I'd ever done. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission. In the beginning my hope was simply to inspire the children in my home county, but here we are today with a worldwide program that gives a book a month to over a million children.

[Sayed Tabatabai, M.D. @TheRealDoctorT]

A thought on this sunny Sunday.

In March of 1973, a man identified only as “Mr. Nadeau” wrote to famed author E.B. White, writer of “Charlotte’s Web,” and “Stuart Little.”

Nadeau wrote to say he was in despair, and had lost faith in the future of humanity.

White replied…

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

Your home does not need to be perfect.

It only needs to stop storing decisions you refuse to make.

So which one of these is really asking to be cleared first?

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

SHAME. As I understand it: The mom has a pending asylum case, plus a work permit, and the daughter a visa valid to 2030.
#NotInMyName #NotWithMyTaxes

[John Pavlovitz Official @johnpavlovitz]

Not for eighteen months...

[Indiana Democratic Party @INDems]

JD Ford is running the grassroots race to unseat Victoria Spartz and bring real Hoosier leadership back to Washington for Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, Howard, Grant, and Tipton counties. 

https://t.co/9tuZjMttcE

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Healthcare worker here. I worked the COVID pandemic front lines. I can testify with 100% proven reliability that the only patients who died were primarily the UNVACCINATED.

Dr. Fauci is a deadly pathogen professional whose efforts and efficacy saved countless lives. The man’s a hero.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Trump: “Just because you show up on a boat 500 years ago, doesn’t mean you own the land.”

Me: “Exactly.”

[Kathleen Madigan @kathleenmadigan]

If mitch can pick out tile n flooring, hes clearly alive. I cant do it n im alive. So boring. Can this really go on until aug 3...

[Rob Sand @RobSandIA]

“Patriotism is loving your country (or state) all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”

-Mark Twain

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Our Flag Was Still There:

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: In a blow to President Trump, the Supreme Court blocked his executive order limiting birthright citizenship. https://t.co/swKzZjo4F7

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

here is Mamdani's entire speech at the Knicks parade, which is easily the best speech I've ever heard at an event of this sort