My dad, Frank Crean, served in WWII, as did his brother Joe, Merchant Marine, Bill, Army, Tom, Marines. Miraculously, they all returned. My dad was in N Africa, Anzio & the second wave of D-Day. He wasn't just my hero. He was legitimately "A" hero, as was each of his comrades.
Have your or someone in your family served in the military?
Please respond to this tweet with a photo and #WeRespectVets.
Let's show @realDonaldTrump what real heroes look like.
#WeRespectVets 🇺🇸
@samstein tate is the worst of the worst men.
take 4 minutes to see why..
Behind the Investigation: "Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse" | The New Yorker
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In 1897, the U.S. Army wanted to know if bicycles could replace horses for infantry. So they took 20 Black soldiers of the 25th Infantry – the Buffalo Soldiers – and gave them a mission: ride from Fort Missoula, Montana to St. Louis. 1,900 miles.
The “Iron Riders” carried 60-pound packs, rifles, and one spare tire each. They crossed the Rockies, the Badlands, and the Great Plains on heavy, single-speed bikes with no roads. Private John Findley fixed flats with strips of his own shirt. They drank from cattle tanks and were refused water in Wyoming towns.
It took 41 days. They averaged 52 miles a day. When they rolled into St. Louis, the white newspapers called it a “stunt.” The Army said “impractical” and shut the program down. But the Iron Riders proved it could be done.
Their commanding officer wrote: “No horse could have made it. These men did.”
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.@brianschatz today on the Senate floor w some heat:
"There were Democrats, people who consider themselves Democratic strategists, who said out loud that Democrats were walking into a trap because USAID doesn't poll well. I don't care if it polls well. I am not here to have a pollster tell me that I shouldn't care that kids are getting malaria. I am not here to get talked out of the United States being the good guys, because health care polls higher, because the cost of gasoline pulls higher. I'm not deciding what to put into a 30-second spot. I'm deciding how to use the power given to me by the people of the state of Hawai‘i. And I think they care about whether people die unnecessarily because of the stupidity of this Congress.
Interesting. Will @Congressman_JVD be available to discuss why he repeatedly hired man named Craig Callaway, who was later convicted of voter fraud for ballot harvesting?
Because I would like to see Jeff Van Drew answer some questions about that under oath.
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They're the largest living things on Earth. Some of them have been standing since before Rome was a republic. 🌳
Now Congress wants to "save" them. By logging them.
It's called the "Save Our Sequoias Act." And it does the opposite of what it says. S. 4103 just passed the House and sits in the Senate right now, and it would let logging companies cut down mature, thousand year old sequoias, no limit on how many, no limit on their size or age.
It does this by carving out a new exemption from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), our bedrock law requiring environmental review and public input before major logging projects.
It wouldn't stop at the groves. The bill also amends the Wilderness Act itself, opening the door to human intervention (planting, "vegetation control," possible roads) inside land that's supposed to stay untouched by law.
This applies inside Yosemite. Inside Sequoia and Kings Canyon. Inside the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Inside land Congress designated as Wilderness specifically to keep humans out.
Who do you trust more to keep a 2,000 year old tree alive? The forest that's survived every fire for two millennia, or a logging company with a 3,000 acre permit and no one watching? 🌳 What are your thoughts? Sound off below👇
#DemsUnited
In November 1908, a man wearing a tailored suit and carrying a 50-pound leather case convinced a foreman to unlock the spinning room at the Lancaster Cotton Mill in South Carolina. Claiming to be a fire inspector, he ignored the ceiling sprinklers and focused entirely on the children working the looms.
His real name was Lewis Hine, an investigator for the National Child Labor Committee.
At the time, southern factory owners banned photographers, while official state inspectors announced visits weeks in advance—giving managers time to hide underage workers in supply closets. Bureaucracy further protected the industry: parents signed age certificates claiming their children were at least twelve, and without proof of a child’s actual size, state labor boards refused to act.
Determined to gather undeniable evidence, Hine quit his teaching job in New York and traveled the country using various disguises—fire inspector, insurance agent, or Bible salesman—to bypass mill security.
To document child labor at the Lancaster mill without raising suspicion:
He brought heavy equipment: A Graflex camera, a wooden tripod, and explosive magnesium flash powder, all hidden in his 50-pound case.
He used himself as a measuring tape: Since pulling out a ruler would expose him, he stood next to a spinner named Sadie Pfeifer and noted that the top of her head reached the third button of his vest.
He took the shot: He set off the flash powder, snapped the photo, and quickly wrote down her name.
When the flash drew the foreman's attention, Hine calmly packed his gear, complained about the factory's lint hazard, and walked out before security could stop him. Back in his room, he measured the floor to his vest button: 48 inches. Sadie was four feet tall.
Over the next decade, Hine infiltrated Pennsylvania coal mines, Maine canning factories, and Indiana glassworks, producing more than 5,000 photographs exposing industrial child abuse. His work went to Congress and ultimately helped pave the way for the Fair Labor Standards Act, which banned child labor nationwide.
Despite his impact, Hine received little recognition during his lifetime. He died destitute in 1940 after losing his home to foreclosure. Today, the Lancaster Cotton Mill has been converted into luxury apartments, but Hine's photographs remain as permanent proof of the children who worked there.
Jared Kushner holds no government position.
Yet he is our Middle East Envoy.
The Saudis have paid him $100M and invested $2B in his firm.
He pushed for Saudi nuclear enrichment over the objection of national security officials.
Today his father-in-law made it happen.
But what about my paintings…
@DaveMil84461863 My Pittie, Sadie, was the best animal - best dog I ever knew. She was a rescue and the kindest, most gentle, loving girl. Miss her so much. Sending love and hugs to you.
Hey MAGA Texans.
Let me reintroduce you to Adam Hoffman. He raped his son’s best friend from the age of six years old to nine years old. For three years this man raped a little boy.
Paxton made sure his buddy only got a 60 day sentence. Oh wait it gets better, he didn't even serve the full sixty days.
Wait wait, it's gets even better. He doesn't have to register as a sex offender and his record has been wiped clean.
MAGA maniacs want women to go to prison for miscarriages but are cool with pedophiles going free.
Ken Paxton is a disgusting criminal, that's why Trump endorsed him.
Make sure you have a plan to vote. @jamestalarico is what Texas needs. Not more of the Epstein Class.
#DemsUnited
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley:
"The last weeks we as a law enforcement community have been receiving endless complaints about civil rights violations in our streets from US citizens. What we're hearing is they're being stopped in traffic stops or on the street with no cause and being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they are here legally.
We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints as they fell victim to this while off duty. Every one of these individuals is a person of color ... it has to stop"
It's destroying Elon Musk's tiny little mind that this Black Woman Lupita Nyong'o played Helen of Troy in Odyssey.
Help me destroy it a little bit more.