Kathy Hempel

Cub loving nerd fighter. Library Information teacher

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

🇺🇸 Trump at 8:00 PM: "Unlike Obama and Biden, we had a historic victory in Iran."

🇺🇸 Biden at 9:00 PM: "Yeah Absolutely historic. You haven’t been able to open the Strait of Hormuz for 109 days, 17 hours, and 38 min. It was open when I was in office. What a Loser." 😂 🔥

Absolute cinema by Biden🔥

[𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑛 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𓆩♡𓆪 @LostInVisionss]

Disney should make animations like this again

[The Hoarse Whisperer @TheRealHoarse]

Wanted to get the vibe of going to Trump’s state fair but didn’t want to drive all the way to DC, so I just went and stood in an empty field.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Maybe Vance doesn't know this history because it's in one of the books his administration banned.

The difference between Watergate and now is that back then, Republicans actually did something about a law-breaking president. Today, they only roll over for their cult leader.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

The Buttigiegs have experienced a nightmare that should never have happened at all.

I hope whoever is responsible is found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. https://t.co/mFaGCzZYJB

[Jon “Bowzer” Bauman @JonBowzerBauman]

I want to know why whoever called CPS on Pete Buttigieg isn’t going to jail. Someone please explain.

[FireFighterDev @fire_starter457]

Putting a real public library in President Obamas library was the best way to keep MAGA out of there.🤣

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Michelle Obama to Barack Obama: You were doing the people's work. Rescuing our economy. Expanding healthcare. Ending a war. Ordering the Bin Laden raid. Saving the auto industry. Winning a peace prize. Keeping us safe from Ebola. Regulating the banks. Standing up for marriage equality. Listening to science. And comforting an entire nation. And you did it all with such grace, and class, and cool.

[Kathy Hempel @bklady710]

I can’t wait to visit the Obama Center.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The first official portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama together has been unveiled and it's absolutely stunning.

Look closely at the tiny components of this piece...

"Tradition is not untouchable. We can own it, we can shape it, we can move it the way we need," Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby told Harper's Bazaar.

The artwork is one of 28 pieces that have been commissioned for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which opens later this week on Juneteenth.

Harper's explained that Akunyili Crosby’s masterpieces are "technically complex" and while they are designed to "resemble conventional figurative paintings at a distance" they are actually "composed of dense layers of embedded images, in something like a visual archive."

If you look, you should be able to spot a volume of the Harvard Law Review that was published while Barack Obama was the journal's first Black President. You'll also spot Stevie Wonder's "Talking Book," which was the first album that the former First Lady ever owned.

“Yes, he was the President. But she is incredible," said Akunyili Crosby.

“Nostalgia for the past is always a dicey thing. But that does not mean it wasn’t important for me to kind of touch upon the feelings we all had—and the hope," the artist added.

Now, more than ever, we miss the days when we had a dignified, compassionate, intelligent First Couple.

What can you spot in the portrait?

Please like and share if you love this artwork!

[Deb @DontCallMeDebby]

‘‘ strong men - men who are truly role models - don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful.’’

- Michelle Obama

[Covie @covie_93]

Why couldn't trump just watch the NBA finals on TV at the White House like he did the Jan. 6 insurrection???

[OBVIOUS SHIRTS® @obvious_shirts]

RETWEET IF YOU APPRECIATE JAVIER ASSAD!! #Cubs

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Dear Scott Pelley: pull the entire 60 Minutes team together and go to MSNow and offer a package deal to recreate the show for Sunday night and call it The Hour

[Senator Andy Kim @SenatorAndyKim]

You may not know the name GEO Group, but you'll never forget it once you learn how they're profiting off of cruelty and corruption in our broken immigration system.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

A message to all sane Republicans:

He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals.
You said nothing.

He bulldozed the East Wing.
You said nothing.

He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing.

He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing.

He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing.

He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing.

He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing.

He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing.

His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing.

He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing.

His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing.

He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing.

He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing.

It’s time to start talking.

[Kathy Hempel @bklady710]

About time you call him out, Pres Obama

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

Epic moment 🔥

🇺🇸Trump at 5:00 PM — “No President has done this. We got Iran to talk nukes. Maybe even give them up. This is First time ever.”

🇺🇸Obama at 6:00 PM — “Did it already. No missiles fired. Moved 97% of their enriched uranium out. We didn't have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz like you.”🔥👏

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Trump is now reportedly responsible for roughly 27.7% of the entire U.S. national debt accumulated under all presidents combined.

That is an astonishing figure historically.

The national debt just crossed $39 trillion.

President Trump has added roughly $12–13 trillion to the debt across his two terms in office.

That’s approximately 30% of ALL U.S. national debt accumulated since 1789.

In 2016, Trump said he would pay down the national debt “over a period of eight years.”

Instead:

- First term: +$7.8 trillion
- Second term: roughly +$4–5 trillion already

And yes, COVID affected first-term spending.

It does not explain adding another trillion dollars every five months without a pandemic.

A political movement built on:
“fiscal conservatism”
“small government”
“balanced budgets”

has now overseen the largest debt expansion tied to any single presidency in American history.

[Kathy Hempel @bklady710]

I’ve cut through the pristine waters, admired the stillness and watched the eagles pull the fish from the blue.

No way anyone should be mining these waters, much less a foreign entity. Cancel this sale.

[Sammi🦋 @StoriesBySammi]

Over a million acres of pristine wilderness lakes in Minnesota.

The most visited canoe country in America.

Generations of families have paddled it, fished it, camped it.

The Senate just sold it out outright.

They called it "America First."

Then handed it to a Chilean billionaire — so his company can ship the copper to China.

The Senate voted 50-49 to gut 20 years of Boundary Waters mining protections.

Here's the deal they made.

A Chilean billionaire's company digs the mine.

America can't smelt the copper — we don't have the capacity.

So the ore ships to China.

China processes it.

Sells it on the world market.

Chile keeps the profits.

Minnesotans don't even get the jobs.

Minnesota keeps the pollution.

And Americans get to buy it back from China at full market price.

This same company has a documented history at their Chilean mines: pipeline spills, regulatory fines, and locals fighting back for years.

They paid a former Trump Interior Secretary $380K.

The protection died by one vote.

Here's exactly how it happened — and who made it happen.

Who do YOU think this mine actually serves?

#DemsUnited

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

Honestly- where the fuck are the people that can stop this atrocity??

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

TRUMP: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. Not even a little bit.”

And there you have it, folks