Ellen Brooks

Teacher, writer, and Philly girl at heart

[Jack Schlossberg @JBKSchlossberg]

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy’s statement to the US Senate on RFKJr’s nomination for HHS Secretary

This is a reading of a letter she just sent to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

I’m so proud of my courageous mother, who’s lived a life of dignity, integrity and service.

she’s the kindest funnest smartest you’ll ever meet.

[The Yale Review @yalereview]

Announcing our most-read pieces of 2024! These ten essays, reviews, and interviews roam widely across the cultural and political landscape, shedding new light on crucial subjects that will continue to preoccupy us in 2025 and beyond.

[Art Candee 🍿🥤 @ArtCandee]

Watching Michelle Obama dance at Jennifer Hudson's show yesterday made my day.

Love her.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Nothing compares to moments like these on the campaign trail.

[Warren Leight @warrenleightTV]

CNN seems to be all in on claim that bypassing Shapiro was anti-semitic. How about Walz is a wonderful candidate, funny, sharp, joyful - who speaks to small town, and rural and progressives voters. More authentic than anyone out there. Disturbing how they are spinning this.

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

Holy shit.. a former Trump supporter just absolutely fucking goes off on Trump.😱🔥

[Warren Leight @warrenleightTV]

This is just a great ad. And every word of
it is true

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Vice President Kamala Harris is the first Black woman to be formally be a nominee for President of the United States, and on November 5th, we’re going to elect her the first Black woman President. Retweet and follow if you’re in.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

Just WOW:

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

Harris addresses Trump directly, looking straight into the TV camera: "Donald, I do hope you'll reconsider – to meet me on the debate stage – because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face!"

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

Houston Pastor is all in for Kamala Harris.

This speech is fucking legendary.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Second Gentleman @DouglasEmhoff was asked what he thinks about attacks on his wife, Vice-President Kamala Harris, by former President Trump.

Emhoff: “That’s all he’s got?”

Emhoff goes onto say: “You heard the Vice President yesterday making the case against Donald Trump. Very clearly laid out the case, directly and in a compelling fashion. But she also laid out a vision for the future. A vision where there's freedom. Where we're not having to talk about these issues of today in this post Dobbs Hellscape that Donald Trump created.”

“…We're gonna prosecute the case against Donald Trump and his lies, his gaslighting, during COVID, the dereliction of duty, inciting an insurrection and all those other things.”

“We're gonna make that very clear. She's gonna be able to make that case. We’re also gonna move on from this type of environment, this Dobbs, where freedoms are taken away, where autonomy is taken away. Where they're telling you, you can't read this book. They're telling you you can't learn these facts. They're telling you can't vote. All that is gonna change and it must change. You see the enthusiasm, you see the excitement. You saw the money raised, you saw the party coalesce. You saw the broad base of support that she had in just one or two days because she's talking about an America that we all have a place in. And that's why Kamala Harris, who I'm so proud of, I'm also so proud of the president. I got choked up yesterday in Wilmington when he called in. All of us did. What a great man. Love Joe Biden. But, Kamala Harris has united the party. She's gonna unite the country. She’s gonna earn this nomination. You see that happening and she's gonna win this election.”

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

This was excellent, and she's crushing the rest of the speech too

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Now this is one hell of a tweet

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Beloved former First Lady Michelle Obama sounds the alarm about the 2024 election, says that she is "terrified" of what might happen if Donald Trump wins again.

She hit the nail on the head and this should send a chill down all of our spines....

"I am terrified about what could possibly happen," said Mrs. Obama on the On Purpose podcast.

While she didn't mention Trump by name, it was clear that she was talking about the deranged MAGA cult leader.

"Because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit — it affects us in ways that sometimes I think people take for granted," she said.

"The fact that people think that government, does it really even do anything? And I’m like, ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us.’ And we cannot take this democracy for granted. And sometimes I worry that we do," she went on.

"Those are the things that keep me up," she added, stating that there are wars "in too many regions" and that we have the serious problems of artificial intelligence, education, the effects of smartphone proliferation, and voter engagement to tackle..

Michelle Obama is absolutely correct. All of these issues are deadly serious — to say nothing of climate change — and with a lunatic criminal like Donald Trump at the wheel we could drive the entire planet off a cliff.

"The tone and tenor of the message matters. We can’t just say what the first thing that comes to our minds," said Mrs. Obama, an apparent reference to Trump's hateful stream-of-consciousness rambling.

"That is not authenticity to me. That’s childish, and we see childish leadership right before us — what that looks like and how that feels, where somebody is just base, and vulgar and cynical in a leadership position," she went on.

"It doesn’t trickle down well. That just begets more of that. I think we are obligated to model, for those of us that have a platform, because it resonates. And I want to resonate good. I want to resonate reason, and compassion and empathy," she added.

Well said.

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[Warren Leight @warrenleightTV]

As always, ANYTHING @jonbatiste plays is a masterclass

[Ellen Brooks @brooksej]

@TwoBiGuys This is wonderful work! Congrats, Rob. Timothy Babulski, thank you for sharing your story!🙏❤️

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

If being a progressive is about anything, it’s about a shared sense of humanity and solidarity with anyone who’s been targeted based on their identity, without exception.

[Yo-Yo Ma @YoYo_Ma]

This is for Maui, from a far away friend. I am so terribly sorry.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It’s tough to see some of the images coming out of Hawai’i — a place that’s so special to so many of us. Michelle and I are thinking of everyone who has lost a loved one, or whose life has been turned upside down.

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