DrAlvarez

Justice, leadership, design thinker, art collector. Proud Latina. BFA/Tyler, MEd/TempleU, Doctorate/UPenn

[DrAlvarez @ccalvarez]

@RickSteves asks us to #vote with the view of learning from history. So I’m voting for @KamalaHarris for #POTUS47

👉🏽 To save our democracy.
👉🏽 To stop DJT from becoming dictator & heaping violence on Americans https://t.co/xubcKERPKS.

#VoteBlueAsIfYourLifeDependsOnIt 💥

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jewish citizens, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him seriously… because history teaches us that is what fascist dictators do during their “Day One” period to consolidate their power. (After all, if you’re hellbent on staying in power but aren’t likely to win the next election, you can’t have your political opponents running around free.)

To keep fascism out of our lives, vote for democracy!

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

The Obamas unveil their first-ever commissioned portrait together, painted by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, in the lobby of the new Obama Presidential Library.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County.

https://t.co/Gi8VLpsRfO

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

“MAGA’s grand poobah, Donald Trump, appears to be, rather clearly, either an actual predator himself or a man perfectly comfortable looking the other way in the presence of such depravity.” - from Zeteo’s First Draft email newsletter this morning: https://t.co/A0T9i4Lbtz

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

The next time someone tells you that America isn’t a sick & racist country, just remind them that this nation is willing to accept treason, rape, and child abuse from a white president but not healthcare from a Black one.

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

The rhetoric of vengeance needs to end.

We need to come together and heal our nation.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out our public life.

A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation.

No more political violence.

[MissT 🇿🇦 The Invincible 🤍🌻 @Misst_Thembs]

I won’t regret this path God chose for me

Today I’m a qualified mechanical engineer 😭😭😭😭

I never thought 😭😭😭

[Ryan Saavedra @RyanSaavedra]

This is actually a good statement from Bernie Sanders

Worth the watch

[FAITH 🌊🥷 @JeSuis_Faith]

This is Melissa Hortman, on June 14, 2025 she & her husband John were murdered in a politically motived attack. She stood for environment rights, abortion rights & sensible gun control policies.

No lowered flags!

Can we take a moment to remember her good works.
Please RT.

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

Today we have heard some outstanding speeches from NATO ally leaders. However, this one from the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, was the one that spoke to me for sure.

I think it’s time to stop pretending to ourselves that the U.S. is anything but an impediment to solving this existential threat, to the welfare and safety of all our citizens.

Let me quote Sun Tzu's The Art of War. ‘All warfare is based on deception’ and for sure, Putin has waged a war of deception. He projected the historical power of the mighty Red army in a bid to quickly overrun Ukraine. He attempted to do it with untrained poorly equipped troops, on out of date rations.

Putin rolled the dice thinking NATO would not commit troops to help defend Ukraine and he was right. What he didn’t plan for, was the lion spirit of the Ukrainian people and the ingenuity of their military engineers. Their work with drones and sea drones has redefined battlefield strategy. Once allies started providing javelin anti-tank missiles and supporting artillery, the game changed. They prevented the Russians from achieving air superiority? And the Russian Black Sea Fleet had to retreat from port.

It is testament to the Ukrainian army and air force, Russia has been held back against all the odds. Let’s be clear, the military has achieved what it has, not because of us, but in-spite of us. We have only given them enough weapons to hold the bear back, not to evict it. There were constant delays, waiting on artillery shells, HIMARS and ATACMS, as well as tanks and F16s.

WE HAVE LET THEM DOWN. Yet these brave men and women have innovated and made do, to defend not only their country, but our borders too. WE OWE THEM BIG TIME. Not with words and sympathy, but with the proper tools to get the job done.

America has disgracefully walked away and aligned with our enemy. The U.S. president’s pet, Elon Musk along with JD Vance, have meanwhile actively supported far right political parties in Europe. Then Vance had the audacity to turn up and lecture us on our own doorstep. What was our answer? ‘Please don’t hurt us’.

This week, we see a slow procession of European leaders making the pilgrimage to the court of Mad King Don for a humiliation session. Pardon my French but ‘f*ck that’, it’s time to stand tall and tell Trump to ‘f*ck right off’ and if it were me. I’d tell him to take his airbases with him too and cancel all military arms contracts.

If he wants access to Ukrainian minerals that’s fine. Ukraine HAS NO DEBT with the U.S. They simply have the thanks of a grateful nation. There was no loan agreement. If he wants mineral rights, then provide an arms package as a down payment for future revenues. Leave the deal on the table for a week and if it’s not signed, pull the deal. Then they get nothing and in addition, no bids will be accepted from US companies for the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war. Now that’s the art of the deal.

As for NATO allies, Trump is walking away regardless, so Europe needs to get its act together NOW. Seize Russian assets and use the funds to fire up the European military industrial base. This will create jobs and growth, while capacity is expanded in all countries with an arms manufacturing capability.

In the meantime, we already have the ability, especially if Poland steps up, to defend against any increased Russian aggression. The British military has already said, if it were needed, we would meet that threat head on today. If this collective approach is taken, the Russian army in Ukraine could be crushed just as crushed the Iraqi army in Desert Storm.

It’s time to show the Americans their services are no longer required. Then when the war is over, we can look to promote the Euro as the new global reserve currency. No harm in ambition I say.

We need to believe in ourselves. It’s time to get the job done and show the world FAFO. There’s only one village idiot in this town and it’s not Zelenskyy.

I rest my case.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Has Trump lowered the price of groceries? No. Instead, he's focused on renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

Today, my colleagues and I gave him a list of things he could do right now to start to lower the prices of eggs.

[Ana Navarro-Cárdenas @ananavarro]

Woodrow Wilson pardoned his brother-in-law, Hunter deButts.

Bill Clinton pardoned his brother, Roger.

Donald Trump pardoned his daughter’s father-in-law, Charlie Kushner. And just appointed him Ambassador to France.

But tell me again how Joe Biden “is setting precedent”? 🤣🤣

[Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley]

You all are acting like Hunter Biden stole classified documents and tried to overturn a free and fair election. Relax.

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

California is the fifth largest economy in the world.
The most populous state.
The beating heart of the American economy.

And California is not backing down.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Trump pardoned his criminal co conspirators. I’m 100% behind Biden pardoning his son.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

The day you fuckers decided to ignore Jared Kushner's $2 billion from the Saudis, Ivanka's trademarks from China, and put an insurrection-inciting convicted felon back into the White House, is the day we stopped giving a shit about any "moral high ground."

I hope President Biden takes his "presidential immunity" out for a fucking spin.

[Secretary Antony Blinken @SecBlinken]

Today, I am announcing the delivery of $725 million in additional weapons and equipment for Ukraine’s defense. The United States and more than 50 nations stand united with Ukraine.

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

We’re not accepting complaints about the Hunter Biden pardon unless you also complained about the Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort pardons.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Jasmine Crockett's response to the Hunter Biden pardon is epic and a must-watch.