C.C. Claybrook

Wife. Mother. Curious human. -Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.- John Lennon

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

When California was burning, Canada sent fire fighters, planes and assistance — not insults.

I was proud to meet them, and to thank them, when they would break for dinner.

As California and other states step up to repay the favor, we should do so without the threats and ramblings of a failing leader.

We should show some humanity.

[UberFacts @UberFacts]

Today is National Ice Cream Day

In the 1940s, US bomber pilots would make ice cream by attaching buckets of cream-mix to their planes before a flight

The altitude would freeze the cream, and the engine’s vibrations would churn it; turning the mix into ice cream by the time they landed

[David Hayward | Artist @nakedpastor]

Children don't choose what they believe. They trust the people who teach them.

[C.C. Claybrook @ccclaybrook]

@MarcoFoster_ @WajahatAli

[AXS TV @AXSTV]

That's a lot of mileage 😂

[C.C. Claybrook @ccclaybrook]

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[CBS News @CBSNews]

A brave cat stood its ground against a striking cobra, in a tense showdown at a park in China.

After a few attempts, the predator slithered away, leaving the cat unscathed.

[C.C. Claybrook @ccclaybrook]

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[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

Things conservatives told me when I was in my 20’s:

*Character counts
*Crony capitalism is bad
*Russia is our enemy
*Tariffs are taxes
*The Constitution is sacrosanct
*Government power should be limited, restrained, and checked by congress.

Guess they were just joking.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

President Trump in his primetime address on election integrity claimed “hundreds of thousands of non-citizens and dead people are listed and active on the voter rolls.”

FACT CHECK RATING: Exaggerated.

While election experts indicate that votes cast on behalf of “dead people” are extremely rare, the numbers are unlikely to affect the outcome of an election.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, only 10 states count a deceased individual’s ballot if the voter is a member of the armed services.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

President Trump announced that his administration is declassifying intelligence that reveals "shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure," including "hacking, exploitation and foreign interference."

FACT CHECK RATING: False.

Officials have repeatedly said election infrastructure remains secure.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said there was “no evidence of any malicious activity” affecting the integrity of the 2024 elections. CISA also said the 2020 election was “the most secure in American history,” with no evidence that voting systems deleted, lost or compromised votes.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

seems kind of blasphemous

[Brian Regan @BrianReganComic]

Boarding process

For more clips go to https://t.co/Vm8TTneKR1

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Please avoid all salads, including word.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

TRUMP: Terminating the filibuster is the single smartest thing we can do, because then you get everything. But even if we took the small loaf of the SAVE America Act -- it's voter ID, it's proof of citizenship. Look at what happened to the kid in California. They sent a million ballots, nobody knows where they came from--

LAWRENCE JONES: But Mr President, did you notice anything different about Lindsey----

TRUMP: Spencer Pratt came up to my office, he said he thought he won. I said, 'Why didn't you complain?' He didn't know who to complain to. But what they did to that guy was unbelievable. He's a nice guy. He worked so hard. And they found millions of ballots. They took the election away from him--

LAWRENCE JONES: So Mr President, real quickly, did you notice anything difference from Lindsey on the phone?

TRUMP: When people don't want to have voter ID, when people don't want to have proof of citizenship, it's only because they want to cheat

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

The greatest piece of political propaganda in our time was convincing millions of people that caring for others and the planet was somehow a threat to America.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Jill and I are shocked by the sudden passing of Lindsey Graham.

Lindsey and I served together in Congress for over a decade, and worked closely on many issues throughout the years. We traveled the world together as members of the Senate Foreign Relations committee. We disagreed often, and sometimes loudly.

Lindsey and I did agree on the profound importance of public service. Like me, he loved the Senate as an institution, even with all its flaws and complexities.

To his family, his staff, his constituents in South Carolina, and everyone who loved him: Jill and I are keeping you in our prayers.

[M.S @MalaakSafa]

Dolly Parton didn’t spend her dollars on space travel or a trip to the titanic because she was writing checks to put 150 million books in the hands of children.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.

A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”

That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.

I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.

[C.C. Claybrook @ccclaybrook]

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