Colleen Jochum

Mom of 6, married, working as speech pathologist. Love seeing my children find their passions.

[Colleen Jochum @colmarjoc]

Final Rankings: Freshmen Boys 3 Mile Inside Look https://t.co/cGJsr3e5PZ

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

"Duffy’s comments yesterday are a useful reminder of the bottomless vulgarity and mendacity of Trumpism. Carney, on the other hand, has spoken truth to power. He has reminded us how free men and women should stand up to autocratic domination."

https://t.co/WrKsFl9l2c

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ossoff: It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults, public officials paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust. And whether it’s Natalie Harp printing out Donald Trump’s daily dose of delusion and flattery, or Peter Navarro steering taxpayer-funded loans to Trump family investments, or Pete Hegseth deluding the president daily into deepening this quagmire in the Middle East, no one cares about their feelings.

The sailors on the Lincoln are fighting his war, a war based on lies, while he plays with his new ballroom, flies around on a jet given to him by a foreign prince, and retreats into this circle of sycophantic aides who tell him every day what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear.

This entire White House is responsible for lying the country into war, and for the rest of their careers, they will be known for having participated in this obscenity.

[Rahm Emanuel @RahmEmanuel]

Last year at this time, Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy terminated 22 mRNA research contracts worth $500 million. Same cost as Trump’s gifted Qatari plane.

Today, Merck and Moderna announced that an experimental breakthrough vaccine treatment — developed through mRNA research previously funded by NIH — has shown signs of preventing cancer from returning or spreading in a study of high-risk melanoma patients.

Thank god the NIH funded this before Kennedy and the Trump administration showed up to degrade America’s health and leadership.

Which Republican senator has the courage to tell Secretary Kennedy that his decisions are making Americans sicker and letting China take the lead on research, science, and technology?

I’ll save you the time and give you the answer: none of them.

https://t.co/jTgRr89d4J

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

Final/ bonus thought:

US measles cases in the last 2 years already exceed the total from 2000–2024 combined.

A record Cyclospora outbreak is causing explosive diarrhea and scaring Americans off fresh produce.

The current Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading faster than any in history.

There are clearly more urgent public health issues for the media, Congress, and the public to discuss than Dr. Fauci’s musings about Barbra Streisand from 5 years ago. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

Nicole Wallace ☠️☠️☠️

"Riddle me this: when Obama ran intelligence, the election was secure and Donald Trump won in 2016.

When Biden ran the government and the intelligence, the election was secure and Trump ran in 2024.

But when Donald Trump and all of his boobs were running US national security, it got all effed up. Is that the theory?"

[Reggie B. @reggiebblue]

President Obama takes a swipe at VP Vance.

"When you have the current Vice President making a speech that is basically a blood and soil version of We the People. That it matters who your parents were and how long they've been here despite him being married to a daughter of an immigrant himself.. Hypocrisy."

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Joe Rogan to James Talarico: “People like you, I’d like to see more of in politics. You need to run for president. We need someone who’s actually a good person”

[Colleen Jochum @colmarjoc]

@Ray_Lewis67 We all wish Mike was still with us!

[Jeff Storobinsky @JeffStorobinsky]

.@MarkHertling on MS NOW with @AlexWitt

Does Trump's rhetoric and threats put U.S. troops at risk and much more.

General Hertling U.S. Army (ret) is a Military Analyst, contributor to @BulwarkOnline and author of the bestseller, "If I don't Return, a Father's Wartime Journal "

4.4.26 ( 7 minutes )

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

LIVE SOON: We'll be live in a few minutes after Trump's speech.

Join us on:

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[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico: The kind of religion that says you can treat people however you want as long as you have a personal relationship with Jesus is an abomination.

Scripture says you can't love God and hate other people.

You can't love God and abuse the immigrant.
You can't love God and bully the outcast.
You can't love God and oppress the poor.

We spend so much time looking for God out there, that we miss God in the person sitting right next to us.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump attacks Texas Democrat James Talarico — and gets a FIERY sermon in response that he won’t forget

Donald Trump thought he could score cheap political points by calling James Talarico an “insult to Jesus” because the Texas Democratic Senate candidate is “beyond woke” and believes that God does not discriminate on the basis of gender.

Unfortunately for Dementia Don, he picked the wrong person. Standing in a Black church in Texas, Talarico didn’t just clap back — he delivered a moral reckoning.

“The president of the United States just said that I insulted Jesus,” Talarico began. “You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their health care while cutting taxes for billionaires.”

And that was only just the start.

“You know what insults Jesus?” he continued. “Deporting the stranger and separating babies from their mothers.”

Then he went even further — taking aim at war, corruption, and hypocrisy.

“You know what insults Jesus? Bombing innocent school children in Iran and sending our brave men and women off to die in another forever war… Covering up the Epstein files and then refusing to prosecute a single person in them.”

This wasn’t politics as usual. This was a full-on moral indictment.

Talarico — who has been attacked by Trump for supporting transgender Americans and saying “trans children are God’s children” — flipped the script entirely. Instead of backing down, he grounded his message in the very teachings Trump tried to weaponize.

“I am not a perfect Christian,” he said. “There’s only been one perfect Christian and he was crucified on a cross 2,000 years ago.”

And then came the line that hit hardest: “Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves… Can we imagine war in heaven? Can we imagine bigotry in heaven? Can we imagine poverty in heaven? Then why do we tolerate these things on earth?”

That’s how you respond. Not with insults. Not with fear. But with clarity — and conviction.

Trump tried to smear him. Instead, Talarico delivered a sermon that’s now echoing far beyond that church.

Please like and share James Talarico’s inspiring words!

[Andrew Egger @EggerDC]

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[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

In this morning's newsletter, Mark Hertling has a terrific piece on the Trump administration's lust for "War Porn," and I suggest that it's Taco Time for Trump. The brilliant art is by Hannah Yoest.
https://t.co/8TJ6aPIi4V

[Glenbard South Boys XC/TF @GBSHS_XC_TF]

🚨 School Record Alert🚨
💥Tom Jochum💥
Wins the 1600m in 4:17.25 @xctfYork Stan Reddel Invitational. Breaking Kurt Leslie’s 1975 Indoor GS record.

#StanReddel26
#HowSweetItIs
#RaiderTime

@IllinoisRunNews
@ILXCTF
@_IL_Top_Times
@gbsathletics

[Glenbard South Boys XC/TF @GBSHS_XC_TF]

Huge night at the @XctfYork Stan Reddel Invitational-Tons of PRs, 3 Meet Champions, 2 new @gbsathletics Indoor school records, and a new Joe Newton Field house record. 🏃‍♂️💨💥
#StanReddle26
#HowSweetItIs
#RaiderTime

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[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

America is at war with a reality TV star as President, his golf buddy and dilettante son-in-law as chief negotiators, and a weekend cable host running the Pentagon

What could possibly go wrong?

[Colleen Jochum @colmarjoc]

@rshereme Her statement is untrue! The stockpile of weapon are still plenty. She needs to be educated on the department of defense and weapons.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

3 weeks ago: WaPo dismantles its international desk

5 days ago: Iran war breaks out

Today: NYTs swoops in to pick up WaPo's ex Iran correspondent

https://t.co/wg5Bp9axt4

[emini tic @TicTocTick]

Dow Jones, in its 130 year history has dropped a 1000 points or more 14 times.

12 out of those 14 times were under Donald Trump Presidency.