Increasingly frustrated to have been born into a country that will allow corporations AND its GOVERNMENT to MAKE $$$ off of the EDUCATION and the mental and physical HEALTH of its citizens... yet will DIG IN over a WASTEFUL and USELESS "wall"!! We must FIX the REAL problems!!
This photo reflects something Donald Trump has never seemed to understand or appreciate: the value of genuine friendships, mutual respect, and bipartisan relationships that transcend politics. Leadership is also about character and the ability to build lasting personal bonds. Its a shame that he is the president
To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
Joy’s exhausted, and so are the rest of us.
After the lies, the cruelty, the nonstop chaos, and the total lack of basic decency, the only real mystery is why anyone still pretends this is normal — or defensible.
Republicans aren’t ‘sticking by him.’ They surrendered to him.
That’s not loyalty. That’s failure.
VIA~~~Charlie Thornton
Let me tell you why I'm with the Brown folk and queer folk and the women folk - somebody just reminded me of this - I was born and raised less than 10 miles from where I live right now. I'm a white dude, a southern dude, I own a gun, I have a job, I vote,  I drink beer, I fish, I pay my taxes, I grew up raising hell and listening to the Allman brothers ....
But the flag-waving Uber-patriots still come at me foaming at the mouth and telling me I'm not American enough, not straight enough, not man enough to be part of what they think belongs in "their America." Literally happened completely unprovoked about 10 minutes ago.
Now, if these crazy jackasses come at me??? - when I have a redneck pedigree that goes back to the Civil War.... how much more are they gonna try to persecute people that aren't like me? I'm literally everything they say they want, except I won't vote for institutionalized racism and a war on women and queer folk.
Screw them!
Persecuting people and hating people is no way to go through life. Miss me with all that
I'll be hanging with the womens and the queers and every color that the Good Lord made us in. And we will be looking better and eating better and having hell a lot more fun.
Bet on that.
After hearing what was said about Michelle Obama at the White House last night, I can’t stay silent.
She’s a Princeton- and Harvard-educated attorney, a former First Lady, and a global example of intelligence, grace, and elegance.
I’m speaking up because she taught us: *“When they go low, we go high.”* That means calling out disrespect while still choosing dignity.
I stand with Michelle Obama. And she represents the best of American values.
@ChrisCillizza@HunterBiden Yeah. It’s not YOU we’re dying hear bad takes from… that’s a fact!! SO tired of our media and media NOT getting how DONE we ALL are. Hunter is SPEAKING to that outrage. NOTHING seems REAL anymore… he’s SPEAKING to that!!! 💔🇺🇸
@HunterBiden This is stunning. What a beautiful tribute. I’ve always been inspired by the courage of this era… wish we had more of it now. 💔🇺🇸
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Sheryl Crow speaks out after Trump’s UFC 250 event: “To stay quiet means to turn a blind eye. And so I am saying this. What happened last night on the lawn of the White House was disgraceful and void of decency. Powerful, rich people filled the lawn to watch a violent sport that ended with a vile and racist comment. All while the average American cannot afford healthcare, gas, and cost of living. Do not be fooled. This administration is corrupt and does not give a damn about the American people. It only cares about making money hand over fist at the expense and in spite of our democracy. If we continue to support this kind of distraction from reality, we are no better than them. Let's be better, America.”
The White House was built to serve the American people.
Tonight it was used to promote a company the President owns stock in, sell subscriptions, promote corporate sponsors, push Trump crypto, and enrich the President and his family.
The founders warned us about kings enriching themselves from public office.
They did not fight a revolution for this.
I fear we have a cruel month ahead of us: the future of campaign finance law, the definition of Election Day, the fate of birthright citizenship. While I remain hopeful, I am prepared for democracy to leave this month weaker than it entered. https://t.co/WKWGn1CznF
Why do Republicans say AOC is “just a bartender” when she has a masters in economics, but they don’t say Markwayne Mullin is just a plumber?
HINT: racism and misogyny
Today, I’m mourning my friend Melissa and her husband Mark, as we mark one year since they were assassinated in their home. Melissa was a dedicated public servant who worked every day to improve the lives of Minnesotans. That should never have cost her or her husband their lives.
Being elected to serve our communities should never be life-threatening. From state legislatures to the White House, it’s time for our leaders to stand against armed political violence.
My heart is in Minnesota and with Sophie, Colin, and the entire Hortman family as they continue to grieve this tragic loss.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT JOYCE
Rep. Joyce Beatty was the only Kennedy Center board member who tried to stop Trump's rebranding of the arts center. She then challenged the move in court, and won her case.
She is the reason Trump's name came down!
Thank you Joyce !!!
Fareed Zakaria stood at Bard College’s commencement.
He had a trigger warning.
“I’m about to utter the two most provocative letters in English today. AI.”
Students braced to boo.
Instead, he flipped it.
“I don’t want to talk about AI. I want to talk about HI. Human Intelligence.”
The story:
He pointed to the human brain. 3 pounds. ~20 watts.
Less power than a laptop charger.
AI data centers? They consume enough electricity to power entire cities.
His point: humans aren’t “inferior computers.” We were never computers at all.
The lesson:
“A machine can write a sad poem. But it cannot weep at a funeral. It can generate a love letter. But it cannot fall in love.”
Human intelligence doesn’t win on speed. Or efficiency.
It wins because it’s embedded, consciousness, emotion, morality, memory, relationships, lived experience.
The takeaway:
Don’t ask “what’s left for humans to do?”
Ask “what does AI reveal about everything humans already do, that’s irreplaceable?”
Curiosity. Wisdom. Empathy. Critical thinking.
These aren’t soft skills anymore.
They’re the moat.
Build the tech. Use the tech.
But champion HI, human imagination, human inspiration, human interconnection.
“Our imperfections aren’t bugs in some system’s code. They’re the cracks that let the light in.”
Nobody wants a city on Mars. Nobody wants AI in every app. Nobody wants a robot butler. Nobody wants data centers everywhere. Nobody wants flying cars or humanoid robots. We want clean water, we want bees to survive, and we want a habitable planet.
Trump used the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon — soldiers who escort fallen heroes and heads of state — to usher UFC fighters past Abraham Lincoln’s statue like they’re celebrities on a red carpet. I am LIVID. And everyone else should be too.