the minnesota 15, indicted by the federal government for their work against ICE, leave the federal courthouse in downtown minneapolis after their first appearances and are joined by supporters waiting outside
Tamar Shirinian, who was a professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, claimed in a lawsuit that the school violated her constitutional rights after she criticized slain Charlie Kirk.
She and the university reached a $1.9 million settlement. https://t.co/7jAwPTMzNX
Anti-immigrant groups in South Africa are demanding undocumented migrants leave the country.
We speak to foreigners at risk, including people who are legally in the country, who are fleeing ahead of an unofficial deadline set by an anti-immigration group.
Filmed in the days leading up to the deadline, they tell us they are terrified of what will happen if they stay in South Africa.
#BREAKING: Hayes: What is it about the longtime Progressive Dem incumbent’s record did you find so intolerable that you decided to primary her?
Melat Kiros: “It’s not the Congresswoman herself, it’s the campaign finance system that has incentivized members of Congress like Diana DeGette to take millions of dollars from Big Pharma, Big Energy and Oil, defense contractors. At the end of the day the reason why we are not seeing legislation like Medicare for all, universal childcare and an arms embargo on Israel passed despite a supermajority of support from the voters of this party, is because when corporations and special interest donate to campaigns, it’s not that they are going to get an immediate return with legislation that is favorable for them. Sometimes the return that they get is stalling on legislation that would actually make a meaningful difference for families, and so at the end of the day, the only way that we can trust that the Congress members are actually fighting for that kind of legislation, is to NOT to be taking money from the very corporations and special interests that do not want to see that kind of legislation passing…we can’t trust that that kind of donations coming in for congress members is not going to result in some kind of return, and sometimes that return is that we are not actually going to get anything done.” 👊
JUST IN: Democratic socialist Malat Kiros has won her Colorado House primary in a shocking result.
Kiros will likely be the second Gen Z member of Congress.
She currently holds no stocks and has up to $250K in student loan debt.
Whew!
Sis got some heat today 🔥
Apparently military culture was HEAVILY influenced by Black Americans.
Including “Sounding Off” as they march.
The brother who invented it made it so popular that it produced a hit record.
We ARE the culture! 💪🏿
A young woman named MacKenzie Tuttle graduated from Princeton in 1992 with a degree in English. One of her professors was Toni Morrison, who later described her as one of the finest creative writing students she had ever taught.
After graduation, MacKenzie took a job at the New York investment firm D. E. Shaw. There she met a colleague named Jeff Bezos, who had an ambitious idea: selling books on the internet.
She didn’t laugh at the idea.
They married in 1993, and the following year drove across the country to the Seattle area to build what would become Amazon.
In the beginning, there was no global empire.
There was a garage.
MacKenzie handled accounting, wrote business materials, answered customer emails and phone calls, and packed orders alongside Jeff. Like many startups, everyone did whatever needed to be done.
As Amazon grew, MacKenzie stepped away from day-to-day operations to raise their four children while continuing to pursue her own passion for writing.
Her debut novel, The Testing of Luther Albright, won the American Book Award. She later published a second novel and quietly built a respected literary career.
Meanwhile, the story of Amazon became one of the most famous business stories ever told.
Jeff Bezos became one of the world’s most recognizable entrepreneurs.
MacKenzie’s role was rarely part of the public narrative.
She never seemed interested in changing that.
What many people don’t know is that she also knew financial hardship.
Her family filed for bankruptcy while she was still a student, and she has spoken about the kindness of people who helped her through difficult times—acts of generosity she never forgot.
In 2019, after her divorce, MacKenzie Scott received approximately 4% of Amazon’s shares.
Almost immediately, she made a decision that surprised the world.
She signed the Giving Pledge, promising to donate the majority of her wealth during her lifetime.
Then she did something even more unusual.
Instead of building a massive public foundation or attaching her name to buildings, she began giving away billions of dollars through large, unrestricted grants.
Universities.
Food banks.
Housing organizations.
Rural communities.
Women’s health initiatives.
Tribal colleges.
Climate organizations.
Small nonprofits that had never imagined receiving gifts of that size.
Many recipients reportedly thought the phone calls were scams.
They weren’t.
Since 2019, MacKenzie Scott has donated tens of billions of dollars to thousands of organizations, making her one of the most significant philanthropists of the modern era.
Despite giving away enormous sums, her fortune has remained substantial because of Amazon’s continued growth.
The woman who once packed Amazon’s first orders is now helping fund opportunities for millions of people she will probably never meet.
She never asked for buildings in her name.
She never demanded headlines.
Sometimes the greatest legacy isn’t the company you help build.
It’s what you choose to do with the success that follows.