Debra |

#LoveIsLove #TransRightsAreHumanRights 💙🌈 I want to make the world a better place for my grands. Kindness matters. This IS the hair on fire moment. Stand up

[Debra | @debra_p]

It took a lot to move through the first part of this statement. I understand the second part, made it to the 3rd part. Be you. Don't let anyone dim your light.

[Debra | @debra_p]

@Molly_D_Munster @michelle_byoung Yes, indeed.

[Debra | @debra_p]

Sadly,this is all too true. Put a still on the property and the transformation will be complete. Remember how certain people lost their minds when the Obama family planted a garden. That wasn't OK but somehow this is?

[BlackMountain @DBlack_Mountain]

THE REAL TRUTH

[Michael F Ozaki MD @brontyman]

@emkenobi @DrSusanRice

[Debra | @debra_p]

the guy in the gray suit

[Rock Photography @Photomusicrock]

Playing AC/DC’s music in retirement facilities is the way!

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Deep inner suffering inevitably arises when the human person is reduced to performance, consumption, or a statistical datum. Many young people today live under the yoke of expectations to perform, immersed in an exasperated competitiveness that generates anxiety, fear of not measuring up, and disorientation.

[Debra | @debra_p]

I miss this too. Even when elected officals disagreed they didn't resort to name calling and threats Respect.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

I really miss this kind of America.

Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford ran against each other in 1976.

When Ford passed away, Carter gave the eulogy at his funeral.

When Carter passed away, Ford’s son Steve spoke at Carter’s funeral.

Barack Obama and John McCain ran against each other in 2008.

When McCain passed away, Obama gave the eulogy at his funeral.

They disagreed. They debated. They fought hard for what they believed in.

But at the end of the day, they still saw each other as human beings. As Americans.

That is the part we have lost.

Somewhere along the way, disagreement turned into hatred. Politics turned into teams. And people forgot that respect does not mean you agree with someone on everything.

I still believe we can get back to this.

Not because it will be easy. Not because everyone will suddenly think the same.

But because America is supposed to be better than this.

Bipartisan respect used to be possible.

And someday, I pray we remember how to do it again. 🇺🇸💙

[Debra | @debra_p]

@gardengirl125 A former called about a month ago. He was all about, how have you been, you still in the same job and that lead into him talking about how good things were. My response was yes, things were good until they weren't. I'm happy where I'm at. He hung up. Never go back.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

My dad handed me two clothespins. “This,” he said, “is the story of everything.”

In one hand: a clothespin from the 1960s. Solid hardwood, smooth from decades of use. It still works perfectly, some 60 years later.

In the other: a clothespin from 2025. Lighter, paler wood, brittle. The spring is thin and unstable. Marketed as “extra durable,” my dad just raised an eyebrow.

At first glance, it’s just two clothespins. But they tell a bigger story — the shift from durability to disposability, from craftsmanship to cost-cutting, from stewardship to constant consumption. This is planned obsolescence in action.

Products are designed to fail so we must keep buying. Slowly, subtly, they break. Frayed wires, cracked hinges, brittle springs. Not because we want more, but because the old was never built to last.

The costs are everywhere. Landfills overflow. Wallets empty. And maybe most quietly, our spirits grow accustomed to impermanence, to the idea that nothing is meant to endure.

What if this philosophy extends beyond objects? What if it shapes how we treat relationships, communities, homes, even the Earth — as temporary, replaceable, disposable?

It doesn’t have to be this way. That 1960s clothespin reminds us another path is possible. That we once made things to last, and we can again. That quality, care, and intention matter. That we can design for repair, for continuity, for meaning.

The story in my palm is about more than laundry. It’s about the choices we make and the world they create.

[Senator Andy Kim @SenatorAndyKim]

I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. Instead of engaging with me and others about the poor conditions, ICE sent in an armored vehicle and a line of armed agents that only poured gasoline on the fire. Civilians were tackled and restrained, and agents fired pepper balls and spray into the crowd. This is more of the same lawlessness we’ve seen elsewhere around the country. 

Our country deserves accountability. Our country deserves the humane treatment of every person here. In fact, our Constitution demands this. What I witnessed and experienced today was shameful. Delaney Hall is a failure; it’s this administration’s failure. The only way to make this right for our communities is to shut it down and make sure the failures we’ve seen never happen again.

[Debra | @debra_p]

@JoJoFromJerz @atrupar As soon as the cow jumps over the moon be prepared for the dish and the spoon to run away together.

[Debra | @debra_p]

If you know someone in the Nashville area please share it with them.

[Boone Cutler 🦬🇺🇸 🦅 @boonecutler]

*** Call for Attendance
(Nashville, TN) ***

Join us in paying respect to Mr. Robert Rosenberg, U.S. Air Force Veteran, who will be laid to rest with full military honors. He was an unclaimed Veteran with no known family, and we invite the public to attend his service and show gratitude for his service to our country.

Location: Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, 7931 McCrory Lane, Nashville, TN 37221

Service Date and Time: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:00 PM

Let's come together to ensure he receives the farewell he deserves.

[Debra | @debra_p]

This. Seniors have paid into this their entire work life.

[ReallyTiredOfThis @TiredOfThe_B_S]

Damn Straight.

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Every year, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil. #MemorialDayWeekend

[Debra | @debra_p]

Things weren't perfect then, but they were so much better than they are today.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Do You Remember America Before Trump?

NEW VIDEO! WATCH! TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK.

Let's get this to 1 million views fast.

Please retweet and quote tweet.

[RG | BEATS @DR_BEATS_KICK]

Can you rt this? Maybe we can make a difference

[Gwen Graham @GwenGraham]

"The university is a place of free inquiry. It is not an instrument of the state's political agenda. When you start to interfere with that, you are destroying the very essence of what a university is supposed to be." - Bob Graham | Florida Governor (1979–1987) and U.S. Senator (1987–2005)

[Debra | @debra_p]

Truth!

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

In South Korea 🇰🇷, the solar panels in the middle of the highway have a bicycle path underneath - cyclists are protected from the sun, isolated from traffic, and the country can produce clean energy.