KateTheGreat

Writer, Reader, History loving chic, rugby and football fan, and lots of other things too.

[KateTheGreat @gcwolf7]

@lindaspivey67 @hwinkler4real Linda, you really should stop getting so butt hurt by people who have different opinions than you, makes you look like an insecure crazy human.

[Vanessa🇪🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪 @V00007136]

In 2001, American firefighter Gary Box vanished without a trace during the 9/11 attacks; his remains have never been found.

His parents spent nine long years searching for any sign of him. Finally, in 2009, his mother discovered a photograph at once heartbreaking and a source of relief in the National 9/11 Museum’s photo archives and on the memorial's official website; the firefighter captured in the image was indeed him.
The photo was taken on September 11, 2001, by Danish businessman Erik Thorsen. While stuck in traffic at the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, he looked through his windshield and captured the image of Gary rushing toward the Twin Towers. He later uploaded the photo to the National 9/11 Museum’s online archive, making this long delayed "reunion" possible. #USA911 #USFirefighter

[Dan Carlin @dccommonsense]

This happened in one of the reliably reddest states in America.

[KateTheGreat @gcwolf7]

@dccommonsense @21CenturyMitch League of Women Voters is a great place to find drop box locations.

[KateTheGreat @gcwolf7]

@dccommonsense @21CenturyMitch In WA we have drop boxes. That’s how I will always send my ballot from now on

[Dan Carlin @dccommonsense]

Let me say the obvious here: if you normally vote by mail this may be the year to go in person to cast your ballot. Especially if you live in a state where a crucial seat is up for grabs.

[Gabriele Corno @Gabriele_Corno]

This happened last Thursday at Denver International Airport.
Lucas, 6, autistic and minimally verbal, was having a sensory meltdown at the security checkpoint — too much noise, too many people, bright lights. He sat on the floor rocking and hitting his head with his fists. His dad, Brian, knelt beside him, but nothing was working. Security tried to help and made it worse. Travelers stopped and stared; some took photos.
Then Sharon, 61, rolled toward Lucas in her wheelchair with her four-year-old Golden Retriever PTSD service dog, Bear. She stopped a few feet away and unclipped his leash.
Bear walked to Lucas on his own, lay down beside him, and pressed his body against his side. Lucas stopped hitting his head immediately, gripping Bear's fur, his rocking slowing until he leaned into the dog and stayed there. Sharon held back, letting Bear work.
After several minutes, Lucas calmed enough to stand. Brian turned to Sharon, tears in his eyes: "How did you know to do that?"
"Bear is my PTSD service dog," Sharon said. "He's not trained for autism. But he recognized Lucas needed help and pulled toward him. I trusted his instincts. He's done this before — approached people in distress without being asked. He just knows."
"Lucas was in complete meltdown. I couldn't reach him. Security couldn't help," Brian told reporters. "Then this stranger let her service dog help my son. Bear did what I couldn't."
Airport staff gave the family priority boarding and commended Sharon. "Bear helps me every day," she said. "But sometimes he knows others need help too. I always trust when he tells me someone needs him."
Sometimes a service dog's greatest gift is recognizing pain in someone who isn't even their handler.

[KateTheGreat @gcwolf7]

@NWSSeattle Hearing thunder in S Everett

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

On the helicopter leaving the ship right now. This planet is impossibly beautiful from every altitude I’ve seen it…surface to 250,000 miles

[KateTheGreat @gcwolf7]

@derekSnaps93 @atrupar As a Colorado native I disagree with you. It’s like apples to oranges. The Rockies are a completely different type of mountain range and are magnificent. Oregon has the Pacific AND mountains. It’s breathtaking.

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

WATCH:

Artemis II pilot Victor Glover hugs Fox News host’s baby with Down syndrome, Valentina—humanizing children like her.

80% of babies with the condition are aborted in the US

This child, with an extra chromosome, is valuable and worthy of life.

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

Welcome home, Artemis II 🇺🇸

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Let me give the Democrats the only advice they actually need right now. 👇🏼

Stop the anti-Trump rhetoric. It doesn't work. It has never worked.

Move on!!!

Campaign on renewal.

Reconnect the bottom half of this country back to the social contract.

Talk about:

-jobs training
-better schools
-more food in schools

40 to 50% of kids are showing up hungry and you cannot learn on an empty stomach.

Go back to your roots.

Mario Cuomo got these voters. Lyndon Johnson got these voters. JFK got these voters.

Go back to them and say, we're sorry.

We disconnected from you.

Trump gave you an avatar for your anger.

We're here to give you actual solutions.

Do what Newt Gingrich did in 1994.

Put together a contract with the American Worker.

List every single thing you're going to do for the people who feel most left out.

Make it concrete. Make it a promise. Make them hold you to it.

But if you spend the next two years attacking Trump and waving the Epstein files around, he owns the Department of Justice.

It's his personal law firm now. You will get nowhere.

Focus on the future.

The people who feel left out don't need more outrage.

They need a plan. Give them one.

[Jason Ai. Williams @GoingParabolic]

This may be the most majestic thing I’ve ever seen.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Donald Trump is an international embarrassment.

op: @harryjsisson

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Artemis II completes record-breaking trip around the moon filled with lunar far side views and a total solar eclipse. https://t.co/DGeHuAq1Fd

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

The country is United on the rescue and safety of our fellow American. To say otherwise is to just play the game of division. I get that outrage sells, just pick honest subjects like broken campaign promises.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Even we have to agree with this.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

There are no words.

[KateTheGreat @gcwolf7]

@historyinmemes Respect to the camera man. Even more to the engineers of the box. Well done!