I love Alysa Liu but her dad also deserves a medal. Arthur Liu protested the Chinese Communist Party after Tiananmen. Fled as a political refugee. Came to America in his 20s. Built a career as a lawyer. Raised 5 kids alone.
One became an Olympic gold medalist.
He is the American Dream. Close the door on stories like his, and you close the door on future gold medals too.
Jack White on Donald Trump's racist meme about the Obamas:
"This post would basically get anyone, at any job, fired immediately...except for arguably the most important position in the world.
"That's right, Trump is a racist, a rapist, a felon, a grifter (currently ordering the U.S. government to pay him $10 billion simply because no one will stop him), and a full-on dementia sufferer, and yet he has the power to send in Gestapo ICE soldiers to klll our citizens, and so much more dangerously, he has the nuclear codes and the ability to end humanity at any moment based on an egotistical whim.
"How is it possible we've given this evil man so much power? The two-party system, the Electoral College, the responsibility the internet has brought to humanity and its direct conflict with truth, and America's obsession with celebrity, are all to blame, but the fact that we aren't stopping it is…insanity.
"Arrest this man. Impeach this man. 25th Amendment this man. Indict this man. Jail this man.
"This longtime friend of pedophile Epstein, who appears 40,000 times in the files. This demolisher of the White House, demolisher of the Constitution, demolisher of the Bill of Rights, this demolisher of America, full stop.
"It's hard to believe the government does almost nothing about this lunacy and we all just have to sit back and watch as a people. And when he's finally gone? we had better put into place new laws and regulations that don’t allow anyone to find dangerous loopholes based solely on the assumption that our President has some sort of dignity and decency.
"Abolish these loopholes. Abolish the Electoral College. And if we had any sense, we would abolish the two-party system (that George Washington advised us never to have) that got us here in the first place and has failed not only Americans, but everyone else in the world who is currently suffering from our policies and the whims of this sick, deranged man who I will state again, has his tiny, bruised fingers on the nuclear launch button."
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Trump posted a disgustingly racist video depicting the Obamas as apes.
Are my Republican colleagues going to continue to bend the knee to a racist, authoritarian president who wants the American people to bow down before him?
i have an unpopular opinion that many people are not ready to hear but the fact that Keith Porter, another victim of ICE isnt being recognized in these posts, is a big hint….
BREAKING: Wife of Renee Good, Becca Good, has just released a statement. :
“First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her.
Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine. Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow.
Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles.
What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy. And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine. On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.
Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.
We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee’s legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.”
I think the biggest indicator of the fact that this wasn't a "conflict" or a "war" or literally anything you can "both sides" is: no part of Israel looks like this
A young black man was found hanging from a tree at Delta State University TODAY. Where the fuck is the public outrage for him?????????
Trey Reed was his name.
colleges tend to be less conservative because they generally attract people who value education and who want to learn rather than ideologues who think they already know everything.
@instagram yall gotta fix the thing where the old posts on my highlights aren’t deleting when I add new ones… all my new highlights aren’t showing up n my posts from 2018 that previously were gone after I made it past 100 posts are back up someone HELP