Statement by Becca Good.
Read it @JDVance—and burn in hell.
“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.”
Why is Trump's socialism okay while Mamdani's socialism is scaaaary? The answer might not surprise you.
Read about it in today's Triad from JVL: https://t.co/cwXmMvIPCA
Soybean farmer: I get up one morning, I turn the news on and we gave $20 billion of taxpayer money to Argentina, my competition. And then the Chinese buy $12 or $14 billion worth of soybeans from the Argentinians.
Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE] killed an unarmed person just a couple of weeks ago in Franklin Park...They killed somebody...They are just putting out their propaganda and then we've gotta later determine what actually happened."
A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
https://t.co/No1fZCl3UD
@RonFilipkowski The way right wing female politicians pander to the misogyny in their own party (and from their co-workers?) is just one more reason to find them weak and unserious. PS - republican men can go fuck themseleves too!!
Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2 billion
2024: $277 billion
Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18 billion
2024: $211 billion
Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2009: $2 billion
2024: $203 billion
U.S. Federal Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25
2024: $7.25
4 words: Democracy dies in Oligarchy.
DNC Roll Call the states be slipping in random facts:
MR SECRETARY!! I COME TO YOU FROM MY STATE, WHERE WE INVENTED THE FREEWAY ON RAMP, CHEESE GRITS, AND THE CURE FOR GONORRHEA! WE ARE HOME TO THE LARGEST SUV CUP HOLDER FACTORY IN THE WORLD! WE CAST OUR VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS
Take it from me: These guys don’t know anything about family values.
Family values means protecting IVF, feeding children, and expanding the Child Tax Credit to give families a fair shot. It means helping your neighbors and investing in kids.
I would literally vote for any person, animal or inanimate object over Trump.
1. Live Biden
2. Harris
3. Hillary
4. Gavin
5. Whitmer
6. Life-support Biden
7. My dog
8. Cactus
9. Pineapple
10. Budweiser Clydesdale
11. Dead Biden
12. Clint Eastwood’s empty chair
13. Any empty chair