Joanne Rider

Communications and stakeholder engagement strategist. Owner of tweets. (she/her)

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Here’s Obama's entire speech commemorating his Presidential Center. He reflected (pun intended) on his administration's successes and failures, critiqued the moral rot of contemporary America, and outlined a positive vision of the future -- all without ever mentioning Trump!

Who thinks he’s a master orator?!

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Wow Mark Carney gave an incredible speech to Team Canada after they beat Qatar 6-0….and the guy knows ball….🇨🇦💪….imagine having this….Trump would go in there talking about his ballroom and drone port

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

here's Michelle Obama's entire speech commemorating the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, which in part served as an extended (tacit) rebuke of Trumpism

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine https://t.co/JM73OorKHT

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

Premier Doug Ford received a sharp rebuke from a Canadian polling firm after he cast doubts on the authenticity of the results.

The poll found Ford's personal approval rating now sits at 21% in the wake of the 'gravy plane' scandal.

#onpoli

[Michelle_BYoung @michelle_byoung]

She did NOT steal the diapers but even if she did IT’S NOT A CAPITAL LEVEL OFFENSE or even a FELONY in most states, the threshold is too low. Trigger happy cops playing judge jury and executioner over $50 diapers?!

We say Black Lives Matter because y’all need to be reminded

[Brandi Morin @Songstress28]

WOW. Big news.

The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs just dropped a bomb on Danielle Smith.

Treaty 6, 7 & 8. United. Unanimously calling for an RCMP and Auditor General investigation into whether the Premier and her UCP government committed TREASON under Section 46 of the Criminal Code of Canada.

The Chiefs met on Treaty 7 territory in Calgary on June 16 and voted as one — pushing a separation referendum that puts Canada’s sovereignty at risk, trampling the Treaty relationship, ignoring privacy violations affecting millions, and opening the door to foreign interference. That’s the case they’re laying out.

And they’re going back to the source. When Treaty was signed, the Northwest Mounted Police — now the RCMP — made a promise: protect First Nations, protect these Territories. The Crown guaranteed peace and goodwill in exchange for sharing this land.

The Chiefs are saying: eff around and find out.

#TreatyRights #Treaty6 #Treaty7 #Treaty8 #AlbertaSeparation

[Power to the People ☭🕊 @ProudSocialist]

The cops murdered a 1-year-old baby in Mississippi after someone falsely accused his mother of shoplifting from Walmart.

Even if the diapers were stolen that is no justification for cops to murder anyone let alone a child, but she had a receipt.

A baby is dead because of a shoot-first, murderous cop AND a racist person who profiled a Black mother and called the police over diapers that she didn’t even steal.

[Jason Cherniak @Cherniak]

Conservatives are trying to game the Ontario Liberal Leadership and we can’t let them succeed. A few things to remember:

1) If they share something from a candidate, it could be because they like it or it could be that they think it helps them for people to see it.

2) If they criticize a candidate, it could be honest or it could be a way to highlight that candidate.

3) If they claim to support a candidate, it could be true or it could be a way to tank that candidate.

Don’t fall for the Conservative game - use your own judgment. #onpoli

[Gabrielle Giffords @GabbyGiffords]

Today, I’m mourning my friend Melissa and her husband Mark, as we mark one year since they were assassinated in their home. Melissa was a dedicated public servant who worked every day to improve the lives of Minnesotans. That should never have cost her or her husband their lives.

Being elected to serve our communities should never be life-threatening. From state legislatures to the White House, it’s time for our leaders to stand against armed political violence.

My heart is in Minnesota and with Sophie, Colin, and the entire Hortman family as they continue to grieve this tragic loss.

[Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog @DougWahl1]

DON'T FORGET ABOUT JOYCE

Rep. Joyce Beatty was the only Kennedy Center board member who tried to stop Trump's rebranding of the arts center. She then challenged the move in court, and won her case.

She is the reason Trump's name came down!

Thank you Joyce !!!

[Matt Stamper @Sneketoshi]

I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.

[Kerry Kennedy @KerryKennedyRFK]

“We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future." - President John F. Kennedy.
https://t.co/jPH64auS9Q

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

Toronto ER doc here. I'm less worried about World Cup measles, norovirus and Mpox than I am about the ER patient on a regular day who waits 8-10 hours to be seen, stays 2-3 days in a hallway stretcher or who sits in agony in a chair. We have our priorities backwards.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

I am a signatory to this letter.

Open, fully informed and unbiased public hearings are required, supported by due diligence and meaningful analysis.

The public cannot be expected to provide informed feedback when neither the proposal nor its impacts have been properly presented.

Forgive us for being suspicious, but all we have so far is a process the Province deliberately rushed into place to cut Torontonians out, and a federal consultation process built around a survey that reflects neither the complexity of the issue nor the information needed to properly evaluate it.

[James Duthie @tsnjamesduthie]

@TSN_Sports @TSNScianitti Words written by the great Dave Bidini.

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

‼️ This is Trump’s Watergate Moment.

For months the Vice President, White House Chief of Staff, Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel and other top officials colluded in the Situation Room to break the law and BURY the Epstein investigation.

This is what went down ⬇️

[Evan Solomon @EvanLSolomon]

Children have the right to be safe online.

Today, we introduced the Safe Social Media Act to hold online services accountable, strengthen protections for children, and make safety part of how platforms are designed from the start.

This is an important step toward a safer online world for Canadians.

Les enfants ont le droit d'être en sécurité en ligne.
🇨🇦
Aujourd'hui, nous avons présenté le projet de loi sur les médias sociaux sécuritaires afin de responsabiliser les services en ligne, de renforcer la protection des enfants et d'intégrer la sécurité dès la conception des plateformes.

Il s'agit d'une étape importante vers un environnement en ligne plus sûr pour les Canadiens.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

>> @amanpour: "I am a complete and utter adherent to fighting for editorial independence and to being able to pursue independent news coverage without fear or favor, no matter who is in charge politically, no matter where we go. That is our mission. That is Ted Turner’s legacy, and that’s one that I intend to fulfill in my life." https://t.co/gkeDNAjwLq

[Samantha Ruddy @samlymatters]

The girl in your freshman social studies class who raised her hand to ask why there’s no white history month is running half the major news outlets.