Joyce Almeida

Patriotic American - #Neverthelessshepersisted 02-07-17 - A Few Good Men - Kaffee: I want the truth! - Jessup: You can't handle the truth!

[Joyce Almeida @joycee128]

Fearless Girl (placed on the eve of International Women's Day, March 8, 2017), said to celebrate "The power of women in leadership," faces off against the charging bull (1989), a symbol of Wall Street resilience. -- "Nevertheless, she persisted." #Neverthelessshepersisted

[Brad Luttrell (My newsletter is live) @bradluttrell]

Listening to Dolly this morning. Walked out to get the paper and here she is.

A front page NYT obituary is rare, saved for cultural titans like Muhammad Ali, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Steve Jobs

And now, Dolly Parton.

[alpha @omarsbigsister]

I think what makes her death hit even worse is that we are living in a time of profound evil and she was such a genuinely good person, a literal angel. You don't even see that in your day to day anymore.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton.

Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷

[Deanna @DeannaIndiana]

Fun fact about Dolly Parton: She earned well over a billion dollars in her lifetime but was never a billionaire due to her extensive philanthropy. She consistently gave away massive portions of her wealth throughout her life.

Dolly funded the Imagination Library, sent musical instruments and uniforms to band departments in schools throughout the South, helped fund COVID vaccine research, and donated millions to natural disasters.

She was a constant LGBT supporter, and she believed that black lives mattered. She supported the trans population. She just loved everyone and she made sure we knew it.

She was a Christian. Instead of using her Christianity to judge, she used it as Jesus did, to love her neighbor. She didn’t hoard her money; she used it to help people wherever and whenever she could. That’s why there’s such an outpouring of love.

Be like Dolly.

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

Beautiful.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

Good morning. The air is warm. My dog is a good boy.
Trump's stupid tariff war against Canada is being dealt with perfectly by Carney. He levied reciprocal tariffs against the US by carefully targeting our businesses that are based in GOP-held Congressional districts! Because Carney knows - America is a friend and neighbor, Trump is a disordered lunatic. Target HIM, and HIS enablers. Expose HIS narcissism and sociopathy. Trap HIM in his own incompetence. Destroy HIM in the polls.
Speaking of which - yesterday, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows the % of Americans who "strongly approve" of Trump, is now down to a paltry 13%. Thirteen percent!? Nice mandate!
That's Benny Johnson, Catturd, Scot Presler, Jon Voight, Gunther Eagleman, Ted Nugent, Nick Sortor, James Woods, Eric Daugherty, Donald Jr., my idiot brother, Kid Rock, and about 10 others.
Breathe deeply. Stay focused. We're doing this, and we're doing it together.
Have a nice day!

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

Obama has just dropped the biggest bombshell on Trump 👏

🇺🇸 Obama: "We have handed all the powers to a fool who is making U.S. policy friendlier to our enemies, North Korea and Russia, and cutting ties with our friends, Canada." 🔥

Obama indirectly called Trump Moscow's asset.

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

WE HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE DAY OF PEACE SINCE THAT MOTHER FUCKER AND HIS ESCORT CAME SLIDING DOWN THE ESCALATOR IN 2015 😒 FOR MORE THAN 11 YEARS HAS DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY TERRORIZED THE WORLD 🌎 😕

THANKS AMERICA 🤨🥱😫😩🤬

[Anastasia beaverhausen🌻🍀😷💉💙🫂🇺🇲🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @AnastasiaforKam]

They are consolidating their power to try and force Americans into submission. Even if we win the midterms they have no plans on leaving. Remember they are criminals of the highest order. They aren't going to just start following the rules. It's going to get very ugly, folks.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court’s conservative majority of injecting “chaos and uncertainty” into the 2026 midterm elections Monday after the Court lifted one injunction blocking Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order. https://t.co/libTzEcXJv

[Michael de Adder @deAdder]

A life of many colours
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[𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @SundaeDivine]

Dolly Parton proved you could have big hair, a bigger heart, a brilliant mind and no patience for anyone who underestimated you. She gave us timeless songs, millions of free books to kids, and enough wit and rhinestones to light up Tennessee. Heaven just got a lot more glamorous.

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at https://t.co/cLu9I7M2wC

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at https://t.co/arzrqInqJA

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The doctor who delivered Dolly Parton in a one-room Tennessee cabin in 1946 was paid with a sack of cornmeal. Her father farmed other people's land and could not read or write. Eighty years later, the reading program she built in his name has mailed more than 300 million books.

She wrote "I Will Always Love You" on the same afternoon she wrote "Jolene," as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner, and released it in 1974. Elvis wanted it. The night before the session, Colonel Tom Parker called and said Presley would only record it if they got half the publishing, meaning half of everything the song ever earned. She had been in Nashville ten years by then. She said no, and cried all night. Whitney Houston cut her version in 1992, held number one for fourteen weeks, and Forbes later put Parton's royalties from it near $10 million. She put some of that money into an office complex in Nashville and called the place the house that Whitney built.

Dollywood opened in Pigeon Forge in 1986 because she wanted paychecks in the county she came from. Around 4,000 people work there now. Three million visitors come every year. The University of Tennessee put its economic impact at $1.8 billion, and it is the largest employer in Sevier County. Since 2022 the company has paid tuition, fees, and books in full for every worker from their first day, seasonal hires included.

Wildfires tore through those mountains in November 2016, killing fourteen people and destroying more than 2,400 buildings. Her foundation was handing out money within 48 hours. Every family that lost a home got $1,000 a month for six months, regardless of income. The final check was $5,000. Total delivered: $8.9 million.

In April 2020 she sent $1 million to Vanderbilt for coronavirus research. When Moderna's vaccine results ran in the New England Journal of Medicine that November, her fund appeared in the footnotes.

Carl Dean, her husband of nearly sixty years, died in March 2025. The note she wrote to fans afterward ended with the same five words she wrote for Porter Wagoner back in 1974. She died in Nashville today. Her family asked that instead of flowers, people give to the Imagination Library, which still mails 3.4 million books a month to children who will never get to meet her.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It’s hard to imagine many people having a bigger impact than Dolly Parton. Born in a one-room cabin, she earned 11 Grammys and an Emmy, built a business empire, helped millions of kids learn to read, and — as if that wasn’t enough — helped accelerate the research that led to the Moderna COVID vaccine. What a life. Michelle and I are thinking of Dolly’s family and her many, many fans.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Dolly Parton was a true American icon. First introduced to the world as a "little girl from up in East Tennessee," she became a global superstar.

Her career accolades included 11 Grammy awards, an Emmy, an honorary Oscar, and — my favorite — more than 300 million books sent to millions of children around the world through her Imagination Library. All at once she was kind, modest, and funny. With her music, her philanthropy, and her style, Dolly was one of one.

Doug and I send our prayers to her family, friends, and all those who have been touched by her magic. We will always love you, Dolly.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Dolly Parton didn’t spend her dollars on space travel or a trip to the titanic because she was writing checks to put 150 million books in the hands of children.

[Donna Brazile @donnabrazile]

Dolly Parton spent decades quietly funding band uniforms and instruments at Black high schools across the South - never once putting her name on it. No headlines, no fanfare — just help, given because it was needed.

Rhinestones on the outside, gold on the inside. 💛