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Shedonist. noun. SHE who engages in the pursuit of pleasure (also see Kimberly Kendall). Kindness is my Religion.

[BET @BET]

Black excellence is taking center stage this season 🎭

Tracee Ellis Ross, China Anne McClain, Ayo Edebiri, and Taraji P. Henson all made their Broadway debuts this year, with Chris Jackson returning to "Hamilton" and Ledisi bringing her Grammy-nominated voice to the stage. The theater district is lighting up!

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.

A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”

That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.

I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

There was no doubt the Knicks were gonna come back and win when the Clan came out at halftime and smoked it 👐

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: “We are now about sixteen months into what has been from day one, a concerted and intense targeting of Black Americans specifically by this president and by this administration…When Trump and his top political donor Elon Musk then started just lopping off huge swaths of the federal government…the largest and most egregious cuts targeted federal agencies that employed a disproportionate number of Black employees. Reporter Erica Green wrote about this for…NYT: ‘…nothing had moved backwards in the federal government for Black Americans this quickly or this far…since Woodrow Wilson came in in 1912 and resegregated the federal workforce…”😳

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Almost 60 years ago, my father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke with moral clarity about the dangers of war and the consequences of militarism. And here we are again.

We are still too often drunk with war and militarism, choosing destruction over understanding and power over principle. The cost continues to be measured in human lives, broken communities, and a world pushed further from peace.

We must commit ourselves to the discipline of nonviolence and the hard work of creating the Beloved Community. The time has long passed for us to learn what it means to study war no more.

#MLK #Nonviolence #BelovedCommunity

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The Kennedy family torches Trump for shutting down the Kennedy Center for two years for supposed "renovations" after major artists refused to preform for him.

This is absolutely humiliating for MAGA...

"Trump can take the Kennedy Center for himself. He can change the name, shut the doors, and demolish the building," Jack Schlossberg, JFK's grandson, wrote on X. "He can try to kill JFK. But JFK is kept alive by us now rising up to remove Donald Trump, bring him to justice, and restore the freedoms generations fought for."

Over the weekend, Trump announced on Truth Social that the Kennedy Center (which he still ludicrously insists on calling the "Trump Kennedy Center") will be closed for an "approximately two year period of time" so that it can achieve the "highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur" through "Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding."

While it's not surprising that Trump wants to make over the center to bring it into alignment with the tacky, gaudy, gilded, hideous aesthetic that he slaps on everything, the closure serves the more important purpose of mitigating embarrassment over the ongoing refusal by major artists to perform under his tenure.

A long string of prominent figures, ranging from Lin-Manuel Miranda to composer Phillip Glass, have pulled out of appearances at the Kennedy Center. Nobody with taste or a functioning moral compass wants to be associated with this administration. Rather than admit that they're incapable of booking anyone worthwhile, Trump has decided to force the institution into a hiatus.

JFK's niece Maria Shriver suggested as much—

"Translation: It has been brought to my attention that due to the name change (but nobody’s telling me it’s due to the name change), but it’s been brought to my attention that entertainers are canceling left and right, and I have determined that since the name change no one wants to perform there any longer," she wrote on X in response to a screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post. "I’ve determined that due to this change in schedule, it’s best for me to close this center down and rebuild a new center that will bear my name, which will surely get everybody to stop talking about the fact that everybody’s canceling… right?"

Former Congressman Joe Kennedy III, a grandson of RFK, also weighed in—

“President John F. Kennedy believed that one day this country would live up to its promise of justice and equal rights for all,” he wrote on X. “For those beliefs and for his sacrifice, Congress voted to make The Kennedy Center a living memorial to him, as a place built by the people for the people to celebrate what connects us."

"While this trespass on the People’s will is painful, President Kennedy would remind us that it is not buildings that define the greatness of a nation. It is the actions of its people and its leaders," he continued. "So, do not be distracted from what this Administration is actually trying to erase: our connection, our community, and our commitment to the rights of all."

The encouraging truth here is that the American people and common decency will win in the end. The moment that Trump is out of power we'll strike his name from everything that he's tacked it onto. He's grasping for a legacy that will blow away in the wind within a matter of years.

Please ❤️ and share if you think that everything Trump touches dies!

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

While Minneapolis mourned a man killed by federal agents, Trump’s elite gathered in black tie to celebrate a Melania vanity film.
This is what a ruling family looks like.
Let them eat cake.

[Rep. Terri A. Sewell @RepTerriSewell]

The end of an era. The Alabama delegation paid our respects to Lt. Col. George Hardy, the last surviving Tuskegee Airman to fly combat missions in WWII. We owe him—and all the Tuskegee Airmen—an enormous debt of gratitude. May he rest in peace and power. 🙏🏾

[kimspeaks @kimspeaks]

@mariashriver @mosh_life Living room

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

This is Office David Rose, who was killed during a mass shooting at the CDC by an anti-vax extremist. Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who oversees the CDC, did not attend Rose’s funeral, but found the time to speak at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.

RETWEET to honor Officer Rose! ❤️

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Virginia, the stakes couldn’t be higher in this election. And Abigail @SpanbergerForVA is the best choice for Governor.

She'll work to stand up for Virginia families – because that’s what she’s done her entire career. And she has real plans to lower the cost of housing, health care, utilities, and grow Virginia’s economy.

So make a plan to vote today at https://t.co/v6JbYodKzH.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

If you're upset about Jimmy Kimmel being "canceled," I'm sure you were just as furious when you heard about Joy Reid
and Tiffany Cross
or Amber Ruffin
or Karen Attiah
or Jemele Hill

Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were https://t.co/TsXeU4KzYN

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Every Democratic lawmaker should watch when Jon Stewart completely demolished this Republican in a minute and a half.

We need THIS energy all day long:

[Plies @plies]

This Queen Told Us What Would Happen!!! That’s Why She Has All My Respect!! 👊🏾💯❤️

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you are thankful for these powerful women today and every day! 💙

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Black people are relatively well prepared for what’s about to happen because it’s happened to us before. America has done this to us before. It’s just about to widen the aperture to a bunch of people who ain’t used to it.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

.@lizzo: I'm so proud to be from Detroit. They say if Kamala Harris wins, the whole country will be like Detroit. Proud like Detroit. Resilient like Detroit. The same Detroit that innovated the auto industry and the music industry. Put some respect on Detroit's name

[Ana Navarro-Cárdenas @ananavarro]

This ad is 🔥🔥🔥. Watch it! Amplify it!

Thank you, @MarcAnthony for taking a stand, for ALWAYS defending our community, for never forgetting, for supporting @KamalaHarris.

Gracias, Flaco lindo, por ser tan vertical y digno.

LFG, mi gente! 🇵🇷🇺🇸

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning admission, one of the most conservative Senators, Senator James Lankford, admits that it was Donald Trump who sabotaged the toughest border security legislation proposed in decades. Retweet to make sure every American sees this