Katy M. Gilliam

St. Anne’s-Belfield School ’93 | Sweet Briar College ’97 | Field Hockey & Lacrosse Alum | Coach | Tar Heel 🐏

[Former Republican 🇺🇸 @Sjacobs2020]

1. East Wing: DESTROYED
2. Front Lawn Ellipse: DESTROYED
3. Reflecting Pool: DESTROYED
4. Rose Garden: DESTROYED

America’s Economy, Rule of Law, and Global Reputation: DESTROYED

#ETTD

[Nurses Against Dick Pics. 🪷🇺🇦 @ClaudetteGGibs1]

This man carried the nuclear codes during the Obama Era. Give him a follow, please 🙏🏽

[👑 Queen Beetle 😎 @QueenBeetleTN]

I could not have said it better myself. This is exactly how I feel. Thank you Steve.

[Selene Mariposa @Selene_Mariposa]

The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.

And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.

Here is what they are discovering:

Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.

Then they found the grocery stores.

Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.

The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.

They finally understand why we do not have trains.

We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.

Why would we need trains.

The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.

Welcome to America.
Everything is free, enormous, air conditioned, comes with chips, and has five grocery stores within a mile that will sell you any cut of any animal you have ever imagined.

Write that down. 🦋

[Sheri Bentsen @SheriBentsen]

From the book, Regime Change:
(NYT)

The new guy's going to need a chisel and a large supply of acetone.

[Nicole Minét @mouvement33]

The shape of the Obama Museum tower is inspired by 4 hands coming together to hold something sacred inside. The tower is also dynamic and changes with the weather. This is a great watch if you'd like to know more about the thought process behind the design. 🩷

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Jay Leno's assessment of 83-year-old Joe Biden after spending a day driving through the Angeles National Forest in a 1967 Corvette Stingray: "He was very sharp. I thought maybe I would have to talk in a slower voice. But no, we just talked, and he was funny, and just making jokes. It was the old Joe again."

They stopped at a Handel's in La Cañada Flintridge. Biden surprised some kids waiting for ice cream. Shook every hand. Paid for a number of the kids' cones himself.

"Every handshake is worth 250 votes," Leno said. "Just congenial. Just a nice guy."

Meanwhile on the same Sunday, the current president was watching men in a cage fight each other on the South Lawn while a fighter grabbed the White House microphone to shout a conspiracy theory about Michelle Obama and another thanked him personally for making it possible.

Two men. Two Sundays. One country trying to figure out what it wants to be.

Biden talked about Beau. About NATO. About national parks. About the value of apprenticeships and the programs being cut that create them. Then he got chocolate chip.

Sometimes the contrast does all the work.

[Gary M @nuggetpalooza]

Was behind this car this morning! #iykyk #HeyWoody @WesDurham @GoHeels #GoHeels

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

you know this guy absolutely, positively knows this shit inside and out because he looks like the pooliest pool guy whoever pooled

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

President Obama IS the GOAT.

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

“They begged to have a picture with me.”

[chiky handler @chiky_handlr]

This iconic duo meme just got upgraded. 😂

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

This is Trump donor and Mar-a-Lago neighbor John Cafaro who got the no-bid contract to install a water purification system for the reflecting pool. He has 2 prior convictions, one for bribing a member of Congress and another for an illegal loan that violated campaign finance laws.

[Jordan @SLCLunk]

Oh fuck you. There is no way the guy who got the no-bid contract for using bottom shelf Home Depot sealant on the reflecting pool looks like this. Come the fuck on

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

Imagine Trump ever being invited to join a photo like this — not in a million years.

Four presidents. Zero drama. Just smiles, respect, and a shared love of country. 🇺🇸

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Italian PM Meloni to Trump:

So, certain things deserve an immediate response.

Donald Trump's statements are completely fabricated. I am frankly appalled. I don't know why the President of the United States behaves this way towards his allies; after all, it's not the first time it's happened.

I can only say it's a pity that he doesn't show the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, with leaders towards whom he instead proves to be much more accommodating.

But he must remember one thing: Italy and I never beg.

[George W. Bush Presidential Center @TheBushCenter]

For the last 13 years, the Bush Center has proudly carried the flag as the “new kid on the presidential center block.” Today, the @BarackObama Presidential Center takes on that role. On behalf of all of us at the Bush Center, congratulations to the @ObamaFoundation team. Take it from us: once the pomp and circumstance of opening passes, the real fun begins: serving the American people and guests from around the world. We’ll be cheering you on from Dallas!

📸: The 43rd President and the 44th President at the Dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, April 25, 2013.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Juneteenth marks the celebration of America's second independence day.

Like the people in this photo—celebrating the day in 1900—we know that progress hasn't made our union perfect. But we can recommit to reaching toward that more perfect union together.

Happy Juneteenth.

[gino.eth 💽 @GinoTheGhost]

The Reflecting Pool is a perfect metaphor for the Trump administration:

- Ignore experts and science
- Overspend
- Declare early, historic victory
- "THE LEFT HATE THIS"
- Ends in total failure
- Unfounded conspiracies about sabotage
- MAGA pretends it doesn't actually matter