Laurie Woldman

Mom, Reader, MCU Rabid Fan. All tweets are my own.

[Aziz Poonawalla @azizhp]

This was possibly one of the greatest cinematic experiences of my life

this one scene

i was 19 years old

[Laurie Woldman @lwoldman]

@azizhp Same. Still get chills….every…..single…..time

[Laurie Woldman @lwoldman]

@auf Same! Unforgettable

[Laurie Woldman @lwoldman]

@womensmarch Why would you amplify this is a positive way? This caused disruption to both tourists and commuters. It impacted thousands of people. And what if they had of fallen? This type of selfishness shouldn’t be applauded.

[Laurie Woldman @lwoldman]

@RepNancyMace Why are you such a disgrace of a human being?

[Nick Bateman @nickbateman33]

I’VE NEVER SEEN SCENES LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE OH MY GOD

KNICKS ARE ONE WIN AWAY

[Laurie Woldman @lwoldman]

@jaketapper You’re a laughingstock and no longer respected or thought of as a “good reporter” hope the book sales were worth it

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

Since the @WhiteHouse and @POTUS is mad about this, please don’t retweet or share

[Democratic Coalition @TheDemCoalition]

These quick thoughts by Michael Jochum on the disturbing reason Trump gets as much support as he does is a must-read 👇

I used to wonder how it was possible that Trump could have won in 2016, and then again in 2024, given how emotionally toxic and depraved he is.

I don’t wonder anymore. I think he won for that exact reason. Because he carried at least one broken shard to reflect the broken shards in millions of others.

If you’re a racist, you found your guy. If you’re a misogynist, you found your guy. If money is your only religion, you found your guy. If your heart is armored shut, you found your guy. If you mock the disabled, you found your guy. If intelligence makes you insecure, you found your guy. If you’re a sexual predator, you found your guy. If you trade in humiliation and conspiracy and filth, you found your guy.

If you’ve never done a single hour of emotional inventory, you found your guy. If you cheat, stiff contractors, bankrupt your obligations, and call it savvy, you found your guy. If you lie as easily as you breathe, you found your guy. If cruelty feels like strength, you found your guy. If white grievance is your comfort food, you found your guy. If your ego is a black hole no title can fill, you found your guy. If warmongering fuels your ego, you found your guy, If empathy feels like weakness and dominance feels like oxygen, you found your guy.

If he’d only carried one or two of these pathologies, he might have been dismissed as just another loud, damaged man. But he carried a buffet of them. That was the appeal. Millions could locate themselves somewhere in the wreckage. They didn’t have to agree with all of it. They just had to recognize a piece of themselves in it.

It was never really about him. It was about the validation. The absolution. The permission. He didn’t invent the resentment; he amplified it. He didn’t create the cruelty; he normalized it. He gave millions the intoxicating relief of hearing their ugliest impulses echoed back at rally volume.

Trump is a symptom. The deeper illness is collective. If there’s one sentence that defines his power, it’s this: “He says the things I’m thinking.”

And that’s the part that should chill us.

Because what does it say about us that so many were thinking those things? That tens of millions of Americans harbored resentments so deep, so seething, that they were simply waiting for a demagogue to baptize them as virtue? That after decades of supposed progress on race, gender, and equality, so many white men felt so threatened, so displaced, so furious, that cruelty became a political platform?

Maybe we were living in a fool’s paradise, mistaking silence for healing, politeness for progress.

Now the mask is off. Now we know.

And knowing is a far more dangerous place to stand.

– Michael Jochum, Not Just a Drummer: Reflections on Art, Politics, Dogs, and the Human Condition.

[Laurie Woldman @lwoldman]

@MCUPerfectGifs Still get chills, ever…..damn…..time

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

I’m leaving the Capitol at 4am after Republicans rammed through a vote paving a path for $70B to fund ICE for years without any reforms/accountability. They rejected all Dem proposals to lower your healthcare costs, housing, and gas prices. Spread the word. We need to stop this.

[Laurie Woldman @lwoldman]

@movie_tvshows_ #Always

[Laurie Woldman @lwoldman]

@joncoopertweets @shipenewbery Finally! Some good news

[Laurie Woldman @lwoldman]

@AWignakumar @NYUGSOM_SurgRes @SWexner @dr_samehhany81 @BoutrosMarylise We are excited to welcome you!!!

[NYC Photographer @NYCkopp]

Spring magic on the Upper West Side 🐣🌸 New York City

My friend Hillary did it again, her home is an Easter wonderland. Go see it: W 82nd St between Columbus & Amsterdam in NYC.

One of those little NYC moments that’ll make your day ✨

[Rania @umyaznemo]

This is America!

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

The USA is raising up against Trump.

RT if you stand with them

[Sandi Bachom 📹 @sandibachom]

Cost me 40 bucks to get this shot. Was it worth it? #NoKings Organize. Resist. Repeat.