Margaret O'Malley

Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret. .

[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

“The smile on my face at the end of that number is pretty genuine”: “Ragtime” star Joshua Henry, who is nominated for a Tony Award this weekend, reveals what he thinks about while singing “Wheels of a Dream.”

This Sunday, Mo Rocca goes behind the scenes of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical.

[Margaret O'Malley @margomalley]

@jkbjournalist You’re in for a treat.

[SharrellAnne @SharrellAnne2]

Last night, I made a simple request on X. I asked if anybody visiting Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day would stop by Alan’s grave and leave a photo for our family.

What happened next honestly caught me off guard.

By this afternoon, dozens of Americans from all walks of life had made the walk to Section 60 to visit SSG Alan W. Shaw. Veterans. Families. Complete strangers. People who had never met Alan, but chose to honor him anyway.

For one day on social media, people put aside the constant noise and negativity and came together for something bigger than themselves. My notifications filled with photos, kind messages, prayers, and stories from people honoring not just Alan, but so many of our fallen heroes.

I don’t think people fully understand what moments like this mean to Gold Star families. The fear is never just losing them. It’s losing them slowly over time as the world moves on and fewer people remember their name.

But today showed me that Alan will never be forgotten.

After years of watching social media reward some of the worst parts of humanity, today gave me a reminder that the good is still out there too.

Thank you to every single person who stopped by to visit Alan today, said his name, shared his story, or took a moment to honor the fallen.

This right here is the America Alan knew and loved enough to fight and die for.

And today, y’all showed us all that it’s still here and it’s still worth fighting for. 🇺🇸

[Margaret O'Malley @margomalley]

Remembering Alan Shaw today.

[SharrellAnne @SharrellAnne2]

This is probably a long shot, but if anybody happens to be in DC this weekend and plans on visiting Arlington, I would love to see a fresh photo of my husband’s grave in Section 60.

SSG Alan W. Shaw
Section 60, Grave 8451
B Co 1/12 Cav, 1st Cavalry Division
November 10, 1975 - February 9, 2007

There’s just something about knowing people still stop by, still say his name, still remember. 🇺🇸⭐🇺🇸

[Charlotte Alter @CharlotteAlter]

The Pope's humanist manifesto does something really interesting; not only does he call for new regulations and guardrails, but he also calls out what he describes as the "anti-human vision" pervasive in the tech world.

Human limitations, he argues, are not bugs in our code to be fixed or optimized. They're at the core of love, wonder, community, the shared vulnerability of being human.

https://t.co/nkS6v8gYnA

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

"Police" did NOT look the other way. The Palm Beach police brought the case to the state attorney after a thorough investigation. It was the state attorney who rejected their efforts to charge Epstein with sexual battery and other crimes. Lawmakers constantly get this wrong, and it indicates they didn't do their homework. @Rep_Stansbury"

[taylor @wishescametrue]

"she did the best she could until she couldn't" is one of the most beautifully empathetic sentences I've heard about suicide

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Jane Franklin—Benjamin Franklin’s sister—got married when she was 15 and gave birth to 12 children before she turned 40. “She became a wife, a mother, and a widow. He signed the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris, and the Constitution. She strained to form the letters of her name,” Jill Lepore wrote, in 2013.

The lesser-known Franklin, to Lepore, was as interesting as her brother, eventually becoming the subject of “Book of Ages,” Lepore’s 2013 biography of Jane and a study of her letters. Read Lepore’s essay, where she traces the connections not only between the Franklin siblings but between Jane Franklin and Lepore’s own mother, Marjorie: https://t.co/zwxsI93j7y

[Margaret O'Malley @margomalley]

@CahnEmily Well done! People who don’t struggle with their weight have no idea.

[Margaret O'Malley @margomalley]

@J_Schneider Overall, the lack of planning in JSQ is very concerning. There's now an intense wind tunnel created by the new buildings. People were literally blowing across the plaza yesterday.

[Margaret O'Malley @margomalley]

@J_Schneider TY! Boulevard Drinks should have been part of the discussion (and planned to be protected somehow or relocated) when the project was approved by the city.

[Miami Herald @MiamiHerald]

@safety @nikitabier Investigative reporter Julie K. Brown (@jkbjournalist), who has covered Jeffrey Epstein for years, has been locked out of her @X account since Saturday and has been unable to regain access. Any help getting her access back would be greatly appreciated.

[John Hudson @John_Hudson]

Bravo to @hannah_natanson, whose Pulitzer Prize reporting overcame an outrageous and chilling FBI raid on her home, a threat to journalism in this country

[Margaret Sullivan @Sulliview]

Great to see @jkbjournalist recognized (at last and justly) by @PulitzerPrizes! Congratulations, Julie!

[Evan DeSimone @MediaEvan]

Almost all of these news influencers build their brand by commenting on reporting done by real journalists at legacy outlets.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Today we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, sponsored by UNESCO. Unfortunately, this right is often violated, sometimes flagrantly, sometimes in hidden ways. Let us remember the many journalists and reporters who are victims of war and violence.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Margaret -> Meg -> Peg -> Peggy

[Kerry Kennedy @KerryKennedyRFK]

Are you alive today? If you didn’t die from COVID, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, SARS, swine flu, anthrax, tuberculosis, malaria, or other diarrheal diseases, you have the great Dr. Tony Fauci to thank.

[Emily S. Bremer @emilysbremer]

The best way to find typos is to reread the draft you’ve already circulated.

[Margaret O'Malley @margomalley]

@StephArmour1 I'm so sorry for your loss. In a time when journalism is under appreciated and misunderstood, the fact I've seen Dan's talent and kindness being celebrated across the internet the last few days gives me hope. He left a big mark.