Mari 🟦

Lover of live music, democracy defender, FACTS MATTER (she/her)

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@NachoQuixotic @WhiteHouse The most corrupt “leader” we’ve ever had. History will show it, and the world feels sorry for us at this point. No one trusts US, he is a joke, and 1/3 of the country is in a cult. It’s bizarre.

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@NevadaLiberty64 @WhiteHouse Obama still beats him in every measure that matters, including crowd size, one that only seems to matter to you guys. 😂

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@Big_Mck @WajahatAli @elonmusk never cared about freedom of speech, he only wanted more influence. Because in today’s America influence = power. He put dear leader in office in so many ways and history will remember it all..

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@JRR6215 @_InfoGram_ Cool bro. So birthright citizenship should not be an issue, since it too was an amendment to the constitution..

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@ehazzard @_InfoGram_ Oh honey…what dear leader has done is unprecedented. Grifting and influence peddling and sheer bribery at a level never seen before. And as for his brain, he gets more demented daily. It’s always projection with MAGA..

[Jesse McLaren @McJesse]

Trump's State Fair is so abandoned the Scooby Doo gang showed up.

[Marcus Lemonis @marcuslemonis]

For 250 years, America has been more than a country. It has been an idea.

An idea that no matter where you come from, your future doesn’t have to be defined by your past. An idea that hard work, determination, faith, and resilience can open doors that once seemed impossible.

I’ve been fortunate enough to live the American Dream myself. This country gave me opportunities I could have only dreamed about, and I know I’m not alone. Millions of people have their own version of that same story. Some families have called America home for generations. Others chose this country in pursuit of a better life. Together, those stories are woven into the fabric of what makes this nation so extraordinary.

In just two and a half centuries, we’ve built the world’s greatest economy, changed the course of innovation, explored space, defended freedom, and created opportunities that have inspired generations of dreamers, builders, entrepreneurs, workers, parents, and neighbors.

We’re not perfect. We never have been. But one of America’s greatest strengths has always been our willingness to strive for something better—to learn, to build, to innovate, and to keep moving forward together.

This weekend, I hope you’ll put aside the noise for a little while. Spend time with your family. Be with your friends. Celebrate your faith. Fire up the grill. Watch the fireworks. Thank those who have sacrificed so much to protect the freedoms we enjoy every day.

And when you lay your head down tonight, take just a moment to appreciate how fortunate we are to call this nation home.

Whatever our differences, I believe most Americans can agree on one thing: we are incredibly blessed to live in a country where freedom, opportunity, and hope continue to inspire generations.

Happy Independence Day.

And most importantly, Happy 250th Birthday, America.

God bless America.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

The attorneys for three-time U.S. Olympian David Hearn have issued a powerful statement after D.C. attorney Jeanine Pirro announced a felony charge against Hearn for touching the Reflecting Pool water, in an attempt to blame others for Trump's failures.

"Davey Hearn is innocent. These charges are outrageous and should be alarming to every American. This indictment reflects the Administration's effort to shift blame for their own failures. On the eve of our nation's Independence Day, Americans should be deeply concerned by the misuse of government power against an ordinary citizen based on a concocted narrative. The justice system exists to determine facts, not to provide political cover." - Norm Eisen, Democracy Defenders Fund & Mary Dohrmann, Washington Litigation Group

[Jon Stewart @jonstewart]

America is celebrating 250 years of freedom.  Let's not forget those still paying the price for defending it. K2 veterans have spent 25 years fighting for recognition, care, and accountability.  Stronghold Freedom Foundation is a 100% volunteer organization working everyday to ensure these veterans are never forgotten. You don't celebrate 250 years of freedom by ignoring 25 years of sacrifice. If you can, please help us keep fighting for these veterans  Donate. Share. Advocate.

https://t.co/bJiVEuV7RE

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@nourbutwatmi @BlondeOfWar LMAO, you can’t even spell Michael right. When I look up the word pathetic in the dictionary, I see you.

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@KrapsteinB @EthanLevins2 Would you prefer we believe the Israeli propaganda machine?

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

I don’t see California or New York anywhere on this list…

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

Marco Rubio, Kash Patel, Nikki Haley, Bobby Jindal, and Donald Trump’s father all got U.S. citizenship thanks to the 14th Amendment.

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

This is worth a listen. I plan on reading the report..

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@nourbutwatmi @BlondeOfWar That’s not even close to true (MAGA alert). Clearly she’s having some mental health issues, and thanks to dear leader there’s less help than ever for people like that. Obama tried to help them through the ACA. Typical dumbass Trump supporter…

[Anonymous @YourAnonOne]

The farthest human-made object, the Voyager 1 space probe, is now so far from Earth that its radio signal takes more than 23 hours to arrive. 🌌

It was launched in 1977 and is still sending data. 📡

[Samantha Power @SamanthaJPower]

Starting in early 2025, Elon Musk and the Trump administration began terminating USAID's programs and firing its staff — with Musk himself boasting about "feeding it into the woodchipper." One year ago today, USAID was officially dissolved, its remaining programs haphazardly folded into the State Department. Amid all the lies and misinformation that have followed, some facts about what has actually been lost:

• USAID saved more than 3 million lives a year at a cost of less than $10/month per American. That is what was destroyed. On purpose.
• According to Boston University's Global Impact Counter — which tracked deaths attributable to the cuts until it stopped operations in February 2026 — an estimated 781,000 people died preventable deaths in the first year, including 518,000 children.
• Global child mortality (the number of children who die before their fifth birthday) rose in 2025 for the first time in 35+ years — by 200,000 additional deaths.
• USAID's 50-country disease surveillance network — the system that cut outbreak response times from 2 weeks to 48 hours — is gone. We are now watching an unprecedented Ebola outbreak unfold in real time — with the highest first-month caseload and death rate in modern history.
• Programs reaching 93 million women and children were cut 92%. TB programs cut 56%. Water and sanitation cut 86%. Over 2,000 health facilities permanently closed.
• 25 million fewer people received humanitarian assistance in 2025. The overall humanitarian budget was slashed 74% — from $14.1 billion to $3.7 billion.
• 363 million people face acute hunger in 2026. The famine early-warning system that would have seen it coming went dark for five months.
• $1.7 billion in democracy and governance funding (election monitoring, anti-corruption work, support for independent media and civil society) was terminated.
• 360+ independent media outlets lost funding. Hundreds of legal clinics closed.
• Far from saving money, the Trump administration itself has already said the dismantlement will cost taxpayers at least $19.2 billion in cancellation fees, severance, and penalties. That's more than half of USAID's annual budget — spent on destruction and closeout, not support for vulnerable people.
• American farmers, universities, and businesses are among the casualties too. USAID partnered with more than 3,500 U.S. companies and maintained 17 university-based research labs. Its work with U.S.-based contractors and the private sector generated hundreds of thousands of American jobs and multiplied the return on every dollar spent. Those markets and partnerships are gone.

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@miglet35 @xsf19705 @actingliketommy Cool, story bro. Let’s talk about how women got their right to choose reversed by a bunch of people that never should’ve been there.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

In January, our administration inherited a $12 billion budget deficit — a fiscal crisis greater than the Great Recession. 

Today I am proud to announce that our balanced budget has cleared the final step and passed the New York City Council. 

We balanced the budget by taxing the rich and making government more efficient. We did not balance this budget on the backs of working people, and we never will. 

Every year that follows will build on these principles: Honest budgeting. Fiscal discipline. Transparent government. And an unwavering belief that working people deserve a government that delivers for them every day.

[Mari 🟦 @mariherbert]

@tedcruz @morgfair So Texas is a Third World country? Your own governor made this request multiple times…
You’re an idiot, Ted.