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geek at heart - marvel dc Batman forever, human trying to do right in this f***ed-up world #loveislove, #resist

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Our Founding Fathers did not fight to establish this republic just to watch Donald Trump tear it apart.

And a spineless Congress let it happen.

YOU deserve better.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

You actually didn’t.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Jesus, what a fucking idiot! It’s his fucking state. Who makes these people????

Iowa has extensive cycling infrastructure including bike lanes and trails, plus RAGBRAI, the world's largest multi-day bicycle tour which has crossed the state annually since 1973 with thousands of riders.

[M 🇦🇷🧉 @fcbmessiaddict]

❤️🥹 Fabián Vargas was so devastated after losing 8-0 to Barcelona that he completely forgot he’d asked Messi for jerseys to help flood victims in Colombia. But Messi hadn’t forgotten. He personally collected shirts from his teammates and showed up at Almería’s dressing room to deliver them himself.

🇨🇴 In 2010, Colombia was suffering from devastating floods, and Fabián Vargas, who was playing for Almería, had been asked to donate a jersey for a charity auction to raise money for the victims.

Vargas agreed, but he knew an Almería jersey wouldn’t attract much attention. Since they were facing Barcelona that week, he decided to approach Messi.

🗣️ Fabián Vargas:

“Before going out for the warm-up, I told Messi about the terrible floods in Colombia and asked him for three jerseys: his, Xavi’s and Iniesta’s, because they were the ones who were crushing it at the time.

The match ended, and they beat us 8-0 at home! I was so angry that I completely forgot about the jerseys.

Then our kit man came and told me: ‘Fabi, Messi is at the locker room door.’

I went outside, and there was Messi, standing there in flip-flops, holding a bag full of jerseys.

He told me: ‘Fabi, this is what I was able to get for you. I hope it helps.’

I couldn’t believe it. There were jerseys from Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, but also Puyol, Piqué, Dani Alves, Mascherano, Pinto and another player.

Those jerseys helped raise enough money to support 90 families affected by the floods.

What touched me most wasn’t just the jerseys. It was the fact that Messi personally collected them and came all the way to our dressing-room to deliver them.

Normally, when players exchange jerseys, the kit men handle everything. But Messi took the time to do it himself.

Later, when I got home and looked at the eight jerseys, I started laughing. I thought: ‘Did this guy give me one jersey for every goal they scored against us?’ 😂

I even thought about keeping Messi’s jersey for myself. He was in his prime, the most important player in the world. But I couldn’t. I knew those jerseys were going to help people who needed them.

When we faced each other again in the Copa del Rey, I thanked him.

I told him: ‘Leo, I really want to thank you. It turned out spectacularly. We raised a lot of money and helped 90 families.’

And he simply replied: ‘Well, Fabi, I’m glad they were helpful.’”

🥹 Messi didn’t just give him his own jersey. He went around collecting shirts from his teammates, personally delivered them to the opposition’s dressing room after an 8-0 victory, and helped 90 families affected by devastating floods.

The greatest footballer of all time, but stories like this remind you of the human being behind the legend. ❤️🐐

[News to Remember @allchronology]

This is what Musk and his Roman salutes have achieved.
This is the USA, something unimaginable in this country.

[Old man Gordon @theoldmanike]

This is the first time I have seen Jake Tapper call out a lie so directly and flat out say it's FALSE! It's about time he grew a pair.

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

So, to be clear, the letter written by the mother who actually raised Pete Hegseth written 6 years before he was confirmed as SECDEF saying he was an abuser of women was just a trivial family dispute but a statement by a mother who lost custody of her child for abuse and neglect and hasn’t seen her in 50 years is “fair game” and the mother who abandoned her child for an indicted child rapist was “so brave” to trash her child.

That’s the @GOP

[Lee Cohen 🇺🇸🇬🇧 @TheTeaWithLee]

HARRY: TAKE NOTE: THIS is how a REAL prince does a chat show!!

One brother goes on television to champion a global issue. The other never sits on a sofa without making it all about himself.

Last night Prince William became the first royal ever to take a seat on Graham Norton's famous red sofa, and what a brilliant move by the future King it was. The studio audience gasped and cheered as he walked out to join Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin, all long-time champions of his Earthshot Prize, for a special edition that airs tonight on BBC One.

He came to talk about the prize, and explained that years of environmental "negativity and doom" had got him down, so he decided "we could do something more powerful and more optimistic" with an awards ceremony that could "talk about urgency and optimism together". This is a mature, focused man who looks outward and sets goals he means to reach: five Earthshots, £1 million for each winner, a personal commitment to the prize until 2030, and next month he will be in Mumbai handing out the awards.

And he was so clearly enjoying himself. He finished the night warm, relaxed and engaging, by every account — without a trace of self-pity.

Consider the manchild. Harry's offering this month has been a MasterClass, Redefining Grief, followed by a GQ interview in which he complained that "some people don't want it to work out", a line his own spokesman then had to insist was "absolutely not intended as a swipe" at his brother. The word salad minister seems able to think only in the simplest terms, and mostly about Harry. Even now he has moved back to Britain, the whinging is CONSTANT.

William is getting on with his life and giving everything he can. Harry, meanwhile, is reportedly sounding out Diana's friends and family about a documentary to mark the 30th anniversary of her death next August. Nothing is confirmed, but mark my words: the man baby will try to make his next few quid out of his mother's memory. Deep down he knows he is irrelevant with nothing left to offer, and the ghastly narcissist he married is loathed globally and will never be accepted by the great British public.

The future King will be laughing on Graham Norton's sofa tonight, engaging the world on a cause larger than himself. His brother will still be selling his grief by subscription.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

The fact that Trump will remove tariffs to help Republicans win elections, but he won’t remove tariffs to help Americans afford necessities, tells you exactly what his priorities are.

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

President Clinton banned assault rifles in 1994, mass shootings dropped by 43%.

Republicans let the ban expire in 2004, and they increased 239%

The USA is the only country where “anybody” can buy an assault rifle.

INSANE.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Amy Acton’s estranged mother knew her husband had a daughter from a previous marriage who’d also accused him of rape.

But when 12-year-old Amy told her mom that he was raping her, instead of concluding she was married to a pedophile rapist she concluded both girls were lying.

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Feijóo es tan feminista que propone cargarse el Ministerio de Igualdad y recortar el derecho de las mujeres a decidir sobre su propio cuerpo.

Criarse entre mujeres no te hace feminista. Defender sus derechos, sí.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico: Before I was ever a candidate, I was a public school teacher. I taught 6th grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School on the west side of San Antonio — one of the poorest zip codes in Texas.

I saw how decisions made in the halls of power hurt human beings. At one point, I had 45 students in one classroom, and there weren't enough desks for all those kids.

I remember thinking, ‘This is the wealthiest country in the world, and we've got children sitting on the air conditioning unit.’

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

To be fair, of course sexual abuse allegations aren’t going to mean anything to someone with a long history of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, rape and child rape allegations, who has used his power, money and connections to shield him from accountability.

[Joshua Brandwood @brandwoodphotos]

During his appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Robert Irwin, an Earthshot Prize Ambassador, shares the story of how he named a crocodile he captured, tagged and released after HRH Prince William.

Credit: BBC

[Phoenixwmn @Phoenixwmn]

Ya maybe oughta save your outrage for all the "Christian" men who rape & molest young children here in America EVERY DAY OF THE DAMNED WEEK. I keep a #DailyMAGAtPedoArrest Bulletin to alert ppl about the horrific # of Preachers,"Youth Pastors" & others claiming to be "religious"

[Casa de S.M. el Rey @CasaReal]

La Princesa de Asturias, junto a los galardonados con los #PremiosPrincesadeAsturias 2026, a quienes les ha entregado la insignia de la Fundación Princesa de Asturias (@fpa).

➡️https://t.co/i2htJsA4cd

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

So apparently the scumbag who made Vivek’s disgusting ad against Amy Acton is married to prolific liar Tricia McLaughlin, who falsely attacked Alex Pretti and Renee Good after they were murdered by ICE.

Here’s a video of me calling her a goddamn liar to her face ⬇️

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

NEWS: MAGA’s top voter fraud crusader Scott Presler caught committing voter fraud, letting out-of-state GOP operatives register at his Pennsylvania home so they could vote there in 2024, including one who voted in Florida in 2020 and again in 2025. Every accusation from these people is a confession, and Presler should be prosecuted for the same crime he’s spent years falsely pinning on Democrats.