the hill we climb, if only we dare 🧗🌊

where can we find light in this never-ending shade? Amanda Gorman🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 Nolite te bastardes carborundorum, ☮️ on 🌎 , 💛🇺🇦💙 Slava Ukraini

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

JD Vance, who has been Catholic for seven years, hopes he taught the pope a few things about the Church’s teaching on migrants.

[Holy Bullies @holybullies]

Online conservatives declare war on SCOTUS judge and her adopted children in aftermath of birthright citizenship ruling https://t.co/mvVJKtl5Wl

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

When Elon Musk & Meriam Adelson don't bus in your crowds for you.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Ken Paxton was impeached for taking bribes from donors.

He became a multi-millionaire on a government salary.

He takes lavish vacations in Iceland while Texans can’t afford the basics.

Ken Paxton doesn’t serve us — he serves himself.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

A young woman named MacKenzie Tuttle graduated from Princeton in 1992 with a degree in English. One of her professors was Toni Morrison, who later described her as one of the finest creative writing students she had ever taught.

After graduation, MacKenzie took a job at the New York investment firm D. E. Shaw. There she met a colleague named Jeff Bezos, who had an ambitious idea: selling books on the internet.

She didn’t laugh at the idea.

They married in 1993, and the following year drove across the country to the Seattle area to build what would become Amazon.

In the beginning, there was no global empire.

There was a garage.

MacKenzie handled accounting, wrote business materials, answered customer emails and phone calls, and packed orders alongside Jeff. Like many startups, everyone did whatever needed to be done.

As Amazon grew, MacKenzie stepped away from day-to-day operations to raise their four children while continuing to pursue her own passion for writing.

Her debut novel, The Testing of Luther Albright, won the American Book Award. She later published a second novel and quietly built a respected literary career.

Meanwhile, the story of Amazon became one of the most famous business stories ever told.

Jeff Bezos became one of the world’s most recognizable entrepreneurs.

MacKenzie’s role was rarely part of the public narrative.

She never seemed interested in changing that.

What many people don’t know is that she also knew financial hardship.

Her family filed for bankruptcy while she was still a student, and she has spoken about the kindness of people who helped her through difficult times—acts of generosity she never forgot.

In 2019, after her divorce, MacKenzie Scott received approximately 4% of Amazon’s shares.

Almost immediately, she made a decision that surprised the world.

She signed the Giving Pledge, promising to donate the majority of her wealth during her lifetime.

Then she did something even more unusual.

Instead of building a massive public foundation or attaching her name to buildings, she began giving away billions of dollars through large, unrestricted grants.

Universities.

Food banks.

Housing organizations.

Rural communities.

Women’s health initiatives.

Tribal colleges.

Climate organizations.

Small nonprofits that had never imagined receiving gifts of that size.

Many recipients reportedly thought the phone calls were scams.

They weren’t.

Since 2019, MacKenzie Scott has donated tens of billions of dollars to thousands of organizations, making her one of the most significant philanthropists of the modern era.

Despite giving away enormous sums, her fortune has remained substantial because of Amazon’s continued growth.

The woman who once packed Amazon’s first orders is now helping fund opportunities for millions of people she will probably never meet.

She never asked for buildings in her name.

She never demanded headlines.

Sometimes the greatest legacy isn’t the company you help build.

It’s what you choose to do with the success that follows.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Donald Trump created a $1.8 billion slush fund to pay off January 6 insurrectionists with YOUR tax dollars.

In California those dollars will now be taxed at 100%.

We don't reward attacks on our democracy.

[Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES]

This is grotesque and un-American. 11 stars represents the Confederate States of America, not the United States of America.

[the hill we climb, if only we dare 🧗🌊 @martyhelps]

@CattardSlim @SpeakerJohnson Kudos to the courageous reporter! We need more like her!

[E. Jean Carroll @ejeancarroll]

This Win Is For Every Woman in the World!!

Supreme Court Lets Sex Abuse Verdict STAND against President Trump

[Covie @covie_93]

This man is walking around with a sign saying 'Black parents are failures' while literally wearing an ankle monitor.

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

Clarence Thomas is caught leaving @SpeakerJohnson's office.

Says he's in the Capitol just taking a walk.

Impeach this fucking crooked traitor!

[the hill we climb, if only we dare 🧗🌊 @martyhelps]

@mychaelschnell Bravo to you as a courageous journalist! More like you please! Respect!

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Pocan: "I know you're a Christian nationalist by declaration."

Vought: "This is the second year in a row that you've used that slander."

Pocan: "You think calling someone a Christian nationalist is a slander? You wrote an article called 'Is There Anything Actually Wrong With Christian Nationalism?' And now you're saying it's a slander?"

[Sandi Bachom 📹 @sandibachom]

Steve Bannon was arrested on Guo’s
yacht

[the hill we climb, if only we dare 🧗🌊 @martyhelps]

@LindseyGrahamSC As usual Lindsey lies! WRONG! Not a handful!
33 WHOLE countries & two WHOLE territories grant broad, unconditional birthright citizenship, day one. Almost all of them are in the Western Hemisphere- North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

[the hill we climb, if only we dare 🧗🌊 @martyhelps]

@MeidasTouch @mouvement33 Nehls Antoinette

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

PabloReports: How do House Republicans make the case that you're fighting for affordability when you go back to your districts?

Nehls: Affordability? What are you talking about? I'm gonna go there tomorrow. I'm gonna get me a couple of big lobster tails. I'm gonna get me some nice rib eyes.

Reporter: Do you think the 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck can afford lobster tails and rib eyes and all of that?

Nehls: Maybe not. Maybe the 60% of Americans don't work as hard as I do.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Could've been Batman, decided to be Lex Luthor.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

No one is more mortified by a mistake than a journalist committed to factual reporting. The best own up to it, correct it and apologize for it, as @NinaTotenberg has done. It's worth remembering a long career dedicated to getting it right.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

OMFG.

THERE ARE LITERALLY 7 PEOPLE WATCHING THIS ENTERTAINMENT AT TRUMP’S GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR. ONE OF THEM IS ASLEEP.