Dr. Melba Burns

Author of empowering books for midlife readers & Writing Coach to those who wish to express their creativity and contribute their gifts to our world.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Imagine being Amy Coney Barrett and being the mother of two adopted children from Haiti and having to explain to them why she voted to terminate Temporary Protected Status for roughly 330,000 Haitian Nationals living and working in the United States.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Really heartbreaking. 💔

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

😩 JESUS CHRIST!!! Cops give a brutal beating on the bridge between Ohio and Kentucky to young people who were protesting against Trump's policies and against the Genocide in Gaza.

Spread this far & wide!!!

[The Megyn Kelly Show @MegynKellyShow]

Megyn sends a message to the Haitians who lost their TPS today:

"Go home! Get out! We know our country is better than yours. That's because we filled it with our work ethic, culture, and values. You being here only dilutes it for us... GO BACK TO FUCKING HAITI!"

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

This administration throws a lot at us every day. But the inhumanity in his concentration camps, some of which house children, is what I wake up with every morning & go to sleep with every night. Trying to do what I can do and wishing it was more.

[Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal]

The Trump administration is trying to send @RepLaMonica to prison because she dared to conduct immigration oversight. 

Conducting oversight is not a crime, it’s HER JOB.

Standing with my friend LaMonica today as she fights against these baseless charges.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Polio vaccine is safer than polio
Diphtheria vaccine is safer than diphtheria
Measles vaccine is safer than measles
Tetanus vaccine is safer than Tetanus
And yes Covid vaccine is safer than Covid

That's

The

Whole

Point

Of

Vaccines

[mustafa yazıcı @myzccc]

🇮🇱 İsrail, Filistinliler tarafından kullanılan su kaynaklarına beton döküyor.

🚨 Medyada yer bile almadı.

Hangi kitapta böyle bir kahpelik yazar?

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

🚨WATCH: An Israeli officer dumped on the floor a disabled Palestinian man from his wheelchair for trying to help a girl shot by the IDF.

They have no mercy.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

If you touch water you are apprehended by police.

If you molest kids with Jeffrey Epstein you are moved to a luxury prison and considered for a pardon.

TRUMP’S AMERICA.

[ADAM @adamemedia1]

NEW: 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 The UN has found that Israel deliberately targeted maternity wards and neonatal units as a direct strategy.

I have no words.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

REPUBLICAN SEN. TILLIS: “What Freakin’ parallel universe did I wake up in? You’re telling me — if it’s true — damaging the reflecting pool lining is something Pirro wants to prosecute… yet they’re releasing people who pled guilty to assaulting officers?”

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: HELL YES! A federal judge PERMANENTLY BARRS Trump from implementing the lion's share of his voter suppression executive order — scoring a massive win for our democracy.

This has MAGA scrambling in panic...

U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper has ruled that the White House cannot force people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.

As anyone who has taken even a cursory look at this issue understands, this was never really about making sure that only citizens vote. Study after study after study has found zero evidence for mass voters fraud. The only people who vote in this country are citizens.

Trump's order is about throwing up one more hurtle in front of the ballot box. Republicans want to turn away voters who can't easily obtain IDs or who forget their IDs at home. They're also working to shut down offices where people can obtain such IDs.

So the plan is: require IDS, then make it harder to get them.

They're doing this because Republicans know how radioactive their political platform has become. All they have to offer is inane culture war screeching while Americans are clamoring for solutions to the rising cost of living, unaffordable healthcare, and an end to pointless foreign wars.

The Executive Order would have also absurdly prevented mail-in ballots from being counted if they arrive after Election Day, regardless of their postmarked date.

Judge Casper stated that the Constitution gives states the power to regulate elections, not the federal government and it "does not grant the President any specific powers over elections."

“Generations of Americans fought tirelessly for the right to vote, and we honor their legacy by protecting that right against anyone who tries to undermine it,” said New York Attorney General Letitia, celebrating the fact that the judge stopped an “unconstitutional attempt to seize control of our elections."

This is a huge cause for celebration and an important reminder that Republicans would rather steal elections than actually win votes because their loyalty will always belong first and foremost to powerful corporations and the Epstein Class.

Please ❤️ and share to thank the judge!

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Woman impacted by MAGA abortion bans:

I noticed my Texas Senators are not present, so thank you for listening. I found out I was pregnant in July of 2021. We found out that our baby had a lethal genetic diagnosis. We were told that he would suffocate at his first breath. That diagnosis came 25 days after Texas's abortion ban went into effect. Because of that timing, my doctor was silenced. That ban turned every Texan into a potential bounty hunter. Any private citizen could sue anyone who aided and abetted an abortion. That resulted in an appointment where I was told that my baby was going to die, and my doctor could not give me the dignity of explaining all of my options.

[Mark Slapinski @mark_slapinski]

OMG

The death of Virginia Giuffre is now being investigated as a HOMICIDE

[Reggie B. @reggiebblue]

Michelle Obama: "What Barack offered this country was a mature president, was a highly intelligent president, was a selfless president. The hope and the joy that people felt during our administration had to do with the character of this leader. He made this country proud in a very unique way."

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israeli drones are dropping grenades on children in South Lebanon.

Read that again.

Dropping grenades.

On children.

The “ceasefire” is a lie.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

If this doesn't make your blood boil, you don't believe in liberty. Border Patrol agents smashed down a business's locked doors and arrested two employees, and when the owner demanded to see a warrant, they smugly said, "We don't need one." Absolutely criminal. Straight to jail

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨UPDATE: The U.S. veteran, who was violently assaulted and illegally arrested by ICE agents in Maryland… has been released with no charges filed.

And here’s the part that keeps getting ignored…

ICE agents claimed THEY had a video of the U.S. veteran assaulting an agent.

But when asked for the video, no video was provided, and the U.S. veteran was released without charges.

Meanwhile, there are multiple videos, and eyewitness accounts, showing the U.S. veteran being the one who was assaulted.

And this is the pattern that keeps repeating…

ICE agents use force and arrest someone without probable cause.
The agents create a narrative after the fact.
“Evidence” is claimed, but never released.
Contradictory footage, from the public, circulates.
And still no consequences for the agents involved.

Because even after all of this, the agents are still on the streets.

And the public is expected to just move on… like this is normal, like this is acceptable, like this is simply how things work now…

Instead of acknowledging the pattern that needs to be addressed, and holding agents accountable.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Q: Congresswoman, how are you feeling? Are you afraid?

@RepLaMonica: Well, of course I am. I mean, I have the President of the United States and the Department of Justice trying to send me to jail for 17 years. That’s very frightening. I think that even the Department of Justice knows that this case is extremely bogus and that it makes no sense. But once again, the point of it all is cruelty. The process is the pain for them, and they enjoy that, and they’re watching me, go through that, you know, having to raise money for this case, that I’m not getting free dollars, you know, while they get to use your tax dollars to charge me. My family is stressed out about it. Obviously, I have a big belly bump in front of me, as you all can see. We should not be spending taxpayer dollars to prosecute members of Congress for them showing up to do their job.