Vivian Menzel

Nature lover, supporter of public schools, book and movie fiend. Vote Blue.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

So the ballroom is a fiasco, the reflecting pool is a fiasco, the Iran war is a fiasco—the Trump administration is a fiasco.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[The Notorious JTB @then0toriousjtb]

Flood the timeline with Michelle Obama.

Michelle Obama earned degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law, served as First Lady, became a bestselling author, and inspired millions around the world.

Today, WE post Michelle Obama.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Every picture tells a story.

[Lisa Reyna Loe @lisareynaloe]

@HQNewsNow Oh no, John. What to do, what to do.
Remembering that time when I sadly posted about my son being one of the first Hays Co Covid cases, and you randomly subtweeted me, a constituent, with a photo of Corona beer. When I called you out, you blocked me.

Good times. For me. Now.

[Meri in Indy 🇺🇸🌏🕊️ @MeriLumpkin]

@HQNewsNow At least Liz lost with her integrity, @JohnCornyn.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We offered Putin to meet anywhere where real decisions to end the war could be made. He does not want it.

We discussed with the U.S. and France the possibility of a meeting with Russia around the G7, with all democratic nations represented. Putin does not want it.

Yesterday, we discussed with President Trump that such a meeting could be organized in the U.S. – in a format where Putin would find it much harder to refuse at least to President Trump.

We will see what comes of it. If Russia refuses this chance as well, additional pressure will be needed.

From an intervention at the EU Intergovernmental Conference. (3/3)

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

This is a portrait I painted of one of many heroes of mine from the Civil Rights movement. The Rev. James Zwerg, circa 1961. He was one of the Freedom Riders, along with John Lewis, William Barbee, Catherine Burks, and many others, who pulled into Montgomery, AL on a bus May 20, 1961.

He volunteered to step off first.

The mob was waiting with baseball bats, chains, and clubs. They beat him until three of his vertebrae cracked, his nose broke, and every tooth in his head was fractured. They beat him unconscious on the pavement. A Black stranger in coveralls walked up and said, “Stop beating that kid. If you want to beat someone, beat me.” And they did. He saved Zwerg’s life.

White ambulances refused to take him. He lay in the street for over an hour. That is the moment I painted. Bloodied suit. Head bowed.

At Martin Luther King Jr.’s urging, Zwerg later went to seminary and was ordained in the United Church of Christ.

Rev. Zwerg is now 86 and lives in Tucson, Arizona. His courage and conviction, alongside that of countless others, helped save this nation. These are the people I celebrate as we near our 250th anniversary as a nation.

[Vivian Menzel @menzel_vl]

@strategywoman You’re doing a good job. My heart aches for the situation and your posts are important.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

So let me get this straight…

We’re now being told JD Vance used the Situation Room to lead “war room” meetings about the Epstein fallout.

Allegations of Trump sexually abusing minors?

I thought the Situation Room was for actual wars.

Trump keeps telling everyone to move on while the Epstein story keeps getting bigger and closer to home.

Then BOOM.

We’re in a war with Iran.

A war nobody voted for, nobody wanted, and few can clearly explain.

Straits of Hormuz closed.
Gas prices skyrocket.
The entire news cycle changed overnight.

Funny how quickly Epstein disappeared from the headlines.

You can outrun a news cycle.

The print and legacy news media is a joke.

You can’t outrun Epstein forever.

WE are watching.
WE are not stupid.
WE are united in the Tired of the Bullshit party.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

@FakeMAGAPatriot I’m loathe to dunk on anybody based on their appearance…except for Stephen “dick head” Miller. He is the exception.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

ZELENSKYY: I don’t want to agree or disagree with Trump, because he has his own relationship with Putin. But I’ve always told him that he can’t trust Putin or his inner circle, that Putin is playing games with him. God bless, American society remains strong supporter of Ukraine.

[feyisayo 💸 @feyiszn]

My greatest disappointment as an adult was discovering that bad people get away with everything.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: @tedlieu just said what we were all thinking:

"President Trump has repeatedly fallen asleep at multiple Cabinet meetings, at multiple White House events, and most recently at a raucous basketball game last night. The White House needs to explain why Trump keeps going to the hospital and why they keep giving him cognitive tests..

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Things the recovery industry will not tell you:

1. The drug worked. That is why people use it. Not weakness. Not moral failure.
A neurological event so complete and persuasive that any honest account of addiction has to start there.
The problem is not that the drug fails. The problem is that what it does is unrepeatable, and you will burn your entire life to the ground trying to get back to a place that no longer exists.

2. Shame is not guilt. Guilt says I did something bad. Shame says I am something bad. Guilt is appropriate. Shame is a cell with no windows. Most people use the words interchangeably. That mistake is lethal.

3. You cannot shame someone who has already named the thing you are holding over them. Say it first. Say it in plain light. The weapon drops.

4. Guilt can coexist with self-respect. Shame cannot. You can hold the damage and the dignity at the same time. I know because I live there.

5. Radical honesty does not give you back who you were. It hands you the clean slate of who you always wanted to be. The mask comes off. The cartoon other people drew of you stays on the page.

6. Nobody gets clean on a winning streak.

7. You have to be almost self-delusional in your forgiveness of yourself. (Go watch Chase Hughes)

8. The greatest sin was not the chaos. It was the absence. Being unavailable to the people who needed you.

9. Sustainable recovery starts with one thing: honesty with yourself. If you love an addict and want to help, that is the only door in.

10. I am only an expert on my recovery. Nobody is an expert on anyone else’s.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

No, Mr. President. The 2020 election that you lost was not "rigged" or "dirty," handing out $1.776 billion to violent insurrectionists is not a "good idea" & reporters who ask questions about your bogus claims are not "crooked."

You are a president, not a dictator. Act like it.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

And who exactly are you Revo? What group are you the self proclaimed spokesperson for. I don’t speak for any group. I’m a privileged Yale educated white dude that fucked up and got addicted to crack cocaine and drank a gallon of vodka a day. I lived in hotels and motels from the Chateau to the Super 8. I’ve been to 9 rehabs. Ive done every drug you can think of and some you’ve never heard of. I’ve had guns pulled on me in Nashville and Philly and NY and LA. I’ve made a lot of money and wasted it all. I’ve known prostitues and pimps and thought of them as my friends. I’ve been robbed and mugged and been in more fist fights than I can count. I am not apart of any class- no respectable class would have me. And now I’m clean. And I am not pretending to be anyone but me. Peace brother.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

In recovery we learn the whole point is service.

Showing up for somebody besides yourself.

That’s leadership too.
Setting the tone.

Right now the tone is vengeance and yeah, I get the anger.

But anger isn’t leadership. It’s tyranny.

We can and should reach for each other. Demand better.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

As always, a good audience with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I thank His Majesty, the people, and the entire United Kingdom for their ironclad support for our people.

Photo: The Royal Family.

@RoyalFamily

[MJdowntheshore @MJdowntheshore]

Big pussy got grabbed by a strong woman.