Judyb

Lover of interesting pics and good stories - hopefully the best are yet to come🌿
Life is precious,...dreams are to be protected and passionately pursued

[Judyb @MTBwomyn]

I don't think I could agree more

[Dave Vescio @DaveVescio]

If there's even a slight chance at getting something that will make you happy, risk it. Life's too short, and happiness is too rare.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

This is a MASSIVE win for the entire country. Good riddance.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

According to the #GospelOfToday (Mt 10:37–42), those who hold on to their lives merely for themselves actually lose them, for they do not open themselves to the joy of love and thus become barren. This is why Jesus invites us to embrace the cross. He offered himself, lost himself, and in this very way we were enabled to receive his life in abundance.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, for the first time, a prayer was held at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra that brought together priests from different regions of Ukraine – those whose churches have been damaged and destroyed by Russian strikes. Ukraine’s wounded churches: in the Kharkiv region, the Sumy region, Dnipro, Chernihiv, and Irpin. Together with them, priests from Berdiansk, the Odesa region, and the Ternopil region, who went through the hell of Russian captivity, prayed for Ukraine.

Father Vasyl Fedorenko, who combined service to God and military service – defending Mariupol and baptizing fighters at Azovstal. Chaplain Mykola Luchynskyi, who opened an exhibition about this war in a church in Khmelnytskyi, bringing its exhibits himself after his regular trips to the front. A parish minister in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ivan Teremko, who once underwent an amputation and today visits our severely wounded fighters and strengthens their spirit. The head of the Polish church in the Mykolaiv region, Paweł Staniaszek, who was born in Poland but has lived in Ukraine since 2014, having chosen helping our people and our warriors at the front as his mission. And Valentyn Horokhovskyi from Kherson, who did not surrender his church to the occupiers, evacuated many children from the captured city, and returned to his church after Kherson was liberated – because truth always prevails.

From the address on the occasion of Constitution Day of Ukraine. (1/5)

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

It's time for a national billionaires tax and a new social contract.

10% of Americans own two-thirds of the wealth. Wages have stagnated. The cost of living has skyrocketed. 

The system is fundamentally broken.

The federal tax code, a corporate code, and an inheritance code were written for a different set of Americans. 

It’s time for an economic reset.

https://t.co/nrRXzlFLKy

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Maybe Vance doesn't know this history because it's in one of the books his administration banned.

The difference between Watergate and now is that back then, Republicans actually did something about a law-breaking president. Today, they only roll over for their cult leader.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Russia must get out of Ukraine with its war – we want no war. Ukraine has put forward proposals to our key partners, and Putin’s friends have also heard from us that a meeting is possible and that ending this war is possible. Russia must now take that step toward peace.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Our long-range sanctions have reached Russia’s Tyumen region – another oil-processing facility, over 2,000 kilometers from our state border. An effective strike.

The job was carried out by the new, upgraded FP drones that can now reach targets at distances of 3,000 kilometers. I am grateful to the Fire Point engineers.

Our mid-range strikes against military targets in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine are also ongoing and having a real impact on Russian military logistics.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

“No work will be too difficult, no land too far away, no person too wounded for the love of the Heart of Jesus and for all those invited to be bearers of Christ’s love in the world” (St. Frances Xavier Cabrini) #PastoralVisit #SantAngeloLodigiano

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I would like to appeal once again for reflection on the consequences of war and for their prevention through wise and responsible decision making, for this is not the result of an inevitable fate, but of free choices and, therefore, of morally accountable actions.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Maybe I missed it, but I have not heard Trump say anything about this American arrested in China. Kind of shocking. Americans wrongly detained in Russia rightfully got attention at the highest levels. https://t.co/bBMXvHBLEC

[Judyb @MTBwomyn]

@HWeggerton @McFaul And he's not POTUS

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Russia is a terrorist state.

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

This attack on Gov. Newsom represents a dangerous escalation by Trump.

The President frequently calls for the jailing of his perceived enemies, but his playbook of weaponizing the Department of Justice as a personal attack dog is another level of corruption.

This must stop.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

President Zelensky said it plainly: Ukraine did not have cards, it had people. Smart, brave people. That is the truth Europe must never forget. Putin counts weapons, Trump talks deals; Ukrainians are defending a nation, a democracy and the security of our continent. Their drones, resilience and courage are not bargaining chips. They are Europe’s front line. As European Democrats, we stand with Ukraine: peace requires strength, freedom requires solidarity.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Remember, during today's literal cage match on the White House grounds:

No matter what, it's not his house. It's our house.

Get a hat, coaster, or sticker to support groups and candidates who will respect the form AND the function of the people's house. https://t.co/yGDgJciDQZ

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I follow with concern the war in #Ukraine, which is experiencing a sharp intensification in these days. I wish to express my closeness to all those suffering due to recent attacks carried out even against civilians. War does not solve problems but worsens them. It does not create security but multiplies suffering and hatred. Where missiles and drones fall, hopes also fall; homes and places of prayer are destroyed, and innocent lives are broken. I entrust all peoples wounded by war to the protection of the Virgin Mary, Queen of #Peace.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Silence can help us most to recognize the voice of God, since it fosters attention and recollection. Freed from the noise of a thousand voices, we come to recognize that some voices deceive our desires, others buy us without nourishing us, and still others speak out of self-interest. In silence, we understand that ideologies pass away, while truth remains. https://t.co/lbaMqHx1cJ

[Daniel Asher in solidarity 🗽✊🇺🇦🇨🇦 @abstractedaway]

@SpeakerPelosi @SpeakerPelosi, I earnestly thank you and everyone who stood for our ally Ukraine today.

Watching this regime abuse them when russia is waging a brutal genocide on them, that is an extreme blight on our conscience. Let's get the USA back on the right side of history!

[Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi]

By supporting Ukraine, we deter aggression everywhere, combat authoritarianism and reaffirm that the United States does not abandon those who fight for freedom.

While some have been unwilling to stand up to Vladimir Putin, the Congress must.

Tonight, House Democrats did.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

This was a Russian attack on Kyiv, a metropolis of 3 million people, last night.

​Don't just watch, act! Contact your representatives, demand support for Ukraine and more pressure on Russia, spread the word, if you can donate to charities you trust.