Debra Murray, MEd 🌻🇺🇦

[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.

[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.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great reconnecting with our alumni tonight!

Michelle and I will always be grateful for the chance to work side-by-side with so many brilliant, selfless people who believed in something bigger than themselves.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
“This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.”
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter

P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.

[Acyn @Acyn]

De Niro: I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser.

I can’t love a country that starts stupid and inhumane wars, killing thousands of innocents and indirectly causing the deaths and suffering of millions more.

I can’t love a country that takes healthcare away from millions of people and uses that money to enrich their pals in the Trump-Epstein class.

I can’t love a country that sends out masked militias to shoot citizens in the streets, torture our neighbors, and separate families.

I can’t love a country that’s led by a racist, misogynist, xenophobic tyrant.

And let me just say it: I can’t love a country that’s led by Donald Trump and his sycophant Congress.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Elias: Why does California have signature matching? They have it to satisfy the same right-wing zealots who claim there’s fraud, right?

So they do this whole kabuki theater that takes all of this time in order to contend with the fact that people say that if you don’t do signature matching, there’s going to be fraud. And then they get attacked for taking the time to do that very thing.

The fact that the New York Times thinks there’s a middle ground here… Here’s my message: I don’t compromise with Republicans because there is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist, and they are trying to burn down democracy.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

To everyone so eager to cancel someone for a tattoo they got at age 22, a drunk text, a selfie they took in the middle of a mental health crisis:

Show us your laptop.
Show us your iCloud.
Open your entire digital life to your worst enemy. No context. No filter. No explanation.

You won’t.

You won’t because you know what I know. Any one of us, frozen at our worst moment, photographed in our lowest hour, looks like a monster. Looks like a stranger. Looks like someone who deserves to be cast out.

That is not who we are.

My mom and baby sister were killed in a car accident when I was just a kid. Cancer took my brother Beau, my best friend and my rock. I battled alcoholism. I battled addiction. I chose the coward’s way out more times than I can count.

For years I believed the defining chapters of my life were written by tragedy, loss, and shame.

I no longer believe that.

Pain can shape us. Loss can humble us. Failures can leave scars that never fully fade. But none of them have the authority to define us.

And it sure as hell ain’t the critic that counts.

That authority belongs to us alone-the person in the arena.

Every setback presents a choice. Play the victim, or cut the bullshit and take ownership for who we become next.

Life does not determine our character. It reveals it.

Again and again we are asked the same question. When shit happens, what next?

We are not defined by what happened to us. We are not defined by the worst photo, the worst text, the worst tattoo, the worst night. We are defined by the person we choose to become. And by the courage to choose that person, every single day.

So before you reach for the gavel - show us your laptop.

You won’t.

The whole world saw mine. And I am still here. Still becoming. Still choosing. Still standing.

That is the only definition that matters.

[Sisyphus Unleashed. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦👊🇺🇦 @SisyphusUnleas]

@MeetThePress Trump pardoned her ex-husband. https://t.co/GXB63c6h8y

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

REPORTER: You just announced a new nominee for US Surgeon General who never finished her residency, and is not a practicing physician. So can you explain why you picked her to be America's top doctor?

TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic ... I don't know her

[NoelCaslerComedy @caslernoel]

When Trump came along the GOP finally figured out how stupid most of its voters were and now they can offer up cartoon character sentiments like ‘The Closer’ and rake in billions in crypto scams while d*ckheads like Howard Lutnick & Elon Musk steal their futures. It’s pathetic.

[𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 @antifaoperative]

Colorado Springs deputy district attorney & Mormon stake president David McConkie, who was arrested for the continuous rape of a child, has accepted a plea deal that will likely keep him from serving prison time.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

There should be bipartisan concern about the reports that DOGE is merging HHS, Social Security, and IRS data into one database.

That is the trifecta of personal information, and any competent person (or machine) could essentially put together a complete profile of your life.

This is the kind of data that intelligence agencies drool over, and they’re putting it all in one place.

There’s obvious potential for abuse domestically by both parties, but this also severely raises the risk of a foreign compromise — that database will be an instant target.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

An American pope who fights with JD Vance on Twitter?

I am so in

[TrumpFile.org @TrumpFile]

Between 1998 and 2000, the CIA produced over 100 reports on crime and corruption in Russia. Those reports concluded that the Russian mob and its cronies in government and big business looted the country into a condition resembling medieval beggary. /1

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

MAJOR BREAKING: In a staggeringly alarming moment, the
FCC Commissioner suggests he will cancel CBS’s broadcasting license. “It's not a threat. That's a penalty that is in the communications act.” This is insane.

[George Proust @GeorgeProust]

So Trump's first Nat Sec Advisor, Flynn, was working for the Russians...and had to resign. A judge later accused him of treason.

And now Trump's second term first Nat Sec Advisor, Waltz, is working as a SPY for the Israelis.

AND he was conspiring with the Israelis to pull

[Sandi Bachom 📹 @sandibachom]

So they admitted they're in treasury and they've re written the code

[Eric Garland @ericgarland]

HAHAHAHAHAA FRANCE FINALLY ACCUSES RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OF BEING BEHIND ATTACK ON MACRON'S 2017 ELECTION

tied to the U.S. right wing https://t.co/6Qkc9J0I69

[Harrison Becker 🇺🇦 @HarrisonBecker7]

For context… Watch the whole clip…

[Harrison Becker 🇺🇦 @HarrisonBecker7]

Trump, earlier tonight: “I was sitting next to Elon and Dana White and noticed I was losing Pennsylvania. I thought they were cheating again, but then Elon turns to me and goes: ‘You’re gonna win Pennsylvania, they just don’t know it yet.’ 15 minutes later… We won.” Uhh…