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[NancyMac @nanmac321]

We need to protect voters https://t.co/CuXSsX5zBU

[SportsNet Pittsburgh @SNPittsburgh]

Oneil Cruz has joined Barry Bonds as the ONLY other Pirate with 20+ SB and 40+ RBI through June... and it's only June 4th 👀

@mearshannah_ has more on why he would be on her All-Star ballot ⬇️

[Music Jim 🎩🪄 @MusicJim2]

Three Dog Night – An Old Fashioned Love Song (1972).

Written by the great Paul Williams and a Top 5 hit in 1971, this live BBC performance captures

Three Dog Night at the height of their powers, with Chuck Negron's lead vocal and those trademark harmonies shining through.

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Meet Thessalonika Arzu-Embry, this extraordinary Black teen prodigy with a reported IQ of 199 who graduated high school at just 11 years old and earned her PhD by age 17! 👏🏾🎓
This young queen’s unstoppable drive took her from high school at 11, to a Bachelor’s degree at 14, an MBA at 16, and completing her doctorate in Business Psychology. She’s also a published author and licensed pilot — pure genius in motion!
Hard work, focus, and dedication like this prove what’s possible when brilliance meets purpose. Thessalonika continues to inspire generations of young Black girls everywhere.
The future belongs to minds like hers. Keep shining, Queen! 👏🏽

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

On July 3, 2022, 16-year-old Corion Evans became a hero after witnessing a car carrying three teenage girls plunge into the Pascagoula River in Moss Point, Mississippi.

Without hesitation, Evans removed his shoes and shirt and jumped into the water to help.

As the vehicle sank, he swam toward the girls, helping keep them afloat and guiding them toward safety.

A responding police officer, Gary Mercer, also entered the river to assist, but during the rescue he began struggling in the strong current after swallowing water. Evans then turned back and helped the officer reach shore safely as well.

Thanks to his quick thinking and courage, all three girls and the police officer survived. Authorities praised Evans for his selfless actions, crediting him with helping save four lives that day.

Reflecting on the rescue, Evans simply said, "I wasn't just about to let none of these people die."

His bravery and willingness to risk his own life for complete strangers earned him widespread recognition and made him a symbol of extraordinary courage and humanity.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

https://t.co/k9Nlr3q9iE

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

Exactly! How is this controversial at all?

[Acyn @Acyn]

Parnas: Do you think there should be investigations into Trump’s children as well?

Walz: Yeah, 100%. the fraudical sons return home. Yes, absolutely.

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

5️⃣ scoreless innings for Jared Jones!

[Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal]

It’s time to stop blaming trans people for Republican failures.

[Social Security Works ❌👑 @SSWorks]

Less than a thousand greedy billionaires stand in the way of us getting health care and a dignified retirement…

The affordability crisis is directly linked to billionaire greed!

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

Despite what the media wants you to believe, yes.

[The Cake Lady @got_cake]

Meet Anna Murray Douglass, first wife to Frederick Douglass.
Anna helped Frederick escape enslavement. Anna was the first of her siblings to be born free after her parents were manumitted.
When she met Frederick she was financially prepared to start a life with him, but first, he needed freedom.
By borrowing a freedman’s protection certificate from a friend and wearing the disguise of a sailor sewn by Anna, Frederick made his way to New York City by train, spending Anna’s money to buy the ticket. She continued to support his abolitionist work for the rest of her life.
There is no Frederick Douglass without Anna Murray Douglass.

[City of Pittsburgh @Pittsburgh]

Pittsburgh is ready to ring in America’s 250th Birthday!

Come down for the City’s Independence Day Celebration with our largest fireworks yet and more!

Partners across the city have big events planned. Read more: https://t.co/uejXBTPTPD

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

Her name was Betty Ong.

And for 23 minutes on September 11, 2001, she became the calmest voice in America.

Betty was 45 years old.
A flight attendant from San Francisco.
Known to coworkers simply as “Bee.”

That morning, she was working aboard American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles.

She had picked up the trip because she planned to continue home to San Francisco afterward and then fly to Hawaii for a vacation with her sister.

At 7:59 a.m., the plane took off.

Twenty minutes later, Betty picked up a phone at the back of the aircraft and called American Airlines operations.

The reservations agent who answered heard a calm voice say:

“I think we’re getting hijacked.”

Nobody had ever made a call like that before.

Betty stayed on the line for the next 23 minutes.

While chaos unfolded around her, she remained composed and methodical.

She reported that the cockpit wasn’t responding.
That flight attendants had been stabbed.
That passengers were struggling to breathe after something resembling Mace had been sprayed.

She even gave seat numbers for the suspected hijackers.

Everything she observed was passed from American Airlines to the FAA and air traffic control in real time.

Her call helped authorities understand something horrifying:

This wasn’t an accident.

This was coordinated.

This was an attack.

People later falsely described Betty as hysterical during the call.

The woman who spoke with her directly said the opposite was true.

“She was calm, professional, and poised.”

Betty never stopped doing her job.

Even in the final minutes of her life.

At 8:46 a.m., Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

The line suddenly went silent.

The agent on the other end waited a moment and quietly asked:

“Betty… are you there?”

No answer came back.

Months later, Betty’s family fought to obtain the recording of her final call.

When they finally heard it, her brother explained something that stayed with many people afterward:

Betty never called home.

Not because she didn’t love her family.

Because in that moment, she believed her responsibility was to the passengers and crew around her.

That’s who she was.

Today, Betty Ong’s name is memorialized at Ground Zero and throughout San Francisco’s Chinatown.

But what makes her unforgettable isn’t only the tragedy.

It’s the extraordinary calm she showed while facing unimaginable fear.

She was heading to Hawaii.

Instead, she picked up a phone and helped the world understand what was happening while there was still time to warn others.

That is what courage sometimes looks like.

Not loud.
Not dramatic.

Just a steady voice doing its job until the very end.

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

Headed into arbitration today w/@KarenAttiah who was fired by the Washington Post for speaking plainly about political violence & now fighting back

A LANDMARK battle well worth having, for press freedom & every journalist who refuses to be silenced
-TN
https://t.co/PQMb1GMH3o

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

Excellent! Lawyers for the Kennedy Center have ordered staff to remove ALL references to Trump! 💙

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

A message for CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and new owner David Ellison.

[NancyMac @nanmac321]

@Lawrence Excellent show.🔥Good night, Lawrence. Sleep well. ❤️☘️💤😴🤟

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Pulte referred Lisa Cook and Letitia James for criminal prosecution over mortgage document errors. Scott Bessent committed the same errors. No referral. No investigation. Bessent is in the cabinet.

Same paperwork. Three people. Three completely different outcomes based entirely on who they are to Donald Trump.

That is the man now running 18 intelligence agencies. The willingness to weaponize regulatory authority selectively wasn't a disqualification. It was the job interview.