Deborah Holloway

Lover of books

[💙 Dr. MemeNstein votes 💙 BLUE 🇺🇸🦅 @Coste1Costello]

🟥 Kean running for re-election after 4 months off. RT!

[Kentah Gwanjez @GWANJEZ]

“I belong to a race that sings and dances as it breathes. I don’t care where I am so long as I can sing and dance.” Florence Mills

[Sam Youngman @samyoungman]

Last year, the president of the United States asked Americans to sacrifice for his tariffs while he pocketed $2 billion.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: CNN just aired a devastating montage of all the times that Donald Trump accused others of using their public office to make money. Donald Trump's net worth has almost tripled since he took office. Everything he accuses others of is an open admission.

[Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog @DougWahl1]

THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN!

Trump wants to cut down Washington DC's oldest grove of cherry trees along and eliminate the public biking path and picnic areas so he can build a golf course on public land, using public dollars, and taking spaces away from the public.

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

He’s made more money in one year than his entire life combined. That’s not business it’s corruption.

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

They spent years calling it “the Biden crime family,” but nothing even came close to the shit we are seeing today.

[Brody's Mom @southernwoman64]

These trees were a gift from the Japanese and the oldest in DC

When Nats Park was built, the owners purchased cherry trees specifically bred to bloom early

Planted them in the outfield and cared for them lovingly

Like these trees have been cared for for years and years

They would early in time for Opening Day

When the entire city was covered in pink blooms

Thousands of Americans plan trips to DC to see them

And the monuments

And tour the WH entering through the majestic East Wing

On tours that were managed by the First Lady’s office

Trump doesn’t give a damn about history, heritage, tradition, relationships with foreign allies

If he did, he wouldn’t have unceremoniously torn down the East Wing

Is there ANYONE in DC who will stop this bullshit?

ANYONE

[Tim Hannan @TimHannan]

MAGA wanted to impeach Joe Biden over a $10,000 check from his brother but have no need to understand how Trump made a billion in crypto.

[Kasey Helton @KaseyHelton05]

My husband is busting his ass today in a steel mill in 90+ degree heat 60 hours a week all summer long and I’ll be at my job on July 4 at the hospital while you enjoy your holiday you starchy shirted jackass. Tell me we don’t work as hard as you.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The Trump administration is planning to cut down DC's oldest cherry tree to make way for a new Trump golf course.

[Lesley Abravanel 🪩 @lesleyabravanel]

Q: You had a very lucrative year. What message does that send to Americans who are struggling?
Trump: “I don’t get involved.”
He’s saying the quiet part out loud: he doesn’t care if you’re drowning in bills. Your pain isn’t his problem, just his profit.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Trump wants to cut down Washington DC's oldest grove of cherry trees along the Mall and eliminate the public biking path and picnic areas so he can build a Trump golf course on public land, using public dollars, and taking spaces away from the public.

[Erin Burnett OutFront @OutFrontCNN]

Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Trump earning over $1 billion last year from crypto ventures: “We are seeing the greatest onslaught of corruption in the history of mankind.”

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

JD Vance: I would love it if Democrats were willing to work with us on lowering housing prices. We could have some real bipartisan compromise.

(Trump is currently refusing to sign the bipartisan housing affordability bill)

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

A young woman named MacKenzie Tuttle graduated from Princeton in 1992 with a degree in English. One of her professors was Toni Morrison, who later described her as one of the finest creative writing students she had ever taught.

After graduation, MacKenzie took a job at the New York investment firm D. E. Shaw. There she met a colleague named Jeff Bezos, who had an ambitious idea: selling books on the internet.

She didn’t laugh at the idea.

They married in 1993, and the following year drove across the country to the Seattle area to build what would become Amazon.

In the beginning, there was no global empire.

There was a garage.

MacKenzie handled accounting, wrote business materials, answered customer emails and phone calls, and packed orders alongside Jeff. Like many startups, everyone did whatever needed to be done.

As Amazon grew, MacKenzie stepped away from day-to-day operations to raise their four children while continuing to pursue her own passion for writing.

Her debut novel, The Testing of Luther Albright, won the American Book Award. She later published a second novel and quietly built a respected literary career.

Meanwhile, the story of Amazon became one of the most famous business stories ever told.

Jeff Bezos became one of the world’s most recognizable entrepreneurs.

MacKenzie’s role was rarely part of the public narrative.

She never seemed interested in changing that.

What many people don’t know is that she also knew financial hardship.

Her family filed for bankruptcy while she was still a student, and she has spoken about the kindness of people who helped her through difficult times—acts of generosity she never forgot.

In 2019, after her divorce, MacKenzie Scott received approximately 4% of Amazon’s shares.

Almost immediately, she made a decision that surprised the world.

She signed the Giving Pledge, promising to donate the majority of her wealth during her lifetime.

Then she did something even more unusual.

Instead of building a massive public foundation or attaching her name to buildings, she began giving away billions of dollars through large, unrestricted grants.

Universities.

Food banks.

Housing organizations.

Rural communities.

Women’s health initiatives.

Tribal colleges.

Climate organizations.

Small nonprofits that had never imagined receiving gifts of that size.

Many recipients reportedly thought the phone calls were scams.

They weren’t.

Since 2019, MacKenzie Scott has donated tens of billions of dollars to thousands of organizations, making her one of the most significant philanthropists of the modern era.

Despite giving away enormous sums, her fortune has remained substantial because of Amazon’s continued growth.

The woman who once packed Amazon’s first orders is now helping fund opportunities for millions of people she will probably never meet.

She never asked for buildings in her name.

She never demanded headlines.

Sometimes the greatest legacy isn’t the company you help build.

It’s what you choose to do with the success that follows.

[Covie @covie_93]

What will ken paxton do when kids in Texas want to stone him to death for adultery because that's what they learn in the Bible at school???

[Sigurdur Nordal @essenviews]

GOP Rep. Troy Nehls, when asked about 60% of Americans struggling with affordability: "Affordability? What are you talking about?... I'm gonna get me a couple of big lobster tails. I'm gonna get me some nice rib eyes... Maybe the 60% of Americans don't work as hard as I do."

[Ben Meiselas @meiselasb]

ask the guy who took a billion dollar jet from them not X

[Native American History @_native_history]

Consider the possibility that a pivotal moment in American history remains inadequately explored in educational settings. The Trail of Tears was more than an event—it was a brutal forced relocation. This displacement uprooted entire Native communities from ancestral lands.