This is me getting arrested in the Capitol in 2012 for legally documenting a hearing on #fracking.
I was charged with “unlawful entry”.
There were two dozen cops present. I was arrested within 15 mins.
Never doubt what happened today.
Capitol police were complicit today.
Tune into @DrewBarrymoreTV today at 2p! @LauraBenanti will talk @hbomax’s Home School Musical Class of 2020! The doc ft. 7 seniors whose final HS performances were canceled due to #covid19 & stars SA’s own Elizabeth Ramirez of @NISDBrennan! Plus @Screenville’s got a cake in it!
The deadly June-July peak of COVID-19 in Texas has shown that our state moved too soon & too fast.
A healthy economy can only start with healthy people, but our well-being is threatened by this surge.
If we're unable to contain the spread, we'll have no choice but to rollback.
If ever there was a time for public school teachers to strike, it is now. Refuse to go. It’s not like they’re funding your school anyway. It’s definitely not worth dying over.
Donald Trump was a failed president long before his botched handling of coronavirus and this economic recession. He's spread misinformation, stoked the flames of hate, and let corruption run rampant since day one. For the sake of our democracy, we have to vote him out.
@Lin_Manuel#thegasp I took it as Eliza and Hamilton were finally reunited in the afterlife and that last song is the future. Then when he brings her back downstage center- we are back to the present moment she finds out he’s been shot and died. @HamiltonMusical
Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control
Who lives, who dies, who
[borrows your song title to write a cash-in book when they could have testified before Congress]
tells your story...
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Eight years ago this week, we protected young people who were raised as part of our American family from deportation. Today, I'm happy for them, their families, and all of us. We may look different and come from everywhere, but what makes us American are our shared ideals…