💙 PhyllisS🍸Intil the Emergency is Lifted. 📎

❄️let it snow ...

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

We’re all getting screwed—Democrats and Republicans alike.

The billionaires who run this country don’t care about your politics, they only care about their profits. They don’t see Red or Blue—they see Green.

They see us as one opposing team. So we might as well act like one.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

The U.S. has worse wealth distribution than pre-revolutionary France.

[Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated]

Ok. This is a hoot.

[I Smoked Doomsdale @BlackKnight10k]

Time to send this illegal immigrant to prison for interfering in our elections

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) statement defending his constituent David Hearn, who is charged with damaging Reflecting Pool... (It ain't subtle)

"Davey Hearn would never desecrate a federal building or landmark by writing his name on it or affixing his name illegally to it or engaging in any other kind of political graffiti, vandalism or delinquency. He would never intentionally damage government property. Whether we are talking about the White House, the Reflecting Pool or the Kennedy Center, Davey would never try to alter, bulldoze or redesign federal property or buildings without explicit Congressional authorization and direction.  Davey is an honorable and law-abiding citizen who has won real giant prizes, including eight world championships. He did so without any corrupt practices and only through his magnificent hard work and surpassing dedication to the team. He would never try to undercut or sabotage anyone, much less our entire community"

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[QueenMother👸🏻 @QueenMother1976]

“I work the front desk at a small doctor’s office, and I wish people could see what happens on the other side of the phone.
Every day, older patients call us confused.

They are told to use the patient portal, upload documents, check lab results online, fill out forms before the visit, and confirm everything through a link.
Some of them do not know what a portal is.

Some do not have a smartphone.
Some have one, but they are afraid to click the wrong thing.
Last week, a man in his late 80s called about his test results.

He said, “Ma’am, I don’t mean to bother you, but the computer says I have a message and I don’t know how to open it.”
He sounded ashamed.
That broke my heart.

He should not have to feel ashamed for needing a human being.
Technology can be helpful. I understand that.

But when people who built this country are made to feel helpless because everything became a login and a password, we have gone too far.
Not everything needs to be an app.
Not every answer should be hidden behind a screen.

Sometimes people need a voice.
A patient person.
A real human who says, “Don’t worry, I can help you.”
Progress should not leave seniors behind.

Because one day, the world will move faster than us too.
And I hope someone is kind enough to slow down.

~Unknown

[FactPost @factpostnews]

A new image of the Kennedy Center with Trump's name removed has surfaced.

(The photo was taken from inside the tarp currently blocking the facade from public view)

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Source: https://t.co/vDvZFccPPr

[WABJ - Washington Association of Black Journalists @WABJDC]

A worker appears to remove a letter from President Trump's name from the wall of the Kennedy Center from behind a tarp

(Cliff Owen/AP)

[Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated]

Removing the P as in Pedophile.

[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.

[S @Uneekgal60]

@MacFarlaneNews

[Mayor Matt Mahan @MattMahanSJ]

The establishment wants you to think that change is impossible—that your vote doesn’t matter. When I ran for mayor I started at 4%, 2 years later 87% of the city re-elected me. Change is possible, but only if you vote for it.

[Mayor Matt Mahan @MattMahanSJ]

California: vote for hope, not because of fear.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

So let me get this straight… Trump gets found liable by juries TWICE, owes E. Jean Carroll millions, then his DOJ launches a CRIMINAL probe into HER? That’s not justice. That’s revenge wearing a government badge.

[Mayor Matt Mahan @MattMahanSJ]

I’m the only Democrat in this race willing to say it:
Sacramento spending is up 75% in the last six years — but life sure doesn’t feel 75% better.

We need change.

[Mayor Matt Mahan @MattMahanSJ]

Hollywood put California on the map. Now we're losing it. Here’s my plan to keep the entertainment industry, and the good jobs it creates, right here in California: https://t.co/96rmE0s2Ju

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

This Memorial Day, we remember and honor our patriotic service members who gave the last full measure of devotion to protect our democracy and our liberty. May their memory be a blessing to their families and to all who cherish freedom in America.