Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople

Children's/YA Book Reviewer/Industry Big Mouth (hoping that's a compliment). #Harris2024 Liberal #ListenToBlackWomen #SayGay

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

Absolutely heartbroken about Ns. Denise. It was an honor and a privilege to have her agreed to be on a panel about her life. May her memory forever be a blessing.❤️❤️💔

https://t.co/d5NSKcuEe1

[Terry Lee Watkins Jr. 王瑞民💜💙 @TerryWatkinsJr1]

When Dems win big it silences the extremes.
When Dems win small the extremes gain outsized influence.

Chatter may be loud. But the future is alot more stable than one might think.

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

@josecanyousee Probably thought of that at 2 am (that’s when the perfect response always comes to me)🤣

[Rabbi Poupko @RabbiPoupko]

Dr. Batia Holin is an Israeli agronomist living on a Kibbutz outside Gaza.

Dr. Holin loves photography. She got in touch with a young photographer inside Gaza who seemed to share her passion for peace, coexistence, and photography.

He would send her pictures of life in Gaza, and she sent him pictures of what life was like on the Israeli side of the fence.

He spoke to her of his love for peace and coexistence and wrote to her:
"I hope that this project will influence and improve understanding, quality of life and security on both sides of the fence."

Their collaborative photos appeared in Israel and around the world as a symbol of peace, hope, and coexistence. They were in touch almost daily.

On October 7th, Batya heard Hamas terrorists entering her Kibbutz. She hid in her safe room and suddenly got a call from her Gazan friend. H

e spoke to her and wanted to know where she was and if the IDF was there. That moment she realized that her friend from Gaza, who had spoken with her for years, was working with Hamas to try and have her and her family killed.

Batia immediately hung up. Later, she saw photos of the Gazan "peaceful" photographer injured, as he had participated in the October 7th massacre. Mahmoud was later confirmed to be one of the 300 men from Gaza who invaded Kibbutz Kfar Azza and participated in the worst massacre against Jews since the Holocaust.

If this is not the ultimate betrayal, then what is?

CC @GadSaad

[phoenixrisng823🪷🇺🇦🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈👊🏾 @phoenixrisng821]

Devils get thee behind me.

[Michelle_BYoung @michelle_byoung]

From Biden to Jeffries to Schumer YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS COORDINATED EFFORT TO MAKE DEMS LOSE FAITH IN THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP even as Republicans are NEVER HELD TO ACCOUNT for their lack of it.

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

@meganefreeman @simonteen @EastWestLit @boulderbooks Just finished your incredible book! I’m not sure what, if any, besides the exchange experience is based on your life. But I do know that Laurie Halse Anderson and I both were deeply and positively impacted by our exchange student experiences. I was YFU in Belgium in 1978.

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

@TabooBooSF Same

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

@MandlaJivindava Of course

[🪷 A Harris Democrat✊🏾 @sephius1999]

No.

Nominating a socialist in state full of Latinos that fled cruel socialist regimes is why she lost. If you had selected a center-left, or hell, even a regular non-DSA progressive, we would have won that seat.

[Chef Joe Gera 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇹 @redhotnerd]

Do you know why republicans spent 30 years making shit up about Hillary Clinton? Because they’re ALL afraid of Hillary Clinton. Why are they afraid of Hillary Clinton? Well, because, when she was a young lawyer, she is one of the people who got Nixon. She wrote the briefs that put his people in jail. Don’t fuck with Hillary Clinton.

[Henshi @HenshiG]

🇺🇸🇵🇸 Former Columbia University student Khymani James, who went viral in 2024 for saying “Zionists don’t deserve to live” and “be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists,” has lost his lawsuit against the university.

James had accused Columbia of discriminating against him because of his race and support for Palestinians and argued that the university violated its own disciplinary procedures.

During a 2024 disciplinary meeting, James said “there should not be Zionists anywhere,” that “the world is better without them,” and compared killing Zionists to killing Hitler.

Columbia initially placed him on disciplinary probation before suspending him and barring him from campus. H/T Leila Bachi @visegrad24

[Matt @nosoupforgeorge]

10 years ago today, Hillary Clinton became the first woman in history to win the popular vote of a U.S. Presidential Election.

That glass ceiling has yet to be shattered.

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

@shannonrwatts May her memory be a blessing. What an incredible woman

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Katie Suarez, the 28-year-old woman fatally stabbed while jogging in Brooklyn, has saved four lives through organ donation. Her heart, liver, pancreas and both kidneys were successfully transplanted into four recipients between the ages of 12 and 75.
https://t.co/NjZ7W4v7HV

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

@Sigmundine2 Beautiful! Where did you find it?

[Politics Watch @politics_watch1]

CNN: Hakeem Jeffries responds to DSA supporters who chanted "You're next!" at victory party

"It was very interesting to me, as observed by others, that there was almost zero diversity in that crowd."

Link: https://t.co/kwBGnzYima

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

@SundaeDivine 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

@maxkatz515 I can’t find her here, is she only on Threads? I want to make sure not to read her books.

[Sharon 🦋 sharonreader2 ForTHEEPeople @sharonreader]

@PettyLupone 😋😋😋

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

I want to share a brief update.

My presidential memoir, PROMISE ME, AMERICA, is coming out on November 17th. I hope you'll read it. It covers my years as President. The challenges we faced, the decisions I made, and why I made them. It's about who we are as a nation. What we stand for. And America's role in the world. More than anything, it's about my faith in the American people and the great American experiment in self-governance and democracy.

While writing the book, I was diagnosed with cancer, a disease known all too well to millions of Americans and their families. My doctors continue to be encouraged by how I've responded to treatment. And the prayers and kind words and well wishes from so many of you have meant more to me and Jill and our family than you can ever know.

Some days are better than others. It hasn't stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down. What that means is, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do as many conversations about my book as I’d hoped. However, I’m hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves.

Looking forward, I'm going to keep following what my father told me a long time ago: "Champ, when you get knocked down, get up." It's a good lesson for me. And for America.

We are blessed. America is the most unique nation on earth. Unlike other countries, we're built on an idea. An idea bigger than any ocean. More powerful than any army. Stronger than any tyrant or dictator. That idea? All of us are created equal.

Promise Me, America, we'll never forget it.