Tony Lama

SVP/GM of Software Avaya, Husband/Fatherof4, Tech Leader, Former @AWS @Twilio Former CRO/CEO

[History Dame @history_dame]

America at 250.

July 2 is one of my favorite dates because of John Adams.

July 2, 1786, the delegates are exhausted, the debates have dragged on for weeks, and the weight of history presses down like the summer humidity.

On this very day, July 2, 1776, Adams and his allies push the Continental Congress to vote for independence from Great Britain. The resolution passes. The colonies are no longer subjects; they are free, or at least determined to become so.

Adams writes to his beloved Abigail that day: “The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America… It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

He was off by two days. July 4 would get the glory when the Declaration was formally adopted, but he nailed the spirit.

As we race toward America 250 in 2026, this moment feels electric. Two hundred fifty years ago, a group of imperfect but courageous people bet everything on the radical idea that governments derive their power from the consent of the governed. They chose hope over fear, unity over division, and liberty over submission.

Today is all about John Adams!

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@btaylor Experience design is just as important! My $0.02

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@btaylor Congrats. However, I want to feel known & I want my needs to be anticipated. You have the customer's phone number & it is likely tied to an order somewhere. Why ask for an order number versus just confirm the identity? "Hey, are you calling about your recent order?"

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

a few days ago brian kilmeade said homeless people should be executed. jesse waters accused the left of trying to start a civil war. fox news spent years telling verifiable lies about dominion and the 2020 election.

canceling jimmy kimmel isn’t about an offensive line in a monologue. it’s about wielding state power to silence political opposition.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

The framers of our Constitution knew that our republic would endure only if our presidents have the character and honor to put duty ahead of self interest. President Biden deserves our gratitude for his decades of service to our nation and for his courageous decision today.

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

Delays from Mia to Barcelona for 6 hours and delays again in excess of 6 hours. Zero support! Zero empathy! Employees walk around like Zombies with no answers! You have a lot of upset people on this flight. Never again!

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

How @Iberia @Iberia_en has associated itself with a brand like @FlyWithLEVEL is beyond me! We have a plane full of people that are cursing your company for the excessive delays and abusive treatment we are receiving on IB2629 currently stuck in Barcelona! Bad business move!

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@TDOnline May he rest in Glory!!

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Jesus Christ is risen! He alone has the power to roll away the stones that block the path to life. He, the living One, is himself that path. He is the Way: the way that leads to life, the way of peace, reconciliation and fraternity.

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@Liz_Cheney lol

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@NikkiHaley He’s a buffoon!

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Which part of the Civil War “could have been negotiated”? The slavery part? The secession part? Whether Lincoln should have preserved the Union? Question for members of the GOP—the party of Lincoln—who have endorsed Donald Trump: How can you possibly defend this?

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner on January 6:

"I’ll admit I wasn’t prepared for what came after the election — Trump refusing to accept the results and stoking the flames of conspiracy that turned into violence in the seat of our democracy, the building over which I once presided. Watching it was scary and sad. It should have been a wake-up call for a return to Republican sanity...

Trump incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, perpetuated by the bullshit he’d been shoveling since he lost a fair election the previous November.”

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@goldenglobes @JimGaffigan @JimGaffigan you rocked that bit

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@CalltoActivism God bless that woman! Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@MutComm Can’t let an insurrectionist be the speaker! Period!

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@MutComm Thank you, brother! Hope you and yours are well. It is sad. Sane Rs exist…but too many of them are worried about keeping their jobs versus doing what is right! I’m proud that Mario and Carlos are holding strong!

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Thank you to the 20 House Republicans who refused to vote for insurrectionist Jim Jordan:

Lawler
Buck
Bacon
Chavez-Deremer
D'Esposito
Diaz-Balart
Ellzey
Garbarino
Gimenez
Gonzales
Granger
James Kelly
Kiggans
LaLota
Lamafla
Rutherford
Simpson
Spartz
Womack
D'Esposito

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@MarioDB @PatrickMcHenry Stay firm @MarioDB The party needs level headed Republicans like you! Don’t cede to the fringe!

[Tony Lama @TheTonyLama]

@NickLongworth14 @hahussain Regrettably, these voices are being drowned out. We can only hang on to hope.