Now that is how a real First Lady speaks. I just love Michelle Obama and her brilliance and class.
Will First Escort try to plagiarize this speech too?
I’m sitting in the food court when this little boy, maybe 6 or 7 years old, accidentally knocks over his slushee. Blue and red goop explodes everywhere......all over the table, the floor, his shirt, you name it. The kid freezes, looks up at his dad with big scared eyes and immediately says, “I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to…”
I’m expecting the usual frustrated parent reaction, but instead the dad just kneels down to his level, puts a hand on the boy’s shoulder and says calmly, “Hey, it happens, buddy. Accidents are part of life. Come on, let’s go grab some napkins and I’ll show you how to clean it up.”
They walk over together, get a big stack of napkins, and the dad gets down on the floor with him. They’re both wiping up the mess while the dad talks him through it like it’s the most normal thing in the world.
When they finish and throw the napkins away, the dad squats down again and tells him, “Listen, you’re going to be a human being for a long time. You’ve got a really smart brain, so it’s important you learn to be more aware of what’s around you. Next time just pay a little more attention so accidents like this don’t happen. But even if they do, it’s okay. As long as you take responsibility and help clean it up, it’s no big deal. The cleanup is easy when you own it.”
The little boy nods, looking relieved, and says, “Okay Dad… I’ll try to be more careful.”
The dad smiles, ruffles his hair and goes, “That’s my boy. Now let’s get you another slushee.”
Man… no yelling, no shame, no making the kid feel small. Just calm teaching, accountability, and love all in one. That’s exactly how you raise a good human.
I really hope I’m half the dad that guy is one day.
An Australian woman walks into a Walmart for the first time and her mind is blown.
She’s shocked by how massive it is — you can get groceries, a 75-inch TV, bikes, car tires and basically anything else in one trip. But she stops when she spots the Red Ryder BB guns sitting right across from the kids’ toys.
She couldn’t believe they sell actual air rifles that close to the children’s section and kept saying how concerning it was.
This is peak “first time in an American Walmart” culture shock 😂
Do you think she’d be shocked to know that the Red Ryder is recommended for ages 10 and older? (Though placement, rules, and regulations vary by state.)
This didn't happen because Mainers decided they don't care about the Platner allegations. This happened because Mainers are well-educated, did extensive research on whether the allegations were true, and discovered nearly all of them weren't.
As local journalists have confirmed.
NEWS: I’m calling on the FAA to reject any pressure to rubberstamp Trump’s “Triumphal Arch.”
The safety of the flying public should not be jeopardized for a vanity project designed to stroke the President’s ego.
New CNN has obtained new Trump book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reveals how Trump compared himself to Mao, Stalin, Attila the Hun
— and how a top aide found him with Superglue trying to decorate the Oval Office…. w/ @jeremyherb#Regime
https://t.co/r43mmffFdn
BREAKING: A massive flu outbreak has left 160 troops ill at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. This comes just weeks after Pete Hegseth made flu shots optional, scrapping a military vaccine requirement that had stood since 1945.
Is this what they meant by battle readiness?
She died in 1995 at only 52 years old, never seeing her son become President of the United States of America. For years people only knew her as Barack Obamas mother. But she was much more than that. She was a scholar, a fighter for dignity and a woman who believed systems-not people-create poverty. Stanley Ann Dunham❤️Barack Obama is her son.
Donald Trump is an incompetent, pathological liar who didn’t achieve any of his alleged objectives for the Iran war. Thousands of innocent people died for nothing.
I’m glad the war is ending. It’s been catastrophic.
A source told the Washington Post that millions of dollars allocated for the Secret Service was redirected for ballroom project construction, despite Pres. Trump's claims the ballroom won't include taxpayer money. Jonathan O'Connell of The Washington Post reports.
Mamdani: Affordability is not magic. It is not something that can be summoned by words. It must be summoned by deeds.
We must stand up to corporate greed, build affordable housing, and make child care something every family can afford.
And as we speak, there are those hoping to divide the working people of this city, to convince us that the problems we face are not a result of their greed, but instead of our neighbors.
They will do whatever it takes to maintain a broken status quo that benefits the privileged few at the expense of the many. And they think there is no one who will try to stop them.