Rosemary Tyrka

Unapologetically Liberal. No DMs, please.

[𝓐 ⭑ @ayojoestar]

I really just wish emergency vet clinics would stop acting like $8,000 is just pocket change for the average person. 😒

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

Happy Independence Day!

There’s a story from the end of the Revolutionary War I want to tell as we celebrate America’s 250th Birthday, and it’s one everyone in the world can learn from.

George Washington, at that moment, after commanding the American forces to victory, was the most powerful man in the new country. Many people talked about making him King of America.

Across the ocean, King George was sitting with an American painter, and asked what he thought Washington would do now that the war was ending. The painter said he believed he would go back to his farm.

The King said, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”

As the war officially ended, Washington came to speak to Congress and said, “Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theater of Action.” He returned his commission they’d given him in 1775 - after more than 8 years of leading the Americans to victory without pay, and he was home at Mount Vernon for Christmas.

Of course, he was elected as our first President a few years later, and after two terms, showed the same selflessness again when he willingly gave up his power and went back to Mount Vernon again.

That’s true greatness. He had all the power in the world. But power, alone, does not make you great.

Washington’s greatness came from being a true servant - to a cause much bigger than himself. His greatness was his complete lack of selfishness.

The whole story of American Independence is a story of selflessness. It’s a story of people who set their self-interest aside and worked for each other.

We’ve all heard the line about “We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”

Apparently, Ben Franklin might have actually never said that.

But that’s fine, because the same mentality is right there in the last line of the Declaration of Independence, published on this day 250 years ago:

“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

We mutually pledge to each other.

No one was in this alone. No one was in it for themselves. This was a group of people with different backgrounds who were in it for each other.

Today is a reminder: greatness comes from what we do for each other, never what we do for ourselves.

That’s a lesson that applies no matter what country you call home.

It’s a lesson that doesn’t require any law passed by a politician, because, let’s be honest, if you’re waiting for selfless politicians, I really hope you are not holding your breath.

All of us have the power to be there for the people around us. For our families and friends. For our neighbors. For everyone.

All of us can reach for greatness.

It’s as simple as looking beyond yourself, seeing past the mirror, picking your eyes up from your phone, and pledging to be there for each other.

Happy Fourth. May you all find your own version of greatness today by lifting each other up.

Lift up your neighborhood. Lift up America. Lift up the World.

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

Weaponizing CPS against a loving family is vile. False reports waste resources, traumatize children, and put real at-risk kids further behind in getting help. No family should be targeted because of who they are or who they love.

Life in prison for swatting

[Kid Riles @kid_riles]

Swatting Pete Buttigieg during Pride Month, causing him and his husband to be separated overnight from their 4 year old twins is typical MAGA hate and bigotry.

Fuck that shit.

Remember in November.

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

This is absolute cinema 🔥

🇺🇸 Trump TODAY: "I can’t tell a lie. Not something I do."

Fun fact: Donald Trump made 55,657 false or misleading claims as president. That’s 98 lies per day.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."

RETWEET if you stand with Admiral McRaven!

[Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog @DougWahl1]

Pope Leo is calling for world wide universal Healthcare.

Are you on board with this?

[Serkan Yiğit @fqpe_2]

🇺🇸 Trump " İtalya bu Zorlu zamanda bizim yanımızda durmadı sanırım birliklerimizi çekme zamanı geldi "

🇮🇹 Meloni " Ben bir kadınım ve Aynı zamanda bir anneyim, Masum Çocukların katilinin yanında duramam "

İtalya tarihin doğru tarafında 👏

[Acyn @Acyn]

Lieu: Trump overpaid on a no-bid contract to a pool guy who was a total amateur and messed up the Reflecting Pool, and now Trump’s fragile ego has him trying to cover this up by saying someone did a 350-foot gash in the pool. This pool has 24/7 cameras on it. So we’re in a place where the president is just lying because he can’t handle that he totally screwed up the Reflecting Pool.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Congress finally did what should have been done months ago: voted to demand Trump end his war with Iran.

The Constitution is clear: Presidents cannot unilaterally take us to war. That’s the responsibility of Congress.

About time Congress finally accepted its responsibility.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Lieu: The president is not well. He has tremendous difficulty staying awake on the job. He has repeatedly fallen asleep at Cabinet meetings, at White House events, at a Memorial Day ceremony, and most recently at a very loud NBA game last night.

The White House needs to explain why Donald Trump keeps going to the hospital and taking cognitive tests.

[𝕷𝖚𝖈𝖎𝖋𝖊𝖗 @LucifersTweetz]

Good thing y’all didn’t elect an emotional woman. 😂

[Rosemary Tyrka @tyrk182]

@KatieSanders238 @lori_kopf Oh my goodness! I was completely blindsided by this. I am so very sorry for your loss.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

BREAKING: Donald Trump calls JB Pritzker a “dumb, stupid slob.”

Just a reminder that JB Pritzker just balanced the Illinois budget with a $0 deficit AND has signed relief for groceries and gas.

Trump is a 5th grade bully who apparently needs to look in the mirror.

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

Donald Trump bought $750,000,000.00 worth of stock, did not report it, and had to pay a $200 fine.

Corruption at its peak.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

A message to all sane Republicans:

He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals.
You said nothing.

He bulldozed the East Wing.
You said nothing.

He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing.

He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing.

He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing.

He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing.

He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing.

He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing.

His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing.

He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing.

His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing.

He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing.

He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing.

It’s time to start talking.

[Rosemary Tyrka @tyrk182]

@RaisedDacty @NoralynnPondue I wouldn’t put it past her and I certainly wouldn’t trust her with sensitive banking information.

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

Heather O'Rourke was chosen for "Poltergeist" (1982) when she was eating lunch with her mother and sister at an MGM commissary. Steven Spielberg came up to them and wanted O'Rourke to play of the part of Carol Anne. She initially failed the screen test because she kept laughing her way through the audition, even when she was supposed to be afraid.

Steven Spielberg thought she was too young to take the part seriously, but he recognized something special in her, so he asked her to come back for another audition, and this time, he asked her to bring a scary storybook with her. He also asked her to scream, so she screamed and screamed until she started crying. This audition got her cast as Carol Anne.

(Source: IMDb)

P.S: On this day, 44 years ago, Tobe Hooper's "Poltergeist" (1982) had its preview screening in the USA.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

This should trigger Donald Trump into oblivion. Make sure that whatever you do, you don’t repost. 😉