Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every Democrat in Office was as present, knowledgeable & forceful as @Adrian_Fontes who is running for AZ Secretary of State. He is what the Democrats need; Adrian and other’s like him: Mallory McMorrow, AOC, Katie Porter & Cory Booker as examples …
Wow. In 4 minutes, former U.S. Marine Marksmanship Instructor and Arizona Sec. of State candidate @Adrian_Fontes dismantles the right's Second Amendment lies. Watch this till the end.
This man needs to be arrested today for spitting in the face of a judge’s order to release trump’s pedophilia files. Katie Phang, the hero journalist lawyer, won’t let this criminal get away with it.
@feelgoodtale You make good points and I will assume you are the father you say you are. Unfortunately, we live in a very shallow & judge mental society. You have put yourself (and kids) in a similar position that a mixed race couple had the 1950’s (today). Good luck …
People see my tattoos before they see my heart.
They look at me and make quick judgments.
Some move away.
Some stare in silence.
Others whisper that I must be a bad father.
My name is Richard.
I am 51 years old.
I love tattoos.
My body tells the story of my life.
But being covered in ink does not change who I am.
I am first and always a father.
I wake my children for school.
I help with homework.
I comfort them when they cry.
I celebrate every small victory with them.
Yet many people still doubt me.
Some parents avoid talking to me.
Others question my ability to raise a family.
Those moments hurt.
Not because of me,
but because my children hear those words too.
No child should watch their father being judged unfairly.
My kids know the truth.
They know I love them unconditionally.
They know I would protect them with my life.
A good father is not measured by his appearance.
He is measured by his kindness,
his sacrifices,
and the love he gives every day.
Tattoos are only ink on skin.
Character lives much deeper.
And at the end of every day,
my children run into my arms.
That is all the proof I will ever need.
@JoeBiden@Ryan2011Angela@DrBiden As much as I admire Biden, our Country was not founded where all men were equal. White men had black slaves which were given the comparative value of 3/5th’s of a white man. We may have been trying to equalize people, but we didn’t start out that way. Also, the Native American’s
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of Americans signed their names to a piece of parchment and made a promise no nation had ever made before: that we're all created equal, endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights — life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
We're the only nation in history built not on ethnicity, or blood, or geography but on an idea. That's always been what makes us exceptional. We chose that path 250 years ago but that’s where the work began, not where it ended. Every generation has had to choose it again. At Valley Forge, at Gettysburg, on the beaches of Normandy, in the streets of Selma. Americans recommitted themselves to the principles on which our nation was founded.
Now it's our turn.
There's nothing guaranteed about our democracy. We have to fight for it, defend it, and earn it. Over and over, year after year. That's not a burden. That's what it means to be an American.
250 years in, we still haven't fully lived up to those words in the Declaration. But we've never walked away from them, and this July 4, I hope all of us can commit to one thing: that we never will. I don't believe we're as divided as we're told we are. I've bet my whole life on the American people, and I'm not stopping now.
Happy 250th birthday, America. Our story isn't finished. Let's keep writing it together.
@Mr_Husky1 I need to hear these stories because I feel very negative e towards our police after hearing so many horror stories about disgusting behavior …
“Started as a simple trip to Portland to pick up my sister — and turned into anything but.
I made the two-hour drive, only to find out her train had been delayed. No big deal, I thought. These things happen. So I headed to Old Orchard Beach and settled in for a quiet fifteen minutes on the sand — until my sister called again, this time to tell me her train had actually caught fire and she wasn't going to make it in that night. Still, I stayed calm. Stuff happens.
I walked back to my car to grab some food, and that's when I realized my wallet was gone — stolen right out of the center console. To make things worse, I only had a quarter tank of gas, nowhere near enough to get me the two hours back home to Bangor.
I panicked and called the Old Orchard Beach Police Department, and that's when I met Sergeant Gerard Hamilton — genuinely one of the kindest people I've come across. He greeted me with a warm smile and immediately offered to help however he could, even though I'm sure he had far more pressing things to attend to.
Then he did something I'll never forget. He asked how much gas I had left. I told him a quarter tank, and that I'd figure out a way home somehow. He wasn't having it. He followed me straight to the nearest 7-Eleven and filled up my tank himself — with his own money. He even pumped it for me.
He mentioned he'd been an officer for twenty-seven years, and I have no doubt he's one of the best this profession has ever seen.
I'm so grateful for his generosity and the time he took to help me, even while trying to track down something as personal as my stolen wallet. I wanted to share this because it truly moved me — proof that a little kindness can go a very long way.”
【Photo: Taylor Ronan】
Someone called the police on a little boy in Hapeville, Georgia last week.
A neighbor had dialed 911 to report a kid going door to door in the neighborhood. Officer Colleran from the Hapeville Police Department was dispatched to handle the "disturbance."
When he arrived, he found a young boy, politely knocking on doors, hat in hand, asking if anyone needed their weeds pulled, their grass cut, or their hedges trimmed.
He wasn't begging. He wasn't causing trouble.
He was working.
Officer Colleran asked the boy what he was saving up for.
"A PlayStation 5, sir. But I don't want anyone to just give it to me. I want to earn it."
Let that sink in for a second. A child out in the summer heat, going door to door with a work ethic most adults would envy, because he wanted to earn what he wanted. Not ask for it. Not expect it. Earn it.
Officer Colleran, a gamer himself, knew exactly how much a PS5 meant to that kid. And he also knew something else, he was looking at a boy with more character than most people twice his age.
So he made some calls.
He reached out to a few friends, they pooled their money, and together they showed up with a brand new PlayStation 5 and a gift card for an online membership.
The boy who someone wanted removed from the neighborhood went home that day with more than a console.
He went home knowing that the right people are paying attention.
Trump: Our American ancestors did not shed their blood just so that a band of thieves, radicals, and lunatics could come in and loot pillage our nation