the most revealing parts of this story to me are that the Tuohy's portrayed — or at least signed-off on the portrayal of — Oher as unintelligent or incapacitated in THE BLIND SIDE, and that their children also received royalties from the film.
FINAL TWEET til Wednesday August 2nd 2023!
All I want to do is this: I just want to find 10,O11,780+ folks, which is way more than we have, to go silent tomorrow on Twitter. Not a HOAX! Not a SCAM! Just a PRANK to make August a little less blah. TUESDAY: DON'T BE HERE! 🙏 ❤️😆
Agreed. And it’s not complicated: If you truly want to defeat Trump in 2024, you will support the ONLY candidate who can defeat him - the DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. Supporting ANY other candidate means you don’t want to truly defeat Trump. Thus endeth the lesson…
This photo was taken 53 years ago, in India, on the eve of my father setting out for a new life in the most free country on earth. That baby never forgets how America welcomed my family and will never stop trying to repay that debt. God bless America. Happy Independence Day. 🇺🇸
Shooting at hospitals is a war crime. Shooting at ambulances & paramedics is also a crime. Targeting journalists is a war crime. Destroying civilian infrastructure like water & electricity that serves 1000s of civilians is collective punishment- also a crime. Israel: guilty of☝️
In 90 seconds, U.S. Navy Vet Rep Sherrill, who qualified as an expert in the M-16, Colt 45, & 9mm Beretta, CALLS OUT Republicans for not only doing NOTHING to curb gun violence but actively making our communities less safe.
This is REALLY worth it. 02
Much to celebrate today:
- best recovery of any advanced economy
- growth remains strong, no recession on horizon
- inflation has come way down, 1.2% in May
- deficit, flows to the border, murder rates all significantly down
Things are better in America.
https://t.co/pBx85QusX0
WaPo confirms The New Republic: One of the central figures at the heart of the LGBTQ+ rights case out of Colorado that the Supreme Court ruled on this week was a fabrication.
"The court filing in Stewart's name has left many baffled, including Stewart himself, who said he was concerned that the case had proceeded without anyone verifying if the request was authentic." https://t.co/5hgDfWanYj
President Zelensky says he "instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the Georgian Ambassador to Ukraine, to express our strong protest [of Mikheil Saakashvili's situation] and to ask him to leave Ukraine within 48 hours to hold consultations with his capital."
34 percent of Harvard students are white. 43 percent of those students are either legacies, children of faculty, kin of donors or a recruited athlete. 75 percent of them would not have gotten in if not for special status (National Bureau of Economic Research).
But when in doubt, blame the Black people!
The most important part of today's SCOTUS decision, which kills affirmative action in education without actually saying it does, is Justice Jackson's dissent, which is a barn burner from its opening sentences & well worth reading.