Michael Witlin

This right here is why I'm so proud to work at @BulwarkOnline 💪🇺🇸🗽

You are why we do this. You're not getting tired and neither are we. Listen to @SarahLongwell25's message from the end of our live show in Austin last night.

Британка, яка живе в Україні, говорить за всіх нас

I AM SOMEBODY! When we doubt ourselves, when the odds feel overwhelming, when doors are closed, when injustice tries to define us, when the world tells us we don’t belong, that’s when we declare it the loudest: I am somebody. Thank you @SamuelLJackson for honoring Rev. Jesse Jackson's legacy and reminding us to keep hope alive. 🎥: BET

1. We invaded not because the threat was imminent, but because it was not. Iran was weak. 2. The negotiations were a pretext. 3. There was no day after plan. This is, after all, the "let's-see-what-happens" presidency. 4. Hoping the Iranian people will rise up is not a strategy. 5. This is a giant step toward getting more embroiled in the Middle East, exactly what he promised not to do.

CNN will be controlled by David Ellison. If democracy is to survive, a vibrant independent media ecosystem is critical. My ask: cancel Paramount/Warner subscriptions and sign up for as many pro-democracy outlets as you can. Start with Democracy Docket: bit.ly/4a7l1TR

A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War. anthropic.com/news/statement…

Please watch and share! 🙏 “For each of us, this is personal, and when the IOC today disqualified Heraskevych for his ‘remembrance helmet’, in a certain sense it disqualified everyone living in Ukraine today. Now the new symbol of the Olympics is not the Olympic rings. It’s five zeros.” — Ukrainian blogger Michael Sheitelman @iocmedia

The Helmet of Remembrance

Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, so this winter is the 5th. And for civilians the worst. Russia launches missiles & drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-ukr…

This is William Vermie, a U.S. Army combat veteran and Purple Heart Recipient. He was shoved, handcuffed and detained by ICE for eight hours for watching an arrest. RETWEET if you stand with Vermie against ICE!

Are you pissed at russia bombing the shit out of Ukraine lately? Well you can DIRECTLY help our heroes on the front in the 25th Brigade with mission critical vehicles. 👇👇Please donate below:👇👇 paypal.com/pools/c/9lWA2U…

TWEEPS: The SAVE Act is an attack on voting rights: ending mail-in voting and making millions of Americans ineligible to vote. We have to push back now. Please give me 1,000 quick RTs and replies with #StopTheSaveAct. Please and thank you! 🙏💪

🚨NEW: Elon Musk has suspended U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's Twitter account. This comes as the Trump Administration and its allies ratchet up attacks on Minnesota in the aftermath of the ICE Renee Good killing. RETWEET if you stand with @AmyKlobuchar!

This is so beautiful collaboration with so many wonderful & talented musicians together bring the song truly magnificent sounds!! U can listen forever & never gets tired😍🎤🎶

"Battle Hymn of the Republic" is not a song to be taken on lightly ... but in light of this week's New Year Trumpian news onslaught, we're sharing this adaptation, called "Battle Hymn of the Empire" - as Trump goes marching on, and dragging us all back to the nineteenth century.

Brilliant, Marsh Family. You look at Trump and see what tens of millions of Americans stubbornly refuse to see.

Today, this artist, Noval Noir, was painting a stunning portrait of Renee Good at the site of where she was killed

Last night in Kyiv, for the first time, I went down into the subway to shelter. I just got to the city at that time. The platforms were packed - not with commuters, but with families. Kids curled up on the floor with blankets. Parents sitting shoulder to shoulder. Elderly couples holding hands. Strangers sharing chargers, snacks, and quiet conversations. Above us, the city echoed with air defense and explosions. Below, people tried to make a few hours feel safe. At first, it was mostly silence. Then the stories began. A woman told me her husband was on the front line. A teenage boy showed me a photo of his older brother in uniform. Another family spoke about a son who hadn’t come back. These weren’t dramatic conversations. They were calm. Almost routine. Because for Ukrainians, this has become part of life. Standing there, surrounded by hundreds of people who never asked for this war, I didn’t feel fear. I felt responsibility. Responsibility to keep showing up. To keep helping. To keep turning support into real action. Because behind every donation, every delivery, every piece of equipment, there is a family like the ones I met that night. The war doesn’t pause. So neither do we. Our fundraising is still happening. Our work is still moving forward. For the people in the subway. For the people on the front lines. For Ukraine. Kyiv stands. Ukraine stands. And we keep going. Donate if you can: paypal.com/donate?campaig…

"On a freezing December morning in 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was reviewing budget proposals when his secretary nervously informed him that a 73-year-old woman named Mrs. Eleanor Mitchell from Abilene, Kansas—his childhood Sunday school teacher—was in the White House lobby asking to see him without an appointment, and instead of having staff politely redirect her, Eisenhower literally ran down the hallway, swept this elderly woman into a huge bear hug, and cleared his entire afternoon to have tea with her in the residence. What makes this moment so breathtakingly beautiful is that Mrs. Mitchell had taught a scrappy young Dwight Eisenhower Bible verses every Sunday from 1907 to 1911 in a tiny church basement, making him memorize Proverbs and Psalms when he'd rather be playing baseball, and she'd written him letters throughout his military career—through both world conflicts, through his rise to Supreme Commander, through his election—always addressing him simply as 'Dwight' and reminding him that 'character matters more than rank.' Eisenhower told his staff that Mrs. Mitchell once made him apologize to the entire Sunday school class for being prideful after he'd bragged about winning a spelling bee, teaching him a humility lesson that shaped his entire leadership philosophy, and he'd never forgotten how she'd pulled him aside afterward and said, 'Dwight, you're going to do important things someday, but never let success make you forget where you came from or who helped you along the way.' During their White House tea, Eisenhower introduced Mrs. Mitchell to every cabinet member who passed by, saying with genuine reverence, 'This woman taught me everything that matters—respect this lady,' and she gently scolded him for not attending church regularly enough, which made the most powerful man in the world laugh and promise to do better. When Mrs. Mitchell left that evening, Eisenhower walked her personally to her taxi, kissed her cheek, and pressed an envelope into her hand containing a check for her church and a note: ‘For the place that built my foundation—thank you for seeing potential in a troublemaker farm boy. Your student always, Dwight.' What absolutely destroys you is understanding that Eisenhower commanded armies and led nations, but he never forgot the Sunday school teacher who taught him that true strength was moral courage, proving that the greatest leaders never outgrow gratitude and that honoring the people who shaped you when nobody knew your name is the most presidential thing you can do.