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“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” — Rev. Theodore Parker, abolitionist

@Matt_Pinner Grandmothers and grand aunts: Rebecca Margaretta (spelled Margarete in German) Elmina (El-MINE-uh or El-MEEN-uh) Josephine Birdie (Anglicized from German nickname Bertie) Lizette (Li-ZETT-uh in German, Li-ZETT in US)

WHAT was your grandmother's name... I'm looking for a vintage girl's name. Not Doris.

@AdamKinzinger How. How can he use literal Nazi propaganda, as the descendant of Jewish emigres from Europe? When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.

Dork

Political assassination is WRONG. Celebrating assassination is WRONG. Whether Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman murdered in June or Kirk today, if you are celebrating political murder, you are inviting it. You can’t be pro-democracy and pro-assassination. 🇺🇸

@JuliaDavisNews No child has hips that developed. But it’s a distraction to try to analyze this. The focus should be on the words and the other stories. There’s some damning stuff in that book. Words matter. We should be connecting the dots, not picking them apart.

Just look at it. Was he drawing a girl or a woman?

@jamesericwebb @allenanalysis You know what else Germany, Austria, and Switzerland have? Universal healthcare, paid maternity leave, and programs that require people who social benefits to quell cleaning up trash in parks.

@allenanalysis Crime is gone so they’re cleaning up. I saw this in Austria, Switzerland and Germany in the 90’s. Safe, clean, productive.

Trump activated the National Guard for a “federal takeover” of DC and they’re out here picking up trash. He thinks he’s sending in the cavalry. The Pentagon gave him a parks crew.

@allenanalysis Fox News is spinning this ridiculousness as “The crime has dropped so much now they have time to clean up parks!” SO which is it… they needed to start carrying automatic weapons this week b/c it’s so bad? Or did they fix the crime so they have time to clean up trash?

@CrackerBarrel McDonalds redesigned all their stores, with a modern minimalist style and earthtones, and y’all didn’t say a word. How is minimalist architecture “woke”? Your can’t even explain it. Because *it has nothing to do with politics*. Not. Everything. Is. Politics. It’s about $$$!

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The WH press Secretary made a big deal about 23 arrests made by the 850 federal officers deployed to make DC “safe” from the terrible violent crime that’s making it “worse than Baghdad”. Meanwhile MPD has made an average of 40-50 arrests per day without them. Context matters.

You elect a real estate developer to be president and he turns the historic White House into a country club for his “donors”. When are people going to get it? He’s. not. leaving.

This is the outline of my Bill to end Congressional stock trading.

@Insane_Itchy @Rightwingnutts @lawindsor Yep. Peter Thiel about to win the lottery.

@Rightwingnutts @lawindsor Trump gets impeached guess gets the big chair 😬

Rupert finally smelled blood in the swamp water

@BarbMcQuade “We’ll back-date a statement by you that they only met a few times about business, and you’ll get a favorable parole review.”

Is there any legitimate law enforcement reason for DOJ to interview Ghislaine Maxwell now? Or is this just a prelude to some “exoneration” of Trump? nytimes.com/live/2025/07/2…

@JBobMcBoatFace @RonFilipkowski Not any more unusual than say, Marco Rubio signing the damning SIC Final Report on Russian Election Interference, then going directly on Fox News and lying about what the report findings said - he knew the Fox audience would not read the report, and no one ever called him out.

@RonFilipkowski It is funny though, that Rupert Murdoch was the one who OK'd the release of this WSJ article, but fox news is still running cover up about it?

We have news tonight on a new report from the WSJ after the break … After the break we pretend nothing happened and we never said that.

@BidenHcrackpipe @cturnbull1968 Actually Juan just started selling his avocados to Canada and the UK instead. Why would he take a price cut when there are other markets available?

@cturnbull1968 So then you know that the foreign company will have to lower their prices to adjust for the tariffs in order to compete, right? If Juan from Mexico‘s avocados cost $.50 more than Tom’s avocados from California, guess what?

This MAGA, financial savant, is educating me on how tariffs work. I don’t know why I wasted three years and a lot of money, to get an MBA, just to find out that I’m clueless.

US Dept of Labor refusing to release Congressionally-appropriated FY 25 funds for national Senior Community Service Employment programs that employ low-income SENIOR CITIZENS. Workers haven’t been paid since July 1. @USDOL @SecretaryLCD I thought your job was to help people work?

@0liviajulianna Politicians were more afraid of losing their job than doing what was right and then defending their choices (to a poorly informed, self-interested public made that way too since extent by those same politicians).

From the Houston Chronicle

Kerr county officials have said they asked the state government for flood sirens THREE SEPARATE TIMES since 2016.

@MikeNellis …which sadly will likely be squandered due to continued infighting combined with a lack of awareness that independents aren’t comprised of disaffected social democrats, but the dreaded centrists, right of center constitutional conservatives, and Trumpers.

Disapproval of the Iran strikes is MASSIVE with independents. Huge political opportunity for Democrats.

@janosaudryn8 @OliviaTroye Thanks, Mr. Active Duty Military.

@OliviaTroye You're so right Olivia. This face SCREAMS military knowledge, capabilities, and conflict resolution. 🤡

Pete Hegseth this AM: “Many presidents have dreamed of delivering the final blow to Iran’s nuclear program, and none could until President Trump.” Yes, Pete—Trump finally did what other presidents wouldn’t: ignore the intelligence community, destabilize the region, and risk another endless war. Bold move if you’ve learned nothing from the last 20 years.

@RepSwalwell If Congress doesn’t exercise it’s authority in the wake of this action, de facto the separation of powers is eliminated. Sadly, the GOP’s unwillingness to even name a possible red line says everything.

Donald Trump is not a dictator. And Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. That’s why in a democracy, Congress exists. Trump’s actions — without pursuing proven Congressionally authorized diplomatic efforts — threaten to mire the United States in ANOTHER endless Middle East Conflict. Congress should have been briefed, voted on, and able to set parameters on this action. To date, Congress has only received conflicting intelligence on Iran’s nuclear capabilities. I don’t trust Donald Trump for one second to prosecute this conflict. He ran for office promising no new wars and is adding wars to the globe. He’s corrupt and incompetent. And he’s surrounded by cult followers who can’t speak truth to power. Now, Congress must prevent this conflict from spiraling out of control. We will always stand with Israel and should protect their skies from Iranian attacks. But my priority is keeping U.S. troops from being deployed into Iran. Our troops in the region are now at risk. I pray for their safety and that wisdom finally finds our commander-in-chief.