Sandy MacDonald

Not a parody, not a comedy show item. Donald Trump has designed for his Presidential Library main hall, as its highlight, a 10m tall golden statue of himself.

Trump has granted nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz a full pardon after he was sentenced to prison for diverting millions owed to his employees while paying himself $5 million as a 'ghost employee.' This full pardon comes after his payment of $1 million to Trump lobbyists.

🚨NEW: Federal Judge Richard Leon has blocked the construction of Donald Trump's White House ballroom, saying "The President is the steward of the White House for future generations...he is not the owner!" RETWEET to thank Judge Leon for standing up for our democracy!

Plant lovers unite 🪴🌷🌼! Our annual spring and Plant and Seed Swap returns this Saturday, April 4 from noon-1pm 🌱. Swap your extra plants, seeds, and meet new plant-loving friends ☺️. More info: bryantpark.org/calendar/event…

Naïve, loving parents who don’t know any better

SHAME on every Republican who voted to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid with a so-called "Balanced Budget Amendment." It did not pass — but now they are on the record.

Histoire vraie Bruxelles, 1942 — sous l’étau étouffant de l’occupation nazie, une jeune institutrice nommée Andrée Geulen fit un choix qui allait traverser l’Histoire. Un jour, elle vit certains de ses élèves contraints de porter l’étoile jaune — non plus vus comme des enfants, mais désignés comme des cibles. Son cœur se brisa. Dès le lendemain, en silence, elle fit enfiler à tous ses élèves — juifs et non juifs — le même tablier, effaçant les marques imposées par la haine, les rendant à ce qu’ils étaient : de simples enfants. Ce petit acte de rébellion ne fut que le début. Andrée rejoignit la Résistance, collaborant avec le Comité de Défense des Juifs pour cacher des enfants dans des familles sûres. C’était une mission qui demandait un courage inhumain : convaincre des parents terrifiés de confier leurs enfants à des inconnus, sans savoir s’ils se reverraient un jour. Elle en abrita une douzaine dans sa propre école, enseignant, souriant, feignant une normalité qui n’existait plus. Mais en mai 1943, la Gestapo fit irruption. Les soldats fouillèrent les salles, arrachèrent des enfants à leurs lits, et interrogèrent Andrée. Un officier nazi lui lança, avec mépris : — « Vous n’avez pas honte d’enseigner à des enfants juifs ? » Elle répondit, sans trembler : — « Et vous ? Vous n’avez pas honte de leur faire la guerre ? » Andrée Geulen sauva plus de mille enfants. Sans jamais chercher les honneurs, ni les médailles. Elle choisit, chaque jour, de se tenir du côté de l’humanité. Elle vécut jusqu’à 100 ans, sa vie marquée par une défiance lumineuse, une compassion intrépide, et un tablier d’écolier qui, en silence, osa défier un empire de terreur.

This is a North Carolina Senator on a livestream trading stocks while on the Senate floor! No wonder they don’t get anything done and are billionaires! 🤬

OUR HERO OF THE DAY IS: 56-year-old James Rickher or Portland. This week he filed a lawsuit to block the US Mint from producing coins with Donald Trump's image on them. “The Treasury and the Mint are completely subverting a written law for the self-aggrandizement of Donald Trump, and honestly, it bugged me that this was going to happen.” Your Thoughts?

john waters at the no kings rally in provincetown

Progress

Today’s final count: 7 million Americans. 3,000 cities. Every state. Philadelphia. Atlanta. Dallas. St. Paul. DC. San Francisco. 500,000 in London. Tel Aviv in the streets. A human banner on the Pacific Ocean spelling out: TRUMP MUST GO NOW. One of the largest single-day demonstrations in American history. The founders settled the kings question in 1776. America settled it again today. Never stop connecting the dots.

🚨BREAKING: Pam Bondi just said…“Being a citizen in our country is a privilege, not a right.” Citizenship is a right, guaranteed by the Constitution… not something granted based on opinion, loyalty, or who they like. This is authoritarian rhetoric.

Let me explain what just happened 👇 5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil. 5 minutes… These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch. There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made. Someone in that room picked up a phone. And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars. American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it. This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions. This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight. You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question. Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that. The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…

@EllenBarkin He’s just a rung on their ladder

This is what I cannot understand… In 2 yrs donald trump will not be president. He will be just another impotent old man. A feeble, decrepit lunatic howling at the moon. Now what does his cabinet of criminals think is going to happen to them? Cuz these souls do not deserve saving

Donald Trump wears his heartlessness on his sleeve.

@johnelton @bryantparknyc @BirdCentralPark I’d been looking — so quickly after all that upheaval

Woodcock in @bryantparknyc cc @BirdCentralPark

Willful ignorance wins