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30 years ago, michael jackson released ‘they don’t care about us’

have u ever had an insane roommate like i mean actually Insane

SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for the Iran war supplemental, sources say Some White House aides think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress

🔥🔥🔥The woman in the pink coat that courageously photographed Alex Pretti’s cold blooded murder. The woman in the polkadot dress who gave the finger to the ICE agents on Canal Street. And Sherlan. These random heroic acts will reclaim our democracy. Minneapolis will show us

Thirty-five female journalists crowded into the White House Red Room that March day. There weren't enough chairs. Many sat on the floor. Male reporters watched from the doorway, smirking. The manager of the Associated Press said these gatherings wouldn't last six months. Eleanor Roosevelt's strategy was brilliantly simple: If news organizations wanted access to the First Lady—if they wanted to know what was happening inside the White House—they would have to hire female reporters. No exceptions. At first, she covered household topics. But when Prohibition ended and reporters asked the President if beer would be served at the White House, FDR smiled and said two words: "Ask Eleanor." She announced the answer at her next women-only press conference. Male reporters had to beg their female colleagues to tell them what the First Lady said. Week after week, she made real news. She defended equal pay for equal work, low-cost housing, civil rights, and the minimum wage. The tactic worked spectacularly. The Associated Press brought on Bess Furman. United Press hired Ruby Black. The New York Herald Tribune sent Emma Bugbee for a few days—she stayed for months, her stories landing on the front page. Over twelve years, Eleanor Roosevelt held 348 women-only press conferences. Ruby Black called it "a New Deal for newswomen." But Eleanor wasn't finished rewriting history. After FDR's death in 1945, President Truman appointed her as a delegate to the United Nations. Her male colleagues assigned her to a committee they considered unimportant—humanitarian and cultural concerns. They assumed she'd do the least harm there. They were wrong. She was unanimously elected to chair the UN Commission on Human Rights. For three years, she navigated Cold War politics and united 18 nations with competing interests to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly voted. Forty-eight nations in favor. Zero opposed. When it passed, every delegate rose to give Eleanor Roosevelt a standing ovation. She called it "an international Magna Carta for all mankind." She considered it her greatest achievement. And she was right. From a woman who sat in a parlor with female reporters on the floor—to the architect of the document that defines human dignity for all humanity. Eleanor Roosevelt didn't just break glass ceilings. She built ladders so others could climb up after her.

At some point in time you gotta ask yourself what damn country do you want to live in? My full response to the ICE shooting in Minneapolis today is on YouTube now