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Paraphrasing from Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” book She asked her Mom why she was holding Barack’s hand on election night “His father left when he was 2. He lost his mother to cancer. He was moments away from becoming leader of the free world with no parents. So I took his hand”

My mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed. She was the same steady backstop for our entire family, and we are heartbroken to share she passed away today. We wanted to offer some reflections on her remarkable life: barackobama.medium.com/statement-on-t…

ENDANGERED MISSING: Reilly "Bella" Williams, 17, 5'7" & 190lbs with blonde hair last seen wearing a purple romper & heels. Williams has the mental capabilities of a 10-12 year old, didn't attend school today and was last seen today at 7:30am near Glenwood/Golden. Info? Call 911

George Stinney Jr was falsely convicted and murdered by the U.S at only 14. He was accused of killing two white girls, Betty of 11-years-old and Mary of 7, the bodies were found near the house where the boy resided with his parents. Before the execution, George spent 81 days in prison without being able to see his parents, he was held in solitary 80 miles from the city, he was held alone without anybody to talk to. He was heard alone without the presence of his parents or a lawyer. At that time, all the jurors were white. The trial lasted only 2 hours and the sentence was handed down 10 minutes later. The boy's parents were not allowed in the court room, and was subsequently expelled from that city after the trial. During his trial, until the day of his execution, he always carried a Bible in his hands, claiming for innocence. He was too short for the electric chair so they used the Bible he was carrying as a booster seat. He was electrocuted with 5,380 volts in the head. 70 years later, his innocence was finally proven by a judge in South Carolina. The beam with which the two girls were killed, weighed more than 19.07 kilograms. Therefore, it was impossible for Stinney to be able to lift it, let alone be able to hit hard enough to kill them. ‘The Green Mile’ by Stephen King was inspired by the same case.

@redjade @robdb Same, honestly

BREAKING: Colorado's Secretary of State Jena Griswold absolutely shreds Donald Trump after he appeals the state's decision to kick him off the 2024 ballot over his insurrectionism — says he doesn't have a "get out of jail free card." This is EXACTLY how you stand up to fascists like Trump... Griswold, a Democrat, appeared on MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell and bluntly laid out the facts, and they don't look good for Trump. "Donald Trump is trying to argue he did not incite an insurrection while Colorado courts at this point have determined that he did," she said, effortlessly shredding through the MAGA arguments against the ballot removal. "Then Trump goes on to argue that even if he did incite the insurrection, well, the Constitution doesn’t apply to him. I don’t think that’s right," Griswold went on. "I don’t think that there’s some ‘get out of jail free’ card for the presidency that allows Donald Trump to escape scrutiny of the laws of the land and the Constitution." Last month, Trump formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court's right and just ruling to remove him from the ballot. The state court made their decision since insurrectionists are banned from holding political office under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Secretary Griswold said that it is "so important" to have the Supreme Court rule on this issue. "This is a big question, it’s novel, it’s unprecedented because usually, we do not have presidents trying to steal the presidency," she said. "Usually, we do not have people who engage in insurrection run for president." She went on to explain that she hopes the ruling comes soon and that she has formally asked the court to move fast. "So, it’s a quickly approaching timeline," she said. "I do hope that the Supreme Court acts with urgency. Lawrence, the American people deserve to know whether a president can engage in insurrection and then be qualified once again to hold that office." She could not have put it any plainer terms. The future of this country, of our democracy itself, rests on Donald Trump never becoming president again. The man is a traitor and an insurrectionist. He belongs in prison. At the very least, he doesn't belong on the ballot. Please retweet and ❤️ if you support removing Donald Trump from every ballot. — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: tribel.app.link/okwPIHYCIqb

@DHinterlan70374 I clapped and laughed! Such a beautiful moment!

This is my “non verbal” son - diagnosed severely autistic 2 years ago. He just called out the notes of a c major musical scale in order and played them all on a livestream. I’m so astonished and proud I can’t even express it. For context, I’m autistic too and I turned my “savant special interest” of music into a career scoring big hollywood movies (I still can’t read or write music officially - I do it ALL by ear) I’ve been hoping alfie develops an interest in music because it can give him a great life of artistic expression and independence. Therefore this moment is truly magical for me. ❤️❤️

Wait is that Putin and Sarah Huckabee

The cutest Cookie Monster ever 🥹💙

In 2019, a would-be thief approached a woman standing alone outside her home in Brazil. The thief asked the woman for the time and then threatened her with a cardboard gun. But unfortunately for the man, the woman he was attempting to steal from happened to be Polyana Viana, a professional MMA fighter. Rather than surrendering her belongings, Polyana hit the thief with two punches and a kick. The aspiring thief fell, and Polyana swiftly subdued him with a rear-naked choke, detaining him until the police arrived.

BREAKING: The New York Times reports that Trumper Congresswoman Lauren Boebert just got into a “shouting incident” in front of reporters as Boebert “raged” at her fellow Republican members of Congress who voted against Jim Jordan’s speakership bid. It all started when “Republican lawmakers were giving statements to the press about the state of the election for speaker.” The New York Times reports that, at this point, just as Virginia Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, a Biden-district Republican who opposed Jordan’s bid, told reporters that she looked forward to members coalescing around a new candidate, Boebert interrupted her and “raged just behind her,” screaming at Kiggans’ direction, “These holdouts are responsible for Congress not working right now!” According to reporters, Boebert’s angry screaming caught Congresswoman Kiggans off-guard, leading Kiggans to give Boebert “a dirty look.” Boebert continued to rage over Jordan’s failed bid to become Speaker of the House before being whisked away by her staffers in order to save her from any further embarrassment — but the damage was done. It’s a truly sad state of affairs for the Republican Party when it’s being led by a former President who has been indicted on over 91 different crimes, a man who helped cover up a massive sexual abuse scandal, and an unhinged 36-year-old grandma who has been arrested on three separate occasions. Please retweet and ❤️ if you think that Trumper Lauren Boebert is an embarrassment to Congress — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a woke new Twitter competitor that banned Boebert and Trump for life and is exploding in popularity because Elon Musk banned Tribel’s Twitter account — but he forgot to ban this link to download the new Tribel app: tribel.app.link/okwPIHYCIqb

@BarakRavid twitter.com/oftheroyalbloo…

NOW: Elon indicates he wants to charge ALL users to use Twitter. Yes or No – Are you willing to pay Elon? Don't hold back!!

@joncoopertweets No

Cost to Arkansas taxpayers of the Governor illegally deploying the Arkansas National Guard to the Texas Border: $1.3 million.

"Where The Red Fern Grows" left me shook. pleated-jeans.com/2023/04/24/boo…

@blueoctober My 8th Sober Birthday is April 6th. I can't believe it's been 8 years!

What was the last thing you were really excited about?

If you don’t think today’s Republican Party has been radicalized, watch this clip. Unrecognizable.