Shara Bumgarner

When a student loan is canceled, Treasury stops collecting principal & interest on it. That’s it. Nothing else happens and it has no discernible effect on anyone other than the borrower having more money to spend, save or invest. NO ONE ELSE PAYS FOR IT. Not you. Not me. NO ONE.

Quick story in which my mom teaches me about loving people. When my big sister got married, they pulled away from the family a lot. In hindsight, she was the oldest daughter who did too much for all of us, and her husband helped her put down boundaries with us, and it was new and painful. The first few years of their marriage they didn’t come to a lot of family functions. But they were sometimes there and my BIL was super polite, but also a big introvert. About 4 years into it, on Christmas Eve, when all of us were just grazing food in my mom’s kitchen, and talking about life as we often did on holidays, I looked over and saw BIL was sitting in a recliner in the other room, reading a book. Annoyed, I went over to my mom, to tattle. (I was also a married adult at this time.) “Mom, do you see he’s just in the other room, reading? It’s Christmas Eve for goodness sake.” My mom gasped and quietly peeked into the other room. “It worked!” She said. “What worked?” I asked. “He’s just so shy around us, and I’ve been brainstorming ways to help him relax when he’s at our house. So I found out who his favorite author was, and bought the newest book just published. I set it right by the recliner, hoping he’d feel comfortable enough to just pick it up and read it. I got him to relax over here! It worked!” I was humbled. Astounded. Her goal wasn’t to get him to get with the program. Her goal wasn’t to assimilate him to what the rest of our family was doing. Her goal was to help him feel loved when he was with us. I will never ever forget this lesson she taught me.

An important Sunday reminder.

With antisemitism on the rise globally, it’s crucial for the Jewish community to know they’re not fighting alone. Retweet this video with #StandUptoJewishHate to show your support.

@cmermis @TMFanSupport @Ticketmaster Try logging in on your phone. It worked for friends after the same experience. Good luck!!!

You may have seen the wild headlines: Florida will require female student athletes to report their menstrual cycles in order to register for team sports. Watch this moment from a school board meeting in mid-August where parents erupted with outrage over the invasion of privacy.

@simonsinek @BreneBrown @AdamMGrant 3 of my favorites in one episode! Happy birthday to me!!!

Really enjoyed this conversation! Can't wait to have @BreneBrown and @AdamMGrant on A Bit of Optimism soon. Check out part one of our Dare to Lead episode here: bit.ly/3UUf4jv

My name is Luke Warford and I'm the 33-year-old Democrat running against a corrupt career politician who put millions of Texans' groundwater at risk in exchange for a $100K campaign check. We've got 49.4K followers. Can you RT + follow to help us get to 50K and win this race? 🤠

What we learned from COVID? That oil is worthless in a society without consumption. That healthcare has to be public because health is public. That 50% of jobs can be done from home while the other 50% deserve more than they're being paid. That we live in a society not an economy

I am a veteran and Democrat running against the most radical GOP member of the Florida Senate. Ileana Garcia is anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ+, and won by only 34 votes in 2020. Tomorrow is election day, and I need your help to get to 35k followers. Could you retweet and follow?

"Women menstruate, therefore are disproportionately affected by sales tax on menstrual products. Continuing to tax those products while giving items such as male libido enhancers & prostate vitamins a free ride is blatant inequity that #txlege should remedy." @TXHouseWHC

Governors and legislators in Texas, Florida and elsewhere, and now the U.S. Supreme Court, are practicing medicine without a license by dictating complex life-and-death health care decisions. They have the paternalistic arrogance, but neither the training nor judgment to do so.

A school where every person, no matter their role, can bring their authentic self to work everyday, is a school that is going to thrive. Authenticity is a superpower.

Reproductive health decisions should be made between a patient and their doctor. Full stop.

@neal_katyal @LivviesJam @politico

@GovAbbott @teainfo Hahahahahahahahahaha

Directing @teainfo to create task force addressing teacher shortages across Texas. Teachers play a critical role in students’ success & we will ensure that every student has access to a quality learning environment. gov.texas.gov/news/post/gove…

In response to Governor Abbott and AG Paxton's directives regarding transgender youth care: