Lorraine

A new world will not arise from an old conversation. A solely material, mechanistic & rationalistic analysis of the world as it is, is an inadequate translator into what can be. The intelligence of the heart is as necessary for transformation as is the intelligence of the brain.

March 1, 2020: 89 cases 2 deaths March 1, 2021: 28,614,504 cases 513,393 deaths

We’re making it all about him, but the deeper issue is what has happened in this country that someone like that would ever be elected a US Senator. It’s not as funny or disgusting as it is painful.

Very wealthy people already have a student loan forgiveness program. It’s called their parents. The idea that millionaires and billionaires are willingly letting their kids drown in federal student loans & that’s why we can’t go big on forgiveness is about as silly as it sounds.

Speaking of market manipulation, why in the hell do we allow members of Congress to trade stocks?

Student debt isn't just crushing our kids. 6.3 million borrowers 50-64 and nearly a million over 65 are still paying for a loved one’s education or their own. Read my new piece with @SenSchumer on why we should #CancelStudentDebt to help seniors, too. cnbc.com/2021/01/22/eli…

Today, as I was sworn in, I held in my jacket pocket copies of the ships’ manifests recorded at Ellis Island when my Great Grandfather Israel arrived in 1911 and my Great Grandmother Annie arrived in 1913. A century later, their great grandson was elected to the U.S. Senate.

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The next mayor of New York will have to work with Congress and the Administration to assert that New York City’s recovery is vital to the nation. I believe I can make that case powerfully and effectively - and I have friends in DC. 👍🇺🇸

Is this important??? I think so and it should be shared far and wide. What do you think @LindseyGrahamSC ???

OPINION: An ugly chapter in N.C. history has passed bit.ly/2XEEGEu

The fact is that everyone loves New York.

I regard a compassionate, warm, kindhearted person as healthy. If you maintain a feeling of compassion, loving kindness, something automatically opens your inner door, through which you can communicate much more easily with other people — you'll find that they are just like you.

Watch me create the full portrait of Ms. @staceyabrams! It was amazing to paint such an inspirational person! Original Photo: Dan Winters Photography Song: Georgia on my Mind by @indiaarie

Sorry to have to say these things to you, but I see a nation that’s still in profound denial about what fascism and terror is, where it goes, and how it needs to fought. It’s a lot like Covid. Give it a foothold, and you’re fighting an unwinnable war for a very very long time.

I paint people who inspire me; and Ms. @staceyabrams your hard work and determination have shown me that anything is possible when you work for what you believe is the right thing to do! You have overcome so much, just like me, and I am honored to be painting you today!