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Wife, mother, volunteer, retired realtor. Love books, my father’s poems, Amy’s pictures, walking my dog, and keeping calm on Cape Cod. Grateful for good friends.
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He was delightful. Funny too. Farewell to a very neat guy💙
So sad, but what a good mother🩵
Where is the honor? Where are the brave ones?
Happy Birthday, George!
Good news. Good move.
California Highway Patrol will continue to protect Kamala Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service protection. 😏 California will always be a thorn in Trump’s swollen ankles and clogged arteries. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-h...
Tremendous tribute. Amazing life, enduring legacy. We’re the beneficiaries of her effort and erudition.
70 years ago today, Emmett Till was lynched by white supremacists. Here in Illinois, we promise to never hide from our history — no matter how painful the chapter. We honor his memory and his brave mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, by continuing the fight for civil rights and justice.
It's high time for us to consider that we Americans owe our Constitution and democratic heritage far more than our fortunes and sacred honor.
Important www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
Looks delicious! Yours too! Happy Birthday to your granddaughter🌷
So sweet ☺️
She is darling 💗
Isn’t she the sweetest thing💗
When you strip away humanity
This is delightful. Brought me back to my student days in Aix - and all the gorgeousness around me - the countryside, the food, the wine, the art. It was earthy and otherworldly at the same time.
Bless you💗
Will the philanthropists please step up? Public broadcasting is a public service.
This is really good. They’re voting now if you have C-Span. Share so folks will understand what’s going on.
Remember that time when education was an investment in the future - that time when higher ed was a hallmark of our stability, our ingenuity, our greatness…
LOVE her💗
Good God, nobody cares if he’s embarrassed. Important reminder to him, it’s his duty to answer questions.
JFK said it decades ago #USDemocracy
God bless you, Senator🙏
What remains when courage and empathy take their leave.
The Emma Lazarus poem is a masterpiece. For me it brings to mind the George Eliot quote about absolute despair and the recovery of hope. We were once a place to recover hope, for those in absolute despair. May we one day be that place again.
Agree. He’s a champion not just for his constituents, but for all who need a voice in their corner.
More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.
In 80 seconds, AOC has completely dismantled the #BigUglyBill. Dems should turn this into a prime time campaign ad NOW. “This Bill is a deal with the devil”💥 @aoc.bsky.social
McGovern: "For those Republicans who think it's okay to give Jeff Bezos a tax cut and at the same time cut food benefits for struggling families, let me say clearly: We don't share the same values... I believe there's a special place in hell for people who take food away from veterans, seniors..."
McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."
No lies told here.
The disregard for the cares of others just boggles the mind.
God help us. It’s true.
Correct! They don’t get leaderly behavior. Reminder to them, it begins and ends with virtue. Leaders who care for their own, will care for others.
And our economy was the envy of the world. Yeah, I remember…
Farewell to night. If there is a place to find gentleness and grace in this world, it is morning.
Sending prayers and love 🙏💗. God bless you.
If only they had thought more deeply about the consequences of their vote. What we’re witnessing looks like brutality, not policy.
Oh no 😥 I’m so sorry💗
A true friend deserves a tribute. I’m so sorry.
Read every word of this address because it expresses a programme to brace our foundational ideals - liberty, individual and collective rights, and the “pursuit of happiness”. And, en fin, the all important, inspiring question, “What’s the meaning of you?”
It’s so hard to lose your truest friend. Sending 💙
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
D’accord 💯
My mother, who was a child then, loved this movie. I’ll watch and touch back. Based on recommendations, I feel certain I’ll like it.
I’ve never seen this movie. This weekend seems like the right time to watch it.
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A moment of humanity. It vouches for hope.
So brave. Hero to his family, and to his country.
Oh no, I’m so sorry.
True. God, life will break your heart. Bless him.
Joe Biden, you’re gonna beat this cancer. You’re a great man with a strong spirit, and you have a family that loves and supports you, not to mention tens of millions of us grateful for your steady, principled leadership.
He’s very brave. Bless him.
May the real journalism follow his lead.
Mighty heart. Loves baseball. Skilled diplomat. Gotta love him.
Correct. Joe Biden was a very good president. And, a good man.
For history and posterity, we have a devoir de memoire.
If I were the owner of the @washingtonpost.com, I would not do a deal with the people who dismembered my columnist. Seems like a low bar, but Bezos managed to not clear yet another one. The world is awash in capital and that this is the choice should tell you all. He’s so poor, all he has is money.
No.
Agree 💯
As expected. Disgraceful.
Quite right. “To whom much is given, much is required.”
Profound and important column by the incomparable David French www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...
We do know who needs to hear this. The notion that the one thing we should do, the thing that was the essence of Jesus, and which our Pope demonstrates, is that we do for the “least among us”. It’s humane, and divine.
Congressional oversight. I remember when Senators Goldwater and Baker et al went to the WH and told Nixon that he’d get convicted in a senate trial. Checks and balances at work. Good for democracy.
Bless her.
Right, but a harbinger?
He really seemed devoted to the standard of an independent judiciary.
Day after day. Despair.
Congress has an oversight role here, right?
The elevation of Pope Leo XIV is a profound and historic occasion. Like so many around the world, I am praying for him and wishing him and the Church well as his papacy begins.
Every act of courage and patriotism matters. I think it was RFK who said even tiny ripples of hope - combined - “ can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression & resistance.” (Day of Affirmation Address, South Africa, June 1966)
I don’t usually shop department stores. But that’ll change now. Time to go to Macy’s bc I support businesses that value diversity, equality, inclusion.
NEW: Minnesota’s graduation rate just reached the highest level on record. Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history. Today, we’re seeing the results.
To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.
This is good news
A cabinet secretary wrote this letter? How embarrassing.
Absolutely loved James. A much deserved honor!
God help us. I’m so sorry. It’s hard to reckon the past but it’s worse not to face it. The anti education, anti history forces ill serve us. “What man is, only history teaches.” (George Mosse)
Would the doctors in Congress please stand up? Share your knowledge, opinions, objections…Exercise your oversight duties.
All who fight for democracy, heroes. Merci a tous.
No need for toys, but will look for opportunities to support Hasbro.
Just sick. Sick to my stomach. Heartsick.
Righto! From diversity comes strength, ingenuity, creativity, and understanding. All good.
Perfect tribute to the very goodest of men.
Beautiful selections of the Pope’s writing. Though I am a dubious Catholic, I am greatly affected by the gentle goodness of this blessed man.
Aww… know how you feel. We have a college senior too. They’re pretty awesome, these kids.
No advocates for the children? Why?
Marriott’s CEO said it straight: “We welcome all… we create opportunities for all… that’s who we are as a company.” He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.” Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up. Marriott still has my business.
Equal parts humility and holiness, free of judgement, free of pretense. Pope Francis showed us what it means to be human, and humane. I’ll miss his wisdom, his gentleness, his kindness. But I take comfort in the belief that souls don’t die. Farewell. Farewell.
If this doesn’t make you furious, I don’t know what will.
Thanks to the Governors. They’re doing what they’re elected to do - protect the rights and benefits of their citizens.
What a despicable thing. So very glad you’re all safe, Governor.
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After massive public backlash, the Social Security Administration is rolling back its disastrous cuts to phone services. This is a huge victory for the public against DOGE's rampage. Keep up the fight.
He is magnificent.