The vibe really is βif we donβt put on the best damn musical this town has ever seen, theyβll close down the old rec center for good!β
But the βrec centerβ is the country π¨π¨π¨
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Holding on to the messy, gritty, resilient kind of hope - despite the realities of a life that led... to this. Will not obey in advance. Will not be quiet when people are hurt. *Will* ask if I can pet your dog. ππΎππ€π€ π§ββοΈ
The vibe really is βif we donβt put on the best damn musical this town has ever seen, theyβll close down the old rec center for good!β
But the βrec centerβ is the country π¨π¨π¨
A person sitting in front of a wall of books. The caption reads, "reading can seriously damage your ignorance."
30.06.2025 21:46 β π 21889 π 5308 π¬ 293 π 229I think that the outcome in the NY Mayoral race and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race both show that people power CAN beat the political money machine. That should give us all hope, and the motivation to work for the government we want.
25.06.2025 15:39 β π 16128 π 3716 π¬ 387 π 184βThe big cities donβt represent the real America!β
The big cities are where most Americans live and where most of the countryβs GDP is generated. Iβd never claim that my little 94% white town in NH isnβt America, but NYC represents the country more accurately.
Safe communities are not defined by the presence of police, but by the absence of poverty. The key to ending poverty is stable, affordable housing and high-quality public education.
25.06.2025 13:41 β π 353 π 83 π¬ 18 π 8My advice for graduates: 1. Be cool. 2. Don't be a fool. 3. Avoid being a tool.
27.05.2025 15:29 β π 8151 π 1014 π¬ 289 π 53Those on the high court often exercise caution in their choice of words. That is why it was striking when she used an audience of lawyers to deliver a stern message to the legal profession: stand up for democracy, take on the hard fights and do whatever you can to win.
17.05.2025 13:32 β π 19537 π 5576 π¬ 206 π 178How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
10.05.2025 19:13 β π 22661 π 2728 π¬ 499 π 148The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
The rule of law is all or nothing and must apply equally to everyone. If there's no rule of law for some people in America, then there's no rule of law for any of us.
10.05.2025 22:02 β π 23489 π 5962 π¬ 571 π 222Not only are they ignoring climate changeβtheyβre trying to cover up the cost. Shutting down NOAAβs disaster tracking so we canβt see the BILLIONS itβs costing us? This ainβt solving the crisisβitβs hiding it.
09.05.2025 15:52 β π 13406 π 4965 π¬ 688 π 319How does he have authority to do this?
24.04.2025 21:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Beth Benike, Minnesota's 2025 Small Business Person of the Year, explains why businesses can't just manufacture in the U.S.
23.04.2025 16:53 β π 156 π 50 π¬ 6 π 5YES -- Because I LOVE LEVIS. I did not need another reason to boycott another perfectly good quality product βοΈ
24.04.2025 14:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.
23.04.2025 15:14 β π 21615 π 6242 π¬ 1234 π 289Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
24.04.2025 00:22 β π 79509 π 20354 π¬ 840 π 1265It isn't that America lacks courage. It's that weβve become so cut off from one another that many of us feel alone, which makes us feel afraid.
But when we are surrounded by courageous people, all of us become more courageous.Β
Courage is contagious.
MEDIA: Kindly stop comparing Democrats who want their leaders to fight for working people to the Tea Party.
Democrats want their leaders to do more than just respondβthey want them to fight. Hereβs what that means:
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Nintendo paid homage to the 1991 Paul Rudd SNES commercial by bringing him back to make one for Switch 2.
This is amazing.
Thank you for using your power to help! Keep fighting for us with all the tools you have access to, please!
16.04.2025 22:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOCβs rally. In the off year.
Americans are pissed β and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
Maybe if rich and powerful people didnβt make it miserable to have and raise children, there wouldnβt be such an increased aversion to it.
12.04.2025 16:14 β π 51 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0"No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful. If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music."
RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.
11.04.2025 11:49 β π 15199 π 2275 π¬ 282 π 100βThey were careless peopleβ¦they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessnessβ¦and let other people clean up the mess they had madeβ¦β -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
10.04.2025 12:16 β π 28944 π 8284 π¬ 592 π 393Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...
09.04.2025 18:40 β π 20823 π 6309 π¬ 24 π 77Happy National Library Week! As a life-long reader, Iβm thankful for the special role libraries play in our communities. This week, I hope youβll join me in celebrating them.
09.04.2025 19:34 β π 335 π 41 π¬ 12 π 3if you want to bring back the prosperity* and security of mid-century american life then you need high rates of unionization, a generous social insurance state, and widespread, freely available education. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
08.04.2025 12:43 β π 8933 π 2026 π¬ 198 π 131We often look back on the seminal moments in our history and wonder "What would I have done?"
This is our moment. This is our time.
We must stand up. We must speak out. We must do everything we can to stop a President who has every intention of destroying our democracy.
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.