Lori

It’s really that simple.

Excellent summary.

The owner of a Detroit car wash who recently died had a helicopter drop thousands of dollars onto pedestrians below as his last wish:

Deplorable.

There are 800,000 people in poverty in Alabama, 250,000 are children. Do something about that.

I miss having a human president.

I have a kind of fantasy or maybe it is just a wish. I imagine everyone…each of us…taking time on July 4th to read the Declaration of Independence with our friends and family. Read every word out loud. We would be a different country the day after. We need it.

The greatest tragedy isn't that the person in our highest seat of power lacks a single benevolent impulse, that he is impervious to compassion, incapable of nobility, and mortally allergic to simple kindness.

The greatest tragedy is how many Americans he now represents—and that he represents you.

Gen’l Eisenhower was a man who knew war, and of the cost of war. His words of wisdom:

ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting

Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens

Iran has begun its retaliation, firing missiles at U.S. bases in both Qatar and Iraq. There are 10,000 American troops in Qatar, and thousands more deployed across Iraq. Praying for their safety.

To The People I Know Who Voted for Him, To the people I know who voted for him,

If you voted for him, I hold you responsible for Iran.
You chose this.
You chose him.
For the third time, you had a chance to reject his vitriol, to condemn his criminality, to prevent his lawlessness, to denounce his bigotry—and you flat-out refused.

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Investigate federal vaccine panel's overhaul, AMA urges Senate Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime skeptic of vaccinations, said he ousted the CDC committee to restore "public trust in vaccines."

AMA calls for investigation into RFK,Jr's cull of CDC vaccine committee chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...

Best image of the day:

On this day in 1953, Black rider sparked Baton Rouge bus boycott On this day in 1953, Martha White refused to give up her seat on a Baton Rouge city bus, sparking a boycott.

#OnThisDay in 1953, Martha White refused to give up her seat on a city bus in Baton Rouge. Another Black woman joined her. A successful boycott followed. MLK visited, and two years later, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was born. #History
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Yesterday's parade was a huge waste of money. It was a bad look politically on many levels (it was fascist, it was boring, modest turnout, tepid crowd). It did not achieve its goal of honoring the military. In fact, it was a bad look for the army. Ragtag. Sloppy. Ill-conceived from start to finish.

Opinion | Trump Wants You to Get Used to This

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Here Is Exactly Who Trump Is Targeting With His Anti-Immigrant Policies And how we can fight back.

This op-ed explains who is being swept up in Trump's immigration dragnet, and what we can all do to push back and keep one another safe.

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Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the U.S. on Saturday, gathering at demonstrations to call for protecting American democracy from President Trump. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4e3BIzD

Exactly this! We felt the same in our community yesterday!

I'd Lost A Few Things. 'No Kings Day' Helped Me Find Them Again Sometimes you don’t notice attrition when it happens.

But for me, #NoKingsDay was a glorious reminder of how powerful joy, hope, diversity, and our individual and collective humanity are in resisting this Renaissance of hatred—and that we are their caretakers.

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Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday.

This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.

"How does it feel to get arrested at 87 years old?

He said "I'm just beginning!"

It was peaceful, positive and incredibly well received by people going by in cars, etc! It was like a breath of fresh air! Lots of people just connecting - it was AWESOME to see! Gave me renewed hope!

If every other sign has the word “fuck” on it, they will not be able to televise the area you all are in.
Try to avoid signs about doing violence (no guillotines).

Be strategic.
Do whatever you can to convince people to join us.
We need as many Americans on our side as possible.

Don’t be an idiot.

My son who was a news editor for a long time says ‘don’t use obscenities on your sign cuz they can’t show it.’

No Kings Day will be televised.
America will be watching and that is a good thing. It is an opportunity for us to convince fellow Americans to joins us and that we are not rabid lunatics.
Show them good people, people who could be their neighbors and family.
Patriotic people who love this country.

When you make your sign today, make it insult free
Make it about patriotism, loving your country, protecting democracy
Make it about standing up for the rights of your neighbors and good, decent people who contribute to our well being
Make it about the Constitution, the Bill Of Rights