Kathy Gray Burton

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

On this day 225 years ago, John Adams moved into the still-not-quite-complete White House, becoming the first president to occupy it. His blessing was carved into the State Dining Room mantel in 1945: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.”

The League just published a provocative headline. WHEN WOMEN LEAD, PEACE FOLLOWS. We couldn’t agree more. Evidence is in. Gender equity & representation is directly connected to international well-being. Work with us. We can help. www.lwv.org/blog/when-wo... @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social

Wow! Perfect clarification.

American flag backdrop with white text: “A nation who mourns deeper for a dead right wing hate merchant than it does for dead school children is a nation who has lost her soul.”

Where are we???

Thank you, Science!

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.

The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.

Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

The last time troops policed America was in the 1770s.

We fought a revolution against that king, and wrote into the Constitution the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to prevent it from ever happening again.

Pass it along…

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

Sleeping in~the baby lion born at Akiyoshidai Safari Land last month has a name now~ meet Noah~💛
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Just some ducks enjoying peas

“Resist much, obey little.
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever afterward resumes its liberty.”

~Walt Whitman

Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics

• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist

Rep. Ayanna Pressley holds a sign that reads: No Cuts. No Cages. Protect Families.

Republicans have passed a bill that will be a death sentence—denying millions medical care, denying children food, & violently deporting immigrant families to destabilized countries.

This is unforgivable.

So do I.

They wrote the Big Bullshit Bill with a butcher’s smile. Cuts that bleed the poor later, timed to hit after the 2026 election.

They know it will hurt. That’s the point. Delay the pain, dodge the blame.

When the blade lands in 2027, remember who sharpened it in the darkness of time passed.

Hundreds of veterans volunteer to attend asylum hearings with Afghans The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.

“In the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan…”

1/ If Justice Barrett thinks we need to go back to what the Founding Fathers intended, I’ve got news for her. Their biggest concern was avoiding tyranny. So they created 3 branches of gov’t & divvied up the power the people (that’s us) were allowing the gov’t to use to create order for all of us.

Easily the coolest dog on the beach 🐾 😎

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Who else wants this job? 🙋‍♀️

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New York Times headline: EPA Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos

What is this—Make Asbestos Great Again? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo.

THIS IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY.
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In 1994, I took a lot of heat for this speech warning that the American middle class was in danger. That was 29 years ag A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich

30 years ago, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.

I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnd0eSuxu84

In response to so many members and followers asking why we haven’t called out the Dodgers and ICE, here is @eltragon.bsky.social

Good morning Bluesky😊

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