Margit Detweiler

Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’

The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.

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We should be preparing for climate change, not reacting to disasters.

For those outside NYC, Brad Lander isn’t just a mayor candidate, he’s also the NYC Comptroller—the chief financial officer and auditor of the biggest city in the country.

E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos

Inasmuch as the Trump admin has any consistent tactical approach to policy, I think they just get up in the morning and say to themselves, what’s the most evil, destructive, and stupid thing I could do today? Then they do it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Sly Stone and Brian Wilson in the same week?? Gut punch.

Best performance of the night? Cynthia Erivo in the credits! 😮 #tonyawards

COLE ESCOLA BEST ACTOR - so, beyond deserved. #tonyawards

“Cole Escola! You have taught me to make what you love not what you think people want to see” - Sam Pinkleton accepting best director for one of the funniest plays I’ve ever seen, Oh Mary. #TonyAwards

“Challenge people with more power than you. Defend people with less” - George Clooney on @cnn.com #GoodNightAndGoodLuck #CNN

I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.

Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

After that? I’m not sure. But she had so many basic, smart insights - that we need another Edward R Murrow, another watergate moment - the other panelists seemed a little offended by the overall indictment of cable news

Connie Chung speaking simple truth on this journalist’s panel on CNN - the issue is that “Networks were taken over by corporations which were just plain greedy” #CNN #GoodNightAndGoodLuck

Spotted! @rachelsklar.bsky.social

The thing people struggle with: asking for what you want.
“Complain is not vulnerable. Request is vulnerable.” - @realterryreal #nytwellfestival

Tips on sleep from Mark Lachs M.D., M.P. -
“Devices off lights off and… fuck”

Watching the stunning Paulina Porizkova and Nia Long talk about midlife, aging and health.

At the @nytimes.com Well Festival today with @dorifern.bsky.social - here’s a thread of healthy fun!

Connecting with Vanessa Garcia-Brito Dear all, Today we are celebrating the 100th edition of CONNECTED. Since 2021, I’ve had the deep privilege of connecting with 100 incredibly inspiring leaders who prioritize relationships and drive me...

The 100th edition of @susanmcp1’s #CONNECTED features Vanessa Garcia-Brito, Chief Impact Officer @Nike. She shares how love, purpose & self-awareness shape her people-first leadership—and how sport builds inclusive, connected communities. bit.ly/4lXii37

YouTube video by Fortune Magazine Marriott’s CEO spoke out about DEI. The next day, he had 40,000 emails from his associates #DEI

After Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano spoke out about Trump’s sweeping changes to DEI at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit, stating “We welcome all to our hotels and we create opportunities for all”, he received 40,000 emails from his associates thanking him youtu.be/69WGflv8qNc?...

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

He is still going! @booker.senate.gov - up all night defending democracy 🔥

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Thank you @booker.senate.gov for standing for moms & working families as Trump and Republican leadership try to take away our healthcare (Medicaid), childcare (Headstart), our vote (#HandsOffHerVote), our vaccines & research, and more just to give more tax breaks to the already ultra-wealthy #MomSky

A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court. Schmidt had been visiting Luxembourg and flew back to the U.S. on Friday. His partner had gone to pick him up at Logan Airport, and waited four hours before calling authorities. “It was just said that his green card was flagged,” said Astrid Senior, his mother. She said she didn’t hear from her son directly until Tuesday, when she learned he’d been hospitalized. Senior described Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair. She said Schmidt told her immigration agents pressured him to give up his green card. She said he was placed on a mat in a bright room with other people at the airport, with little food or water, suffered sleep deprivation, and was denied access to his medication for anxiety and depression.

ICE agents are torturing a green card holder from New Hampshire, his mother says

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War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts m...

This is a deliberate effort to erase history, to pretend these heroes never existed, and to push the military backward. We should all be furious.

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black student enrollment at the university of virginia barely cracks 7 percent and that is too much for glenn youngkin and his toadies www.baconsrebellion.com/uva-board-di...

Watching it now, and the show is funny but it’s so *clearly* shot in Chicago and not Philly that it’s distracting.

A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

YouTube video by NBC News Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivers Democratic response to Trump's address

I had missed Slotkin’s response last night, but one of my kids sent it to me this morning because it is spreading on TikTok. This is about the best rebuttal I can remember. A star is born!
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I loved Anora but I think this is all about Sean Baker and indie film. He’s a standard bearer in the field. Such consistent work and always getting better. #oscars #hatm

Ahhh makes sense.