Happy Fourth of July, everybody—and also, happy 23rd birthday to our dear Malia! It’s been a few years since we took this photo, but I know that she’ll always be my sweet little girl. Malia, we love you, and are so excited to see what this year will bring for you! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/f1sagc2sL4
Happy Fourth of July, and Happy Birthday, Malia! It’s been such a joy to watch you begin to make your own way in the world with poise, grace, and humor. I miss the days when you thought the fireworks were for you. pic.twitter.com/tEF7q1wtEi
You, too, Gail! How did you mark 7/4? We had friends over for pie and then watch A Capitol Fourth on PBS. It’s the day of the year I most miss living in the DC area, but the crowds made me worry it could be a super spreader event. There were many terrific performers, and I loved that they sang Lift Every Voice.
The Biden admin has unveiled plans to bring hundreds, possibly thousands, of deported veterans and their immediate family members back to the United States, saying their removal "failed to live up to our highest values." https://t.co/o0Y0lwSfxh
Elections have consequences and without fair voting rules in 2022 and 2024, the consequences may be a permanent loss of democracy. We do not have the luxury to wait until sanity returns to the Republican Party or the majority of the Supreme Court changes. https://t.co/k83iGwLJyl
Today, we proudly presented the 6th annual Magis Award to the Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium. They identified a critical need in the fight against COVID-19, and the effectiveness of their testing and vaccination efforts has greatly benefitted Philadelphia residents. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/xqg9XiLpab
— Jim #VaxUpPhilly Kenney (@PhillyMayor) July 4, 2021
I think Tennessee is 6th. 😦 😦 And, get this: Our governor is one of the ones who stopped the extra $300 in UE. Yet, today he was with Brad Paisley and offering free air fare to anyone who will come to TN on vacation. #tonedeafamongotherthings
"What we're seeing right now is a cultural identity crisis that we are undergoing as a community that is completely splitting and dividing Latinos," Paola Ramos says about Latinos' decreasing support for Democrats. https://t.co/pAi0uvhhLA
Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an “overwhelming success” and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said.
The trials, in which workers were paid the same amount for shorter hours, took place between 2015 and 2019.
Productivity remained the same or improved in the majority of workplaces, researchers said.
A number of other trials are now being run across the world, including in Spain and by Unilever in New Zealand.
In Iceland, the trials run by Reykjavík City Council and the national government eventually included more than 2,500 workers, which amounts to about 1% of Iceland’s working population.
The trials led unions to renegotiate working patterns, and now 86% of Iceland’s workforce have either moved to shorter hours for the same pay, or will gain the right to, the researchers said.
Workers reported feeling less stressed and at risk of burnout, and said their health and work-life balance had improved.
Ron Desantis left Surfside morning after the collapse to do a press conference attacking immigrants in which he sent state police to the southern border in a cheap political stunt. Meanwhile Mexico sent rescue teams to help with search and rescue efforts.https://t.co/SFBlwOMhJQ
Millionaire trying to get others to pay for his legal defense fund because he was seeking to overthrow govt and engage in countless crimes for his boss Trump.
He deserves to be bankrupted by his legal woes. That'd go with his moral bankruptcy long ago.
— lawhawk #vaxxingforafriend (@lawhawk) July 6, 2021
Imagine loving America so much, that even without being a citizen, you were willing to wear our nation’s uniform and then, told you don’t belong. Imagine risking your life for America, and then, you or your loved ones get deported.
Imagine Black Soldiers who are citizens doing all that you stated in a segregated unit…then returning home…only to be lynched while in uniform…is there any reparations for that.?
— Pretty Foot💃🏾 wears a mask😷 (@PrettyFootWoman) July 6, 2021
We'd been super diligent for a year and half and were hopeful we could finally begin doing some normal things, and left for our first family vacation since lockdown began.
AJC: You still have nicknames for each other? Mrs. Carter: I call him Jimmy. President Carter: I call her sweetheart and beautiful. READ MORE as couple gets ready to celebrate a rare milestonehttps://t.co/XLy9qKGEyMpic.twitter.com/fV5DNGKtZV
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) July 5, 2021
shades of vietnam. not a great look for a superpower.
US left Bagram Airbase at night with no notice, Afghan commander says.
The US military left Bagram Airfield – its key base in Afghanistan – in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans, the base’s new commander said.
General Asadullah Kohistani told the BBC that the US left Bagram at 03:00 local time on Friday, and that the Afghan military found out hours later.
Bagram also contains a prison, and there are reportedly up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners left in the facility.
The Taliban have been advancing rapidly in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw.
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Within 20 minutes of the US’s departure on Friday night the electricity was shut down and the base was plunged into darkness, the AP reported – a signal to looters who smashed through barriers and ransacked the abandoned buildings. Leftover items from the base have ended up in nearby scrap yards and second hand shops.
What’s really depressing and sad is how the Afghan men are surrendering and running into the mountains. Who’s protecting the women and children?
Afghanistan: Soldiers flee to Tajikistan after Taliban clashes https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57720103
Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she won't teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after a fight over tenure. She said she would instead take up the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at Howard University. https://t.co/NPwVGJaOSW
President Biden's infrastructure package, if it becomes law, won't just construct new bridges, tunnels and highways — it could also help cement Democrats' House majority for another two years. https://t.co/3GQqaF3z9C
Yep, because Republican voters think that any sort of improvement to society is somehow disastrous. You need not look any farther than Obamacare and all of the attacks that is has weathered since its inception.
6 months ago today I wore this blue suit as I cleaned the Capitol after the insurrection, now I just donated it to the Smithsonian. Jan6 must never be forgotten. While some try to erase history, I will fight to tell the story so it never happens again. Here is one story…(THREAD) pic.twitter.com/GKePd1ZMrr
NEW | Gov. Cuomo declares a first-in-the-nation statewide disaster emergency on gun violence — with a list of measures to crack down on a “new epidemic” of shootings
The disaster emergency order could let N.Y. quickly allocate money and other resourceshttps://t.co/BDncaOnKGo
"The Supreme Court, by a 6-3 vote along strict partisan lines, upheld those two Arizona voting restrictions that disproportionately affect Native American, Latino, and Black voters," Cecillia Wang, deputy legal director of the ACLU, says. https://t.co/hIc1ziDDdx
It is not a blind eye…they are deliberately disenfranchising black and other folks of color…this is not an accident…John Roberts has long wanted to dismantle the VRA…
🗓️ Families, mark July 15 on your calendar! That’s when families in our community will start receiving monthly #ChildTaxCredit payments. Illinois parents may be eligible to receive monthly payments of up to $300 per child. Visit https://t.co/8E5d41jQwJ to learn more. pic.twitter.com/aQDLqGUfkG
— Rep. Lauren Underwood (@RepUnderwood) June 28, 2021
#OnThisDay July 6, 1868 The South Carolina General Assembly met with a Black majority among their legislators, the FIRST time an American legislature had a Black majority.
Oh. You DO know @WhipClyburn (D-SC) has a relative, U.S. Rep. George Murray, who was the ONLY Black person in Congress in the 53rd and 54th Congresses, right? pic.twitter.com/XPa8A3bb9V
— KEPT THE FAITH, BABY! ¡SI SE PUEDE! (@JamesMWilliam18) July 6, 2021
Thread by @JoekillianPW: Meeting with #NikoleHannahJones for an interview this week made me reflect on my June interview with Walter Hussman, the conservative Arkansas media magnate and #UNC megadonor who lobbied a…… https://t.co/IQqmRIoqNP
On really hot summer nights, my parents let me sleep on their bedroom floor because running a 2nd air conditioner in my room would have cost a million dollars per night.
Kids: We're bored. Me: Here's a dime. Call someone who cares. Kids: What? Me: When I was a kid that was an insult. Kids: Why? Me: We had phones you had to put coins- Kids: Why wouldn't you just text them? Me: So we didn't have textin- Kids: OMG HOW OLD ARE YOU
Why??!!!! Why do they insist on talking their true feelings out loud?
The ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols will not be covering the N.B.A. finals as a sideline reporter, the company announced, two days after The Times reported on an episode that has roiled the network.
Ms. Nichols, who is white, suggested last year that Maria Taylor, a Black colleague, got a prized job because the company was “feeling pressure” on diversity.
Her comments were accidentally recorded and spread through ESPN like wildfire.
.@HillaryClinton pens an op-ed for @marceelias’ Democracy Docket: “Much of the blame for this backsliding rests with the Supreme Court, which, thanks to the election of President Trump, is even more hostile to voting rights today…” https://t.co/AwxtEGXHO3
What happened on January 6th showed that these fanatical ideas can lead to real, even deadly harm. After the insurrection, I wrote about the failure of imagination that hindered our ability to prevent the violence in Washington. I quoted historian Taylor Branch, who asked in Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste:” “If people were given the choice between democracy and whiteness, how many would choose whiteness?” The months that followed revealed the ugly truth of just how many elected officials in America would choose whiteness.
In this pivotal moment for our democracy, people in every corner of our country are rightfully asking: “What can we do?” The answer isn’t an easy one, because there is no one step that will solve this deep-seated problem. Passing laws like H.R. 1 (the For the People Act) and H.R. 4 (the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act) that make it easier to vote is an excellent start, but we can’t stop there. We need to call these attacks on voting what they are: part of a clear attempt to move away from a pluralistic, multi-racial democracy and toward white supremacist authoritarianism. We need to remain laser-focused on what’s at stake for democracy and people’s lives and refuse to allow Republicans to draw us into piecemeal fights over tactics and technicalities
How is it possible that anyone who tried to dismiss the mob on Jan 6, let alone characterize them as typical tourists, is still in Congress? Our tolerance for the big lie crowd is still far too high.
Authorities issue a BOLO for the suspect in Ashli Babbitt’s death. He weighs approximately 350 lbs., claims to be 6’3” although he’s 5’10”. Suspect is extremely delusional claiming to be president. pic.twitter.com/cZUs6TstUR
Every single Republican in Congress is either an insurrectionist or stands in solidarity with insurrectionists. They are traitors to our country and yet they're still being allowed, with impunity, to participate in its governance. We must get to the truth. #January6thCommission
Awww! 💞💞 That’s fabulocity! Dayum they’ve been married longer than I was twinkle, twinkle little star in the universe! 😇 Still waiting for universe to stop twinkling on my behalf! 🎇😂💞
Lincoln: "four score and seven years ago" FDR: "nothing to fear but fear itself" Truman: "the buck stops here" Eisenhower: "beware the military-industrial complex" JFK: "ask not what your country can do for you" Reagan: "tear down this wall" Trump: "Hitler had some good ideas"
Tucker was in contact with Putin’s inner circle. *Of course* the US intelligence community would monitor those communications, as they are tasked to do.
The real “scandal” here is Tucker doing the Kremlin’s bidding by smearing the patriots in our intel agencies.🤬 https://t.co/4ZbaDGV4in
— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) July 8, 2021
If you say you are concerned about voter suppression and the attack on our democratic norms and institutions, ask yourself: "What you you doing about it?"
Republicans love to rail against “socialism.” But of the states that receive more federal funding than they contribute, 70% are Republican. Of the states that contribute more than they receive, 80% are Democratic. Republicans are fine with state socialism — when it benefits them! pic.twitter.com/fwbrMdVywf
We are witnessing a concerted attempt to destabilize the democratic process and delegitimize our multi-racial democracy, and we need to fundamentally change the way we fight back against attacks on voting rights.
We only rate dogs. This is an owl. I don’t care how friendly he is, please only send dogs. We are getting frustrated. Thank you… 13/10 pic.twitter.com/HOigDn5gKI
We only rate dogs. This is an owl. I don’t care how friendly he is, please only send dogs. We are getting frustrated. Thank you… 13/10 pic.twitter.com/HOigDn5gKI
The Obama Diary 
Hope everyone is enjoying life. 💖🙋🏾♀️💃🏾😎
trying to enjoy the moments….keeping my eyes👀 on the prize🎁
😻🤩👍💖
As much as we can considering the alternative.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
You, too, Gail! How did you mark 7/4? We had friends over for pie and then watch A Capitol Fourth on PBS. It’s the day of the year I most miss living in the DC area, but the crowds made me worry it could be a super spreader event. There were many terrific performers, and I loved that they sang Lift Every Voice.
Honoring the promises made to vets. Now, that’s the true spirit of USA. Insert thousands of hand clap emoji for uncle joe admin.
Bravos👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I said thousand.
This is awesome!
inr?
Class.
Class.
Class.
….
Crass.
😂
Ass
Guru has spoken.
💥💥💥
How apt that kenyan’s daughter’s b’day is on THE 4th of july.
Destiny!
Dogs. Us pigs don’t deserve them.
awwww! 😭💙
Better dead than read (sic).
I think Tennessee is 6th. 😦 😦 And, get this: Our governor is one of the ones who stopped the extra $300 in UE. Yet, today he was with Brad Paisley and offering free air fare to anyone who will come to TN on vacation. #tonedeafamongotherthings
Come and get your free covid in tennessee, ya dumbshits.
Ugh.
Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an “overwhelming success” and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said.
The trials, in which workers were paid the same amount for shorter hours, took place between 2015 and 2019.
Productivity remained the same or improved in the majority of workplaces, researchers said.
A number of other trials are now being run across the world, including in Spain and by Unilever in New Zealand.
In Iceland, the trials run by Reykjavík City Council and the national government eventually included more than 2,500 workers, which amounts to about 1% of Iceland’s working population.
The trials led unions to renegotiate working patterns, and now 86% of Iceland’s workforce have either moved to shorter hours for the same pay, or will gain the right to, the researchers said.
Workers reported feeling less stressed and at risk of burnout, and said their health and work-life balance had improved.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779
Halve the working days, double the staff. Unemployment solved.
lil minions. lil minds.
How are latinos/hispanics/whatever even voting for these thugs let alone support these racist scums.
posted just for shere khan, the actual ‘hero’ of that toon show. (no shere khan, no jb)
and of course, to mock at all the losers who parted with their money to ‘save’ a seditious thug.
Bruh.
hear that latinos/hispanics/whatever?
Thank you Sheila for speaking THIS! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
✊🏽👏🏽
treason. sedition. collusion. traitorism. terrorism. murders. you name it, the thug has done it.
Important thread
Keep reading…
Yes, there is goodness in the world.
This is a total scary mess.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-04/getting-athletes-to-pandemic-olympics-is-a-logistical-nightmare
They are so adorable. ❤️
Come on Rosalynn. You can do better for jimmy.
#decentpeeps
shades of vietnam. not a great look for a superpower.
US left Bagram Airbase at night with no notice, Afghan commander says.
The US military left Bagram Airfield – its key base in Afghanistan – in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans, the base’s new commander said.
General Asadullah Kohistani told the BBC that the US left Bagram at 03:00 local time on Friday, and that the Afghan military found out hours later.
Bagram also contains a prison, and there are reportedly up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners left in the facility.
The Taliban have been advancing rapidly in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw.
/
Within 20 minutes of the US’s departure on Friday night the electricity was shut down and the base was plunged into darkness, the AP reported – a signal to looters who smashed through barriers and ransacked the abandoned buildings. Leftover items from the base have ended up in nearby scrap yards and second hand shops.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57682290
What’s really depressing and sad is how the Afghan men are surrendering and running into the mountains. Who’s protecting the women and children?
Afghanistan: Soldiers flee to Tajikistan after Taliban clashes
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57720103
Mission not sooo accomplished. The last one was WWII.
Twenty years is looooong enough.
🎵🎵🎵 HE’S INDICTED & IT FEELS SO GOOD 🎵🎵🎵
Yes! 👏🏾👏🏾✊🏾
And in my dream, I’m hoping that gifted and talented Black students turn in their Intent letters and or put in for Transfer to a HBCU.
go joe.
only for 2 years???
Yep, because Republican voters think that any sort of improvement to society is somehow disastrous. You need not look any farther than Obamacare and all of the attacks that is has weathered since its inception.
Six months and zero indictment of instigator terrorists.
SOON – President Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 response, vaccination program –
https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-3
It is not a blind eye…they are deliberately disenfranchising black and other folks of color…this is not an accident…John Roberts has long wanted to dismantle the VRA…
The press sugar coats the process…
Wow….Look at them
Fascinating
Excellent writing! ✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Very well expressed! 😎😷
lol. amen.
The people of Kentucky – say thanks you to the Democrats!!!
been there, done that. / du.
that’s too much info already.
Kids today would laugh at a rotary phone. Landlines, who dat?
me in 1983: I want that blue rotary.
sales guy: But you have a new thingy called touchtone.
me: …
sg: ….
sg: sigh. that’ll be 20 bucks.
me in 1985: paid 20 bucks for it, taking it home to India…. still have it.
Yup, 🤣🤣
Hah! Dude, run back for your official certificate! 😷😇😂
Why??!!!! Why do they insist on talking their true feelings out loud?
The ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols will not be covering the N.B.A. finals as a sideline reporter, the company announced, two days after The Times reported on an episode that has roiled the network.
Ms. Nichols, who is white, suggested last year that Maria Taylor, a Black colleague, got a prized job because the company was “feeling pressure” on diversity.
Her comments were accidentally recorded and spread through ESPN like wildfire.
SMDH
3rd rate 4th estate of 5th columnists.
A MUST READ…
This jumped out at me….
What happened on January 6th showed that these fanatical ideas can lead to real, even deadly harm. After the insurrection, I wrote about the failure of imagination that hindered our ability to prevent the violence in Washington. I quoted historian Taylor Branch, who asked in Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste:” “If people were given the choice between democracy and whiteness, how many would choose whiteness?” The months that followed revealed the ugly truth of just how many elected officials in America would choose whiteness.
In this pivotal moment for our democracy, people in every corner of our country are rightfully asking: “What can we do?” The answer isn’t an easy one, because there is no one step that will solve this deep-seated problem. Passing laws like H.R. 1 (the For the People Act) and H.R. 4 (the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act) that make it easier to vote is an excellent start, but we can’t stop there. We need to call these attacks on voting what they are: part of a clear attempt to move away from a pluralistic, multi-racial democracy and toward white supremacist authoritarianism. We need to remain laser-focused on what’s at stake for democracy and people’s lives and refuse to allow Republicans to draw us into piecemeal fights over tactics and technicalities
Oh my! This is beyond “worrisome”. Very weird coup d’etat, & I’ve witnessed several in my lifetime. 👀😷
Not tolerance, it’s feckless weakness.
Lol…. What?…. You had to be there…. Both occasions.
Dag! Who would’ve thunked it? 😣😎😒
sterling dive is not, repeat not, an oxymoron.
happily married – now that’s an oxymoron
The feckless media and the worthless pundtwits still ‘covering’ the fugly gangster, tfg. Ugh.
second dog: what, we are doing this again? you are crazy mofo, dude.
Awww! 💞💞 That’s fabulocity! Dayum they’ve been married longer than I was twinkle, twinkle little star in the universe! 😇 Still waiting for universe to stop twinkling on my behalf! 🎇😂💞
Sad to see fedex knocked out by nonames. #timetoretiregracefully.
been there, done that. effing panasonic tape recorder.
he is a two-bit hustling thug long past his prime.
do that fugly thug real criminal barr. that will be something.
It’s helping ‘the other’ the racist thugs have problem with.
Can he keep idiocy to himself. Effing get the eff outta everywhere! 😠
THREAD…
No salt on the child please.
😂
He is a howling owl. #meratedog
He is a howling owl. #meratedog
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