"The new fund is a private investment vehicle, not a reconstruction or reparations programme & will not include any government ⁠money or grants, adding that companies based in the U.S., the Gulf Arab states, Asia, South America and Africa have agreed to commit financing." @hcrichardson.bsky.social?

Michelle Obama "told Chicagoans they “have shown the world what we are capable of. You’ve proven that a lasting legacy isn’t an award or a name on a building or a number of zeros in a bank account, but the difference we make in one another’s lives." "That’s how you build something that endures."

As you start your day - is it too early? - get fired up by examples of true, inspiring leadership from yesterday? Thanks, @hcrichardson.bsky.social, I needed that.

If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

Obama shouts out "those ordinary people in the Twin Cities who braved frigid temperatures, risked their own safety, standing shoulder to shoulder to look our for their neighbors and sometimes for strangers because they knew that was the right thing to do"

Doesn't look quite as good on him, though - meaning no disrespect!

That about covers it! "Over a GIF of James Bond saying, “He’s quite mad, you know,” national security scholar Tom Nichols called today “the weirdest and most astonishing day in US foreign policy in decades.”"

About covers it, don't you think? "Over a GIF of James Bond saying, “He’s quite mad, you know,” national security scholar Tom Nichols called today “the weirdest and most astonishing day in US foreign policy in decades.”"

Keeping up with these two = mind-stretching FUN! Follow them wherever you can! @pkrugman.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @250to250.bsky.social

MOU "with" Iran according to US officials:

Memories of that debacle: Watching the hearings in '73 with my #110 housemates in our living room my junior year in college in Detroit. I found myself totally amazed that John Dean was clearly telling the truth - and the others clearly weren't! Confirmation bias? No! Now I trust my instincts! 1/4

I knew nothing about Rachel Carson until I was in my 20's, so when my best friend, Shelley, insisted that we had to bike to school on that first Earth Day in 1970, I had no idea why. It turned out to be a highlight of my senior year in H.S., though! Thanks, Shelley, wherever you are now!

Absolutely…. #BookSky

"Our investigation has found the arson attack was just one part of an extensive campaign of sabotage, provocation & lies leading all the way to the Russian state."

Mom 🦢 Swan and cygnet 💕

And just like that, it completely VANISHED from the media. But a sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record The Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Don't trust me... listen to him 👇

That there's even a court proceeding for truancy is already an abomination; this guy's abuse follows naturally in that kind of environment.

From over a year ago.

Celebrities join petition to shut down Dilley Immigration Center in Texas, over abuse claims www.fox26houston.com/news/celebri...

"I can't afford it," White said. "I'll never do the Sphere again and we'll never do this again."

‪Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)‬ ‪@hcrichardson.bsky.social‬ It's also worth pointing out that researchers developed vaccines for the worst diseases first. People who only know current common illnesses no longer have reference for just how bad smallpox, polio, and so on were.

Big smile for the historians!

Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions

Standing ovation for Rep. Beatty, who sued Trump over the renaming of the Kennedy Center, took him to court, and won!

This.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

This is quite something, and SO bizarre. There's a 'claims' column and an 'offender' column; the 'claims' column actually reads like a running confession history! For example, it includes a supposedly false "claim" that Trump often falls asleep in public!

Now, THAT's a family that understands little kids!

"THIS is what democracy looks like!"

I'm trying to disagree with this..epic fail...

Jim Acosta's got the best live views of the Kennedy Center sign getting restored that I can find!

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs touching on topics like slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide "that do not align with its preferred narrative."

Looks like they're preparing to take it down RIGHT NOW!

From a friend: "[A]ny amateur PR hack could say something mindless about the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative, no doubt because “climate change” was...in its mission. But it takes a true professional to say that the National Science Foundation decision:

No comment: "Critics — including podcaster Joe Rogan — have questioned whether staging a UFC card outdoors creates unnecessary risks for fighters."

Yeah, I'm all for "Dems should be more compromising about abortion". Thanks anyway, NYT, I'm good. Thanks, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Seriously? For crying out loud in a bucket!

A truly enlightening interview with Heather Cox Richardson; just when I thought I'd heard the lion's share of her thinking over the years! Joke's on me! @alletson.bsky.social's questions hit the spot, maybe because he actually wanted to know the answers! @motherjones.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social

I'm with her! You?

Same.

Thank you, @kim.senate.gov, for staying on this issue.

,,,and I call it the perfect example of "anti-woke"! Way to represent, Mr. Prez!

Who you say you are, what you say you believe, your identity as a citizen of this country, are all on the table. “Are you prepared to stand and watch as Black political representation is erased? Do you not yet understand that this is also your fight if you have any hope of living in a democracy?”

Something about these pictures jumps out. I can't quite put my finger on it....

Yep. That's about the size of it..

Good grief! @jbf1755.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social