this seems appropriate to share today #Inauguration2025

Kamala Harris didn't lose, America did. As a nation, we collectively failed her—and in doing so we failed girls and women, the LGBTQ community, people of color, Muslims, Jewish people, immigrants, the sick, the poor, the elderly, the people of Ukraine, and Gaza, and the planet. It's unthinkable, that instead of being able to celebrate a beautiful, hopeful new chapter in the story of this nation with a leader who appealed to the best of our natures—we will instead be holding a postmortem for democracy as we enter our 250th year, stewarded by a malevolent sociopath who despises empathy and shuns the law. I truly thought we were better than this, that our shared humanity would show up. I thought we would reject this hatred and ugliness once and for all. I hate being wrong about the majority of the people of this nation. I don't know what's ahead. All I know is that good-hearted human beings are more necessary now than ever. We did all that we could to avoid this moment, but now that it's here we'll just have to decide who we will be. There is no way to comprehend or measure how grievous an error this is, but the only thing the decent people of this nation can do is wake up tomorrow and fight like hell for what we still believe is worth the fight, and we will. I'll be doing that with whoever has the strength to join me. I'm mourning the country we could have been and the one we apparently are—but I refuse to give up believing that compassion is the right path, that diversity makes us better, and that love is greater than fear.

This is Henry. He brings his emotional support duck to his hydrotherapy sessions. They get along swimmingly. 13/10

If you don't like gay marriage, don't get gay married If you don't like gender-affirming care, don't have any If you don't believe in abortion, don't get one If you don't think your kid should read a certain book, stop them But don't tell others how to live their lives.

Here's my school library's September newsletter, if anyone is interested! @SmoreNewsletter secure.smore.com/n/25jpz-sep… #tlchat #librarynews #library

Trump is wrong that the only jobs created are "bounceback" jobs. The current jobs level is more than 7 million higher than the Feb. 2020 pre-pandemic level.

Tim Walz has not said you can execute babies. Murdering babies is, fact check, illegal throughout the country. (Ooo hey a moderator fact check.)

Trump’s claim that everybody including “every Democrat” wanted Roe overturned is a complete reversal of reality. Poll after poll has found that more than 80% of Democrats wanted Roe preserved. It’s over 90% in some polls. cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/…

Trump’s claim that every legal scholar wanted Roe v. Wade overturned and abortion policy power returned to the states is not even close to true, which I know in part because multiple legal scholars who did not want Roe overturned have told me directly. cnn.com/2024/04/08/politics/…

🎞 New TikTok: So about that #Beyoncé rumor... Here's how the false claims about her performing at the #DNC went viral, an important news literacy lesson: tiktok.com/@newslitproject/v…

Holy shit, Kamala’s ad is narrated by Morgan Freeman. #KamalaFightsForFreedom

RT @MichelleObama: What an inspiring and historic night — a true representation of what it means to be an American. @KamalaHarris delivered…

#DNCConvention2024 So proud. #Kamala4President2024

Harris: "Donald Trump hand-picked members of SCOTUS to take away reproductive freedom, and now he brags about it ... simply put, they are out of their minds. And one must ask: Why exactly is it that they don't trust women? Well we trust women."

here's the entirety of Amanda Gorman's remarks at the DNC

Donald Trump is like an old boyfriend who you broke up with, but he just won't go away. Bro, we broke up with you for a reason. — Hakeem Jeffries OMGGGG!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Bill Clinton: I have no idea how more of these I'll be able to come to ... here's what I want you to know. If you vote for this team and get them elected, you'll be proud of it for the rest of your life. Your children will be proud of it, your grandchildren will be proud of it.

“I have no idea how many more of these I’ll be able to come to… here’s what I want you to know: if you vote for this team — if you get them elected — you’ll be proud of it for the rest of your life. Your children will be proud of it.” - Bill Clinton

.@KamalaHarris is ready for this moment. By every measure, she will be one of the most qualified people ever to seek the presidency. And by every measure, she will be one of the most dignified.

Michelle Obama: Kamala knows like we do, regardless of where you come from, what you look like, who you love, how you worship, what is in your bank account, we all deserve the opportunity to build a decent life.