"If America hasn't broken your heart, you haven't loved her enough."

Corey Booker, just now.

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

Cory Booker's speech is reminding me of Wendy Davis' viral 2013 filibuster in Texas. She needed to speak for 13 hours to keep an anti-abortion bill from passing before midnight.
Republicans cut her off with minutes to spare, but then thousands of attendees decided to scream until midnight...

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

You got what you voted for

I feel like I’ve been yelling into the void for 20 years that our nation was headed sharply right. Everyone - family, friends, colleagues - told me I was overreacting and histrionic.

And yet, here we are.

Cecile Richards believed in women, believed in @19thnews.org and believed in me in a way that changed the course of my life — and so many others. I am heartbroken, but channeling every ounce of her spirit. Sending so much love to her amazing family.

19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

I'd like to write low stakes stories where the problems are small and nobody dies but I also don't know how to not write about empire while living under an empire

A corner three hates to see Seth Trimble coming. #unc #MauiInvitational

Corey Alexander is going to make me break something before this game is over. #MauiInvitational #TarHeels

NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found.

www.propublica.org/article/segr...

Netflix needs to stop asking if I’m still watching and start asking if I moved the laundry to the dryer

Announcer: American is still fighting.
Me: I would expect nothing less from THEE Jackie Manuel.
#TarHeels #roysfavorite #myfavorite #JackieManuelHasAPosse

One of the things I enjoyed most about the other place was live sporting events. Where are my #TarHeel people?

Fastest way to get an annoyed sigh from my husband - compare his searching for clues in Vailguard to me breaking jars for fun in Link's Awakening. #eyerollandalaugh