#GratitudeThread as I was enjoying a to-go meal from an Asian-fusion restaurant in Soho, it occurred to me that #WildGinger had made it. The third year of the pandemic, and they are still sending out delicious dishes. So thank you to all the small businesses which survived.
Thank you to the healthcare workers who have endured years of pandemic patients, pushed to their limits in surge after surge, with more on the horizon. People who care for people are the best people. Grateful to all of you who who do this work.
Thank you to the teachers who had to power through the pandemic adjusting their lesson plans to present them remotely, and now return to the classroom with little real protection in place. Teaching is a calling. And to the school support, staff, also offering gratitude.
Thank you to the essential workers who keeps the groceries stocked, mass transit running for the duration of the plague. It’s tough but you kept on. We need a national day of mourning the million plus Americans who perished in the pandemic, like we honor those who died on 9/11.
Thank you the researchers who developed the vaccines and continue to explore new ways we can mitigate the effects of a virus that is not weakening, but continues to gain strength. Grateful for the original strain shots, boosters and now the omicron-tuned vaccine. #Science
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21 years ago at this hour I was preparing to go to school and teach freshmen in a film production class. Meeting a neighbor in the garage beneath my building to trade parking spaces. When I left the garage, I looked up, saw the first plane hit the 1st World Trade Center tower.
That shocking visual has stayed with me since then. I peruse the skies differently. I track planes in a way that I I didn’t before 9/11. Did not think much about them before. To all those who mourn today, I feel you deeply. My neighborhood, my apartment, was filled with tons of…
ash from victims mixed with ash of suicidal terrorists. We were stunned beyond words, traumatized. In some ways it feels we never recovered. In other ways we moved on. What is happening today with Trump and his party feels like 9/11, domestic terrorists attacking our foundation.
No matter what he says. No matter how he fundraises off of the affidavit, Donald Trump does not own these state secrets. They are NOT his private property. Lock his corrupt big behind up. All of this is just too much already.
I dare you to read the affidavit and not gasp. cnn.it/3RaCI8C
They knew Donald’s handwriting (probably in sharpie) Several of those tightly-controlled documents contained Trump’s “handwritten notes,” the partially-redacted affidavit detailing the Justice Department investigation says.
Heavily redacted. Reasons why the FBI had to search Trump’s club home. I hope he is totally investigated and throughly convicted. The monster has put our national security at risk in more ways than one. huffpost.com/entry/trump-se…
“Of most significant concern was that highly classified records were unfoldered, intermixed with other records, and otherwise unproperly [sic] identified.” Slobby Trump with the stolen documents in the basement.
The government filings refer to its “criminal investigation concerning the improper removal and storage of classified information in unauthorized spaces, as well as the unlawful concealment or removal of” government records. #LockHimUp
.@maddow has an interview with Dr. Fauci on the night after the day when he announced his resignation effective in December when he will be 82. He is looking forward to his next chapter. Still hear Brooklyn in his voice and it cheers me.
Dr. Fauci says he is looking forward to writing, lecturing, and being an inspiration for people to get into public service. He thought he would be ready to leave government after the Trump administration, but #COVID kept him in. He wants to leave while he still has his health.
“I want to do some things outside the realm of the federal government” is the chyron.
Donald must have known this would drop so he filed his frivolous lawsuit against DOJ today. 300 documents marked classified, some taken back in January, some in the most recent search. 300 classified documents. Thief. #LockHimUpnytimes.com/2022/08/22/us/…
Here’s a fun fact: “Mr. Trump went through the boxes himself in late 2021, according to multiple people briefed on his efforts, before turning them over.” That was the first batch in January.
And this nugget “The Justice Department investigation is continuing, suggesting that officials are not certain whether they have recovered all the presidential records that Mr. Trump took with him from the White House.”
This is an example of institutionalized racism that you might not have encountered. Racism and the quality of neonatal intensive care. In this study, Black mothers of premature babies describe their experiences. They also offer solutions. publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…
Black preterm infants are more likely to die than White preterm infants within the same NICU. Racism may lead to disparate quality of NICU care contributing to disparities in preterm infant health outcomes as this study cites.
Including the voices of Black mothers is key to combatting racism that affects them and their babies.