GOLDMAN: Mr Baker, when did you retire from the FBI?
BAKER: 1999
GOLDMAN: Did smartphones exist back then?
BAKER: Of a sort
GOLDMAN: Really?
BAKER: We had phones
GOLDMAN: Do you know what a smartphone is?
Gov. Stitt called the $85 million federal grant to fix Tulsa's I-44/US-75 interchange a "a major win for Oklahoma".
But the entire Okla. Republican Congressional Delegation voted NO to this. Republicans didn't win anything.
It was won for Oklahoma by Pres. Biden & Democrats.
called for a livable wage, the GOP stayed seated.
When he spoke about protecting our kids from gun violence, the GOP stayed seated.
When he stressed the need for affordable healthcare, the GOP stayed seated.
Only one party is standing up for Americans.
Joe Biden just declared that no billionaires should pay less in taxes than schoolteachers and firefighters.
Literally every Democrat stood and applauded.
Literally every Republican sat and frowned.
Pay attention, America.
has done for America in his first 2 years as President.
I was blown away.
I get that we're only just starting to see the effects of these programs, but it is a big deal.
And much was bipartisan. That's good for America.
#BetterWithBidenSOTU
The U.S. unemployment rate just hit a 54-year low. So why are there still massive layoffs in the tech industry and beyond?
Let's talk about the two economies going on right now:
she’s literally always the only one standing cause she knows what it’s like to feel like everyone hates u in a room bc of what she thought at the VMAS in 2009
This is incredible! Iranian musician/singer Rana Mansour performs #ShervinHajiPour’s song, “baraye,” at #TheVoice in Germany, raising the voice of Iranians worldwide. This song is meaningful and beautiful in all languages.
#MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی#IranRevolution
'I wanted to make the world a better place, so I had to be that change to make the world a better place' — We are here for Lizzo talking about positivity as a motivating force for her music, upon winning the award for Record of the Year at the Grammys on Sunday
Right-wingers were misrepresenting the school's "bathroom buckets" so this teacher took the time out to make a video explaining what they are actually there for.
They are emergency supplies in case of school shootings. Trauma kits in classrooms!
I don’t know how else to say this, so I’ll say it like this: When the hammer falls, people are going to SHIT when they see how big this was, who was involved, who gets indicted, and how many positive SWEEPING changes come about as the results. Go ahead…doubt it as you like. 😎
Senate Republicans are leaving the hard work of averting a cataclysmic debt default to Speaker McCarthy. Senate Republican Kyrsten Sinema is being persued by GOP, after Democrat Ruben Gallego announced that he will run for the Senate, against incumbent Sinema next year.
Republicans are threatening to bring down the economy in an unmitigated disaster.
And now they are looking to slash Social Security.
My response? Hell no. America pays its bills. And meets its obligations.
And for Democrats, protecting Social Security is non-negotiable.
As a man, your body may not be under attack. But, if the gov has the power to control your partner’s body & reproductive decisions, the gov has the power to control how you build your family together.
In other words, each of us has a stake in the fight for reproductive freedom.