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Andrea Roane retweeted
🚨NEW: Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan has blocked Donald Trump’s construction of an arch at Arlington National Cemetery.
RETWEET to thank Judge Chutkan for holding Trump accountable!
Glad you’re feeling better.
I've had a busy and whirlwind Sept. and Oct., more on that later. Right now I'm so grateful to be out and about after a nasty bout of the flu. While still not 100%, I easily enjoyed my first cup of coffee in a week, the changing leaves and the view from where I sit. Staying busy on a big sports day @NewsWtop!
Andrea Roane retweeted
🚨NEW: Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan has blocked Donald Trump’s construction of an arch at Arlington National Cemetery.
RETWEET to thank Judge Chutkan for holding Trump accountable!
To the best of the best-Congratulations! A well deserved recognition.
Andrea Roane retweeted
🚨NEW: Navy Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher has defeated GOP Congressman Lauren Boebert in a stunning upset in Colorado.
RETWEET to congratulate @EileenforCO on her historic victory!
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The Kennedy Center was financially stable for 55 years. One year of Trump as chairman of the board, and it’s facing bankruptcy.
If that doesn’t feel like a metaphor for what’s happening to this country, I don’t know what does.
Trump is the worst person alive. Do you agree?
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Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."
RETWEET if you stand with Admiral McRaven!
Andrea Roane retweeted
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Bishop Robert P. Boxie, III on his historic ordination as the youngest bishop in the United States!
During his six years as Howard University’s Catholic chaplain, Bishop Boxie expanded student programming, mentored Bison through Alternative Spring Break, and championed the rich history of Black Catholicism. Now, he steps into the highest levels of leadership within the Archdiocese of Washington.
As he reflects on this monumental milestone, Bishop Boxie credits The Mecca for his journey: “I sent a message to our community at Howard: ‘You made your chaplain a bishop.’ And Holy Mother Church thanks you.”
Read the full story on The Dig: thedig.howard.edu/all-storie…
#HowardUniversity
So sad hearing this painful news. Take comfort in knowing your little angel is with God. You and your family are in my prayers.
Andrea Roane retweeted
Barack and Michelle Obama’s first-ever commissioned joint portrait was revealed today.
RETWEET if you love the Obamas! ❤️
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BREAKING: Veteran journalist Jim Acosta is vindicated in the worst way possible as Trump’s latest outburst proves he IS a danger to democracy and a free press!
Back in Trump’s first term, the former CNN anchor was among the first journalists to sound the alarm that Trump’s antipathy towards journalists presented a serious threat to democracy, a free press, and basic truth.
Naturally, the MAGA world lost its collective mind, accusing Acosta of grandstanding, making it all about himself, and being a rude, overdramatic showboat.
But Trump just spent years proving Acosta right on a daily basis, and it's gotten demonstrably worse during his second term, culminating in yesterday’s angry, sexist attack on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins before she’d even asked her a question.
Acosta posted the receipts last night, resurfacing the infamous 2018 press conference clip where Trump personally berated him and insulted him personally on live television:
“CNN should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn’t be working for CNN… You are the enemy of the people.”
Acosta’s question that day was about the Russia investigation, one that Trump clearly didn’t want to entertain. He told him to sit down, and launched into his first major “enemy of the people” rant against the press.
“When I called out Trump years ago for being a danger to democracy, a free press, and truth itself, I was accused of making myself the story and showboating,” Acosta wrote today. “How did things turn out? Trump is all of those things. Tonight, the free press is very much in danger in America. Wake up!”
Like a modern day Cassandra, he was right then, and he’s even more right now, and he should be heard.
Trump never stopped attacking the free press, and has only intensified his derision for journalism, and disrespect for the truth, and accountability.
The pattern of screaming “fake news” whenever he hears something he doesn’t like and launching ad hominem attacks on reporters as professionals and human beings has been part of the playbook since day one, and will continue to be so if we let it.
History has proven Jim Acosta correct. If the United States no longer has a free press, it’s not the same country. That must not happen.
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