Looking forward. We have now booked our accommodations and purchased our flights for 75 days in Portugal 2026 instead of our past habitual Florida. Florida’s Governor said in early 2025, while we were there spending, that they didn’t need Canadians, so we listened.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage

As the federal shutdown threatens to interrupt SNAP benefits, Miami-Dade stands ready to coordinate with our trusted community partners to activate emergency food distributions and ensure no Miami-Dade family goes hungry during this difficult time. My letter:

Hurricane force winds only extend out 25 miles from the center of the eye. There are stark differences in the windstorm that Jamaican cities will experience. Mandeville to be slammed. Kingston, not so much. But everyone will be hit by massive rain & floods. #Melissa #Jamaica

Melissa joins a rare class of sub 900mb hurricanes. Currently the 6th most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. #Melissa

Push, Push, Push this as an election issue everywhere.

Tylenol needs to countersue, from Texas down to little rfk and trump.

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Public service is hard enough without struggling to pay for food….World Central Kitchen we are proud to feed our federal workers …furloughed or working without pay…at this difficult time. A hot meal is our small thank you for doing a big job for the American people!

John Dickerson leaving CBS, and CBS looking to hire Scott Jennings, tells you instantly all you need to know about the “revamped” network.

Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund that will distribute a minimum of $50 million over the next five years.

The Meteorologists at the NHC and Hurricane Hunters are true heroes. Thank you for all you do! #Melissa

People often ask historians whether Donald Trump’s nonsensical, unhinged, and cruel way of speaking to Americans has any precedent. But if U.S. history is a map, “we are off the grid, over a cliff, lost at sea without a compass,” Jill Lepore writes. nyer.cm/24NzKQ2

"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on NBC 6 South Florida

Sen. Adam Schiff and other Democrats demanded that the White House provide a “complete accounting” of how it is paying for the ballroom. President Trump said that he had raised more than $350 million to pay for the project. wapo.st/4odpxob

The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.

"Extreme weather events fueled by climate change are increasing & making me change. I’ve always been authentic [...] but I can no longer be non-alarmist. People need to realize that this is not going to stop until we cut down on greenhouse gas [emissions]" msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-re…

House Republicans haven't shown up to work for 40 days. Donald Trump isn't even in the country. They shut down the government, spiraling us toward a health care crisis that will hike your monthly premiums and jeopardize coverage for millions— And then just left.

EVERYONE who cares about TRUTH should denounce the Republican attempt to re-write the history of January 6th. It can happen again, and next time, succeed.

Doug and I are sending our love and prayers to the people of Jamaica as they recover from Hurricane Melissa. We are grateful for the first responders and everyone caring for their communities across the island.