Hey Kennedy supporters, shouldn't Trump's support of your candidate give you pause? Asking for a country.

Matthew Dowd Good morning

what a beautiful sentiment to begin the day, thank you

👇A lovely aspiration-her books & others made this true for us-maybe yours or others too?

'I hope children will be happy with the books I've written,
& go on to be readers all of their lives.'
Beverly Cleary

happy bday Mexican writer/feminist/human rights leader Lydia Cacho, b.1963.

“It is impossible to establish a real dialogue with someone who does not consider you an equal.'

On this day in 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. is jailed in Birmingham, AL for protesting segregation. He wrote epic letter from jail: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.…

happy bday writer Beverly Cleary, b.1916, McMinnville, OR.

“Love isn’t like a cup of sugar that gets used up.”

The political viewership of big sporting events like the #themasters is fascinating. TLDR: Republicans have a love affair with golf’s top tournaments. Democrats prefer the majors of the other country club sport, tennis. Republicans like to watch cars and horses speed around a…

Matthew Dowd perhaps b/c of significance

this may be my most favorite analogy of yours to date

thank you for all you do for this incredibly important women's medical autonomy fundamental humanistic rights

as well as many others too of course

saying you support overturning Roe v. Wade but oppose what Arizona and other states are doing is akin to saying you want to overturn all rules on airline safety and qualifications for pilots, but oppose when a plane crashes.

On this day in 1963 Pacem in terris (Peace on Earth) is issued by Pope John XXIII. 'It emphasizes human dignity and human equality in endorsing women's rights, nuclear nonproliferation and the United Nations.'
'Peace must be founded on truth, built according to justice, vivified…

RIP French writer Jacques Prévert, died today 1977.

“Three matches one by one struck in the night
The first to see your face in its entirety
The second to see your eyes
The last to see your mouth
And the darkness all around to remind me of all these
As I hold you in my arms.”

happy bday Hungarian poet Attila József, b.1905.

'That which your heart disguises
open your eyes and see;
that which your eye surmises
let your heart wait to be.'
'Be like the Man of Eighty,
hunted by men with guns,
who bleeds, but in his beauty
still sires a million sons.'

Will they make a side trip to Moscow?

'When life has lost its promise, or disappointed us one too many times, when it is hard to trust again or feel alive and curious again, love beckons us over and asks, 'Got a minute?'' ~ANNE LAMOTT

Matthew Dowd Happy National Siblings Day! Youngest of 14 here — from youngest to oldest: Diane, Mark, Paul, Gary, Johnny, Karen, Tammy, Debbie, Michael, Carla, Junior (Yates), Tibia, Paula, and Becky. I had to go back and count and I had missed one. 😅

Wonderful parents: Yates & Madge

Matthew Dowd And I thought having two older brothers was a bit much, lol. Seriously though, thanks for sharing this personal story, Matthew 🥂!

Matthew Dowd Similar family size… dad had 3 before having 8 more with my mom. 10 of us still here😎

Hmmm, GOP is going to France for 80th anniversary of D-day...my only question is are they going there to celebrate the allied victory or to mourn the loss of fascism?

Matthew Dowd “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” KG

Matthew Dowd

Today is National Siblings Day! Sending much love to my six brothers and four sisters (my younger sister Kelly died too young 14 years ago). We have shared a ton through joys and hardship, and have always been proud to be one of our eleven.