Mattis speaks — finally

June 4, 2020June 3, 2020 ~ susie

“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try,” General James Mattis writes in an extraordinary condemnation: https://t.co/oFZ1VtKGot
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) June 3, 2020

Biden speech in Philly yesterday

June 3, 2020June 2, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Remember empathy?

May 28, 2020May 27, 2020 ~ susie

There are moments in our history so grim, so heart-rending, that they're forever fixed in each of our hearts as shared grief. Today is one of those moments. 100,000 lives have now been lost to this virus.

To those hurting, I'm so sorry for your loss. The nation grieves with you. pic.twitter.com/SBBRKV4mPZ
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 27, 2020

In memoriam

May 25, 2020May 22, 2020 ~ susie

The U.S. Army Trumpet Ensemble performs “Mansions of the Lord” in @ArlingtonNatl to honor the men and women of the U.S. military who sacrificed their lives in service to their country & the cause of freedom.

Video by @theusarmyband #HonorThem #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/phGsuzqu0F
— U.S. Army (@USArmy) May 21, 2020

Why not more?

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

https://twitter.com/jeffspross/status/1263131105638694923

SGN latest episode

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 ~ susie

If you haven’t watched it yet, John Krasinski’s SGN news show is keeping a lot of people from slitting their wrists these days:

R.I.P. Dr. Breen

April 28, 2020April 27, 2020 ~ susie

This is gut-wrenching.

Dr. Lorna Breen’s father pleads: “Make sure she’s praised as a hero, because she was. She’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died.”

RIP, Dr. Breen. A hero. 🙏 https://t.co/J4tZ5M9KOl
— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) April 27, 2020

The good in people

April 22, 2020April 21, 2020 ~ susie

There are so many people working 10x harder than the Orange Cheeto to serve our country right now:

Factory team clocks out after 28 days of live-in work making coronavirus protective material https://t.co/gnxQ9STsbA
— Robbin ¯(ツ) ⁄ ¯ (@RaeMargaret61) April 22, 2020

The real deal

April 16, 2020April 15, 2020 ~ susie

The Navy is looking into whether it can reinstate Capt. Brett Crozier, who was removed from command of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt after he pleaded for more help fighting a coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship, Defense Department officials said https://t.co/jD2Bkyy3Li
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 15, 2020

Happy ending

April 16, 2020April 15, 2020 ~ susie

A few weeks ago Yanira Soriano, critically ill with COVID-19, was admitted to Northwell Health’s Southside Hospital in Suffolk County, NY.

She was also 34 weeks pregnant.

(Thread — and it’s worth it)
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 15, 2020

2/ Soriano was in such dire straits she was put into a medically induced coma and onto a ventilator.

Doctors did not know if she would survive.

Doctors performed an emergency Caesarian section to save the baby. The baby boy was then transferred to a children’s hospital.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 15, 2020

3/ After 11 days on the ventilator, Yanira Soriano began to recover and was taken off the machine.

This afternoon she was greeted with applause from the hospital staff as she was wheeled out of the hospital. pic.twitter.com/4b3ai1VMax
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 15, 2020

4/ And then she got to meet Walter, her baby boy. pic.twitter.com/Ghc86S9npH
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 15, 2020