Speed of Life

Students of @DivestHarvard &  @FossilFreeYale have rushed the field to disrupt the #HarvardYale game. They are calling for the universities to divest from fossil fuels and to stop contributing to the planet's destruction. 🌍 #NobodyWins pic.twitter.com/I5K3EV5mmD — Minh Ngo (@minhtngo) November 23, 2019 'Nobody wins': Harvard-Yale game delayed by climate change activists https://t.co/AF36QlQ7Pb — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) November 23, 2019 So, @TomSteyer @PeteButtigieg @CoryBooker @amyklobuchar @JulianCastro and @SenWarren all have strong ties to Harvard or Yale. It'd be awfully nice to see them saluting the students and alums who used the Game today to demand fossil fuel divestment. Politics comes in many forms! — Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) November 23, 2019

You MUST watch @RepAdamSchiff 's powerful closing statement that sums up the entire #ImpeachmentHearing : "There is nothing more dangerous than an unethical president who believes they are above the law." "We are better than that." pic.twitter.com/IwKdILl0v7 — Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) November 21, 2019 Chills. When you are as awesome and brilliant as Adam Schiff, and it is finally your time to CLOSE...you step up and knock the ever-loving sh*t out of it. And that’s exactly what he just did. BOOM!!! Mic drop. Walk off. History. Impeach this traitor. — Jason Overstreet (@JasonOverstreet) November 21, 2019

What Trump did wasn’t minor or just stupid. A president seeking foreign interference to help his re-election is as bad as it gets. That he used extortion and urgently needed aid to an ally under attack puts it beyond the pale. — Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) November 21, 2019

You can watch Dr. Fiona Hill read here entire opening statement in today's Trump impeachment inqury hearing here: pic.twitter.com/AW4fgCokiO — Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) November 21, 2019 Fiona Hill - "The unfortunate truth is that Russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions in 2016. This is the public conclusion of our intelligence agencies, confirmed in bipartisan Congressional reports. It is beyond dispute."

Schiff closing FTW. Wow. Well done. pic.twitter.com/vFrxnQauIv — Scott Dworkin (@funder) November 20, 2019

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the memory of those we’ve lost—at least 22 trans and gender non-conforming people killed this year—and recommit to ridding this hate-filled violence from our society. Everyone deserves to live open and proud and free without fear. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 20, 2019 Hateful acts of anti-trans violence have claimed far too many lives—many whose names we’ll never know. Today we honor them. To those who continue to face discrimination & violence due to transphobia: I see you, I love you, & will never stop fighting for you. #TDoR2019 — Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) November 20, 2019

"At the express direction of the President of the United States... " - Ambassador Sondland — Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) November 20, 2019 "Was there a quid pro quo? With regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer was yes." Thoughts and prayer to Republican talking points — Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn) November 20, 2019 "Was there a quid pro quo?" "The answer is yes." - Ambassador Gordon Sondland #DefendOurDemocracy — Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) November 20, 2019 LIVE: House Impeachment Inquiry Hearing https://t.co/mf014FkCDE — CSPAN (@cspan) November 20, 2019 Schiff now methodically getting Sondland to confirm that Trump met the test for bribery: connecting " an official act" to something "of great value" to Trump. — Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) November 20, 2019

The question is: Are we prepared to accept that a president can leverage official acts to get an investigation of a political rival? Our Founding Fathers drafted the remedy of impeachment so we would have a mechanism when corruption comes from the highest office in the land. pic.twitter.com/D2OxRRwVPN — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 20, 2019 Powerful closing from @RepAdamSchiff https://t.co/YHtu1yadVe — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) November 20, 2019

Because this is America! And here, right matters. - #LtColVindman https://t.co/cFsrpJFxPk — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) November 19, 2019

📈Top searches, in order: quid pro quo, bribe, bribery, extortion, ambiguity — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 19, 2019 Key moment. @RepAdamSchiff explains how "bribery" applies here. I detailed some of this. "Bribery" frame is relevant both to Trump's solicitation of a thing of value from Zelensky *and* to the idea that failure to consummate the scheme isn't a defense: https://t.co/TtnwKCEbCK pic.twitter.com/GBvrZS4zpm — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 19, 2019

Twelve paintings by renowned artist @greggchadwick ’81 bring the @UCLANursing ’s history to life, adorning the hallways of the Factor Building. Read the full story here: https://t.co/fPrXpsyaB7 . pic.twitter.com/yk4q3CFM2x — UCLA Alumni (@UCLA_Alumni) November 17, 2019

Yovanovitch ends her testimony to applause from the public pic.twitter.com/wBO1xF1Rx7 — Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) November 15, 2019

Here is @RepAdamSchiff reading Trump's real time tweets about Marie Yovanovitch. Marie Yovanovitch: It's very intimidating. Schiff: Some us here take witness intimidation very very seriously. #ImpeachmentHearing pic.twitter.com/A4FQH1Vbpe — Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) November 15, 2019 Shame on you @realDonaldTrump ! This tweet is witness intimidation and wildly inappropriate. #ImpeachmentHearings #Yovanovitch pic.twitter.com/YdlUyprDhq — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) November 15, 2019 Dude! You realize she’s testifying LIVE?! Amb. Yovanovitch will respond to this tweet...yup, there it is. You just made her case of intimidation. Is no one in the room with you? https://t.co/RdKg7VqqVg — Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) November 15, 2019 Shame on you @realDonaldTrump ! This tweet is witness intimidation and wildly inappropriate. #ImpeachmentHearings #Yovanovitch pic.twitter.com/uMsKsSpP1V — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) November 15,...

Performance artist Dread Scott recreates the largely untold story of the 1811 slave rebellion in southern Louisiana. Winding through old plantation country, petrochemical plants and the city of New Orleans, the Guardian followed re-enactors along the route Kick ass new video about ⁦ @SlaveRebellion ⁩, just went up on the Guardian’s website ‘Freedom or death’: a slave rebellion returns to life – video https://t.co/tB0FOwkT5a — Dread Scott (@DreadScottArt) November 14, 2019

. @SpeakerPelosi just threw some shade at Donald Trump: "All this milieu is a seeking of the truth. It's called an inquiry. If the president has something that is exculpatory—Mr. President that means you have anything that shows your innocence—then he should make that known." pic.twitter.com/EwU8l1i6hK — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 14, 2019

WATCH LIVE: @HouseIntel public hearing with Ambassador Bill Taylor and George Kent. They will testify about Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, and the effect it had on our national security: https://t.co/GwGcBZMZGC — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 13, 2019

Vital New Podcast on Powerful Women Artists from the Getty Museum Alice Neel Viva la Mujer Lee Krasner Deal with It Betye Saar Your Particular Jellybean Helen Frankenthaler Let ’er Rip Yoko Ono A Kind of Meeting Point Eva Hesse Oh, More Absurdity From the Getty: Radical Women What was it like to be a woman making art during the feminist and civil rights movements? In this season of Recording Artists, host Helen Molesworth delves into the lives and careers of six women artists spanning several generations. Hear them describe, in their own words, their work, relationships, and feelings about the ongoing march of feminism. Contemporary artists and art historians join the conversation, offering their own perspectives on the recordings and exploring what it meant—and still means—to be a woman and an artist. This podcast is based on interviews from the 1960s and ’70s by Cindy Nemser and Barbara Rose, drawn from the archives of the Getty Research Institute.

‘The NRA is weaker than they’ve ever been,’ says @shannonrwatts founder of gun violence prevention group Moms Demand Action https://t.co/HdZu0xSUXc — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) November 10, 2019

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier are standing where the Berlin Wall's "death strip" once stood. They filled in the cracks of the Wall with colorful roses in a tribute to the many who died trying to cross it. #BerlinWall30 #Mauerfall30 pic.twitter.com/762LTlqKkU — DW Politics (@dw_politics) November 9, 2019 🛠 #BerlinWall30 "We build too many walls and not enough bridges." ~ Isaac Newton pic.twitter.com/Zt7XU7TU0r — Paul Holdengraber (@holdengraber) November 9, 2019 Checkpoint Charlie Steven Van Zandt Checkpoint Charlie Walls so wide, can't get around it Walls so high, can't climb over Gotta come down Checkpoint Charlie Brothers and sisters on the other side Livin' in the shadow of a wall so high Make me wanna cry I know that someday we'll be together If we really want it Nothin' that hurts gonna last forever Why do we let it happen Or is it that we d...

Proud of all the Americans who showed up to vote yesterday, electing a set of hopeful, forward-thinking leaders primed to protect Medicaid, draw fair voting maps, and reduce gun violence. A great night for our country—one that’ll leave a lasting legacy. — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 6, 2019

'Extortion' has an additional specific meaning: "the act or practice of extorting by a public official acting under color of office." https://t.co/KwIFT4o2IC — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 5, 2019 Now that the extortion plot has been confirmed, it's important to reiterate that Trump and Giuliani above all wanted a *public statement* from Ukraine. This was key to their disinformation tactics, which Bannon has explained well. @paulwaldman1 and me: https://t.co/KDkgEwonjX — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 5, 2019 📈'Insidious' is seeing an 1800% spike in searches today. https://t.co/9v49cMSdKd — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 5, 2019

If you’re having trouble understanding why Trump’s attempted extortion of Ukraine is an impeachable offense, Chris Murphy explains it in very simple terms. Note: Trump’s attempted extortion of Ukraine will not be the only Article of Impeachment. pic.twitter.com/6UfNM9sli0 — LiA (@LibsInAmerica) November 1, 2019 Please take some time and watch all of Chris Murphy's clear and concise  explanation  why Trump’s attempted extortion of Ukraine is an impeachable offense.

This week's The Modern Art Notes Podcast by Tyler Green features artist  Julie Mehretu  and curator  Jane Aspinwall. Tyler's podcast is timed with the new Julie Mehretu mid-career survey that opens at LACMA on November 3, 2019. More info from LACMA here:  https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/julie-mehretu From LACMA: Co-organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Whitney Museum of American Art, Julie Mehretu is a mid-career survey that will unite nearly 40 works on paper with 35 paintings dating from 1996 to the present by Julie Mehretu (b. 1970, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). The first-ever comprehensive retrospective of Mehretu’s career, it covers over two decades of her examination of history, colonialism, capitalism, geopolitics, war, global uprising, diaspora, and displacement through the artistic strategies of abstraction, architecture, landscape, movement, and, most recently, figuration. Mehretu’s play with scale, as evident in her intimate dra...