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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...

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At the #ObamaSummit , @MichelleObama and @CraigMalRob share family stories and discuss what their parents taught them about empathy around the kitchen table. pic.twitter.com/dMe8eMJuKI — The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) October 29, 2019 “Most social change starts with a story.” — @BarackObama on how tapping into a story can be the most powerful way to change the world. #ObamaSummit pic.twitter.com/Oz10g2PT7j — The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) October 29, 2019 “We’re recreating life in cinema. We’re recreating stories that you remember.” At the #ObamaSummit , @Ava talks about the power of storytelling to nourish and grow audiences. pic.twitter.com/F2EwHaWg9e — The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) October 29, 2019

#GettyFire Context - How architects made California’s Getty Museum fireproof. The @GettyMuseum is safe. Suppressing sparks isn’t easy in wildfire-prone Los Angeles. https://t.co/4oQhYfFkqN — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) October 28, 2019