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"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...

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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

Former Pres. Barack Obama invokes the Parable of the Sower to start his eulogy of Rep. Elijah Cummings. "The seed on good soil: Elijah Cummings came from good soil, and in this sturdy frame, goodness took root." https://t.co/87H50yox0v pic.twitter.com/d4gWEO1fvi — ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2019 . @BarackObama : "I was just noticing 'Honorable Elijah A. Cummings,' & you know this is a title that we confer on all kinds of people who get elected to public office. We're supposed to introduce them as 'honorable.' But #ElijahCummings was honorable before he was elected."💔💔 pic.twitter.com/WOmKPPQbot — dσxxεd Ъuт หσт σuт (@twmentality1) October 25, 2019 Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and others remember Elijah Cummings https://t.co/dvxCnvN3gh — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) October 25, 2019

Nice to wake up to this awesome version of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith's "Because the Night" on my birthday!!

Watch Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. deliver what one person called "the most important breakdown of racism in America." https://t.co/wT9LFMhEt6 via @HuffPostPol — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) October 22, 2019

Protesters were blocking the road a mum told them she wanted to pass because her baby was afraid. This is what they did 😂 Our people are the best! #Lebanon #ThatsHowWeProtest pic.twitter.com/CI7NX545dq — Rachel R. (@RachelleRashid) October 19, 2019 From the New York Times: Only in Lebanon would a song like “Baby Shark" become the anthem of a revolution. But the catchy tune has now become symbolic of how the Lebanese, when united, lead demonstrations, writes @rabihalameddine More at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/opinion/baby-shark-and-the-sounds-of-protest-in-lebanon.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur

The saga will end. The story lives forever. Check out the final Star Wars #TheRiseofSkywalker trailer and get your tickets now. pic.twitter.com/E6Ozp99sTv — Star Wars UK (@StarWarsUK) October 22, 2019 Final Star Wars #TheRiseofSkywalker trailer 

Alabama Shake's Brittany Howard's gritty storytelling is in full force in her Tiny Desk concert. SET LIST "Stay High" "Georgia" "Baby" "Goat Head" MUSICIANS Brittany Howard: vocals, guitar; Nate Smith: drums; Alex Chakour: guitar; Brad Allen Williams: guitar; Zac Cockrell: bass; Lloyd Buchanan: keys; Paul Horton: keys; Shanay Johnson: vocals; Karita Law: vocals CREDITS Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Kara Frame, Beck Harlan, CJ Riculan; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR

Wonderful podcast by Tyler Green featuring artist Lari Pittman. The Hammer Museum at UCLA is featuring the exhibition “Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence,” a retrospective of Pittman’s nearly forty-year career.  Tyler writes: The exhibition reveals Pittman’s engagements with America’s history and with issues and subjects that have been core to our history and identity, including landscape, violence, citizenship, belonging and more. The exhibition was curated by Hammer chief curator Connie Butler. It is on view through January 5, 2020. The excellent exhibition catalogue was published by DelMonico Prestel.  Amazon offers it for $51.

A recent @WilliamsPolicy study found 21% of the LGBTQ population in the United States is not registered to vote. Please join us in raising awareness of the vital importance of voting, which begins with registering to vote: https://t.co/Lm6002WdSS — Matthew Shepard Foundation (@MattShepardFDN) October 18, 2019

WATCH: Elijah Cummings in June: "200 to 300 years from now, people will look back on this moment and they will ask the question, what did you do? ... I may be dancing with the angels when all of this is corrected, but I've got to tell you, we must fight for our democracy." pic.twitter.com/6Mk1OWnbni — MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 17, 2019 Please read Barack Obama's thoughts on the passing of Elijah Cummings: This speech gave me goosebumps. The last words from Elijah Cummings' 92-year-old mother were, “Do not let them take the vote away from us.” “There are efforts to stop people from voting. That's not right! This is not Russia. This is the United States of America!” #RIPElijah pic.twitter.com/CBrAVLzt4j — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 17, 2019 \

Happy International Pronouns Day! She/Her/Hers. He/Him/His. They/Them/Theirs. Calling people by the correct pronouns matters. #PronounsDay pic.twitter.com/2sDmNBWGHP — Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) October 16, 2019 It's really quite simple: Pronouns are important to everyone, not just LGBTQ people. If you were a cisgender male (assigned male at birth and identifying as male) but referred to as she/her, you'd be uncomfortable, right? Now, turn that into empathy for us. #PronounsDay — Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) October 16, 2019 In honor of International #PronounsDay ... Purposefully misgendering trans people: ❌ Extremely not nice ❌ Rude rude rude ❌ Something Voldemort would do Respecting trans people: ✔️ 100% free ✔️ Is the right thing to do ✔️ Proves you can be in a society ✔️ Did we mention free pic.twitter.com/0hrjkyyTtt — National Center for Transgender Equality (@TransEquality) October 16, 2019

@kamalaharris at her best. (Which is very, very good.) https://t.co/gP9f5mNrXk — David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) October 11, 2019 Love Is Love!

Happy National #ComingOutDay ! Be Loud, Be Proud, Be You! #NCOD #NOH8

Today, for the first time in history, the Supreme Court will hear a trans civil rights case. Let's do this. #RiseUpOct8 pic.twitter.com/jEN8HuErXK — ACLU (@ACLU) October 8, 2019

On my recent road trip across the American West, I often listened to Springsteen's haunting Americana soaked "Western Stars". 2500 miles from where I want to be indeed. Enjoy.

Memory coats the American West like photographic silver. It only takes a bit of light to bring out the past hiding in the shadows. Driving across the vast landscape, I am conscious of the countless Native American souls that inhabit the land. Many are living and many have passed on.   There is a presence in the red dust and auburn rocks that speaks beyond time. I am humbled. My painting "Ghost Rider" is inspired by these shadows of memory. In my work a modern, hat wearing person seems to nod to the ghostly apparition of a Native American rider in the middle ground. I can hear  Robbie Robertson 's plaintive voice in the distance: Crow has brought the message to the children of the sun for the return of the buffalo and for a better day to come You can kill my body You can damn my soul for not believing in your god and some world down below You don't stand a chance against my prayers You don't stand a chance against my love They outlawed the Ghost Dance but we ...