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Jenna Bush Hager Gets Emotional Speaking About Camp Mystic, Where Mom Laura Was A Counselor
Jenna Bush Hager spoke up about Camp Mystic, as her family had strong ties to the state and to the camp.
"My mom was a counselor there, but also, so many of my friends were raised at this camp."
"Texas camps are institutions... where many family members, generations, go. This camp was 100 years old. So grandmothers, mothers, and kids have gone there."
"My mom was a drama counselor there. And many of my friends were there and had their kids there last week."
Bush Hager was emotional when she thought about the impact of the loss of the camp.
"The stories that I heard over the last couple of days were beautiful and heartbreaking."
"Texas has a type of resilience where they're generous people, where people want to reach out and help."
"Texas camps are really special, because... you're thinking about 90-degree weather, no air-conditioning."
"My kids are at a camp in Texas. And my husband said, 'Why are we sending our kids to Texas to camp? It's hot!'"
"And it's because of the love that's there."
She also honored the memory of Richard "Dick" Eastland, who died while attempting to save his campers.
"That family, the Eastland family, is Texas royalty. They raised so many girls."
"And his son, who has passed as well, went to Texas where I went, the University of Texas, and so many of my friends have said that he was their summer father."
"He looked out for his campers. He raised girls to be brave and loving, and his legacy will live on."
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@todayshow “Texas has a type of resilience where they’re generous people, where people want to reach out and help.” Jenna Bush Hager, whose mother, former first lady Laura Bush, was a counselor at Camp Mystic, reacted to the tragic flooding in Texas. In a statement on Camp Mystic’s website as of the morning of July 7, they stated they are grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors.
You can also watch the full interview with Today here:
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The interaction also made an emotional appearance on Instagram.
Viewers were emotional and appreciated Bush Hager's reaction and connection to the tragedy.
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Bush Hager's father, former President George W. Bush, also issued a statement about the Texas floods.
"On this day of prayer, Laura and I are holding up our fellow Texans who are hurting."
"We are heartbroken by the loss of life and the agony that so many are feeling. Those who have lost their precious children are facing a grief no parents should ever know."
"We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will."
These floods have surely touched all of Texas, particularly families who were directly impacted and families with strong ties to the area and to Camp Mystic.
May the waters dry up quickly and the families find strength and comfort during such a tragic time.
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School Principal Goes Viral After Cameras Catch His Sweet Interactions With Students
Bauermaster, who had been a teacher and online learning administrator before his current role, has created other moments of positivity for his students. For example, students who demonstrate their own kindness and encouragement towards others are invited for a monthly "Protein with the Principal," in which they get together to celebrate and chow down on some...eggs?
He joked:
“You’d be surprised at how many kids like hard-boiled eggs."
In all seriousness, Bauermaster clarified in an interview with People why this sort of interaction was so important.
“My goal as a principal is to create a school where kids want to be, a place that staff want to be as well, and then a place that families trust and are proud to send their kids."
His actions must be working, because a recent survey of students in his school showed that most of the students had a least one trusted adult in their lives, a statistic that is sadly untrue for many schoolchildren around the world.
Bauermaster seemed aware that for many kids, school might be their only opportunity to have one of those trusted adults.
“For many kids, the safest, most secure place they have is at school, and that's certainly a goal of mine and the staff to provide that for kids."
People loved the wholesome interactions.
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It's teachers like this that you remember long after you're out of school.
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It's a lot of work to stay so positive with the children in your care.
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Families provide media releases at the beginning of each school year. We'd love to see Bauermaster's methods studied—and spread to other schools!
Sarah Jessica Parker Claps Back At Conservative Critics Who Want Her To 'Shut Up' About Politics And 'Act'
But a liberal celeb having a political opinion?! Gasp! That won't do! And Hollywood icon Sarah Jessica Parker is over it.
During a recent visit to Nicolle Wallace's podcast The Best People, Parker had some choice words for conservatives who love to tell people like her to "shut up and act."
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Parker told Wallace that she finds that attitude hypocritical.
“They seem to want everyone who disagrees to shut up. It’s the weirdest thing — but not their side."
"It’s so off-kilter, like who can talk and who can’t? Who’s told to shut up and who isn’t? I’m just a citizen ... [but] someone will say to me, ‘Shut up and act.’”
Parker also hit back at people on the left who think she doesn't talk about politics enough. She explained to Wallace that she doesn't find social media to be a particularly productive place to discuss political issues.
She explained:
“They’ll say, ‘Be vocal. Be vocal.’ And I am vocal."
"I’m not interested in quick little snippets when it’s dealing with conflict or even election sometimes."
"I really was so thoughtful about how I wanted to talk about the election because I think it turns into a distraction from a campaign. It turns into fodder. It’s misunderstood.”
She went on to express how dismayed she feels that our political discourse has devolved to anger, insults and online fighting in the social media era.
"There was a kind of civility, there was a kind of elegance to our differences [before social media]."
"Shut up and act" is a perfect of example of what Parker explained as a loss of respect for both each other and for the offices of government that have been inflamed by social media.
Takes like that are often controversial, especially among young people. But the data, which has been extensively studied, is clear that social media has greatly exacerbated our political divisions and been leveraged by political parties and foreign adversaries specifically for that purpose.
The response to Parker's comments on social media basically just proved her point, with many conservatives insulting her.
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But the majority seemed to agree with Parker, and applauded her take.
Parker ended her comments by urging people to be more involved in politics beyond social media, whether they're a celebrity or not, telling Wallace, "I think we can be a lot more productive sometimes when we’re not doing that."
Ann Coulter Faces Fierce Backlash After Saying 'We Didn't Kill Enough Indians' In Deleted Post
Although Yazzie made the remarks well over a year ago, far-right accounts resurfaced them and The Times of Israel falsely claimed that she'd issued them this week.
Responding to one far-right fellow X user who shared footage of Yazzie speaking, Coulter responded:
"We didn't kill enough Indians."
You can see her post below.
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Many have condemned Coulter's remark.
Writing on Facebook, Chuck Hoskin Jr., principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, called Coulter's post “beyond abhorrent” and “dangerous hate speech":
“Coulter’s statement, on its face, is a despicable rhetorical shot trained on the First Peoples of this continent, designed to dehumanize and diminish us and our ancestors and puts us at risk of further injury."
“We’ve faced enough of that since this country’s founding. This kind of rhetoric has fueled the destruction of tribes, their life ways, languages and cultures, the violation of treaty rights, and the perpetuation of violence and oppression.”
“What Ann Coulter said is heartless, vicious and should be repudiated by people of good faith regardless of political philosophy or party. Some things are simply wrong and we cannot validate it through our silence.”
You can see his post below.
Meanwhile, Vice President of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Tasha Mousseau described Coulter as "what colonizers would like to continue on in this country.”
Noting that she has a newborn grandson, Mousseau said his birth "is evidence that we will always be here, despite the best efforts of the U.S. government and colonizer."
