Passionately fighting for things that matter. Mom, wife, comms gal. Tweets are my own.
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Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
Dear @katiezacharia — speaking as the world's leading expert on short White House tenures: turn off the news and go enjoy your family. In time you’ll realize that the Universe did you a major favor.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
Breaking News: Major TV networks — ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC — agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House blocked CNN from its duties. nyti.ms/4yLP5O9
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
Tonight, the Empire State Building tower lights will turn to a pink sparkle at 9:25 to honor the late Dolly Parton.
Dolly was a global cultural icon whose seven-decade career reached generations of fans. Beyond entertainment, Dolly leaves a significant philanthropic legacy through the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library, which has provided hundreds of millions of books to children worldwide.
At Nine-Two-Five tonight, we celebrate her and her legacy 💖 – at Manhattan, NY
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
Happy 80th birthday to my friend George W. Bush!
Your friendship—and that of your father and your entire family—has been one of the great gifts of my life. It has always reminded me that long before we’re politicians, we’re fellow Americans and, above all, human beings.
And for the next month, I’m especially grateful to finally have someone older than me! Wishing you many more years of good health, happiness, and friendship.
Our country is stronger when we remember that what unites us is greater than what divides us.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
The court strikes down President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, holding that children born in the U.S. to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. and are citizens at birth.
supremecourt.gov/opinions/25…
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
And in this great country we will call it soccer
But isn’t it played with the feet, sir?
Of course it is. And we will let the clock run for 45 minutes straight, without breaks
But what about when they aren’t playing?
We will call it Stoppage time.
And how much stoppage time will there be?
Nobody knows.
Will there be a stoppage time clock for viewers to see?
Absolutely not.
Then how will people know?
Only the referees will know
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
Anybody who makes you earn their love doesn't love you.
Love is a gift. It's freely given. You can't transact your way to it the way you can transact your way to a promotion or a good grade. The very thing that makes love love is that it isn't conditional. The moment it becomes conditional, it stops being love and becomes something else. Approval, perhaps. Or maybe usefulness. Worth a great deal, sure, but not love.
The people who get this wrong are usually the people who are good at earning things. Strivers. If you've spent your life learning how to earn every reward the world offers, you'll bring that machinery to your most important relationships. You'll work harder. You'll be more useful. You'll perform. You'll people-please.
The truth is, people-pleasing is outsourcing your self-worth. You're letting other people decide what you're worth and adjusting until they tell you the answer you want. If they like me, I'm okay. If they don't, I'm not. That's a brutal contract to live under… and the worst part is you signed it yourself.
Most people who do this learned it in childhood. Somewhere along the line, they processed the lesson that love is conditional — that affection had to be earned through good grades, good behavior, the right kind of smile. So they kept earning. They became excellent at it, and they never stopped.
Stop confusing love with approval. Keep loving the people in your life; just stop trying to win them. Insource your sense of who you are. Receive what's freely given. When somebody requires payment, pay attention.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
Imagine Trump ever being invited to join a photo like this — not in a million years.
Four presidents. Zero drama. Just smiles, respect, and a shared love of country. 🇺🇸
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
I've noticed that one of the most common mistakes ambitious people make is believing that happiness is waiting on the other side of achievement.
In behavioral science, we call this the arrival fallacy. It's the idea that once you reach the next milestone, get the promotion, earn the recognition, or accomplish the goal, you'll finally feel fulfilled.
But satisfaction doesn't come from arriving. It almost always comes from making progress toward something meaningful. That's why goals are important, but they are not the reward. The pursuit is.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
This might be the greatest call I've ever heard to end a motorsports event.
Absolute chills @wbuxtonofficial
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
1 in every 1,000 people in the United States will be in Indianapolis at the track today for the Indianapolis 500, as they have been for over 100 years.
There is nothing else like it in the world.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
I just had the craziest experience at the airport.
We are about to board a flight to Atlanta when the pilot from the incoming plane walks out of the jetway. Guy is probably late 50s, salt and pepper hair, military look. The kind of pilot you instantly feel good about seeing on your flight.
Pilot walks over to the counter, gets on the PA system, and starts addressing everyone. “Folks, I’ve been doing this a long time. Flying one of these jets is easy. The hard part is looking at 130 people and telling them their flight is going to be delayed.”
Audible groans throughout the boarding gate. Most people here are flying to Atlanta as a layover before another flight. 130 people just had their day become a complete mess.
The pilot goes on. “I get it, trust me. But here’s the deal: During our landing, we had a small mechanical issue. I’m not your pilot for the next leg, but I don’t feel confident the jet’s safe to fly until we have a mechanical team look it over, and I don’t feel comfortable asking the next pilots to fly you guys until we get confirmation.”
He points at the agents next to him behind the counter: “Now, none of this is the agents’ fault. Please be kind to them. I’m the one who made this decision, not them, so any inconvenience you experience is my fault. Just please know that I don’t do this lightly, and I’m only doing it because I believe it’s in the best interests of everyone’s safety.”
Now this is where the story gets crazy. The pilot puts the microphone down, grabs his suitcase, and all the people in the gate…
Start clapping.
I’m not joking, everyone starts clapping for the guy. 130 people who just had their travel plans ruined give an ovation to the guy who made the decision and delivered the message.
All because he addressed them with decency and transparency, took ownership of the decision, made it clear that it was necessary, and explained why it was in everyone’s best interest.
It’s honestly one of the best examples of strong communication—of strong leadership, for that matter—that I’ve seen in a long time.
@Delta, whoever your Atlanta to Wichita pilot was this morning, he’s one of the good ones. Please tell him the delayed passengers of flight 1637 appreciate what he did.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier retweeted
For years, young people, parents, and educators have raised the same concern: social media is designed to be addictive.
Now, a landmark case against Meta and YouTube is bringing that reality into sharper focus, with a California jury finding the platforms liable for harms tied to their design.
This moment signals a broader shift in how we think about accountability in the digital age.
@HendersonKaya, executive director of the @AspenRisingGen, sees it as a turning point, but also a warning:
“There’s a familiar pattern in American policymaking where we adults panic about something young people are doing, jump to regulate it, and only later realize we forgot to ask the young people themselves. We are on the verge of doing that again.”
What happens next? Read her latest op-ed in @EdWeekOpinion: edweek.org/technology/opinio…
