Rachel Snyder

Traveler, writer, American, autistic, Cubs fan. She/her

[Rachel Snyder @1RachelSnyder1]

@neeratanden It's a nice statement, but this is the same guy who said just a few weeks ago that Stevens couldn't string two sentences together.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

I'm told the reason a lot of people on the far-left are supporting Dr. Abdul El-Sayed over Rep. Haley Stevens is due to policy outlook, and yet, what I keep seeing are people on the far-left obsessed with mocking her appearance, voice, and mannerisms.

Weird campaign strategy.

[Rachel Snyder @1RachelSnyder1]

@JeremiahDJohns I've heard worse. One of my HS teachers thought "fiance(e)" was just a fancy word for boyfriend/girlfriend when he was in college. He only learned otherwise after he went around telling people at a party that his date who he'd only been seeing for a few weeks was his fiancee.

[Rachel Snyder @1RachelSnyder1]

@gtconway3d In addition to that, killing someone fleeing the scene in their car means there's now a moving vehicle on the road without a driver. Concerns for public safety my ass.

[RC deWinter @RCdeWinter]

A grammar book walks into a bar

* An Oxford comma walks into a bar, where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.

* A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.

* A bar was walked into by the passive voice.

* An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.

* Two quotation marks walk into a “bar.”

* A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intents and purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.

* Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything.

* A question mark walks into a bar?

* A non sequitur walks into a bar.
In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.

* Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Get out -- we don't serve your type."

* A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.

* A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.

* Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They converse. They depart.

* A synonym strolls into a tavern.

* At the end of the day, a cliché walks into a bar -- fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack.

* A run-on sentence walks into a bar it starts flirting. With a cute little sentence fragment.

* Falling slowly, softly falling, the chiasmus collapses to the bar floor.

* A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and ends up getting figuratively hammered.

* An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel.

* The subjunctive would have walked into a bar, had it only known.

* A misplaced modifier walks into a bar owned by a man with a glass eye named Ralph.

* The past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense.

* A dyslexic walks into a bra.

* A verb walks into a bar, sees a beautiful noun, and suggests they conjugate. The noun declines.

* A simile walks into a bar, as parched as a desert.

* A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to forget.

* A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony .

– Jill Thomas Doyle

[badger @badger69420]

Trump attempting to open the Strait of Hormuz

[Rachel Snyder @1RachelSnyder1]

@NickyFrank30 The thought crossed my mind too

[Rachel Snyder @1RachelSnyder1]

@DylanBurns1776 Is it completely crazy for me to wonder if this was natural?

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

Anyway, I have been keeping relatively quiet for too long on what has been festering on our side, because I am consumed with keeping up with the news for my Weekly List project, and I was hoping to keep the peace on our side. But what has happened now is some real stupid group think has metastasized and become normalized on our side.

How did AIPAC and Israel become enemy #1, and the litmus test of our party? Does Bibi suck? Yes. Know who else sucks? YOUR PRESIDENT! And like the U.S., there will be an election there, and with any luck, Bibi will be gone in a few months. Also, half of you on this bandwagon probably don't even know what AIPAC is, or how small their influence is. This is the hill we are dying on now to lose in midterms? So fucking stupid!

We almost lost Maine. We would have if he was our candidate. Maybe we have a shot now. We are going to punt Michigan too if we use this inane litmus test in a purple state.

So if you are on my page, be prepared for some pushback to the mainstreaming of this stupidity. I should have done it sooner. My bad. If you're not wanting to listen, feel free to unfollow now. Here's your hat, what's your hurry.

My goal is to WIN in November. Trump will do untold damage if we don't take at least the House, and hopefully the Senate. We need some damn common sense in our party, and fast! Platner is exhibit A of that! I plan to do my part.

[🪷 A Harris Democrat✊🏾 @sephius1999]

We warned everyone about Trump...
We warned everyone about Platner...

...and we are warning you about El-Sayed

...please listen!!!!!!!!!!

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

The Nazi tattoo should have been enough.

[Rachel Snyder @1RachelSnyder1]

@carolannleif Jen Psaki has repeatedly platformed him and given him endless opportunities to explain himself. She belongs on the list too.

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

This may be hard for people who are not my skin tone, Jewish, or just decent humans to grasp, but the line was the Nazi tattoo. The “new information was brought to light” posts don’t absolve you. They just mean you arrived late to what was always blatantly obvious.

[Rachel Snyder @1RachelSnyder1]

@JamieMetzl Many of us have been. But there are far too many big names who stuck with him for far too long.

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

Ample attention is rightly paid to the beautiful beginning of the Declaration of Independence.

Its ending, however, is no less poignant:

“We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”

We are all the better for that pledge.

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

Some on the far left react viscerally against any acknowledgment of America’s historical virtues.

Some on the far right react viscerally against any acknowledgment of America’s historical vices.

For a liberal patriot, a history of America in all its triumphs and tragedies is far more inspiring than either hagiography or demonology.

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

What does America mean to me on the eve of its 250th anniversary? The United States has always been more than a country or a passport. For me, it became home through a long, uncertain journey that began in the Gaza Strip—a place plunged into chaos after Hamas seized power, ultimately making my return impossible. I first arrived in 2005 as a US State Department exchange student, part of a post‑9/11 effort to build cultural bridges with the Arab and Muslim worlds. Circumstances later made me one of the first Gazans granted asylum because of Hamas’s rule, and I became a citizen in 2014.

Over time, the people, places, and institutions I encountered here formed a mosaic of what America represents: a nation where individuals from every background can belong, united not by blood or tribe but by ideals, a shared civic heritage, and a rule of law that protects equality of opportunity. My own success was made possible by those who opened doors, the infrastructure that allowed me to participate fully in society, and a culture that celebrates individuality, creativity, ingenuity, and entrepreneurship, regardless of what the mob or the naysayers demand. That spirit of individuality has always been America’s antidote to conformity and the tyranny of the collective.

While our nation has much to reckon with in its past, the United States remains one of the few countries willing to confront its mistakes openly and correct course. Its democratic process empowers courageous individuals to advance new visions of prosperity, equality, justice, and human fulfillment.

As America marks its 250th birthday, it is essential to resist those who seek to impose failed collectivist ideologies or delegitimize the nation’s very existence simply because they oppose its foreign policy or current leadership. The United States is a beautiful, inspiring, and worthy project; one that must be preserved and defended in foreign affairs, domestic politics, and civic life. It has overcome immense challenges before, and it will continue to do so for the next 250 years.

https://t.co/K1IEFvGF4d

@AtlanticCouncil

[Mariama James 詹 瑪 麗 @MariamaJames13]

Both of my parents died of 9/11 cancer. I helped to create, pass, reauthorize, expand and most recently get fully funded, the Zadroga Act, a multibillion dollar program that provides free federal healthcare and compensation to currently over 150,000 eligible patients with covered conditions.

There’s a pic of my family on exhibit at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in recognition of that service

I’m a progressive Democrat but will never be so progressive that I embrace this BS. That’s a solemn promise from me to you

[Rachel Snyder @1RachelSnyder1]

@p_chris4743 @NickyFrank30 That's been apparent since he ran against Whitmer in 2018.