Celine Besman

Oddly impressive parallel parker, I used to live in a hotel, and I'm a published tweeter. SSDGM

[Celine Besman @CelineBesman]

These are my confessions:
1. I am a firm believer in the Oxford comma in a college that tells me not to use it
2. I watch tv when I go to bed

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

get to know your new republican cabinet

[Organizermemes @OrganizerMemes]

I miss brat summer, fascist fall blows

[Celine Besman @CelineBesman]

Oh we’re cooked.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Trump's 10 point plan for education:

- eliminate the Dept. of Education
- cut federal funding
- promote Christian Nationalism
- attack teacher's unions
- give public money to for-profit private schools

He warned us, and you voted for him anyway.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Trump has now reaffirmed his plan to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. For the record that department funds, among other things, all the special education and special needs program in public schools and public colleges in all 50 states.

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

Biden: If the economy recovers over the next few years, it's my policies working:

[Clarissa @fluffykittensox]

Say goodbye to manufacturing standards, safety standards, union protections, minimum wage, the department of education, Palestine, Ukraine, without a God blessed miracle of the highest caliber you fucks who refused to vote for a women just fucking doomed the entire world.

[Randy Bryce @IronStache]

Mexico just elected a pro-environment woman as their president.

They might want to build a wall to keep us from fleeing.

[chloe iris @chloeikennedy]

this

[halli ⸆⸉ 𓆙❤️‍🔥 @inthevault_]

Greatest country in the world?? Why is every woman I know crying on the way to work today???

[‎lina @G0THAMVENGEANCE]

libbed out so hard i thought american people had empathy and common sense

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Want an example of a broken system? Florida DIDN’T “reject” the proposal to include a right to abortion in the constitution — they voted 58.2% in favor of abortion rights. But it needed 60% to pass, so it failed WITH A MAJORITY.

Can’t imagine what Florida women must be thinking.

[Laura Bassett @LEBassett]

Requiring a 60% threshold is how you thwart the people’s will on abortion in Florida

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

The abortion rights measure in Florida 'lost' with 57% of the vote and 1.5 million more votes than the opposition.

And for what it's worth: Amendment 4 got a million more votes than Ron DeSantis did in 2022

[Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky]

I have been asked on two different networks and by two different male hosts today whether abortion rights are as important to women as the economy. I can't say it more clearly: reproductive freedom is economic freedom. They are intrinsically intwined, as every woman knows.

[Celine Besman @CelineBesman]

#Vote for:

Women’s Rights
LGBTQ+ Rights
Human Rights
Education
Gun Safety
Economy
Democracy

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

A PERSONAL UPDATE!!!

Last Father’s Day I mentioned that following this election I would be stepping away from advocacy and politics. If the election goes the right way, the work will continue with amazing advocates who fight every day for our safety. If the election goes the wrong way, the work will stop. I fully expect that this the election will result in Kamala Harris as President and Tim Walz as Vice President. Either way, for me, it will be time to move forward in a new direction.

I have spent the past almost 7 years living a life I did not choose. I was always on the road, or when home, absorbed by reading, writing, zoom meetings, interviews, phone calls, etc. My family never got the best of me. I spent more time with other young people than I did with my son. I spent more time with other adults than I did with my wife, my family, my longtime friends. I am a truly fortunate and lucky man that my family gave me the space that I needed to pursue the mission to reduce gun violence in America.

I have spent years trying to help people imagine what I have experienced just to get them to vote. Voting always gives me hope and I believe voting is the way to solve problems in America. I am again counting on that being true in this election.

Last Father's Day I was clear that I had one big job left in me and it was this election. For me, this election is about my hopes for the future. However, this election is also about working to protect things we hope not to lose. I already lost what I love most with the murder of Jaime. Women have already lost bodily autonomy in many states. Democracy is at risk, as are our rights to vote in future elections. This election is now exactly one week away from being over. I hope we all vote to protect what we still have, what we value, and who we love. Let’s vote with hope for the future.

What stepping away from politics and advocacy means for me is still a work in progress. With certainty, I will devote added attention to the work that our foundation Orange Ribbons for Jaime is doing. I love everyone who I have gotten to know personally, in politics, in media and across the country. I will be forever grateful to the many heroes across the nation who fight every day for our right to be free from gun violence. Now, it is time to put my energy back into my family, my friends, and myself.

I have only two remaining asks of everyone. The first is probably expected and easy as we have only one week left. If you have not yet voted, please get out and vote and if possible, vote early. Do it for me, do it for Jaime, do it for the other victims of gun violence who have no voice today, do it for those who you love and want to protect from gun violence, do it for this Democracy that we all love, and do it for your ability to keep on voting in future elections.

The second ask is that you don’t forget Jaime and me. I have invested all my heart, soul, and energy into this and into protecting others who I will never know because of what happened to my family. I have no idea what my place in the history of this movement will mean, but I do hope I played an important role and that my voice mattered. I am proud of what we achieved, and I am hopeful for what will come next. While my voice will still show up on occasion, it is time for me to again live and to dedicate myself to my family.

No, I am not retiring. I am going to start reliving.

One last note, and it is a personal ask of our next President. @KamalaHarris, while I am stepping away, I hope to begin by celebrating your election. If you see this, would love to join you at your inauguration.