Rigel Esther

I'm a husky. I chase squirrels. I love long hikes.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@HunterBiden @Raindance_33 It’s great to see those engagements happen w/ your responses. When your realness gets them to think twice about their rudeness.

Anyway, there’s lots of us here who know what a great man your dad is & who were deeply moved by his support for you. 🙏🏻

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@HunterBiden @Raindance_33 Saving ur response. It explains so much. The climate message fell into the same trap.

There’s trolls & bots one can block. They want to follow & troll.

Then there’s those making a rude comment to get a rise. I find they sometimes stop & think w/ right response. 1/2

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@danmelsonauthor @RoKhanna Dan, have you ever worked at your local polling place?

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@Joshtw3311 @RoKhanna No it’s not.

In the US, STATES run their elections. In CA, vote-by-mail & in person ballots are all due on the exact same day & time. Mail takes a couple of days to get to the offices. The election is over when the ballots are counted. Nothing fraudulent happening.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@Trinaartist10 @RoKhanna Who, Californians?

No one cheated here. Our vote-by-mail ballots are due the exact same day & time as voting in person. That’s how it’s always been. It was actually the Trump administration that messed up & slowed down @USPS.

Election is decided once ballots are counted.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@RoKhanna @paulmitche11 All because some incurious old man thinks elections shd be called on Election Day night??

I’m with Paul. The feds shd be investing in @usps.

If I now mail my ballot on Election Day in a Capitola or Santa Cruz USPS mailbox, it won’t get postmarked until the next day.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

You want to change the date mailed ballots are due???

Right now ALL Californians have until the end of Election Day to vote. That’s how it should remain.

If we shd invest in anything, the feds shd invest in USPS

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

A close friend of mine is cancelling his voter registration today. He is convinced Spencer Pratt was robbed of the election. I explained to him that in California we count absentees first (which skew older and more conservative) and election day voters are younger and more Democratic. The slow count is largely because of policies to maximize participation, including postmarking a ballot on Election Day.

Regardless, we need to figure out in California how we can get the vote counted faster and results tabulated so it does not drag on. We should make the investments in operational improvements and resources in the wealthiest state in the nation. It is worth spending the resources to get the vast majority of the vote counted within 48 hours. Right now the system is eroding trust and spawning conspiracy theories.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@HunterBiden @JaulaDePerreo We create our own filter bubbles. The algorithms drive us to do this. It’s more comfortable.

Local daily newspapers & local news used to help.

Let’s meet our neighbors. Volunteer. Turnoff the hose of punditry & opinion. Get outside.

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

This is a devastating interview.

Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good.

Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

Escape from our algorithms & show up.

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Hunter Biden is going to be a big, big problem for the GOP. Listen to what he’s saying here. He literally has receipts.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@HunterBiden Service is supposed to be the point of elected leadership as well. It’s in the name, “public service.”

Government is US. All of us. Our leaders serve us, or they are supposed to anyway.

Thank you for sharing your journey & encouraging better for us all.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@HunterBiden Also climate change. Maybe in America it is just barely half who believe the science, but globally, it’s this administration & MAGA denying the science. Everyone else knows better. Even the oil executives.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@AppleSupport Also, please come join us on Bluesky!

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@AppleSupport I have an idea for ya - make a dog emoji that's like the people emojis with all our colors! 🐕

But I came here specifically to request an Orange Butterfly emoji! We need some way to show our love for Monarchs. 👐🏻

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@MrPitbull07 https://t.co/Tq2oeqDlCi

[Luke Winkie @luke_winkie]

I went to one of the last remaining old-school, sit-down Pizza Huts in America and wrote 3,000 words about a pervading sense of national decline.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

That would be a real shame, right? 🤣

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@RpsAgainstTrump The frivolous lawsuits?

[Max Burns @themaxburns]

The big message of tonight's elections for national Democrats?

Don't cut a deal on reopening the government until Republicans protect Americans' health care. Do. Not. Cave.

[Rigel Esther @Husky_Rigel]

@harryjsisson This lined offers so much hope.