Joel Lown

UI/UX Designer, craft beer geek

[Joel Lown @Jplown]

Gotta catch’em all @figma

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

[Leslie Jones 🦋 @Lesdoggg]

I don’t know who this man is but protect him at all costs!! He finally broke it down. So much she had no come back! See the God yall worshipping is yourself and your opinions!! I love how he use the word, the one she claims to know in his argument! Sadly they still won’t get it. Y’all think we judging you but it’s by the measure you are judging is what’s happening! And she claim to want to help the students but didn’t want to ask the parents for permission to do it. Where do these women get the audacity? You can’t control our kids!! Please everyone repost this!!

[Jim The Liquor King @theliquorkingdm]

Time for one last lottery drawing. One lucky person can purchase this Elijah Craig for $1! Just like and repost to be entered into our last Spectacular Spirits Sale giveaway. Cheers!!

[Joel Lown @Jplown]

@RoyceMahoney Tactics Ogre Reborn for TRPG, which is a super nerdy niche that love.

[Jim The Liquor King @theliquorkingdm]

Well hello Des Moines. Been a busy day in the kingdom. Check out the deal below for some amazing deals on booze this weekend! Like and retweet to be entered into a lottery to purchase a bottle of Blantons Gold as well. Winner will be chosen on Monday morning. Cheers!!

[Joel Lown @Jplown]

@tilo423 This is why you should souse vide your brisket. 72 hours in a hot tub means that it only smokes for 4.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Did you think I’d show up to the hearing on Supreme Court ethics without receipts?

[VoteVets @votevets]

Please take 2 minutes out of your day and watch @PeteButtigieg perfectly articulate why Republicans behave the way that they do, and how it harms people more than it could ever help.

Well said, Pete. Thank you.

[Joel Lown @Jplown]

@Herky21 Not the asshole.

[Jim The Liquor King @theliquorkingdm]

The deals just keep coming from the King 👑

[Jim The Liquor King @theliquorkingdm]

Twitter release first…Buffalo trace single barrel picked by yours truly. No lame one bottle limits….first come first serve. Retweet for a chance to win the barrel. Winner will be picked at random tomorrow morning

[Joel Lown @Jplown]

@tilo423 Huh?

[Joel Lown @Jplown]

@Herky21 I’m more of a Bacchus guy myself.

[Tanner Krause @TannerKrause]

An economic look at Iowa’s School Vouchers Program:

Looks BAD for public schools. Here’s why:

Let’s say 2 kids in a classroom of 30 take vouchers and leave public for private school.

That class/school just lost ~$15,000 in revenue.

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[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Corporate greed is Southwest getting a $7 billion bailout during the pandemic & spending $5.6 billion on stock buybacks to enrich wealthy shareholders, while stranded passengers are threatened with jail time for the crime of trying to rebook canceled flights during the holidays.

[Rob Sand @RobSandIA]

School vouchers are an imported idea pushed by powerful groups who are focused on ideology, not on what's best for Iowa.

[Joel Lown @Jplown]

@Miles_Bradley @hopnotes McDonalds makes a consistent burger. Is it a good burger?