RachelMosherWilliams

Social sector consultant, research and data nerd, DC-native, believes in the goodness of dogs, chocolate, and people

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

My message about the election results:

[Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica]

For American citizens who are age 18+ Virginia residents and removed in this purge, bring your ID with you to your precinct on Election Day so you can register to vote and cast a provisional ballot. Your citizenship, residency & eligibility to vote will then undergo verification.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Election Day isn’t the first day to vote in this election – it’s actually the last! Join millions of Americans who are casting their ballots early. Whether you choose to vote early in person or through mail-in ballot, make a plan to vote and check out the options available to you by going to https://t.co/6tazVuYmym.

[Fairfax County Votes @fairfaxvotes]

Check your voter registration NOW to confirm it's up-to-date and ready for you to vote early until Nov. 2, on Election Day (Nov. 5) or by mail.

Visit the @vaELECT website to check your status: https://t.co/SK79bIck7R

[RachelMosherWilliams @RMosherWilliams]

Please check your registration and make your voting plan now!! In Virginia, early voting starts in 3 days!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today is National Voter Registration Day! Take a few minutes to visit https://t.co/V3uLF7XRqt and make sure you’re registered and have a plan to vote. Then check in with your friends and family and make sure they’re registered, too. Let’s get it done.

[RachelMosherWilliams @RMosherWilliams]

Huge news

[Dave Jamieson @jamieson]

BREAKING: In 3-2 vote the FTC approves its sprawling, historic ban on non-compete agreements.

All non-competes banned moving forward. Existing ones can remain in effect only for senior executives.

Lawsuits seeking to block the rule certain to follow.
https://t.co/qE0QItGfbN

[RachelMosherWilliams @RMosherWilliams]

I entered the Macbeth Lottery for $20 tickets on @TodayTix! Tap here to enter: https://t.co/VS98YDWs1u

[RachelMosherWilliams @RMosherWilliams]

So sad ...

[Yulia Navalnaya @yulia_navalnaya]

Лёша, спасибо тебе за 26 лет абсолютного счастья. Да, даже за три последних года счастья. За любовь, за то, что всегда поддерживал, за то, что смешил даже из тюрьмы, за то что ты обо мне всегда думал.

Я не знаю, как жить без тебя, но я постараюсь так, чтобы ты там, наверху, радовался за меня и гордился мной. Я не знаю, справлюсь или нет, но я буду стараться.

Мы обязательно встретимся однажды. У меня столько для тебя нерассказанных историй, и у меня столько для тебя сохраненных в телефоне песен, глупых и смешных, вообще, честно говоря, ужасных песен, но они про нас, и я так хотела дать тебе их послушать. И так хотела смотреть, как ты их слушаешь, смеешься, а потом обнимаешь меня.

Люблю тебя вечно. Покойся с миром.

[RachelMosherWilliams @RMosherWilliams]

@cmclymer So glad I left before he spoke! Horrible. So sorry Charlotte. I exited to Debra Messing’s voice.

[VA House Democrats @VAHouseDems]

HISTORY MADE: Congratulations to Speaker-Designee Don Scott. @DonScott757 will serve as the first Black Speaker in Virginia history!

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

In the Pocket of Big Civilian

“Pick a side. You’re either with us or against us.”

Okay, if that’s your ultimatum, if you’re claiming there’s no nuance or space here for the suffering of everyone, if you’re giving me only two choices, if I must pick a side, then I’ll just say that I’m absolutely against you.

I’m against any person or group who attempts to justify intentionally murdering innocent civilians and then shames anyone who doesn’t just go along with it.

I am in the pocket of Big Civilian.

Israeli civilians, Palestinian civilians, Muslim civilians, Jewish civilians, agnostic and atheist civilians, insufferably nihilist civilians, young civilians and old civilians, civilians in pre-school and civilians going through a midlife crisis and civilians in their golden years, civilians who like me and civilians who don’t, civilians I like and civilians I don’t, civilians who stand on the left side of the escalator and civilians who switch lanes without using a turn signal, civilians of any nationality and race and ethnicity, civilians who support LGBTQ equality and civilians who are anti-LGBTQ extremists, civilians who speak twenty languages and civilians who struggle with just the one, civilians who are chill neighbors and civilians who run the local homeowners association, civilians who have eclectic tastes in their television programming and civilians whose entire personality revolves around their Sopranos fandom, civilians who disagree entirely with my politics and civilians who mirror mine perfectly…

I am a huge, neoliberal sellout for the safety and dignity and respect of ALL civilians.

So, when I say that Hamas is an antisemitic terrorist group that needs to be destroyed, it’s because I care about ALL civilians they’re brutally murdering, Israeli and Palestinian, Muslim and Jewish, alike.

And when I say that Benjamin Netanyahu is a terrible, fascist, incompetent head-of-state and that the current Israeli government needs to stop its indiscriminate violence against innocents, it’s because I care about ALL civilians in Gaza whose lives are at stake.

I want a temporary ceasefire not because Hamas shouldn’t be destroyed—they absolutely should—but because the current Israeli government has been inexplicably floundering in their military operations.

If these sentiments somehow mean I’m either anti-Palestinian or anti-Israeli, then I guess I’ll just have to live with that.

I want the slaughter of civilians to stop, however naïve and Pollyannish that may come across to some.

And truthfully, I am deeply skeptical and wary of anyone who somehow feels this conflict is easily framed for the benefit of only one side.

If anything, it’s been a revealing moment on the question of whom among grown adults are willing to engage with reason and empathy and whom among us are far too eager to abdicate those qualities for brief—and ultimately empty—comfort from their inherent cognitive dissonance in justifying the murder of innocents.

If you feel the same about all this, please know you’re not alone. It’s truly a dark moment for acknowledging obvious humanity, senselessly replaced with a team sports mentality.

And I refuse to go along with it.

Full essay version available here for easier sharing: https://t.co/Pd5SDr72Uo

[Fairfax County Government 🇺🇸 @fairfaxcounty]

By law, voters must show identification when they vote — but a photo ID, like a driver’s license, is no longer required. You may use as ID a copy of your:

• Current utility bill
• Bank statement
• Paycheck

Details: https://t.co/IWoNGPuDdF

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

https://t.co/fQLAS5InAy

[Daniel Silva @danielsilvabook]

“Nothing prepared me for antisemitism on college campuses” by Erwin Chemerinsky the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law.
Please read and share https://t.co/iZwryN6IK2

[Trilby Smith @TrilbySmith]

PLEASE read this thread by @rabbijilljacobs

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: Current U.S. intelligence finds Israel “not responsible” for Gaza hospital blast, White House National Security Council spokesperson says https://t.co/7ey5dx4luz

[RachelMosherWilliams @RMosherWilliams]

@jenbo1 Jen oh my god I’m so happy for you!!! Mazel Tov!!

[RachelMosherWilliams @RMosherWilliams]

Appreciate this @philxbuchanan response to a baffling Chronicle of Philanthropy op-ed: "Frankly [nonprofit leaders] will be hard pressed to think of foundations as terribly constrained in saying, or doing, as they please .. Who is threatening “philanthropic freedom?”