Rachel LeFever

I'm just a simple girl who loves sports, to cook & spending time with friends & family! Hoping to making a difference in the world someday!

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch.
President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

.@GayleKing asks: If Donald Trump secures the White House with a Republican-controlled House and Senate, and a conservative-majority Supreme Court, "what happens to this concept called checks and balances?"

"It's not just Donald Trump. There is a political movement now that has practiced at supporting whatever his impulses," @jdickerson adds.

[Tom Santos @tommysantos14]

So when Trump fires all non-partisan career professionals in government, replaces them with radical loyalists within every nook and cranny of the US government, and adds radical judges everywhere.

And every one of you that voted for him finally wake up from your fucked up fantasy just like the folks that woke up after 4 years of the last shit show, only to realize it’s much much worse, and much more permanent, this time.

When the cancer you caused has infected every bit of the American system and it can’t be unwound for a lifetime.

What then?

Do you beg this country for forgiveness for choosing fascism because you were conned into believing your eggs are too expensive because of Joe Biden?

You just put Steve Bannon in charge of American policy.

You just put Michael Flynn in charge of our military.

You just put Alex Jones in charge of media and propaganda.

You just put Stephen Miller in charge of immigration policy.

You just put batshit crazy RFK Jr. in charge of health policy.

You just killed free public education and privatized schools, which you will have to pay for.

You just sealed the deal on a national abortion ban, because you’re demented if you think it’s not coming.

You just radicalized the Supreme Court for a generation.

You just made women less safe and less free.

You just made this country an oligarchy with the billionaires quite literally in charge now.

You just put in office the one person that believes a president is a king, with the fucking Supreme Court ruling to prove it in his back pocket!

You just ushered in Fascism.

Because your cereal costs more.

Congratulations.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

I was touched to see Gus Walz’s joy when his dad @Tim_Walz took the stage last night. Thankful for you showing us all what real love looks like, Gus.

Let’s be a nation that embraces this kind of warmth and vulnerability, instead of making fun or mocking it. We could all use some of Gus’s example in our own lives.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

If your Christianity causes you to mock people with disabilities.

If your Christianity causes you to mock the genuine expressions of emotion and love.

If your Christianity causes you to mock men who cry.

Your Christianity has nothing to do with Jesus.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Not gonna platform any of the (sadly multiple) examples of this, but if you’re attacking the innocent underage kids of politicians whose views you don’t like you really should log off and do some soul searching. If such a thing is possible.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton nodding along as the crowd chants “lock him up”. One of the most full circle moments in political history. Retweet to make sure every American sees this and knows Donald Trump is a convicted felon.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Let's fight for Kamala as she fights for us.

Let's go win this.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

#1 The US president has no control over Olympic rules.

#2 This woman is not “transgender”. She was born a woman and has always identified as a woman since birth.

#3 Stop spreading hate towards transgender people merely because you are angry about the Olympic rules that allow a woman to compete as a woman, in a woman’s sport.

Yes, a biological woman can have XY chromosomes due to certain genetic conditions. Stop being so ignorant and using this to attack trans people. Stop oversimplifying a complex situation.

I don’t know what the right move is here but ignorance and hate is not the solution.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

Violence has no place in our politics. Period end of story. Hope the former president is okay. Hope his family is as well. This is a moment for everyone to pause, to stop. Violence in our speech, our tone, our thoughts, our words. May we all reject it all.

[Sarah Fenske @sarahfenske]

Tiger triplets at ⁦@stlzoo⁩ 😍😍😍

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

HOLY MOLY!!! President Biden just knocked his speech out of the park today.

You have to see this.

Biden got very real in his closing remarks:

“Let me close with this. I know I'm not a young man. I don't walk as easily as I used to. I don't talk as smoothly as I used to. I don't debate as well as I used to.

Well, I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done. I know, like millions of Americans, when you get knocked down, you get back up.

I know what it will take to bring this economy to everybody. I know what it'll take to rally the world to stand up against Putin and defend freedom.

And I know what it takes to keep the world safe and free for the years ahead. Folks, I give you my word as a Biden, I would not be running again if I didn't believe, with all my heart and soul that I can do this job because, quite frankly, the stakes are too high.”

Wow.

This was a masterful speech.

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[Jimmy Sullivan @DrJimmySullivan]

6:00pm update: Asher is still fighting, which I wasn’t sure was possible this morning and I don’t think the doctors did either. Thank everyone for the support and keep it coming.

We've made the ever so slightest improvements in a few stats but the brain is still the concern.

[Rachel LeFever @RachelLeFever]

@GenPadalecki Looks like we share a birthday!! Hope you have a wonderful one!

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

May we all be so lucky to have someone feel this way about us. May we all be so lucky to be so loved. May this be a reminder to not let things go unsaid, to make time to say what matters, not just today, but every day! And, don’t just say it, write it down. Capture it in ways you can reflect and look back on it. How wonderful for Amy, for all the Carters, and for us all, that we get to hear this love letter so many year’s later. That even when words can not be spoken, they can still be shared. ❤️ #RosalynnCarter

[St. Louis Cardinals @Cardinals]

A send-off for a legend.

We love you, Waino. ❤️

#STLCards

[St. Louis Cardinals @Cardinals]

Thank you, Waino ❤️

#STLCards

[MLB @MLB]

200 wins, 3-time All-Star, 2 Gold Glove Awards, World Series champion, 2020 Roberto Clemente Award winner, and 18 years in a Cardinals uniform – more than any pitcher in franchise history.

Thank you for the memories, Adam Wainwright!