SuetheKiwi

Farmer. Mum. Tony's wife. Bleeding heart Liberal. Started following US politics in 2015, because like most of the world was wondering WTF??!!

[SuetheKiwi @SueAusten5]

@phoenixfire110 Love number 4 👍😊

[SuetheKiwi @SueAusten5]

@BurtMaclin_FBI @Daiyesdad @krassenstein You’re confusing a president a with a king. There was such a thing as “The Devine Right of Kings”. The only modern equivalent is a dictator.

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

My final message of today. The year Jaime was killed, her dance team kept her space in the routine. That empty chair was Jaime's spot. Just imagine your child in the empty chair. If you don't want this preventable carnage to continue, VOTE IN 24 FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

[SuetheKiwi @SueAusten5]

@Mr645xxx @axios Not

[SuetheKiwi @SueAusten5]

@RoomDiscussion @OccupyDemocrats Why a minority of rabid NRA types have a louder and more powerful voice than the vast majority of people who support sensible gun control is bewildering. Must be endlessly heartbreaking for those capable of critical thinking.

[SuetheKiwi @SueAusten5]

@RoomDiscussion @OccupyDemocrats My country is a nation of hunters and shooters. There are multiple guns in my home. There are stringent, rigorous rules rules around gun ownership and storage. Basically, if you are insane or show the capacity for criminal violent intent you loose the right to own a gun.

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

A transformation in handwriting after two months in a classical school.

This was three years ago. Now both of my middle boys write beautifully in cursive.

[Kristin Song @kristinsong3]

My name is Kristin Song.

On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months.

At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces.

I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes.

The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law.

So I did.

6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access.

Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican.

In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package.

When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws.

Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law.

I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children.

If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.

[Juju Bee @notbeforenoon]

@theliamnissan @BlisterPearl Just thought you might like this. https://t.co/v5B4tWWQ0z

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Timeline cleanser: the locks to George Santos' office being changed.

[Moshik Temkin @moshik_temkin]

Aside from the bigotry and islamophobia, which are bad enough, what struck me about this guy’s spectacle is the repellent snobbery, putting down the man in the truck because of how he makes a living. Truly the worst of elitist condescension towards working people

[Dittie @DittiePE]

@JennaEllisEsq Jesus was a liberal.

You’re welcome.

[SuetheKiwi @SueAusten5]

@HumansNoContext Pop up toaster 👍

[SuetheKiwi @SueAusten5]

@GrandMoffJoseph @chrislhayes 😂😂😂

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@dlowther715 @piyushmittal

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

After caring for this patient, washing her hair, and styling it into a ponytail braid, I played her favorite music collection. We did the same routine for my 3 shifts with her. On my last shift, I said my goodbye. It was hard because somehow I had gotten used to her non-verbal cues (while intubated), which she used to express her needs.

She held my hand with tears in her eyes and mumbled the two words- "Thank you." As she squeezed my hand, I told her she didn't have to struggle to mouth more words. I could feel her deep gratitude. These are the moments that remind me of why I still practice bedside nursing. For me, being able to care for people in their most vulnerable state is a blessing.

I love nursing.

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

BREAKING: Trump and 18 others have been charged with 41 counts in a sprawling RICO indictment in Fulton County, Georgia. Here are the charges against trump.

Meadows is CHARGED - which means he didn’t get a deal.

[SuetheKiwi @SueAusten5]

@DZaia40 @neal_katyal Would be superb, aye?

[Ms. Gloria Vanderbelt @kueen_kayy13]

Training just in case I get called to battle to defend my family's honor!