Terra V.

Not much to see here, just a guy up in the PNW, currently I mainly lurk and use Twitter as a news feed but hello anyway. Also @[email protected]

[Allan Lichtman @AllanLichtman]

Biden has dropped out. But the Democrats could still salvage the contest key if they unite behind Harris!

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Some thoughts on the Trump shooting...

[Yurok Tribe @TheYurokTribe]

The Klamath River is experiencing an amazing transformation. The remaining 3 of 4 dams are coming down. This winter, Yurok crews hand planted 8.5 tons of native seeds in the former reservoirs. Now, an array of locally adapted wildflowers & grasses cover much of the clay soil.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. You don’t have to tweet

2. If someone else tweets something dumb, you don’t have to tweet that it was dumb

[Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia]

Reminder do not share anything unless it is absolutely verified. Follow credible sources.

[Ricky Davila @TheRickyDavila]

Holy shit, all the way this.

[Wajahat Ali @WajahatAli]

My 2 minute case for why the pro-democracy coalition should unite around a Biden-Harris ticket to defeat Trump and a MAGA dictatorship. Four months left - plenty of time to unite, fight, and win.

[Anderson Cooper 360° @AC360]

Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen tells Anderson that he thinks President Biden convinced a lot of people tonight that he should stay in the race.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

When I cast my vote for President Biden, I wasn't expecting much. I just wanted trump out of office.

I knew he was old.
I knew he had a stutter.
I knew he had a rep for "gaffes."
I didn't care. Just wanted trump gone.

Four years later, things are different.
I wasn't expecting that President Biden would be the most legislatively successful President in my lifetime.

I wasn't expecting him to help expand NATO.
I wasn't expecting him to lower insulin & inhalers.
I wasn't expecting him to create & recover 15m jobs.
I wasn't expecting him to bring manufacturing back.
I wasn't expecting him to forgive student debt.

But he did ALL those things, and more.
He surpassed my expectations by a lot.
And he has more planned for 2025-2028.

He's not a master orator,
He doesn't move so smoothly
But neither did FDR from his wheelchair.

Meanwhile, trump is STILL a threat.
He wants to be a dictator.
He wants to stay out of prison.
He wants revenge on his enemies.
He wants to take away from the poor and middle class and give to the ultra wealthy.
His Project 2025 will enable a national abortion ban to criminalize women seeking safe and legal abortions.
His Project 2025 will take away the rights of our LGBTQ family and friends.
His Project 2025 will transform the government into a loyalty pledge, not to America but to him ALONE.
We might never have another free election.

THAT is what is at stake in this election.

We can continue to progress with Biden policies, or we can let trump destroy democracy as we know it.

If you're looking for someone who's young and athletic, go watch a fucking movie.

I'll take the old guy who needs a nap while saving democracy over the old guy trying to overthrow democracy who needs a legal team.

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

Imagine coming out of retirement, defeating an incumbent president, rescuing a nation in crisis, and becoming one of the most successful presidents in modern history, only to have your own party turn against you after you’ve secured the nomination for reelection because they think you’re too old.

Is that the kind of party you want? NOT ME!

[Karen Finney @finneyk]

Mic drop for Joe Biden tonight. And it was 14M people who turned out for the Biden-Harris ticket in the primaries.

[Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta]

Joe Biden has a stutter AND a deep, clear, and thoughtful understanding of the major issues affecting our nation and our world.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

This is a wide ranging press conference where Biden is showing a mastery of multiple facets of foreign policy.

Compare this to literally any of Donald Trump’s speeches. There’s no comparison.

Give me the old guy with the stutter.

[Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @Amy_Siskind]

President Biden is doing great.

Trump could never do this.

[Will Stancil @whstancil]

What makes this so depressing is that if you stop doing theater criticism on the strength of his voice or whatever, this is a clip of a US president strongly defending a working-class economic boom he successfully fought to create. And no one wants to hear that or seems to care.

[tern @1goodtern]

Ten people who were wrong.

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

There is no age or timeline for creativity. Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't begin writing until she was 65. William Steig didn't start creating children's books until he was 61. It is never too late or too early.

[tern @1goodtern]

I keep coming back to this.
This isn't 'just trees' burning.
This does really look like the carbon locked in the ground in peat and forest floor itself is getting sucked up into the clouds of fire.
😢

[Terra V. @TerrapinV]

Not sure I would go so far as to say "huge" win for Democrats, but ok 🧵👇

[Kari Chisholm @karichisholm]

One of the longest legislative walkouts in history is now over. The Oregon Senate Republicans are back and bills are moving fast.

No matter what you hear from establishment media, this is a HUGE win for the Senate Democrats. I’ll run it down for you. 🧵 1/9