Amanda Swafford

Backyard Chicken Farmer.
Independent. Also Reformer & Ruckus Raiser Re: Ballot Access Laws

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

It’s wiłd that we understand children need summer breaks and multiple vacations throughout the year because school is exhausting, yet somehow expect adults to work 40 hours a week, year-round, and be grateful for 2–3 weeks off if they’re lucky.

[S★ @xxyllinn]

I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Our high school goalie would have gotten benched for this. Inexcusably bad.

[Brad Nitz @BradNitzWSB]

Torrential rain in Midtown right now!

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

World Cup visitors, your Buc-ee’s, tornado, humidity, free-refill, deep-fried videos are saving us. In a country that only hears how awful it is, you’re showing everyone there’s still plenty worth celebrating. Thank you — we needed this!
God bless America 🙏🏻🇺🇸

[Lisa @lisathebeauty1]

One of the worst parts of corporate life is the completely unnecessary urgency around everything.

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

A reminder that the Constitution was not written to restrain the citizens' behavior.

It was written to restrain the government's behavior.

[mariana Z @mariana057]

After 30 minutes of being ignored, it's amazing how fast Lowe's employees show up when you try to start a chainsaw.

[Everything Georgia @GAFollowers]

Another attack happened on the MARTA yesterday in a random act of violence.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Users who interact with a misleading post that is subsequently corrected by @CommunityNotes will receive an 𝕏 Chat message of the CN to correct any misperception

[TRUTH NOW ⭐️⭐️⭐️🗽 🎺 @sxdoc]

REFLECTING POOL SUCCESS!
Fix up the nation and pride in our country will return!
Citizens protect what they love!
KUDOS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP!
Beautiful Pool!

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The USDA has kept raccoon rabies out of the central United States for over 30 years by air-dropping fish-flavored ravioli from helicopters.

Each one is a small packet coated in fishmeal with an oral rabies vaccine inside. Raccoons, foxes, coyotes, and skunks find them by smell, bite through, and swallow.

Many animals that consume the bait develop immunity, helping build a protective barrier across populations.

The bait is generally considered safe for pets and tested in many non-target species.

The USDA's Wildlife Services has been running this since 1995. Without the bait program, raccoon rabies very likely would have spread much further west.

A federal program you've probably never heard of is protecting your pets and your kids by feeding wild animals ravioli from a helicopter.

[Amanda Swafford @The_Swaff]

I find myself saddled with such sadness I won't be in Knoxville @Neyland_Stadium Saturday 🍌🍌🍌🍌
It's going to be off-the-Epic-charts whoot_whoot 🎉🎉🎉

[Sean Davis @seanmdav]

Why did Massie lose tonight?

Massie went from principled libertarian during COVID, to GOP leadership lapdog under McCarthy, to anti-Trump Epstein obsessive in 2025 after tweeting about that issue a whopping three (3) times in the decade prior. The nail in the coffin for him was voting against OBBB in 2025 because, according to Massie, it did too much to secure the border.

Trump mercilessly trashed Massie in 2020–calling him a “disaster” for America and Kentucky and saying he should be thrown out of the GOP entirely—but Massie easily swatted that away and won 81-19, so you can’t say he only lost because of Trump. He went toe-to-toe with Trump on COVID in 2020 and won overwhelmingly.

Massie lost because he went from being perceived as a quirky but lovable nerd who seemed to genuinely believe everything he said, to looking like a clout-chasing influencer who cared more about getting TV time with Democrats on an issue he clearly never cared about until five minutes ago than he did about representing his voters.

We’ll never know what caused the apparent personality change—maybe it was the death of his wife, maybe it was the McCarthy race followed by McCarthy’s ouster, or maybe it was a desire for notoriety or media acclaim and a lucrative podcasting career outside of Congress—but the drastic change was undeniable, as was the seeming lack of interest in much of anything happening in Kentucky.

Blame Trump, blame Israel, blame Epstein, blame the tragic death of a spouse, I don’t care. But you cannot just wave away 2020 Massie going face-to-face with the Trump machine and winning in a rout only to get smoked six years later.

Massie’s voters didn’t really change all that much, but he did, and they noticed.

[Dave Smith @ComicDaveSmith]

If Massie loses tonight, he should run for President.

If Massie wins tonight, he should run for President.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Massie: Why am I hopeful right now? We have the younger demographic. You are patriots and you will inherit the country. You will make it better and I am hopeful because of it. We started out as an election and it turned into a movement. There is a yearning in this country for somebody who votes for principles of her party

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

My good friend @RepThomasMassie lost tonight.

He lost because he had the guts to stand up to the Epstein class and against the war.

He won voters under 45 by 30 points.

Tonight, I say to this voters who feel rejected by Trump. We welcome you. Join our coalition to take on a rotten system and stand for the working class over the Epstein class.

We will build a movement to stand for Team America.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Massie: I would have come out sooner but I had to call my opponent to concede and it took a while to find him in Tel Aviv

[Amanda Swafford @The_Swaff]

Great primary election coverage tonight by @MarthaZoller @Hutch9473 on @access_wdun.
Our #Community is incredibly lucky to have this resource #Engaged on the #Local races! So many counties have NO local media at all! #gapol

[Thomas Massie for Congress @MassieforKY]

@realDonaldTrump Is this the one?