Amy Silvas

Lifelong Republican voting Blue for the foreseeable future. Lover of books, ideas, travel, politics and Jesus. SLP. Baseball=Cubs, Football= AL and OK

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

So he can in fact call in the National Guard whenever he wants. He just refused to do it to protect the Capitol on January 6th for 187 minutes. Glad we cleared that up.

[Sharon Hodde Miller @SHoddeMiller]

“These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” - Matthew 15:8

In other words, saying “Jesus is my Lord and Savior” is not a get out of jail free card to do and say whatever you want.

[MM  @adgirlMM]

Never forget that as Elon Musk became a trillionaire today, it is estimated that 750,000 people have died as a result of his cutting of USAID. The majority of those deaths were children.

[Ron Wyden @RonWyden]

Reminder that Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sitting on Epstein's financial records showing 4,700+ wire transfers totaling over $1.1 BILLION in and out of his accounts, including payments to women and girls.

The American people deserve full transparency.

[Steve Hare @sharemath]

In 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯, Stanislas Dehaene—one of the world’s leading cognitive neuroscientists and winner of the Nobel-equivalent Brain Prize—identifies the 4 Biological Pillars of Learning. Without all 4 of these pillars in place, learning is fragile and will not last: 🧵

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

It’s still Twitter.
It’s still the Kennedy Center.
It’s still the Department of Defense.
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
And Donald Trump is still a rapist.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

Rep Garcia just spoke to press about the Bondi hearing transpiring behind closed doors. He said Bondi has blamed Todd Blanche for all Epstein decisions - including the redactions, would not speak about Trump or what he ordered her to do at all, she put the Maxwell absurdity on Blanche as well, and he added that a DOJ official sat next to Bondi and kept stepping in to stop her whenever Trump's name was invoked.
It's akin to a kangaroo court in a banana republic. Bondi needs to testify under oath, as agreed - recorded and in front of cameras - it needs to happen. America should stand for nothing short of this - let Bondi plead the 5th as is her right but let it be seen and heard. Even those MAGA capable of critical thought should agree.
And Blanche needs to be prosecuted - his pardon, which he probably already has, needs to be deemed corrupt and determined to be unenforceable one day. There HAS to be a way.

[Dave Hale - Concerned Republican @CountryFirstRep]

A party that excises Thomas Massie for wanting transparency on the Epstein files and embraces adulterer and criminal Ken Paxton is not a party that deserves power.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

No, it's not normal for a president to sue the IRS for $10 BILLION and get the agency to drop any audits or investigations into him, his family or his businesses!

Thanks for asking!

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Every year, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil. #MemorialDayWeekend

[Epstein File Search @epsteinsearchin]

Alan Dershowitz said he "never had sex with an underage woman."
Virginia Giuffre named him specifically in her 2015 court filing.
He settled with her in 2022.
The terms are confidential.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

The IRS has audited every President annually for decades to ensure there was no corruption. Only one president found that to be a problem.

[Amy Silvas @AmySilvas2]

@covie_93 He is, but WHY?

[Johnny AGI @JohnnyAGI]

On June 16th, 2025 Trump announced a new "Trump Phone" available for preorder.

$100 preorder towards a $500 phone.

To date, he's received 590,000+ preorders, taking in an estimated $59 million in sales.

Last month in April, Trump updated the Preorder terms stating there is "No guarantee a phone will be produced or sold".

This is beyond grifting.

And the Trump phone (which will never happen), is the perfect representation of the Trump Presidency:

A bait & switch scam.

He stole their money and told them to cry more.

[Amy Silvas @AmySilvas2]

@RevKimWChafee @matt_johnson I want to understand the proper exegesis of this passage. Can you suggest any readings for a non-theology student?

[Amy Silvas @AmySilvas2]

@DavidShafer My mother had a student in her 4th grade class whose Dad was the head of the Alabama Klan. It is alive and well, my friend.

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.” -George Orwell, 1984.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

In a sane administration, the FBI Director doesn’t go on the morning news to prove he’s not a drunk, the Defense Secretary doesn’t quote Tarantino to prove he’s a man of God, and the President doesn’t take multiple cognitive exams to prove he’s not insane.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Maybe I'm crazy, but if the heads of our military don't trust the President to be in the Situation Room because he's erratic, unfit, and dangerous....HE SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT.

[Amy Silvas @AmySilvas2]

@lisamurkowski @DanielBShapiro 25th Amendment now. You are part of the only group with the power to stop him! So do it!