Becky Nussbaum

wife/mom/granny/nurse/menno/IU fan!

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

#drenchgang 🫟

[Joe Scarborough @ScarboroughNow]

“We are taking our country back.
Not with anger. Not with fear, not with division. But with the hope that built this state.”
~@jamestalarico

One of the most powerful ads I’ve ever seen, with the added value of being true.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically.

Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country.

Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case.

Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And it’s not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies — from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve.

In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omar’s life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and she’s been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota.

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

@BarackObama Thank you for speaking up about this! We are not paying enough attention to this.

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

And another thing,

It wasn't a good guy with a gun. It was a father who was forced to kill someone else's child and now he has to live with that the rest of his life.

Republicans repeatedly fantasize about stopping a tragedy. Why not fantasize about preventing it to begin with.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

@realDonaldTrump He’s not a vegan. And even if he was, how would that have anything to do with how he can govern?

It’s not like he’s in the Epstein files 6000 times and trying to cover them up.

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

@HoosierHystrcs @CCignettiIU @IndianaFootball Perfectly said Eric!

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

Fire it up!

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

A message everyone needs to hear.

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

@hoosiercommish Proud that Coach Hep was from my hometown of Woodburn, IN!

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Seniors coast-to-coast are donating their $90 checks to Democratic candidates.

Now THAT is the my USA 🇺🇸

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

@CrimsonCast Eris speaks for all of us. Also I love her name!

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

@kylerrobbins I had to stay upstairs for the whole 2nd half watching it on our small tv because I decided to fold laundry at halftime. Sacrifices must be made! #iufb

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

@DickieV @huskerf @IndianaFootball So tell me @DickieV, will we go down in the rankings again this week???? #iufb

[Martha the Mop Lady @TheMopLady]

FOUND. A. WAY.

A lot to fix, a lot to correct.

This isn’t last year’s team but it’s our team! 6-0 baby, onward!

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

NEVER DAUNTED! On to the next! #iufb

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

@hoosiermomma2_0 Start watching again!!!

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

[Becky Nussbaum @beckynuss]

@ChristopherHale Can’t wait to hear what JD has to say about this

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Hey, here's a random thought: maybe all of us who are Democrats and progressives should pause attacks on each other for the next three weeks and focus on beating Republicans. I promise our arguments will be so much more interesting in January after a blue tsunami.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@ezraklein: “What is, to you, the ‘rage economy’?”

@JamesTalarico: “The billionaires own the algorithms and the news networks. They have created for-profit platforms that divide us on an hourly basis — by party, by race, by gender, by religion. They elevate the most extreme voices very strategically to provoke our outrage, because that leads to more clicks, which leads to more money for them.

They are selling us conflict right into our bloodstream, and they’re calling it connection.

And I think it’s left people starving for actual community.”