Bella McLaws

Staff photographer for the McLaws household (also, landscapes, families, product). Formerly: Adobe, Tute Genomics.

[tribjazz @tribjazz]

My MIL, whom I love dearly, was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Yesterday, she was admitted to the ICU with a systemic infection. Today, she was bumped to an overflow area to make room for more COVID-19 patients. Don't f***ing complain to me about wearing a mask.

[Ed Stern is on BlueSky @EdStern]

Well that escalated steadily for four years.

[Joe Lockhart @joelockhart]

break the habit everyone...Trump is not the news anymore. He's a ridiculous figure who will go down in history as America's biggest mistake. Stop giving him what he wants --attention. The President elect is the story. Covid is the story. Trump is a circus clown.

[Daniel M. Heiferman, MD @DanHeifermanMD]

If you’re having a hard time with glasses fogging or keeping your mask up over your nose, a simple bandaid does wonders. Learned it in the OR.

Feel free to share, it may save lives!

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

STOP THE COUNT!

[Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 @AVindman]

Reminder: If you’re in line when the polls close, they are legally obligated to let you vote. DO. NOT. LEAVE. #Vote2020

[Alicia Parlapiano @aliciaparlap]

We asked officials in every state about their expectations for counting votes on election night (and after) and made a big old table:

https://t.co/bMVKMoptdz

1/4

[Jeff Flake @JeffFlake]

When you fill out your ballot, ask yourself: Who will best restore decency and civility to the White House. Who can I be proud to tell my children and grandchildren I voted for.

[Washington Office of the Secretary of State @secstatewa]

Election Day is November 3. There’s still time to register to vote.

Grab a mask and head to a county voting center today.

[Meredith Salenger @MeredthSalenger]

Wow. On abortion. Well said @PeteButtigieg

Well said. #thankyou

[Jim Gaffigan @JimGaffigan]

Please watch this. Proof that many Trump supporters are decent people that are being manipulated. There are too many reasons to think Trump & his gang are monsters but this one struck a chord for me. Maddening and profoundly disrespectful. This isn't politics. This is treason.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Trump: "I could be leading and then they'll just keep getting ballots and ballots and ballots and ballots." Yes, correct, that is called counting the votes.

[Jesse Lehrich @JesseLehrich]

she fled civil war when she was 8, spent 4 years at a Kenyan refugee camp, got asylum in the US in 1995, & now serves in Congress.

we used to call things like this the American Dream, I believe.

[#StopCopCity @ChuckModi1]

Protesting police murder will get a steeper charge than police murder.

[Mitt Romney @MittRomney]

Fundamental to democracy is the peaceful transition of power; without that, there is Belarus. Any suggestion that a president might not respect this Constitutional guarantee is both unthinkable and unacceptable.

[Sen. Martín Quezada @SenQuezada29]

This 👇🏼 is what systemic racism in action looks like.

[Bella McLaws @bellamclaws]

@GirmayZahilay is one of our elected officials, a King County council member. In what world is it okay for people to say things like this (racist jabs / literal threats) to another human being?

[Girmay Zahilay @GirmayZahilay]

Me: *makes mild statement about transferring publicly-owned land back to African American and indigenous communities*

My email inbox and comments sections:

💁🏾‍♂️ racist insults
💁🏾‍♂️ “go back to Africa!”
💁🏾‍♂️ invitations to come get shot

[Bella McLaws @bellamclaws]

@GirmayZahilay Holy crap. I’m so sorry—not remotely ok. Know that some of us are fully supportive and grateful for the work you’re doing.

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

"Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love them."-C.S. Lewis