Wow, Detroit just ran the ball down their throat. Holy shit that was an impressive drive in overtime!! I’ll be up for another 2 hours because of that, adrenaline is through the roof!
@clhubes I had to give up breastfeeding my first due to severe postpartum depression/ocd. I had to start medication. It was so severe I was hospitalized. It is absolutely not selfish.
Met Tim Walz on my first day in Congress, sat next to him on Veterans Affairs committee for the following six years. No one fought harder for veterans. And he did it by bringing Democrats and Republicans together to get the job done.
As Governor of Minnesota he codified abortion rights, implemented background checks, legalized marijuana, passed paid family leave, restored voting rights and invested more than $1 billion in affordable housing. Not bad.
And before any of this, he was a high school teacher, football coach and a 24-year veteran of the army national guard.
He also happens to be a terrific dad and husband — there isn’t a conversation I’ve had with him where he doesn’t bring up his kids, always with the biggest smile on his face.
We became friends in Congress, going on early morning runs (in the dead of DC winter, I’m bundled in layers and he’s wearing a t-shirt and shorts), talking Minnesota music, the Replacements (Tim!), Prince, Dylan, Husker Du, and sharing stories about our families and hometowns.
In a business that prioritizes transactional relationships, he’s always been good to me, reaching out when I’m up, reaching out when I’m down, just being a good friend. And in a profession that encourages poll-testing and focus groups and political corporate speak, he’s always himself, the real deal. Common sense, kindness and empathy.
I couldn’t be more excited that he’s on the ticket, couldn’t be more energized to do everything I can to help Vice President Harris and Governor Walz win the most important election of our lives.
Let’s go!
@shannonrwatts This was my situation until 2020. We were more in agreement until 2016. We constantly disagreed. And now I have to explain both sides to my teen boys so they can make decisions based on information, not propaganda and not just what dad says. It's infuriating at times.
“I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job.”
Exactly the right message.
HOLY MOLY!!! President Biden just knocked his speech out of the park today.
You have to see this.
Biden got very real in his closing remarks:
“Let me close with this. I know I'm not a young man. I don't walk as easily as I used to. I don't talk as smoothly as I used to. I don't debate as well as I used to.
Well, I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done. I know, like millions of Americans, when you get knocked down, you get back up.
I know what it will take to bring this economy to everybody. I know what it'll take to rally the world to stand up against Putin and defend freedom.
And I know what it takes to keep the world safe and free for the years ahead. Folks, I give you my word as a Biden, I would not be running again if I didn't believe, with all my heart and soul that I can do this job because, quite frankly, the stakes are too high.”
Wow.
This was a masterful speech.
So you mean to tell me that Biden went to Atlanta for the debate, stayed up all night at the Waffle House, flew to NC the next day and went OFF at a rally, and then went to NYC to stand up for the LGBTQ community at a Stonewall event with Elton John?!?!
https://t.co/vjlw97WueV
It amazes me how confidently people will say things like "mental illness doesn't excuse bad behavior." Like okay, I get what you're saying, but surely you realize there are some colossally difficult philosophical questions at play here
"Michigan has the largest population of children condemned to life without parole in the country and on the planet," write @ProfKrisHenning and Abd’Allah Lateef for @detroitnews.
https://t.co/bWpOV1mRZe
Adults forget they were children. Adults forget not every child has the same foundation. Adults forget children are children & you don’t lock up children in cages. Let’s remind adults… children should NEVER be sentenced to LWOP.