Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸

I'm a lucky 2nd-gen American. My dad 1st to get college degree w/Army ROTC scholarship. I'm a mom. Entrepreneur. I support Ukraine.

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

2.5 c flour. 1 c boiling water. Stir with spoon and when cool to touch, knead. Add 3 T sunflower oil. Knead well. Wrap in plastic wrap and rest for 20-min. Roll thin. Olesia and her family would talk for hours while making varenyky together. Before the war. #SlavaUkraini

[Mariana Betsa @Mariana_Betsa]

998th day since Russia invaded. Ukraine resists. Ukraine stands firmly #StandWithUkraine

[Dimko Zhluktenko 🇺🇦⚔️ @dim0kq]

Ukrainian female drone pilot, callsign Ada.

She is recovering in the hospital after hitting a landmine, losing one leg completely.

I am in awe of Ukrainian women bravery and dedication.

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

@MaiXiongMI Congratulations on your win! My husband and I wrote postcards for you. ❤️

[Reda @redamor_]

Good morning. I’m on Bluesky.

Retweet this, if you are on Bluesky.

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

@amduffany What a smart beautiful girl you’ve got there!! ❤️

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

@FreeUkraine91 I'd vote for you!!!

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

https://t.co/0YiKOqZPqf
See you there!!!

[Kyle Sweetser @Kylesweetser]

People on the Far Left and Far Right want to see divisive change, that leaves half the population out to dry.

Those of us in the middle want to see change that benefits all Americans- compromise that caters to both sides.

[Mariana Betsa @Mariana_Betsa]

994th day since Russia invaded. Ukraine resists. Ukraine stands firmly #StandWithUkraine

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

I've been involved in winning presidential races and races that lost. One common thread is that everyone seems to have a reason why you won or lost which usually reflects a personal perspective or agenda.

So here's mine: I think VP Harris ran a very good campaign that operated at a high level. She had a great convention, crushed Trump in a debate, and put on a series of big event rallies that were the best I'd ever seen.

As a Republican operative, I spent years pointing out flaws in the Democratic Party and I'm not here to say it doesn't need to go through a period of questioning and self-reflection. Those are much larger questions than one election and one campaign. But the Republican party is an anti-democratic movement, attacking the pillars of American democracy from elections to the judicial system.

I understand those who say that if there had been a "normal" Democratic primary, the results would have been better. Maybe. But think about it. In modern political history, every time a sitting VP has run for the nomination, that VP has won. Perhaps it would have been different this time and the eventual nominee would have emerged stronger for the process. But more likely there would have been a bloody primary fight that left the nominee broke and trying to patch together a fractured party to face a Republican party that has become Donald Trump's party. In all probability, VP Harris would have won that primary and been in a weakened and vulnerable position when it was finally resolved in May or June.

I would say to my Democratic friends to go through this post-election process with open minds and hearts but never doubt that the Democratic party is the only pro-democracy party in America. No one will have a position in Trump's administration who is not an election denier adhering to the Big Lie. That's toxic to a country's sense of self and the damage will take a generation to repair, if it is possible to heal.

Losing an election does not mean that you were wrong and they were right. It means you lost an election. I grew up in Mississippi watching my parents back candidates opposed to segregation. When those candidates lost, and they did for a long time, my parents didn't question if they were on the right side. They didn't ask themselves if the majority who supported segregation had proven the justness of their cause by winning.

The mid-terms start after the Super Bowl. It will likely be a good election for Democrats and then the 2028 presidential race will be upon us. After a loss, the days seem long but the months will pass quickly. Reflect, rest up, but come back prepared to fight. Fight not because victory is assured but fight because not to fight is to give up. And if we do that, we no longer deserve to call ourselves Americans.

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[Mariana Betsa @Mariana_Betsa]

993rd day since Russia invaded. Ukraine resists. Ukraine stands firmly #StandWithUkraine

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

@elchicanomarine @RubenGallego Congratulations! My hubby and I wrote postcards and phone banked for Ruben Gallego all the way from Eastbay California! We enjoyed learning about Gallego and proudly supported him in the little ways we can.

[Kyle Sweetser @Kylesweetser]

Disturbing.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Everybody keep your heads up. This isn’t forever, and after America gets a taste of what it voted for, there will likely be a massive backlash.

There will be lots of time to come, and I’m still in the trenches with you. Just going to take a bit longer.

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

@dim0kq We’re all f*cked.

[Dave Hale - Concerned Republican @CountryFirstRep]

Pray for America and our institutions.

Pray for our NATO allies.

Pray for the people of Ukraine.

#electionday2024

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

hahaha!! no votes counted and they called California for Harris.

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

@maria_drutska not good at all

[Cara Heilmann 🇺🇸 @CaraHeilmann]

@Tactelller over voted by the men