🩵💙 catnmouse 💙🩵

Georgia progressive. Politically informed.

[🩵💙 catnmouse 💙🩵 @catnmouse]

“Refugees are just like us. We are just so unfortunate that we are born in that country and we are punished for our birth place. And no one should be punished for their birth place. It’s not our crime.” —Yeonmi Park

[Madeline🍀♿️ @MadelineRyan4GA]

Big things are happening in Georgia!

This year, we have the largest number of Democrats challenging GOP incumbents in our State House.

Over 60 contested races. We need to win 11 to flip the house.

Support the work here: https://t.co/xUvlre4y0F

[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

1. Trump recruited, cajoled, and campaigned for Darline Graham, who is a thoroughly unqualified and very weak candidate. Given the political environment, Trump's unpopularity, and a weak nominee, it's worth asking whether Trump just put South Carolina in play

[Keisha For Georgia @KeishaForGA]

This is your reminder that our vote is our superpower! Slick Rick Jackson wants to call the National Guard to intimidate Georgia voters — but we refuse to be silenced.

Early voting begins in 49 days! Let’s make our voices heard. #gapol

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I am officially nominating Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) for the Nobel Peace Prize.

No President in History has ended the same war so many times.

Our Dear Leader has ended the war with Iran at least 38 times by CNN’s count.

No President has ever done this before.

And he is nowhere near finished ending it.

It’s a record worthy of the Nobel committee’s recognition. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

[Keisha For Georgia @KeishaForGA]

The future of Georgia is in good hands with Keisha Lance Bottoms and Jon Ossoff 🤝

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

10/10 protest sign at a “Hands Off!” 50501 rally today against Donald Trump 👇🏻

[🩵💙 catnmouse 💙🩵 @catnmouse]

That’s my girl! #teamwendy #wendyforchair

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

Spotted: Wendy Davis, a candidate for Democratic Party of Georgia chair who lives in the district. “I wanted to hear why she is allowing extremist Republicans to threaten Social Security & I hope she will respond to allegations of insider trading and market manipulation.” #gapol

[🩵💙 catnmouse 💙🩵 @catnmouse]

@bluestein That’s my girl! #teamwendy #wendyforchair

[🩵💙 catnmouse 💙🩵 @catnmouse]

@SethTaylor1991 @WSAV And the venue (Enmark Arena) held 3x as many attendees!

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

As a traveler, I'm both a proud American and a citizen of the world — and I've got a few thoughts on this coming election.

This election is deeper than partisanship. It's far more than Republican versus Democrat. In the future, big challenges like pandemics, refugees, and climate change will be blind to borders. They'll be everyone's problem and only solved by working together as a family of nations.

The world needs not American isolation, but American leadership. Not the chaos of Trump, but the stability of @KamalaHarris.

Of course, how you vote is your choice. But if you believe, as I do, in the importance of nations working together constructively, the stakes are really high...and the best candidate is clear. Register to vote today at https://t.co/ghTvEdFIEP — and encourage your travelin’ friends to do the same!

[Kamala Harris Updates @KamalaUpdatesHQ]

First official #HarrisForPresident campaign ad.

[Nikema Williams @NikemaWilliams]

We are grateful to President @JoeBiden for everything he has done and will continue to do for our Country.

Remember, defeating Donald Trump was always the goal. Sending @KamalaHarris to the Oval Office is how we get there.

Eyes on the prize! 🏆

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

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[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[🩵💙 catnmouse 💙🩵 @catnmouse]

@Oatmeal @dcfc One of my fave songs of all time ❤️

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Just a thought...

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

In memory of Nex, we must all recommit to our work to end discrimination and address the suicide crisis impacting too many nonbinary and transgender children.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

NEW: Sen Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announces she’ll seek unanimous consent tomorrow in Senate on her bill to protect the right to IVF nationwide.

She is quite noticeably daring Republican US Senators to attempt to block it.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

You got it.