Ruth Peitz

Resistance, rusty lawyer who loves the real Jesus, Frodo dog, Molly and Honey killer cats, and, of course, husband of 42 years, kids and grandkids.

[Ruth Peitz @chicopeitz]

I'm cool with calling the rapist an insurrectionist. #TraitorTrump

[Ruth Peitz @chicopeitz]

How to root out Trumpism, by @RBReich https://t.co/yzNtCJwFJq

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

🔥President Zelensky: “We aren't ready to give our freedom to this fucking terrorist Putin".

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

What's especially beautiful is that this moneybag who could never point Ukraine out on a map is now telling me, a guy from Donbas, and my community that we are actually ethnic Russians and want to go with Russia.

There's not a single drop of intellectual humility or sticking to the fact the world could not be that simplistic.

Maybe it's that you have no idea what you're talking about?

And that the vast majority of "ethnic" Russians" (who actually identify themselves as Russian-speaking Ukrainians) don't want to have anything in common with Putin's totalitarian hellhole, especially following terrible devastation that Russia brought upon Ukraine's south and east, where it swept off entire cities and regions?

Maybe it's that, especially given the catastrophe of 2022, even more eastern Ukrainians chose Ukraine and the West, so that's why they fled the war to settle down in other parts of Ukraine or in Europe?

Or maybe this is why a very large part of the Ukrainian military at war is the people of Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Dnipro, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson, who hate Russia and fight it fiercely, knowing what it has done to their homeland and their own families?

How many men and women of Mariupol fight to have their revenge and defend the country from the plague of Russian fascism, next to the ones who lost their loved ones in Russian missile attacks on Lviv?

How many so-called "ethnic Russians" who have always identified themselves as Ukrainians now stay in free Ukraine, work jobs, pay taxes, run charities, send donations to buy drones, and take care of disabled veterans?

How many want to live in freedom, dignity, democracy, and pursuit of happiness, too?

But you know, David Sacks, in his infinite arrogance and ignorance, thinks he knows better.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

“In 1984, after Reagan romped to victory with 59 percent of the popular vote and 525 electoral votes, Reaganism was universally declared an unstoppable juggernaut. But only two years later, in the 1986 midterms, Democrats proved the pundits wrong: they regained control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1980. Those majorities enabled them to slam the brakes on Ronnie’s right-wing agenda, block the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork, and investigate Iran-Contra.
The lesson of the 1986 midterms is clear: the game’s far from over and there’s everything to play for. If we want to stem the tide of autocracy and kleptocracy, restore women’s rights and protect the most vulnerable, we don’t have the luxury of despair. The work starts now.” — @BorowitzReport

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

150 billionaire families spent $1.9B on the 2024 election through October.

It's a huge amount of money — but it represents just 0.07% of their overall wealth.

It essentially costs them nothing to drown our democracy in cash.

We must get big money out of our politics.

[AntifaPuddin’Pop @Andie00471]

One of my GCs I partner w is a Trump guy. We won a new job that will start next year. I just told him I won’t honor today’s materials’ pricing past January. He asked why. I said tariffs could cause 100% increase in COGS or more. That I would send new pricing in the spring. He said but I have to sign the fixed price contract w them tomorrow! And there you have it! One lesson learned two days too late! Too bad. So sad.

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

I can’t express how difficult it is to go to my VA appointments for military sexual trauma PTSD only to be greeted by a giant photo of a rapist. Not looking forward to that again. Though he may dismantle the VA and leave us all without care.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Just a quick note here in advance of Trump and Musk crashing the economy in 2025: Trump voters are going to blame Democrats for that too.

Read up on fascism and cults and stop assuming we have a rational electorate that’s actually looking at economic indicators. It simply isn’t.

[Tim Walz @Tim_Walz]

Thank you Vice President @KamalaHarris for putting your faith in me, and selecting me as your running mate. Campaigning at your side was the honor and privilege of my life.

[Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath]

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

I hope in the coming days someone is able to explain how we had record turnout but 18M fewer votes than 2020. Both of those things can’t be true.

[Will Doran @will_doran]

Weird election night in North Carolina. Trump won, as did Republican judges. But at the same time Democrats won every major executive branch race (governor, AG, superintendent of schools), the only competitive US House race, and even broke the GOP supermajority in the legislature

[Shannon @shann_anigans]

So I'm supposed to go to work and do my job tomorrow as if half the country didn't just vote to give me less rights than men?????

[Chris Alexander 🇨🇦🌻 @calxandr]

"The Biden administration has three months to (...) rush supplies to Ukraine before Trump forces a Ukrainian surrender to Russia. If there’s anything in the American arsenal that Ukraine might successfully use (...) send it now, before it’s too late."
https://t.co/EgxJ2rBR6B

[Hannah @queen_meghan14]

Last thought before attempting to go to bed: if Americans are willing to reelect Trump after everything he’s said in the past three months, there’s nothing Harris could’ve done.

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Nebraska...? Nebraska. Independent Dan Osborn is up 10 points over GOP Sen. Deb Fischer with 35pct in.

[Jordan Rhone @JordanRhone]

County election offices across Pennsylvania are receiving bomb threats tonight — and it’s forcing officials to take ballots off-site to count. Expect major delays in Election Day results.

Behind it? Russian agents trying to sow chaos in our elections. https://t.co/oIRaFO88WO

[Lindsey Boylan @LindseyBoylan]

They simply hate women. That’s it. It’s not that deep. A party fundamentally about hating women.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: Federal agents just took down Skyler Philippi, a Tennessee man caught plotting to dismantle Nashville’s energy infrastructure using a weapon of mass destruction.

This isn't some one-off; Philippi’s motivations are rooted in a white supremacist accelerationist ideology – those hellbent on accelerating societal collapse to build their so-called ethnostate.

This guy wasn't just talking; he reportedly went all out – gathering explosives, scoping out Nashville substations, and even performing a Nordic ritual right before he planned to strike.

Philippi laid out his plans to undercover operatives, thinking he was safe, discussing everything from escape tactics to burning his own clothes to avoid leaving a trace.

Federal authorities had him clocked the entire time. Now, with the right charges, he’s looking at life behind bars. Let this be a reminder: the FBI is watching, and this kind of hate-fueled terror plot won’t slip by unchecked.

[Colin Allred @ColinAllredTX]

Nevaeh and Josseli should still be alive, but Ted Cruz’s abortion ban prevented their doctors from providing the life-saving care they needed.

This is not who we are and in the Senate I will do all I can to restore reproductive freedom in Texas.