Randi Hemme

mama x 3, working to end violence for all. views = my own

[Kristin Bowen | Text READY to 644-33 @CoMo_Kristin]

"How many more kids need to be shot at a parade and a celebration for these extremist lawmakers to take action?" Kristin Bowen, a leader of Missouri  @MomsDemand, asked. "Now is the time for them to act and prioritize the lives of constituents." #moleg
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[Randi Hemme @dandy_randi]

@DavidKu00736570 @KMOV Please come drive this stretch of interstate. The road conditions are horrible. Many locals refuse to drive it.

[KMOV @KMOV]

Drivers who commute along Interstate 44 in Phelps County say a stretch of road construction just outside of Rolla is becoming increasingly dangerous. https://t.co/WuEEjbU7ae

[Senate Democrats @MoSenDems]

Senate Democrats have filed legislation to lower healthcare costs, make childcare more affordable, raise teacher pay, and provide police officers with the Red Flag laws they’ve asked for to stop gun violence.

The Senate GOP has been unable (or unwilling) to do any of it. #moleg

[Rep. Peter Merideth @PeterforMO]

Send in the *National Guard* to… oppose the federal government? Some “Constitutional Conservative.”

Vilifying and making threats to immigrants and refugees? Some “Christian.”

Be better, Bill.

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

I just want to live in a country where, when you are found to have raped a woman, it hurts your candidacy for president.

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

10 years ago, President Obama wore a tan suit during a press conference and everyone lost their minds. Rep Peter King (R-NY) said, “There's no way any of us can excuse what the president did yesterday.”

Yesterday, former President Trump was convicted of defaming E. Jean Carroll, after being found liable of sexually abusing her last year, and ordered to pay her $83.3M. Also yesterday, former Trump adviser Peter Navarro was sentenced to prison for contempt of court. Navarro’s is just 1 of over 700 prison sentences that have come from efforts to help Trump overturn the 2020 election.

Obama’s tan suit owned the news cycle for a week, but in a day or two we won’t be talking about a current presidential nominee’s sexual abuse convictions or prison time for attempting to overthrow democracy anymore because something even more outrageous will have happened. This is what I mean when I say we’re living through “unprecedented times.”

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Trump just posted this word cloud of what voters think a second Trump term would bring.

He’s bragging about wanting “dictatorship,” “revenge,” “corruption,” and “chaos.”

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Here is Robert De Niro’s full statement about how Donald Trump should NEVER be president again:

“I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty.

Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. 

Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world.

We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.

So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House. 

They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it. 

Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity. 

Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world. 

Safety for our families. 

Decency. 

Let’s welcome them back. 

We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

The red line is when Republicans ended the national assault weapons ban.

[John Feinblatt @JohnFeinblatt]

The Supreme Court will soon hear a case to determine if domestic abusers have the right to possess firearms. When abusers have access to guns, their victims are 5x more likely to be shot and killed. SCOTUS must reverse the 5th Circuit's dangerous ruling. https://t.co/CNb2r2MlCf

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Montage of 33 clips of the stupidest, most vile, insane, weirdest, addled dementia-ridden, psychotic statements made by Trump over the past two weeks.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Just to be clear – Speaker McCarthy will get paid during an Extreme Republican Shutdown.

Hardworking Americans will be the ones suffering.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

House Republicans have turned their backs on the bipartisan budget deal that two-thirds of them voted for a few months ago.

Now, they’re marching toward an Extreme Republican Shutdown that would cause small businesses to lose out on over $100M in critical financing every day.

[Randi McCallian, MPH @RandiMcCallian]

I'm running against @RepJasonSmith because my district deserves better ... so does our country 🇺🇸

My background is in healthcare improvement, my passion is maternity care & families, I'm a mom & wife.

Donate $8 to help my team replace Jason Smith 🙏✊🏽

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[Randi Hemme @dandy_randi]

@MarenMorris IT’S SO GOOD.

[Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman]

More proof of what we’ve known all along – @SpeakerMcCarthy and @EliseStefanik knew about George Santos’s lies long before the election and were complicit in the fraud he perpetrated on NY-03's voters.

GOP leadership will only do what’s best for them, not the American people.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

A CBS News investigation reveals a document describing deception by Rep. George Santos was circulated before his election. Top Republicans in Congress are refusing to say whether they saw the report and still backed his run for Congress.

[Emily A. @emzorbit]

KSDK reported tonight: new, *reported* COVID cases are up to 150/day in the StL area. The actual number is probably much higher because people are either testing at home or not testing at all. Health Dept is recommending if you feel ill, stay home and test. /1