Laura Lande ☮️

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

NEW: As promised, here is my new ad for #HarrisWalz. My story never gets easier to tell, but everything is on the line this election. Please watch and share 🙏🫶

🎥 @dprzygoda

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Eddie Vedder on the latest Trump grift of selling $100K watches 🔥

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

The majority of the country is tired of Donald.

Tired of his lies, hate and fear mongering,

Tired of the sharks/batteries/windmills/Hannibal Lecter nonsense.

Tired of his constant attacks on America, our institutions, our democracy, our friends and neighbors.

He is old, angry and completely unhinged.

He offers nothing but empty promises and weird grievances.

People want to turn the page.

Kamala represents a path forward.

A more hopeful future, far removed from Donald’s dystopian nightmare.

People are taking notice.

We are not going back again.

[Tom Colicchio @tomcolicchio]

Now do Melania

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

Let’s recap:

A criminal narcissistic sociopath wants to get back into the White House.

He attempted to steal the 2020 election when he lost.

He’s been criminally indicted 4 times and convicted of 34 felonies.

He also has a history of sexual assault and fraud.

He now has a playbook, called Project 2025, by which he will systematically corrode and dismantle every institution entrusted to safeguard our democratic norms and traditions.

There hasn’t been a greater threat to the sanctity of our Republic in our lifetimes.

So instead of putting aside our differences and preferences, and banding together to repel this calamity, we’re busy having panic attacks and ganging up on the guy we leaned on to get him out of office the last time?

It doesn’t matter what the media and the pundits throw at you. They’re mostly bought and paid for.

It doesn’t matter what you see trending on this hell site. Elon controls it.

We either unite…or we enter a realm from which there is no coming back.

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

Yikes

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

JD Vance just deleted this from his website after it was unearthed

[Barb Byrum @BarbByrum]

Hi there! 👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, here. To all of those calling for a change of candidacy in the Presidential Race, please note that the election administration community is going to have some serious issues with that. 🧵

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

You might not have time to read PROJECT 2025-the 900+ page document tRUMP claimed "I know nothing about" while adding "I wish them luck". But surely you have 4 minutes to watch a preview of the apocalyptic horrors to come if he gets a 2nd term.
WATCH THIS & SPREAD THE WORD!!!

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Pundits are labeling President Biden’s speech tonight as one that will both save his campaign and the nation’s democracy. Retweet to ensure every freedom loving American sees this powerful clip.

[Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads/Insta)🌻 @AWeissmann_]

Impressive heartfelt call to action here ⬇️

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1865, enslaved people in Texas were notified by Union Civil War soldiers about the abolition of slavery. This was 2.5 years after the final Emancipation Proclamation which freed all enslaved Black Americans. #Juneteenth 

But Slavery continued…

A THREAD

[Shawn Harris for Congress @ShawnForGeorgia]

Last night, I won the Democratic nomination to run against Marjorie Taylor Greene.

I'm not sure why, but since then I keep seeing posts by people saying that they never unfollowed but are no longer following us.

Can you please retweet this so people can find our account?

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

Nope

[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

Yes, we've already updated his bio.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

For years, I’ve been trying get answers to questions, questions about women’s health. For years I’ve heard the same thing over and over, “We don’t know.” How is it that we don’t know about half our population? Because we haven’t researched them! Women have been ignored in clinical research.

Well now, the @whitehouse is helping us get answers! I have been working with @flotus on the Women’s Health Research Initiative, and last week, $100 million in federal funding was announced or research and development into women’s health from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. But this is also a call to all the tech companies, the innovators, the inventors, the game changers — we need you! We need your minds, your help to get these answers. We can make a difference by working together, and changing the way we think about women’s health. Who’s ready? #womenshealthresearch

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

For all the MAGAs in my mentions talking about how this should be solved at the ballot box because that’s what the Constitution says:

I agree wholeheartedly.

Now do us all a favor and shut the fuck up this time when Trump gets his ass kicked in November.

[Tom Colicchio @tomcolicchio]

I thought Trump built a wall and Mexico paid for it.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺�� @cmclymer]

You Can't Just Do Whatever You Want

In the United States, a person does not have the right to randomly get in a car and do whatever they want in it.

For starters, there are a lot of traffic rules no matter where you live. You must obey these. They are seen as common sense.

For example, even if you approach an empty intersection with no one for miles around, you must stop at red. Every time. This is universally accepted. There is no national debate on whether or not someone should stop at a red light. You don’t assume you won’t hurt someone. You stop.

Everyone has blown a red light in their lifetime, sure, but when you get a ticket for doing so, you accept it. Again: common sense. Same for turn signals, switching lanes, speed limits, proximity to other vehicles, respect for road signs etc. etc. etc.

There are even manufacturing regulations on vehicles to ensure you and everyone around you has a reasonable expectation of safety.

Are there debates on the particulars of all these laws and regulations? Sure, but no rational adult wants to wholly do away with them.

Common sense.

To ensure you have an adequate grasp of these laws and regulations, every state requires you to obtain a driver’s license. To obtain a driver’s license, you must go through a probationary/waiting period, demonstrate your learning, and pay fees.

Upon getting the license, you are entered into a government database to ensure accountability that the standards have been met. Authorities can easily identify you by your car registration and driver’s license number for accountability.

Common sense.

Not all disabilities are disqualifying to drive but some understandably fit the bill. The most common disability is eyesight. If you cannot see the road, you cannot rationally negotiate it with a vehicle.

Common sense.

There are no congressional lobbyists arguing that persons with a visual disability have a constitutional right to drive. All accept this, including citizens who have a visual disability.

You cannot drive under the influence. You'll go to jail. You could lose your job. You may be publicly shamed. Your license could be revoked.

There are no congressional lobbyists arguing that there should be no laws pertaining to driving while intoxicated.

In almost every state, car insurance is required. A failure to have it will lead to legal consequences.

This is seen as common sense.

Cars must be properly secured with a brake and lock, lest they roll away or are stolen and kill someone.

Common sense.

And the vast majority of Americans, regardless of political ideology, accept this huge system of accountability.

Why? Common sense.

Is this system perfect? Of course not, but it has evolved through decades of adjustments after trial-and-error and many, many deaths.

The Framers of the Constitution did not anticipate motor vehicles. We do not use this fact to ban them or to let them go unrestricted.

Instead, we have used common sense over the years to find an imperfect balance and mitigate danger to us all. If a recurring problem arose with motor vehicles that endangered us, it would be addressed. Maybe not fast but it would be.

There are no credible national organizations dominated by extremists claiming that these common sense car regulations are a government overreach. There are no politicians running on a platform that calls for drivers to be able to do whatever the hell they want with their cars.

There are no talk radio hosts claiming a fatal massive car pile-up on a highway is a leftist conspiracy to implement government regulations.

And no person, even among the less-than-rational, would attach a purist view of patriotism or "manliness" to an argument about driver’s licenses. Ever.

Folks, if we can all come together and respect car ownership and operation and accountability of both for the safety of everyone, surely our elected officials can get real and protect our communities from gun violence. This isn’t a major leap in logic.

I’m a military veteran who grew up around guns. I respect gun ownership. But I don’t like seeing innocent people gunned down because of lax, atrocious gun laws. These do not contradict each other.

I think many of you among my fellow citizens who come from a gun culture aren't thinking this through.

Take a step back. Breathe. Think.

Because none of this--the constant massacres of innocents--is worth it.

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Original essay published here for easier sharing: https://t.co/7QyQhHgsF7

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[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

This is one hell of an ad that will air during the Super Bowl today. Retweet and pass it on.