EricaSteussie

UC Berkeley ‘92 | History | opinions my own & don’t necessarily reflect those of my husband, my kids, or my dogs.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

If you’re homeless…

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

It’s a good day to be a Californian. ☀️

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@epaleezeldin This is wonderful. They should never have been doing this.

Now, I’m begging you, please bring back the incandescent lightbulb
💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡

[Mollie @MZHemingway]

@ZachSchermele George Washington commissioned that flag. I cannot believe how ignorant some people are of their own history.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@BlueBoxDave most likely at least lunch…and probably dinner and then tomorrow’s lunch and dinner as well.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@kylamb8 At least the days of pretending to call in Kapernick for a tryout seem to be over.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@mtracey I think what you meant to say was, “Wow. At the risk of alienating 70% of their fans the Yankees still did this. How thoughtful.”

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@txsalth2o @brithume I wouldn’t expect anything more from them.

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

I am told that as a state representative this is the moment where I'm supposed to express my heartfelt condolences and then stand in solidarity with those on the other side of the aisle as we condemn political violence and stand unified as one people.

But we aren't "one people" are we?

The truth is we haven't been for some time now, and there is really no point in pretending anymore, if there ever was.

We are two very different peoples. We may occupy the same piece of geography, but that is where the similarities seem to abruptly end.

I convinced myself for a long time that whenever the left called me a racist, a bigot, a sexist, a fascist, a "threat to democracy" for even the most innocent of disagreements, that it was simply hyperbolic rhetoric done for effect.

And now the "effect" is a widow and two orphaned children, because the left couldn’t bear the thought of a peaceful man debating them and winning.

I don’t think they realize it yet, but murdering Charlie is going to be remembered as the day where we finally woke up to what this fight really is.

It’s not a civil dispute among fellow countrymen. It’s a war between diametrically opposed worldviews which cannot peacefully coexist with one another. One side will win, and one side will lose.

Charlie tried to win that fight through argumentation, through discussion, through peaceful resolution of differences.

And the other side murdered him.

Not because he was “extreme” or “inciting violence” or any other hyperbolic slur they hurled at him. They murdered him because he was effective. Because he was unafraid. Because he inspired others and made them feel like they had a voice, that they were not alone. And he did it at the very institutions which have fomented so much hatred toward conservatives.

I don’t want to “stand in solidarity” with the other side of the aisle. I want to defeat you. I want to defeat the godless ideology that kills babies in the womb, sterilizes confused children, turns our cities into cesspools of degeneracy and lawlessness…and that murdered Charlie Kirk.

Social media is aflame right now with leftist celebration of Charlie’s death.

I wonder if any among them understand what has just happened. If there is a Yamamoto somewhere in their midst warning, that all they have done is awoken a sleeping giant.

I doubt it. I think they gave up such introspection and self-awareness long ago.

I don’t know exactly what will happen next. I just know that it won’t be the same as what has happened in the past.

There will be thoughts and prayers…Charlie would have wanted prayers. Not for himself but for those left behind and for the country that he loved.

But then there will be a reckoning.

My Christian faith requires me to love my enemies and pray for those who curse me. It does not require me to stand idly by in the midst of savagery and barbarism...quite the opposite.

So every time I feel tired, every time I feel discouraged or overwhelmed, I am going to watch the video of a good man being murdered in Utah…I will force myself to watch it…and then I will return to the work of destroying the evil ideology responsible for that and so much more.

Rest with God Charlie, your fight is over.

Ours is just beginning.

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

It’s all about Jesus.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

Can we just start saying a “person of interest” from this point on? Twice you’ve said you have the suspected shooter.

[FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash]

The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

WTF are DEMS so upset about here? They started fighting after one Republican rep asked for a moment of prayer and Dems went nuts.

Congress LITERALLY starts their daily sessions with…wait for it…A PRAYER.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Members of the House of Representatives broke out in a shouting match after a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk on Wednesday with Republicans and Democrats yelling at each other inside the chamber.

Follow along for more live updates: https://t.co/VVp6lxwJ9Y

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

At least they’re finally calling it what it actually was.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@ProfFeynman 💔💔💔

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@ianmSC That number will be eclipsed by the end of day if not already.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@HumphreyPT @CurtisHouck @brianstelter I listen to her everyday.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

This doesn’t explain how a young, innocent, Ukrainian refugee got murdered the other night by a crazy man with a knife while riding a light rail train home from her job at a pizza restaurant in Charlotte, NC.

Just saying.

[Dean Phillips @deanbphillips]

It’s time for the President of The United States of America to make gun violence reduction his number one priority.

Spending $1 trillion annually on “national defense” and losing tens of thousands of citizens to gun violence at the hands of fellow Americans is absurd.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@HumphreyPT @CurtisHouck @brianstelter There’s literally no one on cnn or msnbc I want to hear from right now.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

bUt bUt ePsTeiN

[Bö Jänke: Hönkÿ @Bob_Janke]

So I guess there are new rules about what we get to do to people we disagree with. I just want to be sure

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

I’ve been watching coverage about Charlie Kirk on three channels. Two of the three are incapable of sounding like they have any empathy…any humanity. Every comment seems empty and soulless.

[EricaSteussie @EricaSteussie]

@kylenabecker yes, they literally cannot control themselves…as today’s gruesome and horrific act of violence and murder confirmed.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

Every American should be absolutely furious right now.

Charlie Kirk has never once encouraged violence against any political group, and he was just shot at an event in Utah.

Never advocated for anything except peace.

An absolute outrage. There are no words. Pray for Charlie.