Alyssa Austen

I think I'm funny

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

This is so, so wrong.

In the 227 year history of Tennessee, only nine people have been expelled from the General Assembly:

-6 for refusing to confer citizenship on formerly enslaved persons.
-1 for taking a $1,000 bribe to kill a bill.
-1 for gross sexual misconduct.
-1 for alleged misappropriation of federal funds.

Never has a duly elected member of the legislature been expelled for doing what we elect them to do – give voice to their constituents.

Expelling Representatives @VoteGloriaJ, @brotherjones_ & @Justinjpearson will set a dangerous precedent. It will say to members of the General Assembly that they can speak on behalf of their constituents only if what they have to say is palatable to the Speaker of the House. It will say to Tennesseans that their voices only matter when Speaker Sexton agrees.

Nothing about these proposed expulsions is normal. They are a highly irregular abuse of procedural rules meant to silence dissent.

All Tennesseans must call on @Csexton25, the @TNGOP and all members of the Tennessee General Assembly to protect democracy and withdraw these resolutions at once.

[Gabrielle Blair @designmom]

I’m a mother of six, and a Mormon. I have a good understanding of arguments surrounding abortion, religious and otherwise. I've been listening to men grandstand about women's reproductive rights, and I'm convinced men actually have zero interest in stopping abortion. Here's why…

[Alyssa Austen @flawLYSS]

@POTUS this you?

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Roe v. Wade is the law of the land. Period.

As president, Joe Biden will stand up to attacks on a woman’s constitutional right to choose and enshrine Roe into federal law. #DemDebate

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Seriously, read it again knowing what we know:

[Gina Hinojosa @gina__hinojosa]

Last week, @DanPatrick challenged Texans to point out how #SB7 would suppress votes, saying: "All these folks out there protesting with their fists in the air that this is voter suppression, they're lying to you. Let them point it out in the bill.”

Well, here it is in the bill:

[Alyssa Austen @flawLYSS]

Oh don’t mind me I’m just at the point in Rent where I start crying uncontrollably (it’s a few minutes in & lasts the whole musical).

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Please share with friends and family in Georgia:

If you voted absentee in Georgia, please check the status of your ballot now.

If it was rejected, you have until 5pm on Friday, November 6, to fix it and make sure your vote counts.

https://t.co/dbcsk0fv0R

[Vote Save America @votesaveamerica]

HEADS UP VOTERS IN GEORGIA, ARIZONA AND NEVADA!

Check your ballot status for any errors/issues with your signatures. Deadlines to make corrections coming up 👇

Georgia: Friday, 11/6
Arizona: Tuesday, 11/10
Nevada: Thursday, 11/12

Check your ballot: https://t.co/eNeFJaCjqu

[Tim Alberta @TimAlberta]

Yes. Shout this from the rooftops. If you've got a beef w/ slow counts, take it up w/ Republican lawmakers in these states. We easily could've had full results by now.

[goddess victoria @viiiictoriiaa]

Jesus watching Christians vote for Trump:

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

So Trump, who demanded 12 hours ago to stop counting all ballots, now wants every ballot re-counted in Wisconsin. Got it.

[ACLU @ACLU]

Share this widely: If you have questions about casting your ballot or face difficulty voting today, help is a phone call away.

[ACLU @ACLU]

VICTORY! The court just denied a request to set aside the nearly 127,000 drive-thru votes cast in Harris County, Texas.

This is what democracy looks like.

[W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell]

ELECTION DAY IS A WEEK AWAY!

KNOW YOUR VOTING RIGHTS!

Go to https://t.co/Sjt93TYAiG! @ACLU

[Sarah Cooper @sarahcpr]

Pence: Stop playing politics with people’s lives

Trump: You better vote for me if you want a relief bill

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

BREAKING: GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman charged with four felony counts for a voter suppression scheme in Michigan. They face up to 24 years in prison.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

A reminder to all Americans that the net effect of our prime minister catching COVID-19 was that it prompted a surge of patriotic support. From which he emerged with renewed popularity. Which enabled him to tear up key functions of the state

[ACLU @ACLU]

BREAKING: A federal court just blocked a Tennessee law that required abortion providers lie to their patients about care or face criminal charges.

It was scheduled to take effect this Thursday.