Gadget Houston

Pediatric Emergency Physician, child advocate, pro-common sense

[Sam Schwartz @samschwartz03]

When you vote today, do it for my cousin Alex, who will never get to vote himself.

Alex was killed in his English classroom in Parkland by a gunman with an AR-15.

Today, vote for a future free of gun violence.

[Mama Maya @rockstarronan]

Taylor Swift wrote a song about my son, Ronan, after he died of cancer. She put me on as a co-writer, and donated the proceeds directly to pediatric cancer -no strings, no hidden motives, just pure compassion and integrity.

In stark contrast, the Trump family engaged in significant fundraising efforts for children with cancer through the Eric Trump Foundation. However, reports later revealed that funds were used to pay Trump-owned properties for hosting fundraising events, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and self-dealing. What could have been a mission solely dedicated to supporting children in need became tainted by financial practices that appeared to benefit the Trump Organization, casting a shadow over the charitable intentions initially claimed.

This election is a no-brainer. It’s a choice between compassion and corruption, between someone like Kamala Harris, who has spent her career fighting for justice, and Trump, who has exploited the vulnerable at every turn. Kamala has consistently shown a commitment to supporting communities and ensuring people’s rights are protected, while Trump and his family have even stooped to taking funds meant for children with cancer.

If integrity, empathy, and basic decency matter, then this choice couldn’t be clearer. Supporting Kamala and her values means standing up for the kind of future where compassion isn’t just talk—it’s action. We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to reject self-interest and stand on the right side of history.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Unearthed audio of Steve Bannon from 2020: “What Trump is gonna do is declare victory. That doesn’t mean he’s the winner. He’s just gonna say he’s the winner… He’s just gonna say they stole it. Trump is gonna do some crazy shit”

[Richard Todd Ivey @rtoddivey]

Texas OB-Gyns Release Letter After News of the Deaths of Josseli Barnica and Nevaeh Crain as a Result of Texas Abortion Ban

[Olivia Julianna 🇺🇸🦅🗳️ @0liviajulianna]

Doctors in Texas are literally BEGGING for the laws to change so women stop dying.

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION!????

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

"Jeffrey Epstein described himself as Donald Trump’s “closest friend” and claimed intimate knowledge of his proclivity for sex, including cuckolding his best friends, according to recordings obtained exclusively by the Daily Beast."

https://t.co/scRkanIUEO

[Christian D. Menefee @CDMenefee]

Texas is BLOCKING federal election monitors who ensure that the state is complying with voting rights laws.

This move by @GregAbbott_TX and @TXsecofstate is about blocking impartial oversight of our elections, seizing control, & preventing TX from turning blue.

Here's how:

[Chasten Glezman Buttigieg @Chasten]

We hold every person in this country to a higher standard than Donald Trump, the petulant-bully-in-chief.

[Cardi B @iamcardib]

We all know Trump was a hustler, but hustling women out of the rights to THEIR OWN body is nasty work!! Hustling Americans out of their hard earned money by selling $500 Trump Sneakers, $60 Trump Bibles, and $100,000 Trump Watches is even nastier!! Tomorrow he’ll be hustling you out of your healthcare rights. Donald Trump talks about how he has concepts of a plan… but the only concept of a plan he has is a plan to hustle YOU

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Trump says at the end that he doesn’t pay a bill unless he thinks someone did a good job. His own Comptroller testified in court that he was ordered by Trump NEVER to pay invoices in full, to offer everyone half of what he owed and dare them to sue him. That’s who Trump is.

[Nick Jack Pappas @pappiness]

A Texas teen tested positive for sepsis, but was cleared to leave because her fetus still had a heartbeat.

She got worse, but they insisted on 2 ultrasounds before treatment.

She died hours later.

If you have daughters in TX, vote for Allred & Harris. Their lives depend on it.

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened. Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.” She's one of at least two Texas women who died under the state's abortion ban. https://t.co/NiNtKD6Jo9

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

For some reason, I have been thinking about this moment a lot today.

It's from John McCain in 2008 at a town hall.

The woman begins to espouse conspiracy theories about Barack Obama's nationality.

He immediately shuts it down.

"No ma'am. He's a decent family man."

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

Abortion bans kill another woman. On the day of her baby shower, Nevaeh Crain went to the ER bleeding & feverish. She was diagnosed with sepsis, a deadly infection - but her fetus still had a heart beat. She was sent home. After her 3rd ER visit, she died.
https://t.co/IC59CS8R6G

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Alex, I’ll take things rapists say for $300.

[Americans For Tax Fairness @4TaxFairness]

BREAKING: 150 billionaire families have now poured a record-breaking $1.9 BILLION into the 2024 election.

That's $700 million more than 600+ billionaires spent on the 2020 election.

Billionaires shouldn't get to buy our elections.

End Citizens United. Tax billionaires.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Kamala: “We know who Trump is. He stood right here and sent an armed mob to the Capitol to overturn a free and fair election.”

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

That means the Trump campaign *approved* the comments about Latinos, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Muslims, Black people, and women.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Gov. Walz and @AOC react to this clip: “When you have some a-hole calling Puerto Rico ‘floating garbage,’ know that that's what they think about you. It's what they think about anyone who makes less money than them… I want every Puerto Rican in Philadelphia and Reading and across the country to see this clip”