@SFGal9@AndreaR9Md They gave me a pregnancy test at 11 when I was sent to the ER with my first ovarian cyst (standard practice, test was negative). My mom is an RN and told me this is normal. I asked why and she said “because a 12-year-old was the first mother I helped while she gave birth.”
@VeronicaBarano2@AndreaR9Md When I was 14, my 13-year-old childhood friend hanged himself in his mother’s basement while she was out running errands. I’ve never gotten over it and neither has his family. He’d been depressed for at least a full year. Meaning, he was probably suicidal at 12. It IS that deep.
NEW: data confirms 18-29-year-olds voted for Democrats more than *any other* age group yesterday. Young people literally prevented a Red Wave & saved Democrats. Full stop.
If you know a young voter, please thank them.
While everyone is despairing, the outcome of the vote wouldn’t have changed if they had Trump on tape with a Gatling Gun shooting 50,000 people. Spineless Republican cowards. That being said, the criminal cases in NY & GA (and D.C. a bit later?) are VERY serious & moving faster.
NPR has found at least 28 defendants charged in the wake of the Capitol insurrection invoking former President Trump to explain or defend their actions. https://t.co/61HsBZpu0x
Thread on why you should *not* be angry re no witnesses
1) the GOP vowed to acquit no matter what
2) LeninGraham desperately wants to delay the Merrick Garland confirmation - witnesses does this, with no benefit to Dems
3) We have all the evidence, on tape, in tweet, 1/3
If we want to dismantle white supremacy, we have to acknowledge white women’s role in upholding it.
“Trying to fight racism in America without looking at white women, is like addressing only the right side of the body when the left side is still sick.”
https://t.co/5e8lRERHoN
From his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk to an Arkansas jail. Here's a mug shot of Richard Barnett, who was arrested this morning and is now facing federal charges
Reporting: In *one* day in June, D.C. police arrested BLM protesters at over *seven* times the rate of Trump rioters at the Capitol on Wednesday.
There was far more evidence of trespassing and other serious crimes at the Capitol, much of it on tape.
Black People in the summer of 2020: “Stop Killing Us”
Half of America: “They’re being violent. Why can’t they protest in an acceptable way?”
Trumpers: “Storm the Capitol. Shoot the congress. Hang them all.”
Half of America: “They’re allowed to voice their frustrations”
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Let me see if I have this right:
We couldn't afford $2,000 checks because we spend $740 billion a year on Defense, yet we won't defend our own U.S. Capitol against domestic terrorists.