jendarra 🟧

headed to blue place same name. Science + public good. eng@Rice + datascience@Berkeley. Fam: 🇺🇸 + 🇨🇦 Here y’all means all, we 🗳+ 💉+🚴🏻‍♀️

[jendarra 🟧 @jendarra]

I wonder how Trump will price his presidential pardons. You figure somewhere between a Mar-a-Lago membership and a cabinet job?

[jendarra 🟧 @jendarra]

@mcuban What Americans don’t know is that other countries are offering stimulus checks/grants/lines-of-credit & more (like we got during the Pandemic) to their businesses being put at risk from this trade war. Their governments see this mess as destabilizing and choose to support growth

[jendarra 🟧 @jendarra]

@txmobilenews Yaupon or DK ranch near Texas plume maybe; fire truck just went screaming by

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

What are Republicans hiding?

[jendarra 🟧 @jendarra]

@GeauxGabrielle When TFG won last time, my then middle schooler came home & complained about how his social studies class went. Those kids who were trumpeting the outcome, he said, were the same kids who wasted everyone’s time daily. Not folks you wanted to get on a team project as wouldn’t work

[jendarra 🟧 @jendarra]

@lmcgaughy I’d still really like to know why my 20yo’s ballot (which he applied for in August) never reached him. How many people just never got them? And wouldn’t it be nice to find out where these ballots ended up? So the process could be fixed?

[jendarra 🟧 @jendarra]

@RhonnieF I know a tech company hiring junior folks in data; follow back and I’d be happy to share my experience. Paying it forward to the next gen of fearless future female leaders. Especially ones who care about wider community, are aware of the effects of misinformation, etc.

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

I have a confession and a plea to folks who are flirting with voting Jill Stein.

When I was a 20 year old college student in 2000, I voted for Ralph Nader instead of Al Gore. I loved the progressive message Nader offered, and Bush and Gore seemed kinda the same to someone who was paying peripheral attention.

I've regretted that vote for my entire adult life.

Ultimately, George Bush won by a margin of 500+ votes in the state of Florida over Gore. And that was the ballgame. Ralph Nader peeled 97,000+ votes away from Gore. If only 600 of those 90,000 had voted for the major party candidate that more aligned with their values, things would have been very different.

When I was in my senior year of college, 9/11 happened. The country and western world rallied around Bush's resolute response to the traumatizing terror attacks. I was in NY at the time, and it was a terrifying moment for the nation.

But the consequences of Bush being in office at that moment were immense.

Bush's disdain for his dad's nemesis, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, led him to invent a rationale to invade a country that literally had nothing to do with 9/11. End result? He killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people, thousands of American troops, and spent over a trillion dollars of taxpayer money in the process.

Beyond the completely immoral and indefensible Iraq War, Bush was a complete disaster as a president. His "No Child Left Behind" effort turned public schools into standardized testing centers. He tripled down on fossil fuels and ignored climate change. His tax cuts for the rich helped contribute to the 2008 economic downturn that led to the Great Recession.

He was a terrible president.

In an alternate reality, Al Gore would have been president in 2001 when terrorists attacked America. Would he have gone into Iraq? Absolutely not. Would he have ignored global warming? 100% no! Gore was perhaps the preeminent proponent of fighting climate change at that time. Would he have passed massive tax cuts for the wealthy? No way.

This is a sliding doors scenario. What would have happened? We can't be sure. But one thing is for sure: those votes for Ralph Nader (in Florida in particular) were EXCEPTIONALLY consequential for the lives of millions around the world. Gore would have offered a more forward-facing, environmentally conscious & peaceful presidency that wasn't so rooted in grievance and privilege.

My point is:

Either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will win the election. That is a fact. You might feel the need to submit a "protest vote" as I did in 2000.

Just be ready to wear it when Donald Trump wins, strips away reproductive rights from all Americans, implements an economy-destroying tariff, dismantles the entire federal government, eliminates the Department of Education, prosecutes his perceived enemies, and devolves America into chaos.

There are no perfect choices. But rest assured, there are only two.

Trust me - I've been wearing my vote for a quarter century.

[jendarra 🟧 @jendarra]

🚨.@GeorgeTakei knows a thing or two about red alerts. Let’s go boldly forward; we are not going back!

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

So tomorrow, if you stand with us and haven’t voted yet, I encourage, indeed implore you to do so. It’s a red alert moment, all crew to their battle stations. Help us win this fight, which is the same fight as ages past, but reimagined for 2024. Be a part of the winning side of history.

[Zayed Kadir @zayedkadir]

I’m Zayed Kadir, I’m 16 and the National Diversity Director for @hsdems.

We've been making thousands of calls organizing to defeat Donald Trump and his MAGA movement on Nov 5th.

Can you RT and follow to amplify our message?

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Gosh I hope we make it, I worry about placing someone with an agenda like that in charge of our nation’s public health infrastructure. Possibly we have enough checks/balances in the system, but I’m not sure this time. Certainly our already fragile vaccine ecosystem could collapse

[John Mitnick @JohnMitnick]

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A thread addressed to my fellow conservatives who are planning to vote, or considering voting, for Trump. 1/13

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The award-winning cast of The West Wing reunited to endorse VP Kamala Harris for President in a new ad created in partnership with the Lincoln Project.

Martin Sheen
Bradley Whitford
@AllisonBJanney
@DuleHill
@JoshMalina
@NellyMoloney
@MaryCMcCormack
@Richard_Schiff

[Moms Demand Action @MomsDemand]

If preventing children from becoming victims of gun violence is a top issue for you this election cycle, keep reading.

Our Gun Sense Candidate distinction is awarded to candidates who have demonstrated that they will support stronger gun laws and advocate for safer communities if elected into office.

Let’s do everything we can to keep our children safe. Find Gun Sense Candidates running for office in your area and #vote by Nov. 5! https://t.co/o2NiQoW7t9

[Colin Allred @ColinAllredTX]

Welcome to Team Allred, @mcuban!

[Donna Howard @DonnaHowardTX]

Another Texas mom dead b/c of #txlege cruel, medically-uninformed abortion restrictions. Enough blame to go around, but “This is how these restrictions kill women. It is never just one decision, it’s never just one doctor, it’s never just one nurse.” 1/

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

No. ❤️

[Dena Grayson, MD, PhD drdenagrayson.bsky.social @DrDenaGrayson]

WOW! I’ve seen a lot of campaign ads during my time in politics, and @KamalaHarris’ latest one is 🔥🔥

Video via @MeidasTouch #HarrisWalz2024 #NotGoingBack #VoteBlue

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

Let’s get 500 retweets on this as soon as possible to humiliate Donald Trump and remind everyone Donald Trump has always hated Puerto Rico.