Jeff Dougan: 🐅 🤼‍♀️ / 🎺 / 🥎 / 🥁 dad

Former science educator now working as a data cop, unabashed liberal, dad; husband to @traceyrae21. Gaming, food, and fantasy geek. He/him/his.

[Jeff Dougan: 🐅 🤼‍♀️ / 🎺 / 🥎 / 🥁 dad @jffdougan]

When I was teaching, I kept the following transcript posted to my bulletin board. Kids being kids, few people stopped to read it. Of those, about half figured out who was speaking.

It’s been on my mind a lot the last couple days 1/

[Jeff Dougan: 🐅 🤼‍♀️ / 🎺 / 🥎 / 🥁 dad @jffdougan]

@JoshuaLoyd_ care to offer any official remarks on the overnight action in Venezuela to be read at tomorrow’s meeting of Champaign County Indivisible?

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies.

The average Wall Street employee got a $176,500 bonus last year.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

[Jeff Dougan: 🐅 🤼‍♀️ / 🎺 / 🥎 / 🥁 dad @jffdougan]

@SketchesbyBoze Thanks for citing Marcus Aurelius. Time for me to get back to the Meditations.

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

Veterans Day is a day to honor the brave Americans who fought for the values America just decided weren't all that worth fighting for.

[Indivisible Guide ❌👑 @IndivisibleTeam]

Democracy has suffered and democracy will suffer more, but democracy is not dead. The fight for democracy continues if we continue it.

We choose to organize. https://t.co/dpcSEm0Xqb

[Tammy Duckworth @TammyDuckworth]

In our American democracy, we should actually *count the votes* to determine who the winners and losers are.

[Jeff Dougan: 🐅 🤼‍♀️ / 🎺 / 🥎 / 🥁 dad @jffdougan]

“There are those who love regretting, there are those who like extremes. There are those who thrive on chaos and despair. There are those who keep forgetting how the country’s built on dreams.”

[Jeff Dougan: 🐅 🤼‍♀️ / 🎺 / 🥎 / 🥁 dad @jffdougan]

@IndivisibleTeam too long to put into the chat on tonight’s call, but for the last several months, I’ve had Stephen Sondheim’s “Another National Anthem” on a constant loop in my head:

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

The LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention group The Trevor Project said in a statement it had "an approximately a 125% increase in crisis contact volume" on Election Day through Wednesday morningcompared to typical days.

[Eldest Daughter Only Daughter Union President @C0URTNEE]

@naima Neither Hillary nor Kamala had the benefit of a Voting Rights Act with teeth like Obama did. Voter suppression, election interference, and regular ol' racism and misogyny are the unholy trinity of American politics it appears.

[Gary Shteyngart @Shteyngart]

"They're eating the cats, they're eating the dogs" proved a more effective message than "Let me help you buy your first house."

[PolitiFact @PolitiFact]

Social media posts claimed the Pentagon failed to send absentee ballots to overseas active duty service members. But states are responsible for sending those ballots. If they don't arrive in time, service members can print write-in ballots as a backup. https://t.co/uwbX2XiYmY

[Alexi Giannoulias @Giannoulias]

#VoteForOurDaughters 🇺🇸🇺🇸
@adamzyglis

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

If you’re still on the fence about voting in this election, think about what really matters – about the values we were taught, the kind of country we want to be, and how this is a moment when your vote really does count. 

Your vote could determine the fate of our republic – the world that our children and grandchildren will inherit. It’s an awesome responsibility. But what an extraordinary privilege it is to live in a democracy that gives each of us the opportunity to make our voices heard.

[Tammy Duckworth @TammyDuckworth]

Illinois: you have until 7 PM to cast your ballot! This election is too important to sit on the sidelines, let your voice be heard. https://t.co/a1MCKuu8e1

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Please understand that this platform is about to become the very least reliable source of information in the aggregate if Trump starts losing tomorrow.

Coup Two requires people to feel "robbed" and Musk is going to go into overdrive making the MAGAs feel that.

[CCAG @CCAG]

Read the full report here: https://t.co/3ezdaPQWbV

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Don’t let anyone or anything stop you from making your voice heard in this election. If you have any questions or concerns, call a voter protection hotline. These folks are standing by to make sure your vote is counted. So make sure you vote! https://t.co/2ogKA9sy3H

[Patrick Witty @patrickwitty]

The @nytimes covered Trump’s "gig" at McDonald's in at least seven articles but missed this photo by Bucks County Herald freelance photographer Sara Pinkus.

Pinkus, a retired bank manager who describes herself as a “photo enthusiast,” made the most telling image of the day.