Kara Williams

Traveler. Writer. Editor. Hiker. Swimmer. Wife. Mom. Nature and RV enthusiast. (Luxury resorts and spas aren’t bad either.)

[Kara Williams @karasw]

@WajahatAli How can you remain so positive?!?!

[Kara Williams @karasw]

Oh, Iowa.

[Kara Williams @karasw]

@WajahatAli Dude. I am beyond freaking out. GA not looking good.

[Kara Williams @karasw]

I appreciate your candor!

[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.

[Kara Williams @karasw]

@RpsAgainstTrump Pig.

[Kara Williams @karasw]

@MaxMaaxMaaax Same but in my house with a bottle of red wine.

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

Here's our last parody song about the #USElection2024. It's called "Bohemian Trumpsody" (based on the inimitable @QueenWillRock but with only six voices & no overdubs) & we've self-trolled in it as 'libtards' already, just to save folks time who might be offended 🎶🗳️🤞
👉https://t.co/heCwcVztt3

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

This Harris ad is fucking amazing.

[Kara Williams @karasw]

@orangepeel18 Same

[Kara Williams @karasw]

PLEASE someone explain how half the country believes this man is fit to lead.

[Ben Wexler @mrbenwexler]

I’m not exaggerating when I say, this is exactly how my grandfather sounded three months before we had to put him in a nursing home

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

Retweet if you’re someone who has cared for aging parents at home or who anticipates having to do so.

Kamala Harris’s proposed Medicare at Home plan is a completely game-changing policy for American families!

#KamalaWillDeliverCare

[Kara Williams @karasw]

Didn’t you vote AGAINST FEMA funding in September? Asshole. https://t.co/qtADzUrY4h

[Anna Paulina Luna @realannapaulina]

We have a Cat 5 inbound to Pinellas and @KamalaHarris is spending her time attacking @GovRonDeSantis over his handling of the hurricane. She has not a clue what is happening on the ground. FREE UP FEMA $$$, get us resources, and DO YOUR JOB.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR PETTY BS @VP.

[Kara Williams @karasw]

Wow. This is ultra-relevant to my life right now!

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Vice President Harris: There are so many people in our country who fall in the Sandwich Generation. They're taking care of their kids and they're taking care of their aging parents. It’s just almost impossible to do it all. So I am proposing that we allow Medicare to cover in-home health care

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Republican Governor of South Carolina, Henry McMaster, just personally fact checked Donald Trump’s claims that FEMA aid was not getting to residents. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this incredible praise of the Biden-Harris Administration

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

A new Supreme Court term starts today.

Here’s your general reminder that the next president could nominate the next one, two, or three Supreme Court justices.

Vote accordingly.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Cat 5 #HurricaneMilton is about to hit Florida. Here's the 11 FL MAGA House Republicans who voted to defund FEMA:
@RepGusBilirakis
@VernBuchanan
@RepKatCammack
@ByronDonalds
@DunnCampaign
@mattgaetz
@BrianMastFL
@RepRutherfordFL
@gregsteube
@michaelgwaltz
@RepWebster

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Republican Governor Ron DeSantis just demolished Donald Trump’s claim that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris aren’t delivering. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this

[Kara Williams @karasw]

This.

[Kara Williams @karasw]

@OWTK It’s not just you. The landscape has totally changed. I started travel writing in 2007. A different world. I’m basically retired now! (I never say never if the right opportunity comes along, but the grind is much tougher, less lucrative than it was even a few years ago.)