Kate McGarry

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

@Hertz Reserved a midsize. Got there & they had no car for us, only a bigger car which they refused to give us without charging $80 for an upgrade. Then said gas was full but we drove away and noticed it was half empty. Can’t reach Hertz by phone. Will @Hertzcustome help?? :(

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

Thanks for your service and your great love of this country @majorchaos Gavin Reardon https://t.co/RYhy9DA9ji

[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.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Save this graphic. Then share it with friends.

Every eligible voter has the freedom to vote and have their vote counted.

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

THIS

[Dana Goldberg @DGComedy]

If you plan on voting for Jill Stein or Trump because of the war in the Middle East, please watch and reconsider. It’s just 6 minutes and it’s worth the watch.

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

@BerniceKing @MAGAResource Shameful…So sorry you had to see this. I hope you sue them for millions.

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

@cbouzy Cbouzy - can you repost your 2020 maps just for fun? I recall they were very accurate!

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

The NYT and WaPo haven’t commented on this bizarre event…why?

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

There seems to be a major media blackout regarding Trump simulating multiple sex acts on stage in Wisconsin last night—despite the fact that it was a sequence of events so bizarre and unsettling many voters will deem it disqualifying. I can't explain this.

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

@lailabiali @CanadaCouncil @Conseilartscan @ONArtsCouncil Congrats Laila! Happy release day!

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Corporate greed is DuPont making $1.62 billion in profits this year, spending $1 billion on stock buybacks, paying its CEO $20 million & being fined just $480,000 for the release of a chemical that causes leukemia.

It costs $508,250 to treat just 1 kid with leukemia in America.

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

As you consider your vote, remember this. Trump wants to bring back stop and frisk policing that targets Black men for harassment and give cops immunity from prosecution.

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

@ProjectLincoln The Lancaster registrations are from his guy Presser, who signed up 1000’s of folks fraudulently. EVERY 👏ACCUSATION 👏IS AN ADMISSION 👏

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

@cbouzy Map is available though - click on map icon at bottom of screen

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

@cbouzy SOUND ISNT’T WORKING on SPOUTIBLE. I see all the people but can’t hear anything

[Walter Masterson @waltermasterson]

I asked MAGA
“How much do you think undocumented immigrants pay in taxes?”

They all answered ZERO.

I explained that in 2022 undocumented immigrants paid $95 billion into Social Security and Medicare even though they don’t qualify for either.

[Heather Thomas @HeatherThomasAF]

I want you all to have this.

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

Even we got this right! Come on WaPo!

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

The Raleigh @newsobserver, the largest newspaper in North Carolina, endorses Kamala Harris writing, “On issues most important to North Carolina, our choice for president is Harris.” https://t.co/znxuCn27lf

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

#boycottwashingtonpost

[Kate McGarry @katemcgarry]

@mikiebarb Just canceled my subscription.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

In case you voted by mail in Arizona… somebody… set some mailboxes on fire so please check to make sure they received your vote. Information on how is in the article below.

https://t.co/G1FLBa3Wfa