Kyrsten Kehlenbach

can’t stop, won’t stop stopping

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

@HasanKhxnx I am not suicidal. I eat healthy food. The brakes on my car and truck are in good shape. I practice good trigger discipline and never point a gun at anyone, including myself. There are no deep pools of water on my farm and I’m a pretty good swimmer.

[Kyrsten Kehlenbach @kyrstenk]

⁦@duolingo⁩ It makes me uncomfortable when Junior reads this to me. IFYKYK

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

Imagine being the guy to brief Putin on who “catturd” is right now.

[Kyrsten Kehlenbach @kyrstenk]

I’m just here to say that I hate waiting until morning to collect my triple XP #Duolingo. I have time now. Who knows what tomorrow may bring?

[Kyrsten Kehlenbach @kyrstenk]

I’m just here to say that I hate waiting until morning to collect my triple XP @Duolingo. 👎🏼 I have time now, Duo. Who knows what tomorrow may bring?

[no earthquake (undignified) @no_earthquake]

there should be an “america before capitalism” shen yun that tours china doing shaker dances

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"Great tweet, but fucking do something about it. The ballistic missile hit a hotel where American aid workers live because your president that you supported stopped giving intelligence aid to Ukraine. So fucking do something about it." @Timodc to Rep. Joe Wilson:

[Wild Geerters @steinkobbe]

All jokes aside it's really fucked up to see so many people on here celebrating murder. No one here is the judge of who deserves to live or die. That's the job of the AI algorithm the insurance company designed to maximise profits on your health

[Kyrsten Kehlenbach @kyrstenk]

@duolingo My biggest motivator now is completing the monthly badge in as few days as possible. But I’m not seeing anything in my feed about friends completing the monthly badge. Where did those notifications go?

[kasey @kaseyklimes]

we’re at severe risk of taking the wrong lesson away from this whole inflation debacle

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

Here's a story from canvassing today in Western North Carolina that is worth reading:

I went to a house somewhat off the beaten path. A woman around 40-years-old answered the door. I introduced myself, told her I lived about 25 minutes away, and told her I was out volunteering on behalf of Kamala Harris for president.

She told me that Kamala had her vote, but she's not sure about her husband, who is a lifelong Republican.

I asked if anything I might say to her husband could change his mind. She said she wasn't sure, probably not, and that he "comes from a family of hardcore Trumpers."

Right as I was saying "you never know," her husband comes outside.

He's the same age as her (and me).

Big old unkept beard. Tattoos up and down. Wearing a "protect the 2A" shirt that had some sort of big ass gun on it, and old baggy blue jeans.

He said, "What's all this about?"

I introduced myself to him. I told him I heard from his wife that he may be supporting Donald Trump and that's totally okay, but I'm curious why.

He told me he wasn't really sure, it's what his family has always done.

He asked me why I'm supporting Kamala Harris.

I told him about my views on taxation, abortion, and health care, and then also just the importance of having someone who wants to unite America and who is not a character-depraved asshole, which I think Donald Trump is.

He asked me why I think that of Trump. I told him about the racist remarks from the MSG rally, the pussy grabbing stuff, January 06, the signed bibles, and so on.

He looked me in the eye and said "You know what, you're right. I can't vote for that guy. He's a fucking piece of shit."

(This is verbatim, his words not mine.)

I thanked him for giving me the time of day. I wasn't going to press him any further.

As I was walking away, he said, "Hey."

I turned around and he put out his hand. As we shook hands, he looked me in the eye and said "I am going to vote for Kamala Harris."

His wife was almost tears. He seemed to be too. Truly. Like this big fucking weight was off this man's chest.

Needless to say, it was the highlight of my week.
It shows that people are decent. Yes, many people are low-information. But many are decent. And many people want what is best for America.

It's also a reason to keep knocking doors. There are more people like him out there 🇺🇸

[Sarah Larchmont @SarahLarchmont]

Once again demonstrating that courage doesn’t require balls. 💁‍♀️

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

GOP Senator Mitt Romney: “70% of Republicans still say that Donald Trump won...Are we going to abandon truth to that degree? It’s absolutely absurd...Actually, most of the evidence I’ve seen so far has been Republicans trying to corrupt the election.”

[Kyrsten Kehlenbach @kyrstenk]

@RpsAgainstTrump N e V e R t R u M p

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

In debate preps, a fundamental question is do you want a hot or cold debate? Seems clear both sides decided they wanted a cold debate.

Why?

Harris-Walz believes they are winning and want the Harris-Trump debate to be the memorable debate.

Trump-Vance believed Vance couldn’t pull off a hot debate without alienating more voters. Their fav-unfav is already to the bad. I suspect they practiced with Vance going for a knock-out and decided Vance didn’t have the chops to deliver. Too risky. So they went in playing for a tie.

Vance’s refusal to say that America has a legal president will be the takeaway.

[Leah Greenberg says NO KINGS ❌👑 @Leahgreenb]

friendly reminder that "sure, he lied shamelessly all night but he was very smooth" is not actually a smart take

[Jeff Masters @DrJeffMasters]

Helene’s Cat 4 landfall gives the U.S. a record eight Cat 4 or Cat 5 Atlantic hurricane landfalls in the past eight years (2017-2024), seven of them being continental U.S. landfalls. That’s as many Cat 4 and 5 landfalls as occurred in the prior 57 years.

[March For Our Lives @AMarch4OurLives]

Yeah we do have "after birth" executions they're called school shootings.

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

Respectfully, attacking the moderators for pointing out that it’s illegal to kill babies and that people are not eating pets in Springfield is a losing position.