Maura P. McLaughlin

When I'm not observing and reacting to the world with my words, I run a little charity called OffTheWallGraffiti @offthewallgraff

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Holding back tears: “It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hard working immigrants who make this country great, for health care, for our climate, for science, for journalism, for justice, for free speech, for poor people, for the middle class, for seniors who rely on social security, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO, for the truth, for democracy, for decency, for everyone who voted again him, and guess what—it was a bad night for everyone who voted for him too, you just don’t realize it yet” @jimmykimmel @JimmyKimmelLive

[Maura P. McLaughlin @MaurasWorld]

@lexfridman And with that I thought for sure after Bernie your vote would have been 💙 - I wish this so much.

[Maura P. McLaughlin @MaurasWorld]

@TheRichFromCali 🙌🏼

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!!
Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

This is for all the women who will come together and win the election for Kamala Harris. Send this to every mother that you know.

Thank you to the talented Jennifer Garner for lending her voice in helping us get this message across to voters.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

This is the ad that triggered Trump operative Charlie Kirk. It would be a real shame if it went viral

[Mark Duplass @MarkDuplass]

Today is the day.

This is the show I've been waiting my whole life to make.

4 years ago, during the quiet of the pandemic, I wrote all 8 episodes of PENELOPE. I knew it was different. Something calmer, more soothing. Challenging all of us and our relationship to technology, nature, and ourselves.

And then everybody in Hollywood passed on it.

So I paid for the entire first season out of my own pocket. The great @meleslyn partnered with me, directing them all. Then there was @sundancefest and @sxsw, and a wave of people who began to understand what this show could be for our culture.

And now we are premiering Season 1 of PENELOPE on @netflix. And I can't believe it. I am so grateful and humbled.

Please watch with your family and friends. This one is meant to be shared. ✌️

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

This is just shocking. Mr. Vance is blatantly calling a legal action illegal. I’ve studied my whole life how democracies break down. This is how it happens folks. I hope he really doesn’t believe this. Politicians say a lot of crazy things during elections. I fear he might.

[Colin Allred @ColinAllredTX]

Right now, Texas’ Senate race couldn’t be closer. And we’re going to win.

Colin Allred has what it takes to defeat Ted Cruz, but he needs help fighting back against the $13 MILLION in brand-new ads Cruz just launched. Will you chip in to defeat Ted Cruz?

[Olivia Julianna 🇺🇸🦅🗳️ @0liviajulianna]

Donald Trump just said Kamala Harris will never get the votes in the U.S senate to codify Roe v Wade.

We CAN get that majority by electing @ColinAllredTX.

It is the most likely pickup opportunity for Democrats this year. WE CAN DO THIS!

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

All night he talked about himself and about her.

She, by contrast, talked about you.

Because that’s who she works for.

[Chris Mowrey @chrisdmowrey]

To republicans in congress: come to Georgia and look families in their eyes. I dare you.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

I fucking hate Parkinson’s so much. It’s such a cruel disease. It’s too late for my dad but watching him go on his 15th year since his diagnosis is heartbreaking. We need to end Parkinson’s.

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

Let’s make #MALA go viral! Please retweet!! ♥️

[Maura P. McLaughlin @MaurasWorld]

@RpsAgainstTrump Looney

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Former Trump WH Press Secretary @OMGrisham at the DNC:

“Behind closed doors, Trump mocks his supporters. He calls them 'basement dwellers’…Here I am behind a podium advocating for a Democrat, and that’s because I love my country more than my party”
#RepublicansForHarris

[Rebecca Cooke @RebeccaforWI]

During the day, I am running for Congress.

At night, I wait tables. I know what working class Wisconsinites need and I am tired of us lacking true representation in D.C. That’s why I’m running.

Can you retweet this, give me a follow, and help me defeat Derrick Van Orden?