Róisín (ROW-sheen)

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[sean illing @seanilling]

To repeat: there’s a very particular species of stupidity that only the most privileged societies can produce and this is that

[sp6r=underrated @sp6runderrated]

You're about to find out the difference between Republicans and Democrats.

[Sami Gold @souljagoyteller]

According to 44% of voters, Kamala was seen as "too liberal", according to NYT/Siena. The autopsy from consultants/pundits/pollsters will be that Kamala, by focusing on reproductive rights and Trump's authoritarianism, was too liberal of a candidate

[💖 @touchnick]

jill stein being a zionist, a genocide enabler, loved by trump and has a running mate that’s transphobic, anti vax, and pro life…. and some of yall voted for her….

[Senior PowerPoint Engineer @ryxcommar]

you people are so out of touch. you have no idea what is going on. there is a massive contingency of dumbasses who think US corporations are run by blue haired communists who teamed up with dumbass swing voters who are mad at the president for grocery store prices. that's it.

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

I do think it would polarize things in a healthy direction if all US libs understood that Israel is basically the only western nation rooting for Trump. There's information to be gleaned there about both Israel and Trump

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

The cavalry has arrived… and its female.

18.8 million have voted early in the 7 swing states.

1,802,187 more women have voted than men, 54.9-45.1%.

Gender turnout gap:

F+13% in PA
F+12 in GA
F+11 in NC
F+10 in MI
F+7 in WI
F+5 in AZ
F+1 in NV

[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.

[Róisín (ROW-sheen) @ofanyothername]

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[Alan Fisher @alanthefisher]

Don't moral high ground me with a third party. All of them are shit about Ukraine, and if you give a fuck about Palestine you should also give single thought about Ukraine too.

Also Trump wants a beach resort in Gaza, so what's your plan

[vo @vanillaopinions]

2024 presidential election

[Róisín (ROW-sheen) @ofanyothername]

@wtyppod If you were cool you’d pay septa and get a WTYP ad on all the single trip SEPTA cards👀

[Miles in Transit @milesintransit1]

@64_streetcar Good transit is better than free transit

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

A police officer in NYC faced demotion and retaliation from higher-ranking cops because he was ticketing drivers that have "courtesy cards" issued by police unions that normally let drivers get away with violations, and now, taxpayers have to pay him a $175k settlement.
https://t.co/htdQfZajTB

[Ryan in Buffalo @PedestrianTakes]

Look man I’ve said it before and I’ll probably have to say it again but if you’re a socialist and you hate liberals more than you hate conservatives you’ve completely lost the plot

[Union Labor With American Characteristics @WithLabor]

I think Haitian immigrants deserve to live somewhere better than Ohio.

[John B @johnb78]

This is a clash between two different underlying beliefs: the belief that a child is a parent's property to do what they want with, and the (correct) belief that of course that isn't true and claiming it is weird and gross

[The Goddamned Penguin @who_shot_jgr]

ratify and strictly enforce the 1810 titles of nobility amendment

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

“Parking should be bountiful” is the hill on which American cities, and millions of people, have died.

[Róisín (ROW-sheen) @ofanyothername]

@defensemint I’d make a “Leftists are Killjoys” joke but you’re a Lib. What’s your excuse?