@JasperTractor I saw your post on another tweet string. As a fellow pet owner I’m SO sorry to hear about your cat. I hope it wasn’t too hard for you and that it’s gotten easier for you over time.
@JoMahma4 It was very scary. My 12 year old daughter can’t sleep tonight. I thought it was a prank at first but hundreds were running! Does anyone have any news? And yes, I saw it happened in OCMD tonight as well.
@BillCallahan92 @cynmdmi@mattforney It’s not all about you. I know teachers who have just retired and lost 1/3 of what they were supposed to now have access to. It’s not all about you. There are lots of older adults who have worked their whole lives and are f*cked bc of this man. They don’t deserve this.
@marcusfaith@NickStaege@brookeab My guess is these people never took an economics class or read serious articles about this. They’re listening to what Trump is spouting and whichever news casters/twitter personalities tell them. It’s very sad but even more scary.
We won't make it as a country with 4 more years of this shit folks. He is going to drag us into WWIII and we won't be prepared because of all the damage his cabinet picks and his weirdo owner Elon is doing to our government. He's got to be stopped or we will cease to exist.
They brought Zelenskyy, a man that’s led Ukraine through invasion with unparalleled honour, to the White House to humiliate and mug him in a despicable premeditated display. Zelenskyy should’ve spat in their fucking faces and walked out. Trump is a Putin shill cunt. Simple.
@creation247 It doesn’t matter how they look … it matters how they love, how they respect, and that they are kind. I know little about either but those are the things that should truly “matter”
@NickKnudsenUS@StrictlyChristo I feel the same about my 3rd-party vote in ’16. I truly hate the 2 party system. I voted 3rd party because I wanted another voice on the debate stage. I wish I could take my vote back. Like it or not, this election is Binary. If you know Trump is a danger, don’t waste your vote.
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.
RFK Jr, JD Vance and Megyn Kelly have all told the truth about Trump in the past before recanting to further their careers.
THAT's why the Republican Party is garbage.
Kamala will #FightForAmerica.
#EpsteinsBestFriend fights for himself.
#VoteBlueChooseJoy
@ImKnotTheOne Hilarious. Just be careful you don’t put yourselves in dangerous situations. The men in the background look like men who would shoot first, ask questions later. Just be safe!