Scott Shaeffer

I retweet posts I find interesting (or funny). This doesn’t mean I necessarily agree with them. #ForThePeopleAct #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct #TheDemocracyPledge

[Scott Shaeffer @sshaeff]

Why Trump’s supporters will believe any lie he tells: https://t.co/bjybv8xDjq

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Fastest animals on land vs the fastest human

[Jacqui Heinrich @JacquiHeinrich]

🚨NEW, thread: Pentagon confirms to me the Department of Defense is preparing to house thousands of Afghan refugees on American military installations, immediately including Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and Fort Bliss in Texas.

[Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy) @cbouzy]

If Biden announced he is transporting 20,000 Afghan citizens to the United States and grant them asylum, most of you pretending to care would suddenly change your tune and claim Biden is importing Muslims to vote illegally in the next election.

[Miss Aja @brat2381]

Facts

[Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego]

What I am feeling and thinking about the situation in Afghanistan, I can never fit on Twitter. But one thing that is definitely sticking out is that I haven’t gotten one constituent call about it and my district has a large Veteran population.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

This is a little noticed reality that needs enormous amplification. In California’s recall, if Gavin Newsom gets under 50%, California would likely have a lunatic Trumpist as governor. If Diane Feinstein dies or resigns, there would be a lunatic Trumpist appointed to replace her

[Hugo Lowell @hugolowell]

New: Republican Party has removed a page from their website bragging about Trump’s deal with the Taliban that committed Biden to withdraw 5,000 US troops from Afghanistan — and led to the fall of Kabul today.

[Ursula Perano Helsel @UrsulaPerano]

You don’t have to tweet your take on Afghanistan if you’re not actually well-versed in the Afghanistan story. It’s ok. The internet will survive without your post

[Rep. Jason Crow @RepJasonCrow]

My heart has broken. Like most vets, I left part of me in AFG. Later we’ll debate the failures of last 20 yrs, but today our mission is clear: hold the airport as long as possible and get ALL U.S. citizens and as many Afghan partners out as we can. We will debate the rest later

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

BREAKING: A Taliban Leader who Trump got released from prison in 2018 appears set to become the new President of Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Blaming Joe Biden for Afghanistan is like trying to blame Gerald Ford for Vietnam.

Both became president 8 months before US troops were withdrawn, and inherited untenable situations where a US-backed regime was unable to survive, despite over a decade of blood and treasure.

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

Can we now all agree that you can’t impose democracy by force?

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

If brown or black skinned people engaged in such acts of violence, the LAPD would call a tactical alert. White privilege—must be nice.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Anti-maskers in South Dakota take offense to “no mask, no service” signs—but their ancestors had no problem with this one.

[Mark Elliott @markmobility]

So, what's the difference between a 57% vaccination rate and a 73% vaccination rate, you ask? Well done, anti-vaxxers!

[Scott Shaeffer @sshaeff]

More of this, please.

[Neal Barnard, MD @DrNealBarnard]

This will be a great introduction to plant-based eating! https://t.co/DZrAo4A2i7

[Mark Elliott @markmobility]

Kudos to this Chattanooga mom telling a Tennessee school board that her daughter is now opting out of ALL school dress code restrictions. 😍😍😍

[Adam Serwer 🍝 @AdamSerwer]

Race is a biological fiction and the definition of who fits in what category expands or contracts based on needs of those in power and social dynamics, not objective scientific criteria. In other words, the implications of the census news are not necessarily what you assume.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

Some people worry that following the evidence & the law where it leads & indicting Sore Loser Trump might look too “political.” But how does it “look” to let Trump get away with obvious crimes for which absolutely anyone else would face federal prosecution? Get real, people!!!!!!