Allie Micka

I contain multitudes. I am empathetic but no-nonsense and my flavors are all firemen. she/her.

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

Me trying to avoid stress-eating delicious pastries during a pandemic

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

Watched the whole thing with my family last night and - look, I know he's got a lot going on right now, but is there still time for @PeteButtigieg to personally speak with everyone who hasn't voted yet?

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Pete Buttigieg is so good at this

[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.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

If I can see it coming. If Trump loses, the election commentariat is going to blame Trump's mistakes in the last week. You know who won't get credit they deserve? Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Liz Cheney, and tens of millions of women who will be responsible for defeating Trump.

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

Oof

[Rep. Casey Weinstein 🇺🇸 @RepWeinstein]

“Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students voting for the first time this election.

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

@LauraGMitchell Pleased to meet ya!

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

That’s *our* family with young children, headed home from their Twin Town concert at the VFW :)

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

Why I'm voting Democrat for the first time in my life in a simple meme.

[gianmarco @GianmarcoSoresi]

I’m now a single issue voter

[Syd Steyerhart @SydSteyerhart]

The internet is no longer forever. You need to become your own archivist for whatever you are passionate about, because at some point this decade there is going to be a major purge and I strongly suspect >80% of global digital content will simply disappear.

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

@DearDara Heard.

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

https://t.co/b2CXwQphN0

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

My holdings are up 15%/year. Milk is less than $3/gallon.

I don’t understand how “Trump is better for the economy” makes sense to anyone.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

FOX BUSINESS: Close to record closes for pretty much all the stock indices!

*cuts to Kudlow*

KUDLOW: Kamala broke it. Trump will fix it.

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

@mattxiv Have you ever seen any two of these men in the same place:

Dr Phil
Kid Rock
Mike Lindell
…?

[Jason Kint @jason_kint]

This is everything. Including the incredible investment that goes into truth and the importance of trust and institutions to democracy. Pls watch, it’s short.

[sona @swiftlydunphy]

what is the opposite of main character syndrome?? assuming you're a tiny irrelevant part of everybody's life that nobody thinks about when you're not around??? that's what I have I think

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

The strategy is familiar and predictable by now. A pile of outrageous statements - all to ensure we spend the next days talking about him, not about you and not about how Kamala Harris will make life more affordable and restore the right to choose that he took away. It’s bait.

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

imagine you wake up every day in room-sized bed. you are gently lifted from the covers and dressed in warmest sweaters each morning. your favourite foods are brought to you. you have no bills, no job, no responsibilities. but you are a chihuahua, so you are blind with rage.

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

And, by the way, if you worry that food prices are too high, wait till you have a president who deports half the farmworkers and puts a 20% tax on food from abroad.

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

@sarah_edo Refactorland is a happy place

[Allie Micka @vauxia]

💀

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

COLLINS: What do you think Kamala Harris has to do to avoid a repeat of 2016?

HILLARY CLINTON: Well first of all I don't think she has Jim Comey in the wings waiting to kneecap her, so that's good.