Former soldier; Former teacher; Former Republican; Full-time Auburn Fan who believes
@OfficialWZevon
and
@theMonkees
belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I enlisted in the Army after college in 1983. I spent six years in and then spent 26 years as a DoD civilian. I spent 16 months in Iraq and Afghanistan providing direct support. When I retired I became a teacher. I stand with Tim Walz.
#VetsForVPWalz
@commondefense
I’m going to keep repeating this: In the late 1950s after Brown v BOE, white parents took their kids out of public schools to avoid desegregation. After 70 years, they figured out a way to get the government to pay for it. It’s that simple.
@AliNahdee
I cannot comprehend why the people who SCREAM they are the true defenders of FREEDOM are so insistent on not allowing an individual the freedom to refer to themselves in any way they want. It makes no sense to me.
@KirkCameron
It says, “This machine kills fascist.” Google it. Woody Guthrie had it on his guitar. You know, the guy who wrote “This Land Is Your Land.”
@lamawithagun
@levarburton
@PBS
@HenryLouisGates
Dude, quick word… a white guy should never tell a black guy how to react on issues of race… especially when the most prominent feature in your profile pic is a urinal.
@spenpess
@KirkCameron
She’s following Woody’s philosophy of advocating for the marginalized and living your own life without the control of the government. The GOP used to think those were good ideas.
@RpsAgainstTrump
Lady, you represent the Georgia 14th. Have you looked at the people you represent? 85% of your district don't own a tie and I promise their best jacket has a NASCAR logo on it.
@ChristnNitemare
When I was 8 at a church retreat we were told to get a rock. I got the biggest one I could pick up. "That rock is your sin. Throw our sins in the lake." Mine splashed a bunch of people. The preacher asked me why I did that. "I got big sin, preacher," was all I said.
@ZachWLambert
“I’d like a beer please.” I see the look, “Mother, I am 26 years old and a Sergeant in the United States Army. I can have one beer if I want.”
@piper4missouri
My favorite part of all this (and by "favorite" I mean the most abhorrent) is he said he asked her father for forgiveness and since he rec'd it from him he felt that could move on.
@jasonselvig
So why aren't Catholic bishops trying to get Abbott excommunicated like Biden and Pelosi over abortion? His treatment of immigrants clearly violates the teachings of the Bible and the pronouncements of the Pope. You would think if they're being consistent...
@ZachWLambert
“We believe life begins at conception… unless it’s IVF and those people are 91% white and most have household incomes of over $150K a year. Then life begins some other time we’re gonna figure out later.”
@azbrittons
@TizzyEnt
So people are only worth saving if they behave when they're the scariest they have ever been? EMTs should be trained to deal with those situations because when you can't breathe, you tend to struggle. Oh, and he didn't "attack." He "lunged," was all she said.
@ZachWLambert
I must have missed that part of the Bible where Jesus said, “My children always remember, my love for you is conditional. If you step out of line, you will be dead to me.”
@maddow
When they handed down Dobbs and people said, "Next they're going to try to prosecute women for traveling out of state for an abortion," and the GOP said, "We would never do that! How dare you!"
Remember, with the GOP, cruelty is not a bug in the program... it's a feature.
@piper4missouri
I do not hold the entire GOP accountable for what this Jethro in Alaska said just to get clicks. I hold the GOP accountable for not en masse immediately renouncing him in every way possible and removing him from any Republican support in the future.
@mikeduncan
Maybe your next podcast can be on the union movement. Start with the railroad workers strike of 1877, move to the Haymarket Bombing, coal strikes in Alabama in 1908 and 1920. That's about 30 episodes right there.
@piper4missouri
@NicholasFerroni
We don't trust you to choose curriculum. We don't trust you to choose library books. We think you're groomers. We don't believe you deserve a wage commensurate with your education and experience... but BY GOD YOU BETTER HAVE YOUR ASS AT WORK MONDAY!
Hey
@GovernorKayIvey
,
@AGSteveMarshall
, or
@SenTuberville
, Can any of you tell me how many trans athletes there are in Alabama? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? No, you can't because you're really okay with making up a problem to line your pockets and get to the gullible to reelect you
Alabama is NOT implementing President Biden’s offensive, unlawful and dangerous rewrite of Title IX — we’re taking it to the courts!
When I was a young girl growing up in Camden, I never would have thought we had to fight for women to have a fair chance in 2024.
#alpolitics
@BettyBowers
Ever notice that the leg that bearing weight never shakes... ever. My fav was the lady who didn't understand how to edit a video and the first and last three seconds (when she's press the record button) her hand is absolutely still.
@NoahWebster01
@SenTuberville
@POTUS
Never served in a Joint Staff assignment have you (if you served at all). There are jobs at that level that have to be approved by the Senate for the officers to have the full authority to do their jobs. So yeah, this does keep people from doing their jobs.
@Esqueer_
A doctor will be prohibited from prescribing FDA approved medicine by a state legislature. This precident will allow them to make contraception, vaccinations, cancer treatments, any medication they don't like, illegal in their state.
@Phil_Lewis_
Republicans say, "We are trying to make our elections more secure and prevent voter fraud," but they mean, "Why are all these brown people getting to vote?"
@JoLuehmann
Why are these people so interested in fomenting outrage over something that didn't happen. You know she spent an hour searching online for trans images so she could make this argument.
Read some of these comments. Why do so many poor white folks side against the people who are their natural allies and argue in favor of the bosses who are just getting richer of their hard work?
Watching history tonight in Chattanooga, as Volkswagen workers voted in a landslide to join the
@UAW
.
Despite pressure from Gov. Lee, this is the first auto plant in the South to unionize since the 1940s.
This incredible victory for labor will transform Tennessee and the South!
This is absolutely true. Tim Walz's brother not speaking to him for 8 years because of Donald Trump is probably the most relatable aspect of any of the four candidates this cycle.
A lot of people are making fun of Fox for getting community noted, but nothing about this is amusing to me.
I pastor hundreds of people whose parents have been completely radicalized by Fox News and the right-wing misinformation they spread.
It’s not funny. It’s devastating.
@aprilajoyr
Someone yesterday tweeted, "God hates homsexuals." I replied, "I think if you read the Bible you will find God loves all his children, tototally, completely, and unconditionally." Took less than two minutes to get blocked.
@dee_ford
You - singular
Y’all - plural
All Y’all - big plural
Y’all all - extra emphasis for “all” as in, “Y’all all gonna go to jail if you don’t come down off that water tower.”
Why is it Republicans in red states which have been under GOP single party rule for decades, the quickest to blame the Democrats for all the problems in their states?
@Rschooley
@pattonoswalt
Wait! They said the “Hussein” part. Great! All I need now is “Hunter Biden’s laptop” and “BENGHAZI!” and I have my MAGA Deflection bingo card filled. I didn’t think I would get “Trump pleads the 5th” but you never know how things will work out.
@crazypastor
Literalist: Everyone has to interpret the Bible literally! Every word!
Me: Even Mathew 5 where Christ says if you look at a woman lustfully you should gouge your eye out.
Literalist: Eww, that's gross. Leave me alone.
@piper4missouri
"The Republicans have zero policies..." You could have stopped there. They have no policies, just vague ideas about how to "own the libs."
@GovernorKayIvey
Then tell "Senator" Tuberville to quit screwing around with military promotions. Oh, and pass laws that acknowledge we're in the 21st Century, build a education system for more than just rich people, and acknowledge bodily autonomy. Those would help too.
@SenatorWicker
Senator, you and I both know you have no data to support that. What there is plenty of data for is enlistments track unemployment. Low unemployment means fewer enlistees. It's been that way since the draft ended. Stop lying and write legislation to help your state.
@piper4missouri
"Parental rights." Another GOP concept that provide the opposite of the name they give it. They include "religious freedom laws," "right to work laws" and "gun safety laws."
@SenTuberville
@JoeBiden
Who released 5,000 taliban fighters against the wishes of the Afghan government ensuring the collapse of Afghan Security Forces? Here’s a hint: he’s been indicted on 91 felony counts.
@wooderooski
@martymadrid
@TizzyEnt
is the bomb. Some racist/homophobic/misogynistic ass goes on a rant and he pumps it out to his few million followers and the nitwit is ID'ed in a matter of days. He also calls out PDs that won't arrest white people who clearly have committed felonies. Worth the follow.
@ZachWLambert
In the 60s, especially in the South, whites could not be openly racist in public spaces, so they retreated to their churches, which gave them 1st Amnd protections. That churches are now racist, homophobic, misogynistic, and overtly political is an outgrowth of that.
@lee_hedgepeth
No indication from our esteemed AG that he thinks he needs to look into this at all. None. Whether the he was "posturing" or not he is still dead.
So in Alabama, our elected leaders are saying that a poorly compensated labor force is essential to our economic success. That's been their position for about 150 years, I just never thought they would say it out loud.
As Alabama autoworkers consider unions, the state's Republican officials are writing bills and mounting campaigns saying Alabama's economic model is at risk. Editor
@lyman_brian
says that's correct: the state's economic model is cheap labor.
#alpolitics
@bozfowler
@CourtAnne1225
I was at Auburn in January 1983. It was raining the day Coach Bryant died. You can't roll the trees in the rain, but hey, show me one piece of proof that happened and didn't just come from the fervent imagination of Harvey Updyke and we can talk.
@BetterOff2024
@ElieNYC
If your grandpa texted you this you would immediately text your parents, “Did you see this? You HAVE to get his keys. We can’t let him drive!!!”
@AccountableGOP
All the agencies he listed are Executive Branch. Does he know he's demanding an end to the Separation of Powers and allowing the Legislative Branch unchecked power? Of course he doesn't. That would require understanding the Constitution.
@flaminhaystacks
Food scarcity wasn't an issue when I was in college but now that I am back after a very long break I hear undergraduates and graduates talking about not having money to buy food.
@kevinmyoung
Seriously, if I see another lumbersexual in a skin-tight t-shirt, and tight jeans strutting around a stage telling women that they should dress modestly so they don't cause their brothers to stumble, I will lose my damn mind.
@PureFreshWill
@TylerHuckabee
Wait, in state after state where there is a GOP supermajority, the Republicans have bragged they can do what they want with no concern about the other party. Now you're saying an elected governor with a legislative majority to bow to the will of the minority? Seriously?
@spenpess
@KirkCameron
I doubt it. His best friend, actor Will Geer was what we would call polyamorous, and he publicly defended him. He also fought for immigrants and the poor. Admit you know nothing about Woody Guthrie.
@piper4missouri
Then who kicked God out of the supermarket, the mall, the office, the 4th of July Parade, the university or any of the other places mass shootings happen?
@BoneD0C
@ZachWLambert
What exactly do you want to hear? DJT sexually assaulted a woman. A jury agreed to that fact. A judge called it “rape.” DJT claims he never met the woman. That was proven false. He says it’s a big conspiracy involving 1000s of people. Obama wore a brown suit. We good?
@aldotcom
The GOP has had total control in Alabama for 14 years. If our public schools are failing it's their fault. Their solution is to take money out of public schools and give it to families with above average incomes who already have their kids in private schools. Seems legit.
@EngineerWernher
@Esqueer_
When you ask the right about abortions or trans athletes the answer is always, "One is too many." When you talk about mass shootings or gay children being murdered it's, "How many are there per year?"
Hey, white people! Yeah, you, white folks! Come 'ere. Listen, it's called code switching. We all do it. We adapt our speech and behaviors to meet our specific communication goals. Do you use a "Mom/Dad Voice"? A "boss tone"?
DOOCY: Since when does the vice president have what sounds like a southern accent?
KJP: I have no idea what you're talking about. Do you think Americans seriously think this is an important question? The question is insane. I'm moving on.
FOX NEWS: *cuts away*
@NateAFischer
@KarolusWangus
@WASPmexicano
Can you run down the provocations that would justify two grown men kidnapping, torturing and murdering a 14 year old boy? Just the broad strokes would be fine. We can discuss the details later.
@anneapplebaum
I would tend to doubt that was a deciding factor. Wagner leadership had to know their families would be targets. They probably were the one targeting families in the past. 24 hrs into a coup and they suddenly realize their families are at risk? I'm not buying it.
The AL GOP: We believe that life begins at conception and there are no exceptions... unless the people involved are overwhelming white and most have over $150,000 a year in family income. Then we're going to compromise and make some accommodations.
I have signed SB159, the IVF protections legislation, after it received overwhelming support from the Alabama Legislature.
#alpolitics
Read my full statement:
@ChristnNitemare
So I'm guessing the whole war, starvation, and suffering this is all taken care of and we're down to praying for small pores. Sure, seems great.
@piper4missouri
I don't know if this is a threat or some weird flex or what but if they knew US history they would know the progressive side doesn't have a habit of sitting back and letting the conservatives just roll over them. Labor, abolition, civil rights, women's rights... the list goes on.
@ChristnNitemare
So how is these people don't have enough control of their bodies to remain standing, they're all twitchin' and flailin', but not a one of them drops their phone?