Working for good public policy. Small business owner frmr Westchester County Leg, Court Clerk & Library Pres.
Cybersecurity, enviro, streets, democracy, health
@maxwest327
@jeffbcraven
@HayesBrown
I had an older woman say to me, in response to the question, where are our Lincolns, our FDRs, our W.E.B Deboises? They’ve come back as women: Stacey Abrams, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton.
@USDOL
@POTUS
Invest in young Americans—it’s an economic policy choice that will see benefits to our economy for years to come. That’s a win for
@POTUS
and families across the nation.
@NicholasFerroni
Public school 2nd grade Miss Holliday. Signature line: “Give me some sugar”. She was different from my family but I loved her with all my heart.
@leahmcelrath
@BetoORourke
Love that you put that tweet from
@davidsirota
in proper $ context. His sly "just reporting" smacks of all the innuendo we were made to focus on for months abt Hillary & Obama. Does Beto have an Oil & Gas agenda? Just asking I mean people ask questions right? Smh, smear tactics.
It's official - I won! I'm the new County Legislator for Yonkers and Bronxville and I couldn't be happier!! Thank you to everyone who helped make this win happen! I'm the first Democrat ever to hold this seat - and I can't wait to get to work.
@DrJenGunter
This article is infuriating:
“Catholic bioethicists are split on how and when to preserve the lives of mothers when their pregnancies become life-endangering”
When? How about Always?
@jennycohn1
In religious states, it's not enough to be the right religion, you must also worship in the state-sanctioned manner. So to any who think they would be "safe" in a Christian nation-state, think again. Faith should be private & the US government should be separate from any church
"[Voter] enthusiasm is driven by threat & fear"
@RachelBitecofer
on
@NoSurrenderNY
Now that the average voter sees what the Rs have done on the Supreme Court and what they are willing to block in Congress, the generic ballot has shifted to Ds.
To frame things politically: 🧵
@GBliss
@beckysterne
@JakeSherman
Shame on Congress trying to break the USPS with the financial burden of pension refunding. Again and again their mantra is privatize, business can do better (by raising prices and cutting services). How about letters to/from rural America? Public services=Public wealth
#USPS
@SimonWDC
Excellent summary—however with $1.6B in dark money take nothing for granted. October is the moat filled with crocodiles and our job is to cross the drawbridge without falling in.
Work like we’re 30 points down.
#Midterms2022
Week 56 has 133 not normal items, tied for the longest, and a terrible week for our fragile democracy. Many stories received little or no national coverage - or confusing coverage. See what you missed in the chaos.
“The hearings today hammered home that the centerpiece of our government is that the people have the right to choose their leaders. “
@HC_Richardson
June 16, 2022
@cenkuygur
@SpeakerPelosi
@SenSchumer
The establishment that brought us the ACA? The establishment that won 40 seats across the country? The establishment made up of loyal AND progressive Dems? Maybe you just can't take yes for an answer. Ultimately if you win, you must govern. Then you are the establishment.
#Pelosi
@ClintSmithIII
I’m a library tourist. I try to visit wherever I go. It’s such a peaceful space filled with readers and kids and of course our favorite people—librarians! Here’s where I was today: yes that’s a tree!
@TetonLibrary
@CWJediMaster
I remember the chatter about how it’s important to elect a businessman to run the country, as though business acumen is somehow superior to political acumen.
Politics is a thing, folks.
Skills, experience, instincts, relationships. All essential & quite different from business.
@BenNollWeather
This was Central Avenue in Yonkers during Hurricane Ida two years ago and the Bronx River Parkway that summer.
Unless we take urgent action on the climate, we are going to see storms, flooding and wildfires increasing.
Take action—vote out climate deniers and delayers!
@matthewjdowd
We just recognized Anthony McPhail, an off-duty bus driver who saved an infant’s life who was choking and having seizures. Stories of courage and kindness.
#Thanksgiving2020
Ds must make it personal:
a) You HAVE this (Social Security) but Rs don't want you to have it
OR
b) You NEED this thing (Gun safety) but Rs want to stop you.
Climate action? Roe? Marriage Equality? Voter Rights?
All popular with voters!
@scarylawyerguy
Chaos merchants don't know how to do substantive public policy discussion. Instead they live to shout a question to a candidate like papparazzi. This has to change.
After many long months of work the campaign is victorious! Team Ruth is up by 200+ votes — a healthy margin! Thank you to all who voted and supported me!
@djrothkopf
I also like the
@RadioFreeTom
article about reclaiming masculinity from these weirdos.
@Tim_Walz
is the kind of dad who says don’t date that guy, he’s weird. Also the kind of Governor who wants all school kids to have lunch even if their parents can’t pay.
@AmysMargin
I live in a walkable Village—dense commercial downtown, a train close by & lots of multi-family housing. Leave your house & see many people you’ve never seen & a few neighbors you know. That mix of anonymity & friendliness contributes to mental health I’m sure of it.
Build more!
@cbouzy
The MSM will never live down what they did to Biden. Or to Hilary for that matter. How and why they are so gung ho for the orange menace I don’t understand. Billionaire owners? Chaos merchants? Drama kings and queens? Gossip guys? The whole model is broken.
This baby would like to grow up safe from guns. Same for her mom.
For Mother’s Day, let’s skip the flowers and cards and get an
#AssaultWeaponsBan
@RepBowman
— thank you for your support!
@lawler4ny
step up for New Yorkers!
@IAmSophiaNelson
Just imagine a woman standing up there speaking this way about men. It’s really a horrible way to view women, let alone to say this out loud at a celebration of academic achievement.
@jkbjournalist
Thank you for your work on bringing this case to light—years of reporting and not backing down. Journalism in the public interest & the interest of the victims. I hope this doesn’t end here—GMs crimes against these children were heinous but so many others also did crimes here.
@jackshafer
Boycotts make sense. Non violent protests of consumer goods by consumers who are not happy are effective ways of putting pressure. I haven't shopped at
@HobbyLobby
since the Supreme court case and I encourage everyone to
#BoycottFacebook
every Thurs until our privacy is restored
Thank you for sharing this. For my treatment 14 years ago, they paid the hospital $3,000 per injection. The doctor was paid $250 for a consult.
#HealthcareisBroken
Through my cancer diagnosis, I’ve seen the costs of the American healthcare system firsthand - and I’m lucky enough to have insurance. No American should have to forgo the treatment they need to fight cancer because of the cost.
@BMeiselas
Also Harris/Walz are team players—DJT is a dark force who only thinks of himself. His appointments will be sycophants or crooks (again) & his door will be open to bribes & political favors (again). Meanwhile Harris will inherit a team that’s deep & NOT criminal.
#HarrisWalz
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Posted my concession today on FB. Thank you everyone who supported this campaign and me along the way! It’s been an honor and a true joy to represent the District at the Board of Legislators. More work to come! Gratefully, RW
@jamisonfoser
I won’t read that but let’s guess. It’s about tone & appealing to the disaffected white male voter & how being strong but not too strong & left of center but not too left & why clothes hair & makeup send a signal that needs to be calibrated to feel approachable & not glamorous 💋
@BillKristol
They want a reason to build a jail complex at the border. Look how many inmates we have here! Not, let’s process these asylum claims quickly while people are held humanely. Their goal is that $750/day, endless suffering and endless profit. Thanks John Kelley.
#endprivateprisons
@funder
#EpsteinTrump
we need a full week and a half on this. Mothers and fathers need
to really look at what this man is capable of. With
#immunity
from
#SCOTUS
it can be a hideous future based on this criminal past.
@DavidZipper
It’s surprising that so much of our public policy is dictated by law-breakers. If speeding is against the law and technologies exist to limit speed and keep drivers safer, then the only reason not to require these is for those who choose to break the law.
@PeteButtigieg
@saribethrose
Their solutions are not solutions they are distractions.
Arming teachers ❌
Single entry ❌
Bulletproof glass ❌
Instead, what if we tried what works?
@grescoe
Time to protect Peace & Quiet. Noise pollution is harmful to health, disrupts sleep and diminishes our quality of life. I advocated for $125k in the County budget for a Noise Camera Study.
#QuietNights
@stuartpstevens
Voters choosing a Presidential candidate are not folks picking a cereal. This is 🤪. We had a vote—we have a ticket. When the rules are changed we can hold a mini-pretzel, firecracker, pass the bagel. Right now, polls/pundits/donors/electeds (ahem
@AdamSchiff
) can sit down
#biden
@DrSamiSchalk
It would be great right now if the
@CDCgov
would issue masking and ventilation recommendations to protect students/workers/inmates from COVID where transmission is high
For monkey pox, Defense Production Act for vaccines plus transmission prevention guidelines asap!
#PublicHealth
I am old enough to be having terrible flashbacks to 1968. I was a naive teenager among those who marched against Lyndon Johnson over Vietnam. Johnson had given us civil rights law but was hounded from the ticket, a tragic character. The result: the Chicago convention disaster,
@SenWhitehouse
@rff
Thank you Senator for your attention to this issue.
#EndOilandGasSubsidies
Taxpayers are paying three times—once at the well, once at the pump and once to clean up
#ClimateEmergency
around the globe.
Let’s make it a level playing field and renewables will soar.
Capitalism 101!
@JamesMartinSJ
The way he speaks is dangerous and, as we see with Fauci, leads to threats and is not normal for a democratically-elected politician. One who opposes you is an opponent, not against God.
@onestpress
Exactly! Policies that the American people want and need—infrastructure, climate action, gun safety to name three. They’re allergic to actually covering policy—to them it’s all politics.
@ElieNYC
Truly we have to stop DJT from hoovering up all the attention. Do not post his content and do not act like his outrages will move anyone. The fainting couches for our side and the gleeful wall to wall coverage in the MSM is ***what he wants***
Don’t fall for it.
Wall to Wall KH
My mom was Irish-American. She made delicious Irish soda bread, loved to knit & fiercely defended her family. Miss her every day!
We can’t say “Kiss me I’m Irish” in COVID, but we can say we ❤️ those here and gone who hail from that beautiful land. ☘️
@jbillinson
...This country is so big I find it stunning that it is ALL my country and yours too. Strange food, different landscapes, accents, languages, we are ALL home here and saying this is only meant to stir racial and ethnic animosity....
@RachelBitecofer
I’m old enough to remember how they went furiously after
@PressSec
Karine Jean-Pierre like they wanted ANSWERS now and they wouldn’t take her answer for an answer!!!
Todays press carnival event was
😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫five dizzies for spin
@SethAbramson
We have to work to save democracy. It’s not a apectator sport. Register a voter, talk about
#Project2025
at the neighborhood BBQ, call a friend in WI, OH, PA, FL, MI, donate.
Tonight we award our highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to 3 legislators who are departing at the end of this term. Their outstanding service has made their districts & Westchester a better place. First to be honored is Leg. Ruth Walter Thanks Ruth for your service.
@djrothkopf
The business model of media has changed rapidly during DJT. Their reaction to his hostility & baiting “fake news” is to abandon objectivity & their duty to uphold the truth. Fascists dismantle the free press first so support for democracy should be seen as their own life support.
@stucam7771
In Scotland, friends come to your house for a visit without calling first. Tea and biscuits always on hand. It's like you're always ready for trick or treaters.
#marriedtoascot
#tidyhouse
#popover
@joncoopertweets
Anyone else have a sick feeling in their stomach? To think our intelligence agencies—sometimes decades of work—exposed or even threatened to be exposed for political or financial gain. It’s so un-American.
5 million fish are killed every minute by fishing industry
Super trawlers are devouring the ocean of marine life
These ships can catch, process and store hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish
This is not sustainable
Make it stop
Ban super trawlers now
@MelW16628227
@daveweigel
@mcimaps
@vwang3
@Biaggi4NY
They did it for the power and for the lulus (extra money). Fine but then don't say you're a Democrat and win in very Democratic areas. I'm glad 6 went down. Now we'll see if we can flip our Senate and get some real work done. 😀😀😀
Powerful event! Moms will not tolerate weapons of war in our classrooms, grocery stores, nightclubs or houses of worship. It's past time for an
#AssaultWeaponsBan
. Time to end this slaughter. Thank you
@JamaalBowmanNY
for being a leader in this. Time to step up
@lawler4ny
.
@MikeBloomberg
when I lived in NYC and sent you an email about my son's school, you called me back & talked to me! It was impressive. I pledge to prioritize constituent services when elected to the Westchester County Legislature. Please follow my race!
#vote2019
#ActOnClimate
@JoaquinCastrotx
@mijomojo1
As a cancer survivor from 2009, I lived the long year of treatment not knowing whether it would work. I’m so grateful to be here, to have great medical care & to support science, medicine & public policy so everyone can be cared for well. A big priority is prevention
@BCPPartners