Husband, father, retired teacher, and convinced Catholic. Love my faith. Trying to live as a disciple of Jesus. Pro-life, fiscal realist, conservative.
If you advocate violence, but say you're pro-life, you're not.
If you advocate violence, but say you want choice, you don't.
Nobody's political or cultural team has a monopoly on extremists.
Stay calm and use the political system.
@greg_price11
Press Secretary Jean-Pierre probably should have stopped with, "I don't even know where to begin to answer that question...." What Americans get wire transfers from Chinese energy companies?
Donald Trump is unhinged. Reasonable people debate issues, but the trash he spills on social media points to a disordered mind. He has always been a narcissist, but now he is a confused, angry narcissist, and he's a danger. Trump should never hold power again.
I oppose Donald Trump for many reasons, not least of which is that he lacks the maturity and temperament for the job. He proves my contention every day.
Why would Trump surrogates lie about Ron DeSantis having an affair? They want to convince us that RDS is no better, no more honorable than Trump. They can't deny Trump's failings, because there's too much evidence. Instead, they must smear RDS. Team Trump lies constantly.
@ChristinaPushaw
@RNCResearch
In more than four decades as a science teacher, it would not have occurred to me to talk about my sex life or anyone else's.
@tedlieu
Your photo doesn't actually show a 9-week embryo. Were you unaware of that fact when you shared the photo, or are you purposely trying to deceive people?
Last night I was told I suffer from TDS. But IS IT deranged to oppose nominating the 77-year-old guy who lost in 2020 to awful Joe Biden, who's less popular now, who posts crazy (nutty!) comments on "Trump Social," and who will be convicted of many of 91 felony charges he faces?
Biden/Democrats knew that "loan forgiveness" was unconstitutional before promising it to student borrowers immediately before the 2022 midterm elections. Ian wants to reinvent SCOTUS and the judiciary as progressive tools and destroy the one part of government doing its job.
@Breaking911
That makes the additional $20-30K cost of the electric vehicles worth it. Being able to "light up" your house. When it loses power in a storm. Once every 10 years.
@NikkiFried
This was on the Florida government website. Seems relevant.
"Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the surplus for Fiscal Year 2021-22 is $21.8 billion โ the highest in state history and more than 21 percent above the state budget for the fiscal year."
I've made my opposition to Donald Trump more pointed in recent weeks. As a result, I've lost some longtime Twitter friends, which is unfortunate, but inevitable, I suppose. I would like to add another 1,000 friends. Please consider sharing my tweets and recommending my account.
@TRHLofficial
Governor DeSantis will also withhold billions of federal dollars from school districts and universities, including funding for subsidized school lunches, unless they bow to controversial, new Title IX rules on issues like transgender athletes.
No, wait, that's Joe Biden.
Why DeSantis?
DeSantis turned Florida Red in 2022 Re-election:
Men 64%
Women 53%
Black 13% (Black men 19%)
Latino 58% (Cuban 69%, Puerto Rican 56%)
Turned Miami-Dade red first time since 2002.
Turned Palm Beach County red first time since 1986
Largest Rep victory since 1868
Trump confidante Roger Stone, a dirty tricks artist since the Nixon era, referred to Casey DeSantis in the most disrespectful way. That's his "brand." He's operated that way for decades. People need to see that Trump surrounds himself with associates like Stone. That's his brand.
John Kelly served honorably in the U.S. Marines from his enlistment in the 1970s during the Vietnam War until he retired in 2016 as a four-star general. He was an effective Secretary of Homeland Security. Tragically, his son Robert was killed in action in Afghanistan.
Ben Shapiro documents the terrorist attacks in Israel using videos disseminated by Hamas itself. The videos beginning at ~15 minutes are so shocking that I've only been able to watch in small doses. These horrific attacks are why Israel must destroy Hamas. (Continued in replies.)
@ReaganBattalion
@ericswalwell
Chips are terrible for you, but chips is still the right answer.
I wonder if Swalwell has decided that being the subject of memes is the price you pay to rise from obscurity.
"Big Bleach" isn't going to bankrupt Americans. You can buy an 81-ounce bottle of bleach at Walmart for $3.94. Clorox's net operating margin for the trailing 12 months is 5.8%. It's OK. But Alphabet's net operating margin (TTM) is 23.8%. Apple's is 25.3%.
What gives, Mr. Reich?
Clorox has recently raised prices by 12%. But the company doesnโt have to worry about losing customers because they already control ~60% of the consumer bleach market.
This isnโt the โfreeโ market. Corporations are raising prices because they have the monopoly power to do so.
Nobody's political or cultural team has a monopoly on extremists.
If you advocate violence, but say you're pro-life, you're not.
If you advocate violence, but say you want choice, you don't.
Let's stay calm and use the political system.
@ABC
"As you leave West Point, you graduate, and in front of you is your future, stretching before you. Remember these past years in your memory and don't forget them. But remember what your future holds is held for you in front. Look forward, in front."
Words, indeed.
@DouglasKBlair
@AOC
Script for this evening's TikTok: "As the cold steel of the handcuffs bit into my wrists, agonizing pain passed in waves through my entire body..." ๐
DeSantis: No to CRT. No to teaching kids to hate their country.
Trump campaign: Ron DeSantis was sweating in Oklahoma.
DeSantis: Stop overspending. Reduce regulations that hamper American businesses and growth.
Trump campaign: DeSantis's wife's gloves didn't match her dress.
@nytimes
I appreciated CNN in the '80s and '90s, when the network had anchors like Bernard Shaw. More news, less politicking, and less hype. I hope Chris Licht is successful in moving the network in that direction.
The media and Ron DeSantis's political rivals are doing their worst to portray him as an awkward and evil person. That's definitely not what I see in this video. Instead, he cares about people and their challenges and relates well with them. He'll make a great president.
@senpizzo
Governor DeSantis did a stellar job managing the hurricane emergency and is up 8 points over your guy in the recent polls. He deserves praise, not derision.
All of us who spend (too much) time on Twitter see unfortunate, irresponsible posts. But I'm struck by claims from Trump supporters that online DeSantis voters are mean. Trump's online brand is the mean tweet! Cruel nicknames and personal attacks are his stock and trade.
Let's put aside the King David comparisons and accept that Donald Trump and his closest advisors and friends are hypocrites and untrustworthy proponents of family values: DJT evades the draft, but hugs a flag, multiple affairs, Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Jason Miller, etc. Ugh!
@ProfMJCleveland
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D), who might soon sign a state heartbeat bill, has a daughter who was born with spina bifida. He and his wife rejected advice to abort her. That daughter, Samantha, is now married and a school counselor.
Trump and Biden are too old, too unstable, and too divisive to be president. Neither man is up to the challenges that America faces, which include inflation, the economy, crime, and China. We have much better options among the Republican challengers.
@JonahDispatch
Right. What would we expect the outnumbered Capitol police officers to have done differently? Escalation would have led to more bloodshed and destruction of property. So letting the rioters enter shouldn't be construed as "inviting them in," and the courts won't buy it either.
@realjorgemendoz
@JesseKellyDC
Zygote is the term for the single-celled organism. Between two and eight weeks after fertilization it's called an embryo, then it's a fetus until birth. But it's fully human and alive at each stage from conception until birth.
@Booker4KY
Was that a stand-alone disaster relief bill? So many times both parties combine necessary legislation with partisan wishlists. THEN politicians run deceptive campaign ads, with half truths, like your tweet seems to be, which frustrates voters.
Robert Reich begrudges Clorox for earning a 5.8% net operating margin on its bleach sales. But Alphabet/Google and Apple have profit margins almost 5X wider. Why attack Clorox, but not the wealthy-donate-a-lot-of-money-to-liberals companies?
It's a mystery! ๐๐
"Big Bleach" isn't going to bankrupt Americans. You can buy an 81-ounce bottle of bleach at Walmart for $3.94. Clorox's net operating margin for the trailing 12 months is 5.8%. It's OK. But Alphabet's net operating margin (TTM) is 23.8%. Apple's is 25.3%.
What gives, Mr. Reich?
When Maxine Waters became chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, she summoned the heads of major banks (Jamie Dimon, et al) to lecture and humiliate them. After another hearing, she blew kisses at SBF. She's always near at top of my list of irresponsible politicians.
@brithume
Thanks. People need to talk about the climate without the hyperbole on both sides, as there are legitimate concerns. There's a lot of the hair-on-fire we're-all-going-to-die stuff taught in the schools.
@NikkiFried
No, Florida is firmly in the Republican column, despite your big win in Jacksonville. Congratulations, that was a quality win, but the overall trend is against you.
@GeneChurch1776
Iowans are used to presidential hopefuls visiting their state--a photo-op here, a press conference there. They rarely have see anyone devote time and effort like Ron DeSantis, plus he listens to their concerns.
@GeorgeWept
@MarkHamill
Thank you for opening your heart and home to a child! My priest and his brother were adopted. He used last week's homily to express his gratitude and promote adoption.
In 2016 Trumpย said he would eliminate the national debt (about $19 trillion) within 8 years. Instead, he increased debt by almost $8 trillion (about $3 trillion due to COVID). He was a BIG SPENDER. He will NOT pay off the debt. He makes promises he has no intention of keeping.
Donald Trump recycles his 2016 promise to eliminate the national debt:
โWeโre going to pay it off. Weโre going to get it done fast, too.โ
Trump was president for 4 years and added $7.8 trillion to the national debt โ $3 trillion of which came before COVID.
@redusa21
Has any doctor told any pregnant woman that he was concerned that SHE had two hearts? The pro-abortion argument that the baby is part of the mother is ridiculous, and everyone knows it.
@wil_da_beast630
I share your opinion that the 2020 riots and J6 attack on the Capitol were both horrendous events. My question, is the $2 billion figure you mention based on insurance losses alone? A case can be made that the actual cost of the riots were much greater.
The only ones having a meltdown would be the folks wearing those winter coats in Pennsylvania in July! But that video was actually taken in 2020. Why would Mr. Downs post an inaccurate video about today's rally? ๐ค
YES to Ron DeSantis, even as I say no to Joe Biden and Donald Trump! DeSantis is intelligent, competent, energetic, conservative, of good character, and he has an outstanding record of achievement in Florida.
I've made my opposition to Donald Trump more pointed in recent weeks. As a result, I've lost some longtime Twitter friends, which is unfortunate, but inevitable, I suppose. I would like to add another 1,000 friends. Please consider sharing my tweets and recommending my account.
Ronald Reagan won 525 electoral votes in his landslide victory over Walter Mondale in 1984. Mondale only won his home state of MN and DC, and he only won MN by a 0.18% margin. Donald Trump claims he beat Joe Biden in 2020 by a landslide, yet Biden occupies the White House.
Let's clean up our Republican conversations by refraining from name-calling and personal attacks, avoiding hurtful memes, and telling the truth. Our main focus should be on winning back the WH in 2024.
The Trump Team excels at identifying major differences between the candidates. Today we learned that Ron DeSantis wears distressed jeans and Donald Trump apparently does not. Big. Definitely big.
@JoshPower80
It's worse than it looks when you consider that Clive is suburban Des Moines, tucked between Urbandale and West Des Moines. If Trump can't draw an audience in Iowa's largest metro area, he's toast. Claims about support at the state fair and Iowa-Iowa State football were lies.
I'm streamlining the list of people whom I follow to mostly you folks who kindly follow me. Your tweets were getting drowned out by bigger accounts, I think. I also will eliminate news accounts that rarely tweet. Thanks to everyone who follows me!
Trump makes hateful comments about many (most?) former advisors, Cabinet secretaries, other administration associates. He criticizes excellent GOP leaders, like DeSantis, Kemp, Youngkin, Reynolds, and Haley. If (we) Republicans nominate him, the Dems will crush the GOP in 2024.
Fifty years since Roe v. Wade (1973) and politicians are still hiding behind euphemisms to promote abortion. No one opposes women making moral medical choices, but abortion is not moral. Elective abortions kill innocent human beings whose lives began at conception.
@SwipeWright
Has anyone drawn any comparisons between that sort of behavior and factitious disorder imposed on another? I don't want to overstate it, but there seem to be similarities.
@ChristinaPushaw
Trump should participate in the next GOP debate in Miami on November 8th. That could be his chance to correct the very, very, very bad things people are saying about him.
@sullydish
@bethanyshondark
According to the CDC, monkeypox can spread through direct contact (not just sexual contact), respiratory secretions, and indirect contact via objects carrying the virus. So, not strictly an STD, not a "gay disease," but one we need to take seriously and be open about.
@DeSantisWarRoom
@ChristinaPushaw
When I refused to join the NEA 40 years ago, it was tough to find affordable insurance and other benefits I needed as a teacher. But that has changed as many other options are available today. Governor DeSantis is helping teachers choose the options that best suit their needs.
Ron DeSantis has risen far above everyone else in the 2024 race. Biden and Trump are unfit for office. The Democratic Party has landed on the extreme left. Other GOP candidates can't match DeSantis's conservative credentials, experience, and leadership skills. Let's elect him!
Nothing offends me abt Biden more than his enthusiasm for abortion. Not shrewd, like Bill Clinton, with the "safe, legal, and rare" formula, Biden sees abortion as the key to retain power, and neither faith, nor conscience, nor the unborn can restrain him.
The photo of children allegedly killed by Israel were actually Syrian victims of a gas attack by their own government. The white phosphorus smokescreen munitions were not weaponized phosphorus as claimed by Hamas. AOC, Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, and others have made false claims.
@MattWalshBlog
Omaha was devastated by Ben Shapiro's presence at Creighton University in 2018. Words were said. Thoughts were fired. Twelve protesters! ๐ฒ
Trump was hit with false Russian collusion claims before even taking office and he fought them for four years. Certain leaders from the Clinton campaign, Obama Administration, and FBI should be prosecuted. That doesn't make DJT the best choice for 2024, but he deserves justice.
@RepValDemings
Why are colleges so expensive? The more money governments throw at colleges, the more they overbuild, the more administrators they hire, and the more nonsense courses/majors they promote. Adding to the taxpayer's burden with "loan forgiveness" just makes the problem worse.
Either I'm opinionated or I have a big mouth: Accounts vary. At any rate, I've lost a bunch of Twitter friends in recent days, probably bc I comment about controversial topics. THANK YOU, FRIENDS, for staying with me. ๐
@45Jbama
The precautions taken for COVID--masks, hand washing, social distancing, etc.--reduced the spread of influenza. The same thing happened in Asia during the SARS epidemic in 2002-2003.
@ohmystass
Do you have details to confirm this story? CNN and other media reported about a woman in TX, Marlena Stell, who carried a dead fetus for two weeks, but she is alive. Her story was widely reported, but no article I read included interviews with her doctor or hospital officials.
@NancyAFrench
I like people, but as an introvert, lots of forced, artificial interactions wear me out. In big-group meetings, introverts search each other out, skate past icebreaker activities, and make small talk. Extroverts manage meetings for extroverts. ๐
@FrMatthewLC
The World Health Organization acknowledges that the Church operates ~30% of all health care services in the world, including in poverty-stricken areas without other resources. AND the Church ministers to our spiritual infirmities.
@KarlaforFlorida
Governor DeSantis has done an excellent job, and he will be re-elected next Tuesday. Time will tell whether he serves as president or not, but he would be a great choice.
Nothing offends me abt Biden more than his enthusiasm for abortion. Not shrewd, like Bill Clinton, with the "safe, legal, and rare" formula, Biden sees abortion as the key to retain power, and neither faith, nor conscience, nor the unborn can restrain him.
Guys, let's put octogenarian leaders in the rear view mirror. Neither Trump nor Biden is physically, mentally, or emotionally fit to serve another term.
I'm confident that Kamala Harris's oversight of the new national office of gun violence prevention will be every bit as successful in preventing gun crimes as her management of the border has prevented illegal immigration. ๐ซค
@PatriciaHeaton
Do I understand that surgeons performed a procedure on a nonliving, non-human clump of cells - pregnancy tissue - and the result was that sweet little boy? Weird. That doesn't fit the abortion narrative. ๐ค