Executive Director, LGBTQ Senior Housing. Opinions my own. #ThePryde she/hers
Hyde Park, Boston
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Gretchen Van Ness retweeted
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
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Laurence O’Donnell: “It’s not our fault, it’s the Founding Fathers… they decided on this thing called the Electoral College, which, interestingly enough, no other country in the world decided to copy.”
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🚨 This is not a drill––If you vote in one of these ten states, abortion rights are on your ballot!
NEW YORK *flip your ballot* and vote YES on Prop 1, Equal Protection of Law Amendment.
ARIZONA vote YES on Prop 139, Right to Abortion Initiative.
COLORADO vote YES on Amendment 79, Right to Abortion and Health Insurance Coverage Initiative.
FLORIDA vote YES on Amendment 4, Right to Abortion Initiative.
MISSOURI vote YES on Amendment 3, Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative.
MARYLAND vote YES on Question 1, Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment.
MONTANA vote YES on Constitutional Initiative 128, Right to Abortion Initiative.
NEBRASKA vote YES on Nebraska Initiative 439 Right to Abortion Initiative ** and vote NO on 434 (this second anti-abortion measure was drafted specifically to confuse voters!)
NEVADA vote YES on Question 6, Right to Abortion Initiative.
SOUTH DAKOTA vote YES on Constitutional Amendment G, Right to Abortion Initiative.
Much more on the details of each ballot initiative, what the opposition has been like, how the polling looks, and how you can help at the Link in my Bio
Gretchen Van Ness retweeted
This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced #VoteKamala
Gretchen Van Ness retweeted
“You gotta fight for what you love. You gotta fight for what you love.” ~Vice-President Kamala Harris
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Virginia voters: if you've been wrongly purged from the rolls you can re-register at the polls under same-day registration & still cast a ballot
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Do not obey in advance. Lesson 1, first page, of my pamphlet "On Tyranny"
ALT 1. Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.
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Gretchen Van Ness retweeted
It's Yes on 5, y'all.
The full minimum wage + tips. Here's a list of resources to get you there. 🧵
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As president, I will expand Medicare to cover home health care for seniors.
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The New York City Bar just put out a report explaining that Congress has the power to enact binding ethics rules for the Supreme Court.
It also called for the creation of an Office of the Inspector General for SCOTUS 👇
The City Bar has released an in-depth report on Congress's power to create an enforceable ethics code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices. 1/7 bit.ly/4dtaYXt
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🚨NEW: Georgia Judge Robert McBurney, who overturned the state’s abortion ban yesterday, has ruled that the Georgia Election Board must certify this November’s election results in a defeat for election-deniers.
RETWEET to thank Judge McBurney for standing up for democracy!
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Kamala Harris: We will stand with these communities for as long as it takes to make sure they are able to recover and rebuild. More than 3,300 personnel have been mobilized. We are deploying food, water, and generators. We are working to restore water and power. The President and I have told local leaders we will provide whatever help they need..
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Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988 and 1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13. statnews.com/2024/01/25/hpv-…
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North Carolina removes 747,000 from voter rolls, citing ineligibility trib.al/e6rCqcP
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Jesus. FYI, If you haven't voted in the last two elections, or if you moved from one NC city to another NC city, they've purged you. MAKE SURE YOU ARE REGISTERED!
North Carolina removes 747,000 from voter rolls, citing ineligibility trib.al/e6rCqcP
Gretchen Van Ness retweeted
Did you have a terrific birding trip to Iceland in May, but then lose your SD card with your 3,700 bird photos in Norfolk? I have it!
