Tweet

@RepMikeJohnson

@RepGusBilirakis

@RepTomEmmer

@RepClayHiggins

More from @RhutaBhayga2

Rhuta Bhayga

@RhutaBhayga2

14 Dec

Posted by a poll worker:
-----
It was only a small thing, but it was important to me.
I worked to help make sure that every vote, EVERY VOTE, was properly cast and counted. I trained for and worked the Voter Protection lines for ALL voters.

I answered questions and logged issues and looked up regulations and doubled checked registrations and ballot acceptance without prejudice for party affiliation.
I did the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons.

And now this President, along with 126 members of Congress, are saying that my work was a part of, and party to, a fraud. That I helped rig an election. That my work was dishonest and dishonorable. Along with all of my fellow Voter Protection workers,

Read 8 tweets

Rhuta Bhayga

@RhutaBhayga2

8 Nov

This great post is from #RebeccaSolnit, all her words, not mine:

"The middle ground is not halfway between Nazis and antiracists. The reasonable position is not a compromise between rapists and feminists, slaveowners and abolitionists, Natives and General Crook.

The truth is not midway between the liar and the truthteller. That has to be a factor in all those calls for reaching out and unity.

"The murderer and his intended victim don't have to agree on what's right.

The people who were harmed don't have to reach out to those who did the harming. The people who told the truth don't need to make liars feel better about themselves or what they said. Those who were targeted by this war don't have to do all the peacemaking.

Read 7 tweets

Rhuta Bhayga

@RhutaBhayga2

7 Nov

Thread on White House Transition process:

On March 4th 1801 the second president of the United States - John Adams - refused to hand over office to his main rival at the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson.

The rule of "midday January 20" had not yet been written.

Despite his stubbornness, THE OFFICE SIMPLY LEFT HIM!

Adams was the first president to reside at the new official residence

After Jefferson's swearing in - which the incumbent refused to attend - White House staff began removing Adam’s belongings from the WH.

All security organs ended all official communication.

All presidential staff stopped taking instructions from Adams – THE OFFICE MOVED.

Since then, all WH incumbents prepare early to leave in case they see signs of losing,

Read 11 tweets

Rhuta Bhayga

@RhutaBhayga2

30 Sep

From Bill Svelmoe, history prof. at Notre Dame.

A few thoughts on #AmyConeyBarrett

- She's a done deal. Dems shouldn't waste time attacking her character, or her religion, or on how she will vote on hypothetical cases.

The #PeopleofPraise isn't a cult. I've had half a dozen of their kids in my classes... these have been among the best students I've ever had. Extremely bright. Careful critical thinkers. Wonderful writers. I loved having them in class. So don't go after the People of Praise.

By all accounts Barrett walks on water. I've had that in a roundabout way from people I know at Notre Dame, including from folks as liberal as me, who actually look forward to seeing her on the court. I have no first hand knowledge of her, but take the above for what you will.

Read 27 tweets

Rhuta Bhayga

@RhutaBhayga2

27 Sep

It's disheartening to see the "Pro-life" response to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. It's very clear that the folks who think RBG was a vehement "baby killer" have never heard of the name Susan Struck.
#RBG #NotoriousRBG

In the 1960s & 1970s, before Roe vs Wade, abortion was not only legal on US military bases, it was actively ENCOURAGED and basically mandated. Yes, really.
#RBG #NotoriousRBG

Captain Susan Struck was a combat nurse in Vietnam. When she got pregnant in 1970, the Air Force starkly gave her two choices. Get an abortion or be discharged. Struck wanted to keep her baby. So she was kicked out of the service.

#RBG #NotoriousRBG

Read 8 tweets

Rhuta Bhayga

@RhutaBhayga2

13 Sep

While #Absentee/#VoteByMail is perfectly safe, it DOES
have a weak link: matching signatures. As our signature changes as we age, the one we have on record may no longer match the one you have now. So you must update it. PLEASE share.
usa.gov/change-voter-r…

Your current signature on file must match your signature on a mail ballot certificate envelope in order to count your ballot. This signature on file is also used to verify your signature on a candidate or initiative petition.
usa.gov/change-voter-r…

If your signature or identifying mark has changed, please update your signature using a Voter Registration Application, which be obtained at any public library, tax collector office or Supervisor of Elections Office.
usa.gov/change-voter-r…

Read 4 tweets

Share this page!

Rhuta Bhayga

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

More from @RhutaBhayga2

Rhuta Bhayga

Rhuta Bhayga

Rhuta Bhayga

Rhuta Bhayga

Rhuta Bhayga

Rhuta Bhayga

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Like this author's thread?