Retired Social Worker, ex Field Organizer, ex Restaurant Manager, ex small town Journalist
Sep 27, 2020 • 13 tweets • 11 min read
@Shannon35631890@SteveScalise@realDonaldTrump In 2016, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas): “It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you
don’t do this in an election year.”
@Shannon35631890@SteveScalise@realDonaldTrump 2) 2018, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.): “If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump’s term, and the primary process has started, we’ll wait to the next election.”
2016, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.): “I don’t think we should be moving on a nominee in the last year of
Sep 14, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
US: Rollback of Nursing Home Protections hrw.org/news/2019/09/1…
My mother suffered from multi-infarct dementia. As her disease progressed, I could no longer care for her at home. When she entered the home she was able to walk and talk. In the span between Thanksgiving and Christmas she lost those abilities and never regained them.
