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California: in person/online/mail is Oct 22.
Register at election office & vote with provisional ballot.
The vote will be counted when registration is verified.
Colorado: by mail/online is Oct 29.
Register in person by Election Day.
Oct 7, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
On Nov 8, 2016, I was shocked, in disbelief, I cried all night, I cried for weeks on/off that America is sexist.
It made my anxiety escalate, made me depressed & insomniac.
What cheered me up was lookin forward to Nov 6, 2018.
Today sucks but we're 30 days closer to Nov 6.
VOTE!
What broke my heart 11/08/16 that America said, like today: we know dude sexually assaults women, we don't care about what happened to you.
Nov 8, 2016 & Today October 6, 2018 was an assault to #MeToo survivors.
As a survivor & mother of a little girl is a double punch to my gut.
Oct 4, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Sexual assault & harassment linked to long-term health problems for women:
High blood pressure
Depression
Insomnia
Anxiety
A few possible long-term health consequences face mid-life women who experienced sexual assault & harassment, according to a study. cnn.it/2Rkhqap
Not everyone is able, willing to identify what happened to them, but that doesn't prevent the body from having opinions about it & expressing them.
Women who reported prior sexual assault were 3 times more likely to experience depression.
Sep 22, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Aggravated Sexual/Abuse by Force/Threat of Force:
When person knowingly causes another person to engage in sexual act
Attempts to by using force against that person by threatening, placing that person in fear that person will be subjected to death, serious bodily injury, kidnap
Abusive Sexual Contact:
When no sexual penetration actually occurred but when the intentional touching of genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, buttocks of any person with intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person occurs
Sep 21, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The audacity of the "president"of the United States asking why Dr Christine Blasey Ford didn't contact FBI 35 yrs ago.
First of all it was not a federal crime for her to contact FBI.
Second of all she was 15.
I was groped at 7 yrs old, 30 yrs later still haven't told my parents.
A 12 yr old groped me under my skirt.
I froze.
Was paralyzed
Confused.
Scared.
My mom feet ahead of me, unaware of what was done to me at the school entrance, early in the morning.
I remember every detail of that day at 37 yrs old.
I thought I'd get in trouble.
It was traumatic.
Sep 21, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
$2M DND
$10M FEMA
$29M Coast Guard
$34M TSA
$33M ICE
$202M Total
$17M Head Start
$4M HIV
$17M CDC
$10M Medicare/Medicaid
$2.2M Maternal/Child Health
$6M Ryan White HIV/AIDS
$13.3M Ntl Cancer Institute
$87.3M Ntl Health Institute
$462M TOTAL taken from vital programs to cage kids
Source for the $260 Million taken from vital programs.
My brother's friend & his teacher were taken to the hospital.
I don't know more details.
Helicopters hovering & cops are all over the school.
1 suspect still remains at large.
Sep 19, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Titan of Kansas Republican politics shunning Kris Kobach, her party’s nominee for governor.
Nancy Kassebaum, Kansas 3 term senator, will support Democrat @SenatorKelly campaign.
Kassebaum joins former GOP Governor Bill Graves, who supports Kelly. #BlueWave kansascity.com/news/politics-…
“I’m a Republican, but that doesn’t mean you walk lock step always with the party.
It seems to me that Kobach has developed a record that shows focus on ways & how to accomplish his end goals that I think aren't the best for Kansas.”
—Kassebaum
Sep 16, 2018 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Doesn't matter if a sexual assault happened 30 yrs ago, 10 yrs ago, 10 months ago, 10 weeks ago, 10 days ago, 10 mins ago
Christine Blasey Ford #MeToo survival story was inflicted by Kavanaugh, her credibility is being scrutinized
That's why survivors don't speak up
I believe her
It was so painful to her...
She was so ashamed of it, which many assault survivors feel when it isn't their fault that some men are entitled pigs...
... she didn't speak of her sexual assault for decades.
What that tells me as a survivor myself, she repressed that memory.
Sep 16, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
11 yrs after outbreak of Mexican War of Independence, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signs Treaty of Córdoba, approves plan to make Mexico independent constitutional monarchy.
Early 19th century, Napoleon’s occupation of Spain led to outbreak of revolts across Spanish America.
Sep 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo launched Mexican War of Independence with his Grito de Dolores, “Cry of Dolores”.
Revolutionary tract called for end of Spanish rule in Mexico, redistribution of land, racial equality.
After initial success, Hidalgo was defeated, captured & beheaded.
Sep 15, 2018 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
If @realDonaldTrump didn't implement zero tolerance policy & had given refugees asylum, there wouldn't be thousands of traumatized parents & kids
"Suit says Government must provide mental healthcare, establish a treatment fund, pay damages to those harmed" theguardian.com/us-news/2018/s…
416 of children who haven't been reunited with their parents, even families who've been reunified are suffering from traumatic experience.
In effort to address this trauma, lawyers filed federal lawsuit arguing US government should provide mental healthcare to affected families.
Sep 13, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Google, what is the death toll on Hurricane Maria?
Answer: 2975
Please, remember facts when you vote on Nov 6, 2018.
These f*cktard & his f*ckaroos take no responsibility for their lack of leadership.
We'll #VoteThemAllOut & vote in responsible candidates.
💙☑
And before any troll jumps on my post telling me: "your source is wikipedia?"
There are official sources, reports, articles, videos that tell us the truth.
Those who have eyes can see.
Those with even half a brain can think for themselves.
So sick & tired of the lies, enough.
Sep 13, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
6 people dead in Bakersfield mass shooting.
Suspect went to trucking business with his wife to confront a man.
Suspect shot man, then shot his wife, then shot another man there.
He went to a residence, shot 2 people.
5 victims died.
He shot/killed himself. fresnobee.com/news/local/cri…
Suspect carjacked vehicle with a woman &bchild inside.
Mom & child managed to escape.
The 6th killing occurred when suspect shot himself on chest as deputies closed in to confront him at parking lot.
30 people witnessed shootings being interviewed by deputies.
Sep 12, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
"Miller’s actions at WH perpetrated negativity, violence, malice, brutality.
In particular, the zero-tolerance policy Miller helped craft is completely antithetical to everything I know about Judaism, Jewish law & Jewish values."
—Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-…
“From the Jewish perspective, the parent-child relationship is sacrosanct.
Disrupting it is cruel.
Miller, the policy you helped conceive, put into practice is cruel.”
—Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels
Sep 11, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Never forget, tomorrow is the Anniversary of Ted Cruz watchin Twitter porn as the country was paying respects to victims of 9/11.
The same guy who's anti sex toys & preaches about morality, faps to Twitter porn.
Nothing wrong with porn but his hypocrisy drives me b-a-n-a-n-a-s.
He wrote 76 page against dildos/sex toys takin hard stance against any right linked with obscene devices
“There's no substantive due-process right to stimulate one’s genitals for non-med purposes unrelated to procreation outside interpersonal relationship” nyp.st/1SgaVng
Sep 10, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Seeking to cement California's reputation as global leader combatting climate change @JerryBrownGov signed 2 measures to push state to 100% renewable electricity & carbon neutrality by 2045.
🌴I am a proud California girl🌴 nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c…
"Climate change is an existential threat
No matter what the naysayers may say, it is a real & present danger to California & to the people of the world."
Mia Love's campaign informed Federal Election Commission it will refund/redesignate less than half of what government says was over a million dollars improperly raised for primary that was never expected to happen
Love raised $1,153,624
additional $372,468 cnn.com/2018/09/10/pol…
Love raised $1,153,624 & designated that money for a primary, according to the letter from the FEC to Mia Love.
Even after she secured nomination at the convention, she raised an additional $372,468 specifically designated for primary that her campaign knew would not take place.
Sep 10, 2018 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
Suicidal thoughts like mental health conditions, can affect anyone regardless of age/gender/background.
Suicide is often result of untreated mental health condition.
Suicidal thoughts although common shouldn't be considered normal, often indicate more serious issues.
THREAD #WSPD
Each year 41000+ individuals die by suicide, leaving behind friends & family members to navigate tragedy of loss.
Friends & families affected by a suicide loss, called suicide loss survivors are left in the dark.
Often feelings of shame & stigma prevent them from talking openly.
Sep 9, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Not familiar with many sports
Played Tennis in High School cause it's 1 of the couple sports I'm good at, the other 1 is volleyball
Always admired Serena Williams, even if I don't watch Tennis, I see her as a role model for women of all ages
She'll always be an empowering icon
It breaks my heart to see that her career, her body of work is being dismissed because she lost her temper.
The double standards that we women face daily.
John McEnroe is notorious for losing his sh*t on the court quite frequently.
Did he get fined?
Was he labeled hysterical?
SMH
Sep 8, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
POS trash George Zimmerman made menacing threats to Beyoncé & Jay-Z during filming of “Rest in Power: Trayvon Martin Story”
In a series of texts, Zimmerman called Beyoncé a “broke whore” & promised she & Jay would “find themselves inside a 13 foot gator.” theblast.com/george-zimmerm…
Texts were sent when Zimmerman was contacted by Dennis Warren, private investigator who tracked down potential participants for series
Warren found himself on receiving end of hundreds of harassing texts/voicemails from Zimmerman, who killed 17 yr old Trayvon Martin in cold blood
Sep 8, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Democrats need 2 seats to flip the senate
They need 1 of the following scenarios to come true:
•Democrats need to win Republican held seats in Arizona & Nevada
•They need to hold on to all 26 of their currently held seats, including Indiana & Missouri cnn.com/2018/09/08/pol…
If Democrats lose 1 of their seats, they need to take Arizona, Nevada & Tennessee.
Democrats could sub in Texas for 1 of these 3 seats or carry all 4 & afford to lose 2 of their seats.
They can't afford to lose in West Virginia, where tRump won by more than 40 points in 2016.