Hillary was busily tweeting today on a variety of issues. Her tweets are shaping up to be a mini-course on U.S. electoral politics.
This is an attack on the humanity of transgender people and it cannot stand. Let's send a clear message that we won't sit back and allow this type of discrimination in two weeks at the ballot box. https://t.co/grIA0sIqN7
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
Alabama, California, South Dakota: Your deadline to register to vote is today. Time to check your voter registration and get your friends and family to do the same. https://t.co/tTgeqxNqYm
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
A reality of a Supreme Court with a right-wing majority is that the states are a new important front in protecting civil rights—especially the rights of the most vulnerable among us.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
State legislatures with Democratic majorities can help preserve access to the ballot for people of color, reproductive freedoms for women, the rights of LGBTQ people, protections for immigrants, Medicaid expansions, and more.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
Winning back state legislatures is also important in this last election before the 2020 Census. State legislatures redraw congressional districts every 10 years based on those numbers, and Democratic legislative majorities can shut down gerrymandering that disenfranchises voters.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
State legislature races are also a great way to make an impact as an activist. The budgets and walk lists are smaller than those of congressional races, so you can move the needle with a few volunteer hours or donations.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
There are many organizations doing great work in the states, but I'd like to highlight three in particular—including two @OnwardTogether partners, @Sister_District and @Flippable_org:
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
.@Sister_District makes it easy for anyone, anywhere to get involved in a state legislature race. And as their volunteers can tell you, it's fun. Join them in these last two weeks before the election: pic.twitter.com/U7eyCM7WOl
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
.@Flippable_org is supporting more than 130 candidates in strategic states to flip legislative chambers, build progressive majorities, and restore democracy. Read their plan for your state, then pitch in and volunteer: https://t.co/5kg40hubRl
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
.@TheDLCC recruits, trains, and supports local Democrats running for state legislative office. They provide candidates with field support, data, and other resources. (They also have a great new podcast.) Listen and pitch in to support their mission: https://t.co/c5sMYlBkWD
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
Whatever you choose to do, do something. With only two weeks before the election, we don't have a moment to lose.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 22, 2018
Still4Hill 
When Donald Trump issues obvious calls to his supporters to commit acts of violence against his political opponents that is called stochastic terrorism. Any violence that occurs cannot be laid directly at Trump’s door. However, it is never noted that much of our political media is complicit in Trump’s stochastic terrorism with regard to the Clintons. The continuing demonization and dehumanizing of them by media outlets perpetrates the notion that they deserve to be the targets of violence. For example, I understand that last night on CNN, Anderson Cooper “teased” a panel on Hillary’s Florida visit yesterday by asking, “Do people in Florida actually want her there?” Putting aside the fact that she was invited by actual candidates, as a citizen, HRC has a perfect right to travel freely as she chooses. Nothing is more outrageous than the suggestion that she is so uniquely evil that her movements should be monitored and curtailed. And it plays into the right wing framing that violence against her would be justified, and even desirable. What is happening in this country right now is horrific. But none of it would be possible without the media aiding and abetting all of it.
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See my next post. Watching CNN now wherein David Gregory, who has lately been cutting Trump the most obsequious slack, is suddenly enraged that statements from the WH did not include the device sent to CNN.
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May these so-called journalists rot! It infuriates me that they bear so much responsibility for what could be the end of democracy but refuse to acknowledge it, much less change their evil ways. I detest most of them these days.
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