Heather Curry

I've tried to approach this election unflinchingly & w/ clear eyes, but this is the absolute worst case scenario. We're in an epochal shift in American history of the worst sort, &, while it does not spell the absolute end of Amer liberal democracy, MAGA is a fatal illness. 1/

@TizzyEnt As an epidemiologist I like to use data and evidence behind my decision making. Just going to drop this here. The choice is obvious. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

A lot of people haven’t personally seen federal government officials. That’s absolutely true. I’ve also learned that often does not mean that the federal government isn’t there. Here’s some examples why:

I need @DanWuori to explain what’s going on with this. Why is tape so funny? Is it the surprising sound? facebook.com/share/r/FX24rG…

she said it’s pizza night I’m tired

On Wednesday night, at the Democratic National Convention, America was introduced to 17 year-old Gus Walz, the son of Gwen Walz and Gov. Tim Walz, who instantly became a national treasure due to an unexpectedly emotional moment of pride and joy for his father. (thread)

@MissSassbox Ask him if he’d get over being kicked in the balls every 3-4 weeks for the rest of his life.

I need a favor: Ladies, can you please describe what menstrual cramps feel like as descriptively as possible? I have time and I'm going to send this thread to a man who said to his gf and I quote: "you've been dealing with it all your life. big deal. get over it."

Someday some reporter will figure out how to explain to the American public how post-Covid inflation was a worldwide phenomenon caused by pent-up demand and that the Biden/Harris administration handled it better than every other country.

It was 1999. The previous year, Matthew Shepard, just 21, had been beaten, tortured, and left to die on a fence post in Laramie, Wyoming because he was openly-gay. (thread)

So there's a lot of misinformation flying around about both VP candidates and their military records. I'm going to try to break them down here for those of you not familiar with how military service works. (I am a Marine veteran myself)

Okay, let’s do this. I happened to be in the National Guard in 2005 and in Iraq for the first few months of that year. 🧵

Co-sign. Completely and entirely.

I normally don't talk about my religion, but after the Olympics, I feel that I must as a Catholic. 🧵

OK, I should be doing ... literally anything else (like work for which I am paid!), but I've got something on my mind and I have to flush it out. So: a 🧵 on "weird."

A quick explainer on the single most dangerous aspect of Project 2025.

Project 2025 shifts taxes from the wealthy to the middle class— a family of 4 earning $100K would suffer a $2,600 tax hike, while a family earning $5 million would get a $325,000 tax cut. cc: @Brendan_Duke

The US is right on the precipice of falling into bona fide fascism & *the vast majority of the voting public doesn't even know it*. That speaks to a deeply diseased information environment. Until Dems do something about that, all their self-flagellation will buy them nothing.

@whstancil This election is not a choice between two individuals, it's a choice between worldviews, between futures. Do we want to continue down the path to multiethnic democracy or do we want to impose a white patriarchal Christian autocracy?

I haven't written much about politics since the debate, mainly because I'm so overwhelmed by disgust & contempt toward this country's media & commentariat that it has rendered me inarticulate with rage. Twitter probably doesn't need more rage. I do just wanna make one point tho.

@drvolts I don’t understand the reticence to grappling with Trump. Are media folks afraid of “retribution” from MAGA/Trump or is it something else stifling that conversation in your opinion?

... they simply will not be allowed to turn the page & start fresh, because everyone's incentives remain the same. If they did that, elites, including media elites, would have no choice but to openly & frankly grapple with Trump & what he represents & they *don't want to*.