Mark Vossler, MD ☮️👨‍⚕️🌎🏳️‍🌈

@VinGuptaMD @bluesky Glad to see you @bluesky I’m finding that forum much more civil for discussing health, climate, & energy policy than this one

@AshaRangappa_ @WalshFreedom Not sure this one was free & fair. Since every MAGA accusation is a confession

@slayer_agolf There is no part of me saying this. I have a transgender son with a target on his back, two young daughters with their reproductive rights in jeopardy, and decades as a peace & climate activist under my belt. I see nothing that we can afford to just ride it out on

Be honest. Is there part of you that just wants to sit back and watch the shit show that's about to happen over the next 4 years so we can tell these dumb fucks who voted for him, we told you so?

@Pyth_of_Samos @TomMoyerUT @maggiemerch You are correct. I think the Democrats messaging around solutions for the housing crisis fell short of their policy proposals, which while far better than the nothing from the Trumpists, are still inadequate

@vosslerm1 @TomMoyerUT @maggiemerch It is more than just overall inflation. We have real challenges in getting young people on their feet where they can be buying homes and starting families. Even a good job may not be enough. My take is that suburban single-family homes with cars and commutes is too costly.

It’s the inflation.

@WalshFreedom Do you smell like tequila & fish tacos?

The woman seated next to me on this airplane smells like cigarettes and Cheeze Its. Gonna be a long flight.

@darren_l_clark @RutileBlue1 @StatisticUrban BTW I’m in Mazama at the moment so I might have some on the ground intel

@darren_l_clark @RutileBlue1 @StatisticUrban Chelan & Winthrop are not “red”. Lots of Eastern WA is but the two places you mentioned are clearly not

Gonna be real honest with you - other than NYC and some of the national parks in WA/CA/CO, the best parts of America to vacation are in the red states. Montana, Wyoming, and Utah in particular are beautiful.

@daniel_271828 @StatisticUrban Exactly!!!

@StatisticUrban Hawaii?

@StatisticUrban And the best damn National Parks are in WA & CA

@StatisticUrban You have obviously never been to Vermont

@shannonrwatts That’s not it bro

I just listened to a podcast in which a male pundit said the lesson Democrats should take away from losing the presidency is to never run a woman at the top of the ticket again. Unbelievable.

@TomMoyerUT EV uptake grew 2017-2020. I suspect heat pumps, solar farms etc will grow in the next 4 years despite the demented idiot in the White House, because people want them

I mean … this is what’s going to happen regardless of who is president.

@LandonLybbert @jwhittenbergK5 Nice statement based on absolutely no evidence

@jwhittenbergK5 Well, when you have corrupt universal mail in elections anything is possible…

Washington state is one of only two states that didn't shift red this week. #Election2024

@Gigi_Tx6 @jwhittenbergK5 They didn’t. They stayed because we are creating good paying jobs. Our challenge in WA is creating the affordable housing for folks who want to live here

@jwhittenbergK5 A lot of people from Washington state have moved to Texas because of crime and antifa!

@jwhittenbergK5 It’s because Washington basically works pretty well with the Democrats in charge & we have a growing tech based economy & a well educated workforce. The last four years have been good to us. I refuse to look down on folks in states that don’t have our combo of goodness

@zauriezim @rkerestes This isn’t going to be easy but we know that the only way we are getting anything done on climate over the next few years is getting Republicans & Democrats to agree on a solution & that is CCL’s lane

“Our long history of working respectfully across the aisle means we have earned a seat at the table with lawmakers in both parties. Even now, we are well positioned to make progress on evidence-based climate solutions…” - @rkerestes

@MGPforCongress Thank you!!!!

Thank you, Southwest Washington. Serving you in Congress is a profound honor and a gift I will never squander. I'm deeply grateful for this vote of confidence in the work I’ve done to set aside national politics and represent our community in Washington, D.C. I will continue to honestly reflect the independence of Southwest Washington in everything I do as our voice in D.C. Our heritage as fiercely independent, loyal fighters for our community is as clear to me as it was the day my family and I decided to ask for the privilege of working for our community. I am deeply humbled by the tens of thousands of supporters who stood alongside me in this campaign, the patriotism and diligence of my staff, and for my friends and family – especially Dean – who have extended truth and grace to me on this challenging road. Your confidence in my ability to do this work and do it well has carried me through many long plane rides. I wasn’t recruited to run for this position by any Respected Politicians – quite the opposite. Instead it has always been my friends and family who have held me to a high standard and been a compass to me. I’m so grateful for the moral bulwark and pragmatism of Southwest Washingtonians who stand with me in refusing corporate PAC money, funding our campaign with their hard-earned money. Thank you all for having my back even when we may disagree on the specifics -- it means the world to me. Some far-away pundits and prognosticators swore I would lose this re-election campaign from the moment I took office. They dismissed our victory in 2022 as a fluke or an accident, and scoffed at the possibility that someone from the trades, the mom of a toddler, who didn’t have elected experience could effectively fight for her community in Congress, much less win re-election after being targeted as the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent in the country. But like two years ago, pundits made a fundamental mistake by viewing this race through a partisan lens. Our community has never seen ourselves this way, and it’s not how we evaluate who merits our vote for Congress. We want representatives who know and love our land, woods, and rivers on an intimate level, scotch broom and all. We want real work, real accountability and honesty about where our assets and vulnerabilities hold fast. This community was built by loggers with two-man misery whips, from trees too big to be felled alone. Today, the work in front of us is how we pass forward that gift, that spirit of cooperation to the next generation, to the kids I see in my son’s preschool class in Skamania County. It's almost laughable to me that national pundits could understand the gift and the depth of independence our heritage endows us with.

@LisaPatelMD 💯!!!