I’m a white woman living in GOP-dominated MAGA Utah, where our progressive voices have been gerrymandered away, where Christian extremists bombard us w/constant hate, where we suffer the consequences of the Utah GOP & Senator Mike Lee.
I am proudly voting for Kamala Harris! 💙
@IGoBySteve
Yes! I was always pulled to the “check again” line. That is where they spotted my genetic back issue, not scoliosis.
As far as the teeth: chewing those tablets to see how well me brushed.
“No one ever saw this coming!” Because they were NOT looking.
1. He owned a gun.
2. His wife filed for divorce on 12/21/22
3. His MIL was in there to help with problems in the home.
4. He was about to lose his family, about to lose his “perceived” power.
Thank you to everyone who has been kind & encouraging. You are amazing & your support is everything! We are not alone. We can do this.
BTW, Utah is beautiful. I hope we can figure out a way to bridge, be more open hearted & inclusive, myself included. 💙🫶
#KamalaHarris
💙
I’m a white woman living in GOP-dominated MAGA Utah, where our progressive voices have been gerrymandered away, where Christian extremists bombard us w/constant hate, where we suffer the consequences of the Utah GOP & Senator Mike Lee.
I am proudly voting for Kamala Harris! 💙
@cmclymer
After helping our son, who had a 4.0 GPA, high ACT/SAT scores, Junior Class pres., captain of track & cross country, a Juvenile Justice Mentor, & NO ACCOMMODATIONS, apply to top tier universities & go through rejection after rejection, I also have zero sympathy.
#collegescam
I live in Utah & once again Utah’s discriminatory practices are reflected in rep
@Keraberk
’s hate-filled legislation, HB257, “sex designations for privacy,” legislation that passed the Utah house.
BTW, I’m a middle aged cis woman. When a female bathroom is full, I often use 1/
#Mormons
/maybe a thread 1/🧵: I live in a heavily LDS area. I think I also look super Mormon😂. When the Mormons finally realized we really were not going back to church, we were dead to them. The shunning is real. One might say, just move, or make new friends, or quit your
1/28 Why I do not trust Mormons (A LONG THREAD I HAVE WANTED TO WRITE FOR SOME TIME): I was raised LDS. Our sons were baptized. Years ago, and on my own, I researched the
#COJCOLDS
’ published materials.
Raised
#LDS
! In
#Cornwall
w/my family at a beautiful beach & all I can think about is the
#LDSAbuseExposed
story. It’s making my head spin. I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. It may be foolish to show my face & my name. Not hiding. I cannot think straight. So much to say!
Utah Senator Mike Lee, stop hiding behind your “personal” Based Mike Lee account! Your words are dangerous & have enabled people to cause harm.
DEMS are not violent!
DEMS don’t wet themselves over their 2nd amendment rights!
Take your OWN advice:
STEP. DOWN. NOW!
#utpol
Do you need to be heard, helped or hugged? Usually I need to be heard. Tonight I need to be hugged.
I can’t sleep. Dr. called hours ago. My bloodwork took a precipitously bad turn. I will be heading to the hospital in the morning. I could go now, but need to catch my breath. 1/
@AshleeDanceMoms
@benshapiro
You realize they have only counted a fraction of the mail-in votes in the battleground states. So no. The votes are not 99% in. And the counting was not allowed to start until today. You also realize we are living in a pandemic so there are substantially more mail-in votes.
I wish people would engage on policy instead of attacking people personally. I've heard it. You think I am Crazy (user name). I am from CA (I am not). I am a Karen (ask my kids 😂). That I don't deserve to live in Utah because I am not part of the dominate group (silly). VOTE 💙
America take note. Venezuela is what could happen here: a dictator takes over & his party never gives up power.
VOTE Blue down the ticket! Vote Blues as if your life depended on it. Because it does! 💙
1/🧵Still triggered! Saw this image on another post. Arrow is pointing to a man who was allegedly my former BYU bishop. It is my memory that he put me through the most shaming & brutal LDS repentance process, w/threats of church court & disfellowship, incl. a
At the infusion oncology center I am reminded that I have a chronic illness. I will need iron infusions w/frequency for the rest of my days. It’s hard to process this reality. I am also grateful. As the nurse & I discussed, “if I don’t receive these infusions, I will die.” 1/
The worst thing about travel is reading hate & falsehoods that my local Utah governor, Spencer Cox, retweeted. As a female, I could not imagine much worse than someone publicly questioning my sex organs, hormone levels or declaring I’m not a woman. This is not disagreeing better!
Patriarchy, a thread🧵 : when my sons were tweens, I returned to
#BYU
to finish my last semester of college. I won’t get into how BYU admissions told me I was just returning because I was a bored housewife or how I had to meet weekly w/an academic probation officer, or how 1/
So this happened: Today is my birthday! Our eldest son lives in NYC. He flew home! He & our other son completely surprised me. I had no idea! 🫶
I cannot overstate this enough: best gift ever! ❤️
I was sort of kidding the other day when I suggested Mike Lee was connected to Tim Ballard.
Then this “two-spaces after each period’ memo comes out.
These dudes really think they are more entitled & better than the rest of us. Mike Lee is dangerous. I hope Utah will see that!
Hi.
Today is my 🎂 birthday!
I have a fierce love/hate relationship w/this day.
I am sad when I feel forgotten. I also struggle w/the attention of being remembered. Does that make any sense?
My Twitter community seems to be a safe space to express these feelings. 🙏❤️
#travel
I did not watch the debate.
I am voting for Biden.
A presidency is not 1 person. It is an organization. Biden’s in-place team is good! Does anyone remember how long Trump took to put his cabinet together? I would take a Cryo Chamber Biden over lying, dictator, extremist Trump!
Ben always seems to have moments where he loses his temper. This was not just a one off. Ben has a history of abusive & erratic social encounters. He also has a history of doxxing, stalking, fixating & then blocking the same people he fixates on. *I speak from experience.
This is pretty funny 😂. I don't understand why people are getting mad at
@Manhattva
for this because we ALL have moments where we lose our temper when people push our buttons, and honesty these cyclists had it coming for harassing people, so give the man some grace and stop
This tweet should terrify everyone!
Senator Mike Lee is a Russian asset. Lee wants a dictatorship/theocracy.
Lee supports Trump. Lee believes Trump will appoint him to SCOTUS. Lee will say whatever he has to to make his SOCTUS appointment happen. Hello bots!
#utpol
#NATO
@alfranken
Just watching you on
@jimmykimmel
. Your wisdom & sensibility gives me hope & similarly makes me sad. Life is complicated that way.
So, from a former Minnesotan living in a Red State Dystopia, please know you are missed!
#WednesdayVibes
Utah, let me introduce you to your unifying senator. He is the one who promised NOT to vote for Trump bc he would never let anyone talk to his daughters the way Trump talks to women. Then MIKE did a 180 & not only voted for Trump, but helped foment the Jan 6 insurrection.
#utpol
A thread 🧵that may make Trump supporters cruel & what’s new? I’m in shock & have lost hope. As a constituent, here are my disorganized thoughts on Cox’s letter:
1. What happened to the separation of church & state?
2. I made a bad choice voting for Cox.
3. We are doomed.
/
Last Sunday I was feeling incredibly discouraged about our nation. After much prayer and searching about how to help heal our divides, I felt I needed to write former President Trump. I’m hopeful I can help in some small way.
UPDATE🧵: I hesitate to share the latest. Things aren’t great. I’m also in limbo & have been approved to take our next trip. The trip might be good b/c it will be at lower elevation. Simply put, there are several types of anemia. In my case, my bone marrow has stopped working. 1/
Utah Senator “Michael Lee” has made a mockery of our rule of law & has fundamentally altered our politics in un-American ways. As his constituent, I am unwilling to aid & abet in his sycophantic project to tear this country apart for his own desperate self serving purposes.
The day you learn on Facebook that your mother-in-law & sister-in-law were in town for husband’s aunts funeral a month ago & didn’t bother to contact their son/brother 😥🙍♀️(my husband). Keep in mind, they harass us about not visiting so we visit regularly & drove to see them 1/
@dooce
IN SHOCK (forgive me if my words aren't pretty. They are honest & filled with love):
A little known fact about me is that one time & for quite sometime Heather B. Armstrong was my best very friend. We went to college together & our friendship took off.
I am breathless/
in yourself. You are really bright.”
People, that was the 1st time in my college career that an academic had been so clear. She was also correct. Even though I had clawed my way back into college, I didn’t believe in myself. I was raised to think I needed a man. 6/
#exmo
#LDS
voice, I find myself asking my husband’s permission & he gives it because our LDS & Western culture enables this pattern. I am trying to see my worth. Even though I love my husband, I don’t need my husband to have value or to get myself back into college & graduate. I did that!
Good grief! I hope people see how ridiculous this comment is? As someone who has struggled w/dysregulated eating, I didn’t eat all those cinnamon rolls to offend God. Biology switches & I was also having a dysregulated stress response as a result of past trauma (
#CSA
).
#LDS
#exmo
“As you think celestial, you will find yourself avoiding anything that robs you of our agency. Any addiction, be it gaming, gambling, debt, drugs, alcohol, anger, pornography, sex, or even food, offends God. Why? Because your obsession becomes your god. You look to it, rather
My husband was conned out of 315,000$ from his Mormon boss. Yes. You read that correctly. And no, we are not fabulously wealthy. It hurt. The greatest gift a con artist has is their ability to get other notable people to vouch for them & bully those who try to expose them. The 1/
Governor Cox, your words are not only disgusting, they are cruel.
You mixed church & state, claiming God spared Trump. Yet somehow your same God let all those killed by gun violence die.
Please self reflect! Your letter to Trump is gross, offensive & hurtful.
I want to thank
@SenatorRomney
for his many years of public service. I wish him the very best of success in his future endeavors, and I know that his family will enjoy the opportunity to spend more time with him.
the men’s bathroom. Will I be asked to Show my ID when I use a men’s restroom? Probably not. Why? My guess is b/c this hate legislation is directed at the trans 🏳️⚧️ community. My sister’s child is non binary. My brother’s child is trans. Thank goodness they do not live in Utah. 2/
@jordanteuscher
Sir, I would hope our world would stop using abortion as a political platform. Unfortunately, I’m afraid that ship has sailed.
So until you have had a life saving D&C (abortion), I would urge you to step aside & educate yourself on women’s healthcare.
Sincerely, a Utah mom
1/🧵 Live tweeting (sort of) from the shit show, disorganized Utah GOP Caucus which is apparently more efficient than regular automate mail out ballots 1. We are at a middle school. 2. No one knew where we should go. 3. Several precincts are meeting at the school. 4. After
My Apple Watch has officially saved my life twice this summer.
THE STORY: At about 9pm, over & over like a needy toddler, my Apple Watch was like your resting heart rate is 157 beats per minute. It persistently notified me regarding my HIGH RESTING HEART RATE. I went to the 1/
Haight was not honorable!
“In the note, he called himself an ‘honorable good man’ & blamed his wife for their family troubles. ‘I would rather rot in hell than to put up with another day of this manipulation and control over me,’ Haight said in the note.”
@SenMikeLee
ON THIS DAY: I reaffirmed that Mike Lee needs to be voted out of office. As a result, I have committed to vote for
@EvanMcMullin
on November 8, 2022.
PS the only taxpayers the
#GOP
protects are the wealthy so they can save their rich donors billions of dollars in tax breaks.
I've been thinking about Beta Ben & his actions towards these bikers & his years of unkind online behavior. He often shares that he has an amazing life. Clearly he has $ (cyber truck). It's easy to find him on Instagram. It does seem like he has a wonderful life. SO WHY THE HATE?
BREAKING: Kamala Harris CLINCHES Democratic nomination.
It only took her about 31 hours — while raising $231 million.
This was like a political D-Day — we’ve never seen anything like this.
DEMOCRATS. IN. ARRAY. 🥥🌴🇺🇸💪
Conspiracy Theory: I think my MIL is dead & my sister & brother in law have put her in a freezer so they can continue to collect her professor pension & social security. It’s like a Weekend At Bernie’s situation or Faulkner’s, A Rose For Emily. Sure, this probably 1/🧵
I really want to publish my
#memoir
. I have been threatened w/legal action by 2 family members. Another family member asked me not to publish our secrets. Another said they are uncomfortable w/our truths made public. HELP! I don’t want to get sued. I want to tell my story.
#exmo
28/28 ...again. I love these boys. I am so sorry that my choices to fit in my LDS community caused them so much pain.
I wish it had been different. Then again, my sons are not tethered to a religion that dictates their morality & choice. What a gift! ❤️
It is clear they are not safe here.
I hope the
#Utah
Senate does not pass HB257. I am not hopeful because I also know where I live: Utah, a religiously conservative state that has gerrymandered away all the voices that differ from their own.
#LGBTQ
Utah Senator Mike Lee has unblocked me & has unblocked all of his constituents that he previously blocked.
I must be very special bc Mike asked me to lunch TODAY! We will meet w/Brad Wilcox to discuss immigration reform!
Does it get any better?
Well, yes, it does (did) 😅.
Saw this in the wild. It’s uglier close & seems even more impractical. It looks like a very large & cheap toy.
Questions: Why do people buy them? Why do people park them in the middle of Manhattan? I see these things all over Utah, where I live, & they seem equally impractical.
24/28 At the end of the day, THE SHUNNING BY THE LDS COMMUNITY IS REAL & (apparently taught).
Please know that
#EXMOS
, at least the bulk of us, are not bitter, angry or petty. We care about you! Even if we don’t believe how you believe, we want to be kind. We want to coexist!
The truth is not complicated, Mike!
Trump, the man you think will appoint you to the Supreme Court, promised to build a wall & have Mexico pay for it. He had the ability to secure the border, YET the uncomplicated truth is that your inept GOP couldn’t make that happen.
The truth is not complicated.
President Biden has the ability to secure our border. He chooses not to.
The “border deal” is failing because it is full of bad policies that will make the situation worse.
taking. I was at the end. I was presenting my stats final. I was terribly nervous. The female professor stopped me midway through & said, “take a breath & let this sink in: You are one of the few students I have taught who understands this problem & did it correctly. Believe 5/
Ok. Why aren’t we talking more about the direct-line-to-Nephi psychic? If I FB’d her correctly, I believe she & I share 3 mutual friends. I’m afraid to ask them. Who is she? How did she find
#Nephi
? How often does she call upon the Book of Mormon spirits for
#TimBallard
?
I went to our neighborhood block party recently, which really means a party organized & controlled by the local Mormon ward. It wasn’t terrible. The funny part was how former LDS general YW’s president Elaine Dalton approached me & kept saying she knows me. She does not know me.
I was just in a pool. I wouldn’t necessarily call what I did swimming. More, walking on my tip toes. The entire time & with dread, I kept thinking, “Satan controls the waters, especially on SUNDAY!” Was anyone else taught this fear-filled nonsense?
#exmo
7. The day the wife filed for divorce, there was a domestic relations injunction issued saying “both parties must not harass or intimidate each other…”
8. guns + possessive/jealous/ overly enmeshed husband
9. White male
Bullying legislators have to bully. They do this to make you think they are on your side when in fact Proposition D will take more power away from voters. Be informed. Don’t let your legislators manipulate you. Vote no on Prop D!
Colonoscopy Update:
1. Colon is good. 2 very tiny polyps & some diverticulitis.
Unfortunately, my doctors’ are concerned about my blood work. “You are taking iron & you are even more anemic,” one said. So tons of tests this week. I’m exhausted. THANK YOU for your LOVE & care❤️!
I just learned that John Dehlin is not a licensed therapist (lists all sorts of excuses) & allegedly has not passed his medical boards (vague posts).
HOW did I not know this?
WHY are people who have created spaces for GOOD often complicated?
My quasi-non-professional psychoanalysis of Utah’s
@SenMikeLee
(1/4): Mike Lee has spent his life living in the shadow of his dad, Rex. Rex was both the 10th president of BYU & the US solicitor general. Not only does Mike have daddy issues, he grew up privileged, white & LDS.
Really bad bloodwork today. I may no longer talk about it much. Chronic illness is stupid!
#Anemia
is difficult. My iron binding capacity is as low as it was when my PCP thought is was dying. This really sucks. None of this seems real. I’m also on a plane leaving town.
I have a confession to make. Every time Trump is BIG in the news, I peek at the FB page of my former YW’s Pres, Trump devotee & was top of an MLM pyramid scheme. Fraud sent her husband to jail. What they truly believe is GOD sent him to jail to convert sinners. Today’s post is🔥.
9/🧵receive an announcement. Why? It makes no sense. I am sensitive. So what! It also hurts to be shunned. Do better
#LDS
community. IRL as much as you pretend we
#exmos
are not here, or pretend to be cool w/us, we are here & how you treat us is anything but cool.
#exmo
#LDS
@SenMikeLee
@foxandfriends
Things that negatively affect Utah:
1. Mike Lee
-enabling the 1.6 US insurrection.
-stealing Utah land for his oil & gas friends.
-tax cuts for the rich.
-ignoring “the great salt lake drying up” issue.
UTAH, please vote Mike Lee out of office & vote for
@EvanMcMullin
11/8/22.
Of course Mormon MAGAs support rapist, Trump. They believe that either a woman (child) brought the sexual assault on herself, or that the man is somehow forgiven/called of God. I’m sure they will deny the testimony of these 2 twelve yo girls from the Epstein records. Shameful!
UTAH, get it together! IT IS THE GUNS & the gun owner parents who do not lock their guns up properly. In a very short amount of time 3 self-inflicted accidental gun shots & 2 deaths by children ages 3, 5 & 8!💔😭 (3 yo shot in foot).
#EndGunViolenceNow
#ItsTheGuns
My best friend’s son is going to die. He is an addict & his liver has failed. It could be tonight. It will be soon. During COVID my bff’s brother fell off a roof, was paralyzed from armpits down & died 2 years later. So much grief. How to process. Please hold her close. ❤️🫶🙏
If saving the planet will hurt poor Americans financially, here is a thought: tax the rich. Trickle down economics do not work. UTAH, wake up!
Your theocratic senator cares about his oil & gas donors. He DOES NOT CARE about saving the Great Salt Lake & what the impacts are.
The Biden Administration wants Americans to foot the $275 trillion bill to get to “net zero.”
Why won't
@SecGranholm
tell us what impact that will have on global temperatures?
I was raised to believe that being with a man defined my worth, not my brain or ability to solve a stats problem. I truly believed that patriarchy meant I
needed a man to give me permission & tell me who I was & who I needed to be. When I started to find my voice, 7/
#exmo
One of my Twitter friends shared a great article. Allegedly, after filming A24’s movie, Heretic, Hugh Grant decided to take a closer look at Mormonism. As a result, he is currently taking the discussions w/some (male 😂😉) missionaries. Wouldn’t it be insane if he got baptized?
5/PS I hate the 2016 election for how it severed a families abilities to respectfully see through differences.
PSS I hate 1.6.21 for showing us how severed things really are.
PSS add in religious fanatics & the extreme right: they are the cancer on our families. Vote BLUE! 💙
Today started w/zyrtec & Tylenol. Then an IV steroid to prevent a reaction. Waited 30 minutes to see if I react. Then baby dose of iron. Wait 30 minutes to see if I react. Then super dose of iron 3 hours. Then wait 30 min to see if I react. Repeat next time. ❤️🙏
#anemia
@BradWilsonUT
While Brad Wilson harmfully stirs the pot, will someone remind him that Easter is on a different date every year? Easter 2025 is on April 20. 4/20😉 is also the anniversary of Columbine 😭 & Hitler’s birthday😳.
In contrast, 🏳️⚧️ Trans Day of visibility will always March 31.
#COJCOLDS
/
#LDS
prophesy/doctrinal question: Were you told that you would know it was the beginning of the 2nd Coming/end-times if there was a year w/o rainbows? I was told that to the point that I feel extreme relief every time I see a 🌈 — (still).
#exmo
#Mormon
#CrazyTheories
#WeirdMormonStories
, the prepper version, a 🧵-w/ her permission, I offer you a text exchange between my TBM sister & I:
Years ago my sister & her husband bought my parents home. My BIL died last year & my sister is now moving. While cleaning out her garage, she texted me. 1/
So it’s not about bathrooms… she wanted to define a man and woman while creating bans and segregation … Kera your policy sucks, the fact you could run and muddy this up shows the type of cruel human you are.
#theutahway
#disagreebetter
@KeraBirk
Regarding Mayorkas
Mike Lee as he waves his finger: “If this is not an impeachable crime, well then what is?”
Us: Really? 🤦♀️
Here are just a few impeachable offenses:
1. Inciting an insurrection (something you helped do)
2. Obstruction of Congress
3. Abuse of power
Hey Captain Constitution! No one will remember this day. What they will remember is you & your exhaustive obstructionist behavior. They will remember that Trump told you not to sign the bipartisan border deal (Feb. 2024). So you & your GOP fell in line & tanked the border deal.
Today, Senate Democrats refused to do their constitutional duty.
They let Mayorkas off for destroying our border, with no trial, throwing out over two centuries of precedent—and creating a new one.
We will remember this, next time Democrats want to remove someone from office.