Good morning world! ☀️ Go to tinyurl.com/voteforau and vote for Rep. Michelle Au for the EMILY's list Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award TODAY ✨

How people respond to mass shootings, especially those involving children, is a Rorschach test. What do you see? What do you focus on? How do you respond? And while some details may change, there is one commonality to all mass shootings. The guns. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l…

.Dr. Michelle Au is the first Asian American woman elected to the Georgia Senate. She now represents the 50th state House District. As the only Democratic doctor in the state legislature, she is fighting Georgia’s six-week abortion ban & harmful legislation banning medication abortion.

Credit to Rachel Pinto for making this joke.

Thanks to all the #pleather girlies who joined me yesterday for our second pleather day! Not everyone made the group pic, but you were with us in spirit. 🥰 #gapol Senator Sonya Halpern Callan Wells Emma Hurt Teri Anulewicz Rep. Esther Panitch @KT_Sharp12 Emily Yona Rachel Pinto charlotte davis

Two goals for Sine Die: ✅ Meeting my mom’s and my personal hero, Dr. Michelle Au ✅ Watching SB 233 fail to pass in the House

Transgender Day of Visibility is particularly poignant in GA, where the GOP passed a law to render trans youth invisible by denying that they, with their families and doctors, can make their own medical choices. It’s hard now, but we see you. And we’ll continue to fight for you.

Please vote by 5 PM TODAY for my dear friend Rep. Michelle Au VOTE by 5 PM TODAY for our friend Representative Michelle Au for the Emily’s List Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award! VOTE: tinyurl.com/voteforau Thanks, appreciate you!! #gapol Dr. Michelle Au

Shout out to 19 seasons of Grey's Anatomy, truly prepared for this professional endeavor

To be clear: this isn’t just about voting differently than the party, or about having different opinions. That happens often. It’s fine. This is about floridly whipping votes in favor of a harmful bill we took a CAUCUS POSITION AGAINST. And losing. ajc.com/politics/polit…

🧵 Something I hear occasionally from voters is frustration that Democrats "don't do anything." "Instead of wasting time doing XYZ, why don't you work on bills that will actually go somewhere?" Let's talk about why and how that doesn't end up happening, even when we try. (1/8)

Meanwhile, 308 Republican sponsored bills (of which 150 were local) were passed in the House, at a success rate of 36.2% In other words, in the GOP-controlled legislature, Republican bills were > SEVEN TIMES MORE LIKELY to reach a floor vote than any Dem sponsored bill. (5/8)

Me: Visibility without protection is a trap. We will not find queer justice on the other side of efforts by corporations and capital to recuperate radical ideas into assimilation and gentrification Me two seconds later: HARI NEF IN GRETA GERWIG'S BARBIE

Plan to join me for a Post-Sine Die Town Hall in Johns Creek to discuss legislation, priorities, and #TeamAu’s off-season projects! Thursday, April 6th 6:30 - 8:00pm Maji Tea Bar, Johns Creek 5725 State Bridge Rd., Johns Creek, GA 30022 RSVP: secure.ngpvan.com/yyRiztQAykCN5d…

Issa Rae as President in Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie is it for me

"The problem our GOP colleagues chose to focus on is being shamed, being called out, and being made to feel uncomfortable in the face of their own moral fecklessness, and their choice to do nothing." The Georgia House Democrats press conference today in support of our colleagues in TN.

add to this the THRILL you get when you’re notified that your book is ready and then you go in and they have it waiting on the shelf for you with your NAME on it - pure luxury and joy

In describing prospective mifepristone risks, we need to also consider the less frequently invoked contrapositive: LEGAL ABORTION IS MARKEDLY SAFER THAN CHILDBIRTH. This seminal 2012 study found the risk of death associated w/ childbirth is ~14x HIGHER than that w/ abortion.

Teared up a little at this one 💝