If you can’t vote for Biden, I get it, but every single US House seat is up for election this year, so like. There’s other branches of government. There are progressives currently running in your area, and the quicker you jump into their campaign, the more they’ll listen to you. Please do not fall into the trap that the President is the only person who matters.
I haven't heard people talking about this much, but I feel like it's important for people to know. Especially since SB 63 essentially bans bail funds by not allowing organizations, charities, individuals, or groups to bail out more than three people per year and requiring them to register as bonding agencies.
This is a direct response to all the protests happening here in Atlanta. So far, spreading the word can help as well as donating to The Atlanta Solidarity Fund .
In the meantime, here's some phone numbers of politicians you can go bug.
Randy Robertson (Guy who's sponsoring the bill): +1-404-656-0045
to all americans: project 2025 is a plan created by an association of republicans for what they will do if they win office in the next presidential election. within 180 days of victory, they plan to turn the country around. they've written a book called mandate for leadership: the conservative promise detailing their plan. it is 900+ pages long. you can download a pdf online (i tried putting the link here but it won't work. just look up mandate for leadership pdf)
what they want: their republican president to do a deep clean of the government and, in essence, turn it into a conservative stronghold. they want to flood the government with republicans. (source) (source) what they will do with this power includes:
dismantle climate policy (source)
criminalize being lgbtq+ (source) (the entirety of promise #1 in the book is about this. you can read it)
nationwide abortion ban
basically getting rid of anything they don't like. see below
why this matters: a couple months ago, i would've thought they could never pull it off. but now, anti-lgbtq+ legislation has only been growing. and if you think you're safe in a blue state,
i know i KNOW it's not happening but if we got a shoot spinoff i'd not be normal about it. i can picture myself getting a 4AF tattoo on my forehead like the way people get ugly massive name tattoos cause they're high on love