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geeky-politics-46 · 17 days

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As if you needed another reason not to vote for Trump, here it is... all the stories here that you enjoy reading could be subject to new laws that could put your favorite writers in prison or at the very least subject to criminal action.

Project 2025 is by a conservative think tank & it is literally all the most dystopian ideas you can think. Like there are literally plans in it to suspend or get rid of parts of the US Constitution & The Bill of Rights. It is also what they are pushing to pass if Trump is elected in November. These are the plans they want to put in place and are already at work writing so Trump can rubber stamp.

There have been many articles about other horrifying parts of Project 2025, but a new revelation that strikes close to home as a smut writer is their plan to redefine & criminalize pornography. Including artwork that depicts nudity (think Michaelangelo's David) and books that depict sexual physical contact. That would put many of us on this site & others like AO3 at risk.

This is just the tip of the iceberg & there are plenty more heinous & inhumane things in Project 2025, including making homosexuality and being transgender illegal & providing gender affirming support punishable by incarceration. The people behind Project 2025 & The Heritage Foundation are telling you exactly what they plan to do. Believe them.

If you care about the people on this site and their work, please take them into consideration in Nov. Is Joe Biden my favorite person? No. Do I think some of his policies are wrong? Yes. Will I still be voting for him in November? Absolutely, because democracy is literally on the line this fall.

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pagansphinx · 3 months

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A sign spotted and photographed by me at the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. Today is the 7th anniversary of the march. Since then, we've seen the irretrievable loss of the 14th amendment, which was stolen from us by a Supreme Court with three far-right, radical judges appointed by this moron. If he wins the presidency, we will see our nation go the way of Poland, before Tusk won the election. Despite new centrist leadership, what's being seen there is a struggle to repair democracy after the hatchet job it suffered at the hands of the nationalists. In other words, if Trump wins the presidential race, he will dismantle and rearrange branches of government to suit his need for loyalists and to claim more power for himself. Even if we elect a Democrat after Trump, it will be extremely difficult to undo the damage. It will leave our democracy torn to shreds and pave the way for other extremists to take the reigns.

If you're old enough to vote, REGISTER. After that, VOTE. Please.

#artistic protest #women's march #never trump #protect democracy #register to vote #VOTE #vote democrat #vote blue #pagan sphinx art blog #creative signage

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tigergingicat · 2 months

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State of the Union address to Congress, 7th of March 2024:

I think that all of you progressives will find that Biden agrees with you. Get your Congress members to pass the legislation he suggests.

And read the whole thing.

#all politics is personal #vote dammit #gaza #voting rights #there is a difference #protect democracy #protect health care #tax the rich #sensible gun control #us politics #joe biden

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personal-blog243 · 9 months

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 2 years

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A federal judge has suspended partial enforcement of Florida's "Stop WOKE Act," a bill backed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts how companies and schools discuss race.

DeSantis signed the bill into law in April. It would limit race-based teachings in schools, and the way that private companies carry out mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings. Companies that have 15 employees or more could face civil lawsuits if they're accused of violating the law.

In his opinion, Chief US District Judge Mark Walker blocked the employer portion of the law, saying it violated free speech. He compared the law to Netflix's blockbuster science-fiction hit, "Stranger Things."

"In the popular television series Stranger Things, the 'upside down' describes a parallel dimension containing a distorted version of our world," Walker, a nominee of then-President Barack Obama, wrote in his opinion. "Recently, Florida has seemed like a First Amendment upside down."

"Normally, the First Amendment bars the state from burdening speech, while private actors may burden speech freely," Walker continued. "But in Florida, the First Amendment apparently bars private actors from burdening speech, while the state may burden speech freely."

The Governor's press office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. When DeSantis signed the bill into law he issued a statement likening the trainings and teachings to "indoctrination," saying, "no one should be instructed to feel as if they are not equal or shamed because of their race."

The law targeted what many Republicans call "critical race theory." Formally, critical race theory examines racism in US institutions stemming from slavery and the Jim Crow era. Democrats have argued it's mostly taught in law schools, and defenders of DEI trainings say they're necessary to prevent implicit bias, discrimination, and racism.

The term became more widely used after schools and businesses across the US began openly discussing and addressing topics of systemic racism following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

In the wake of the murder, several large corporations issued statements saying they were committed to fighting racism and supporting social justice.

But Republicans have used the term "critical race theory" as a shorthand for race-based discussions and trainings that they say are tied to Marxism.

The Florida law, formally known as House Bill 7, says that schools and businesses can't implement policies or teaching materials saying that members of a specific ethnic group are inherently racist or that they should feel guilty for actions committed by their predecessors. They also are barred from promoting the view that people are privileged or oppressed, or inherently racist or sexist, because of their race or national origin.

Plaintiffs in the case were Honeyfund.com, a Florida honeymoon registry technology company, Ben & Jerry's franchisee Primo Tampa, and workplace diversity consultancy Collective Concepts and its co-founder Chevara Orrin.

The plaintiffs said in their lawsuit that Florida's law infringed on workplace training programs regarding diversity and inclusion, as well as trainings to prevent harassment.

Honeyfund said in its lawsuit that private employers should be able to "engage in open and free exchange of information with employees to identify and begin to address discrimination and harm" at their workplaces.

Shalini Goel Agarwal, counsel at Protect Democracy, one of the legal firms representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement that the law would have chilled "a wide range of speech in the workplace."

"We look forward to proceeding to trial, winning, and seeing this law permanently overturned," Goel Agarwal said. "It is a direct attack on American free speech values as well as on free enterprise in Florida."

Several other organizations including the ACLU, the ACLU of Florida, and the Legal Defense Fund filed suit against Florida's law on Thursday.

DeSantis is up for reelection in November and many believe that he'll run for president in 2024. During his tenure the Governor has embraced controversial culture-war issues, including a law called the Parental Rights in Education Act.

Dubbed by critics as the "Don't Say Gay Bill," the legislation bans discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, particularly in kindergarten through third grade. Critics say the bill may extend further because it contains ambiguous language banning such instruction "in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate."

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thedepressedjuggalette · 13 days

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shattered-pieces · 1 month

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When I woke up this morning I didn't expect to see someone's ear get cut off and fed to him but here we are....

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were-my-demons-hide · 2 months

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The ongoing protests against facism in Germany are giving me hope.

#anti facism #antifaschistische aktion #germany #protect democracy

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lenbryant · 3 months

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O Michigan!

#politics #electoral college #voter suppression #gerrymandering #swing states #michigan #voting #vote #protect democracy #Youtube

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geekwriter · 1 year

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VOTE! It's not too late to vote in many areas of the United States. Your vote matters.

Unfortunately, our country is about to get even more dangerous and toxic. GOP is leading in general. Can't understand this considering all the easily available and verifiable facts of the GOP from these past few years (and more).

If you want the details for this election, check out this Google Docs spreadsheet updated every five minutes from Daily Kos as they have amazing coverage. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSxiMFpuerf4KkrWinH4an-lm4n1HtPXKJMfFRv_UOG8WE-PvzbP2J-kijf917LJmkpJtmXgjvWyz5-/pubhtml#

If that link doesn't work, go to their live coverage of the voting (below link) and click on the Guide "Live Cheat Sheet". https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/8/2134538/-Live-coverage-Election-night-2022

#vote 2022 #vote blue #protect democracy

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electronnie27 · 2 years

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Welcome to would-be Trumpite Britain; well on the way in the ‘government’s intentions.

#protest #protect democracy

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whatareyoureallyafraidof · 10 months

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Among other things...

#vote #vote blue #Democrat #Democrats #Democracy #women #women's rights #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SAGA #rights #voting #Social Security #Medicare #protect #protection #The Mad Sonneteer #Bud Koenemund

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sordidamok · 9 days

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#alaska #vote blue #vote democrat #vote biden #environmentalism #democracy #social democracy #environmental protection #vote blue 2024 #vote blue to save democracy #climate crisis #climate action #democrats #democratic socialism #democrats now socialism later #thanks joe #vote biden/harris #biden/harris 2024

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personal-blog243 · 2 months

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There is absolutely no sane world in which we should have to endure a Biden-Trump rematch 🙄

How did the worst candidates manage to do this well? Other than name recognition????

Seriously how did this happen other than the establishment of both parties trying to throw support to the candidates they thought were “safer” in the most out of touch way possible! Did they not poll people about which candidates they actually wanted? Because literally everyone I have spoken to across the political spectrum is not happy with either candidate? I wrote in a leftist candidate named Cornel West who was running as an independent in the primaries and I guess that’s as productive a vote as any at this point 🤷🏼‍♀️. It kind of feels like for the primaries the vote doesn’t even matter this time because they purposely set it up this way. It doesn’t seem very democratic does it?

I should clarify that voting in the general election is still important to at least hopefully get some progressive candidates in the house of representatives and in the senate. That could be vital to protecting ourselves from another coup.

Let’s also not forget that there were WOMEN candidates running in both major parties (Williamson-D, Haley-R) who were not neck deep in the grave that were passed over for older men.

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fumblingmusings · 2 months

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If you were to put countries on a sliding scale of 'most closely connected and tied to their people living amongst them having friends amongst them and actively seeking ways of engaging with them' versus 'existing purely in the work for government/military as required and the only meaningful relationships they have is with other countries'... where would you put certain nations?

Say France with his casual moving and advise giving ways (radio show or simply having conversations with people on the street), America and Canada with the semi-close but still distant YouTube channels and living in suburban areas or England and Japan with their minders/secretaries that they are close with but otherwise don't venture outside of a small circle and live in the countryside versus Spain who didn't even notice his people were having one of the worst internal conflicts in modern history during his civil war.

#this isn't a dig at toni mind you i'm still baffled by Hima's choice there #oh! or turkey protecting tourists by body slamming pick pockets... honestly there are golden interactions here and there #you can't say it's a democracy vs autocracy thing either I think #lithuania does not have a life outside of work versus poland who's a twitch streamer...#this sliding scale of i am of my people with my people to i am myself and just myself to i am just another civil servant don't talk to me #hetalia #op

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sher-ee · 1 month

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Women and the men that care for them must show up in droves this November.

Regardless of what is happening in other parts of the world, America and our body autonomy and our democracy must be kept safe.

Vote Blue.

#womens rights #abortion #body autonomy #save our democracy #democracy #do not vote republican #save our country #protect our rights #birth control #lgtbqia+

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