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cervinelich · 4 months

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U.S. Americans: Vote Locally. Do it.

There seems to be a common misconception that the presidential election is the most important one not just for the USA, but for the world - WRONG!

Let me be clear: You should vote in the Presidential election.

Historically, young people don't vote. Even though young voter turnout has increased drastically since Trump, local voting is still largely being determined by conservative older generations.

Importantly, you should be voting locally in part because this is the largest influence over who gets nominated in the Primary and how your opinion is vocalized on a national scale. Also:

voter restriction/suppression

climate change efforts/issues (such as pipelines getting built)

policing, law enforcement and mass incarceration

availability of affordable housing, public transport, disability relief

education - as in, whether or not PragerU gets taught in schools

If you are worried about "being selfish" for focusing smaller local issues instead of global ones (such as the current genocide), I understand. However, this is a more effective way to pressure the current President - local legislators have more voice than we do. This is also setting up a less racist, genocidal future for global politics because Presidential nominees are almost always picked from State level positions.

The Presidential election helps people to feel good/bad about an "immediate" measurable result from a single action. But the truth is that the Bidens of the US will keep being the only rival to "I want to be a dictator" Trumps if we don't start investing our votes from the ground up.

Here is a guide (mostly from this website https://tminstituteldf.org/local-elections/ ):

CITY GOVERNMENT

School Boards:

Have the power to set policy and budgets for local schools, such as whether or not you can protest without losing your job or getting expelled.

Sherrifs:

Generally speaking, Sherrifs are fucked up. It's too much for me to go into here. They have way too much unilateral power with no oversight at all.

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Prosecutors:

The largest contributor to mass incarceration

They set the terms on whether someone is charged with a misdemeanor or felony and being convicted of a felony will strip your right to vote in many states - some permanently.

City Council:

City Council approve things like city budgets and implement criminal and civil laws and regulations

Also the voice of their City at a State and Federal level. Generally, these are some of the people you should be shouting at to bring your voice higher up the food chain.

This includes the Mayor who often decides where budgets go (like schools or cops), and they also determine the level of enforcement of local laws.

County Board of Supervisors (County Commissioners):

Represent county issues in front of state and federal legislative bodies. Counties are also responsible for registering voters and administrating elections. i.e., another group of people who have a stronger voice against the elected Democrat when it comes to larger issues.

Planning and Zoning Commission:

Determines how and where affordable housing is zoned in your area. Has a huge effect on housing segregation.

Comptroller:

The City's accountant and budget manager - this is the person who audits the City Council and makes sure they aren't basically stealing money. They also approve city contracts such as those for affordable public transportation and shelters.

STATE GOVERNMENT

Judges:

This one is crucial. Your state judges act as the Supreme Court of your given state. The cases that they weigh on when it comes to state laws (such as abortion, medical autonomy, immigration, right to protest/free speech, etc.) these are binding and final.

Superintendent of Education:

This is the person who decides if PragerU gets to teach classes on why Zionism and Evangelical teachings are "ok and good, actually".

Secretary of State:

The person who certifies elections in your state - for the Presidency, but also for all of these other positions mentioned. It is so, so important that this person cannot be bought or pressured.

Attorney General:

Has influence over law enforcement agencies and represents the state in legal disputes - such as those where someone is disputing their rights are being infringed by the state. (abortion, medical autonomy, immigration, right to protest/free speech, etc.)

Governor:

Is basically the president of your state. They sign in laws, have veto power and oversee all of the other departments. They also can appoint Justices and State Senate seats if they are empty.

Not only does this person have a lot of state power, they also have a ton of influence over the broader federal climate and are one of the positions that fast-tracks to Presidency (see: Ron Desantis).

State Comptroller (or Controller):

Same as City Comptroller except extremely importantly they manage disaster relief/preparation funding - which is especially important amidst climate change.

Also oversee fraud investigations.

Public Service Commissioner:

Determines rates for things like energy, water, internet in your state.

Also deals with the gas and oil industry in your state, often being in charge of approval/rejection of the building of oil pipelines.

They can be appointed by the Governor.

State Senators:

Has just about the most authority in a state, with the ability to impeach Governors and deny someone the Governor tries to appoint

Another position that fast-tracks to Presidency

Draft and introduce/pass state laws and amend the state constitution

State House of Reps:

Can call for the removal of another legislator

Draft and introduce/pass state laws

All Right. I'm running out of steam on this post. Please, please, please, PLEASE register to vote *right now* and look over the website when you do to see if it can set up email alerts when an election is coming up.

Buy a calendar and mark voting days and stick it to your wall TODAY. Set aside an hour of your time, TODAY, to make a plan for voting.

Go to this website, enter your state. It will tell you exactly what to do. Register.

Lastly, if you don't like Biden and it makes you feel like shit to vote for him (understandably), then YOU NEED TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY.

#us politics #politics #voting #us voting #I am sure I missed some shit here but I am tired and I don't usually make long posts like this #this took HOURS ok #listen I get it if you don't like biden I really truly do he is complicit in a genocide I GET IT #but if you think that trump winning is going to send some kind of message buddy you're just plain wrong #I am not saying vote blue cause I think democrats are good or because I'm a floppy liberal or whatever #you can do more than one thing at a time and imo voting blue for president is the bare minimum WHILE you protest & do public outreach #long post #Youtube

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yourlocalabomination · 4 months

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The darkness will spare my soul.

#PLEASE LOOK AT THE RUFFLES #PLEASE APPRECHIATE HOW LONG I SPENT ON THEM #actually please apprechiate all of this because I spent like 3/4 weeks on this bad boy #this piece reminded me why I’m lazy with most of my art because when I actually do detail properly it takes forever #also- idk how to do lighting I’m learning rn do don’t try and deep it too hard ok #anyway I’m out here shoving religious symbolism into my artwork oh look how original #I think grace would be dismayed at the fact this took 6 9 hours- a holy number #grace chasity #grace chastity npmd #grace chastity fanart #npmd #npmd starkid #starkid npmd #npmd fanart #nerdy prudes must die #starkid nerdy prudes must die #nerdy prudes must die fanart #starkid #starkid fanart #fanart starkid #team starkid #starkid productions #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #hatchetfield universe #fanart #my art

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portpebble · 1 year

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Me opening my grade book: Grades?

Grade book: ONE MILLION ASSIGNMENCE. If NOT DONE IN TWENTY!!!!FOUR MINUTES YOU WILL DEATH,

Me: Mm I see (closes my eyes for the next seventy years as I imagine the beautiful wobbegong)

[Image IDs: three gifs of an Ornate Wobbegong swimming through the ocean, taken at different angles. The Wobbegong is a light brown shark with dark brown bands horizontal across it's body, and white spots covering it. It moves smoothly through the water, tail swishing behind it. End ID.]

#pebble ponderings #marine #wobbegong #sharks #ok to rb << just in case.#i took adderal for the first time yesterday and it kept me up all night i havent slept in 24 hours. this is the best post ive ever made.#em ids

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arcanegifs · 1 month

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PVRIS — "Oil and Water"

"If you give me your cold shoulders I'll bravе the storm and keep my arms wide open We're oil and water, it's true But I still fall into you"

#OK EVERYONE I MADE A MISTAKE IN THE LYRICS pls reblog this version instead skdjfksdfjs oops #caitlyn was singing this song in the shower i just know it LMAO girl rlly got the gay yearning song in this show shes down bad #caitvi #animationedit #arcaneedit #vi #wlwedit #arcane #arcane league of legends #league of legends arcane #caitlyn #caitlyn kiramman #netflixedit #piltover's finest #arcane lol #vi arcane #arcane vi #media: arcane #type: gif #s1 ep 5 #s1 ep6 #s1 ep7 #s1 ep8 #s1 ep9 #im always so ???? with typography lmao im not every good at it so i kept it super simple #also i get why they say the song was cut from the soundtrack i cant think of any scene where i can put this song into #also ugh this took me an hour and a half to make skkdjdjd for a simple edit LMAO i couldnt get inspired for the typography and just #scrapped everything all tgt lol

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some-internet-stranger · 1 year

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The champions!

#this took forEVER to make #ok ok it was like 4 hours #but still #love them so much ahh #WHY IS DARUK SO HARD TO DRAW THO #like I thought Revali was a challenge #and he was dont get me wrong #but daruk ahh #maybe i should practice drawing non human characters more often???#huh well whatevs #zelda #botw #tloz #fanart #mipha #urbosa #revali #daruk #botw champions

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possuminnit · 1 month

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friendshup is magic .guys did u know guys Guys

click 4 better quality + other vers in undercut

no bg vers + flats as a treat

#this took 7 hours lalala ok never again #mlp #mlp fanart #oh boy this is going to be a. fun thing to tag #fluttershy fanart #pinkie pie fanart #twilight sparkle #rarity fanart #rainbow dash #rainbow dash fanart #applejack #applejack fanart #fluttershy #pinkie pie #twilight sparkle fanart #UUGHH #um #ueah ok thats all im doing Who care #possuminnit.art

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soadscrawl · 2 months

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i heard this clip and immediately thought of klance. pray for my man keith fr

#my art #animation #vld #voltron #klance #keith kogane #lance mcclain #takashi shirogane #pidge holt #hunk garrett #this literally took 4 hours but i did like 3 passes lmao #i was tryna practice consistency bc i always warp things as i animate #i think it came out ok!

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rongzhi · 11 months

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OP: 爬完泰山的大学生

↳ University students after climbing Taishan

Taishan is one of the Five Sacred Mountains (in Daoism and Chinese Buddhism) and people often climb it to watch the sunrise. This practice and the mountain in general have become popular with university students and young people wishing to blow off steam especially.

They will often take the train to visit, arriving to Taishan at midnight and climbing five hours and nearly 8000 steps to catch the sunrise. The location above is a train station.

Watch an example of a Taishan trip here.

English added by me :)

#douyin #video #tiktok #travel #ok I guess it’s five hours if you stop in the middle where there is food or if the path is very crowded #the other video I linked only took 3 hours but their path looked very clear #other videos I’ve seen look very crowded

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tekstelart · 2 months

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Found family

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americiumam · 10 months

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HE WAS BRIEFLY A RUNWAY MODEL!!!!!

#it might not look like it. but this took 10 hours #95 #art #my art #hobie brown #astv hobie #spider punk #astv fanart #atsv #across the spider verse fanart #spider man: across the spider verse #across the spiderverse #spiderverse #ok. that’s enough

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cynicallyneutral · 5 months

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sasuke wants his new year's kiss :kissing_heart:

#sasunaru #narusasu #naruto #sasuke #my art #my comic #round fox baby #naruto's boyfriend #JKHAJDFKASDFADF FUCKING HELL IM SO TIRED #ASDHAHAHAHAHA I BEEN WORKING ON THIS FO #WHAT??? 10 GODDAMN HOURS IM SO DONE IM SO TIRED #ok tbh its my fault for starting late i literally had 3 days off #AND I DID NOTHING ASJKDFHAHSDFADSF FUCKKK #it took an extra hour bC SASUKE #IDK HOW TO DRAW HIS FUCKIN HAIR #NOR HIS FACE WHYS HE SO HARD TO DRAW IM GONNA CRY #anyway hahaha HAPPY NEW YEAR BABES HAHAHAHAHA FUCK

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buwheal · 4 months

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So... uh... Im not saying that I bought a digital camera specifically for this trip today so I can take pictures of aquarium exhibits and draw spamton interacting with them..... BUUUUUTTT actually I am because thats exactly what I did. This is a teaser!!!! :-)

#No idea how long these will take but this one maybbeee(???) took an hour.#And also i took pictures of the plush in front of the fish too. those will be apart of that post.#Yes i carried the plush around in my bag. Yes everyone saw. No i was not embarassed (maybe a little but its ok Im cringe and Im free /q)#i completely forgot to change the date on my camera so it said 2022.... im just going to cover it with the correct date and “20XX” lol #spamton #spamton g spamton #deltarune #deltarune spamton #delatarune chapter 2 #spamton fanart #buwheart

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expelliarmus · 6 months

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#mine #doctor who #dwedit #david tennant #catherine tate #freema agyeman #ok this took a lot longer to make than i thought it would #but anyways fourteen needs to see martha again i think!!!#13 hours until the new episode!!!!! aaaaaaahhhh

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royalarchivist · 4 months

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Willy: "Sunny is Pol's daughter." Don't metagame! I would like to have an Egg. If I had an Egg, could I name it at some point? Or does it come with... I mean, did you choose your name? Or did they give you one?

Dapper: if they give you one that doesn't have parents, yes

Willy: Are there Eggs without parents?

Dapper: not right now

Willy: And if I kill the parents, can I keep the Egg?

Dapper: no xd

Willy: "No," ok.

#WillyRex #Dapper #QSMP #February 4 2024 #Willy #hilarious reaction tbh #''Can I get an Egg I can name?''#''Are there any Eggs without parents?''#''Can I adopt an Egg if I make them an orphan? No? ok. :/ ''#this took over half an hour to postttttttt ugh

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sweaterrat · 2 months

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Lemlav has cured my art block, hallelujah 🔥🔥🔥

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jessaerys · 10 months

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sun visits the moon at spk headquarters and gets so so so sleepy

#death note #my art #meronia #mihael keehl #nate river #mello dn #near dn #mellonear #trying out this new thing where i post quick art that is entirely for my own self-indulgent amusement here #this was an exercise in letting go of a piece as soon as possible and you can tell i failed because i couldn't stop retouching it #here and there. OLD HABITS DIE HARD but [with passion and confidence] expect a drop in quality/finishedness #kind of very into the colors here i like exaggerating their colors and saturations. their sun and moon codedness compels me #i also think people aren't as much into this ship because they assume they have very rigid [pardon my language] seme/uke roles and i'm like #[standing on soapbox] [crazy ex gf voice] the situation is actually a lot more nuanced than that #but these tags are long and i can't get into the push and pull power dynamics of it all. mello can heel is all i'm saying #ok that's all i have work to get back to drawing for work ( <- girl who just took a two hour break from drawing to draw)#brothercrush.txt

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