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fixing-bad-posts · 1 month

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please make every effort to vote <3

#fixing-bad-posts #fixingbadposts #please vote #go vote #voting matters #voting #politics

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reasonsforhope · 1 year

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It was a really, really good political news day today in the US (4/4/23)

For anyone who hasn't heard, not only did Trump get arrested, but also:

-We found out that the legal case against him in this prosecution (stormy daniels hush money case) is SIGNIFICANTLY stronger than people had speculated. Like, wow do they have receipts.

-In fact, the evidence was so entirely there that the new question on prime time news (well, at least on msnbc lol) is "Hey, why didn't the federal courts prosecute him for this already???)

-Trump FAILED UTTERLY in his attempts to rally mass protests and demands for "death and destruction" if he was arrested. There was no violence at the arrest at all, and as for Trump supporters? They failed to show up in any kind of numbers--reportedly only about a hundred people were protesting the arrest

-We (aka Judge Janet Protasiewicz) WON what is widely considered to be the most consequential election of 2023, a Wisconsin state supreme court election that handed control of the state supreme court to the left

-Because of that election win, it is now extremely likely that abortion will be legal in Wisconsin, and that Wisconsin won't be able to throw out electors in the 2024 presidential election

-ALSO bc of this, Wisconsin, the most gerrymandered state in the country, will probably get nonpartisan, accurate maps, which COULD FLIP THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in 2024

-In Chicago, Brandon Johnson, union organizer and former teacher, won the election for mayor, in a decisive win progressives, esp for meaningful criminal justice reform and investment in mental health (whereas the other guy was campaigning on hiring hundreds of new cops and being super tough on crime)

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profeminist · 5 months

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NICE JOB OHIO! ABORTION RIGHTS ENSHRINED IN STATE CONSTITUTION

Dave Wasserman

@Redistrict

"I've seen enough: in a victory for the pro-choice side, Ohio Issue 1, a measure to establish a right to an abortion in the state constitution, passes."

#ohio #abortion #abortion rights #feminism #feminist #voting matters #election 2023 #reproductive rights #reproductive justice #pro choice #pro-choice #Issue 1 #politics #news

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liberalsarecool · 7 months

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A Republican will always serve Saudi Arabi first over the US. Trump did. Kushner did. Dubya Bush did.

#voting matters #vote blue #katie hobbs

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soberscientistlife · 7 months

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Voting matters. Black lives matter.

#voting matters #black lives matter

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moonlight26posts-blog · 3 months

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BREAKING: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell makes the shocking confession that Republicans are intentionally sabotaging the border to help Trump win the 2024 election.

It’s astonishing that he would admit to plotting something so truly indefensible...

For months, Democrats and Republicans have been crafting bipartisan legislation that would tighten immigration restrictions and also provide much-needed aid to Ukraine.

Now, Republicans don’t want to move forward with it after all of that work because they’re afraid fixing our immigration problems would help Biden in the election. They’d rather let the problem worsen then let Biden get credit for anything.

During a closed-door meeting with Republicans this week, McConnell suggested splitting the immigration and Ukraine funding initiatives into different bills.

“When we started this, the border united us and Ukraine divided us,” said McConnell, according to a source knowledgable about the remarks.

“The politics on this have changed,” McConnell went on, explaining that a chaotic border situation is advantageous for Trump. The ex-president can’t run on fixing immigration if immigration is already fixed.

“We don’t want to do anything to undermine him,” said McConnell. “We’re in a quandary.”

Clearly, despite all of their ranting and whining, Republicans don’t actually care about the border situation. They care about exploiting it — and the suffering that flows from it — for cheap political points.

Republicans love power more than they love this country. It’s that simple.

#vote blue no matter who #vote blue #vote democrat #vote biden #please vote #voting matters #vote so there will be no doubt

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deaddee-anime-brownfanlady · 2 months

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I've said this before and I will continue to say it again here. But I deeply can't stand and absolutely fucking hate the anti-voting rhetoric/people on this hellsite.

Seeing people who deem themselves as "Allies" of minorities and marginalized groups and who called themselves so-called "Progressives" and act they are "Activists" but refuse to do anything when it's comes to actual putting in the real hard work and effort of making positive changes within the government by participating in our democracy.

This might sound super harsh, but honestly, I think if you refuse to actually participate and take action during this highly-critically serious, important election of our lifetime and let America backslide into becoming a straight-up theocratic authoritarian country.

Then I deeply hope upon hope you'll have a special place in Hell waiting for you for refusing to do zero jack shit to stop a wannabe unsabtle Putin-puppet dictator from taking power again and FUCKING Things UP for equally everybody.

No for real I'm damn serious, if you just stand by and let democracy fully collapse because you refuse to vote as some kind of form of a stupid “PROTEST”. Then in my eyes you are a Fucking fake-ass damn Coward that has never been serious about politics and don't truly give a shit about the groups of people /minorities you pretend to care about by sitting on the sidelines and letting the White-supremacists loving, dictator worshipping unhinged racist rapist bastard take office again.

#us politics #fuck trump #project 2025 #2024 elections #2024 presidential election #2024 presidential race #voting #Fuck the anti-voting fools and idiots on this site.#politics #democracy #leftist hypocrisy #election 2024 #voting matters #please vote #vote blue

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aquitainequeen · 2 years

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Please, to everyone, beware voting complacency. Speaking as someone who's growing ever more infuriated at how Brexit is constantly fucking us over, here are the Sky data polls for the voter turn out back in the day:

18-24: 36%

25-34: 58%

35-44: 72%

45-54: 75%

55-64: 81%

65+: 83%

What's even more galling is that 75% of the youngest voters (aged 18-24) voted Remain, compared with 39% of the 65+ age group.

Voting matters.

#democracy #voting #voting matters #uk politics #us politics #world politics #brexit

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cb-reblog · 1 month

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AI Trump: BLOODBATH!

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#politics #news #fuck trump #donald trump #election 2024 #vote blue #vote biden #vote democrat #vote 2024 #please vote #fucking vote #us elections #voting matters #your vote matters #vote #go vote #Youtube

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fixing-bad-posts · 16 days

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you have to organize and protest if you want better, vote and organize options exist do them.

#fixing-bad-posts #fixingbadposts #erasure poetry #go vote #please vote #voting matters #voting #fucking vote #politics

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reasonsforhope · 8 months

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"This week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a new rule requiring airlines to make bathrooms more accessible for disabled people. All new single-aisle aircraft will be fitted with fully-accessible lavatories.

Most flights inside the United States are single-aisle and as technology has improved, they are used more frequently for long flights, including coast-to-coast trips that can last as long as six hours. Double-aisle plans are already subject to the regulation but are primarily used for international flights.

Out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced the new regulations, saying, “Traveling can be stressful enough without worrying about being able to access a restroom; yet today, millions of wheelchair users are forced to choose between dehydrating themselves before boarding a plane or avoiding air travel altogether.” ...

The secretary has made it a priority to improve service on airlines during his tenure. In 2022, six airlines were forced to pay millions of dollars in refunds to hundreds of thousands of customers and were also fined millions for causing the issues. The department’s firm stance on the side of customers has continued through this year after multiple companies have had meltdowns, stranding thousands of travelers.

All planes delivered to airlines starting in 2026 must include several upgrades. Planes already in service will not need to be retrofitted unless the plane is renovated.

“These aircraft must have at least one lavatory of sufficient size to permit a passenger with a disability (with the help of an assistant, if necessary) to approach, enter, and maneuver within the aircraft lavatory, to use all lavatory facilities, and leave by means of the aircraft’s onboard wheelchair if necessary,” the DOT said in a statement.

Accessible faucets and controls, grab bars, accessible call buttons and door locks, minimum obstruction to the passage of an onboard wheelchair, and an available visual barrier for privacy are also required upgrades."

-via LGBTQ Nation, July 28, 2023

Wayyyyyyy fucking overdue but I'll take it!! Also, very nice curb cut effect: We all get to be less miserable on airplanes, and older people don't have to worry as much about airplane bathroom fall risks.

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jenniferlmeyer · 2 months

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Vote.

Don't let someone else decide how you should live.

#voting matters #please vote

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liberalsarecool · 1 year

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Conservative men love hypocrisy. The hypocrisy is at the core of their power. They will say and do whatever to take/maintain power.

As we all have seen with SCOTUS, justices will lie and lie to get the appointment, then do exactly what they said they would not do.

Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett all said Roe v Wade was settled law, it had precedent.

Then they all voted with Alito to destroy the 50 years of settled precedent.

There will NEVER experience shame.

#vote blue #pink wave #voting matters #2022 elections

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diamondisunmemeable · 3 months

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With Democratic primaries beginning in just a couple of weeks from the time of writing, now feels like a good time to remind folks that participating in the electoral process does not make you complicit in genocide, nor any of the other shitty things the US is responsible for.

It may not feel like it right now, but your vote can genuinely help make things better.

So what can you do?

1) Register to vote

One of the most important things you can do at this point in time is make sure you're registered to vote, and check for your local polling place and voting times. This post goes over that pretty well.

2) Support progressive candidates during the primaries

The primaries are the time for vote for the candidates you want. It shows the Democratic Party not only that you vote, but which policies you are interested in and which way you want things to be going. For instance, if you're angry over the US' handling of the ongoing genocide and human rights violations in Palestine, support candidates who support a ceasefire and aid to Palestine.

3) Advocate for electoral reform

Goes hand in hand with the previous point. Our current electoral system not only makes it impossible for third party candidates to gain significant traction, but makes it difficult for people to vote at all. Off the top of my head, we need:

Implementation of ranked-choice voting

Abolition of the Electoral College

Automatic voter registration at age 18

Recognition of Election Day as a federal holiday

Support candidates that support these ideas, and continue to advocate for them even after elections are over.

4) Vote local!

As mentioned above, third party candidates are unable to gain significant traction; this is especially true on the national stage. This means barring severe illness or death, the winner of this year's presidential election will be either Joe Biden or Donald Trump.

As difficult as it is to promote Joe Biden right now, letting Trump win would be a thousand times worse, in no small part due to Project 2025, which aims to accelerate America's slide into full-on fascism and make things a hell of a lot worse for trans folks and other minority groups.

This is where my last point comes in: vote in state and local elections! A lot of folks have a habit of only voting for president. Voting is down-ballot races is equally important, if not more so. At these levels of government, it is much easier to make your voice heard, and much easier to effect real change.

Go out and vote when the time comes, and help make this country less shitty!

#might edit later and add more info and links #politics #us politics #united states #joe biden #donald trump #israel #palestine #gaza #vote #voting matters #vote blue

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whereserpentswalk · 2 months

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There's a reason why we don't vote for people committing genocide. Not all voters are listened to equally by candidates, the people who candidates listen to are those who the candidates are afraid might not vote for them. When you don't have the luxury of an alternate candidate, you have to settle for not voting.

If you think of it's from Biden's pov, not as a human being but as a political actor, there are two people who are passionate about the Israel/Palestine conflict who might vote for him. On one side there are moderate republicans who don't want to vote for trump, and centrist democrats, who are very pro genocide, and might not vote for him if he takes action against it. And on the other side there are leftists, who are very anti genocide, but have made it clear they'll still vote for him. From a purely tactical point of view, Biden has every reason to double down on genocide, because it does nothing but ern him votes, while not doubling down on it would only make him lose votes. The only way to change this is to not vote for Biden, or at the very least not to tell people to vote for him.

And while the genocide is the most blaring issue, this goes beyond just that. It's a million things leftists have looked the other way on out of fear of another republican for years. Democrats have no reason to appeal to the left, because the left was voting for them no matter what, and every reason to appeal more towards centrists, and at this point now that centrists are their core base, they're appealing to right wingers who don't like the specific brand of conservatism the right is selling. This means progressive points are very hard to push in America, even when a lot of voters want them. And it means the Democrats are drifting right, they're further right now than they were when I was a kid and I'm twenty. If we keep letting them get away with this, they're going to start sounding more like republicans, I wouldn't be surprised if they turn their back on things like gay marriage or abortion in the next ten or so years.

Remember that your vote does not mean influence over a candidate unless that vote is conditional. It's inevitable that America will elect republicans again, we have to deal with that, what's not inevitable is whether or not the democrats are any different.

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ausetkmt · 8 months

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North Carolina’s Republican-controlled House passed a previously vetoed proposal Wednesday to restrict how teachers can discuss certain racial topics that some lawmakers have equated to “critical race theory.”

The House voted 68-49 along party lines for legislation to ban public school teachers from compelling students to believe they should feel guilty or responsible for past actions committed by people of the same race or sex.

United in their opposition, House Democrats challenged Republican claims that the bill would reduce discrimination and argued that a comprehensive history education should make students uncomfortable.

Republican seat gains in the midterm elections give them greater leverage this year to override any veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who blocked a similar proposal in 2021 and urged legislators this month in his State of the State address, “Don’t make teachers re-write history.” But Republicans, who are one seat short in the House of a veto-proof supermajority, will likely need some Democratic support for the measure to become law.

North Carolina is among 10 states considering such proposals, according to an Education Week analysis. Eighteen others have already limited how teachers can discuss racism and sexism in the classroom.

Gaston County Republican Rep. John Torbett said the proposal, which now heads to the Senate, would prohibit schools from endorsing controversial concepts, including that one race or sex is inherently superior.

“This great education state must have an educational system that unites and teaches our children, not divides and indoctrinates them,” said Torbett, the bill’s sponsor.

Several Democrats, including Reps. Rosa Gill of Wake County and Laura Budd of Mecklenburg County, raised concerns that the language is vague and does not outline clear boundaries for teachers. Budd said this “massive failure” places unnecessary pressure on teachers who may feel like they need to stifle productive classroom discussions to keep their jobs.

“The bill, on its face, is the obvious attempt to micromanage from the General Assembly into the classrooms,” she said during floor debate. “It’s overreach and will have a chilling effect on teachers and educators in curtailing what they think they’re allowed to teach.”

Republican lawmakers in committee had applauded the measure for “banning” critical race theory, a complex academic and legal framework that centers on the idea that racism is embedded in the nation’s systems and institutions that perpetuate inequality.

The bill does not explicitly mention the framework, but it would prohibit teaching that the government is “inherently racist” or was created to oppress people of another race or sex. Its language mirrors a model proposal from Citizens for Renewing America, a conservative social welfare group founded by a former Trump administration official to rid the nation’s schools of critical race theory.

Republicans nationwide have spun the phrase into a catchall for racial topics related to systemic inequality, inherent bias and white privilege. While many K-12 public schools teach about slavery and its aftermath, education officials have found little to no evidence that critical race theory, by definition, is being taught.

North Carolina schools would also be required under the bill to notify the state’s Department of Public Instruction and publish information online at least a month before they plan to host a diversity trainer or a guest speaker who has previously advocated for the beliefs restricted by the legislation.

Cary mother and activist Michelle O’Keefe was among several parents who testified against the bill in a Tuesday committee meeting. O’Keefe said she doesn’t want her young child sheltered from learning about racism and other atrocities in history, as long as those lessons are age-appropriate.

“The best way to keep history from repeating itself,” she said, “is to know the history.”

Another mother worried she could be banned from speaking at her child’s school career day because she has a documented history of speaking out against social injustices. Democratic Rep. Julie von Haefen of Wake County expressed a similar concern that she might no longer be able to substitute teach because of her record on racial justice issues and gender equality.

#North Carolina House passes bill to limit racial teachings #nc #north carolina #Black History Matters #racism in education #systemic racism #voting matters

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