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Pissed off progressive who votes, owns a pitchfork and isn't gardening this year.. Jai Ma, motherfuckers.
Joined Nov 2022
"(W)e .. found a divergence after 2016, with Michigan voting more blue and Ohio voting more red. Our analysis suggests differences in voter registration laws and ballot initiatives may explain why these two states have taken different electoral paths."
"(W)e .. found a divergence after 2016, with Michigan voting more blue and Ohio voting more red. Our analysis suggests differences in voter registration laws and ballot initiatives may explain why these two states have taken different electoral paths."
#VoterSuppression is real, kids.
"All of these .. reveal the widening gap between the policy platforms of these extremist legislatures and what their voters actually support,” Hall told Stateline in an interview. “So now you’re seeing, in states where there are Republican trifectas or Republican control, efforts to undermine the will of the people.”
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/03/07/as-abortion-measures-loom-gop-raises-new-barriers-to-ballot-initiatives/
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What has historically prevented theocratic, culture war conservatism from turning into full blown authoritarianism was the American conservative tradition's lingering, libertarian qualms about the use of state power. Remove those libertarian qualms, and it's not good.
Fascinating article on the background behind the 'we're a republic, not a democracy' argument.
https://sethcotlar.medium.com/yes-americans-did-refer-to-the-nation-as-a-democracy-and-not-just-a-republic-in-the-founding-3f8521d366f
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It’s not about drag, it’s not about bathrooms, it’s not about school sports, it’s not about library books, it’s not about children. I’m terrified what’s going to happen if cis people continue to refuse to understand this. #trans #transphobia
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Rightwing extremists advocating for the dissolution of the country is neither new nor surprising.
The fact that such extremists have risen to the center of conservative politics and continue to be elevated within the Republican Party, however, is indicative of an acute threat.
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Did you know that Jimmy Carter saved Canada’s capitol by lowering himself into a nuclear reactor that was melting down? Or that Reagan committed treason to defeat him in 1980? Some reflections on the greatest president of my lifetime:
By pure coincidence, PSSI - the company in question here - was founded in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. You know, the state that recently proposed relaxing exactly these kind of child labor laws? 🤔
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feds-find-100-children-cleaning-slaughterhouses-pssi-rcna71171
"The man who gleefully accepted assistance from a foreign enemy to "win" his first election, who tried to blackmail an ally into helping him steal his second, and who incited a terrorist attack against the United States to try to overthrow the government when he lost, he is interested in "group executions."
https://www.wonkette.com/trump-group-executions
I think (my version of) pan-fried noodles is becoming my go-to meal for when I don't know what I want for dinner and don't much feel like cooking.
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Now all the hate is louder than ever.
The fascists are
Anti-poor
Antisemitists
Anti working class
Anti gay
Anti trans
Anti Asian
Anti First Nations
Anti immigrant
Anti all people of color
Anti disabled
Anti women.
Anti modern men
When you add It together that’s 90% of us. All fighting separate battles.
When I say all oppression is related this is what I mean.
Start somewhere. Share Black history posts. Participate in #BlackHistory exercises.
Let’s get free together,
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If there really are aliens, Republicans will want to ban teaching critical space theory. I’m sorry.
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Every asshole pundit and journalist who mansplained to those of us who were worried about exactly this happening should never be taken seriously again. They are not serious people, they are not smart people, and they don't know what the fuck is going on in the world around them.
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If Fate is a real thing, I hope mine is to fix America by buying an AM radio station and staying up all night infecting crazy old people’s brains with fun and helpful conspiracies like how recycling is how to fight terrorism and that you win the lotto by leaving trans kids alone
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Give her what she really wants this Valentine’s Day - Reproductive rights, an ancient tome of curses, the souls of her enemies, and pockets in every dress.
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If you don't thing the right-wing dominates our politics, think about how little you hear about wage theft -- the largest single form of theft in America -- and how much you hear about two trans kids in Texas who'd like to play a sport.
"the real consequences of public gender nonconformity are not that children will be harmed: it’s that children will realize they can wear what they want, and be who they want, regardless of how their body looks or what gender they were assigned at birth."
https://xtramagazine.com/culture/moral-panic-drag-bans-244311
Oh hai.. trying out an app that might encourage me to be here more.
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Just a heads up: The Woke Mind Virus booster shot doesn’t work.
I got it over a week ago and am STILL not homophobic, anti-Semetic, or spreading unfounded, silly conspiracy theories!
Pissed off progressive who votes, owns a pitchfork and isn't gardening this year.. Jai Ma, motherfuckers.
Joined Nov 2022
