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Trying to mostly stay away from politics on this blog, but today there’s something I just need to say.
Kamala Harris just defied DECADES of inside-the-Beltway “wisdom” by picking Walz as her running mate instead of Shapiro. The gray-hairs were probably all telling her she had to go with Shapiro to court the independents. Instead of picking the moderate, staunchly pro-Israel guy, she went with a full-on progressive with a strong LGBTQ+, pro-choice, pro-union record.
She’s making a leap of faith here. She’s betting that progressives, young people, and marginalized people will show up for her if she shows that she’s listening. As someone who lived through several decades when progressives didn’t have a voice even in the Democratic party, I can’t begin to tell you how huge this is.
In the coming months, you will no doubt read/hear things about Harris or Walz that you won’t like. Some of it may even be true. There may well already be things you don’t like about her.
Unfortunately, the choice isn’t between a perfect candidate and an imperfect candidate. The choice is between an imperfect candidate and possibly the most disgusting man on the planet, a guy who isn’t even trying to hide his plans to destroy the US. If Palestine is your #1 issue, know that he will do everything he can to pour gas on the flames until there’s nothing left.
Harris made the choice to listen to progressive voices. If she loses because we didn’t show up for her in huge numbers, we’ll likely be wandering in the wilderness for decades more while the planet burns around us.
(Oh, and we’ll need to show up again in ‘26. Let’s not make the same mistake we made in 2010, when the left stayed home after electing Obama and Republicans won big everywhere, which led to the extreme gerrymandering we’re still dealing with in many states.)
made a beautiful google slides infographic in 60 seconds on why u should Fucking Vote
Tfw you suck at your job and expect the second most powerful person in the world to also suck at her job :(
Critical support for Kamala Harris scaring her staffers into doing their highly lucrative jobs instead of gossiping with reporters at Bullfeathers’
My state is ruby red. Last week, I put up a Harris-Walz sign in my front yard up close to the porch. Every couple days, as I got braver, I moved it a few feet closer to the street where the visibility is better. Two days ago, my sign achieved its curbside position with maximum visibility.
Yesterday, I was out digging in my front yard (I'm rewilding my lawn) and a truck pulled over. A 62-year-old woman gets out, thanks me for my sign, and admits how scared she is to put up her own Democratic lawn sign. She's a registered Republican who hasn't voted for Republicans in more than a decade. We talked for half an hour and I just texted her about the VP Debate watch party this Tuesday.
Things learned:
Not all registered Republicans are actually Republicans.
Boomers and Gen X age voters are changing their minds.
Having a yard sign makes a difference.
Even ruby red states are more purple than you might think.
Scab behavior.
Look, if you wanna make a difference just vote for Jill Stein.
If the Green Party gets just 5% of the vote then they get federal funding and more ballot access. So even if Jill Stein doesn’t win you can still make a difference in ending a never ending war between two corrupt Parties.
And also I believe that Jill Stein CAN WIN because she is what most liberals want the Democratic Party to be and I know that people genuinely want hope, and to them I say trust in Gill Stein.
I am already seeing y'all fucking make excuses not to vote if Kamala Harris is nominated so let's clear shit up real quick:
Number one: Harris has a harsher tone on Israel, and has demonstrated more willingness than Biden to push for the halt of all offensive weaponry aid to Israel if they continue their no-holds-barred assault on Palestine, and has been far more critical of their blocking of humanitarian aid. She also states support for a two party solution, but you will be hard fucking pressed to find any major candidate willing to say they want to help abolish Israel outright to the general public. While Biden has closer ties with Israel, Harris has more personal leanings on American progressives than anything else, and is far more likely to listen to criticism on the subject of Palestine. She demonstrates better diplomacy toward even countries we are not currently allied with and is in general, more likely to push for humanitarian change, she's objectively the best bet for both winning the election and getting reform on the Israeli bombardment of Palestine.
Number two: Harris is not fucking transphobic. The actions of the state attorney general office and state of California corrections, to deny transgender inmates gender reassignment surgery, was not her personal choice, she was a lawyer requires to do her job as a lawyer, she was not involved in writing the original briefing that used transphobic language or minimized the necessity of gender affirming care to inmates, in fact her involvement at later stages is part of what removed a lot of the repugnancy of the arguments and she was personally delighted when the settlement led to the state considering providing gender affirming surgery to inmates who are recommended for it. Similar is true of other stories like this as well. In general she's been a strong ally to the LGBTQ+ community, especially the T, she's responsible for making "trans panic" a non viable defense for the murder and assault of trans people in the state of California, helped toss a bathroom bill, created an act to hold law enforcement responsible for harassment and negligence toward trans individuals, and was a key player in altering title IX to include protections against discrimination for Gender Identity. Any attempts to paint her as having mixed or bad policy toward trans people is actively an attempt to dissuade you from voting for her, and should be analyzed incredibly critically.
Shut the fuck up already. Vote.
Remembering how Politico rated JD Vance as the best Republican VP candidate for the “Burn it Down” voters 😂😂😂
Tfw you suck at your job and expect the second most powerful person in the world to also suck at her job :(
Critical support for Kamala Harris scaring her staffers into doing their highly lucrative jobs instead of gossiping with reporters at Bullfeathers’
they are doing insanely good pro kamala propaganda u lame ass vote blue libs are getting outdone so bad
I'm sorry, but I'm just too fucking old to pretend that the presidential ticket of "Person who performed some of the first gay marriages in her state while it was still federally illegal" and "governor who created a trans refuge state while other states were making it illegal to transition" is somehow 'jUsT aS bAd foR QuEer pEopLe' as the ticket promising to reverse marriage equality and make trans healthcare next to impossible.
That is such a monumentally stupid opinion that I'm going to have a hard time believing that you're actually that stupid, and I'll probably just assume you're malicious.
shout out to tim walz who essentially said “it’s none of my fucking business if a woman gets an abortion. but if they dont we’re making sure that kid is fed and housed and if they do we’re making sure they’re taken care of and surviving”
It would honestly be funny if cons said that Indivisible or whatever are the “committees for the defense of building back better” to make it sound like Democrats are communists or something, like the “committees for the defense of the revolution” in Cuba, and of course there’s the committees for the defense of the fourth transformation in Mexico who are AMLO and Sheinbaum’s foot soldiers. But yeah, as if republicans don’t have moms for liberty which are their foot soldiers for fascism. Every political movement has its loyal foot soldiers lol
United we stand, divided we fall…
I don’t care on which side of the political spectrum you identify. The threat to our democracy is a clear and present danger!
A 🧵 Buckle up it’s a long one.
This is not a fight about 2A, it’s not about abortion, it’s not about education, it’s not about sexual orientation, it’s not about taxes or immigration or about healthcare. This fight comes down to a religious minority, trying to push its narrow views upon our country.
The Heritage Foundation and its Project 2025 threatens to dismantle nearly 250 years of progress toward equality for all. And I for one am not going to stand for it.
We must unite against the GOP with Joe Biden as the nominee. He cannot be replaced on ballots without being challenged. “Protest” voting for other parties will sign the death certificate of our nation. The same thing happened in 2016.
A very brief history. Zoroastrianism was founded around 3500 years ago. “Zoroastrianism…held that a messiah would come at some future date…to redeem humanity in an event known as the Frashokereti which was the end of time and brought reunion with Ahura Mazda…
These concepts would influence the later religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.” https://www.worldhistory.org/religion/
This monotheistic view of religion has existed for less than half of recorded history and many religions still have pluralistic beliefs. #Christianity has done nothing but oppress people since its inception. And now a very narrow interpretation of it is being weaponized against us.
It’s a disease that spread throughout the world, literally killing millions of people as missionaries spread disease from one continent to another. It didn’t matter how many indigenous people died as long as they believed and converted.
Ancient rulers seized upon the opportunity to adopt the religion and thus take power and wealth* from the people. Sound familiar? Wars have been fought for control of territory around the world.
*This was the 2nd goal of missionaries.
And now a sect of ultra-conservative Christian Nationalists threatens to end our constitutional republic in favor of an authoritarian state.
They’re trying to divide us even further so they can win. We CANNOT let that happen. Moderate, Liberal, Progressive, Libertarian, Conservative, it doesn’t matter, we will all suffer equally if Project 2025 succeeds.
They have been chipping away at certain liberties for 8 years already. It’s clear that they only have self-serving goals to make the rich richer and to oppress citizens like in other authoritarian regimes.
It is truly terrifying to see dystopian novels coming to life before my very eyes. These conservatives fear change and clearly believe that liberalism is the root of all evil.
On the contrary, education leads to enlightenment and free thought, so “liberal” thinking is really just how they demonize those who are educated and have opposing opinions or beliefs.
One example from #Project2025 is that “conservative” republicans have been trying to strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting since its inception. @NPR & @PBS are run by CPB.
Why? Because they educate people & allows them to adopt beliefs that oppose theirs. They lament that no republican president has been able to do it. They argue that most viewers are liberals & that not enough conservative programming is offered so it should be shut down. Boo hoo😢
How about that educated viewers use their common sense and reasoning to conclude that stories from 2000+ years ago are not fully relevant to modern society? 👩🏼🎓👨🏽🎓
Science is not theological yet conservatives want to apply theology to everything. The world isn’t flat. Evolution & Climate change are real. Vaccines save lives. The USA was NOT founded as a Christian nation. If not for free thinkers, we’d probably still be living in the Iron Age.
Most people want to be part of a group & religion is the most common way to achieve that goal. We are conditioned from birth to believe what we’re taught and not question it. This is how racism & bigotry continue to thrive along with political ideology.
Morals are morals. They aren’t inherently conservative or liberal. You are either kind to others or not; you follow the rules or don’t; you tell the truth or you’re a narcissistic pathological liar. It’s that simple. That is all that’s required to define a good person.
The notion that sexuality has anything to do with morality is utterly absurd, but this is what conservatives argue. They LIE to justify taking rights from anyone they don’t like. They fear what they don’t understand.
They oppose abortion because it’s a numbers game to them. They think more babies = more followers. Well, we’re already seeing that no abortion = higher infant mortality. So that myth is busted.
Much of the Project 2025 platform directly attacks the Biden administration and seemingly relies on data that is short-sighted at best. I’m sure many of the arguments for or against the many chapter topics are false-flags to make it look balanced.
I hope someone is trying to fact-check the book, as many of the end notes are just commentary or references to current laws. Statistics are cherry picked to support their claims.
Even my 16-year-old understands the implications should departments like education and health & human services get shut down or changed from what they currently are. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
If you made it all the way through, thanks for reading. Please share because our lives depend on it. We all need to #VoteBlue2024 to put an end to the GOP madness once and for all.
Fin.
I have been crying off and on watching The Democratic National Convention. For the first time in eight years, i realize how much hope has been taken from me. Watching the number of Delegates rise and skyrocket over the needed number, it occurs to me how very real and possible her groundbreaking Presidency could be. For the first time in eight years, i have real hope in my heart. VOTE this November, PLEASE.
Now more than ever it’s important to vote. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
As someone who lost their father to cancer I feel this is very important to share. Please vote in 2024, and vote for those who care more about the people rather than bullshit politics.
(I don’t typically talk politics or world affairs but this hit me hard.)
I’m having so much election anxiety.
I was up until like 3 am last night imagining what would happen if tr*mp wins.
Imagining children locked in cages.
Gay marriage made illegal.
Conversion therapy enforced.
Trans women murdered with no justice.
Reproductive rights stolen away.
Climate disintegrating.
Coral reefs being bleached.
Soldiers dying in foreign wars.
No condemnation of rampant racism.
Black people being murdered in the streets.
Economic slavery continuing.
Medication prices continuing to rise.
No reform.
No justice.
No change.
Maybe some of this is just my anxiety talking.
Maybe Biden wouldn’t prevent any of this.
But we know that Tr*mp is either already letting this happen or has explicitly supported it. We know that things won’t get better with another four years of him.
Maybe the lives of the privileged won’t change much. Maybe my white, cis, abled ass won’t directly see the damage he has done and would do. But others will. And those are the ones I’m fighting for.
I’m begging you: vote.
I’m begging you: stand up for those you don’t necessarily see.
I’m begging you: fight for some kind of change.
We get so comfortable in our unchanging lives that we forget: things not getting any worse is not enough. We need things to get better.
VOTE BLUE.
I know Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an amazing woman, but she might not want to work another four years.
Sanders just dropped out of the race. I hope you all are ready to vote Biden. Because you do need to vote Biden. You can't abstain. You can't vote third party. That's how we get 4 more years of this. *waves vaguely at the state of things* You have to vote blue no matter who. Don't listen to the propaganda telling you otherwise. Please. If you learn nothing else from me, learn this.
It's Biden or it's more of this.
Anyone telling you that you might as well not vote is trying to oppress your vote.
Let me repeat them.
Anyone who is trying to convince you that they are both bad so you might as well not vote, is trying to suppress your vote.