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Since folks are exhausted from hearing about Project 2025 and Agenda 47, here are some reasons to feel hopeful about Harris
(It would be wonderful if folks could reblog this, a lot of people are feeling very discouraged right now and could use the morale boost!)
I've hardly seen any fuss about KOSA except here, so here's an easily sharable link as ro why it is horrible. Please share it around to your USA friends and family! I retoasted to my other social medias but my reach is smol
KOSA Update
I don’t think we should stop reaching out to our representatives. And you can always reach out to Biden through the white house website and by using Resistbot.
Project 2025 would ban anything the far right considers pornography. The far right considers anything queer-positive to be pornography, and they WILL encode that into law if given just a TINY bit more power.
Have queer fanfic (or trad published literature) or pics of your transition, or of two men kissing, saved to your hard drive? If the GOP get their way, you'd be guilty of possession of pornography. Did you share any of it? You'd be guilty of distribution of pornography. Have a sweet coming of age story with a queer protagonist? That'd be child pornography.
Even now, states are trying to make it a crime to be openly queer in public (by, among other things, classifying dressing as the "wrong gender" anyplace kids might see as a sex crime against children). Oh, and Florida tried (and thankfully failed) to impose the death penalty for the above.
This is just one example of the horrors awaiting us if the project comes to fruition.
And the far right is already screaming that any adult who mentions around kids that queer people exist is "grooming" children. Wear your Pride shirt past a playground? You're now a child groomer. Think they won't put that into law if allowed? You're naive.
The GOP currently controls the Supreme Court (which is how they overturned Roe v. Wade) and has a majority in one branch of congress. Imagine what will happen nationwide with the GOP controlling every branch of government, including supermajoroties in both houses of Congress.
Oh, and top GOP officials have also announced their desire to NUKE Gaza, so don't come at me with, "but I can't vote blue because Biden..." Or tell me how you think Gaza would somehow be better off with Trump and the GOP.
In France, the left and center joined together--even though they disagree vehemently on many issues (get two leftists together and they'll have three positions on any issue)--to stop the far right from totally taking over, because the one thing they ALL agree on is that fascists dictatorships are BAD.
Much the same with the UK finally kicking out their own neo-fascist party, the Torries, to install 400 Labour MPs. Not everyone loves Labour's policies, but virtually everyone with a brain cell recognizes that the Torries are fascists, and that FASCISM BAD.
"Every election, they tell us this is the most important election if our lives!" Yeah, because each election over the past several decades has been more important than the one before, until we are now at a tipping point between remaining a fucked up oligarchy with SOME resemblance to freedom, and an outright neo-fascist military dictatorship.
Trump has literally stated publicly his intent to criminalize dissent, use US armed forces against protesters (Kent State, but multiply it by thousands), purge all agencies and stuff them with those personally loyal to him, and use the DOJ to go after anyone he perceives as a threat to his political power, among other things.
And remember the things he did in office, like pulling the teeth of federal workplace protections for queer folks (which Biden reatored).
I don't care if you don't like Biden or Harris. Neither do I. But the alternative is Trump, and anyone telling you not to vote in 2024, or to vote third party, is rooting for Trump, and for Project 2025. Anyone telling you not to vote does not give one single solitary flying fuck about vulnerable populations in the US or anywhere else in the world.
"You're just being an alarmist!" Right. Like I was being alarmist when I predicted the failed Jan 6 coup attempt. Like I was being alarmist when I said the GOP would try to use control over SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Fucking vote.
In France [July 7, 2024], a crowd reacts to election results showing a defeat for the hard-right political party that was expected to win big until the French people voted in greater numbers for leftists and centrists instead. This follows the complete rout suffered by the right-wing Conservative party in Great Britain just three days prior, on July 4th.
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As of 3 AM (US) Eastern time, 22 July 2024…
Please note that this graph is already out of date. The total donated to ActBlue and Kamala Harris since yesterday afternoon currently stands at more than USD $65 million, already easily beating the previous $53 million full-day record set by Trump on the day of his felony conviction. (And the day’s only half over…)
An hour-by-hour graph is here:
You Should Vote and Here's Why
The thing is, people aren't perfect. Politicians especially so. There's never going to be a perfect candidate that solves all of our problems and has no faults whatsoever. And waiting for that candidate forever only gives more votes to the worst people, in this case, that's Trump, a notorious extremist who blatantly lies on television, is racist, is transphobic, and is a convicted felon. His voters will show up to the polls no matter what, because they worship him like a god. So where does that leave us?
Listen, I get being disillusioned, I really do. There's nobody out there who's gonna swoop in and save us from the mess that we've all found ourselves in, and I'm not pretending that Harris is some kind of superhero. But at the very least, she isn't in support of project 2025. She isn't accusing immigrants of eating babies. She isn't a convicted sex offender. And frankly, right now, she's the best option we have.
Now, I'm not saying that's automatically a reason to vote for her, but here's the thing. If Trump gets elected again, things are only going to get worse. Last term, he fired everybody who was supposed to keep a leash on him and packed the court with conservatives. We all saw how that ended up. This time, he's got an army of corrupt floozies at his back, and Project 2025 as his battle plan. I'm not saying the country will turn into a dystopia on day one, but it's hardly gonna be good, either. Not for you or me or anyone else.
Harris isn't exactly a paragon, but at least if she gets elected, things might stop getting worse. Hell, if she's telling the truth about her stances on things, they might even get a little better. And maybe, one day in the future, we'll have politicians worth voting for. But before we get there, we have to get out of this mess.
So we have two options: stand there and watch, or pick up a shovel and start digging ourselves out of this hole full of shit. It'll be slow, and painful, but sometimes better than nothing is really all you've got. Now, I can't make you dig with me, but I can try and give you a shovel.
Maybe someday, better than nothing will turn into better. But if we all just stand here, it's only gonna keep getting worse.
Hey, Psyop asses who keep coming into my fucking comments and inbox, I have one question and if you can answer it effectively, I'll straight up shut the fuck up.
What's your plan, to prevent Trump from not only sending larger amounts of aid to Israel, but also to prevent him from criminalizing LGBTQ+ people's existence, deporting even natural born citizens of immigrant families he deems not white American enough, stripping social security and medicare funds, etc.?
Like what's the plan homies, how are we stopping the fascist dictator from being a fascist dictator?
Protests aren't effective on his behavior, while Harris and Biden have inched further toward at least voicing sympathy and taking action toward supporting Palestinian civilians, (just look it the fuck up, it's like two google searches, yes they still support Israel but they did attempt to halt bomb shipments and they do continue to push for a ceasefire and Palestine's recognition as a state.) he's outright said he thinks he should be allowed to give the word to send in the military to kill, arrest, and deport all protestors regardless of decorum.
Boycotting isn't effective if you aren't already spending the money on his backers, and something tells me most of us Aren't a big fan of donating to christofascist organizations or dumping any money that isn't absolutely necessary into oil executives and mega conglomerates' pockets, so that's not really super useful in this instance.
Violent revolution is An Option, I suppose, sure, but leftists on average own less firearms and have less survival, and combat experience than the right, of which make up most of our police force and military, and believe it or not we actually don't outnumber both the right, and moderate crowd who would rally against us for that violence, not even mentioning the hefty amount of disabled and chronically ill people you'd be throwing to the wolves to either die of lack of care or be outright targeted in this brand new violent 'utopia' you've built, OR the amount of actual fascists who will see that violent revolution as an excuse to go out and murder as many marginalized people as they can, regardless of their participation in your revolution.
So what the fuck is the plan, when Trump wins, if you decide not to vote??
"Well what's YOUR plan for stoping aid to genocide if Harris wins??"
I'm so glad you asked!
I've already started campaigning on a grassroots level for city officials, congressmen, and senators in my area who have spoken out against Zionism, I plan to get public opinion on them up so that when midterms happen, I have a better chance of actually electing someone I fully agree with and who can help push our presidential cabinet into doing better. I already voted for a regent of university who made student's right to civil disobedience and protection against excessive police force a large part of his platform, and city council members who campaigned for police reform in the form of a more stringent application and screening process, and a longer training period that includes sensitivity training and civil education testing.
I participate in and organize pro Palestinian protests, and make graphic materials to help spread public awareness of who to effectively boycott and who to donate to in order to help.
I am in the process of sorting through Democratic National Committee backers, to find those that are Zionist, and their businesses, to effectively organize a boycott that will Directly pull money out of the democrat party's pockets and continue to put pressure on all of them to actually make changes.
I regularly, as in almost daily, send emails to my senators, congressmen, and the Whitehouse, making my expectations for my government representatives clear, of which I actually have gotten a few non-automated replies on the state level, expressing their understanding of those expectations.
So again. What the fuck. Is your plan. For if Trump wins? You gonna sit on the ground and cry some more about not getting your way Right Now with no actual effort on your part? While millions lose their lives and livelihoods?
You have to actually understand our fucking government, and understand that your vote isn't supposed to be a tool for picking the candidate that will fix everything Right Now, it's a tool to pick the candidate most likely to make changes based on your other actions of resistance. Not voting, or splitting the vote, does not fucking help anyone except for the actual fascist dictator who will win if we don't unify, and the far-right Israeli leaders (among OTHER far-right world leaders,) he shows complete and utter full support for without even an Ounce of criticism outside of "I think they should be doing worse."
Get the fuck up and vote. It's the LEAST you can fucking do. Stop doomsaying and actually put in some god damn effort.
The right-wingers are scared. Scare them shitless.
Hmm? What's this? An anti-voter telling us our votes don't count?
Well! That's quite an opinion! Let's look at their blog, I'm sure we'll see a long history of posts there, showing us that this person is not a bot or a troll account specifically made for election interference?
...Oh?
What's this? Literally only one post?
Oh! But that post is dated to August 2013! Clearly this must be an old blog, it's not like Tumblr has a feature that lets you date posts to anytime you want- oh? They do?
Watch out, y'all - anti-voting bots/trolls are on Tumblr, and they are trying to discourage us from voting. They do this because they know that if we vote blue, we can keep Trump out of office.
Somewhere I saw a post that was like, "any state can turn blue if enough people vote."
This is very true. And with so much at stake here, you shouldn't assume that people won't turn out in droves to vote blue even in red states.
Project 2025/Agenda 47 isn't the kind of thing that normal, everyday Republicans actually want. Trumpers are a weird bunch. As we raise more awareness, your Republican swing voter types are going to be like, "hey uh, wait, this isn't what I want" and a lot of them are going to start eyeing Harris.
So even if you live in a red state, don't assume that your vote is meaningless. Do not. For one minute. Assume this.
Register. Check your registration. Help others register. Vote early if you want. Vote by mail if you want. Vote on Nov 5 if you want.
Stay engaged. We can do this!
We are not going back.
Saying "voting doesn't matter" might reach your younger peers online but it certainly hasn't reached Clangus Hargbarg who was part of the kkk in 1951 and still sends in his ballot. He hasn't missed a one.
This is very important, remember your vote counts and is very important especially in swing states. Go out and vote, save American democracy.
Hmm? What's this? An anti-voter telling us our votes don't count?
Well! That's quite an opinion! Let's look at their blog, I'm sure we'll see a long history of posts there, showing us that this person is not a bot or a troll account specifically made for election interference?
...Oh?
What's this? Literally only one post?
Oh! But that post is dated to August 2013! Clearly this must be an old blog, it's not like Tumblr has a feature that lets you date posts to anytime you want- oh? They do?
Watch out, y'all - anti-voting bots/trolls are on Tumblr, and they are trying to discourage us from voting. They do this because they know that if we vote blue, we can keep Trump out of office.
Remember to vote, save our democracy
The way some people are acting like white people would be getting their just deserts if Trump was elected is so fucked up. Like, collectively punishing white people shouldn't be a goal here; we should be aiming to make things better for all vulnerable people. And I promise you, however bad things are for said vulnerable people right now, they would become infinitely worse under a second Trump term. In your desire to collectively punish white people, you are condemning everyone else to even crueler fates. Kill the Catholic priest in your head; punishment is not justice, atonement is not accomplished through suffering.
Hey, Psyop asses who keep coming into my fucking comments and inbox, I have one question and if you can answer it effectively, I'll straight up shut the fuck up.
What's your plan, to prevent Trump from not only sending larger amounts of aid to Israel, but also to prevent him from criminalizing LGBTQ+ people's existence, deporting even natural born citizens of immigrant families he deems not white American enough, stripping social security and medicare funds, etc.?
Like what's the plan homies, how are we stopping the fascist dictator from being a fascist dictator?
Protests aren't effective on his behavior, while Harris and Biden have inched further toward at least voicing sympathy and taking action toward supporting Palestinian civilians, (just look it the fuck up, it's like two google searches, yes they still support Israel but they did attempt to halt bomb shipments and they do continue to push for a ceasefire and Palestine's recognition as a state.) he's outright said he thinks he should be allowed to give the word to send in the military to kill, arrest, and deport all protestors regardless of decorum.
Boycotting isn't effective if you aren't already spending the money on his backers, and something tells me most of us Aren't a big fan of donating to christofascist organizations or dumping any money that isn't absolutely necessary into oil executives and mega conglomerates' pockets, so that's not really super useful in this instance.
Violent revolution is An Option, I suppose, sure, but leftists on average own less firearms and have less survival, and combat experience than the right, of which make up most of our police force and military, and believe it or not we actually don't outnumber both the right, and moderate crowd who would rally against us for that violence, not even mentioning the hefty amount of disabled and chronically ill people you'd be throwing to the wolves to either die of lack of care or be outright targeted in this brand new violent 'utopia' you've built, OR the amount of actual fascists who will see that violent revolution as an excuse to go out and murder as many marginalized people as they can, regardless of their participation in your revolution.
So what the fuck is the plan, when Trump wins, if you decide not to vote??
"Well what's YOUR plan for stoping aid to genocide if Harris wins??"
I'm so glad you asked!
I've already started campaigning on a grassroots level for city officials, congressmen, and senators in my area who have spoken out against Zionism, I plan to get public opinion on them up so that when midterms happen, I have a better chance of actually electing someone I fully agree with and who can help push our presidential cabinet into doing better. I already voted for a regent of university who made student's right to civil disobedience and protection against excessive police force a large part of his platform, and city council members who campaigned for police reform in the form of a more stringent application and screening process, and a longer training period that includes sensitivity training and civil education testing.
I participate in and organize pro Palestinian protests, and make graphic materials to help spread public awareness of who to effectively boycott and who to donate to in order to help.
I am in the process of sorting through Democratic National Committee backers, to find those that are Zionist, and their businesses, to effectively organize a boycott that will Directly pull money out of the democrat party's pockets and continue to put pressure on all of them to actually make changes.
I regularly, as in almost daily, send emails to my senators, congressmen, and the Whitehouse, making my expectations for my government representatives clear, of which I actually have gotten a few non-automated replies on the state level, expressing their understanding of those expectations.
So again. What the fuck. Is your plan. For if Trump wins? You gonna sit on the ground and cry some more about not getting your way Right Now with no actual effort on your part? While millions lose their lives and livelihoods?
You have to actually understand our fucking government, and understand that your vote isn't supposed to be a tool for picking the candidate that will fix everything Right Now, it's a tool to pick the candidate most likely to make changes based on your other actions of resistance. Not voting, or splitting the vote, does not fucking help anyone except for the actual fascist dictator who will win if we don't unify, and the far-right Israeli leaders (among OTHER far-right world leaders,) he shows complete and utter full support for without even an Ounce of criticism outside of "I think they should be doing worse."
Get the fuck up and vote. It's the LEAST you can fucking do. Stop doomsaying and actually put in some god damn effort.
give a shit about voting. be responsible.
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.
