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I've been rereading this again lately after yesterdays election and it really reminds me that there's hope. One part of this book that's always stayed with me is the idea that the power leaders have exists because people believe it does. The people hold the power, not one guy in charge of a government. But I recommend checking this out to get ideas on where we can go from here.

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If you're worried about the environment and are in a position to do so: Earthjustice is running a donation match right now. It's $1:1 for one time donations and $2:1 for recurring monthly donations. Even $5 or $10 a month makes a difference and can help stop Trump's agenda from becoming reality.

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A Pragmatic and surprisingly comforting perspective about the Trump 2nd Presidency from the ACLU

***Apologies if this is how you found out the 2024 election results***

Blacked out part is my name.

I’m not going to let this make me give up. It’s disheartening, and today I will wallow, probably tomorrow too

AND

I will continue to do my part in my community to spread the activism and promote change for the world I want to live in. I want to change the world AND help with the dishes.

And I won’t let an orange pit stain be what stops me from trying to be better.

A link to donate to the ACLU if able and inclined. I know I am

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Please Help Us 3 Starving Trans Girls Eat and Repair our Car

Hi all myself and my 2 partners are unemployed disabled students who rely on grants and support to survive, and our increased rent and electric bills have run through what little aid we get fast.

We need money for groceries and to fix our car, It's the winter season here and the roads are getting risky, and our cars brake pads are down to nearly nothing

We need to raise $400 usd in order to afford the car repair costs and groceries for the month, if you see this please reblog and if you are able to send even $2 - $10 usd it really can stack up fast

Thank you all 🥺🩵🩷

Venmo: @kasherpashiko

Cashapp: $quicksilvermoonlight

Paypal: paypal.me/aelwydydd

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leftists on the internet learned the word ecofascism and immediately started applying it to any form of enviromentalism that might slightly inconvenience them

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So Trump Won, Now What?

I get it, we’re all worried. I am too. Above all else on this list, keep yourself safe. Don’t do anything stupid, especially without a plan.

Find Ways to Cope

With the election results, it’s understandable to be afraid. Do whatever you need to (within reasonable amounts. please do not overdose) to comfort yourself.

Take off of school / work if possible to rest. If you don’t have money saved up to be able to take a day off, that’s completely understandable. If you can’t take a day off school for whatever reason (like me. I’m writing this while being driven to school) then that’s okay as well.

Eat comfort foods. You can take a cheat day if you’re on a diet today, you deserve it.

Do things that help you calm down. Some things can include: drawing, crafts, listening to music (punk playlist I helped create here if that might help), knitting, etc. Whatever it is, do it. 

Cry. It’s understandable to want to cry after this. I felt like crying too.

Prepare For the Worst

I hate to say it, but it’s likely that shits going to hit the fan once Trump hits office. Here’s some ideas on what to do.

Preserve any media that MAGA might try and get rid of. For me that’s going to be writing things online down into a notebook and preserving punk songs (likely onto a cassette tape just so I have it tangibly), for Janet next door that might be pirating. Buying any books that might get destroyed is a good idea as well, so that way it still exists, despite censorship.

Stock up on physical items that may end up being destroyed / not being sold anymore. Books are a good idea to have since book censorship has existed as long as dictatorship has. Another idea is over the counter birth control since it likely won’t be allowed to be sold anymore. If anyone has any more ideas, put them in the reblogs / comments.

Stock up on money. I have a secret stash that has about $200 in physical dollars hidden in it, and that’s just counting dollars. 

Build Community

This goes hand-in-hand with prepare for the worst, but I felt like it deserved its own section.

Make a garden. It may be a bit late to do that right now due to it being winter in the U.S., but you can always prepare for one. Food prices will likely go up, so it’s good to have plans for free food.

I’m not sure what to title this bullet point, but with prices for everything likely going to go up, it’s great if there’s people who can provide things like clothes or anything else one might need.

Even without any of the other two things, having community in general is good. Even if that’s just a group of friends who you sit with at the lunch table and talk with, it’s still a community. If you aren’t able to make one in real life for whatever reason, then make one online.

If anyone has anything at all to add on then please put it in the reblogs (preferred) or comments. I’m not usually one to ask for reblogs, but I’d argue that this is really important and needs to be shared. Remember that your existence is resistance and that it’s always okay to punch a Nazi.

@our-trans-punk-experience

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I thankfully live in a safer state with legal protections in place, so I'm going to be as openly queer and punk as possible so more people feel safe to be who they are around me. I've also been going to the LGBTQ+ club at my school and hope to get more involved in the general community at my school. I've been trying to go to a lot of the events my school has to meet new people- it took a while for me to get used to going to a new school so I've been shy so far but I'm getting over it, slowly but surely.

What are your plans to make your community a safer place for its most at-risk members over the next year?

I've reblogged some non-specific calls to action. What are your specific plans? Let's give people some ideas they can apply to their own communities.

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What are your plans to make your community a safer place for its most at-risk members over the next year?

I've reblogged some non-specific calls to action. What are your specific plans? Let's give people some ideas they can apply to their own communities.

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I don't believe anything white tumblr queers say about the virtues of 'building community' when they've made it clear 'community' to them means 'me and my white friends.' what are you building? a polycule on a hobby farm?

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i am no longer asking, I am demanding that people respect all trans kids

this includes the kids who wear pride flags as capes or lots of rainbow accessories or ""make being gay/trans their entire personality""

this includes the transmasc kids who go by ""stereotypical"" transmasc names or who have a soft boy aesthetic

this includes the transfem kids who make the "hehe skirt go swish" memes or who's only connection to the queer community is the blåhaj & coding jokes

this includes the nonbinary kids who go by names like arson, sock, moth or bone, who find comfort in the "gremlincore" aesthetic

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Grieve AND organize.

Good article by David Hunter on how to survive the Trump presidency, both on the personal and on the political plane.

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queer people of all kinds. i am looking you in the eyes. do not fucking kill yourself. are you listening to me it will be okay. it will get better. i am shaking you by the shoulders do. not. fucking. do. it. you have so much to keep going for and so many people who love you. the cost of the present will not outweigh the life ahead of you. i love you. chin up or down keep walking you'll get there. we will pull you back up onto your feet should you fall. i love you

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IF YOU LIVE IN THE US, PLEASE READ THIS

Posting this from the bird app since I hope it can help people.

People have been contacting the White House directly to demand a recount, especially since there has been evidence that not every ballot has been counted and will be thrown away if it hasn't been cured.

The link to contact the White House is here!

The following screenshot comes from here!

If you need help writing something, check under the cut! I've provided a prewritten response from one of the replies!

"I am a concerned citizen, and I need you to hear me. I urge you to recount the ballots from this election and investigate election interference. Bomb threats have been called into multiple polling locations, causing some to close early. Domestic terrorists have burned ballot boxes. An unprecedented number of ballots have been rejected and require curing. There have been reports of polling officers allowing voter intimidation in and outside of polling places across the country and an estimated 20 million mail in ballots are unaccounted for. In addition, many people have reported that ballots were not counted for suspicious reasons such as signature invalidation which is information that vote counters do not have access to. These events have occurred in swing states such as Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Georgia, for instance."

Feel free to add and change what you want, this is just a base for you to work off of.

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PROOF IN CASE YOU NEED IT

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PROOF IN CASE YOU NEED IT

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We are a very very dumb, stupid people

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"This has been brewing for a long time. And we have the privillage, no. The blessing, to be able to fight and cement a future for those who come after us. Things like fear, things like worry, should be secondary to the primal urge to keep on fighting for what you know is the right thing. Understanding. Caring about others. Ensuring that the needs of others are taken care of. And this is where the paradox of tollerence comes in. Poeple will say 'well why would you say those violent things to Nazis, why did you play these videos of Nazis getting killed?' because we cannot create the better world without that struggle. And it's like Rose has been saying the whole time. It's like Benny was talking about at the beginning. Kamala honestly probably wasn't what we needed. Would it have been more soothing, would it have put off the inevitable? Maybe. But in the end, America as an empire is fallen. It is rotted at it's core. It is not 'for us,' it is not for the regular people, and we have to take care of ourselves. Now, is the time for you to decide how much you are willing to do for the man next to you, for the person you don't know. How much you are willing to fight for the dream of a life that you actually want. One where you are treated equally to somebody else. This is not the time for anger. This is not the time to be driven by sadness or malaise or depression. This is the time to be driven by passion. And I hope that every single person who has been watching all day today is able to find that passion and hold on to it. That you are able to find like-minded individuals to care for. To have each other's backs. To watch out for. Because the next four years are going to be fucked. The years after that are going to be fucked. But you have all of us. And to anybody, even the cute adorable little trolls I still see in my chat, we're not going anywhere. I am not going anywhere. I am not fucking moving. You move, bitch.

Do you think I'm going to be intimidated, or scared by you? It's actually quite fitting, that we started off talking about heavy metal at the beginning of the stream, because like the fucking song says, 'you've got another thing coming.'" - Jordan (Dead Domain)