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On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States on April 30, 1789.
#George Washington#takes the oath#first elected President of the United States#1st US president#Federal Hall#Lower Manhattan#New York City#30 April 1789#235th anniversary#US history#architecture#sculpture#public art#façade#Greek Revival architecture#Federal Hall Memorial National Historic Site#landmark#tourist attraction#John Quincy Adams Ward#USA#summer 2013#travel#vacation#tourism#original photography#cityscape#Mount Rushmore National Memorial#South Dakota#2018#2019
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i don't post about politics often but if you support trump, very disrespectfully fuck you and get off my page. this is genuinely such a dangerous situation and i wish only love and light for everybody. please stay safe
#i want this man DEAD!!!@#i want him Gone.#Eliminated.#Eradicated.#wiped off the face of the fuckibg earth#i read something so funny w my dad last night it was like on the 1st day hes gonna haul all wind turbines out of the sea#because they âkill whalesâ.#Kill Whales. okay#only if they jump into the fucking turbine??????????#how dumb do you have to be#thoughts àšđčà§#donald trump#us presidents#election 2024#us elections#kamala harris#donald trump 2024
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#jack schlossberg#kennedy family#the kennedys#1st amendment#2nd amendment#constitution#us constitution#us presidential race#us politics#politics#boston massachusetts#boston celtics#massachusetts#jfklibrary#jfk grandson#john f kennedy#president biden#joe biden#american politics#donald trump trial#trump 2024#donald trump#2024 presidential election#2024 election#vote democrat#vote blue#please vote#us elections#democrats#democracy
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mmm just character thoughts don't mind me. I was initially hesitant to give my Phoenix too much characteristics that make them more than what we see in the game. I wanted to stick to focusing on their present as this silly do-gooder protagonist with simple motivations (a la Mr. No-Backstory Phoenix Wright Aceattorney. THAT'SRIGHT!! I DIDN'T JUST STOP WITH THE HAIR WAHHA /j)
which is why I didn't want to give them an actual real name for a long time.. the moment I do that is the moment they're someone unique entirely. Which isn't a bad thing! For some reason I just wanted to stick it to the simplicity. But I guess making them half-asian working for a company that's (mainly? i assume?) based in the US in the 60's already entails a lot of implications. Also I was really proud of thinking up of a real name for them which is why I put it on that one art I did for them.
All that to say is ... I'm close to deciding on going all-in with my Phoenix's characterization, backstory and all. I could... PROBABLY manage to connect their weird talent of not dying to it but. It's silly for the sake of being silly so. probably not.
What I've got so far is that they're an overseas filipino worker who, after jumping across multiple jobs (none of them sticking too long), accidentally wanders into one of the buildings of the Agency. They somehow get accepted and it doesn't take long for them to realize that they're a spy now. Surprisingly, they like the thrill. They really Did Not Expect to suddenly be saving the world but it's fine. It's fine!
#they also didn't. plan on settling down the us for family reasons#though by the end of the 1st game i think the Agency granted them citizenship bc they're an asset now#. idk the right terms i should search things more#i was going to go over how the politics work in this damn world#like. GENUINE QUESTION... do 'presidents' still exist? at least as like#one tier below the world leaders. since they Still take the time#to differentiate all the countries within the four world powers#because if so. my god. there's like . something historic happens in the PH in the 60's and im like#do i want to factor that to my silly littl agent#things are different in this world obvi#cant stop thinking about the implications lol#anyways#gene rambles#agent phoenix
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THOMAS JEFFERSON Third US President Author of Declaration of Independence
From the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779)
No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
#quotes#Thomas Jefferson#US Presidents#founding fathers#separation of Church and State#1st Amendment
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shakku knows about hitoyaâs drive for retribution and kuukou knew about his beef with jakurai and iâm sitting here wishing i could see how those conversations happened lmao
#this is vee speaking#hitoya and his relationships with the harais bro đ©đ©đ©đđđ some good stuff they ainât showing us lmao#like we presume shakku presided over soraâs funeral#but that doesnât necessarily lend itself to shakku learning hitoya is a lawyer bc of his brother#and when did hitoya share his beef with jakurai to kuukou???? during that weird confrontation between them before hitoya saved jyushi????#or maybe sometime during the 1st drb since they both were in attendance lol???#i saw some fanart of 14 year old hitoya stoically carrying flowers and a baaaaaaby kuukou tugging on his pants#the timeline doesnât check out for that to be real lol#but i think it would be adorable if shakku came across hitoya sometime when he was in college and met a baby kuukou lol
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#barrack obama#black history#black literature#black excellence#black tumblr#black community#blackexcellence365#black history is american history#us president#president#president of the united states#1st black president#college education#black history month#presidents day#capcut
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HELLO? CAN ANYONE OUT THERE HEAR ME
#txt#1st of all EISENHOWER TUMMY PROBLEMS???? was he an ibs warrior...#2nd of all RICHARD NIXON SAT DOWN AND TYPED THE WORD 'TUMMY' AT LEAST TWO TIMES. HE THOUGHT THE WORD TUMMY. TUMMY WAS ON HIS MIND#TUMMY??????#get me OUT OF HERE IM SO SCARED#us presidents#fav#six crises#tummyđđđđđđđ
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/10/16/fema-threats-arrested-hurrricane-helene/
We often speak of empathy and understanding.
Now we have a chance to show it.
I don't believe William Jacob Parsons is an evil man, nor is he a threat to the American people. William Parsons was deceived by MAGA representatives and the propaganda machines at Faux News and whatever the hell Elon Musk is up to today.
Actions speak louder than words.
Upon witnessing that FEMA workers and volunteers were not discriminating against republican voters, William decided to stay and help out. He did what many of us would have done.
Of course, I don't agree with his anti-government and anti-vaccination stance, that doesn't mean I think he should be jailed or imprisoned.
I say, let him go home. Let him go cast his vote for Trump, if he hasn't already.
Like and reblog, if you agree.
#maga#make america great again#make america safe again#save democracy#republicans#conservatives#us politics#1st amendment#2nd amendment#vote blue#vote harris#vote kamala#kamala harris#vote democrat#kamala 2024#harris4president#kamala4president#kamala for president#harris 2024#vote kamala harris#harris walz 2024#harris for president#harris#kamala#walz#election#kamala harris for president#conspiracy theories#hurricane helene#William Parsons
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not a thought behind those eyes (not gonna say who I'm talking about tho)
pls tinngun's body rolls-
there's everyone. and then there's tinngun. in their own world.
#how to watch please smile dance cover: a step by step guide#1st watch the full thing (for how many times we don't judge)#2nd watch it again focusing on one person#3rd. repeat 2nd step with different idiots#4th. watch it again to grasp that it's in fact real. gmmtv really gave us that#my school president#aaaaaaah I hate those water marks
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George Washington, American general and politician, first President of the United States, was born on February 22, 1732. Â
#George Washington#1st US President#born#290th birthday#US history#290th anniversary#Federal Hall National Memorial#Manhattan#New York City#Mount Rushmore National Memorial#Gutzon Borglum#South Dakota#travel#vacation#Henry Kirke Brown#Boston#Massachusetts#sculpture#public art#John Quincy Adams Ward#George Washington's Birthday#GeorgeWashingtonsBirthday#Thomas Ball#Chicago#Illinois#Herald Square Monument#Lorado Taft and Leonard Crunelle#Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#Joseph A. Bailly
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Something really amazing happened in France, and I think it'd help us in the US to learn about it. Forgive the long read, but I think this is genuinely great both because of what happened and how.
So as some of you might have seen, in a decision historians will debate for years (mostly to figure out just WTF he was thinking, even though he is alive right now and can be asked), the French president, Emmanuel Macron, currently in power and THREE YEARS before the scheduled election, seeing the far right rise in popularity decided to dissolve the assembly and hold snap elections.
577 seats were up for grabs. Remember that number. Since half of that is 288.5, 289 seats are needed for a majority.
The first round happened last week and boy, was it bad. The far right made HUGE gains. It won or was in first place in so many races. And Macron's party ended up third!
Overall, this is how things ended up after the first round:
Far right bloc: 33%
Left bloc: 28%
Macron's centrist party: 20%
Conservatives: 7%
The way the French system works is that if a candidate gets over 50% of the vote, they win outright, and some of the far right did manage that. But, many races went to a runoff.
Immediate projections after were that the far right bloc might win anywhere from 240 to 310 seats, a catastrophe.
A shameful swing to the far right leading to the first time they'll be in power since the 1940s? Yes, but maybe not??
This is where things get interesting.
Unusually, a lot of these runoffs are 3-way, instead of a simpler 2-way choice. And in pretty much every case, that helps the far right.
So on June 30th, the night of the first round, this is how things went down:
Immediately, the left parties put out the call: anywhere they were third, they withdrew and their voters would go over to whoever was running against the far right candidate. Their goal: form a "republican front" to block the far right. The far right cannot get 289 seats.
Macron's bloc was not so...motivated. Different people put out different instructions: in some places, if they were third, they should drop out, but only to help the center left, not far left, in other places, see how far you are, only then drop out, that kind of thing.
The conservative party simply said they won't drop out and won't give their voters instruction either way in races they're not involved in.
Late night developments:
More people in Macron's party are now beginning to realize the situation and starting to coalesce around whichever candidate can beat the far right one. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, from Macron's party, says clearly the priority is to block the far right. BUT, some Macron spokespeople on TV say they'll form a coalition only with the center left and conservatives, splitting the left bloc if needed. Some individual Macronists still saying they won't drop out, even if there's no hope of winning.
Lol.
So, now July 1st:
Only half so far. In one race, where the sister of Marine Le Pen (the far right leader and the face of their movement) was leading, the third place Macronist refused to bow out.
Excellent quote from another Macronist:
Perhaps realizing the same thing, that Macronist in the race against the Le Pen sister now drops out.
In some places, third place Macronists are dropping out DESPITE Macron bewilderingly telling them NOT to?
Halfway through the day:
Of the 311 3-way or 4-way runoffs, the number is down to 135 because of these candidates dropping out: 121 Left, 56 Macronists, 1 conservative.
Oh, there was this, in case people had any doubts about how terrible the far right are:
And to show the selflessness of the left:
July 2:
The deadline to decide if they want to stay in a runoff is today.
A dozen new third place Macronists who said they'd stay in have now dropped out. One got a call from both the PM Attal AND Macron to drop out, signalling the dawning understanding of the importance of this moment.
Even some conservative party members are now backing the left candidate who faces the far right.
A Macronist who had 30.55% of the vote in the first round and came in third to the far right's 33.11% and left's 32.73% and who would have been tempted to stay has dropped out.
The deadline to stay in or not has now passed.
Look at these far right shenanigans!
Macron still being a freaking loser:
July 3rd:
In the end, of the 311 3- or 4-way run offs, only 91 left. Some polls come out that have the far right getting between 190 to 220 seats.
July 4th:
New polls say the balance of the voting itself isn't transferring between the left and center and predictions have risen for the far right, now predicted to get between 210 and 250 seats.
July 5th:
New polls again, left voters now predicted to do better transferring vote to the centrists, decreasing the far right projections again.
However, scandalous reporting emerges: while Attal was trying to fend off the far right, Macron was not only NOT taking the far right seriously, he was undermining efforts to defeat them. His team shrugged off the first round results and celebrated a BIRTHDAY as the results were still coming in?
July 6th:
A few runoffs happened yesterday, nothing much unexpected, some left and center wins.
July 7th:
The day of reckoning. At this point, the expectations are that the far right won't come close to that 289 number but could still easily have the most seats.
GUYS.
It's over and the left are in the lead!
A LOT of cases where a leftist or centrist was 2nd in the first round and now won.
Amazing:
SO many lessons to take from this.
First, you have to vote! You have to. You can't do anything without voting. The freaking French, who'll protest for anything, are showing up to vote. If you're trying to achieve any kind of result and it's not going to happen by January 2025, you have to vote now.
But just as importantly, the left and center (and even conservative) parties made very key decisions. They were all lucky that Attal, who Macron chose, saw the big picture, bigger than indeed Macron could. A stupid selfish centrist leader could have still ruined everything if it were up to him.
TL;DR: After a disastrous first round in the national French elections where the far right was on the cusp of taking power, the left and center formed a strong coalition and through the power of voting and unity, overcame the far right AND their selfish centrist president to win.
#french elections#us elections#emmanuel macron#marine le pen#gabriel attal#attal really did the thing for them#french politics
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Kamala Harris just announced that her vice president will be Minnesota governor Tim Walz. Based on the coverage so far I'm really reassured by this decision.
The Washington Post did an obviously great job of making a prepared article for each option, considering how long an article they had up 7 minutes after the announcement.
((Okay technically it's not an official announcement yet it's "according to three people familiar with the pick, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a decision that is not yet public." But listen. I am 99% sure this is a weather balloon. (Meaning: a deliberate leak to gauge reaction.) Because the sheer weakness or incompetence on the part of the Harris campaign that it would take for three people to all confirm that within a few hours hours of each other and the planned announcement it is massive.))
-via The Washington Post, August 6, 2024
Honestly this decision, from everything I've read and can tell, looks like it's brilliant politics.
Important Context: The vice president(ial candidates)'s job in an election is not to be similar to the president. The vice president's job on the ballot is very, very much specifically to be different from the president. Why? So they can cover each others' weaknesses. Especially regionally.
(Sidenote: I feel a bit ridiculous saying this. But genuinely if you want to get a stronger understanding of how US elections really work. Go watch seasons 6 and 7 of The West Wing. Genuinely, a lot of politicians have said - especially back in its day - that that was the most accurate depiction of an election they'd ever seen. Also specifically features an entire arc about a contested Democratic primary convention, so also very good if you're interested in understanding weird nominating convention shenanigans.)
From the article:
"Harrisâs choice for a running mate was among the most closely watched decisions of her fledgling campaign, as she sought to bolster the ticketâs prospects for victory in November and rapidly find someone who could be a governing partner. In picking Walz, she has selected a seasoned politician with executive governing experience and signaled the importance of Midwestern battleground states such as Wisconsin and Michigan.
Walzâs foray into politics came later in life: He spent more than two decades as a public school teacher and football coach, and as a member of the Army National Guard, before running for Congress in his 40s. In 2006, he defeated a Republican to win Minnesotaâs 1st Congressional District--a rural, conservative area--and won reelection five times before leaving Congress to run for governor.
Walz was first elected governor in 2018 and handily won reelection in 2022. Though little-known outside his state, Walz emerged publicly as one of the earliest names mentioned as a possible running mate for Harris, and in the ensuing days he made the rounds on television as an outspoken surrogate for the vice president...
âThese are weird people on the other side. They want to take books away, they want to be in your exam room. ⊠They are bad on foreign policy, they are bad on the environment, they certainly have no health care plan, and they keep talking about the middle-class,â Walz told MSNBC in July. âAs I said, a robber baron real estate guy and a venture capitalist trying to tell us they understand who we are? They donât know who we are.â
Walz also has faced criticism from Republicans that his policies as governor were too liberal, including legalizing recreational marijuana for adults, protecting abortion rights, expanding LGBTQ protections, implementing tuition-free college for low-income Minnesotans and providing free breakfast and lunch for schoolchildren in the state.
But many of those initiatives are broadly popular. Walz also signed an executive order removing the college-degree requirement for 75 percent of Minnesotaâs state jobs, a move that garnered bipartisan support and that several other states have also adopted.
âWhat a monster. Kids are eating and having full bellies, so they can go learn, and women are making their own health-care decisions,â Walz said sarcastically in a July 28 interview with CNN when questioned whether such policies would be fodder for conservative attacks, later adding: âIf thatâs where they want to label me, Iâm more than happy to take the [liberal] label.â
Walz also spoke at a kickoff event in St. Paul for a Democratic canvassing effort, casting Trump as a âbully.â
âDonât lift these guys up like theyâre some kind of heroes. Everybody in this room knows--I know it as a teacher--a bully has no self-confidence. A bully has no strength. They have nothing,â Walz said at the event, sporting a camouflage hunting hat and T-shirt.
Walz has explained that he felt some Democratsâ practice of calling Trump an existential threat to democracy was giving him too much credit, which prompted his decision to denounce the GOP nominee instead as being âweird.â
âI do believe all those things are a real possibility, but it gives him way too much power," Walz said on CNNâs âState of the Unionâ regarding the Democratsâ rhetoric. âListen to the guy. Heâs talking about Hannibal Lecter, shocking sharks, and just whatever crazy thing pops into his mind.â
If Walz is elected vice president, under state law, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) would assume the governorship for the rest of his term. Minnesota Senate president Bobby Joe Champion, a Democrat, would become lieutenant governor."
-via The Washington Post, August 6, 2024
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This guy. Sounds like. fucking Moderate swing-state/rural/Midwestern/southern/"heartland"/working class white voter catnip. He sounds like he's also a very smart politician and strong campaigner. And he's apparently genuinely a good guy with a good record, too.
He sounds like he's going to do a really good job of appealing to voters in several of the big deal swing states without being from any of them specifically. Which means it doesn't feel like pandering to one of the states involved (and thereby spurning the others), which is also great.
(Also he was the one who started "weird" @ conservatives and I think we should take that seriously as a very good political instinct/move. Judging in large part by how it has so clearly hit an actual nerve with conservatives like so little else. Also hugely relevant: that post going around about how part of why conservatives are so upset about "weird" is because in the Midwest, "weird" specifically also implies anti-social or harmful behavior.)
Officially feeling more optimistic about Trump not winning in November
#tim walz#minnesota#united states#us politics#kamala harris#harris 2024#2024 elections#election 2024#us elections#american politics#2024 presidential election#vice president#2024 election#kamala 2024#shoutout here to the post that
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Oh yeah because if the tangerine nightmare wins what you say and do online will be restricted and people will disappear for posting random shit on the internet.
It's that dire and important.
GO VOTE PLEASE!!!
Guys be manifesting or praying or whatever that Kamala wins and I don't have to stop writing gay fanfiction.
#2024 presidential election#Kamala for president#Kamala Harris#us elections#election 2024#us politics#fanfiction#1st amendment rights#privacy rights#big brother#writers#Tim Walz#vote please#please vote#vote like your life depends on it because it does#vote democrat up and down the ballot#vote blue#Harris Walz 2024#vote Harris Walz#American election#U.S. Election#United States presidential election
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JAMES MADISON Fourth US President Signer of US Constitution and known as "Father of the Constitution"
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the civil authority; in many instances they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny; in no instance have they been the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wish to subvert the public liberty may have found an established clergy convenient allies.
During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution.
#1st Amendment#separation of Church and State#James Madison#US Presidents#founding fathers#quotes#US Constitution
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