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That’s…not what happened, even a little bit. His debate performance was so alarmingly bad that major donors and political figures (including current members of Congress and most importantly, long-time allies like Nancy Pelosi) launched both public and private pressure campaigns urging him to step down that have been active for weeks and gaining increasing support. He has since endorsed Harris, but it’s technically an open field and the pledged delegates at the DNC will vote on who gets the party nomination. If no candidate wins a majority of delegate votes in the first round, then a second round of voting is held and the superdelegates are allowed to vote. They continue to hold rounds of voting with the full body of delegates and super delegates (a bit more than 4,600 people total) until someone wins a majority and becomes the party nominee. So voters actually get even less say regarding who the Democratic nominee is.
The current situation means that there will be at least one person on the ticket nobody voted for, or even had the opportunity to vote for (assuming Harris wins the presidential nom, her VP would have never been on a primary ballot; if Harris doesn’t win the presidential nom, then both the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates are people who were never on a primary ballot and frankly, we also risk irrevocably splitting the party). If the party doesn’t come together behind Harris and whomever her VP pick is (my guess at this point is Shapiro) it’s going to be an even bigger mess. There’s enormous uncertainty and risk, even more so than with Biden because we literally do will not have a candidate and will not until August 5th at the absolute earliest (an early roll call was scheduled to be performed ahead of the DNC in mid-August because of Ohio’s candidate certification law. Ohio did pass a bill moving the deadline back from Aug. 7th to Sept. 1st so the DNC vote would be completed before their deadline, but Dems wanted to do an early roll call out of an abundance of caution because the law doesn’t take effect until Sept. 1st, so they’re rightfully concerned about litigation) or if they don’t do the early roll-call, until mid-August. That’s a HUGE amount of time and an enormous loss of important and valuable campaigning. Now, if the party solidifies behind Kamala and her VP and no one else attempts to run, that’s the best chance we have at party unity and scraping through. The other option is last-minute infighting when we most need to unite against the authoritarian candidate who is more powerful, more organized, and more ruthlessly bloodthirsty than he’s ever been before.
Let’s be clear here: I am not a fan of Biden and I didn’t vote for him in the primary, in the hopes of sending a message that was never received. This is not a defense of Biden or his politics, this is simply an educated explanation of how the system works and the causes and effects of what you’re seeing unfold (as well as some speculation informed by national political coverage and my experience working in campaign politics). The reason he’s no longer running isn’t because he’s listening to progressive voices, it’s because he’s listening to people who actually have his ear, and were specifically reacting to his debate performance. None of this information is secret; it’s been openly discussed for weeks, there have been interviews and public statements available on elected officials’ social media, and it’s been covered by all major news outlets. If you’re looking for reputable news sources to follow, I recommend the Associated Press (usually abbreviated to “AP”), their Headline News is a very short daily podcast of headliners, or NPR; Up First and The NPR Politics Podcast are two great short-form resources which will keep you up-to-date and produce content 5-7x a week and cover the top three news stories of the day, and latest US political news respectively.
that's so funny. we were like . im not voting for this genocidal, decrepit man. and you were like. well we HAVE to. but .. saying you won't vote has actually very little to do with what you'd do down the line. but it's a powerful reminder to the powers that be that they are still, in some ways, beholden to you. i think the sentiment literally just fucking worked. when massive amounts of progressives are saying they will not be voting for another biden presidency, even in the face of trump... that's scary . and now we don't have to vote for him. It literally worked LMFAO
#did NO ONE watch the debate??? or watch/listen/read to any political news since then??????#this has been one of the top politicial stories SINCE THE DEBATE#it was THE top political story before thr assassination attempt and the RNC#look everyone is allows their opinions but it would be so so so cool if they were fact based#the NPR Politics Podcast produces episodes Monday through Friday#Up First produces episodes every day but on Sunday it’s not news it’s the Sunday Story#there’s so many reputable news orgs#there’s also NPR News Now which is literally just like under five mins of the latest news headlines as of the timestamp of its publication#or The Daily by the NYT#BBC Minute#or even NPR’s consider this which is a single topic deep-dive per episode#Politico! Axios! fucking C-Span!!!#there are so many ways to stay informed
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Happy pride month to these two specifically I can’t believe that Merthur is real
#memes#my crappy art#art#kay draws#merlin bbc#my art#merlin x arthur#arthur pendragon#merthur meme#merthur art#merlin memes#merlin art#merlin#merlin and arthur#I hate them oh my god#cant stand them#they can’t go two minutes without staring at each others lips in conversation#it’s pride month you know what that means#magic reveal#digital art#merlin magic reveal#maybe the real magic was the homosexual subtext we forged along the way#wish them the best those gay boys
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fellas does your boyfriend ever feel a little sad so you create an elaborate story that makes him think he's the chosen one from ye olde prophecies and you have everyone he's ever known stand around and clap for him
#bbc merlin#merthur#so i just watched sword in the stone pt 2 and this post is literally merlin#this boy loves his bf soso much#ignore the fact that arthur literally marries a woman 15 minutes later in the episode#arthur pendragon#arthur is the most specialest boy though i would also do this
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idk when this progress shot is from lol
#i am trying to clear my wips this is from *checks date* JULY????#merthur#bbc merlin#merlin#arthur pendragon#this is one of those where if i ever have to work on this a minute longer i will explode but there is still so much more i can do :(#bbc merlin fanart#merthur fanart#got no description because i am bad at words and cannot think of one 👍#nhyhu.art
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Part 2 already because im unsupervised and unhinged
#bbc merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin emrys#merthur#sylvanian families#calico critters#custom#first public thing I post on TikTok and is this#I have to laugh#please tell me you get all the jokes n reference#I’ve been laughing at them for 20 minutes
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Do I know you? // I thought I knew you.
BBC Merlin (2008) - s01e01 // s05e13 parallel
#is that what arthur must have been doubting?#every moment every minute he thought he knew merlin just like merlin knew him#did he feel like they were back at the first day of ever meeting?#did he actually want to ask once more “do I know you?”#did I ever even know you?#sigh.#don't mind me I'm just in crying mood today#merlin#bbc merlin#merthur#arthur pendragon#king arthur#merlin bbc#merlin x arthur#regulusrules metas
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With you, I serve
With you, I fall down
Watch you breathe in
Watch you breathing out
#bbc merlin#merthur#merlin#merlin fanart#EVERYBODY LIVES#alternative post camlann where merlin refuses to let arthur out of his sight for one minute#also merlin shamelessly chanting spells for arthur’s speedy recovery
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what if they just gave sherlock like. a lego set.
#i think it could keep him occupied for upwards of 30 minutes at least#like smth huge#lego death star?#sherlock holmes#bbc sherlock#sherlock co#sherlock & co
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MERTHUR WEEK 2024
☀️STARTING December 18th - 24th🌑
merthurweek 2024 has risen😈 and as always, i can't wait to see what brilliant creations everyone makes!! i love you all. thank you for allowing me to do this each year!! it’s officially just me this year in name🩷
have fun and enjoy!!💥
FOR FANFIC OR META WRITERS - prompts and/or themes for inspiration:
day one: quest(s) + angst
day two: court sorcerer!merlin + protective!others
day three: hate at first sight + hurt/comfort
day four: “what is that?!” + humor
day five: bamf!merlin + angst with a happy ending
day six: "it wasn’t meant to end this way" + dragons
day seven: magic reveal + canon era
there is an ao3 collection under the name which can be found here 'merthurweek2024’
if you wish to add your fics please put the day and prompt in your summary if posting to ao3.
reminder: merlin/arthur do not need to be the one to say the line or be the things exactly! and the + means and/or. these are mostly for inspiration alone. if you would like to just write modern royalty for day one, for example, and not use angst, then that's perfectly fine.
FOR GIFS/ VIDEO/ ART CREATORS - ideas and/or themes for inspiration:
day one: friends of/with merthur + red color palette (#740938 / #AF1740 / #CC2B52 / #DE7C7D)
day two: any song + orange color palette (#FF885B / #FFE5CF / #557C56 / #33372C)
day three: symbolism + yellow color palette (#FEFFD2 / #FFEEA9 / #FFBF78 / #FF7D29)
day four: favorite parallel(s) + green color palette (#1A1A19 / #31511E / #859F3D / #F6FCDF)
day five: why do you still love merlin in 2024? + blue color palette (#DFF2EB / #B9E5E8 / #7AB2D3 / #4A628A)
day six: any quote + purple color palette (#1A1A1D / #3B1C32 / #6A1E55 / #A64D79)
day seven: what went wrong? + white color palette (#F9F5F6 / #F8E8EE / #FDCEDF / #F2BED1)
Rules:
must be posted on tumblr so i can reblog!
please tag your posts as #merthurweek2024 and/or tag this account directly.
NSFW is allowed, just please tag appropriately.
have fun and enjoy yourself! this week is all about supporting each other and sharing your work!
questions, concerns, or just wanna talk? you can dm or send asks at this account or my main @bellamyblakru
#merthurweek2024#merthur#merthurweek#bbc merlin#merlingifs#merlin events#merlin fests#fests#admin ashley#signal boost#userdorksinlove#xuserann#alielook#merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin x arthur#merlin bbc#merlin emrys#i made a gif for this post and the header and i havent made gifs in a HOT minute lolol sorry if they suck i was going fast and im tired
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Sam Hazeldine as Leifr, The Huntsman: Winter's War
#my gifs#look at this. look at him. 1 minute and 36 seconds of screen time#sam hazeldine#he could be in a bbc family fantasy in this outfit tbh#but the beard and the waves... phew...#(important to say that he has silver beads in his hair but they can't be seen in these)
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the way arthur had his literal wife helping him and out of the blue randomly said I want merlin back where is he
#he was NOT having it#five minutes of someone helping him that wasn't merlin and he was done#he literally cannot last five minutes without him#merlin#bbc merlin#merthur#arthur pendragon#blue rewatches merlin
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thinking about "it's unreasonable to assume that a character knows what genre they're in" and how in series 1-3, Merlin (and the audience) thinks that he's in a fantasy adventure comedy. no one realises that he's in a tragedy until it's too late.
#I do stand by what I said literally a few minutes ago about how calling merlin a tragedy is giving the writers too much credit#but I think you could twist it and say that the writers also think merlin is a comedy and don't realise that it's a tragedy until series 4#which makes it worse. because so many things that happen in the first half of the show are absolutely tragic but are played as comedy#the end of 'the sins of the father' where uther says that merlin is “a trusted ally in the fight against magic” THATS FUCKING DEVASTATING#but it's played as funny#and it's only when you reframe the genre that you realise how truly heartbreaking it all is#bbc merlin#merlin#merlin meta
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merlin slipping up early on around arthur and trying to assuage his fears by assuring that the gods would look out for them and arthur pauses before asking “the gods?” and they have a awkward lil conversation where merlin is like “yeah i worship the gods of the old religion” and arthurs like “why?” and merlin goes “well why do you worship the god of the new religion? we just believe in them” and arthur takes in this new information and is eventually like “yeah. sure. i guess its not illegal in essetir is it?” anyways thats it. it doesnt get brought up again until later on
when arthur + the knights and merlin and in that shrine and the knights aren’t taking it seriously and merlin goes “in the time of the old religion, they built shrines like this to appease restless spirits. we shouldn’t be here” and the knights brush it off but arthur knows merlin truly believes in it all so he redirects the knights away and later on its him and merlin at the well and arthur is there to calm merlin after he sees the visions from the raid. merlin’s crying and pleading with arthur to leave, that they shouldn’t be here. arthur agrees and goes to leave when merlin calls out to him. arthur stops but doesn’t turn. merlin wraps his arms around his middle.
“you were here”
arthur doesn’t say anything more and walks away
#merlin chokes on a sob as arthur leaves#arthur hears it#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#btw havent watched any of this shownin years#dont remember this episode#but i vaguely recall some points like these#if it doesnt make sense thats why#BONUS ANGST#when theyre all searching for the traitor#maybe somehow agravaine learns of merlins religious beliefs and tries to convince arthur that merlin is the spy#now the entire council and the guards and servants in the room know merlin follows the old religion#within five minutes of the meeting being adjourned#the entire castle knows#by morning the whole citadel knows#a lot of people start to suspect him but merlin doesnt get why#he complains to arthur who is just like#‘yeah hah so weird…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………#merthur#kinda#angst#religion#fanfiction#fanfic#fic ideas#prompta
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“Hwey!”
- The Captain
#HELP ME I HAVE BEEN CACKLING AT THIS FOR LIKE TEN MINUTES IT’S SO FUCKING FUNNY 😭😭😭#I’ve literally seen my cat fall on my bed in the exact same way 😭#he’s so stupid and so silly I love him so much#bbc ghosts#the captain#bbc ghosts spoilers
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FREE CONTENT ! ABBIE HERN GIF PACK
by clicking the source link you will be directed to a total of 120 gifs of abbie hern in my lady jane season one available on my discord server. she’s biracial (black and welsh), so make sure to have that in mind when building your muse. the gifs are all sized 268x150 and made from scratch by me. likes and reblogs are always welcomed if you find these helpful !
DO NOT: redistribute, resize, repost or include any of the following gifs in another gif hunt, use my gifs in any tab*o things, smut threads, in krps , if you are blocked or if you use turkish fcs with non turkish names.
#abbie hern gif pack#abbie hern#abbie hern gif hunt#rpc#rph#gif pack#userdevon#usermina#usernare#supportcontentcreators#dearindies#gifsociety#i was in love... so#this is actually the WHOLE season 1... she had 2 minutes of screentime im afraid#still a baby#regarding her race.. i found a interview on the bbc one website but if anyone has more info pls lmk!!
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Georgia's Unhinged Insta Stories (feat. Her Queen Consort Davina)
Part 4/?
#don't worry guys they're on the brink of divorce#any minute now#don't hold your breath#otp is otping#lucky bastard#david tennant#georgia tennant#does DT know that thousands of lesbians worldwide would kill themselves for his wife#georgia tennant instagram#georgia moffett#michael sheen#bbc staged#lesbian#sapphic#insta story#good omens#doctor who#jenny#georgia's unhinged insta stories
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