#Dems vs Georgia

[wyrmfedgrave]

Georgia: Democrats sue to block new GOP-backed election certification rules | CNN Politics

Democrats are suing to block new Republikkkan election rules in Atlanta, Georgia.

These rules allow for 'reasonable' inquiries before certifying the results.

And, it would permit county election boards to 'investigate' ballot counts.

State court is to rule whether these boards have the right to delay or not certify Georgia's election votes.

Certification is supposed to take place no later than 5 PM on November 12th, 2024.

Local laws have long treated election confirmation as non-discriminatory (not left to one person's decision).

If officials have concerns, they're free to talk about them during the process of certification.

A final decision would be made only by a judge.

One can't use such concerns to delay or deny the ballot counts.

Certification is mandatory.

Merely a confirmation of the voting results.

It's usually a final verification of the ballot count with the Secretary of State.

Well, these ministerial duties are being misused by Rep appointees.

These GOP partisans want to help Rump's false claims of massive voter fraud - which only his Party is guilty of trying to do.

So, last week, Dems filed a formal ethics complaint focused on these last minute changes - so close to the general election.

As we can see, from all these illegal attempts (see earlier postings), the Reps are moving swiftly to change any laws that stand in their way.

We must remain vigilant & report any crap that they're trying to pull.

No matter what Republikkkans are doing - it's illegal somewhere.

That's just how they conduct their crimes...

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[tani-b-art]

Black American folks, especially Black American women, we should have BEEN on this indifference tip since 2 administrations ago. We should have been on this “care for self” and “care for our community” only stance many years ago. Everyone else does, so let’s follow suit too. We’re looking out for ourselves and we are not worrying about anyone else just like everyone else has been. Keep us out of it.

The Democrats have the Democrats to blame in not securing the election! You had a candidate who said they’d never do anything just for Black people years ago and that’s why most Black people stayed home on Election Day and didn’t exercise their vote. The Dems lost a huge number of Black support that they had just prior years before (in Biden and in Clinton and in Obama). And once again, Black people STILL overwhelmingly voted BLUE even with all the odds still factored but the Dems definitely took a major hit with their lack of any specific Black agenda. By in large, many Black people this election cycle simply didn’t participate in voting. Or many who did vote, voted against the establishment of the Democratic Party or voted outside both parties and voted green or whoever else was an option. Lessons best be learned.

First go-round with Trump, we shouldn’t have still touted solidarity with anybody. Not non-white/non-Black groups, not even solidarity with other women. POC solidarity was never really a thing. It’s always been a myth. Because many non-Black people who are not white definitely identify as white because whiteness is about status, people. I’m certain those very people that were insulted on his campaign trial by the comedian still secretly voted for him while standing on the stage next to Harris the next day. Don’t be fooled.

And what I can’t get is just how seemingly surprised some still are with those exit poll figures. Georgia was the litmus this year. Which attests to how much power Black people have in swaying an election. We can capitalize on that fact going into future election cycles on all levels.

To reiterate, there is no Black and brown coalition. There’s no Black and brown solidarity. Everyone looks out for themselves (and so we are finally beginning to, too…we should’ve been on that). Those who immigrate to the US who cannot visually identify as white (melanated people) also aspire to whiteness and the idea determines how they’ll vote too. So unfortunately practicing and being antiBlack and holding antiBlack American sentiments and views is what some will exude and exercise.

These quotes are from decades ago but they reflect modern sentiment towards us.

Y’all gotta learn and remember this. We have centuries of proof with the suffrage movement, daughters of the confederacy and more. White women, in more modern times, have shown us not once, not twice but thrice when given an opportunity to be in favor of uniting with all women (Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump, during the midterms when Roe vs Wade was on the line and now Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump), that they will surrender and turn their backs on the whole “feminism” and back who they are extensions of. Their white male counterparts. Their whiteness comes above their gender. Liberal, progressive, conservative…it don’t matter, they all in huge numbers gave a huge middle finger to us.

And one thing white women will consistently do, is align themselves with their white male counterparts. They are extensions of their husbands/partners or fathers AND, they will place the white male patriarchy above their own feminism. Non-Black/non-white women will do the same in private. Squash the feminism, Black women and keep a conscious reminder that we are alone when it comes to other women. The interests of white women is white men. So no, they aren’t voting against their interests. They’ll allow their matriarchy to take a backseat because the overall of what gives them advantage over any other woman is their race and their proxy to the white patriarchy. They have proxy power by way of their white male partners and their white husbands, white fathers and white grandfathers and eventually, their white sons who will hold all the power so of course, voting as they do is their interests. Trump and what he represents literally is it. They actually aren’t voting against their interests because their main interests is the white men they are either associated with and by way. That will take precedent over their “feminism” and who they are as women even at the collective detriment of women’s rights (which they intersect with). They are operating just as they have. So nope, they did not vote against their own interests—this is their interests. Don’t forget this.

And to say misogyny was the sole reason for a lot of Black men not voting for Harris is pretty ridiculous. If anything, misogyny (misogynoir) is an outlier to the bigger problem of the Dems’ loss. Like STOP IT! Y’all won’t be attempting to inject this imaginary strife and gender war between us over this election. Absolutely not!

As Black American women, we can’t afford to get swindled into ideologies and movements of other women who voted in the very interests that they now want to pretend to disparage. We are not them. They are not us. Handle your own business and we’ll do the same.

So y’all will be seeing more of us really and truly minding our Black American community business. Don’t nobody call on us at all. We absolutely will be fighting our OWN battles and everyone else, y’all fight y’all’s own.

LEAVE US ALONE!

[dynamicity-keysmash]

For funsies, I'm gonna formally make an election prediction and see if it's right in a few days.

The Presidency

I predict Harris 286 vs Trump 252 in the electoral college. She'll win Wl, MI, PA, NV, and GA while losing NC and AZ.

I think that Harris's increased strength with college educated whites and white women will deliver WI, MI, and PA. The Harry Reid political machine's insane turnout game will deliver NV. I think that a combination of enthusiasm, and the increased college-educated, suburban population will deliver Georgia. I think waning strength with minority men and the sheer inertia of historical Republican support will lose AZ and NC for Harris.

I predict that the popular vote will be 50-47 in favor of Harris (+2.5D).

The Senate

I think that the Senate will end up with a one seat Republican majority (51R-49D). I think that Dems will hold every seat except WV and MT and win all of the swing state Senate races. So Tester will lose and Brown will win. I don't think that Dems will flip any Republican seats, nor will Osborn win in Nebraska.

The House

I predict that Dems will win the house narrowly with a 5-10 seat majority. I think that most of the gains will come from recovering ground in NY and CA while holding onto some razor-thin swing districts they won in 2022.

[h20cleo]

Georgia turning blue for Biden was one thing, he is a moderate dem and a white man. Georgia turning blue for Kamala, a Black woman and AKA sorer? That would be iconic. I am looking at Arizona and New Mexico too. You always wonder how those states view the Palestine vs. Israel conflict, and where RFFA lands on their priority list. I am most interested in the female voting population, considering RFFA is only endorsed by Kamala Harris out of all the parties (what? 5 parties represented?) If that stat leans Democratic, you know that the reason is RFFA regardless of conflict perspective. Especially since those states have Roe v. Wade overturned with no ballot initiative passed.

[Image ID: A screenshot of three folders which have been labeled 'memes if Donald Trump wins', 'memes if Georgia turns blue again' and 'memes if Kamala Harris wins' respectively. /End ID]

I am prepared.

[magustiel]

At this point, I think the plan is to let ICC get involved. And they had to wait till now, when everybody is finally realizing that Russia is at war with the entire free world. After what happened in Georgia and Romania, after the terrorist attacks, IF Biden and Harris reveal that yes, there were interferences with the US election, it won't be just about America, Dems vs GOT, but about freedom vs dictatorship, basically the slogan of the Harris campaign. Screaming about recounts and rigged elections for a month wouldn't have been effective. That's what Trump did in 2020. This would be an extremely brilliant plan

Yes.

Now you see what I have been trying to explain; I roughly gave you these parts over the last few months, but constantly admitted, I did not understand the order of operations required at scale for which takedown for which greater good; internal to the US they had the ability to fight, possibly, but Trump's future position checkmated Putin long enough to overheat the economy and crash him, redirect Israel, liberate Syria and more; it is truly going international, and now Europe is aware.

Yes, precisely. There is why this is called something like The Great Game, or Divine Chess. Yes, this is global and yes, I had to make sure I didn't center the universe to make america the default hero to protect in this exchange for man. It is my home turf and I live here so I will do my very goddamn best to not get us blown up but there are bigger fucking things going on here.

Yes.

And yes, as it turns out... I am very good at this game.

[notaboutmeeee]

BLM protesters peacefully marching in the streets and protesting (plus chanting and singing) = looters who are dangerous, immediate need for police and troops from all areas Asap=peaceful protesters are attckaed by the police and guard etc by force and tear gas for doing NOTHING to provoke it

Trump supporters storming capital building in DC armed, STORMING, members and employees in the building hiding and being evacuated, the electoral college vote being halted, property of the building being looted and stolen and vandalised (fex Nancy pelosi office) = 'we love you' and it takes HOURS to get the guard or police to get the trump supporters out the building... Members of senate and house are at safe house areas!! =these DOMESTIC TERRORISTS might not even be arrested or anything.. And had hours to do what they wanted in the Capitol building

[goddess-help-us]

US Democracy: Close to Death

Pardon my language.

But we are f*cked. Yesterday (June 30, 2022), SCOTUS agreed to hear “Moore v. Harper” on its fall 2022 docket. This case deals with the authority of states to run elections (see more detail later on)*. The conservative-majority court will likely rule in favor of Moore, which would let Republican-held state legislatures appoint their own electors in the electoral college, ignoring the popular vote. In essence, Republicans wouldn’t have to repeat Jan. 6 in the future. They could simply use Republican-held statehouses to reject election results they don’t like, ending free and fair elections in the US.

Presently, there are not enough votes for Congress or the President to do anything to stop this. Congress could potentially impeach Justice Thomas for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection but the Constitution requires a two-thirds majority Senate vote to convict a sitting Supreme Court justice. Sufficient support for this does not exist in the Senate, and is not likely to exist at any time soon. 

There is only one real, legal recourse to this threat: obtaining a true Democratic majority in the US Senate, which we do not have. Senators Manchin and Sinema are unreliable at best and potentially plants at worst. They support neither the reform of or conditional exemption to the filibuster, nor “packing the court.” We need two additional Democratic senators to make their spoiler-effect opposition irrelevant. A 52-member Democratic Senate would allow the filibuster to be bypassed and open the way for the Judiciary Act to pass, which would allow President Biden to add four additional Supreme Court justice seats to reign in this current slow-motion right-wing coup. Don’t think abolishing the filibuster is right? See additional text later.**

How do we get two additional Democratic votes in the Senate? There are currently two highly-competitive Senate races for seats held by Republicans in the midterms this November: Pennsylvania (Dr. Oz (R) vs. John Fetterman (D)) and Wisconsin (party nominees undecided, primary scheduled Aug. 9, 2022). The Dems also need to hold onto every seat they currently occupy. This includes other highly-competitive seats in: Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada. I’ve never campaigned for anyone in my life before but today I signed up to volunteer with John Fetterman’s campaign because I feel like this is important. 

I can’t tell anybody what to do this information, I can only provide it. But I hope that people who value laws, regulations, and policies that support the social, economic, environmental, and democratic wellbeing of a society can recognize when those things are at stake (and they are). The Republicans and their right-wing evangelical supporters know that the 2022 midterm and 2024 general elections are the last chance they have to impose their religious agenda on the country. They know the majority of Americans do not support an elimination of abortion, the banning of LGBT people from public life, or the continuous denial of the climate crisis. That is why they are using the Supreme Court to take action right before these critical elections. They should not get away with this. 

“I’m too anxious or burnt to do anything.” That’s true. It’s been an exhausting past two years. But, for myself, I hate to think of the regret I might have in 2024 when a Republican-held Court, White House, and Congress enact a nationwide federal ban on abortion or LGBT people. Do I want to ask myself at that time, “was there anything else I could have done?” “Electoralism doesn’t work.” I sympathize.*** Often times it feels we elect people who don’t ultimately do anything. But I guarantee that voting will become even more of a token gesture in the future under the likely Moore v. Harper ruling if it’s allowed to proceed unchecked. “The Nation is already f*cked, there’s no point in saving it. We should just let the inevitable balkanization of America happen.” While I think current inflation and supply chains are bad, I can’t imagine how much worse they will be when the nationwide networks of food, medicine, water, household goods, consumer electronics, et al. are subject to tariffs and various petty interregional conflicts that the federal government currently mediates. Yes, the US will cease to exist one day, but let that be a day when we decide that we no longer need the federal government to aid us in living healthful, rich lives, not because of a right-wing coup. 

Thank you for your time if you've read this far.

*Moore v. Harper is a Supreme Court writ of certiorari between Thomas Moore, the Republican Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, and Rebecca Harper, a North Carolina citizen who is collectively filing with other North Carolinians against the Speaker. The case has to do with a Feb. 2022 North Carolina Supreme Court decision that threw out the State Legislature’s election map as gerrymandered. The NC Supreme Court ruled that the maps adopted by the NC Legislature violated the NC Constitution. The NC Supreme Court adopted remedial election maps in their place. Speaker Moore, in turn, filed a writ of certiorari with SCOTUS that it accepted June 30. The NC Republicans believe the US Constitution does not allow state supreme courts jurisprudence over elections and that state legislatures should be able to run and organize elections exclusively. SCOTUS has continuously ruled, however, since 1916 (Davis v. Hildebrant) and as recently as 2015 (Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission) that the Constitution does not give unilateral election-running authority to a state legislature but rather to the public or a state’s constitution. The likely SCOTUS ruling in the fall on Moore v. Harper would overturn over a century’s worth of precedent and allow sitting state legislatures to blatantly gerrymander election maps and even the ability to ignore the popular vote.

**Don’t think abolishing the filibuster is right? The US Constitution does not support the use of the filibuster and does not require a two-thirds vote for laws. It only specifies that a two-thirds majority be used for: censure, expulsion, conviction, and treaty approval. The Senate has reformed the filibuster throughout US history. Senators used to be able to simply filibuster a motion out of the Senate without any accountability. In 1917, the Senate changed its rules to allow a two-thirds majority vote to end debate, the first such check on the filibuster. In 1975, the Senate changes its rules again and dropped this threshold from 67 to 60 senators. Clearly, the Senate has a history of changing its own rules as allowed by Article I, Section 5 of the US Constitution. It is perfectly reasonable and constitutional to either reform or end the use of the filibuster.

***Yes, electoralism is not the end-be-all of civic engagement. It is the bare minimum. If you want more than casting a vote then (good news): there’s a wealth of civil society and community-based organizations out there waiting for your talent, energy, and expertise. Getting involved can connect you to additional resources. And, yes, support mutual aid requests as you are able but mutual aid is not a replacement for actual, scalable human services, like medicine, professional care, electronic infrastructure and services, formal education, et al. that our federal state provides. This is not an “one or the other” decision. All of the tools are here. Use all of them as you are able. Campaign, vote, organize, donate, spread awareness. All of it. And anybody calling for a violent revolution is clueless. The right-wing white supremacists have been preparing for this moment four four decades, with ready-to-mobilize militias. There are no comparable and scalable left-wing militia organizations to counter this. Sure, join your local Socialist Rifle Association but SRA, as it stands now, is simply not comparable to the organization that right-wing extremists currently have. And once you have outed yourself as an active leftist gun user (in the same way that white militias use theirs), you can forget about your constitutional rights. The longer-term solution is to create locally-based power that can resist overreaches by state and federal governments.

[qqueenofhades]

First big mail ballots dumps from Clark County (Vegas/NV) and Maricopa County (Phoenix/AZ) had good news for Team Blue. In NV, Catherine Cortez Masto closed 5k of the deficit from just 14k ballots. Estimated 84k in Clark (slightly less than the 100k Dems hoping for), but also 57k in blue-leaning Washoe (Reno). If she can keep up at that pace (god bless those deep blue mail ballots) she will probably overtake Laxalt.

Democrat Mark Kelly now leads in AZ Senate by 95k votes. Fellow Democrat Katie Hobbs also leads MAGA nutcase Kari Lake in the governor's race by 13k.

If Dems can win both these races, Georgia runoff will be for 51 seats in the Senate, and even if we lose, we will still keep our current 50-50 Senate. If we lose one of AZ/NV, we have to win GA to keep 50 seats.

Meanwhile in CO-3, Frisch vs. Boebert remains too close to call. Frisch ahead by only about 300 votes at the moment. Remaining ballots are from Blue areas of the district (good) but may be primarily red Election Day vote (bad or at least iffy). Again, the fact that this is close at all is astonishing. If Frisch pulls it out, Dems still have a path, however narrow, for keeping the House.

Let us send those big blue vibes, y'all.

💙💙💙💦💦💦🌊🌊🌊🌊

[greater-than-the-sword]

I’ve seen posts go around that the dems took the senate? Is this not true??

Ah, looks like Katie Hobbs pulled ahead of Kari Lake.

However, doesn't it still come down to the runnoff in Georgia, Walker vs. Warnock?

[dhaaruni]

Do u think that Democrat is toxic enough a label in intensly purple states like TX, GA, NC, and VA to overcome running a cowboy-hat wearin, down-home livin, bootstraps-talkin candidate? This is blue dot anon from a little bit ago im just trying to imagine how to capture some of these white voters and the truth is that we could probably get a liberal gay rodeo clown elected easier than a center-right moderate lawyer bc its all about cultural cues here lol. I mean obviously im being very tx-centric here but like Senator Warnock is a pastor, and i know we've got active-combat vets who are much easier to get elected than community organizers sad as that sounds. Like these are the places that need change the most so i get dems wanting to shatter the oppressive past with a slate of progressive candidates with viral outsider energy - but life here isnt a movie lol. PS we still need to focus on latinos

I was talking to my Twitter mutual who's a former Dem operative and he was telling me that he thinks that Democrats should entirely give up on certain states like Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, etc. where the Democrat label is flat out toxic and instead support Independents and even non-insurrectionist Rs like Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney so the other ones don't overthrow our government. But for purple states, I think that yeah, it's going to depend largely on vibes.

I worry that Senator Warnock won't hold onto his seat this November because Dems are absolutely underestimating how much clout Herschel Walker has in Georgia as a former UGA and NFL football player. We seem to think that voters are stupid and don't realize that Walker will be a reliable R vote just like Warnock is a reliable D vote. My tweet thread on this is not wrong!!

Ultimately, I think the first move is that Democrats need to make sure that as many of our incumbents survive as possible, especially our governors and senators since it's much easier to win back House seats than governorships and Senate seats due to the 2-year vs. 4 and 6-year terms.

Incumbent Blue Wall governors Tony Evers and Gretchen Whitmer as well as Josh Shapiro, who's the Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial nominee, need to win this November because without their winning, electors in those states can easily overturn the 2024 election if the Democratic nominee wins those states. And, given that Evers literally vetoed a bill that would *checks notes* disband Milwaukee Public Schools yesterday, you can see why having a Democratic governor is imperative with Republican legislatures like if the effects of overturning Roe are felt anywhere, it'll be in the Blue Wall which has trigger laws in place that ban abortion on the state level too. Whitmer is trying to codify Roe in Michigan right now on the state level but I think she's facing pushback from the Republican legislature there as well.

[pugzman3]

I didn't call you or imply that you are on a third grade level. As to the conspiracy that George was going to die that day and it was set up? I don't believe in Santa or the Tooth fairy or what that Rep from Georgia is spouting either. Well, I took the bait and now I release you and yours to your conspiracies. Not being anon would not lend me any more credibility than you perceive. The main stream as you say is flawed but, look at what News Max, Fox, and OAN do. Are they the news that you consume?

I get what you say about the anon. But you are not the only anon that sends me messages, you are just the only one I am replying to right now. Trying to have a fluid conversation with one person becomes difficult with anons chiming in.

MSM is almost completely controlled and owned by the Council of Foreign Relations.

You can fact check it if you want. And to add to that. 5, maybe 4 now (someone told me about a merger but I cant remember off the top of my head), but 5 companies control almost everything we see, read, and hear everyminute of everyday. Disney, General Electric, News Corps, Time Warner, and CBS. And big companies are merging with other big companies everyday. They tell you, and sell it with a happy voice (so and so is teaming up with so and so to bring you a bigger and faster product etc. Etc. Etc.) So while all you hear is "bigger and faster (5G)", I hear "we are reducing your choices for service while we increase your dependency on our product because we can, and if you want to function in society, you have no choice but to play by our rules. So for the record, I do not rely on any one source for news because the vast majority of outlets are a business for ratings and money, NOT to actually report full truth. They all have a base they target, and report in a manner to keep that base. So what i post is to help show people what is being said. More often than not i keep my opinions out of it because the only thing I want, is for people to dig and think for themselves. People do not always agree with what i post, and i do not always agree with peoples comments. If you see my posts, and are still stuck in the rep vs dem mindset, you will think I am that way too. Heeellll no. Read my main page. And that rep vs dem...that is the third grade shit i was talking about. Just to be clear. I was not implying anything towards your intelligence either. And also if it helps, i used to be on that level too...hell, i used to be a liberal. But I have learned that this has always been way bigger, and if you keep questioning the "normal" script, you will find out too. To give you an idea how big, (and I will say this to anyone. ANYONE? Yes...an...y....one), it doesn't matter one damn bit what you believe. It doean't matter if you stay in denial until the day you die. You, nor I, have the money, power, or willingness that [they] have, and [THEY] believe in what they are doing. So until the day comes that you wake up, I will keep fighting for you too.

Check my very next post. It will be a repost from yesterday with a youtube link to Iconic podcast. I hope you check it out.

[transrevolutions]

Did you watch Biden's speech tonight? Any thoughts on it? (This is not confrontational at all- I just always learn a lot whenever you talk about politics, and enjoy hearing from you about this stuff. I was interested to hear your takes on the policies/language in the speech, if you watched any of it)

Sorry I took so long to answer, I’ve had a really busy night.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to watch the speech live, but I did read the transcripts, and I do have some thoughts.

First off, Biden talks a good game. Always has. Probably will continue to do so. But he does also have a nasty track record of not always living up to his promises (the loan debt, the 2,000 dollar stimulus checks, the pipelines, the dispute over firing people with past marijuana use, the arms deals, etc.), so I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up going back on some of it.

I will give him credit for the fact that he seems to have some sort of concrete plan in place for many of these things- however too much of it relies upon bipartisanship- something we are not seeing a lot of as of late. The GOP isn’t gonna like Biden’s more liberal policies, and they will put up a stink about it.

The thing that irked me the most, to be honest, was the sheer amount of “us vs. them” narrative when it came to foreign policies. Stirring up hostility against China over and over again, basing so much around “winning the competition against China”, is a sentiment that has caused and is going to cause more racism against Asian-Americans. Especially considering recent events, like what happened in Georgia, the excessive digs at China were in poor taste.

I have no love for the Chinese government. I think they’re state-capitalists under a communist disguise, I don’t think they do a good job protecting human rights, and I do not think one-party rule is sustainable. But when someone digs at China, many people will not interpret it as the government, but as the people as a whole- and may consciously or subconsciously carry it over to Asian people that live here.

Most of the points Biden made using China as the scapegoat could’ve been made without it. No, we shouldn’t be advancing medical science just to “beat China”, we should be doing it for the sake of helping people.

If you want to affirm that you don’t approve of China, do it once. Don’t keep beating a dead horse. Especially if said dead horse might end up zombifying causing even more problems. Like the aforementioned racism.

Speaking of racism, I also want to mention the way he spoke about George Floyd. Please keep in mind that I am not Black, and if what I say is out-of-tune or offensive to Black people, I will change/remove it and do my best to listen to their much more relevant point of view.

I feel sick of all the politicians treating George Floyd as some sort of martyr figure to bring justice to POC, justice that should’ve been there already. George Floyd was an ordinary man with a family and a future. He did not want to die. He did not “sacrifice himself for justice”, he was brutally murdered by the people who should’ve been protecting him. Start acting like it.

There was a fair bit of cop-bootlicking, but I honestly can understand that, seeing as unfortunately the government, even the Dems, are mostly quite pro-cop, or at least not anti-cop. Biden has built his image around the safe, comfortable moderate grandpa, and he’s unlikely to break that image now.

The talk about fair pay, unions, ending trickle-down economics... I can’t help but think that he’s so close to getting it. If only socialism wasn’t such a dirty word in our society...

I hope at least some of what he’s talking about, especially about the tax raise on billionaires will get done. I’d give it maybe 50-50 on whether it’s actually gonna happen, given Biden’s track record.

Good on him for pulling the troops out of Afghanistan. Would be nice if he stopped bombing Syria as well. But a few less war crimes are regardless, a few less war crimes. Progress. Slow progress. But still progress.

I’m glad he’s talking about stricter gun control. Heaven knows we need it. The GOP isn’t going to like it, though, which makes me worried about whether it can actually get passed. On that matter, I wish he’d tried to hold some of the extremist GOP accountable in his segment on the Capitol terrorist attack, but that wouldn’t be in the spirit of ‘bipartisanship’, would it?

Thank fuck we finally have a president who acknowledges COVID’s existence. That’s all I’m gonna say on that.

The Christian references were a bit heavy-handed but as an ex-christian with an (un)healthy dose of religious trauma, I may be biased slightly. But this is not a theocracy, and people need to remember that. 

TL;DR: From a writing standpoint, good speech, if a bit too moderate/neoliberal for my taste. Now let’s hold him accountable for those lofty promises and make sure they actually happen.

[mrsd79]

Frog walk coming up for this slim.

[nahalism]

Songs that make you want to experience love (of any kind) or remind you of it??

u just opened pandoras box.. like.. u think ur ready, but ur not ready. and i cant apologise for what im about to do because what song isnt a love song?.. you have proposed an existential question & for that i refuse to keep this uncompletable task concise. hold on 2 ur toupee, clutch ur peals 🤧

verdena // valvonauta

the nerves // hanging on the telephone

dionne warwick // walk on by

luther vandross // anyone who had a heart

stevie wonder // all in love is fair, never dreamed youd leave in summer, lately, superwoman (where were you when i needed you)

ms lauryn hill // i gotta find peace of mind

lenny williams // cause i love you

donny hathaway // ill love you more than you ever know (& the amy winehouse cover of this)

eva cassidy, autumn leaves

nina simone // you dont know what love is, just say i love him, you can have him, everything must change

chet baker // my funny valentine, almost blue, the autumn leaves

the police // roxanne

amy winehouse // take the box, wake up alone, you sent me flying, stronger than me

nat king cole // nature boy, smile, the very thought of you

etta james // id rather go blind

gladys knight & the pipps // midnight train to georgia

al green // how can you mend a broken heart, lets stay together

janis joplin // maybe

anita baker // angel

simply red // holding back the years, you make me feel brand new

luther vandross // a house is not a home

deniece williams //  free, silly 

boyz II men // i cant make you love me

michel’le // something in my heart

patrice rushen // remind me

toni braxton // another sad love song, breathe again

tamar braxton // all the way home, love and war

the delfonics // lala means i love you, hey love

bobby womack // if you think your lonely now

rick james ft teena marie // fire and desire

the gap band // yearning for your love

jahiem // ghetto love, could it be

mariah carey // anytime you need a friend, my all

tamia // stuck with me, so into you

shai // if i ever

new edition // can you stand the rain, if it isnt love

ATL // make it up with love

blackstreet // dont leave me

bow wow // let me hold you, my baby

jhene aiko // feel like a man, wait no more, my mine, you vs them

twenty88 // 2 minute warning

corrine bailey rae // the whole of her self titled album

yebba // my mind

neyo // do you, part of the list

erykah badu // green eyes, other side of the game, next lifetime, in love with you, out my mind just in time

keyshia cole // send from heaven, love, i should have cheated, trust and believe

whitney houston // i learned from the best, run to you, saving all my love, im your baby tonight

michael jackson // lady in my life, break of dawn, butterlies, baby be mine, keep it in the closet, who is it, give in to me, rock with you .. etc etc etc

abba // lay all your love on me

seal // kiss from a rose

patrick swayze // shes like the wind

phil collins // in the air tonight

the police // roxanne

tracy chapman // fast car, baby can i hold you

james blunt // 1973

chris isaak // wicked game

fleetwood mac // rihannon, dreams janis ian // at 17

googoo dolls // iris (duh)

oasis // wonderwall (duhh x2)

dido // white flag

joni mitchell // both sides now, a case of you

randy crawford // almaz, one day ill fly away

little dragon // never never, twice

lana del rey // video games, blue jeans

london grammar // hey i, wasting my young years

ellie goulding // starry eyes (acoustic), guns & horses (acoustic)

avril lavigne // when your gone, im with you

paramore // misguided ghosts, decode

hiatus kaiyote // the lung

jorja smith // wandering romance, goodbyes

kelsey lu // dreams

kelela // all the way down, turn to dust, enough, better, take me apart

king krule // slush puppy, many more

SiR ft masego // ooh nah nah

fka twigs // papi pacify

steve lacy // dark red

iamddb // more

abra // pride

sonder x brent faiyaz // lovely

pharoah sanders // harvest time

james blake // wilhelm scream

portico quartet // the visitor

kokoroko // ti de

funkadelic // maggot brain, ill stay

collard // everglade

feng suave // honey theres no time, by the poolside

mac demarco // still beating, my kind of woman, let her go, let my baby stay, one more love song

connan mockasin // do i make you feel shy

gas dapperton // prune, you talk funny

blood orange // saint, out of your league, best to you, never good enough

majid jordan // her, u, king city, warm

japanese breakfast // triple 7, the woman that loves you, everybody wants to love you

frank ocean // higgs *or just insert his whole discog*

daniel ceasar // japanese denim

xavier omar // speculate

sza // pretty little birds, caretaker ft dram, babylon, warm winds, 2 am, passport

jeremih // british headboards, worthy ft. jhene aiko, raindrops, & obvs bday sex

j cole // runaway, shes mine pt1 & 2

travis scott // astrothunder

drake // come winter, cameras/good ones go, doing it wrong, east district... anything ending in interlude .. *again, insert practically any of his songs*

tory lanez // 1 call

partynextdoor // tbh, wus good/curious, west district, rendezvous, wednesday night interlude, persian rugs, spiteful, cant let the summer pass, her way, thirsty, muse, the right way

serani // do you good (!!!)

miguel // girl with the dragon tattoo, pussy is mine

vybz kartel & gaza slim // anything a anything

movado // when yuh feel lonely

nicki minaj // save me, i lied, autobiography

tokio hotel // monsoon

my chemical romance // the ghost of you, helena

nickelback // how you remind me & someday

whilst she sleeps // seven hills, our courage our cancer

pierce the veil // stained glass eyes and colourful tears, i dont care if your contageous, im low on gas and you need a life jacket, southern constellations, the new national anthem, bulls in the bronx, caraphernalia, disasterology

(& lol dont roast me but id b lying if i didnt include dem)

vanessa ann hugends // say ok :) 

lmnt // open your eyes

edward mccain // ill be

jesse mccartney // im leavin (lol dont roast me)

lindsay lohan freaky friday songz (?) // the ultimate, take me away

[poebrey]

I’m not entirely sure how the Senate works but from what I’m seeing its going to be 48 Dem/Independents vs 50 Repubs with the majority control resting on two runoff races in Georgia. Can someone confirm?

[strawberry---shortcake]

Mail in votes haven't been counted in those states yet. Democrats tend to vote via mail more than Republicans.

That is a whole mess too. I don't see it changing, it could, but I just don't... and even if it does, Biden won't win them all. He won't win North Carolina, he won't win Georgia. I could see him maybe pulling Wisconsin, but that's it and that's not enough. I believe MI and PA are most likely going to be won by Trump.

These are just my predictions of course, I have no idea, but from the current numbers I don't really see it going in a different direction because 1. you really don't know the amount of Dems vs. Repubs that mailed in ballots this year and 2. you really don't know if those will even end up being counted in those states, depending on the laws and if a judge rules them valid or not! Idk. We shall see.