#Our city is trying to raise the minimum wage

[nando161mando]

Our city is trying to raise the minimum wage, is yours?

[maxleyrosebud]

Max and Bradley Comparison - Part 2 : Max’s financial background

In Part 2 we're going to explore Max’s lower class background , his education and why Max wants to be Rich and famous :)  

Max coming from a Lower Class background 

Growing up , Max was raised by a single father who didn’t have a college degree and before moving to Spoonerville , Max and Goofy lived in a trailer in the middle of a city. Even had a Lake poster behind their trailer as a fake backdrop. 

So due to a lack of job requirements from Goofy’s education , Max and Goofy lived rather poorly compared to everyone else.  

But once Goofy gets a degree of W.W.D ( Widget Waffler Deluxe!) ,he is able to get a job in Spoonerville , allowing him to move into an actual house next to Pete’s. 

But despite their living accommodations being better , it’s still shown throughout the show that Goofy doesn't have a lot of money. It’s also shown that what Goofy does for employment is different from episode to episode and he presumably doesn't have a stable job. 

Because of this, it can be assumed that Goofy got fired from a lot of his jobs or he had to do multiple jobs to earn enough money to provide for him and Max. So all in all Goofy isn't really rich and struggles financially compared to other households. 

Due to their financial struggles , Max and Goofy can’t usually afford to go on vacation like other families.

‘Wrecks , Lies and Videotape’

“Same thing every summer. Your dad takes you guys someplace hot like Hawaii. My dad can’t afford to go anywhere. If I had the bucks , I'd buy him a real vacation.” - Max

“Every summer you take your family on a mondo expensive vacation. France one year. Egypt the next. While my pop can’t afford anything but bucket fishing for minnows in the backyard.” - Max

There have also been times in the series where Goofy and Max have nearly lost their house due to financial issues caused by Pete.

‘Goodbye , Mr Goof’ 

Goofy loses his envelope of money to pay the mortgage and because he won't be able to come up with enough money in time to pay , he states that he and Max will have to live in a trailer park - “Back to the trailer park , I reckon.”  Peg thinks this is terrible but Goofy tries to reassure her that in a year or two they will actually be able to buy a trailer - “Oh , it won't be so bad. Why, in a year or two we might have enough money to buy a trailer.” 

‘A pizza in action’ 

Goofy’s house will get toyed away because of his failed pizza business and they end up on the street penniless.  

“Maxie , I got something to tell you. If the Pizza whiz doesn't show a profit by tomorrow night, our house will be towed away.”-Goofy

“Towed away? But what about us?”-Max

“We’ll be thrown out on the street , penniless.”- Goofy

At one point in the series in the episode ‘Goof under your Roof’, Pete even owns half of Goofy’s property making Goofy have to divide the house between him and Pete. Max has to lose his bedroom because of this which leads some kids at the park to mockingly call Max “Half-House Maxie”. 

Materialistic things 

Then when it comes to Max getting materialistic things , Max is usually seen trying to find ways to raise the money himself to buy what he wants , whether it be for concert tickets or a video game.

Sometimes Max has even been shown trying to get pocket money from Pete by doing his chores.

‘All the Goof’s that fit to print’ 

Max is seen trying to earn pocket money from Pete where he is under the impression that both him and PJ will get minimum wage.  

“Sure appreciate you letting Max earn some pocket money over there”-Goofy

“My pleasure, Goof. A boy’s never too young to learn the honest value of an honest dollar. Besides , It's best they start with an enlightened employer like yours truly.Somebody to ease them into the harsh realities awaiting them in the working world. ”-Pete

Max moes the lawn with PJ , carries and unload’s Pete’s heavy boxes full of advertising , cleans the driveway with small toothbrushes etc. but despite doing Twelve hours work, Pete gives them both nickels instead.    

‘Winter Blunderland’

Max and PJ clean snow off the cars and RV’s at Pete’s car dealership but despite being expected to be paid for their work , Pete pays them in paperclips.

Max will sometimes on occasion try asking for an advance on his allowance if he can’t find any money but Goofy has done this so often that he can’t keep giving Max an advance on his allowance any longer.   

“Say uh Dad? You wouldn’t wanna slide me an advance on the old allowance , would ya?”-Max

“You’re already advanced clear to your seventh year of high school”-Goofy 

It’s why despite Max knowing that Pete is a bad dad , he tells PJ that he is lucky when Max is looking at Pete’s RV. This is because compared to him,  PJ’s family are able to afford the best - “Yeah, you can keep the moves. But I wouldn’t mind havin this RV. You’re so lucky man!”. 

When Goofy does give Max a present however , he tends to give Max presents that are either sentimental things from Goofy’s own upbringing or food related treats. This however often leaves Max disappointed even if Goofy is well intentioned. So even if Goofy could afford what Max wanted , Max usually ends up with something he didn't even ask for.  

‘Take me out of the ball game’

On Max’s birthday , he hoped to get a new hot skateboard or a video game but Goofy gives him a baseball bat , ball and glove which were the same ones Goofy used as a kid. Goofy gives this to Max as it’s his dream to have Max join the “The Spoonerville Sluggers” baseball team. 

Even though Max is seen to like baseball later in the show and in the movies , Max at this point hasn't played baseball yet and sounded disappointed when he found out what his birthday gift actually was.

It’s also stated in the same episode that Goofy gave Max 10 pounds worth of bubble gum for his last birthday. 

‘Goof under my roof’ 

Goofy tries cheering Max up by giving him a present but despite Max liking marshmallows he hopes that isn't his present - “Just as long as it’s not marshmallows” and acts disappointed when he guesses correctly. Probably because it’s a common gift he gets from Goofy too often.  

Goofy Movie 

Goofy gives Max a Fishing pole which has been handed down from Goof to Goof to Goof.  “Wait!I saved the best for Last. Ayuk! It’s been handed down from Goof to Goof to Goof. And now, it’s yours son.”-Goofy

“A stick?”-Max

“No silly. A fishing pole!”-Goofy

AEGM 

When adult Max receives a going away present before going to College, Max thinks he's getting an electronic device that is state of the art - “Oh! It weighs like a ton! I bet it’s one of those combo TV CD VCR laptop scanner fax things , right? Oh , man they are so cool!” But Max is completely stunned when it’s a typewriter.

Adult Max however does appreciate the sentiment once Goofy explains the thought he put into it though.   

Max’s education 

In AEGM , Max is focused on winning at the X games but he can be seen writing notes in class and carrying around books around campus. So as an adult , Max is taking his education seriously. 

When Max was a kid however , it’s hinted that Max would hide his report cards from Goofy and didn’t get top grades. 

Midnight Movie Madness  

“I'm 11 and a half. Nothing scares me.”-Max to Goofy

“Except Math tests.” - PJ referring to Max 

‘Educating Goofy’

“It’s not fair! Dad’s tryin to ruin me! He’s gettin better grades.” -Max 

'Tub Be or Not tub be' 

When Max doesn't want PJ telling Pete about their Tub racing secrets - “Remember Peej. This stuff’s more secret than my report card .

'Big City Blues' 

PJ jokes to Max - “You know , you could hide your report card in your dad’s shirt pocket and he’d never find it.”

Even though Max probably didn’t get the best grades all the time growing up , he does however get an A in his science report on Einstein which he was very happy to show off to his dad. Max has even been shown helping PJ study for PJ’s Maths test. 

'E=MC Goof' 

“Guess what , Dad! I got an A!”-Max to Goofy

Axed by Addition  

“Well you’re not the first guy I saved from an inverted fraction. Now i could help you cheat on the test…Or i could make you a math genius for Life!- Max to PJ

That being said. I think one of the reasons why Max struggled to get high grades is due to Max not getting a proper education before moving to Spoonerville. But now that Max can get a better education , Goofy tries to influence Max that his education is important. This is because Goofy knows well enough how hard it is to get a good job without a proper education and is experienced in the hardships of being poor.   

Educating Goofy

When Max is focused on other things than getting better at spelling , Goofy wants to prove to Max that education is important. “Afraid I haven't set a very good example for Maxie. Gotta prove to my son that education is important.” Goofy then decides to go to Max's school to get his diploma and thinks it will be worth it so he can set a fatherly example to Max.

AEGM 

Goofy wants Max to get a diploma from college so he can make something of himself. Gives Max the horse shoe lecture as a reminder to focus on his goals , a lecture that is implied to have been taught to Max a lot of times. 

'Meanwhile Back at the Ramp'

Goofy cares about Max getting a good education , but he doesn't pressure Max to be an overachiever or to be the top of his class. He just wants Max to try his best. 

“Max, I’m not gonna get that award now.”-Goofy

“Hey! At least you tried! That’s what you tell me.”-Max 

Wanting to be Rich and Famous 

Throughout Max’s life , Max has wanted to become rich and famous. Here are some Examples. 

'Waste makes haste'

After Max and PJ see you can get money for recycling , they try finding some to earn cash. 

“When we turn this stuff in, we’ll be richer than rich.”-Max  

'All the goof that’s fit to print'

When Pete makes his own newspaper , he makes PJ and Max reporters to which Max sees this as an opportunity to be rich and famous “Come on Peej. We’re gonna be rich and famous before supper!”-Max       

Then later in the episode when they get in trouble for trying to sell a phoney story , PJ tells Max that they shouldn't have done that but Max responds by saying “Television news. That’s where our future is. It’s immediate , it’s visual. It’s where the big bucks are!” 

'Educating Goofy' 

When Goofy is trying to teach Max spelling , Max at first isn’t that interested and says “And when I’m rich and famous, I can hire someone to do my spelling for me.”

'Talent to the Max' 

Max enters the school talent show as a magician, thinking the talent show is just the beginning to getting him fame and fortune - “We’re ridin a magic carpet to fame and fortune.”- Max to PJ 

'Slightly Dinghy' 

Max finds out about a long lost treasure so he goes looking for it with PJ - “Aww, Peej , ye of little faith. You drop me to the bottom. I’ll hook the anchor to the chest. End of nautical nightmare, beginning of a rich and famous lifestyle.”

A Goofy Movie 

Even though his main motivation in the movie is to get a date with Roxanne , during the song Max says the line - “I've got less than an hour and when this ended, I'll either be famous-"

Then later in the movie when Max and Goofy capture Bigfoot on camera ,  Max is happy at the thought of them becoming famous from them having the only video of BigFoot.

“I can’t believe it…Bigfoot!”- Max 

“And I’ve got the only video!”-Goofy

“We’re gonna be famous!-Max 

But why does Max want to be rich and famous? 

Max grew up not very rich and came from a poorer household compared to other families. So becoming famous would certainly be an easy shortcut to becoming wealthy and it makes sense that Max would want to be rich so he can have a better life for himself and to be able to afford whatever he wants. However , a part of the reason as to why Max wants to become rich is because he feels like he deserves it. 

'Slightly Dinghy'

In this episode kid Max wants to find a quarter so he can buy a video game but once he learns about a lost treasure, he disregards the video game in favour of being able to buy a whole arcade - “Treasure? Forget the video game. I could buy a whole arcade”. 

But when Pete drops the anchor which is carrying the treasure that Max found , a rain storm starts to form but instead of leaving the treasure Max says “No , I deserve this. I have this coming to me”.

From this point on , Max is so hyper focused on getting the treasure that he neglects his and everyone else’s safety despite their being a storm , their boat balancing in between a rock and them all being attacked by a mechanical shark. 

PJ has to warn Max three times to stop trying to get the treasure but Max is insistent on getting it even though he knows the danger there all in. Max isn’t doing this out of malice though , he's just a desperate kid trying not to lose an opportunity of a lifetime to get rich and does look guilty when he is caught each time.  

Then when Pete takes the credit for finding the treasure , Max tries to claim that the treasure is his and that he worked for it. “That’s my treasure! I worked for it. C’mon , lemme through!”-Max 

So in terms of wanting to become Rich , it’s because Max wants to be financially stable and because he feels like he deserves to be rich due to all the work and effort he goes through to earn a better life for himself. He feels like it’s owed to him. And when you have grown up poorer than everyone else , of course you're going to want to have a better life for yourself.   

Max wanting to become Famous though is rooted by more emotionally motivated reasons , which will get more into in Part 3. 

[robertreich]

Republicans Don’t Own Patriotism

Republicans claim they love America.

But they sure don’t seem to like the American people.

They consistently oppose reforms that a majority of Americans believe would make their lives better, like raising the minimum wage, paid family leave, and student debt relief.

And these supposedly America-loving Republicans also seem to hate American cities, which is where 80% of Americans live.

So they must love rural America, right?

Ehhh…not so much.

Republicans have historically tried to block Medicaid expansion and cut its funding, which rural Americans have especially benefited from. They’ve sought to slash funding for rural infrastructure and development. They’ve sided with big ag over independent farmers. And they’re continually trying to cut food stamps, which rural Americans depend on — even more than those in cities.

So maybe it’s the land itself they love.

Except that while in office, Donald Trump rolled back more than a hundred environmental regulations, making it easier to pollute America’s air, water, and land.

And he opened about two million acres of federally protected (and culturally significant) land to oil drilling.

Rather than conserving our land, they seem more interested in conserving Big Oil profits.

And sadly, Republicans are increasingly rejecting America’s core principles. They’re attacking freedom of speech with book bans. They’re attacking freedom of assembly with laws restricting protests. And they’re rejecting the separation of church and state.

Republicans are even shunning democracy itself, denying election results, passing laws that make it harder to vote, and kicking out legitimately elected lawmakers they disagree with.

It’s time to stop letting Republicans claim the mantle of patriotism without actually being patriots.

Patriotism means loving freedom: the freedom to make your own health care choices, the freedom to choose who and how you love, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to unionize.

Patriotism also means wanting Americans to be free from the fear of gun violence and free from crushing student debt.

Above all, patriotism involves strengthening our democracy. True patriots don’t put loyalty to their political party above their love of America. True patriots don’t support an attempted coup.

Now is the time for the rest of us to reclaim patriotism and affirm its true meaning.

[walks-the-ages]

You convinced me to vote for Jill Stein. I was feeling so defeated about voting no preference or not voting but I'm a single issue voter on genocide I guess and couldn't bring myself to vote for a party and administration that was perpetuating it. So it was kind of liberating to vote third party and vote FOR something instead of just against something. All those people saying just vote and some of those same people saying you shouldn't vote third party, it's like does my vote count or doesn't it? So hypocritical. If you're not willing to vote for something better than what's the point? And the Dems haven't moved left and haven't done all the things in the last four years they're promising to do in the next four so again, we need to let go of that dream that we can "move them left." Anyway I guess just thanks for being thought provoking on this issue!

yep, last two elections I was so full of anxiety the entire time, absolutely terrified of what was gonna happen come election night and after...

but this time, after seeing a full entire year of genocide, of learning more and more about US history and the things our government has done and explicitly continues to do under both democrats AND republicans, I voted third party for the first time for the Green Party and I will probably continue to vote Green for the rest of my life, honestly.

I did Early Voting in my state, and here on election day, I am calm, knowing one of the main two is going to win, but knowing that I am also one of the people who won't go down in the history books as embracing the genocide.

I'm doing what I can to help, both online (signal boosting) and in my local community .

The people who spend their entire life frothing at the mouth about "we just need to vote blue no matter who just one more time! The canidate doesn't need to be perfect!They can commit genocide even! They just need to be wearing a blue hat while doing it!" every 4 years online.... I really can't say that I confidently believe these people engage with their local communities.

and yeah, you hit the nail on the head.

"Every vote counts! But no, don't vote like that! That doesn't count!"

"Every vote counts only when its in favor of my blue-hat-wearing genocidaire, any vote for literally any third party is just you literally voting for the red-hats! Ignore the complete lack of logic in this statement! Don't even ask if conservatives voting for a conservative third party are also somehow voting for the red-hats, or if by my logic, their vote is magically going to the blue-hats when they vote yellow-hats instead of red!"

Vote Scolders and genocide apologists really need to come to grips with the reality that if you're constantly, for almost a decade now, being "forced" by a two party system to "choose the lesser evil" and that "lesser" evil continues to push right wing policies, lose national protections for abortion and queer rights including trans healthcare, and is literally currently committing genocide and bombing multiple countries who actually try to stop the genocide, and embrace literal modern day hitler by inviting Netanyahu, a literal war criminal with an arrest warrent out for him in multiple countries to come speak directly to congress where the "good, lesser-evil" party gave him over 20 standing ovations for spouting genocidal rhetoric....... uh, first of all, you're not voting for a 'lesser' evil of any kind, you're just voting for an evil you think will be slightly more convenient for you, and you will happily throw entire nations into concentration and death camps if it makes you feel slightly more cushy and secure and two --

we don't actually live in a democracy if we are "forced" by a two-party system to vote for two equally genocidal fucks who don't represent any of their constituents and live on lies, lies, and more lies.

Democrats continually refuse to even consider raising the minimum wage and happily embrace funneling millions of dollars to Cop City so we can even further militarize the police here so they can better kill people every single day, while Trump gains voters by making wild promises that he's gonna make overtime be paid out in triple pay instead of time and a half that he, clearly, being a fascist billionaire fuck, never intends to fufill, but sounds good to the people who have been voting Democrat their entire life but never seen any material benefit from it (and yes, that is a real example a coworker gave me of why they were initially considering voting for trump, but then decided they're just not going to vote at all because none of the candidates actually feel good for them, and their family is split down the middle calling anyone who doesn't vote for their favorite side a traitor, ) etc.

Anyways, thank you for the anon, I am glad I could be of help!

Endlessly voting for "The lesser evil" just leads to anxiety and despair; actually putting your vote in for a candidate you want to vote for is one of the most freeing experiences possible if all you've been old enough to vote in is these constant Doomsday Elections.

There's a lot of ways to get started making connections in your local community, and the one I have started with and inspired many others to as well, is to simply start a garden, learn how to grow food and save seeds, and start sharing that with first your direct surrounding neighbors, then your neighborhood via online groups, and beyond! I've gotten many people into growing their own food and then beyond to sharing their harvests just by simply informing people "if you are buying colored bell peppers or tomatoes, or bags of dried beans, you can literally just plant all of those seeds" and watching their faces become full of wonder.

Oh and if you want a theme song for voting third party after voting for the lesser evil all this time lol:

anyways for anyone who hasn't voted yet, here's Jill Stein with the Green Party's ballot access map:

and here is their platform:

To all the "Vote Blue No Matter Who" crowd who actually do care about Gaza, but you're absolutely terrified of this election because of what everyone has been saying about Trump ending the world if Democrats don't win:

Remember, you are allowed to change your mind.

No one else can see who you voted for.

You do not have to decide 5 months in advance of an election that you're going to be voting for x and then have that decision written in stone.

The only time its too late to change your vote is after you've already cast your ballot.

You can go into that voting booth thinking you're gonna vote for x, and then see the screen or the paper and realize you really, really do not want to support the ongoing genocide.

After you have cast your vote, if someone asks who you voted for and you don't wanna say you voted for the Green Party........ you can literally just lie. Especially if its going to protect you from predatory friends or family who are part of the doomerist "vote blue no matter what they do" crowd.

Same goes for Republicans, or people who think they have to vote for Trump because their entire family is strict MAGA supporters.

You do not have to vote for Trump. You can vote for whoever you want, including third party. No one needs to know who you are voting for. If your maga friends and family demand to know if you voted for Trump too, you can..... just say yes.

No one is obligated to know who you voted for. If you want to vote for a party that is actually trying to make a difference in how much shit there is in the world, but you need to protect yourself from friends and family, you can simply lie and say you voted for their favorite candidate "of course!"

[roobylavender]

I wrote this during my breakdown so I'm not actually crying rn jshshjs

Being in a desi family means no matter what I'll do for my parents, I know they will always choose my brother over me, well at least my father will. I will never get the justice I deserve as long as I live in this family. Sure, my mom tried for me but that only lasted 5 minutes at most before she gave up. Maybe she knew it will never happen so that's why. It still hurts tho. Only trying once and then never again. And instead preaching ME to not get on my brother's bad side. I really, really loathe living in this family. I loathe desi men. My parents will never raise their voice for me to my brother. They will never defend me as he continues to bully me whenever he wants to. And as I continue to type this as I cry, I know it's pointless. Tomorrow I will act like nothing happened and continue to please my father, as if I don't have this thoughts running through me everytime I talk to him. I will continue to talk to my mom as if I don't think how she will never fight for me even if I told her all of this. Because what is the point knowing it will cause a meaningless discourse in the family that will only last a few hours or a day at best and embarrassed myself. Knowing it will be me who will get lectured. And I'm not even crying because of my brother rn it's the fact knowing my parents never did, and never will fight for me. I might've forgave my brother if only my parents did something and he apologized. But they never did. Every day I loathe and love my parents. Being in a desi family sucks.

i want to apologize again for getting to this so late and while i am more than familiar with how this is unfortunately a perpetual, never-ending kind of deal, i really hope that today you’re feeling at least a little better than you were when you were typing this. i’m not sure how old you are but speaking from personal experience i really think the best outlet for any desi kid is to try to be independent as soon as possible. if your family can afford it go for an undergrad degree in a different city. keep connecting with people so your network provides you with opportunities to get out and get a job. prioritize financial stability so that you have the means to move out even if it’s into an apartment. it depends from family to family obv but sometimes there’s a point where some families will not change and you have to do what’s best for yourself and that’s okay. i think it’s easy for us to harbor a lot of guilt that we’re ungrateful if we don’t stick around and try to fix some of the baggage ourselves but what i’ve learned is that even if you want to try to fix the baggage you need to be in a mentally stable place to do so. living at home doesn’t necessarily facilitate that. and i don’t know what your thoughts on it would be personally but if from what i assume you’re a girl then i again would highly highly recommend doing whatever you can to forge financial independence for yourself. even if it means working a minimum wage job for now. i feel like in a lot of desi families there’s a tendency to look down on that sort of thing (odd, no?) but it’s really a vital developing experience all people and esp desi women should invest in. my lack of financial experience has hindered me in so many ways and kept me tied to a familial situation where i am often very unhappy. i love my parents very much but we have ideological and practical divides and we’re at a stage in life where we need our space from each other (and i imagine that’s true in your situation too) and yet i don’t have the means to execute it bc i’m still figuring my life out. it’s easier said than done obv but i think if you develop the conviction early to get your life in order and work towards creating your own space where you can control how you’re respected it will be worthwhile. the pain of your parents’ faults and inability to protect you is always going to sting and esp within desi families there’s a very deep trauma every child goes through when evaluating what their parents have or haven’t done for them. but that sting will hurt more when you’re completely at your parents’ mercy (and your brother’s, in this case). when they’re not in control anymore it will be easier to manage, and i really hope whatever your circumstances that you’re able to forge that path where your life is your own and you’re not bullied for existing within this familial structure. iA let me know if you ever want to vent again, my dms are open as well so if you want to talk more privately that’s welcome, too. love you lots 🤍

[nonbinary-hacker]

Idk why I, a meme blog, have decided to get on a soapbox about this all of the sudden but you know what, here we go.

Why is it that when there’s any mention of various countries (frequently Britain and Canada, but others as well) in a critical context, or even in a joking sense, the first reaction is to jump to the point of Americans being stupid, fat, lazy, etc.? Don’t get me wrong, America has Problems, but no people are a monolith, and the US isn’t the only one with a bad track record. Yes, America is incredibly corrupt and only masquerades as a “free” country. I’m not making excuses for any of that. But to claim it’s the only one is revisionist and honestly irresponsible. In the spirit of openness, I’m gonna address things here so I don’t have to in the future.

Yes, America has a gun problem. But using “ha ha well at least our kids don’t get shot at school” as an escalation to friendly teasing isn’t the gotcha you think it is. Especially if it’s followed by the “well you shouldn’t have voted them in then”. Who. Who did I personally vote in. Was it when I was a toddler? Earlier? Let me know because if I was there in 1787 when the second amendment was drafted up then I’m sure scientists would be thrilled to know. And it also shows that you have no clue how our electoral system works, since the majority of voters can be in favor of something, only for it to be denied, or vice versa.

Yes, America has a problem as the tenth most obese country in the world. But a lot of that comes down to the lack of access to healthcare and healthy food in areas where fast food and less healthy alternatives are cheaper. “Well it’s not hard if you meal prep and budget right and buy organic and try this detox te-” shut the fuck up. Managing a minimum wage (or lower because that’s a thing) job with raising children, and feeding a family doesn’t always leave enough time to focus on healthy eating. And food deserts are shockingly common, especially in predominantly poor neighborhoods and for people of color.

Yes, America has a problem with healthcare. But in a country where people would rather take painkillers than go to a hospital when they have a serious illness because they can’t afford the bill, people are more afraid of the hospital than the actual injury.

Yes, the American education system isn’t great, but point to Montana on a map without looking it up. New Mexico. What’s the capital of New York? It’s not New York City. Our states are the size of most countries. As far as math and science, I’d argue that we can compete on a global scale. Ignorance comes from everywhere, not just here. I’ve also never actually met someone who thinks that London is a country, or that the sun turns off at night. I’m sure they exist somewhere, but there’s an equal chance they’re in your town as they are in mine.

Point is, we get it. I get it. I wrote this entire thing because I get it. But I’m also fucking tired. Using murdered children to win an internet battle when someone jokes about how you stole shit for a museum is,,,honestly just sad. Making jokes or talking about shit you know nothing about isn’t helpful to anyone. It’s not as easy as voting them out, or a glorious revolution. Expand the depth of your knowledge on the subject before you start shit. And check your own hands before you say shit about the blood on ours. We’re aware of the horrendous shit our country’s done. It’s broadcast 24/7. Just because yours isn’t on the global news doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.

A lot of us are scared about the upcoming election, doubly so if we’re PoC, queer, disabled, etc. A lot of us are facing some very grim realities right now, and we’re terrified. We don’t need the constant reminders of how fucking bad we have it.

[awkwarddystopianwarlord]

Stop Making Everything Unaffordable, it's Inconvenient and Annoying

I truly and wholeheartedly believe that increasing rent at all and increasing prices at stores above, like, thirty percent or so should be illegal. If you can’t afford to be a landlord, don’t. If you’re going to price gouge everything people purchase, especially essentials, go jump off a cliff. I. Am. So. Fucking sick. Of this insanity. 

I keep seeing articles in the newspapers about the housing crisis we’re having and the solutions seem to always dodge the fact that landlords are in fact the problem. Landlords are making the cost of housing astronomical. Their excuses are often tied to the cost of living rising constantly. Well, that would be helped significantly if corporations and businesses weren’t allowed to upcharge ungodly amounts. Everyone is fighting fire with fire. Things are getting expensive? Charge more. But also don’t raise the minimum wage much because that saves costs too. Just keep going up and up and up with prices because there is no roof. Where does it end though? What happens when no one can afford to live? I know I’ve asked this in several other posts, but it weighs on me every day. These people have no limits. They have no strong barriers. 

Yes, I know I don’t know everything or how all the world works, however, I feel like this is a relatively easy fix. It’ll just piss off a lot of the super wealthy people. Oh no, oh dear, will no one think of the rich people? (Read previous sentence with heavy sarcasm because that’s how I’m saying it). I also know that fiends find loopholes and get sneaky and loose with the law. I know people will always suck if they want to. But can we not try? Can we not attempt to thwart this and keep re-thwarting as they thwart back? 

Higher ups, whether they be a head office goon or the entire government, don’t have most of our best interests in mind. I know this. My friends know this. My acquaintances know this. Hopefully you know this. I’ve said this. Hoping for the world to be bettered by those in power is probably quite stupid. I’m gonna do it anyway though because I don’t have anything else to do. At least when it comes to making my brain happy. Hope is often a disappointment in my experience, yet, I think I’m insane at this point so as the insane do, I shall keep hoping the same and expect different results. 

I just don’t like that one of my favorite book series, The Hunger Games, keeps coming true in bits and pieces. That trilogy is my 1984, and uhh, that’s kinda horrific. But that’s the cute thing about dystopias, they are mirrors to our current societies. Alas, the reflection is seldom seen by the people because the people have no eyes. It would just be nice if some things would improve and or change for the better. It would be nice if I didn’t have to wait until half my city is homeless and most of the businesses are closed because of us wandering the streets like zombies for something to change. It would be nice if we, as people, didn’t wait until things hit absolute rock bottom before realizing that we were going downhill and doing something about it.

There is a boycott this month for Loblaws as they have successfully infuriated enough people to warrant this. There is also now a Steal From Loblaws Day. Normally I don’t condone stealing, unless it’s from Value Village because fuck Value Village, but if there’s a dedicated day for a crime, I don’t care, I’ll look the other way. Pride started as a riot and we’ve come so far since then. So if breaking the law on a particular day or month is what we need to do to change shit, then so be it. Compress the rich in Titan-flavored submersibles. Abolish all landlords. Overthrow the government. Drink plenty of water and stop slouching.

[erik-powery-for-america]

MY CASE FOR MAYOR OF BALTIMORE:   I lost this long email to look for a link to send y'all. I live Coppin Heights. I can touch Coppin State University from my house. Mayor Scott is the struggle Mayor. Trying a little bit of this or that. Never accomplishing much. Baltimore has it all. Great Mass Transit. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Thurgood Marshall International Airport. AMTRAK(from Balt-Penn Station you can get to NYC Pennsylvania Station in under 3 hours). MARC commuter trains will take you to DC on a discount. METRO subway, MTA Light Rail, Baltimore Link buses cover the city map. We will increase residential & business occupancy until we have no vacancies. When we get over 1,000,000 residents. I will talk to Commissioner Silver, his deputy, NBA Ownership Fraternity, and the NBPA, and we will win the NBA lottery(by making the case for Baltimore) and receive the BaltimoreCharm. The BaltimoreCharm will win in the High Technology Jordan Brand Arena between Franklin/Mulberry & Fulton/Pulaski. CSU was a hot mess 20 years ago. The city and state are investing in Coppin because parents did not want their kids in Coppin Heights/Mondawmin region right next door to Frederick Douglass High School. Target left Mondawmin because of theft of expensive over the counter drugs. Very easy to steal and make a drug cocktail with Fentanyl, Painkillers, and Valiums. Target never leaves big cities unless the circumstances really kill their bottom line. That old Target store was finally purchased by Tim Reagan(CEO of Whiting-Turner Contracting Company) and is now The Village. The Village will host businesses that are needed in the eight west and Greater Mondawmin Community But why did this take so long? There is a "Baltimore Renaissance", but Brandon is like a snail. People of a certain age are going to be dead before it is realized because the gears grind slow with Democrats and big bureaucracy because everyone got their hands in the Baltimore Treasury trying to get the most money. GREED! This is the impediment to good things happening expeditiously. Black neighborhoods have been pillaged and left for dead. No functioning school. No functioning supermarket. No community center. No trash cans. Yes, I said trash cans. No banking. No nothing!  I am running with the Green Party. We have the radical, fresh ideas that will make BaltimoreCity the envy of America.Not in 2030  But NOW!! We will #RebuildBaltimore more expeditiously and with less taxpayer funds so we can refund education and welfare programs that help people who work hard but earn low wages. We also need to raise the minimum wage to $22.50 per hour. Baltimore also will receive a much needed rebrand. A lot of my old friends never even been here..The question is why? Because of our reputation. That there is nothing to see here. Nothing to do here. It is so bad drug dealers from New York came down here to do business and never made it back. In the beginning of the rebrand, we must remove those hideous images of abandoned neighborhoods on Bing, Google, and Yahoo! Those images will  swapped out with positive images of Baltimore. I am asking for your vote because iLoveBaltimore more. Bmore as we call it. We can really be "The Greatest City In America." Please take a peak at this 3rd Party Debate with our Presidential Candidates Jasmine Sherman & Dr. Jill Stein. I even liked some of Chase Oliver's ideas. > Sincerely yours, > Erik Powery 1701 Moreland Ave Baltimore, MD 21216-3708 https://www.erikpowery.com

[athomewiththecicadas]

Life as a Senior NCO for a Head of Household that can't Provide

If you've been keeping up with your PT, and you're ahead of us, or lagging behind, the commonality is that you are pursuing a life of happiness.

And with the life you've chosen, you've been introduced to values you weren't completely well introduced too. And you learn the issues that our society is pressed with. But the issues are still the same, regardless of where you reside.

Of course, in Britain and the European Union, they've already raised their minimum wage. But in the United States, it's still the issue of power.

And the same issues grow very tiring the longer you deal with them. But once you've done your due diligence, and you've gained the experience you need to become one of us in all of our societal values, "I'm not very interested in extending the use of force."

So, going forward, one day you will realize the the use of force, and all of these wars are below you and your person.

So, I still can't find a reason to promote higher values for the use of force. And Governments are realizing that technology is a good place to describe a common forum for diplomacy.

So, you get to the point we're you are capable of enumerating other attributes then just the use of force. And you can consider quality of life.

And with quality of life, your management of your time and assets, are generally more attentive, as you choose to continue your way of life, in conjunction with your friends and neighbors.

Earlier I talked about the pressing issues of espionage, and individuals trying to exploit your person, and physical characteristics, to create harm. And this amounted to better accounting.

But there are also block diagrams and flow charts that you can use with your management skills. And for technology, this creates values that are tangible, from an intangible "ideology."

So, our use of force is still the same, while our management skills will improve. And as a result, technology begins to work "for you."

And now that you are getting yourself up to date on the physical qualities of technology, you could consider multitasking and management skills.

And with our new technology that's coming out, we can sit back and think about how we're going to spend it.

And you're correct in assuming that the latest technology, and all of our societal needs just aren't as much as you would think.

But when you consider our institution, and ceremonial values, the latest technologies can be much more appreciated. And they are.

This TV, above, could employ a city the size of Chattanooga. And if you consider business partners, it could reasonably employ a city the size of Atlanta.

That's just a lot of appreciation. But if you still needed more, there are other attributes to consider. For instance, if you enjoyed the obnoxious weight of the old picture tube TVs, Element Electronics has a model that might be what you were looking for.

It's an outdoor TV, but the use of force hasn't changed.

And so, this is an example of the future of technology development.

But with future development, such has the issue of espionage, we've found that accounting can utilize the performance we were looking for, at incredibly low performance requirements.

And, now, our needs for more and more advanced script and programming, are manageable. Needless to say, that you are no longer attracting unwanted attention.

And you realize that the things you were previously interested in, are less important. Because the experience is more satisfying.

Once again, our enumerations for technology are sound.

Now, when I'm stating I'm not very interested in raising the bar for use of force, the current regulations for technology, are equivalent to include flechette artillery rounds.

And these rounds may also be guided as well. Which is well within regulation. But what's worse is the size of the flechette rounds that are within regulation.

And regarding the latest development in the tech sector, the new technology is also allotted to enumerate parallel usage, even including trimming back capabilities for even greater efficiency.

But, with all of zero trust architecture, even after the greater demand for script processing after the early 2000's, we're simply not seeing the need to continue.

In fact the latest development exceeds consumer demands in performance, and then the additional script requirement for zero trust architecture.

I'de say we have a way to go before we would consider using the current regulation to its fuller limits.

[truck-fump]

Republicans Don’t Own PatriotismRepublicans claim they love...

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Republicans Don’t Own PatriotismRepublicans claim they love...

Republicans Don’t Own Patriotism

Republicans claim they love America.

But they sure don’t seem to like the American people.

They consistently oppose reforms that a majority of Americans believe would make their lives better, like raising the minimum wage, paid family leave, and student debt relief.

And these supposedly America-loving Republicans also seem to hate American cities, which is where 80% of Americans live.

So they must love rural America, right?

Ehhh…not so much.

Republicans have historically tried to block Medicaid expansion and cut its funding, which rural Americans have especially benefited from. They’ve sought to slash funding for rural infrastructure and development. They’ve sided with big ag over independent farmers. And they’re continually trying to cut food stamps, which rural Americans depend on — even more than those in cities.

So maybe it’s the land itself they love.

Except that while in office, Donald Trump rolled back more than a hundred environmental regulations, making it easier to pollute America’s air, water, and land.

And he opened about two million acres of federally protected (and culturally significant) land to oil drilling.

Rather than conserving our land, they seem more interested in conserving Big Oil profits.

And sadly, Republicans are increasingly rejecting America’s core principles. They’re attacking freedom of speech with book bans. They’re attacking freedom of assembly with laws restricting protests. And they’re rejecting the separation of church and state.

Republicans are even shunning democracy itself, denying election results, passing laws that make it harder to vote, and kicking out legitimately elected lawmakers they disagree with.

It’s time to stop letting Republicans claim the mantle of patriotism without actually being patriots.

Patriotism means loving freedom: the freedom to make your own health care choices, the freedom to choose who and how you love, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to unionize.

Patriotism also means wanting Americans to be free from the fear of gun violence and free from crushing student debt.

Above all, patriotism involves strengthening our democracy. True patriots don’t put loyalty to their political party above their love of America. True patriots don’t support an attempted coup.

Now is the time for the rest of us to reclaim patriotism and affirm its true meaning.

[itdobethatbitch]

I have conflicting opinions on so many things. Right now it is that people inherently want to do things create things. People will volunteer to help others...and at the same time there are swaths of homeless people in tent cities naked on drugs and just doing nothing for society. They are allowed to stay there, no one is doing anything about it. But then the people who pay rent can't live their lives peacefully.

I do think you need to contribute to the society you live in (something we are trying to teach my brother's teenager) you cane just lay around all day for weeks at a time. I think rest is important, and leisure is important. But not to excess. I think you need to be useful to have the right to use the resources of the community. Even if that is just basic cleaning up after yourself.

Not getting into individuals with disabilities or how to raise children to do chores but...I get people needing a hand up, but that is for someone who wants to do things. I get it, no one wants to work cuz...idk it may be boring it may be hard labor, but you have to work to make life livable. The system is fucked and I think there are changes needed, worker rights, the way greedy people hoard money thus fucking the economy. Whatever.

People will do things without being paid for it, but I think we have been raising our younger generation to be selfish, to have to be forced to get shit done. I think there are changes to the 40 hr work week that can be made for sure, but people have to do their jobs. And...with vigor? Passion? Even if you are serving fast food at McDonald's, help your coworkers and clean even if it isn't "your job" and try to do things to the best of your ability. I think fixing worker issues would help with this but honestly I just think people don't give a shit....and no raising the minimum wage won't help shit bc the prices of everything else will just go up.

But no I don't think these people should be allowed to be shitting in the streets. This has gone too far

[runephoenix6769]

I was listening to the radio. The discussion was the housing/cost of living crisis, as it often is. They had callers ringing in. One lady called in and she had something v interesting to say, which might help put some things into perspective. (I'll preface this by saying, I understand that cost of living and minimum wages are different in every country. I live in western europe.) She was saying how she and her husband were well educated, they live in the capital of my country. She and her husband have moved up the ladder career wise, constantly moving companies every few years in order to gain raises and maximise their earning capacity. They have both gone as far as their professions will allow, meaning they are at the top. They get paid the highest for their profession. They have done everything they can to max out their earning capacity. There is no getting higher unless they leave the country and even then its a gamble. She is earning 45k a year, her husband 36k meaning collectively as a two income house hold they are clearing 81k before taxes, so they their take is probably around the 70k mark (I don't know this lady's financials but we can imagine of that 70k, the cost of food, rent, utilities, dental, medical, clothes for work, the potential of a car... see how quickly that 70k is disappearing. She did not disclose how much savings they had but they app had more than enough for a downpayment.) The bank is obviously factoring this in... They were looking at maybe a 3 bedroom semi detached or even terraced house. Here's what new builds are costing in the surrounding areas of the capital.

this picture below is the 4bed 3 bath new build semi detached. 475k. thats nearly half a million euros. Its interesting to note that this is what the new council houses look like

The above are much older houses. They are mostly in okay aeras. None of them are in trendy or super affluent areas, those houses are well beyond a million, sometimes multiple millions. None of these examples are mansions, but they are all hitting the half million and up to a million mark. Sure, I hear you say, why dont they just move outside the capital? Well, 1) the commute is even longer 2) Nearly all our major jobs are based in the capital, and our second biggest city/hub is just as expensive. 3) the houses outside the capital are not much cheaper 4) car insurance in my country is insanely expensive. We're talking in the thousands. But I digress... The bank told them that they need to clearing over 110k to get a mortgage. (Though, they are paying astronomical rent on a one bedroom apartment in the capital. w/o obv the bank aren't considering that if they weren't paying insane rent, this would be freed up for the mortgage.)) There is no where else from which to squeeze another 40 grand, unless one of them gets a second full time job! They already put over 40 hours into work, w/o factoring commute back and forth, extra time in the morning getting ready etc, so realistically they are both putting in an extra 15 to 20 hours putting them at 60 hour weeks. They have put having kids on hold due to this and finances. What I'm trying to say is.... the two highly educated professionals pulling 70k a year is not your enemy. The cards have been stacked against us all by vulture funds, its constant price hikes by corporations responsible for our food and every day living necessities bragging about record profits for 5 years running, governments taking back hand payouts, ceos taking eye watering bonuses whilst their workers struggle to eat or live out of their cars. Its greedy landlords hoarding properties for short term lets, and companies like airbnb demanding to be brought to government conversations about housing with only their self interest in mind.

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[twilightcitysky]

My daughter is four. She came home from school and told me she was playing a game called “Princess Gets Rescued From a Tower”. The kid of two feminists, living in a liberal city in a blue state, at the age of four, has internalized the idea that princesses need rescuing. 

I did four years of residency in ObGyn and three years of residency in Psychiatry. I am an MD and a practicing psychiatrist. I don’t have the bandwidth to look at the numbers right now, but I will tell you from personal experience with hundreds and hundreds of patients that women are the strong ones. Most of the babies of teen girls I delivered had no support apart from their own mothers. I wrote “father of baby not involved” in the chart more times than I can count. Most of the pregnancy terminations I performed were for girls and women on their own. Nothing made me feel like I’d made more of a difference than providing a desired termination for a teenager and placing her IUD. Now that girl gets to continue her education, develop her frontal lobe, and decide who she wants to be and what she wants to do. She doesn’t have to be a baby trying to raise a baby. She doesn’t have to be another cog in a system that perpetuates the cycle of poverty in order to keep women and people of color from working towards equality, equity, fairness and real change. 

Make no mistake. The overturning of Roe vs. Wade today is not about saving the lives of the unborn. It is about control of women’s bodies and agency, particularly poor women without the resources to travel out of state for a pregnancy termination. Women are meant to be property. Don’t believe me? How many letters have I received addressed to “Mrs. Husband’s First Name – Husband’s Last Name” instead of “Dr. My First Name – My Last Name”? How many people think my kids have their dad’s last name, because he’s the man and when you get married you’re supposed to give up your identity? Yes, it’s only a name. Yes, it’s tradition. But try speaking up against it— even that one, small thing— and see how much resistance you run into. 

Now women want more than our own names. We want to be paid the same as our male colleagues. We want our voices to be heard in legislation and government. We’d even like to be the president someday. At bare minimum, we’d like to decide the timing and circumstances of when we become parents, because women still carry the majority of responsibility for raising children today, with rare exceptions. We are on a tightrope with no safety net, because there’s so little in the way of institutional support for people who end up with a baby to support and no way to put food on the table. 

People who are thinking about how to get from one day to the next aren’t in the streets protesting. People who are terrified that they’ll be beaten or raped by their partner aren’t rallying for change. People who are trying to raise a child on a minimum wage salary with no parental leave benefits, without any sort of support, aren’t getting an education. People who are working two jobs to keep a roof over their heads aren’t voting. 

And that’s the goal. 

The princess in the tower may need a rescue now, but ask yourself who put her there. Ask yourself who robbed her of the tools to escape, because she’s strong and capable. If you’re a woman, stay safe. If you’re a woman of privilege, help your sisters. If you’re a man, speak up for us. And if there’s any part of you who feels that this is a move that will help any human beings at all, including the unborn children who are the proposed beneficiaries, I cheerfully invite you to get fucked. Nobody wins when women are forced to have kids they can’t or don’t want to support. Not them, not the kids… and not you. 

[feral-anthropologist]

Rural people are some of the most overlooked when it comes to leftist politics and discussions.

I live in the city now. I had to get away because of a variety of reasons. But I grew up in the middle of nowhere in Montana. I lived with farmers, I raised chickens and lambs, I went out hunting with my dad in the fall. You had to drive for an hour if you wanted to get to a Walmart. I considered anything with a population larger than the 800 people who made up my town The City. When I saw Los Angeles from the air as a teenager, I couldn’t wrap my brain around the idea of so many people living in one place. I’ve been living in an actual city for a few months now and I’m still adjusting to not having to constantly scan the sides of the road at night in case deer come jumping out at you.

I rarely see rural areas mentioned in political posts, and if they are it’s usually just “friendly reminder that marginalized people live in rural areas too and we can’t just wish we could delete them from existence!”

Yes, rural areas tend to be more conservative. The last thing I saw when I left the tiny town I grew up in for the last time was a gigantic stand of Trump merch. Yes, there are still queer people and disabled people and people of color in rural areas. But even if they all moved away and they were made up of just conservative cishet white people, they are still people and they would still deserve rights. They would still deserve everything that we’re fighting for and that they tend to fight against. The thing about rights is that you can’t just take them away from one group of people without risking taking them away from everyone.

Besides that, I think rural areas tend to skew more conservative partially because liberals and leftists tend to be in the city. They don’t understand how life works out here and their ideas and politics just completely overlook us. Electric cars to reduce pollution? Completely impractical in a place where you have to drive for at least an hour to get anywhere and in winter it gets too cold for electric cars to function. You can keep a can of gas in the back of the car. You can’t keep a can of electricity. Gun control? No guns allowed anywhere? We need guns. I’m serious, we need guns. There’s meat on a deer that can feed your family for months. And yeah, we need guns for protection. Not just from the hypothetical burglar but from the fucking wildlife. Sometimes there’s bears up your street. Sometimes there’s a skunk eating your chickens in the middle of the night. Sometimes you wake up and ten of your chickens are gone at once because of a mountain lion. Wildlife is dangerous and you need a gun. Increase the minimum wage? The idea that if a business can’t pay everyone $15/hr then they don’t deserve to be in business? That’s great in the city. It gets a bit different when you own a small bakery in a town of 800 people.

I am begging people to actually listen to rural people about their experiences and not just write us all off as dumb uneducated hicks and rednecks. We’re here. Our voices matter. Not everyone is in Seattle or New York or LA or Chicago. We’re here and we have our own unique struggles and people need to actually fucking listen to us about them.

Also rural queers I am kissing you on the mouth I love you so much. I had to get out but you gave me so much hope when I was there. I’m never going to forget going to my first Pride in Montana and just how huge it was and almost crying at the amount of us who were here, despite everything I’d ever heard. I wasn’t alone. There were so many of us, even in a state that felt like it was trying to kill us.

[odinsblog]

It’s funny to me whenever I see Democratic loyalists (blue MAGA sycophants) talking themselves right into oblivion. Republicans are walking them to the slaughterhouse, and they’re agreeably going along in a cloud of civility and rule-following. It’s like watching a village of brainwashed people willingly walking themselves into an active volcano, and desperately trying to talk them down off the ledge, because they don’t have to sacrifice their hopes.

“Of course Pelosi has to support the anti-abortionist over the pro-choice candidate, what else can she do?”

Why does the DNC and Pelosi constantly campaign for regressive conservative “Democrats” even in safe blue districts?? WTF is the point of supporting conservative, anti-abortion “Democrats” if they are literally just Republicans with the letter “D” behind their names, who more often than not, vote with Republicans and against any progressive agenda?

“But control of the House and Senate is at stake!”

And how the fuck is that working out? Has adding more conservative politicians helped protect Roe, or has it hurt Roe? Did adding more so-called “pro-life” Democrats help protect a woman’s choice, or did that foolhardy action hurt a woman’s reproductive rights? This is not rocket science—adding more of a bad thing into the mix gives us more bad outcomes, not fewer.

“But everywhere isn’t New York City, progressivism simply doesn’t work in the Midwest.”

This is standard, boilerplate DLC/Third Way rhetoric. “You have to be even more conservative than conservatives to win in rural America,” was the key strategy of Democratic Leadership Council. “We can only win by being moderate Republicans,” was their underlying strategy. But that strategy only helps conservatives… funny how that works, isn’t it? Look, I very strongly believe that when you consistently and materially improve people’s lives, the voters will absolutely positively follow. FDR did “socialist” things like put food in people’s belly, and he was on track for a fourth term. If you think there aren’t progressive people living in Red states who wouldn’t work for a much more progressive future, I got news for you. It’s all about how you sell that vision. But corporate Democrats gave up on real deal progressivism a while back, and they want everyone else to believe that right-leaning neoliberalism is the only acceptable way forward.

“There’s nothing Biden can do to advance his agenda, he doesn’t have a supermajority.”

Look, if the votes aren’t out there, then you fucking go get them. Biden actually has the world’s largest bully pulpit and the power of executive action. Let me ask you something: If Biden raised the federal minimum wage to $15/hour and eliminated all student loan debt, do you think that would engage and motivate voters to vote for Democratic candidates in the midterm elections?? Biden could energize tf outta his base, IF he was willing to do whatever it takes. And fuuuck getting Republicans voters. They’re always going to vote for (wait for it) Republican candidates!

And you can tell when these sycophants are retreating back into their alternate reality echo chamber, because instead of engaging with what you’re actually saying, they begin to regurgitate the familiar phrases they’ve been trained to say: “you’re a bot,” or, “you’re only helping Republicans,” or “Susan Sarandon,” or “you must be a Russian spy.” LOL. God forbid if you criticize their problematic faves, or (gasp) ask for our elected officials to do better.

Centrists are getting marched to the slaughterhouse, and all they’re doing is kicking up a cloud of politeness and agreeability. God forbid they actually put up a real fight, or think outside the box for two fucking minutes. And yes, standing up for some basic ass principals is going to lose you conservative voters. So fucking what? THEY already have a political party advocating for everything they want.

JFC. If Democrats fought Republicans even half as hard as they fight the left, they would have supermajorities in both houses of Congress.

It’s not too late. There’s still time left to save Congress from Mitch McConnell and the Republican Party. But Democrats need to be willing to actually fight for it. Not just send out fundraising email blasts, but actually fight—and not for capitalism, but for democratic ideals.

[twice-sys]

hopefully this should be my last time asking for help in a while

tl;dr my partner and i need to move asap or we’ll be homeless in the middle of winter

my partner ( @spiral-sys ) recently moved in with me. i got kicked out of my moms house and am staying with a friend. said friend is joining the military january 19, 2022. my partner and i will both be homeless if we cant find a place to stay before then.

we’re both very disabled and can only work part time at minimum wage. we both work only around 20hrs a week. rent in this city is very high and we can’t relocate somewhere cheaper for multiple reasons. we’ve been trying to save up to move out but all of our money has gone towards food as i was the sole provider for a while.

our goal is to raise $1500, or as much as possible before january. as long as we can have help with moving expenses & security deposit + application fees we’ll be able to cover rent on our own. please reblog if you cant donate

$0/$1500

@transgooglesearches @trans-mom @transstuffandmore @mutual-aid-booster @justsomeantifas @cowboy @cowboysuggest @posts-from-a-brighter-timeline @positivedoodles @positiveautistic please please please reblog this