#Project2025 is evil

[cappuccinoandglitter]

Reminder that part of the GOP/Project2025 agenda is to classify anything queer as pornography and ban it.

We're talking all mentions of queerness.

There goes:

Interview with the Vampire

9-1-1

Brilliant Minds

Any other currently running shows with LGBTQ charaters/themes? Add them to the list.

Sure, you can say '1st Amendment' all you like, and it wouldn't happen overnight, but it's their goal. KOSA is already a threat to an open internet, and you bet your ass they're gonna come for AO3. So fandom, please vote blue. I know it might feel like the lesser of two evils but the difference between the parties is wider and more significant than naysayers want you to believe.

[six-spot]

United we stand, divided we fall…

I don’t care on which side of the political spectrum you identify. The threat to our democracy is a clear and present danger!

A 🧵 Buckle up it’s a long one.

This is not a fight about 2A, it’s not about abortion, it’s not about education, it’s not about sexual orientation, it’s not about taxes or immigration or about healthcare. This fight comes down to a religious minority, trying to push its narrow views upon our country.

The Heritage Foundation and its Project 2025 threatens to dismantle nearly 250 years of progress toward equality for all. And I for one am not going to stand for it.

We must unite against the GOP with Joe Biden as the nominee. He cannot be replaced on ballots without being challenged. “Protest” voting for other parties will sign the death certificate of our nation. The same thing happened in 2016.

A very brief history. Zoroastrianism was founded around 3500 years ago. “Zoroastrianism…held that a messiah would come at some future date…to redeem humanity in an event known as the Frashokereti which was the end of time and brought reunion with Ahura Mazda…

These concepts would influence the later religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.” https://www.worldhistory.org/religion/

This monotheistic view of religion has existed for less than half of recorded history and many religions still have pluralistic beliefs. #Christianity has done nothing but oppress people since its inception. And now a very narrow interpretation of it is being weaponized against us.

It’s a disease that spread throughout the world, literally killing millions of people as missionaries spread disease from one continent to another. It didn’t matter how many indigenous people died as long as they believed and converted.

Ancient rulers seized upon the opportunity to adopt the religion and thus take power and wealth* from the people. Sound familiar? Wars have been fought for control of territory around the world.

*This was the 2nd goal of missionaries.

And now a sect of ultra-conservative Christian Nationalists threatens to end our constitutional republic in favor of an authoritarian state.

They’re trying to divide us even further so they can win. We CANNOT let that happen. Moderate, Liberal, Progressive, Libertarian, Conservative, it doesn’t matter, we will all suffer equally if Project 2025 succeeds.

They have been chipping away at certain liberties for 8 years already. It’s clear that they only have self-serving goals to make the rich richer and to oppress citizens like in other authoritarian regimes.

It is truly terrifying to see dystopian novels coming to life before my very eyes. These conservatives fear change and clearly believe that liberalism is the root of all evil.

On the contrary, education leads to enlightenment and free thought, so “liberal” thinking is really just how they demonize those who are educated and have opposing opinions or beliefs.

One example from #Project2025 is that “conservative” republicans have been trying to strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting since its inception. @NPR & @PBS are run by CPB.

Why? Because they educate people & allows them to adopt beliefs that oppose theirs. They lament that no republican president has been able to do it. They argue that most viewers are liberals & that not enough conservative programming is offered so it should be shut down. Boo hoo😢

How about that educated viewers use their common sense and reasoning to conclude that stories from 2000+ years ago are not fully relevant to modern society? 👩🏼‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓

Science is not theological yet conservatives want to apply theology to everything. The world isn’t flat. Evolution & Climate change are real. Vaccines save lives. The USA was NOT founded as a Christian nation. If not for free thinkers, we’d probably still be living in the Iron Age.

Most people want to be part of a group & religion is the most common way to achieve that goal. We are conditioned from birth to believe what we’re taught and not question it. This is how racism & bigotry continue to thrive along with political ideology.

Morals are morals. They aren’t inherently conservative or liberal. You are either kind to others or not; you follow the rules or don’t; you tell the truth or you’re a narcissistic pathological liar. It’s that simple. That is all that’s required to define a good person.

The notion that sexuality has anything to do with morality is utterly absurd, but this is what conservatives argue. They LIE to justify taking rights from anyone they don’t like. They fear what they don’t understand.

They oppose abortion because it’s a numbers game to them. They think more babies = more followers. Well, we’re already seeing that no abortion = higher infant mortality. So that myth is busted.

Much of the Project 2025 platform directly attacks the Biden administration and seemingly relies on data that is short-sighted at best. I’m sure many of the arguments for or against the many chapter topics are false-flags to make it look balanced.

I hope someone is trying to fact-check the book, as many of the end notes are just commentary or references to current laws. Statistics are cherry picked to support their claims.

Even my 16-year-old understands the implications should departments like education and health & human services get shut down or changed from what they currently are. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

If you made it all the way through, thanks for reading. Please share because our lives depend on it. We all need to #VoteBlue2024 to put an end to the GOP madness once and for all.

Fin.

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What to do:

Choose your class - we have a big fight coming up, and we need everyone.

Artificers: It's time to make sure your 3D printers are working, and you are linked to a good maker group. Access to all healthcare, not just reproductive rights, will be at risk soon, which means we should have a good network for ensuring that people can access 3-D-printed prosthetics and accessibility equipment. https://3d.nih.gov/collections/prosthetics

Barbarians: protests are coming. We don’t even know what for yet, but if last time is any indication, there will be a lot. Check your boots/walking shoes. Make sure your go bag is packed for game day. https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/race-inequality-law/protest-tips

Bards: I see you already. Posts are up, and videos are rolling. Ensure you’re formulating a good network of people you’re watching and promoting. Guild bards get more done. And the traditional media bards seem not to be getting the support or are being silenced, so let’s make our own. Support and promote Substacks and Patreons for creators and writers who may get silenced on other platforms soon.

Clerics: Open the sanctuary doors. Start placing the bookcase in front of the attic door now so it won’t raise any eyebrows when needed later.

Druids: Document everything. We’re about to lose a lot of our ability to monitor our natural resources, which means that science will have to look at the data you’re collecting in the areas you love to piece together what is happening to our world. Take daily pictures of the forest document, note the temperatures, and notice the movement of animals. Only time tells when things deviate from the norm, which means getting the data. (It's okay to buy a pretty notebook now)

Fighters: Honestly, it's a lot of the same stuff that I just told the Barbarians, except your go bag will have to be a lot more flexible: Bandanas, water bottles. Review the tapes of previous protests and see what was learned. https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/race-inequality-law/protest-tips

Monks: Watch, be patient, and be prepared to move quickly and reorient an attacker's energy back at them. https://www.aclu.org/

Paladins: Remember you are strong both offensively and defensively and capable of healing and buffing allies, while also dealing significant damage to foes. But your powers are tied to your adherence to your moral code. So, know what that code is now. Know what your boundaries are. Write them out. Align yourself with missions where you can do the most good, not where you stand in your way. Remember that sometimes, you are at your strongest at just being the wall of moral good between evil and those that evil would hurt. You don’t have to look for the fight. Look for the person in pain. The fight has already come to them. https://transequality.org/

Rangers: Warriors of the wilderness. Defend the forests. Don’t let them come after the USFD again. https://www.fs.usda.gov/

Sorcerers: Look into getting an IUD or vasectomy or support a friend in doing so. Plan B lasts 4 years. Pick up some now. Pick up extra. Remember that Plan B’s efficacy diminishes by 14% for every 15 pounds above the recommended weight threshold, as stated by the manufacturer. Talk to a medical health professional now to know your dosage for the future.

Warlocks: Time to find a larger group or cause to team up with. https://www.aclu.org/campaigns-initiatives/project2025

Wizards: Start creating copies of valuable research now. Look at the government-run agencies and their websites before the turnover, before they are altered or shut down again. https://www.weather.gov/

[arcadiaberger]

Even if you have never voted before, please vote this November.

It is THAT serious.

If donald and the #FormerPartyOfLincoln take power and implement their evil #Project2025, all future elections will be meaningless, if they are held at all.

Register to vote, and if you are registered, make sure your voter registration hasn't been purged by Republicans: vote.org

#Politics #donald trump #donald #trump #trumpery #Please Vote #Democracy #Amercian Politics #Vote #Register To Vote #Check Your Voter Registration

please fucking vote

[bybruce]

Raygun breakdancer @SpeakerJohnson #enemy #evil #project2025 #vote

[marlowinc]

Project 2025. These f--kers are serious. If you identify as a progressive, as diverse, and/or as a societally marginalized individual, they want to kill you. This is not hyperbole.

Be informed and ready to fight these fascist bullies--

Snopes. Democracy Forward. Daily Kos. Wikipedia. Even Project2025.org, the evil ones' own site - an online Mordor, if you will - blatantly lays out its sinister scheme!

If you're a registered American voter, VOTE BLUE all the way down the ballot. No third party candidate, no write-in, no don't-vote, NO GOP!

For the sake of America's future, this is for ALL the marbles! It ain't just the US that'll suffer a Trump-led holocaust, it'll be the world!

[depressed-changeling]

I literally remember Netanyahu praising Trump for his support for Isreal during Trump's first term. I know Netanyahu wants Trump to win because that orange fucker will shamelessly send even more weapons to Israel, send more soldiers, and hell I wouldn't be suprised if Trump would supply nucleae weapons to Israel.

Trump has already stated for Israel to "finish the job". Trump wants the total genocide of Palestinians. He wants Israel to continue to assault surrounding countries under the guise of "Hamas". He wants a Ww3.

And that's not even touching Project2025/Agenda47 and how many millions of people will be oppressed, brutalized, deported, and/or killed. Or the fact that the Supreme Court ruled the president to essentially be a King who cannot be held accountable.

I get why people are pissed about this election. People are sick of having to settle for the lesser evil, because it's between that or complete facism. They don't want to vote for politicians so blatently ignoring international law in favor of profit and power.

But until ranked voting becomes a thing, until the great revolution is actually feasible and not just some political equivalence to the great rapture, we are stuck voting between a facist and a politician.

Biden stepping down was the right choice. His blatant support for Israel killed his appeal, and it finally got through his head. Whatever good he did bring to this country, which to be faif he did more than I expected, means nothing in comparison to his support for the Palestinian Genocide. Or how he's STILL participating in the inhumane act putting immigrants into camps and depriving them of basic human rights before deporting them.

I have no idea how Harris will be as president. At worst, she's just another lackluster politician not doing nearly as much as anyone would want her to, and at best she's meeting the bar that's set at the crust of the Earth. But she is undoubtedly more appealing for the simple fact that she can be reasoned with.

Linked below is a form you can send to Harris is express what's important to you, what you expect, and what will cost her your support.

Make it clear that unlike Biden, you expect her to take a stance against Israel. That as president, she will stop the export of weapons and soldiers, and follow international law and rulings. That you expect her to live up to her promise to end mass incarceration, protect abortion rights, balance the courts and impeach corrupt judges.

one of my friends (also a leftist) said that because we live in utah, it doesn't matter who he votes for, and there's no way he will vote for a "fucking cop who was complicit in genocide."

he is telling his friends in utah that they have zero say in who is president, so they shouldn't vote for harris.

and, i love him, but i think that line of thinking is really damaging.

if the stakes were lower for this election, then sure! i'm all in favor of third parties, and i do think that should be more normalized. it would be great to get to a point where we have more viable options than just democrats and republicans.

but this election is against trump. if trump wins, we get project 2025.

this isn't your father's republican party that just wanted to lower taxes and have more free trade. we are looking at rights being taken away for several marginalized communities. major changes that will set us back decades. there is too much on the line, and harris needs every single vote she can get.

saying you won't vote for harris because you live in a red state and don't think your vote will count... like a vote for a third party will??

you're really just saying that you don't mind trump winning, or if you do, you aren't willing to actually do what it takes to stop it.

as for being complicit with the genocide, aren't we all? our tax money is going to the genocide. we are complicit, whether we like it or not.

and harris has openly advocated for a ceasefire! also, do you think trump won't be complicit in the genocide? do you not think he would actively support israel? i'd rather have a president that calls for a ceasefire than one who doesn't. i'd rather have a president who is willing to push back on israel than one who be pushed around by israel.

there's more hope for a ceasefire with harris than there is with trump, and that's worth something.

my friend said "when people look back at your history, don't let them see your name next to a war criminal's."

honestly? in this election, i would rather have my name seen next to harris because that shows i understood that the future of our country and the safety of its citizens was more important than my personal moral superiority.

i don't just vote to make a fucking point. i vote because it impacts people's lives.

it seriously feels like some people are okay with watching the country burn, as long as they feel morally superior.

[arcadiaberger]

I'm not sure which is my favorite part of the story of Robert Smalls, after his escape from slavery at the helm of a ship he had stolen from the Confederacy.

Logically, it should be Smalls' service in the U.S. Congress (which if not for the Treason of 1876, would have been much longer), but as a Navy veteran, I really do like the fact that there is, today, a guided missile cruiser called the USS Robert Smalls, and damn if I don't wish I could have served aboard it.

Remember that the right of American children to learn uncensored American history is on the ballot this November. Part of the evil Project 2025 plan to destroy American democracy is to censor history in every school district, erasing figures like Robert Smalls, Harriet Tubman and Mary Bowser from the story they learn.

#History #Politics #Politically Incorrect History #Military History #Robert Smalls #USS Robert Smalls #CG62 #CRT #DEI #Florida #This Blog Will Be Banned In Florida #Fuck Ron DeSantis #surfpac.navy.mil/cg62/ #Project2025.org #donald trump #donald #trump #trumpery

On This Day In History

May 13th, 1862: Captain Robert Smalls becomes the first Black man to command a US ship when he escapes slavery, steals the ship, and escapes the Confederacy.