#Republicans don't care about you

[thedepressedjuggalette]

No one wants this to happen. Vote blue.

[psycohousecat]

The dismantling of the Trump hate machine begins... ♥️

[scottguy]

The same guy accusing Democrats and FEMA of not helping sufficiently.

[sheisraging]

They are literally anti-democracy. [x]

[whatthehelloh]

The parties are not the same.

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[thedepressedjuggalette]

Link to article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/05/05/biden-cancer-moonshot-initiative-congress-funding/73525016007/

Another article on the topic: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/29/congress-is-killing-bidens-cancer-moonshot-00154718

Republican controlled Congress cut the funding to Biden's Moonshot Cancer Initiative -- Biden's plan for funding research for a cure for Cancer -- because they didn't want Biden to have a win to run on for November. Republicans show that they care more about their politics than the health of the people. Republicans are cartoonshily evil.

[scottguy]

Here we go again. ONE MAN deciding that the VOTERS (the people) can NOT participate in democracy in their own state!

This AG just fears abortion rights will become law.

Like our now corrupt US Supreme Court, this Republican has already decided the issue on political grounds and then has used whatever fancy legal language he can find to make this blatant power grab, this slap in the face of democracy, seem legally legitimate. Which, of course it's not.

One man is thwarting the will of the people just because he can.

That is un-American. That is a fascist state. So....

Vote OUT Republicans.

They just don't give a damn about democracy or your life.

And Republicans sure as hell don't give a damn about protecting the health of women.

Women can die for all they care as long as Republicans can grab some religious theocratic votes to stay in power to pass yet more corrupt evil laws that f*ck average Americans to benefit the filthy rich.

[thedepressedjuggalette]

Once again, not a drag queen. How shocking.

[whatthehelloh]

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[navree]

Incorrect, the fact that Biden has dropped out and a candidate with history of supporting medicare for all and being more receptive to a ceasefire in the I/P conflict has made me go from "I cannot morally support the Democratic nominee" to "I am voting for the Democratic nominee despite the fact she isn't perfect in every respect." I'm really happy this played out. The Dems for the most part abandoned the old Obama platform and it feels like its possible an actual progressive agenda could come to pass in my lifetime.

Kamala 2024!

If you weren't going to vote Democratic in this election before Biden dropped out you're a dorkass loser who does not care about any of the issues you're yammering about here and also a fundamentally bad person, and I hope you get run over by a bus.

But you got one thing right in all of this gibberish, Kamala 2024.

[thedepressedjuggalette]

Imagine being offended by CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS. Only a pedophile would think CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS is sexual. Republicans have always being weird, closeted perverts who don't even read the books they're banning because they don't fucking care about educating kids.

Only 11% of people in Florida are requesting for books to be banned. 1 married couple requested for over a thousand books to be banned.

[qqueenofhades]

I’m thinking it’s more likely this was a legit attempt, but in comparison to the last attempt I think the evidence for it being staged is way stronger. It was on Trump’s own property aka a way more easily controlled environment, the guy was much further away than Crooks was and he never actually got any shots off so no one even got hurt, he survived long enough to be taken into police custody, and this is all happening less than a week after a very bad debate performance and an endorsement from a woman so influential we have the data to name an Effect after her. Like again I think it’s more likely a legit attempt but either way it’s still a nothing burger.

I mean, didn't Trump and Vance just tell us to "get over" gun violence and that it was a "fact of life" in between their busy schedule of inciting racist mobs on Springfield, Ohio?

Did something change between now and then when the MAGAs are suddenly so concerned with preventing white Republicans from having access to guns?

Weird.

[izel-scribbles]

so fucking done with the united states tbh

[rejectkanojo]

I read up on why Gen Z men voted for Trump this election and turns out it is because women were mean to them

[giantkillerjack]

the average person doesn't expect you to be a perfect ethical consumer, that's not possible for the vast majority of us. but what youre saying is it's better to do nothing at all and choose the worst possible options (sweat shops, overseas shipping waste, idea/product theft, all wrapped up in SHEIN) than to put even the tiniest effort in where you can.

[they are referring to this post]

What I said was "some people are doing literally everything they can to survive and have no extra bandwidth to spend extra time and money on their purchases, and it is cruel and therefore un-punk to gatekeep punkness and add additional shame to these people's lives based on that fact."

I think it's still a good thing to try to ethically consume; I literally never said it wasn't. I had never even heard of SHEIN before. Rather, I am much more concerned about what I saw as arbitrary gatekeeping based on ability and income.

And frankly how dare you claim that I am supporting sweatshops and abuse by saying that this additional work you are demanding (in this case, presumably, vetting every clothing company you buy from) is not always possible for people. It is not a light accusation to accuse me of supporting abuse.

"How dare you say we piss on the poor", Etc. 🙄 this isn't Twitter. You are determined to enforce moral purity, but you are failing to see the nuance.

Because when I say "no extra bandwidth," I mean no extra bandwidth. This is not the "car shows it's on E but actually secretly it has a lot of gas left" situation that abled people constantly assume disabled people mean when they say they are at their limit.

This is "the car has stopped moving, and to move it I'd have to break my body pushing it." This is "at a certain point, people will hit a wall in terms of money and time and energy, and any energy spent after that comes directly out of their life force."

So the argument "okay but just spend a little more time money and energy actually" is not a valid one.

And the argument "if you are not able to do this specific task, then it means you're not doing anything else to make the world a better place" doesn't exactly impress me either. You said yourself that it is impossible to be a perfectly ethical consumer for most people.

How do you know what else people are doing to resist oppression? How many hours per week until your standards are met?What if someone works 3 jobs? Does that mean it's harder to be a good person if you're poor?? Why do you get to decide what specific avenue of bettering the world is the most morally repugnant or acceptable? What kind of proof of goodness and effort would make you satisfied enough to lay off on the shame?? Who are you helping??

Clothing is a fundamental human need, and some of us have to buy cheap fucking clothes quickly. Billionaires are buying their seventh yacht this month. The people who own fast fashion companies are abusing their workers and putting local affordable clothing stores out of business - and this applies for basically every company with price points that low because governments are failing to regulate corporations to enforce basic human rights.

I have $300 to spend on a new wardrobe as my old clothes have fallen apart or become too small. Do you have a way for me to get a new winter coat, 3 flannels, 10 shirts, 3 dress shirts, new sandals, 10 pairs of pants, 5 bras, 12 pairs of socks, and 10 pairs of underwear within that budget and also definitely 100% ethically sourced, with free returns in case it doesn't fit? Or will I simply have to use the cheap stores?

I have about an hour to spend on this per week. Many mainstream stores doesn't make clothes in my size, and I am now in *year 5* of needing an electric wheelchair and being unable to get one; plus I live up a flight of stairs, so I can't even bring my walker out with me - so thrift shopping is not gonna cover this. Should I continue to wear small and tattered clothing until I have the time, money, and energy to meet your standards?

Did you know there are more empty homes in this country than homeless people? If I decide to splurge on only 100% ethically-produced products, and I can't make rent, and I become homeless, are YOU going to be there for me?? Or are you too busy litigating the endless tiny shames of poverty in your own community?

So I ask you again, are you SURE this is where you want to direct your punk energy?

Because there are a whole lot of rich people relying on people like us punching down and to the side instead of looking up to see where the money is going.

Because energy and time, as it turns out, are limited resources. And I would never expect you to secretly have more than you claim to have.

[kerryweaverlesbian]

I do of course enjoy that Cas got another WEIRD girlbestie in Kelly but their relationship is. Fucked. It's LESS real than dagonkelly. They're literally co-cultists who have been brainwashed. That's it that's the whole relationship. What would they be without Jack's mind control. Nothing.

Castiel’s only reassurance to Kelly - who IS going to die in childbirth - is "Remember :) Paradise :)". And that Paradise factually does not happen. Cas doesn't feel anything about this. In the "my guilt proves my love" show.

The only things he can tell Jack about her are that she was "good" and "human" and "loved you". He didn't even know she was a horse girl! What did they possibly have to talk about other than the impending baby that wouldn't end in a screaming match or cold silence. Kelly "yes it's normal for the president to ask us for a prayer" doesn't seem interested in having her views about her faith questioned. Castiel "killed a room full of republicans the moment he had the chance" isn't interested in hearing her politics. Sam and Dean would be a sore point since they want to plan a) remove Jack's powers which they are both (mind controlled) against or plan b) kill Jack, so Cas’s past is off the table. And he clearly didn't learn about her life or he'd tell Jack literally anything real about her so that's off the table too. What are they.

"But Kermie," you might argue, "isn't his relationship with Meg equally flimsy? Your beloved megstiel?" No. It is still flimsy but it has got a little more going on. Meg CHOSE to stick by him during the honey!cas arc, Cas describes what he likes about her specifically ("all that thorny beauty"), Meg describes what she likes about him specifically ("You're a little bad" - side note the dialogue of that megstiel scene is ATROCIOUS), and Castiel uses the name she gave him as his first human alias (Clarence). Also Rachel Miner sells it so hard.