#Tuesday November 3 2020

[patriottruth]

For All Who Believe President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and House and Senate Democrats Won't Enforce donald. j. trump's Insurrectionist Disqualification, Please Remember This Is A Chess Game With Multiple Pieces and Pathways to Checkmate donald j. trump and his entire MAGA cult.

I understand that some people reading the daily reminders of donald j. trump's Section 3/14A insurrectionist disqualification might want to believe it's some kind of misinformation because it's a major story that's being buried and kept out of American and global mindsets and thoughts, but there are a lot of trained artists here on Tumblr; and trained artists fully understand that your art will never read or come across properly if the negative space(s) surrounding your art don't perfectly communicate the art that they contain.

For instance, the negative space around your hand reinforces that your hand looks and reads right when you're looking at it, but it the negative space/air space surrounding your hand and fingers was identical to the negative space/air space enveloping a still life arrangement of fruit and random objects, your brain would be screaming that, for some strange reason, your hand and fingers actually look and read like a still life arrangement of fruit and random objects because your mind automatically fills in the blanks. donald j. trumps Section 3/14A insurrectionist disqualification reads right because it is right.

It doesn't matter that people are trying to help people forget, and hoping people will forget, that donald j. trump shouldn't have been allowed to run for office because of his Section 3/14A insurrectionist disqualification. Those people are desperately hoping no one will remember or start talking about the fact that donald j. trump was only allowed on the 2024 presidential ballot to avoid election chaos and disruption, but the Supreme Court made it clear that donald j. trump appearing on the ballot didn't clear his Section 3/14A insurrectionist disqualification, and that Democrats could enforce his insurrectionist disqulification the moment he was declared President-elect; and they could also enforce it upon all state electors in the Electoral College; and they could also choose to enforce it upon donald j. trump during the January 6, 2025 certification; and they could even enforce it after he was inaugurated if they wanted to hand the presidency to j.d. vance and still end American democracy and the U.S. Constitution via a j.d. vance presidency as a result of dragging their heels on the matter.

Here's a picture of the moment when donald trump told President Zelensky that Ukraine is at the mercy of putin and trump:

Here's a picture of the moment when Joe Rogan was absolutely dumbfounded about donald trump's extreme cognitive decline:

Here's Ukrainian boxing legend (and brother of Kyiv's mayor) Wladimir Klitschko responding to Joe Rogan insulting and degrading Ukraine by repeating russian propaganda.

I get that there's a lot of anxiety surrounding this issue of donald trump's insurrectionist disqualification, and so to further empower people to address that anxiety and guarantee that President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and House and Senate Democrats will enforce donald j. trump's Section 3/14A insurrectionist disqualification by or on December 17, 2024, anyone who wants and needs futher assurances that people will do what they're legally required to do per their oath to the American people and the U.S. Constitution can simply contact President Zelensky of Ukraine via https://www.president.gov.ua/en and inform and remind him that donald j. trump is permanently disqualified from ever holding any federal or state office in the United States again because of his January 6th, 2021 insurrection and his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. President Zelensky is meeting with NATO on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, and you could give the people that donald j. trump wants to gift wrap and give to putin for his new Soviet Union a lot to talk about while completely delegitimizing and invalidating donald j. trump's illegal election and presidency to the entire world.

If you need help translating President Zelensky's website, there's an "EN" selection in the upper-right corner of the site, but you won't be able to use it when you choose the "Information Request" form to contact President Zelensky about this matter. When you click the "Information Request" form, you'll have a number of checkbox options to select from. You can use Google Translate to translate everything if you like, but the bottom checkbox is "Email" (which will present you with an additional text box) and that's where you'll need to enter a valid email address that you don't mind using to receive a security confirmation code that will allow your message to President Zelensky to go through. The text box at the top of the form is where you can enter any name or identification you want to use to identify yourself to President Zelensky. The large text box is where you can help protect Ukraine from being conquered and colonized by putin's plans to restore the Soviet Union at Europe's and the entire world's expense, so that's where you'll need to type something along the lines of this (because you can't copy and paste this into that text box):

Dear President Zelensky,

Ukraine's present and future rely on you knowing and understanding this truth: Donald J. Trump is permanently disqualified from ever holding any federal or state office in the United States due to his January 6th, 2021 insurrection and his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution permanently disqualifies all insurrectionists, Donald J. Trump included, from ever holding any federal or state office again without 70 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 17 Democrats in the U.S. Senate voting to remove his insurrectionist disqualification before December 17, 2024. Should Donald J. Trump's insurrectionist disqualification remain on December 17, 2024, no state elector in the U.S. Electoral College can legally vote to elect Donald J. Trump, or create any Electors Certificates to legally elect Donald J. Trump as President of the United States, because the state electors and the Electors Certificates would be illegal and void due to them attempting to give aid and comfort to a legally disqualified insurrectionist, Donald J. Trump. Please know and understand that Donald J. Trump is engaging in the federal crime of attempting to hold office while being a legally disqualified insurrectionist; and he has no legal authority or right to attempt to involve himself in Ukraine's, NATO's, or any other country's affairs in any way. Please contact President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Democratic Leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries immediately to discuss Ukraine's current and future alliance with the United States of America. Thank you.

Once you've typed such a message into the contact form for President Zelensky, you'll need to enter the CAPTCHA code at the bottom of the form and press the submit button (you may have to reset the CAPTCHA code if it's not working). Once you press the submit button, you'll be taken to a confirmation page where you'll enter the security/confirmation code that you'll receive via the email address you entered for President Zelensky to contact you. Once you enter that code into the confirmation box and submit it, you'll see a confimation notice that your message was sent.

Sometimes, the best way to ease anxiety is to do something empowering and reaffirming; and some people who experience anxiety might find that completely and permanently delegitimizing and disqualifiing donald j. trump from ever being President of the United States again, and also completely humiliating and discrediting him in front of the entire world, would be somewhat cathartic, calming, and empowering. It's possible that 10/10 anti-MAGA talk therapists would agree with this and be strongly supportive of an empowerment exercise such as this. And if you find this exercise to be cathartic and satisfying, please remember to also share the donald trump disqualification information with everyone you know and write to your elected representatives, Democratic Leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, Marc Elias and Democracy Docket, and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington about donald j. trump's Section 3/14A insurrectionist disqualification.

Thanks again to everyone involved in protecting the entire world from donald j. trump, his MAGA cult, and their global dictator allies.

Every person joining this fight in any way is far more powerful than the entirety of nearly 77 million MAGA voters, AND donald j. trump, AND all of donald j. trump's MAGA cult "Republicans" in the House and Senate, AND all of donald trump's corrupt MAGA judges, AND all of donald trump's wealthy donors, AND all of the richest people in the world combined, AND all of the world's dictators AND the entirety of their entire political parties and supporters combined.

You're far more powerful, unstoppable, and inevitable than all of those people combined because you have the truth and the law on your side. And in this fight, when we fight, we win. We're already winning, and we're going to keep winning, because no one can stop the truth and the law from winning this fight for every democracy and all free peoples on earth. It's kind of a big freakin' deal!

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Brandi Buchman at HuffPost:

The Justice Department delivered part of special counsel Jack Smith’s report to Congress early Tuesday morning, explaining his charging decisions related to the probe into now-President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election leading up to and during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

[...]

Smith explicitly says he believes the department had enough evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction were Trump to stand trial. The 137-page document was first obtained by The New York Times. “The Department’s view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a President is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Office stands fully behind,” the document reads. “Indeed, but for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”

Trump was indicted in August 2023 on four felony charges connected to Jan. 6: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. The latter charge was for intimidating voters as well as state and election officials. Trump spent months filing motions to dismiss the election subversion case, invoking everything from vindictive prosecution to total immunity, but was eventually scheduled to go to trial in March 2024. He eventually raised the question of whether presidents were entitled to immunity from prosecution to the Supreme Court, leaving the case in a lurch for weeks until justices ruled, 6-3, that presidents are immune from prosecution for “official” acts and entitled to “presumptive immunity” for unofficial acts.

The DOJ delivered to Congress a portion of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the special counsel’s investigation into Donald Trump’s conduct on efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the January 6th, 2021 insurrection that he incited. The report revealed that Trump likely would have been been convicted and sentenced to some jail time and/or fined very heavily had he lost the election last November.

Since Trump won, however, Smith dismissed the case without prejudice due to the DOJ’s longstanding guidelines that sitting Presidents cannot be sentenced.

It’s a real shame that Trump was let off the hook for his rule of inciting the Capitol Insurrection.

See Also:

NYT: Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case

The Guardian: Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, special counsel report says

CBS News: Special counsel's final report says Trump would have been convicted of election interference if he hadn't won

[xhxhxhx]

As I write this, it's Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

Today is Election Day.

I.

By federal law, Election Day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. 3 U.S.C. §§ 1, 21.

Under the Constitution, the President is elected by presidential electors. Electors are appointed in each State, as directed by the State legislature. Art. II, § 1, cl. 2.

Unlike in elections to the House and Senate, where Congress may preempt State election law, art. I, § 4, cl. 1, Congress has only one power in presidential elections: The Election Day power.

Under the Constitution, "Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their votes." Art. II, § 1, cl. 4.

At first, Congress was lax. In its law of 1792, Congress only required States to appoint presidential electors "within thirty-four days preceding the first Wednesday in December," when the electors would vote. 1 Stat. 239.

Congress ultimately set a national Election Day in 1845. 5 Stat. 721. Their Election Day is our Election Day:

the electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed in each State on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November of the year in which they are to be appointed.

And by the same law, Congress gave the States a fallback option:

when any State shall have held an election for the purpose of choosing electors, and shall fail to make a choice on the day aforesaid, then the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such manner as the State shall by law provide.

That language, "fail to make a choice," remained in federal law at the last election. Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 644, § 2, 62 Stat. 672, 672 (previously codified at 3 U.S.C. § 2 (2020)).

The language invited mischief.

II.

At the last election, the sitting President suggested that perhaps the People had "fail[ed] to make a choice" on election day, and the States should appoint electors "on a subsequent day."

"The state legislature can take over the electoral process," the White House Chief of Staff suggested to a State Senator a few days after election day. H.R. Rep. 117-663 at 267.

The former Energy Secretary, noting that State legislatures could "just send their own electors," mused to the Chief of Staff, "I wonder if POTUS knows this." Id.

The former Speaker, meeting with the President a week after election day, sent a message to the President, suggesting that friendly "legislatures elect not to send in electors." Id. at 268.

Although the President spoke to a number of State legislators, id., and his campaign reached out to about two hundred of them, id. at 271, no State took him up on it.

Perhaps the President simply lacked the energy for a campaign that, as one of his copartisans suggested, would involve "hundreds of briefings for State lawmakers." Id. at 269.

Perhaps the President was simply too late. The President was only holding private briefings with three hundred State legislators on dates as late as January 2. Id. at 271.

That was weeks after the electors had met, on December 14, "the first Monday after the second Wednesday," § 7, 62 Stat. 673, and federal law had made their choice "conclusive." § 5, id.

Maybe the President just wanted to do something easier.

Like a speech.

III.

In 2022, Congress revised the fallback option.

The old section, 3 U.S.C. § 2, was repealed. Today is governed by 3 U.S.C. § 1, "election day," unqualified by any reservations about States that "fail to make a choice":

The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on election day, in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day.

But the fallback option remains, embedded in the words "election day," 3 U.S.C. § 21:

As used in this chapter the term- (1) "election day" means the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President held in each State, except,

And then the exception:

except, in the case of a State that appoints electors by popular vote, if the State modifies the period of voting, as necessitated by force majeure events that are extraordinary and catastrophic, as provided under laws of the State enacted prior to such day, "election day" shall include the modified period of voting.

Today is Election Day, and so long as nothing extraordinary and catastrophic happens, only today is Election Day.

Don't fail to make your choice.

[yurimother]

Unlikely Couples Yuri Manga 'Assorted Entanglements' Volume 3 Release in English

On Tuesday, Yen Press released the third volume on Mikanuji's shakaijin Yuri manga series Assorted Entanglements (Fusoroi no Renri) in English. The manga is available digitally and in paperback.

Assorted Entanglements follows the daily lives and romances of a variety of intertwined, unlikey Yuri couples, including 28-year-old career woman Iori and the younger former delinquent Minami. It incorporates elements of slice of life, comedy, and drama.

The publisher describes the third volume:

Heke and Lala met as strangers in an online game― but in real life, they are a manga artist and her editor, working together as closely as any two people can. At work, they bicker and complain, day in and day out. But come nighttime, their game chat is a flood of honest feelings. Could they ever manage that face-to-face…?

Mikanuji began releasing the series online on her Pixiv and Twitter pages in 2017. Kadokawa picked the manga up for print publication. Kadokawa published the seventh volume in January. Assorted Entanglements moved to digital serialization on Comic Newtype in November 2020.

Mikanuji is a Yuri artist known for her series Assorted Entanglements and Senpai, Oishii desu ka? (Senpai, Does is it Tasty?), which concluded serialization on Young Ace Up in August. She also wrote the Yuri oneshots Now Loading! and I Don't Want a Happy Ending, published in English by Seven Seas and Yen Press, respectively, and contributed to the Syrup and Yuri Drill anthologies.

Assorted Entanglements is translated into English by Eleanor Summers, with lettering by Elena Pizarro Lanzas.

You can check out Assorted Entanglements volume 3 digitally and in paperback today: https://amzn.to/46g1CeI

Reading official releases helps support creators and publishers. YuriMother makes a small affiliate commission from sales to help fund future coverage.

[mariacallous]

The Justice Department delivered part of special counsel Jack Smith’s report to Congress early Tuesday morning, explaining his charging decisions related to the probe into now-President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election leading up to and during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The report was originally intended to include information about Smith’s prosecution of Trump for his alleged illegal retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida resort. But because the case is still active against two of Trump’s co-defendants, Attorney General Merrick Garland agreed to keep those details under wraps for now. That case is likely to unravel entirely once Trump takes office, so it is highly unlikely that the public will ever see that information.

Smith explicitly says he believes the department had enough evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction were Trump to stand trial.

The 137-page document was first obtained by The New York Times.

“The Department’s view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a President is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Office stands fully behind,” the document reads. “Indeed, but for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”

Trump was indicted in August 2023 on four felony charges connected to Jan. 6: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. The latter charge was for allegations of intimidating voters as well as state and election officials.

Trump spent months filing motions to dismiss the election subversion case, invoking everything from vindictive prosecution to total immunity, but was eventually scheduled to go to trial in March 2024. He eventually raised the question of whether presidents were entitled to immunity from prosecution to the Supreme Court, leaving the case in a lurch for weeks until justices ruled, 6-3, that presidents are immune from prosecution for “official” acts and entitled to “presumptive immunity” for unofficial acts.

Smith revised and narrowed the original indictment to reflect the Supreme Court’s interpretation of immunity rules. His revised indictment would have forced Trump to defend certain conduct, including his speech from the Ellipse in Washington on Jan. 6 and his calls pressuring election officials to “find” votes for him, as “official” activity instead of campaign activity.

But Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in November sealed the case’s fate: It was dismissed without prejudice, meaning it could be brought again at a later date. Since Justice Department guidance recommends that sitting presidents cannot be sentenced, however, Smith backed off.

In the report, Smith defended the investigation from its inception, writing that Trump’s “unprecedented efforts to unlawfully retain power” after he lost the 2020 election “compelled” prosecutors to act.

“Indeed, Mr. Trump’s cases represented ones ‘in which the offense [was] the most flagrant, the public harm the greatest, and the proof most certain,’” Smith wrote, quoting a passage from the 1940 text “The Federal Prosecutor” by Robert Jackson, once the chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials for Nazis.

Without regard for politics, “or the possible personal or professional consequences of a prosecution for me or any member of his office,” Smith said, investigators had “one north star.”

It was “to follow the facts and law wherever they led,” the now-former special counsel wrote. “Nothing more and nothing less.”

Smith, once the leader of the Justice Department’s public integrity division, said his office stands “fully” behind the decision to charge Trump because “to have done otherwise on the facts developed during our work would have been to shirk my duties as a prosecutor and a public servant. After nearly 30 years of public service, that is a choice I could not abide.”

The report is divided into several sections, with much of it reiterating allegations Smith laid out in the revised indictment last August, but the final report also contains explanations for why prosecutors opted against charging Trump with other crimes, including crimes under the Insurrection Act.

In U.S. history, there is little legal precedent available to help prosecutors interpret that law. To charge Trump, they would need to first define that what unfolded at the Capitol was unequivocally an insurrection against the authority of the U.S. and its laws. Then, they would need to prove that Trump incited the insurrection, assisted it or provided comfort to insurrectionists.

While courts have found that Jan. 6 was an insurrection and even described it as such, Smith said, prosecutors understood there was a keen “litigation risk that would be presented by employing this long dormant statute.”

Insurrections are defined generally as an uprising against a civil or political authority or established government. Other definitions, including legal definitions, acknowledge that it can also be a “rout, riot or offense connected with mob violence,” the report notes.

Courts have also observed that insurrections typically involve overthrowing a sitting government, rather than maintaining power.

Observing this, prosecutors said, they saw “another challenge to proving beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Trump’s conduct on January 6 qualified as an insurrection given that he was sitting president at that time.”

As they pored over litigation involving insurrectionary acts in years past to draw the comparison to Trump, Smith said, prosecutors could not find a single case in which a criminal defendant was charged with insurrection for “acting within the government to maintain power, as opposed to overthrowing it or thwarting it from the outside.”

If Smith would have charged Trump with violating the Insurrection Act, it “would have been a first, which further weighed against charging it, given the available charges, even if there were reasonable arguments that might apply.”

No matter how “strong the proof that he incited or gave aid and comfort to those who attacked the Capitol,” Smith wrote, the path to charging him under the statute was too “fraught with uncertainty.”

A reasonable case could have been made by applying “incitement” standards, too, especially given the evidence that Trump knew the violence at the Capitol was foreseeable and “that he caused it,” Smith wrote. Trump understood the riot would benefit his plan to thwart the certification of the 2020 election, the report said, and he could use any disruption to leverage his position.

“But the Office did not develop direct evidence — such as an explicit admission or communication with co-conspirators— of Mr. Trump’s subjective intent to cause the full scope of the violence that occurred on Jan. 6,” Smith wrote.

The charges that were eventually applied were the best fit because they did not introduce untested legal theories and could be defended concretely before a jury.

[random-musings-of-life]

A (Mostly) Comprehensive List of Tumblr Holidays

I saw this post about Tumblr holidays/celebrations, and there were a ton of them, so I decided to make an organized list and their meanings. I am also adding famous "fandom holidays" to this list. Feel free to point out any I missed/explained incorrectly and I'll add them!

Tuesday:

Supernatural Tuesday --- an episode of Supernatural was about a time loop where it was always Tuesday. Can be posted on any Tuesday.

Leave the Bog --- a meme with a drawing saying "When it's safe to leave the bog" and an arrow pointing to Tuesday. Can be posted on any Tuesday.

Thursday:

Out of Touch Thursday --- a video of the cast from the anime Lucky Star dancing to the song "Out of Touch" by Hall and Oates. Can be posted on any Thursday.

Thursday the 20th --- a screencap of a rapper in The Simpsons with a gold necklace that says "Thursday the 20th". Can only be posted on Thursdays which are also the 20th of their month.

February:

Galentine's Day --- February 13th. From an episode of Parks and Rec where Leslie dedicates this day to celebrating female friendship.

March:

Pi Day --- March 14th. The first digits of pi, 3.14, line up with "March 14" or 3/14.

The Ides of March --- March 15th. The day that Julius Caesar was assassinated. Many memes and jokes are made about him, the assassination in general, or bad luck.

Evergiven/Suez Canal Anniversary --- March 23rd. Refers to an event where a ship, the Evergiven, got stuck in the Suez Canal.

94 Meetings Day --- March 31st. From an episode of Parks and Rec where April doesn't think this day exists and books all of Ron's appointments then.

April:

April Fools --- April 1st. Also a real world holiday. The most popular prank is Rickrolling.

Mishapocalypse --- April 1st. On this day, Tumblr users spam one specific photo of Misha Collins, who played Castiel on Supernatural, where he is looking at the camera wide-eyed.

Neil Banging Out the Tunes --- April 13th. Refers to a photo of a rat by a children's keyboard with the caption "Neil banging out the tunes April 13th 2006".

Homestuck Day --- April 13th. The birthday of Homestuck, a web comic. It is/was one of the most popular fandoms on Tumblr.

It's Gonna Be May --- April 30th. Comes from a GIF of Justin Timberlake singing the song "It's Gonna Be Me". In the song, he pronounces "me" like "May".

May:

Star Wars Day --- May 4th. It comes from a pun between "May the force" and "May the Fourth".

Revenge of the Fifth --- May 5th. It comes from a pun between "Revenge of the Sith" and "Revenge of the Fifth".

June:

Let Papyrus Say "Fuck" Day --- June 16th. Someone who was annoyed with mischaracterization of Papyrus from Undertale established this holiday and it caught on.

July:

Dashcon Anniversary --- July 11th. Dashcon was a poorly organized attempt to hold a Tumblr convention.

September:

21st Night of September --- September 21st. The day referenced in the catchy disco song "September" by Earth, Wind, and Fire.

Frodo and Bilbo's Birthday --- September 22nd. The joint birthday of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings.

October:

Mean Girls Day --- October 3rd. This comes from the part of the movie where Cady's crush asks her what day it is.

Treat Yo'Self --- October 13th. From an episode of Parks and Rec where Tom and Donna have a day to pamper themselves.

November:

November 5th --- Multiple holidays. It's Guy Fawkes Day (a holiday in Great Britain where effigies are lit to celebrate the failure of a traitor), and some people post screencaps of the movie V for Vendetta, where it's mentioned. November 5th, 2020 specifically had three huge news items: rumors of Vladimir Putin's resignation, Destiel (a ship from Supernatural) becoming (one-sided) canon, and the controversy over counting electoral votes in the U.S. election.

Life Day --- November 17. The equivalent of Christmas in Star Wars.

December:

Christmas Adam --- December 23rd. It comes from a Tumblr post making a pun on "eve" and "Eve" (from the Bible). As the original Tumblr post describes, it "comes before Christmas Eve and is generally unsatisfying".

Almost Christmas (Means It Wasn't Christmas) --- 11:59 P.M. on December 24th. This is from Ace Attorney, a video game where you're a defense lawyer. The fact that it's not quite Christmas is a crucial piece of evidence in one of the cases.

DL-6 --- Christmas/late December. This is when one of the most famous cases from Ace Attorney (mentioned above) occurs.

Other:

Annoy Squidward Day --- either January or February 15th. This refers to an episode of Spongebob where Mr. Krabs votes for Employee of the Month; a screen cap shows Spongebob pointing to the 15th day on the calendar with a sticker of Squidward on it.

Fuck this Post and Happy Birthday [Fictional Character] --- any character's birthday. The original Tumblr post starts out with a user saying "People who celebrate fictional character birthdays are annoying, pass it on", and another retorts with "FUCK this post and happy birthday, Sonic". "Sonic" can be replaced with a character of your choice.

[day6source]

hello my loves! i hope everyone had a fantastic tuesday! no real updates from me, BUT, i did want to make a little mini masterpost of downloads/places to watch things for everyone so you can easily find something if you want to watch/listen at your leisure!

CONCERTS

ALL CONCERTS | DAY6 Even of Day - Right Through Me, Letters With Notes - Day 3 [1, 2], DAY6 Christmas Special Concert - The Present : You are My Day [1, 2]

MUSIC

ALL SONGS | ONLY DAY6 | ONLY DAY6 EVEN OF DAY | UNRELEASED ALL YOUNG K Eternal | Letters With Notes | Singles ALL WONPIL Pilmography | Singles ALL DOWOON

CONTENT

RADIO CONTENT

Where/How to Watch/Listen to DAY6's Kiss the Radio | Dekira November 2020 - October 2021 YouTube Playlist | Dekira June 2023 - Current YouTube Playlist | Sungjin's D-Day @ Station Z November 2022 - June 2023 YouTube Playlist | Wonpil's Day Dreaming @ Station Z February - March 2022 YouTube Playlist | Idol Radio with Forever Young (Young K & Youngjae of GOT7) May - September 2020 YouTube Playlist

YOUTUBE CONTENT

For My Day | Sungjin's Channel | Dowoon's Channel | Young One | WONPIL (Wonpil Covers) | YBC (Young K Broadcast) | 도운이를도운이 (Produced by Dowoon) | 도운이를도운이2 (Produced by Dowoon) | Young Own | Ke-Hind | Hexagon - 6 sides of Young K

if you ever want to see/have a download to something or wondering where you can watch something specific, just let me know! i'll do my best to try and bring it to you, whatever it is! i love you, and i hope you're all staying happy and healthy as the year comes to a close! 🫶

[redistrictgirl]

The Case For Kamala Harris 20 Days Out

Nate Silver just crowned former President Trump the (microscopically narrow) favorite. Morning Consult is showing Democrats losing Wisconsin. So why has my model consistently given Harris an edge and what are the arguments that she'll win on November 5th?

Trump's path to victory is narrow. On paper, a three-point edge in the popular vote is smack dab in the middle of the last two very close elections. Tossup, right? But let's say the 2016 coalitions voted again in an environment one point bluer - Harris wins. Let's say the 2022 coalitions repeat in a much better national environment - Harris comfortably beats Trump. Let's say trends continue based on 2020 - it's called on Tuesday night. Trump basically needs his exact 2020 coalition or something slightly better to win in a D+3 environment. It could happen, but a lot would have to break against Harris with not much breaking for her.

Early voting stats are probably better for Democrats. Look, we don't have a complete picture yet, but early data from Pennsylvania and Michigan suggest there's more enthusiasm among Democrats compared to Republicans, while Georgia is a wash and Florida is pretty comfortably Trumpy. That's good news for Harris and suggests an efficient 2022-like coalition.

Harris still has an edge in state-level polls. Big-picture time, as close as they are, a political party would rather be seeing Democratic numbers in the Blue Wall than Republican numbers. They're not predictions, but polls tell us who is ahead in the moment, and Harris is ahead at the moment in enough states to reach 270 electoral votes.

Occam's Razor suggests a Harris win to me - the majority of the hard numbers point to her and it's hard to imagine the set of overarching trends that would cause her to falter without further movement towards Trump. But that's not the whole story either.

[coochiequeens]

Dear Democratic Party,

don't fuck up 2026

By Mandy Taheri Weekend Reporter

Republicans clinched control of the Senate on Tuesday, setting up a challenging situation for Democrats to overcome in 2026.

Earlier this week, Republicans flipped three Senate seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana, tipping the chamber's control away from the Democrats. As of Friday, the Republicans have 52 Senate seats and the Democrats 45.

Before this week's election, Democrats held a narrow majority of 51 seats (including four independents who caucus with the party), while the Republicans had 49.

Democrats trailed Republicans in all political races on Tuesday, with President-elect Donald Trump winning the White House, Republicans securing a Senate majority and the GOP possibly maintaining a GOP majority in the House. Not all House races have been called as of Friday morning.

Unlike the House, where candidates are up for reelection every two years, senators serve six-year terms.

Thirty-three Senate seats are open for election on November 3, 2026. Of those, 20 are held by Republicans and 13 by Democrats.

The following states will have Senate seats up for election that year: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Map shows seats up for election in the U.S. Senate in 2026. Ballotpedia

To flip the Senate in 2026, Democrats would need to win all 13 seats and flip at least three others.

While there are paths for Democrats to secure the majority, they currently seem less likely than Republicans holding their lead.

The following states are likely to have key races in the 2026 Senate elections.

Potential Seats to Flip

Maine

Maine is a political split state, with Republican Senator Susan Collins and independent Senator Angus King representing the state, which is led by Democratic Governor Janet Mills.

Collins has represented the state since 1997. She is considered a moderate Republican who spoke out against Donald Trump during his first term.

In her most recent election, in 2020, she won the seat with 51 percent of the vote, with the Democratic challenger garnering 42.4 percent. In 2014, she won by an even larger margin, 67 percent to 30.8 percent.

The Maine Senate seat could be a potential path for Democrats to flip a Republican seat, but given Collins' long electoral history and support, it is unlikely.

North Carolina

Republican Senator Thom Tillis has had two competitive elections in the state, having won the seat originally in 2014, 48.8 percent to Democrat Senator Kay Hagan's 47.3 percent.

In 2020, Tillis secured 48.7 percent of the vote, winning the seat again.

Given North Carolina's history of ticket splitting, most recently seen in this week's elections when a majority of voters backed Trump for president and Democrat Josh Stein for governor, it is possible Democrats could try to flip the state.

Potentially Contested Democrat-Held Seats

Georgia

In 2020, Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff won a tight Senate runoff election against Senator David Perdue. Ossoff clinched the seat by garnering 50.6 percent to Perdue's 49.4 percent.

Ossoff, who will run for reelection in 2026, is expected to face a tight race against a Republican candidate. To flip the Senate, it would be crucial for Democrats to keep Ossoff's seat, although this is likely to be a closely contested race.

Michigan

Democratic Senator Gary Peters took office in 2015, beating out the Republican challenger by 13.3 percentage points. In 2020, he was reelected by a much tighter margin, 49.9 percent to the Republican candidate's 48.2 percent.

Because Peters' victory margin shrank that year, this is a seat Republicans might work to flip. Securing his seat in 2026 would be essential for the Democratic Party's regaining control of the Senate.

New Hampshire

Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen has held her seat in New Hampshire since 2009. In 2020, she secured the seat with an over 15-point lead, while in 2014 she had a closer race, winning 51.5 percent to a Republican challenger's 48.2 percent.

Democrats would need to keep the New Hampshire seat to flip the Senate.

While New Hampshire has two Democratic senators, the state's governor, Chris Sununu, and the Legislature are Republican.

Virginia

Democratic Senator Mark Warner assumed office in 2009 and will run for reelection in 2026. He narrowly secured the seat in 2014, with 49.1 percent of the vote versus his Republican challenger's 48.3 percent.

In 2020, he won the state with 56 percent of the vote.

[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

just keepin' track of my fave tumblr holidays, don't mind me

miscellaneous:

any thursday the 20th (this one too)/thursday the 4/20th

out of touch thursday

yesterday was tuesday, but today is tuesday too

will the wise wednesday

schedule this post for your birthday!

january

24th: dean winchester's birthday

february

3rd: VANILLA SWEEP (2023)

13th: galentine's day

14th: dean and cas' wedding anniversary (2021)

also 14th: nick valentine's day

29th (if applicable): leap yeap

march

10th: mario day

14th: pi day

15th: the ides of march

27th: that one post that says 'tomorrow's halloween!', ''it's'tomorrow is march 28th', 'TOMORROW'S HALLOWEEN', then has that gif of ben wyatt getting hit with a skeleton

31st: i didn't think march 31st existed

april

1st: mishapocalypse (2013), boop day (2024)

2nd: dashcon announcement post (2013)

13th: neil banging out the tunes (2006)

also the 13th: homestuck day (2009)

25th: the perfect date

30th: it's gonna be may

may

one

two

4th: star wars day

5th: revenge of the fifth

june

11th: today i realized this is not a typewriter

16th: those are his hooves you bitch (2014)

19th: don't hug me i'm scared

july

2nd: tumblr code (2012)

4th: the only day americans are patriotic

12th-13th: dashcon heritage posting (2014)

august

1st: spn end!verse/croatoan date (2014)

this is what being alive on Thursday, August 8th feels like (next in 2030)

september

first monday of the month: todaybor day is labor day

18th: castieliversary (2008)

21st: do you remember?

27th: someone sewed a fried egg to a t-shirt

october

last friday of the month: Frankenstein Friday

3rd: "on october third, he asked me what day it was" (mean girls) and 'don't forget 3.oct.11' (fma:b)

9th: happy leif erikson day!

13th: TREAT YO' SELF (2011)

19th: none pizza, left beef-iversary (2007)

21st: the day marty mcfly goes to the future (2015)

24th: the day frodo wakes up in rivendell (10 am)

30th: tomorroween is halloween!

31st: todayoween is halloween!

31st: Garrett's birthday

november

1st: "there's only 365 days left 'till next halloween!", "364!"

1st: yesterween was halloween!

5th: destiel is canon (destielputinelection day, 2020)

5th: remember, remember

11th: barack obama signs 'thanks, i stole them from the president' into law (2012)

december:

21st: the day the would should have ended (2012)

24th: 'cause there's only one more sleep 'till christmas

[josh0555]

This is the Beigoma Academy Beyclub Team from Beyblade Burst. The Beigoma Academy Beyclub Team is composed of 6 actors, Luis Manzano, Matteo Guidicelli, Sam Milby, DingDong Dantes, Rocco Nacino and Enchong Dee who portrayed the characters Valt Aoi, Shu Kurenai, Rantaro Kiyama, Ken Midori, Daigo Kurogami and Wakiya Murasaki. Before Beyblade Burst started airing on TV5 in 2013, Luis Manzano, Matteo Guidicelli, DingDong Dantes and Enchong Dee moved to TV5 in 2010. Eventually, Sam Milby will be taking over the voice of Rantaro Kiyama but unfortunately, He took over the voice of Naruto Uzumaki in the Naruto series in 2012. Due to this, He moved to TV5 in 2005. After Beyblade Burst God ended in May 3, 2015 on TV5, DingDong Dantes and Rocco Nacino left TV5 in 2015. Although, Sam Milby will be staying on TV5 where he will retake the voice of Naruto Uzumaki when Naruto: Shippuden starts airing on TV5 in 2015. When Beyblade Burst Sparking aired on TV5 in 2017, DingDong Dantes and Rocco Nacino returned to TV5 in 2017. Luckily, Dominic Roco and his younger brother Felix Roco returned to TV5 as well. Somehow, Dominic Roco, Felix Roco and Rocco Nacino’s contracts to TV5 will expire in March 31, 2018. But DingDong Dantes’ contract to TV5 will expire in 2020 while he is at ABS-CBN. Luckily, Dominic Roco and Felix Roco both took over the roles of Rantaro Kiyama and his younger brother Ranjiro Kiyama. But Lance Serrano took over the voice of Ranzo Kiyama. Before the team was made, DingDong Dantes, Sam Milby and Enchong Dee were from the ABS-CBN sitcom show Bubble Gang with Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey de Leon, Willie Revillame, Arcee Muñoz, Ritz Azul, Alice Dixson, Tuesday Vargas and Eula Caballero. Somehow, Luis Manzano and Matteo Guidicelli were from the PTV-4 sketch comedy show Ang TV when they started their acting careers as kids. Before they turned 15, They moved to ABS-CBN in 2000 and made a group with Xian Lim, Enchong Dee and DingDong Dantes which will be called “The Backstreet Boys”. Unfortunately, Luis Manzano, Xian Lim, Enchong Dee and Matteo Guidicelli moved to GMA in 2005, but it was revealed that Luis Manzano is about to reunite with his father in The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A. because he moved to GMA in 2000. However, They later moved to TV5 in 2010 with Edu Manzano. But Rocco Nacino started his acting career on TV5 in 2005. DingDong Dantes was born in March 23, 1975 and was confirmed to be the eldest member of the team. He was known as “The Lucky Man” due to his good luck. Enchong Dee was born in February 12, 1980 and was known to be 5 years younger than DingDong Dantes. Sam Milby was born in October 31, 1981. He was known as “The Ninja Master” just like Edu Manzano who was also known as “The Ninja Master” and the son of Luis Manzano. Eventually, Luis Manzano was born in July 14, 1985 in Paris, France. He was known as “The Azure Superstar” but not like Arcee Muñoz who is known as “The Scarlet Superstar”. He is also known to be the best superstar in the world. He can speak in French, Filipino and English influently. Before he was "The Azure Superstar", He was known as "The Rockstar" because he dyed his hair red just like Arcee Muñoz. Somehow, He dyed his hair blue when he moved to GMA in 2005. But Ritz Azul dyed her hair blue before she moved to GMA in 2000. Matteo Guidicelli was born in August 31, 1985 in Venice, Italy. He was known as “The Crimson Devil”. He can speak in Italian, Filipino and English influently. He also suffers from ADHD which means if he does something that is terrible, he might go berserk and destroy everything. However, His therapist tells him to learn how to control his rage. Before he was “The Crimson Devil”, He was known as “Jack Frost” from the 2002 movie Frozen but with red hair just like Tuesday Vargas. But Matteo Guidicelli dyed his hair white when he moved to GMA in 2005. Rocco Nacino was born in November 1, 1987. He was known as “The Grim Reaper”. But now, It’s obvious that Rocco Nacino was 2 years younger than Luis Manzano and Matteo Guidicelli although he was the youngest of the team.

[misfitwashere]

Vance and the future of the anti-democracy movement 

Vance has been anointed its future leader

ROBERT REICH

OCT 3

Trump, Vance, Thiel 

Friends,

JD Vance, the Republican candidate for vice president, will almost certainly be the Republican presidential candidate in 2028, regardless of whether Trump wins in November.

But who is JD Vance, really? An opportunist chameleon who once viewed Donald Trump as “Hitler” and is now his pit bull? 

Or does Vance have an agenda over and above mere political ambition?

In one of the most important exchanges of Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, Vance refused to say that Trump lost the 2020 election, and he downplayed the violent events of January 6, 2021. Vance also declined to rule out challenging the outcome of the upcoming election even if votes were certified by every state leader as legitimate.

Trump picked Vance for his vice president because Vance publicly stated he’d do what Mike Pence refused to do: overturn democracy and place America under MAGA control.

In response to a question ABC’s George Stephanopoulos put to Vance last February — “Had you been vice president on January 6th, would you have certified the election results?” — Vance said:

“If I had been vice president, I would have told the states, like Pennsylvania, Georgia, and so many others that we needed to have multiple slates of electors, and I think the U.S. Congress should have fought over it from there.”

In 2020, Vance alleged that the 2020 election was stolen and that Biden’s immigration policy meant “more Democrat voters pouring into this country.” In 2022, he suggested that Democrats were attempting to “transform the electorate” amid an immigrant “invasion.”

Echoing the so-called “great replacement theory,” Vance told voters, “You’re talking about a shift in the democratic makeup of this country that would mean we never win, meaning Republicans would never win a national election in this country ever again.”

In contrast to Trump, who has no ideology except accumulating power and wealth for himself and taking revenge on those who would deny them to him, Vance does have an ideology. He’s the emerging leader of the anti-democracy movement in America.

Vance would never have become a senator from Ohio in 2022 were it not for billionaire tech financier Peter Thiel, who staked $15 million on Vance’s election — a major portion of all the funds that went into Vance’s race.

Thiel knew what he was buying. Vance had worked for Thiel’s California venture capital firm before running for the Senate and was part of Thiel’s libertarian community of rich crypto bros, tech executives, back-to-the-landers, and disaffected far-right intellectuals.

Because Thiel had been a major funder of Trump’s 2016 presidential run, he had significant influence with the former president when urging Trump to pick Vance for his vice president.

Why has Thiel been such a strong sponsor of Vance? Because Thiel sees in his protege a future leader of a political movement to turn America away from democracy. “For Peter,” said one of the people familiar with his thinking, “Vance is a generational bet.”

Thiel is a self-styled libertarian who once wrote: “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”

Hello? Freedom is incompatible with democracy only if you view democracy as a potential constraint on your wealth and power.

That’s the point. Thiel and Vance — along with Elon Musk, Steve Bannon, Blake Masters, tech entrepreneur David Sacks, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Palantir adviser Jacob Helberg, Sequoia Capital’s Doug Leone, blogger Curtis Yarvin, and others in the anti-democracy movement — believe that the only way true libertarians can win in America is for a Caesar-like figure to wrest power from the American establishment and install a monarchical regime, run like a startup.

Yarvin comes as close as anyone to being the intellectual godfather of the anti-democracy movement. He has written that real political power in the United States is held by a liberal amalgam of universities and the mainstream press, whose commitment to equality and justice is eroding social order.

In Yarvin’s view, democratic governments are inefficient and wasteful; they should be replaced with sovereign joint-stock corporations whose major “shareholders” select an executive with total power, who serves at their pleasure. Yarvin refers to the city-state of Singapore as an example of a successful authoritarian regime.

How to achieve Yarvin’s vision? The first step, as Vance offered in a 2021 podcast, is to replace “every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state … with our people. And when the courts stop you, stand before the country, and say—” as did Andrew Jackson — that “the chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.”

Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the American establishment with an authoritarian regime.

Make no mistake: The foundation for America’s first true anti-democracy president is being laid right now. 

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Daniel Marans at HuffPost:

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) lost her Democratic primary on Tuesday, shrinking the ranks of the House’s left-wing “Squad” and delivering another major victory to the pro-Israel and business-friendly groups that backed her challenger. Wesley Bell, the St. Louis County prosecutor, defeated Bush. Since Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, which includes all of St. Louis and many of its northern and western suburbs, is overwhelmingly Democratic, Bell is all but assured of a seat in Congress come November.

Bell’s victory over Bush marks the second “Squad” member in recent months to fall to a challenger heavily funded by pro-Israel groups. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), who, like Bush, ousted an incumbent in 2020, lost his race to Westchester County Executive George Latimer this past June. Justice Democrats, the left-wing group that backed Bush’s first successful run, cast the race as yet another referendum on the power of big money to decide elections. “This race is about the future of our democracy and the soul of our Democratic Party, frankly,” Usamah Andrabi, a spokesperson for Justice Democrats, told HuffPost on Monday. “This is a question about whether we want to let a handful of Republican mega-donors dictate the outcome of Democratic primaries, or do we want to move forward to elect more nurses and everyday people to represent the community’s best interests.”

Bush, an ordained pastor and registered nurse, indeed faced a massive fundraising deficit. As Andrabi noted, Bell had the support of some local Republican donors — and many national megadonors from both parties, through the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Super PACs supporting Bell outspent those supporting Bush by a more than 3-to-1 margin. Spending by pro-Bell groups included about $8.6 million from AIPAC’s United Democracy Project, $1.5 million from LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman’s Mainstream Democrats PAC, $1.4 million from the crypto-industry-backed FairShake PAC, and nearly $500,000 from the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC. Bush made national waves with her July 2021 sit-in on the U.S. Capitol steps to draw attention to the expiration of the federal government’s COVID-19-era eviction moratorium. Her action got results; President Joe Biden responded by extending the policy, though the Supreme Court stopped it a few weeks later. Later that year, in a bid to shore up support for abortion rights, Bush spoke on national television — and in a House hearing — about her experience getting an abortion after being raped at age 17.

Bush’s allies — and she retains the support of many local elected officials — see her as an authentic tribune of the Black Lives Matter movement, which was born in Ferguson, Missouri, following the police killing of Michael Brown in 2014. Unlike many other Democrats in Washington, Bush continues to embrace calls to “defund the police.” Bell, who also got his political start during the Ferguson protests and unseated a more conservative incumbent prosecutor in 2018, has, by contrast, disappointed many of his former fellow activists. They fault him for declining to prosecute Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed Brown, and for not more rapidly reducing the county’s jail and prison populations, even as he points to the creation of a conviction review unit and the expansion of drug diversion programs.

[...] Finally, Bush has been among the most outspoken critics of Israel in Congress, particularly after Israel invaded Gaza in response to Hamas’ terror attack on Oct. 7. She was not only an early advocate for a ceasefire, but has also accused Israel of genocide ― a charge that remains highly disputed. And in an interview with The New York Times out on Monday, Bush expressed ambivalence about describing Hamas as a terrorist group, though her campaign later walked it back. “Would they qualify to me as a terrorist organization? Yes,” Bush told the Times. “But do I know that? Absolutely not.” Bush’s stances cost her the support of Susan Talve, a progressive St. Louis rabbi who leads the only synagogue in Bush’s district. But they also unsettled some other allies who see her national profile as a distraction from the needs of the high-poverty, majority Black district.

In the battle of activists rising from the Ferguson protests in #MO01, incumbent Rep. Cori Bush (D) goes down in defeat to AIPAC-backed St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell (D) in the Democratic Primary. Bell is favored to win this November.

[gatekeeper-watchman]

Donald John Trump, a Catastrophe

Before going any further, I want to state some basic premises:

First, when we elect a President of the United States, we are hiring an employee to manage the affairs of our nation, foreign and domestic. In effect, his responsibilities are, arguably, those of CEO, i.e. Chief Executive Officer, of the United States of America, until now, in my opinion, the greatest most prosperous empire in the history of civilization, and the leader of the free world.  The qualifications required for the position of President of the United States are enormous—over and above those required for even the most complex businesses throughout the world. His (or her) worldview, intelligence and intellectual curiosity, leadership and management ability, as well as mental and emotional maturity and stability are absolutely imperative. So also, are honesty, integrity, and reliability. Yet these traits in our president, Donald John Trump, are obviously severely lacking if not devoid—across the board. Yet, sadly, it appears that a significant portion of our electorate is unable to perceive that, his track record notwithstanding. They appear to think our present situation is a lark.

Second, our great nation, from World War II through the seventies, arguably, enjoyed the highest standard of living of any other nation in the world (again, in the history of civilization). Even today, for the most part, the poorest of our poor live better than many in other parts of the world. We have only five percent of the world’s population. Yet we consume approximately twenty-five percent of the world’s production. Beginning in the eighties, however, our standard of living begun “going downhill”, another subject for another time, as the standard of living of other nations increased. The point here is that we are in competition with the rest of the world, and we are beginning to lose. And third, if our people really want our great nation to maintain its position of leadership in the world, even to survive, we must have a competent leader to lead us with our interests in mind, the interests of our people—not just those of the rich and powerful, not just those of one race or another, but of all of us—“We the People”. Donald Trump is not that man. He had been in office two years, and he began going backwards. He is a threat to our country. He is a threat to the world. We must open our eyes before it is too late. This is no game. We, all of us, the whole world, are facing an imminent catastrophe—economically and politically. 

Before our presidential election in November 2016, I told you in my blog then that we had two choices when we went to the polls, elect Hillary Clinton, a disaster, or Donald Trump, a catastrophe. Looking forward as well as backward, events have proven me to be right. In November 2020, “We the People” voted Donald Trump out of office and, now let us, put him in prison or exile him for his multiple offenses. The future of our nation, our very existence, depends upon it.

Argue if you will. It’s your life that’s at stake.

Respectfully, From: Steven P. Miller, @ParkermillerQ, gatekeeperwatchman.org TM

Founder and Administrator of Gatekeeper-Watchman International Group, Tuesday, September 3, 2024, Jacksonville, Florida., Duval County, USA.  X … @ParkermillerQ , Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gatekeeperwatchnan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Sparkermiller.JAX.FL.USA, Instagram: steven_parker_miller_1956 #GWIG, #GWIN, #GWINGO.

[catgrassplantdad]

it's tag game tuesday wednesday THURSDAY. fandom edition, baby! thank you to our beloved @celestialmickey for kicking it off and for tagging me, and also to @energievie & @tanktopgallavich !! 💛💛

your name: jessie

your age: 33

your first fandom(s): i usually say supernatural, but fuck it, i think it was spartacus. i may have engaged with it in a very different way, but i was hyperfixated as hell. i went to my first and only fan conventions. by myself! i never want to go to fan conventions! so yeah. spartacus.

your current fandom(s): shameless, and to a lesser degree these days, supernatural

how did you first get into fandom? hyperfixated on a show, stumbled upon the fandom side of tumblr, did not make a tumblr but lurked a little bit, decided fic was cringey and that i didn't like reading it (it was a v small fandom with not a lot of quality content), hyperfixated on another show and decided to try reading fic again, had my entire world rocked to its core, made a blog, been around ever since.

how long have you been engaging with fandom spaces? like nine years?

how often do you read fanfics? i'd say every day, usually when i'm in bed.

top 3 characters from your current fandom(s): mickey milkovich, dean winchester, castiel.

have you ever written a fic for a fandom? if so, shout it out! i sure have!

have you ever drawn fanart for a fandom? if so, drop a link! nope!

share a personal headcanon that you feel very strongly about: mickey was thinking about yevgeny when he and ian had the parenthood conversation in 11x12.

you’re trying to convince a friend to get into your current fandom(s) with you. what episode, clip, or scene are you showing them? okay so i actually did this with one of my closest irl friends and she got...possibly more into supernatural than i am, and she reads destiel fic, and has had intense gallavich fic phases as well. and it was actually super easy lol. she just has the same kind of brain that i have, and i just had to tell her to watch the shows because i knew they'd fuck her up the same way they fucked me up. she saw my reaction after november 5th 2020 and wanted to know everything, so i told her everything, and she started watching spn the next day. i watched shameless a couple months later and lost my entire mind, and all i had to do was tell her that she NEEDED to watch it, and she started watching it right away. i think if i had to show her a specific scene though, it probably would've been mickey coming out in 4x11. iconic, legendary. she would've eaten that up even with no context. also special shoutout to this friend, because she's the person who taught me to not be embarrassed about being interested in fic, or fandom in general. i always thought she was so brave for being open about her hyperfixations in her everyday life, like for real lol. i still struggle with it, but i've gotten more open about it because of her.

and finally, what does fandom mean to you? a community of some of my best friends, and the place where i learned that i can actually be a creative person. i'm doing all kinds of fulfilling things with my life because of this space 🥹

tagging @howlinchickhowl @whatwouldmickeydo @gardenerian @gallawitchxx @heymrspatel @whatthebodygraspsnot @you-are-so-much-better-than-that @iansfreckles @squidyyy23 @auds-and-evens @mishervellous @7x10mickey @lalazeewrites and anyone else who wants to play 🖤🖤🖤