#Whitehouse.gov

[arthropooda]

[romanengland]

A true shame to all of us

[bugpill]

If I see any more misinformation about Kamala Harris to dissuade people from voting I will explode.

1. She did a lot of work as a prosecutor to dismantle the system. When she was DA in San Francisco she was labeled as being “soft on crime” which she in turn claimed was “smart on crime”. Harris made a program called Back on Track so that low-level nonviolent drug offenders could enroll in school rather than doing jail time. She has believe and continues to believe that supporting people prevents crime far better than criminalizing people.

Yes, she put people behind bars. I know she called herself the “Top Cop” and I fucking hate that. However, the number of people who served time in jail was significantly reduced due to her program. She’s not a saint, but she tried to reduce harm as much as she could in her position. Since then, she’s called for even more action in terms of legalizing marijuana and I believe recently fully endorsed it publicly.

2. She is not transphobic. Harris backed the state of California when it tried to deny gender-affirmation surgery to a trans prisoner, but as attorney general, she could not deny the state’s Department of Corrections as a client of hers. Essentially, she had no say in the denial of surgery herself, as she had to represent the department’s interests over her own. Once she realized what they were doing, Harris actually worked behind the scenes to get that very policy changed so that any inmate who needs that care could get it. Additionally, she has lead efforts to put an end to gay and transgender “panic” defenses in criminal trials.

3. Kamala Harris is Black. For some reason, people like to say that she isn’t, and that she’s Indian and pretending to be black… for what reason? Depends on who’s telling the lie to begin with. Kamala Harris is Black and South Asian. Her father, Donald Harris, is a Black man who was born in Jamaica. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was born in India. Speculating about her race with so much evidence towards the contrary is so wrong. If anyone tells you shit about this, just send them her whitehouse.gov biography.

4. Harris (reportedly) has different opinions than Biden on Palestine. Whether or not she makes a clear stance against Israel, I don’t know. That hasn’t happened yet, but I’ll remain hopeful until further notice. She reportedly tried to push Biden towards “a policy on Gaza that was both more humane and in alignment with international law” but wasn’t listened to. The only reason why this is one of my points is that I’ve seen a lot of people stating that she is totally behind every decision and stance Biden made as president, which isn’t necessarily true. I don’t want to give her credit for being pro-Palestine if she isn’t, just to be clear. That is not what I’m trying to do here.

I desperately want her to stand for a free Palestine. I cannot make the promise that this will happen. All I can hope for is that her policy will be less harmful than Trump’s- who wants Israel to “finish the job” and promises to “throw (pro-Palestinian protestors) out of the country”.

Conclusion: the fact of the matter is that people make shit up all of the time. Sometimes it’s propaganda they accidentally absorb, sometimes it’s deliberate misinformation. People often take rumors as facts, and we need to be more vigilant about it. What I know is that some people will do anything for you to not vote tor Kamala Harris, when in reality she’s our only hope here.

Is Harris my favorite person ever? Absolutely not. Does she share my exact views and opinions? Nope. Would I rather vote for someone who more aligns with my personal views? Yes.

Is voting for Harris the only way to stop Donald Trump and Project 2025? Yes.

Disclaimer for the blog: To be 100% transparent, this is only my (Fanya’s) opinions. Although this is a shared blog, I cannot claim that my stance and my voice speaks for everybody involved in this blog. Some members are not American. Some may have different takes. All I know is that all of us are anti-Trump. Don’t go after my friends if you have beef with what I’m saying. I’m trying my best here.

[omegaversereloaded]

Biden's special grugnort recipe can be found on whitehouse.gov if youre clever enough

If youre desperate enough

[deathbypixelz]

If you're a US American and want to take things one step further in regards to acting against KOSA, you can directly email the president here (or as directly as you can):

Be polite and express why YOU, an AMERICAN (emphasize pride in your country or whatever. pretend for a bit. use those buzzwords) oppose this bill.

Everything has to be signed into law by the president, so even if it passes on February 26th, it would still have to go through him.

Email your reps too of course, but this ^ is also an option.

[hachama]

A few people have reached out to me, asking what they can do, and I didn't have an answer. Now I do.

You can go to

And tell the president to send help.

Biden doesn't have the authority to declare a ceasefire, and he can't unilaterally break treaties with Israel. But he's commander in chief of the armed forces, and the navy has some incredible humanitarian muscle. Hospital ships are first rate floating hospitals, exactly like the name suggests. Doctors, nurses, medical technicians, supplies, all in a big, white, steel box. Noncombatants, protected by international treaties, whose entire job is to help people.

[whydoifeelthisquiet]

Instead of pointless back and forth about who is reacting to a literal genocide in the best way…

Donate:

http://www.pcrf.net

Contact politicians:

[ohmuqueen]

USCPR emailed me this update, I wanted to share

Here is the link to ccrjustice.org/stop-the-genocide to learn more about the lawsuit

Please note, they give you a link so you can copy/paste the message directly at the whitehouse.gov website - there is a character limit, so make sure that the message is not being cut off before you send it on whitehouse.gov/contact:

NOTE: Due to a captcha recently added to the White House contact form, your message to Biden may not go through. Please copy/paste the message directly into the White House contact form at this link: whitehouse.gov/contact

[dontforgetukraine]

Anyone from any country can leave a message for the White House. It takes 5 minutes. Do you have 5 minutes for Ukraine? https://whitehouse.gov/contact

Did you know there is an alternative to calling the White House Comment Line?

You can send an email to them through the White House's website. No phone anxiety to deter you! Please, take 5 minutes out of your day to send a comment to make the message loud and clear. Let Ukraine strike back!

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

This latest surge of funding was approved immediately after Israel bombed a school full of families in the middle of prayer, burning them alive. Image 5 from @jewishvoiceforpeace proves that US-made bombs were used in this evil act.

Our “leaders” are violating international law and we need to do everything in our power to stop them. We especially need to hold Kamala Harris’ feet to the fire and tell her and all Democrats - genocide IS our single issue. How could it not be?

🍉 Email Kamala Harris at whitehouse.gov/contact/vicepresident/ - tell her you demand an #ArmsEmbargoNow and that she prioritize the will of the people over AIPAC dollars

🍉Call your senators and repeat

🍉 Join a #NotAnotherBomb action on August 18

🍉 Support mutual aid efforts to save lives in Gaza.

Repost from @codepinkalert

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Today, the US & Israel committed a heinous massacre in Gaza City. At least 100 Palestinians were killed.

Israel could not commit genocide of the Palestinian people without the USA.

ARMS EMBARGO NOW

STOP ARMING ISRAEL

[bonesashesglass]

Don’t forget to call and write the White House today. This is the first day their comment line is open after the bombing of Yemen. We need to show our immense outrage at Biden’s crime.

White House comment line: (202) 456-1111

Switchboard: (202) 456-1414

The hours are 11:00-3:00 EST. Make sure you call within those hours.

If the comment line is busy, you can call the switchboard and they’ll transfer you to the comment line.

It usually takes a while to get on the phone with someone, so if you need to leave a message you can do that too.

Here you can write:

Or text: (302) 404-0880

Don’t let them get away with this. Don’t let them think our rage has fizzled out. Palestine will be free, and the Biden administration will pay for their crimes.

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

EDIT: If you try calling the White House today, the message says the office is closed due to inclement weather. Hold off on calling until tomorrow, but write and text today. Make sure to call tomorrow when the comment line opens again.

[mariacallous]

Do you know any books that teach in depth about the structure of the us government? I'm an immigrant who hasn't been to a US high school therefore I didn't just learnt about it there, so I've read at least the Wikipedia and whitehouse.gov articles but I still get confused by the news sometimes

[withoutaconscienceorafilter]

It only takes like 1 minute to tell the White House your opinion on what is going on in Gaza.

What else are you going to do? Keep doomscrolling Tumblr? Imagine how satisfying it will be if we swamp their mailbox, like when a post does numbers on here.

Personally I'm going to send a message every day. Like brushing my teeth or doing the dishes--it's self care.

[redwolf17]

Hey, fellow Americans on this hellsite, wanna join me in flooding Joe Biden’s inbox? 🤬

It takes less than 2 minutes to tell his ass to demand a ceasefire in Gaza; I’m gonna try to contact daily, and hope others will do the same to keep the pressure on.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Dave Whammond

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Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. Double Standard.

July 8, 2024

ROBERT B. HUBBELL

JUL 08, 2024

The mainstream media continues its whisper campaign against President Biden, as they report that anonymous “senior leaders” talk “in private” about approaching Joe Biden to urge him to drop out. At least Adam Schiff had the guts to express his qualms in public respectfully, even though I strongly disagree with his views (on this subject).

One evolving narrative among the press is that the Biden administration “concealed” the truth of Biden’s cognitive state—which supposedly justifies their righteous anger. Bull****. This is another example of a double standard applied by a media that is intent on driving Joe Biden out of the race—damn the facts!

Joe Biden has been transparent with the American people about his health—which cannot be said about Trump.

Remember Trump's unexplained visit to Walter Reed for a treatment that remains secret to this day? Or showing up to a debate in 2020 knowing he had tested positive for Covid but concealed that fact from Joe Biden, the debate moderators, and the American public?

Or having a doctor release a statement about Trump's health that was dictated by Trump? Or when the White House physician provided false information about Trump's vital statistics—like his weight—and said that Trump might be the first president to live to be 200?

Amid all the calls for “cognitive tests” for Biden—but not Trump—journalists are committing malpractice by failing to note that President Biden released a detailed summary of his annual physical in February of this year.

The full report is here: Health-Summary-2.28.pdf (whitehouse.gov). The examination included consultations with neurological experts at Walter Reed hospital. I urge you to read the entire report and consider how you would measure up to such a battery of tests!

[...]

So, Biden did have a “detailed neurological exam” four-and-half months ago. The widespread media demands that Biden “take a neurological exam” should be directed to Trump instead.

Predictably, this “proof” won’t be enough for the media. Just as the media refused to accept a certified copy of President Obama’s birth certificate, the goalposts will keep shifting.

The issue is not Joe Biden. It is Donald Trump—and the media’s arrogant refusal to apply the same scrutiny to Trump that it is applying to Biden. If they did, they would be demanding neurological exams of Trump and his withdrawal from the race. So far as we have been informed by Trump, his cognitive test consisted of recalling five objects: “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.” Can you say, “double standard”?

Why isn’t the media making demands that Trump submit to “extremely detailed neurologic testing” by experts from a nationally recognized hospital?

The answer is simple. Trump has quashed dissent within his party. Anyone who dares raise a voice in dissent is the immediate recipient of anonymous death threats and public ridicule on Trump's vanity media platform. And Trump's para-military press surrogates leap into action, declaring that the dissidents are dead to MAGA.

So, the press's application of the same standards to Trump has no upside because it won’t incite the mass panic among Republicans that Democrats are willing to supply by the bucketful.

I accept at face value the good faith of readers who say they have lost confidence in Biden because of the debate or any other reason. That is a personal judgment only you can make. But I again remind everyone that “Biden should withdraw” is not a plan. If you believe a different path to victory is appropriate, then you must devote yourself to that path with all the vigor and financial resources you can muster.

[...]

Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny and Substack blog Thinking About), addressed the role that the press has been playing in whipping up “fascist froth” that helps Trump. See Timothy Snyder, Fascism and Fear (substack.com)

There are three tests of good faith for those who are proposing that President Biden step down. The first is recognition that Biden’s first term has been one of extraordinary achievement. The second is a plan for what the Democrats would do, should Biden withdraw, to select a nominee and win the election. The third is recognition that the threat of regime change is what might justify changing the nominee.

If I am right that much of the energy behind the Biden pile-on is displaced fear of a regime change, much of the media will continue to generate fascist froth for Trump, whether or not Biden is the Democratic nominee — unless, of course, journalists confront their fears, and keep the issue of regime change inside the story, and provide a constructive alternative alongside personal criticism.

[I inverted the order of Snyder’s two paragraphs above so they made more sense in a short quotation.]

And, finally, Rebecca Solnit wrote what I wish I had written. See her essay in The Guardian: Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race?

Solnit begins:

I am not usually one to offer diagnoses of people I’ve never met, but it does seem like the pundit class of the American media is suffering from severe memory loss. Because they’re doing exactly what they did in the 2016 presidential race – providing wildly asymmetrical and inflammatory coverage of the one candidate running against Donald J Trump. They have become a stampeding herd producing an avalanche of stories suggesting Biden is unfit, will lose and should go away, at a point in the campaign in which replacing him would likely be somewhere between extremely difficult and utterly catastrophic. They do this while ignoring something every scholar and critic of journalism knows well and every journalist should. As Nikole Hannah-Jones put it: “As media we consistently proclaim that we are just reporting the news when in fact we are driving it. What we cover, how we cover it, determines often what Americans think is important and how they perceive these issues yet we keep pretending it’s not so.” They are not reporting that he is a loser; they are making him one. And so it goes with what appears to be a journalistic competition to outdo each other in the aggressiveness of the attacks and the unreality of the proposals. It’s a dogpile and a panic, and there is no one more unable to understand their own emotional life, biases and motives than people who are utterly convinced of their own ironclad rationality and objectivity, [also known as] pundits.

Here's my advice to everyone—regardless of what side of the issue you take regarding Joe Biden’s continued candidacy. The issue is Trump, not Biden. Whether Biden drops out is not something you or I have control over. (Readers frequently write to me and say, “Please tell Joe Biden . . . .” The only thing Joe Biden knows about me is my credit card number.)

Joe Biden has control over his choices; his close advisors and family have influence; some senior leaders in the Democratic Party have some influence. They are talking amongst themselves. Let them have a rational, private conversation not played out on the front pages of the NYTimes and WaPo minutes after the latest exchange of views.

However, the one institution that has demonstrated it cannot be trusted to deal with this question is the media. They have a perverse financial incentive: Chaos = profit. They are agents of chaos at this moment in pursuit of the mighty dollar.

I believe that Joe Biden is the best candidate to defeat Trump, that replacing him at this point poses unacknowledged and unknowable risks, and that those who advocate a different path have the burden of identifying and funding an alternative candidate.

Our task has not changed. It is our moral and patriotic duty to alert all Americans about the threat posed by Trump and his fascist plan to undermine democracy. We have plenty of work and precious little time left to accomplish our task.

Let us channel all our energy away from debating Joe Biden’s age and health into defeating Trump. In that task, we must speak with one voice.

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[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

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[WhiteHouse.gov is the Official Media Outlet of the US White House]

[12:57 EST]

Q Does the President believe the Houthis are a terrorist group?

MR. KIRBY: As we’ve talked about, we are reviewing the FTO — Foreign Terrorist Organization — finding on the Houthis. As you know, we — we delisted them. And we have announced that we’re reviewing that — that decision right now. No decisions have been made yet.

Q How soon can we expect one?

MR. KIRBY: I don’t — I don’t think I can give you an exact timeline or a date on the calendar. I mean, that work is ongoing, largely at the State Department. But — but it’s — it’s an ongoing review.

Biden says Yemen's Houthis are a 'terrorist' group - Reuters

[16:26 EST]

"I think they are," Biden told reporters on Friday when he was asked if he was willing to call the Houthis a "terrorist" group.

12 Jan 24