#contact the white house

[inky-quilled-dragon]

For anyone who believes in mystical stuff, just know that my divination acorn pendulum responded VERY positively to asking it if:

1) trump cheated in the election

2) we’ll find out in the next month

3) he won’t be president

4) harris will be president in 2025 (this pendulum has always predicted correctly as of yet but once it was real far in the future, so i was specific)

Anyway. PLEASE CONTACT THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRIS/WALZ CAMPAIGN, THE ACLU, OR ANYONE THAT CAN INVESTIGATE THE CHEATING THAT THERE IS SUBSTANSIAL EVIDENCE FOR. Please. P l e a s e. Don’t go quietly without a fight, not when there’s a legitimate claim that 20 million votes just didn’t show up despite record turnout.

[puppyeared]

presto the magician!! 🐇🪄

[omorinintendoswitchedition]

am i the only one who thinks this election reeks of voter fraud lmao

[misterlemonztenth]

07-23-23 | IT'S STILL TIME FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL, folks. Now more than ever. We've just received a major spanking from the Universe for not having made it a reality already. If you want Joe and Kamala to run for reelection with #MedicareforAll, tell them on the White House contact page: <https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/>. https://misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

[princetonarchives]

Mike McCurry '76 speaking on campus at Princeton University, November 1995. McCurry served as White House Press Secretary for Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1998.

Images from contact sheet found in the Office of Communications Records (AC168), Box 155.

[shadathebookworm]

To tell Palestinians to suck it up and support Palestine elsewhere when we talk about not voting for biden in the middle of a genocide that’s been going on for over half a year is fucking crazy. How do you think we GOT HERE dumbass?? Because so many sucked it up and voted for biden in 2020 because “trump would be worse” and now he’s committing genocide against our people. And why do you think other shows of support are somehow more effective than withholding our votes? Biden could have stopped when he saw people weren’t voting for him in the primaries, but he didn’t. He could’ve stopped when he saw all the support for a ceasefire, but he didn’t. He dug his grave, now he has to lie in it and to attempt to put the blame on people who refuse to vote for him is obnoxious.

There is no worse now. This was unforgivable when it started. To tell us trump would do worse is inane, to tell us we have to vote for biden when those of us living in the US are already complicit by just living here is thoughtless and honest to god malicious. And to tell us THE WORLD needs us to vote for biden is beyond words. Do you not consider Gaza and the rest of Palestine as part of the world? The world needs the US to fucking collapse, not a president who pretends he’s left when he’s actually about a single centimeter more left than the far right from a party whose only selling point is “at least we’re not them.” That is not enough. It never should have been enough. And now here we are.

Your comfortability with the status quo doesn’t make it the only choice. Just because YOU are willing to vote for a genocidal man, does not mean we are, nor that we have to be.

[titsthedamnseason]

umm they wrote the leak so messy i’m pretty upset rn

[scarletfasinera]

I love that based on the results you can tell everyone who voted sports is solely thinking of like American football or basketball or baseball or whatever and literally can’t name any sports that don’t include a ball or aren’t just contact sports

[hatchetmode]

Sometimes I think about the time my mother was lounging outside on a deck chair smoking a cigarette before she pointed to a cloud and said "you see that? It means Obama is the anti-christ"

[le-panda-chocovore]

Yeah I truly hate this, what if I love my siblings? What if I want to kiss them ? Some of y'all completely forgot that not all love is romantic and that affection isn't inherently a sign of sexual attraction.

In some cultures, it's perfectly normal for siblings to kiss each other and to shower together <- (of the same gender but it's not unheard of for siblings of different genders showering together also)

In asian culture, for example, a culture that I grew up under, it was normal to bathe together!!! But if you mention it to someone who is white. It's a shock, pure culture shock to the point they are HORRIFIED. They start running their mouth,

"omg! You were groomed!" , "That's so gross!" , "How could your parents allow that!?"

They start acting like you said you and your sibling were getting intimate when all you said was that you grew up showering together sometimes. Their brains are rotted with the incest porn genre, a genre they are so obsessed with that it always seems to be in the back of their minds. It annoys me.

I think about the time where someone talked about how in their culture they grew up kissing their siblings on the cheek, lips <- (little pecks), and their nose. And white people immediately flooded in and said it was incest. WHY?

Why does the idea of other cultures existing seem like such a foreign concept to you? Why do you need to label it as something it's not? It's exhausting, it's annoying trying to defend the way we grew up all because white people cannot handle it.

[welcometoqueer]

I haven’t really seen any of the more recent U.S. election news hitting tumblr yet so here’s some updates (now edited with sources added):

There’s evidence of Trump cheating and interfering with the election.

Possible Russian interference.

Mail-in ballots are not being counted or “recognized” in multiple (notably swing) states.

30+ bomb threats were called in and shut down polling stations on Election Day.

20+ million votes are still unaccounted for, and that’s just to have the same voter turnout as 2020.

There was record voter turnout and new/first-time voter registration this year. We definitely should be well over the turnout in 2020.

U.S. citizens are using this site to demand, not only a recount, but a complete investigation into election fraud and interference for the reasons stated above:

Here is what I submitted as an example:

An investigation for election interference and fraud is required. We desperately need a recount or even a revote. The American people deserve the right to a free and fair election. There has been evidence unveiled of Trump cheating and committing election fraud which is illegal. There is some evidence of possible Russian interference. At least 30+ bomb threats were called in to polling places. Multiple, notably swing states, have ballots unaccounted for and voting machines not registering votes. Ballots and ballot boxes were tampered with and burned. Over 20 million votes that we know of are unaccounted for. With record turnout and new voter registration this year, there should be no possibility that there are less votes than even in the 2020 election.

Sources (working on finding more links but if anyone wants to add info, it’s appreciated):

FBI addressing Russian interference and bomb threats:

Emails released by Rachael Bellis (private account, can’t share original tweet) confirming Trump committing election fraud:

Pennsylvania's Centre County officials say they are working with their ballot scanner vendor to figure out why the county's mail-in ballot data is "not being recognized when uploaded to the elections software:”

Wisconsin recount:

[ID:

Multiple screenshots and images.

The first is a screenshot with a link and information for contacting the White House directly regarding election fraud. The instructions include choosing to leave a comment to President Joe Biden directly and to select election security as the reason.

The screenshot then instructs people to include any or all of the following information in a paragraph as a comment to the president:

32 fake bomb threats were called into Democratic leaning poll places, rendering polling places closed for at least an hour.

A lot of people reporting their ballots were not counted for various reasons.

This all occurred in swing states.

This is too coincidental that these things happen and swing in his favor after months of hinting at foul play.

Directly state that an investigation for tampering, interference, fraud is required, not just a recount.

The second image is from the FBI Twitter account that reads:

The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far. https://t.co/j3YfajVK1m — FBI (@FBI) November 5, 2024

The next four Gmail screenshots of an email sent to Rachael Bellis from Chris T. Spackman that read together as follows:

Dear BELLIS, RACHAEL E., The Dauphin County Board of Elections received a challenge to your absentee ballot you applied for in the November 5, 2024 General Election. The challenge argues that a provision of the Pennsylvania Election Code takes precedence over the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), which requires states and counties to permit U.S. citizens who move overseas to vote by absentee ballot for federal offices based on their last U.S. residential address.

The full text of the challenge that was filed appears below this email.

You may respond to the challenge in any of the following ways:

1. Call the Bureau of Registration and Election at (717) 780-6360;

2. Email a statement to the Bureau at Election election@dauphincounty.gov. Any statement you submit regarding the period during which you lived in Dauphin County, any family or connections that you still have here, and why you are now residing abroad would be read into the record.

3. Appear in person at a Board of Elections hearing scheduled for Friday, November 8 at a time to be determined in the Commissioners Public Hearing Room, 4th floor of Dauphin County Administration Building, 2 S 20d St, Harrisburg, PA 17111. The meeting is also likely to be livestreamed on Facebook on the Dauphin County channel.

Sincerely,

Christopher T Spackman

TEXT OF CHALLENGE BEGINS

Dear Dauphin County Board of Elections,

I am submitting this challenge to an absentee ballot application pursuant to 25 Pa. Stat.

3146.8(f).

25 Pa. Stat. 3146.8(f) Any person challenging an application for an absentee ballot, an absentee ballot, an application for a mail-in ballot or a mail-in ballot for any of the reasons provided in this act shall deposit the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) in cash with the county board, which sum shall only be refunded if the challenge is sustained or if the challenge is withdrawn within five (5) days after the primary or election. If the challenge is dismissed by any lawful order then the deposit shall be forfeited. The county board shall deposit all deposit money in the general fund of the…

The rest of the forwarded email is cut off.

The last image is a screenshot of the official statement from the Centre County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners released on November 6, 2024 that states:

Centre County Working with Ballot Scanner Vendor to Export Election Results.

(Bellefonte, PA) -Centre County Elections Office is working continuously to provide mail-in ballot data in order to post unofficial results.

To this point, all ballots have been scanned, including all mail-in ballots.

Centre County's Election team and IT team have identified that the data are successfully being exported from the mail-in ballot scanners, but that the data is not being recognized when uploaded to the elections software.

Centre County's Administrator, John Franek, Jr. stated, "We have not stopped working, and we will continue to work until unofficial results are posted and reported to the Pennsylvania Department of State."

As a next step, Centre County has begun working with the equipment vendor to adjust configurations to make the two systems-the mail-in ballot scanner and the elections software where data are uploaded -compatible with one another.

We will provide updates as we make progress.

/end ID]

[kachikirby]

IF YOU LIVE IN THE US, PLEASE READ THIS

Posting this from the bird app since I hope it can help people.

People have been contacting the White House directly to demand a recount, especially since there has been evidence that not every ballot has been counted and will be thrown away if it hasn't been cured.

The link to contact the White House is here!

The following screenshot comes from here!

If you need help writing something, check under the cut! I've provided a prewritten response from one of the replies!

"I am a concerned citizen, and I need you to hear me. I urge you to recount the ballots from this election and investigate election interference. Bomb threats have been called into multiple polling locations, causing some to close early. Domestic terrorists have burned ballot boxes. An unprecedented number of ballots have been rejected and require curing. There have been reports of polling officers allowing voter intimidation in and outside of polling places across the country and an estimated 20 million mail in ballots are unaccounted for. In addition, many people have reported that ballots were not counted for suspicious reasons such as signature invalidation which is information that vote counters do not have access to. These events have occurred in swing states such as Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Georgia, for instance."

Feel free to add and change what you want, this is just a base for you to work off of.

[starszinhis3y3s]

im gonna kill this smack head y'all 🙃 like. im not even joking atp i am SO DONE i just want him to fuck off from planet earth and rot in the fucking orbit of fucking Jupiter

ykw imma just start putting my evidence on my blog too, since housing refuses to listen to me! or any poc suffering from a whitey. seriously 😐 ive talked to over a dozen ppl about it by now!!

i cant get more than 4 consecutive hrs sleep when hes here. he stays up at odd hrs just fucken tweaking out, vomiting from alcoholicism, or jacking off loudly in the bathroom. he barely works 2 days/week for MAYBE 4-5 hrs/shift, and my ass over here working 2 entire jobs. i am so sleep deprived i keep burning myself at 1 job, and sliding down steep ass muddy hills/getting hit by moving equipment in heavy machinery at the other!

he smokes meth INSIDE THE APT, and i keep gettin secondhand smoked cuz of it (not like i havent told him 5 million times to stop literally all of this behavior). not only that, but he keeps cinnamon here as well and uses it FREQUENTLY. when i am SO HEAVILY ALLERGIC TO CINNAMON and make SUCH A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT. legit ive had to go to the er twice, the urgent care 3 times, and ive gone thru both my EpiPens. i dont have a huge social life to begin with, and hes made it significantly smaller due to i have to be chewing like 3-6 benadryl each time i get poisoned. like...ive had to stop 99% my volunteer work AND my queer support group that I CO-FOUNDED. i also cant do my side hustle anymore, or even my art that is a huge fucking coping skill for me!

ive like legit yelled at him twice now, slammed a door 3 times, and HE got put into a fuggin safe room for 2 1/2 weeks *from* me 🤨 like wtf...he videos me constantly now, in PJ's bed head and with my explicit VERBAL NON CONSENT. i cant even express emotions to/about him anymore without him throwing in my face that he can and will make me homeless if i dont "stop treating him like this" because he "wont tolerate it"!! when he left for the safe house, he scattered tacks everywhere that i walk. ive found well over a dozen of them, by stepping on them and bleeding of course.

j knows im in this area cuz im running away/hiding from a man who knows my rough location and wants to kill me. and this meth head leaves the door unlocked and fully open constantly (only AFTER learning that tho), along with the common room windows (that face the parking lot/sidewalk. so. VERY PUBLIC, everyone walks past to get to the 2 bus stops).

and im trying so hard to move, but housing refuses to put me in an ADA room+unit. idk how they expect me to like, live, if i cant have reasonable accommodations. why is it so difficult to move me literally across the hall???? theres no one there, or in the one right next door, or in the ones in 1st floor building a or b, so whats the issue? im so serious about that well over a dozen poc have similar stories and experiences, including the behavioral infractions for self defense.

this is no where NEAR it, but i think imma smoke a fat ass blunt and nap off my anger😮‍💨😮‍💨

[deoidesign]

A general cane guide for writers and artists (from a cane user, writer, and artist!)

Disclaimer: Though I have been using a cane for 6 years, I am not a doctor, nor am I by any means an expert. This guide is true to my experience, but there are as many ways to use a cane as there are cane users!

This guide will not include: White canes for blindness, crutches, walkers, or wheelchairs as I have no personal experience with these.

This is meant to be a general guide to get you started and avoid some common mishaps/misconceptions in your writing, but you absolutely should continue to do your own research outside of this guide!

This is NOT a medical resource!!! And never tell a real person you think they're using a cane wrong!

The biggest recurring problem I've seen is using the cane on the wrong side. The cane goes on the opposite side of the pain! If your character has even-sided pain or needs it for balance/weakness, then use the cane in the non-dominant hand to keep the dominant hand free. Some cane users also switch sides to give their arm a rest!

A cane takes about 20% of your weight off the opposite leg. It should fit within your natural gait and become something of an extension of your body. If you need more weight off than 20%, then crutches, a walker, or a wheelchair is needed.

Putting more pressure on the cane, using it on the wrong side, or having it at the wrong height can make it less effective, and can cause long term damage to your body from improper pressure and posture. (Hugh Laurie genuinely hurt his body from years of using a cane wrong on House!)

(some people elect to use a cane wrong for their personal situation despite this, everyone is different!)

(an animated GIF of a cane matching the natural walking gait. It turns red when pressure is placed on it.)

When going up and down stairs, there is an ideal standard: You want to use the handrail and the cane at the same time, or prioritize the handrail if it's only on one side. When going up stairs you lead with your good leg and follow with the cane and hurt leg together. When going down stairs you lead with the cane and the bad leg and follow with the good leg!

Realistically though, many people don't move out of the way for cane users to access the railing, many stairs don't have railings, and many are wet, rusty, or generally not ideal to grip.

In these cases, if you have a friend nearby, holding on to them is a good idea. Or, take it one step at a time carefully if you're alone.

Now we come to a very common mistake I see... Using fashion canes for medical use!

(These are 4 broad shapes, but there is INCREDIBLE variation in cane handles. Research heavily what will be best for your character's specific needs!)

The handle is the contact point for all the weight you're putting on your cane, and that pressure is being put onto your hand, wrist, and shoulder. So the shape is very important for long term use!

Knob handles (and very decorative handles) are not used for medical use for this reason. It adds extra stress to the body and can damage your hand to put constant pressure onto these painful shapes.

The weight of a cane is also incredibly important, as a heavier cane will cause wear on your body much faster. When you're using it all day, it gets heavy fast! If your character struggles with weakness, then they won't want a heavy cane if they can help it!

This is also part of why sword canes aren't usually very viable for medical use (along with them usually being knob handles) is that swords are extra weight!

However, a small knife or perhaps a retractable blade hidden within the base might be viable even for weak characters.

Bases have a lot of variability as well, and the modern standard is generally adjustable bases. Adjustable canes are very handy if your character regularly changes shoe height, for instance (gotta keep the height at your hip!)

Canes help on most terrain with their standard base and structure. But for some terrain, you might want a different base, or to forego the cane entirely! This article covers it pretty well.

Many cane users decorate their canes! Stickers are incredibly common, and painting canes is relatively common as well! You'll also see people replacing the standard wrist strap with a personalized one, or even adding a small charm to the ring the strap connects to. (nothing too large, or it gets annoying as the cane is swinging around everywhere)

(my canes, for reference)

If your character uses a cane full time, then they might also have multiple canes that look different aesthetically to match their outfits!

When it comes to practical things outside of the cane, you reasonably only have one hand available while it's being used. Many people will hook their cane onto their arm or let it dangle on the strap (if they have one) while using their cane arm, but it's often significantly less convenient than 2 hands. But, if you need 2 hands, then it's either setting the cane down or letting it hang!

For this reason, optimizing one handed use is ideal! Keeping bags/items on the side of your free hand helps keep your items accessible.

When sitting, the cane either leans against a wall or table, goes under the chair, or hooks onto the back of the chair. (It often falls when hanging off of a chair, in my experience)

When getting up, the user will either use their cane to help them balance/support as they stand, or get up and then grab their cane. This depends on what it's being used for (balance vs pain when walking, for instance!)

That's everything I can think of for now. Thank you for reading my long-but-absolutely-not-comprehensive list of things to keep in mind when writing or drawing a cane user!

Happy disability pride month! Go forth and make more characters use canes!!!

[amethyinst]

ok but that 90s sex scandal of contact had to have been crazy. stiff stern and wonderfully hopeful dr ellie arroway who discovered aliens totally shacking up with pretty boy spiritual advisor to bill clinton reverend palmer joss. who was on the selection committee and pretty much single handedly destroyed her bid for the first machine which then inadvertently saved her life. the 90s deux moi blind items from white house interns had to have been INSANE

[team-frightfur]

(Theyre also blushing but i cant figure out why). Both Kenzan and Johan are more focused on Judai tho, which could either be bc theyre both gay for him or cause this takes place post s4 (so theyre happy to see Jou enjoying life again after his depression). Then you have Fubuki and Asuka in the corner. Fubuki is doing his standout uncoordinated cloudcuckoolander bit by not wearing blue/black/white/yellow like everyone else (get with the program, man!) Instead he's going for that... christmas ensemble? With the rare red....tho now I see it, there's also judais pants and the coke bottles and the red cups and oh my god it was a red/blue/green/yellow colour scheme all along. ANYWAY, while Asuka is more serious with her modest clothing and walking boots, she has this small smile. Like, clearly she's not super duper ecstatic over his dumbass ukelele serenades, but she'll humour him today of all days, not just because it's a special day but because she looooves having her brother back.

Final verdict: this pic honestly just gets better the more you look at it. It makes me wish i had synesthesia just so I could taste the cozy hot chocolate vibes. Like its truly utterly immaculate. Kudos to you for all time!!!