#cw politics

[i-wanna-be-a-lil-creechur]

I- huh?? I'm all for him losing money and knocking him down a peg, but does he think he can just- CANCEL?? A holiday??? Especially a religious one?? And not get even more pushback?? Like, ignoring how stupid it is to think he can cancel Easter, what on Earth makes him think that the conservative, religious right-wing he appeals to is going to be okay with him trying to cancel a major religious holiday?

Reblog to make him lose another 200 billion, like to make him lose 1 billion

[hyper-fixates]

THE LAST OF US — 01 x 03, “Long, Long Time”

[fireyocean92]

In these doomed times, what we need most is the drive to push forward.

Quote directly taken from this tweet the official Sonic Twitter posted last time that orange fuck became president.

[lgbtqtext]

[chrideedee]

The problem is that this sort of thing interferes with the rest of the system's ability to do their job. If a cop arrests someone because he doesn't like them for some arbitrary reason, but tells the courts "I caught this person playing poker", then the courts don't know the real reason they were arrested so they can't decide that it's a bad reason.

(How much discretion do courts actually use in these sorts of scenarios? Like, I'm assuming they'd just say, like, "Well, this person clearly broke the law as written, so I guess I have to convict them". Do judges often decide not to convict in cases like these, after a trial where the defendant has some way of showing… whatever it is that would convince the judge?)

the laws are a message from the first group to the second group. sometimes the second group obeys those messages, sometimes it doesnt. you could say "any message the second group doesnt obey very well, we will strike from the record of messages". okay, cool…?

If the second group doesn't obey the message well, that does seem like a sign that the first group should change their message somehow, at least.

But also, the laws are also messages to the general public about what the second group will do, so if some of the messages aren't being obeyed well, then the message is giving wrong information to the general public.

i think that writing down some policy you don't enforce should be considered to be fraud, and writing down laws you don't enforce should mean those laws get stricken down.

the world-as-written and the world-as-is should be forcefully brought into alignment one way or another

[doubleca5t]

Ok apologies for putting a Republican politician on main but Vivek Ramaswamy posted some absolutely generational cringe on twitter the other day and I can't stop laughing at this

I cannot believe this is a real post I've never wanted to shove someone into a locker so bad in my life

[doomdoomofdoom]

fyi, Ukraine actually maintains a website with publicly available lists of their financial/material support and expenses.

anyone can also use it to donate to any specific part of Ukraine's war effort directly. in case any nations leaders recently humiliated their country globally, or something.

[wolrith]

nothing like a ceasefire where hamas violates the agreement terms (not releasing civilians as agreed) on week two just so they can force four idf soldiers kidnapped from their beds, bleeding in their pajamas, to be paraded on stage drugged and at gunpoint wearing homemade military uniforms in front of hundreds of terrorists and jeering crowds, after 476 days of barely even seeing daylight

[scribblewise]

Cursed comic do not read

[swordi001]

To outlast Trump

To outlast Orban

To outlast Höcke

To outlast Putin

To outlast Erdogan

To just keep living, despite people wishing you wouldn't

We are here. We are many. And we are loud.

Just staying alive is an act of defiance. So stay here dammit. Stay here to outlive all that old privileged fascist scum. We won't give them what they want.

[catalystnick]

TO ANYONE THAT NEEDS IT:

I don't like dragging real world events into my comforts but… this is really needed. Please take care of yourselves. It isn't over yet.

(THIS ACCOUNT IS A PARODY and IS NOT REAL.)

[whomstsnek]

Uploading a few things I've been seeing on tiktok lately, just wanna spread the word

[xdivinedecay]

Patron saints for US election aftermath

Below are some saints I humbly recommend to pray to as the United States faces this new and challenging era after the results of our recent election. Those that use prayer for intercession may find comfort in learning more about the saints below, and building a communication with them.

Social justice — St. Martín de Porres Poverty — St. Francis of Assisi Women — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Immigrants — St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Racial justice — St. Katharine Drexel Ecology and environment — St. Kateri Tekakwitha (the first Indigenous American saint) Education/teachers — St. John Baptist de La Salle

If you'd like, I have included some notes and extras below —

Please if you can, take some time to learn about St. Martín de Porres! His soul is beautiful and his work was absolutely selfless as he cared for others in the face of social abuse and adversity. He really is someone to aspire to be like.

I nominate St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in this particular instance as it's difficult to pin down a definitive patron saint of women (all of my cross-references didn't produce a strong label on any one saint; many were for mothers or some other aspect attributed to womanhood, so there are many options). But St. Elizabeth was the first American-born citizen to be canonized as a saint, and in her life she started a Catholic school for girls. She is most known for founding of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s, the first religious order in America who contributed significant humanitarian work. In the wake of the US election results, I think she is an apt choice for connecting with for intercession.

I'm a biased St. Joan D'Arc follower, but hear me out. She was the crux of saving her home country from the very literal brink of being lost to Britain in a war that spanned a century. She rallied the last skeleton crew of the remaining French monarchal power that had all but been defeated already, and helped to take their name and land back from the English. I will be continuing to pray to her regularly to help find ways to fight for our freedom and remain courageous. I encourage others to do the same if you pray to her, or would like to start.

While I wish I had a suggestion for a saint to pray to for the LGBTQIA+ community, as they are adopted through history (St. Sebastian) or are not strictly official. But there are some interesting perspectives to find online, I just couldn't find a saint I could comfortably name with my whole chest for this particular group. I was intrigued by some responses on this Quora thread on the matter in question.

As always, these are only suggestions based on my imperfect research, as I am still newly navigating my reclaimed faith. If you have other patrons to recommend, please add them in a reblog so that others may learn about them.

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more lists of patron saints — Patron Saints for your problems • Patron Saints for World Mental Health Day

[lgbtqtext]

[thunder-opossum]

Guy this is fucking hilarious.

In Minnesota, whe state I live in, currently Republicans are trying to pass a billl that makes TDS, or "Trump Derangement Syndrome" a mental illness so that they can institutionalize people who don't support Trump.

This clearly shouldn't pass. But the fact it was attempted in a mostly democratic state, that is hilarious and scary.

So if it somehow does pass, I will take my ticket to the funny farm with all the other cool people.

This is quite litteraly an attempt of dictatorship.

[maparhythmcaregiving]

🫂🧸I know it’s scary right now, little ones…🫂🧸

So know that you are loved and not alone in your fears. We have to work together to uplift each other and take care of each other as best we can…

my DMs and inbox are open if you need a hug virtually or additional support. be kind to yourselves

-Mapa Rhythm