#election 2024

[thashining]

#SouthKorea just provided Americans a blueprint for how to respond if #Trump tries to pull the same illegal and unconstitutional move that #yoon tried to pull on South Koreans. #Union workers, citizens, and elected leaders united in opposition and defeated Yoon at an absolutely critical moment in global politics.

@ohthatsrich

[theevent-horizon]

also! if you are an immigrant! make sure you have your certificate that shows you were naturalised and are now a us citizen. if you haven’t been naturalised yet, I wish you luck and keep yourself as safe as possible. I’m terrified of what the administration is going to do. make sure you have all of your documents printed and you know exactly where they are. and above all, be safe.

If by some miracle sweet potato Hitler doesn't win come the end of the week, this won't be necessary, but should he win here are some of the first things to be aware of or do.

If you know a trans person, no you don't. Respect them as best you can in private but you know nothing in public.

Be aware that TikTok will likely be banned, find new platforms to spread information. Fuck Twitter and what ever tiktok replacement he's working on.

Learn to Garden, even in winter so you can feed yourself should prices skyrocket

Get an air purifier. The Clean Air Act is likely to be stripped of its power with the EPA deregulated, air quality is going to suffer

Should you have kids, try to supplement history/social studies education. That's the first place they will attack, if you need help ask, history teacher will help

Try and do what you can to be aware of your health before January.

Help one another. That's the best way we can move forward and make change in the future.

[kenrakenokwaho]

Romania won, today, in the hybrid war launched by Russia during presidential elections. The Constitutional Court annulled the first round, and the process, which was vitiated from the very beginning, will be restarted from step one.

Everything after the president in office, Klaus Iohannis, listened to the people, and declassified all the documents about Călin Georgescu's Russian-supported campaign with shady financing and TikTok schemes.

The risk of having a pro-Russian president was too high to let things slide. We couldn't be another victim of Putin's meddling. The people who voted for Călin Georgescu scream that it's unfair, that their choice is being overlooked, but they forget that they aren't the majority. They are 2 million out of 19. Their self-proclaimed "Apostle" isn't what he says he is.

If the national institutions – having information on him from all the secret services – took CG seriously, we wouldn’t have reached this point.

The Sun will shine on us again!

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[dollsanddandy]

Republicans never cease to amaze me. To say Trump is Elphaba is so deeply embarrassing. You are comparing a black woman who grew up ostracized and treated different and hated for something outside of her control to a white man who is literally what you people worship. Conservatives won the 2024 election. MAGA fans stormed the capitol building because they loved him so much. They literally worship him and turn a blind eye to his felonies. He is far more loved and respected than Kamala, the person that it makes far more sense for Elphaba to parallel. Elphaba is NOT Trump and the Wizard is NOT Democrats. It is unbelievably insane that Republicans can never consider they might just be the bad guy. The worst part about this is that when the book was written it was about the Bush administration and in present day it can still easily be read as a parallel to the current political climate.

[eugenedebs1920]

It’s just crazy. Crazy how one guy can cause so much chaos and disruption, such hostility and hatred, break the law habitually and never face accountability.

“I just need you to find, 11,780 votes. That’s one more than we have” were the words spoken by Donald Trump to the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. This was a pressure campaign launched by Donald Trump to bully Secretary Raffensperger into violating the Constitution, and going against the will of the people of Georgia, and the United States.

Secretary Raffensperger, in what is sadly a rarity in Republican leadership, and Republicans as a whole, stood in fealty to the United States Constitution, and did not bend to the whim of the Tangerine Tyrant.

For his allegiance to the rule of law, the Constitution, and to the United States of America, he received countless death threats from so called patriots. These cosplay patriots threaten his family, his life, and all that he held dear.

It’s sad to say that a man, doing his job as he should. deserves a deep gratitude from this nation, but he does. He could have done what so many Republicans have, and bent the knee to Dementia Don. 

Fani Willis was born in Inglewood California. Her father was founded a chapter of the Black Panthers for that section of California. He grew weary of the infighting and lack of substantive positive impact the Black Panthers were making and moved his family to Washington DC where he would practice law as a defense attorney.

Needless to say Ms. Willis grew up with a vast understanding and respect for the rule of law and a drive for justice.

She would attend Howard University studying political science and would graduate cum laude. In 1993. After graduating from Howard she attended Emory University College of Law and receive her Juris Doctorate degree.

Subsequently she would spend 16 years in Fulton County’s district attorney’s office before being elected as District Attorney. Her previous experience had led her to pursue Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) beyond just organized crime and directed at any muti faceted criminal activity.

Upon the lawlessness Trump perpetrated in trying to subvert democracy, Ms. Willis was appalled. Her admiration to the rule of law, and the binding order laid out in the United States Constitution brought her to go after this egregious act of sedition. 

The Raffensperger call was not the only act of treason Trump and others engaged in. These exploits were not only implemented in Georgia. A slate of fake electors was devised to circumvent the actual electoral count. These fake electors were to swap the official results with ones falsely claiming Trump had won that state. This occurred in Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and of course, Georgia.

The conspiracy was extensive. Not only the fake electors scheme had transgressed, but a beakin and breach of voting equipment happened as well.

There was over 30 people named as, culprits, co-conspirators or conspirators. Including the disgraced former president, 19 were indicted.

Donald Trump was charged with under the RICO Act, 4 counts of false statements, 2 being false documentation, 2 counts of forgery, 1 count of impersonating a public officer, with 5 other charges dropped.

Rudy Guliani was co-conspirator #1 and charged under the count RICO, 3 counts false statements, 2 counts false documents, 2 counts forgery, 1 count of impersonating a public officer.

Ray smith III, a lawyer for Trump was charged with RICO count, 3 counts of false statements, with 2 counts false documentation, 1 count impersonating a public officer, 2 counts forgery

Cathy Latham, one of the fake electors and Leader of the Republican Party in Coffee County, was charged with RICO, 1 false documents, I impersonating a public officer, and 1 count forgery.

Robert Cheeley, another lawyer was charged with RICO, 1 count false statements, 2 counts false documentation, 1 count impersonating a public officer, 2 counts forged, and 1 count perjury.

John Eastman, one of the leaders in the whole plot, a lawyer, was charged under the RICO Act, 1 count false statements, 2 counts false documents, 1 count impersonating a public officer, and 2 counts forgery.

David Shafer, one of the fake electors and Republican state chairman, was charged under the RICO Act, 1 count false documents, 1 count false statements to the district attorney, 1 count impersonating a public officer, and 2 counts of forgery.

Kenneth Chesebro, another architect in the national scheme, and lawyer was charged under the RICO Act, 2 counts false documentation, 1 count impersonating a public officer, and 2 of counts forgery.

Mike Roman, a devious campaign staffer and odd private investigator, was charged under the RICO Act, 2 counts false documents, 1 count impersonating a public officer, andn2 counts of forgery.

Shawn Still, another fake elector, and Republican state senator, was charged under the RICO Act, 2 counts false documents, 1 count impersonating a public officer, and 2 counts forgery.

Jenna Elis, a big player nationally with the plot to circumvent democracy, was charged under the RICO Act. Same as White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Jeffery Clark was also charged under the RICO Act, with 1 count false statements.

Then there was the Coffee County election equipment breach (which by the way they have had access to since the 2020 election to find any flaws. Just saying.) The indictments were charged to.

Cathy Latham, the Republican lead of Coffee County, under RICO, 2 counts election fraud, 3 counts computer crimes, 1 count defrauding the state of Georgia.

Scott Hall, a bail bondsman, charged under RICO, he was subsequently charged with 2 counts election fraud, 3 counts of computer crimes, and 1 count defrauding the state of Georgia.

Misty Hampton, the Coffee County elections supervisors charged under RICO act, 2 counts of election fraud, 3 counts of computer crimes, 1 count of defrauding the state of Georgia.

Sidney Powell, a massive instigator, main perpetrator and known kook, was charged under RICO, 2 counts of election fraud, 3 counts of computer crimes, and 1 count defrauding the state of Georgia.

This case was pretty cut and dry. These morons video taped some of their crimes, some were on national tv, some were recorded, and some confessed to their crimes.

Of those who confessed and plead guilty were.

Scott Hall, the bail bondsman, plead guilty to, conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties. This was 5 misdemeanor charges landing him 5 years probation, a $5,000 fine, 200 hours of community service, a public apology to the state of Georgia, and to testify truthfully in future trials.

Sidney Powell also plead to conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties, charges with 6 misdemeanors and sentenced to 6 years probation, a $6,000 fine, a $2,700 restitution, a public apology to the state of Georgia and to testify truthfully in future trials.

Kenneth Chesebro plead guilty to conspiracy to file false documents, a felony, a deli charge. He was ordered to serve 5 years probation, a $5,000 restitution, 100 hours of community service. A public apology to the state of Georgia, and to testify truthfully in future trials.

Jenna Elis plead guilty to aiding and abetting false statements and writings, a felony, and was ordered to 5 years probation, a $5,000 restitution payment, 100 hours of community service, a public apology to the state of Georgia, and to truthfully testify in future trials.

Like I said previously. The case was pretty much open and shut. The evidence was overwhelming, some recorded, and all the acts were easily followed. It seemed justice would be served to the United States.

Then came the sleazy actions from Mike Roman. He had served as an adviser and campaign staffer on many Republican tickets. He had also worked for the Koch brothers as an intelligence gatherer. He would get dirt on liberals opponents and conservative policies.

Through his dirtbag tactics he found out that early on in the RICO case Fanni Willis, and a fellow attorney Nathan Wade, working on the case had engaged in romantic relations.

These were 2 consenting adults, who happened to cop feelings for each other while working together. These things happen. You work with someone, day after day, they start looking good if the conditions are right.

This was brought to the attention of the court, and frankly the world. Trump and some co-conspirators claimed it was a conflict of interest. Also claiming that Wade received improper payments due to it.

The cases against Trump for the theft, illegal retention, and refusal to return classified information, as well as the election interference, January 6th 2021 insurrection case cost upwards of $50 million dollars to date. In contrast, Fanni Willis and the Fulton County DA’s case, as of mid summer was under $5 million. There are accusations that Wade was paid more than some people in the district attorney’s office. This is true as he was a special prosecutor and not paid by Fulton County directly.

Either way, two consenting adults, on the same side of the isle, having an office romance is absolutely not a conflict of interest.

Just as that slimy pig that Trump is, he found a way to delay the case indefinitely until the investigator was investigated. He has done this before. Lord f*ckin knows he’s going to do it again.

Fani Willis went from prosecuting one of the largest acts of sedition ever perpetrated upon our nation, against 30 conspirators, with mountains of evidence. To being asked how many times she had sex with Nathan Wade, in a disgusting contortion of the law.

The fact that Judge McAfee even entertained the dismissal of the case is unprecedented.

A bunch of well off, white men found out that a powerful, smart black woman was sleeping with her coworker and raised a ruckus about it. Trump being found guilty of sexual assault himself, and accused by over 20 other women of the same. The irony hurts it’s so grave.

In the stolen classified documents case out of Florida, the judge, Aileen Cannon, had been put on the bench by Trump. She dismissed the case. The Supreme Court, where Trump installed 3 of the justices, ruled for Trump in Anderson v Trump, where the Colorado Supreme Court had declared Trump was ineligible to run for office under the 14th amendment, section 3, which clearly states that anyone who has participated in “insurrection or rebellion against the United States” is barred from holding ANY federal office again. That same Supreme Court would drag its feet for 6 month, after deciding the Anderson case in under 6 weeks, in Trump v the United States, and rule that the president has absolute immunity for crimes committed while in office. With blatant disregard for what the entire premise of our nation beholds.

Now Fanni Willis is being ordered to turn over documents due to a lawsuit filed by an ultra conservative group. Again, making her out to be the person guilty of a crime.

The only crime Fanni Willis is guilty of is being a black lady, trying to take down a criminal organization. That and sleeping with a handsome, tall, mature black man.

Trump skirting accountability, as he always does, just further emboldens him to commit more crimes against our country. Now with absolute immunity to do so.

In the words of Bob Dylan, “it makes you feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is game.”

[americansarentpeople]

Yank men will insist they're masculine, straight and strong, then turn around and scream the most bottom shit you've ever heard.

American men don't know how to fuck.

[official-romania-account]

THEY CANCELLED THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO NOT VOTE FOR THAT RUSSIAN FASCIST AND TO NOT FUCK THIS COUNTRY UP, LET'S GOOOOO

VOTE LASCONI YOU MADAFAKAS, THAT QUEEN IS GONNA LIFT US UP AS A COUNTRY

[breadboysteals]

If you have the balls to tell me "your body my choice" you will no longer have those balls

oh and, by the way, if you hear anyone saying any of that “your body my choice” bullshit? press sexual harassment charges.

“but it’s not a big deal” WRONG

“but he was only joking” WRONG. RAPE THREATS ARE NEVER JOKES

WE WILL NOT LET THAT SHIT SLIDE. EVER.

and if you don’t think the cops will help and you’re safe to deal with it on your own?

do it yourself. cuss him out. hurt him. do NOT let it slide.

FASCISTS AND RAPISTS DO NOT GET TO FEEL SAFE.

[humorandwhatnot]

I will not pardon my son.

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I will not pardon my son.

[lefthookofficial]

Rounding out a trilogy of sorts, there’s a reason for me to relate this to my last two posts on the subject: it is also related to politics, and the events discussed within were a direct consequence of the 2024 election results.

Oh and it also involves the Party Crashers a bit.

So… here goes.

Last week, I did something I never thought I’d do- actually, something I never thought I would have to do. I ended a friendship over- among other things- differences in political views. For several months I had been aware of some of their… not-so-leftist positions, but since they were generally a good friend and I had assumed we agreed on the most important things, we stayed together.

The 2024 election results were most certainly the beginning of the end for our friendship, and their ties with the rest of our friend group. I’m sure you remember this from the second post in my “trilogy”:

While most of our group agreed with my response here, the now ex-friend in question… didn’t, to say the least.

Now, I’m all for citing your sources when making claims, but at this point if you need someone to hand-deliver you evidence of Trump’s hatred for people of color, LGBT+ people, and disabled people… like, he might as well have asked me to prove the sky is blue.

By the way, this ex-friend was 27, the oldest person in our friend group- so there is even less of an excuse for him to not be aware of this.

To top it all off, another friend actually DID give him the evidence he asked for, and his response was “I asked Lefty, not you.” Not even bothering to address any of their sources.

And that was not only a recurring issue with this ex-friend, it was probably the main issue: whenever he was incorrect or ignorant about something, he never responded positively to being corrected or educated. He didn’t know, and he didn’t want to know.

And this combination of incidental and willful ignorance , more often than not, meant that when he did give his political opinions, they tended to skew right-wing or otherwise give the right a free pass while claiming to be a “centrist” who “isn’t into politics”.

The more time passed, the more pronounced our ideological differences became, on issues both small and large-scale. I’m not going into every detail here, but he admitted to being pro-Israel and somehow I didn’t want to break off the friendship over politics.

But as it became clear that he didn’t care about issues that affected the very people he claimed were his friends, and didn’t want us to be vocal about how much we cared… the rest of us basically decided that I had to cut him loose.

So I did. And while part of me feels regretful, I am for the most part… relieved.

Remember: it’s okay to cut someone off if their beliefs are a direct threat to your existence, and if they refuse to engage with anyone who calls them out. You’re not a bad person or friend, and you’re doing the right thing.

Thanks for reading. I know that was a lot, but I just wanted to get it off my chest.

[thashining]

North Carolina

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[baronfulmen]

I find all of the discussion of Biden pardoning his son baffling. Totally willing to believe I'm the idiot here, but it all seems ridiculous.

Nobody is talking about the actual reason for this, that being that the incoming fascist government long ago decided they were going to make up something to throw Hunter in jail for and have openly stated that they are out to punish people and don't care about the truth. What do you mean you don't know why the pardon was so broad? It was because Biden is trying to protect Hunter from made up crimes that could be conceivably anything.

Lots of people are acting like this is some big subversion of justice and... maybe I missed something? Hunter already paid the taxes he ducked out on and everything. Yes, sure, it's possible that this is covering for an ACTUAL crime we didn't know about but I haven't seen evidence for that. Hunter is a piece of shit but his actual crimes were lying about using drugs on a government form (which people do all the time and are never prosecuted for) and not paying taxes, which like I said he has now paid.

Lots of people are acting SHOCKED that Biden would go back on his word of be a hypocrite, and like this is the worst thing Biden has ever done which... what? Have you not paid any attention to politics ever?

I'm seeing so much talk about how OH NO THIS WILL GIVE TRUMP AN EXCUSE TO _________ which is just absurd. He's going to do whatever he wants regardless. They do not need excuses. They have literally already made up things Dems didn't do just so they could justify doing worse themselves.

Angry people on the news are acting like this is the first questionable thing pardons have ever been used for, as if pardoning friends and family members has never happened before this. That's VERY much not the case.

Finally, I'm seeing SO MUCH OUTRAGE over this in a way I haven't at all seen outrage over anything else. All of Trump's crimes, our whole government supporting genocide, etc. and while I don't want to sound like I'm saying we're not allowed to talk about something just because we didn't talk about something else it really feels silly that THIS is where we draw the line.

I'm not saying I like that Biden pardoned Hunter. I just... don't get these takes all over about how it's the worst thing anyone has ever done and now everything Trump does is Biden's fault or whatever.

[eugenedebs1920]

But what about the Biden crime family!? 🙄 The projection from the right is nuts!!!