#keep republicans out

[solarpunkani]

Do I have the balls to go to a DSA general meeting vote now on your phones

[relaxxattack]

im getting really tired of all the most random bullshit bills being brought to the forefront of american politics… book bans, drag bans, and now tiktok bans? why are we letting people debate this shit when children are actively being shot up in schools? when the housing-cost-to-minimum-wage ratio is completely unlivable? what the fuck? why does this feel like we’re being toyed with and distracted? why is this suddenly happening now more than ever? i’m tired of it. i’m tired of the circus show that is american politics and i’m tired of living through historical events.

[vintageseawitch]

some leftists, even those who will vote for Kamala Harris while holding their nose, make claims like, "fascism doesn't just go away if you vote against it" & while there are those out there who do feel this way (or at least want to) there are MANY who know that something like Project 2025 doesn't just go away if they lose their chance to implement it nationwide.

a leftist responded to one of my comments on facebook when i mentioned something about "accelerationists." it was only part of my comment & not even my point. they were SO offended by me calling "all of them that" when i did no such thing. what i see is that leftists who claim they're above everyone because they don't fall for propaganda that easily are proving they are just as human as the rest of us & only read what they want to read.

i get it: the US has A LOT of issues. this is not a great country. there are so many things i want to see get changed for the better. there are plenty of folks who feel the same while not identifying themselves as far left.

one other issue i have: i mention Ernst Thälmann quite a bit in my political posts. he was a German politician & leader of the Communist Party of Germany. he regarded the Social Democratic Party as "social fascists" which made it harder for the two leftist parties to work together. when he ran for office again in 1933 he lost by a landslide & Hitler took office. Thälmann was arrested by the Gestapo & sent to Buchenwald. his party rival, Walter Ulbricht, ignored requests to plead for his release & Thälmann was eventually shot & killed on Hitler's personal command.

when i brought up Thälmann recently, someone commented, "yeah, don't be like the guy who wanted to beat fascism but vote them in instead." that is NOT what i meant & these folks who claim they're the smartest ever because they don't like the US (that's actually a low bar; plenty if people dislike it) like to pretend they don't see my point. my only point is this: we are stronger together regardless of your normal party affiliation. working apart? making purity politics your hill to die on? it won't help us & we probably won't like how that'll turn out.

leftists who don't see the forest for the trees: you're right, you can't just "vote fascism away." the issue is your wanting to be superior to the rest of us is you may be part of what helps them get that kind of power. you're not the MAIN problem; our justice system is garbage & there's decades of poor education & people have been falling for propaganda & people are voting for anyone who is as hateful & ignorant as they are. my point in saying to not be an Ernst Thälmann is: don't tear us apart because of even slightly different ideologies. we need to work together. start at the local level. please remember it's not just the president; Congress & the Supreme Court are also filled to the brim with corruption.

[scattered-winter]

almost came out to my sister today except she was on speakerphone with her husband so that did NOT happen lmao

[weedle-testaburger]

the one silver lining there might be to that insane supreme court decision is that maybe people will get it through their skulls why they need to hold their noses and vote blue because of it. your choice in november is either an old idiot or a literal wannabe fascist dictator who is proudly proclaiming he'll issue a totalitarian crackdown on his political opponents if he wins

[lesfruitsdores]

Are we really surprise that people who use Al Jazeera as a source are this fucking gullible

[mugiwara-lucy]

So....now only has Trump and MAGA spent all day today lying about Teamsters endorsing them:

But now they're lying about EXPLOSIVES being at his rallies?

Seems like this is a half-assed and quite frankly PATHETIC way to distract from the lies that Trump spread about Haitians (along with his couch fucking VP and that Laura Loomer bitch).

This isn't even funny anymore. This is legitimately pathetic. Is THIS who we want as a president? A 78 year old convicted felon full of lies and deceits who's a consistent liar??

Voter Deadlines are down below along with links to check when you can do Early Voting and Mail in Ballots since I have NO DOUBT MAGA will try bomb threats to shut down polling booths in every city on voting day so it's better to try to get it started early.

[juniestar]

How on earth is harris v trump a tight race??? How do ppl look at donald trump having SEEN the way he acted in his presidential term, seen his LENGTHY criminal record, seen the fact that NOBODY else in his party aside from some loose hanging cultists wants to associate with him, seen the way he literally incited riots after losing an election which resulted in at least seven deaths, seen his total lack of coherent policy plan, and think yeah well but Kamala is a cop. Which isn’t even fucking true

[tomorrowusa]

Don't let word salads by J.D. Vance or flip flops by Trump muddy the waters about reproductive freedom.

Donald Trump appointed, and the then GOP Senate confirmed, the three US Supreme Court justices who made the overturning of Roe v. Wade possible.

Donald promised the fundamentalists that he would kill abortion in the US and he actually kept his word on that.

Voting in a voter initiative to protect abortion in your state but then also voting for Republican candidates is truly incomprehensible. Do you really expect Donald Trump or the GOP Florida legislature to enforce laws which protect reproductive freedom?

Trump has bragged about killing Roe v. Wade.

If you really want government out of your bedroom and out of your doctor's office, vote Democratic and urge friends to vote Democratic as well.

BTW, it doesn't matter what Melania has to say about this. She never appointed a SCOTUS justice and she has little to no influence on Donald's politics. They probably haven't even slept together in years.

[ratnurse]

My absentee ballot application has been processed and I'm going to vote! And now I'm making sure my mum and maybe my sister (tbh she didnt even enrol for the Australian elections which are compulsory so I dont think she will care) enrol too. We will make sure Ohio turns BLUE

[dreamteamemojis]

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[nyano64]

Just a reminder that a vote for no one is a vote for the opposition

[vintageseawitch]

to those who are either protest voting (as in, not voting at all) or voting third party: i understand protesting & speaking out against the president. yes, absolutely they need to held accountable. that said... are you also protesting members of the Senate & the House? for being as knowledgeable as you claim you seem to think the president & the vp are monarchs & make all decisions themselves. please know that it is Congress who decides to go to war or not, etc.

are you voting locally? are you making sure these same ghouls who don't give a shit about what's happening to Palestinians & wants Israel to succeed don't get into office? or are you saying that your vote doesn't matter & you just choose not to? why are you surprised then that these pieces of shit are voted in if you continue to allow older generations to choose your representation for you?

genocide is evil. it's something everyone should be against, absolutely. but if your only solution is to vote only during federal elections (jill stein is a putin puppet & tbh it's weird that the problem that is Russia isn't more of an issue still. she doesn't get involved except during presidential elections & idk why that isn't sus to you) & to cause discord & division during an election that really isn't normal, it doesn't really feel like it's for change. it feels like the kind of change that you want needs to happen yesterday & fuck everyone else in this country.

you want things to be better? start by caring about what happens locally. younger voters are notorious about not voting in local elections. i don't want to victim blame but voting actually works & if you decide to not let your voice be heard then that's your choice but don't be surprised when people become pissed at your whining when you didn't show.

is there any outrage aimed at Congressmen? it's hard to tell since Palestine & protestor's anti-biden stance are the loudest about it but it just tells me you don't actually know how this government works & you need to make your local politicians held responsible, too. change starts at the local level. if you're not there then your voice just won't be heard.

Project 2025 is real, too. if you claim people voting for Harris in order to protect themselves & their loved ones are "pro-genocide" for it then don't be surprised they don't take you seriously. frankly it's vile to claim that stance. there's so much nuance here. it's complicated. i understand your anger but in the end stein has no real chance to get into office & it will be between Harris & trump. you will be governed by one of them whether you like it or not. trump promised Netanyahu anything & Harris has shown she is willing to listen. what will you choose? ignoring it won't make it better for you or anyone who isn't white, xtian, straight, cis men. just think about it for a bit.

anyways NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT PROJECT 2025/AGENDA 47. please check your voter registration status often. talk to any friends, family, acquaintances, etc who are even THINKING about voting for Harris/Walz. it doesn't matter what party you're normally affiliated with; every voice matters in this fight for our democracy. vote early of you can or take PTO/call out sick if you can, just MAKE SURE YOU VOTE. good luck & stay safe, esp everyone in red & red/swing states 💙

[shanedoesdoodles]

Trying very very very very hard not to go all doomer over the election results

[airlock]

so there's an image making rounds on my dash, sometimes presented sincerely and sometimes being criticized. it's pissing me off, and I'm here to add to the criticism in my own words

sigh.

you know what? let's talk about the trolley problem.

there's a thing about it that's made as endlessly memeable as it's become lately, and it's that on the surface it's very intuitive. one person dying isn't as bad as five people dying, right. why're we calling this a "dillema", again?

the thing is, pulling the lever makes you directly responsible for the one death, and letting the trolley roll on along doesn't. or, well -- does it? that is the question. if you do nothing when you could, because you value your personal honor more -- then are you still, in some sense, responsible for not lowering the death toll? it only seems simple because it's a theorical exercise precisely intended to raise these kinds of questions before someone's staring down an emergency that genuinely requires them to make difficult decisions.

this here, though? it's pretty much the opposite of thinking about one's personal responsibility -- it's wishing it away. this is a gaggle of USamericans saying to Palestine, "your deaths will be tragic, but they're a price I'm willing to pay".

something tells me that the side that says, don't be doing anything reckless, keep your head down and accept the status quo -- is not the side that's advocating for pulling the lever. it's the side that's preparing itself to argue for why it's not really their fault that the trolley killed five people. after all, the glorious lever-pulling revolution hasn't manifested itself out of nowhere just yet, so how would the lever be pulled? I bet you wouldn't really pull a lever at the Walmart if the chips were down, tough-talker.

look -- you have months and months until the election. I'm not asking you to overthrow the US government overnight (but hey, shoot for the moon). all I'm saying is, you're the ones closest to the core. you can throw your lot in. you can do something, anything, no matter how small, no matter how token. there's an infinite amount of ways to be politically active between "firebomb a Walmart" and "just shut up and vote". you can either start asking yourself what you could do -- or you could at least stop pretending like your political apathy is a principled stance.

[vonkarma2]

spent 5min on twitter and immediately saw some stupid 0 consequences rage bait it made me so mad. it made me so upset. there are annoying ass pseudointellectual people out there who exist without consequences. and they have letterboxd accounts