#politics in general

[nando161mando]

A perfect snapshot of America in the trending articles from 12/6/24

[ribombeee]

[thoughtportal]

[cynicalclassicist]

Welcome to Tumblr!

[fairyfleshprison]

You know what confuses the hell outta me as a Canadian being force fed American politics by proxy of having the internet ?

Is there only ever two candidates?

I could've sworn there was like 4 parties that you could vote for but like for the last eight or something years it's been like Trump or Biden then kamala or Trump or Trump and Obama. Like are there no other people running for office over there? I feel like I'm in the twilight zone, and it's just the same three people on a loop. But you guys do reelection every four years so like...what's even going on over there ????

[gothic-cepho]

this is officially my favourite election picture ever taken

[cynicalclassicist]

Poor people are allowed to buy nice things as well! Yelling at someone for not only spending money on food, clothes, and rent and actually wanting to enjoy life is just nasty. Why should billionaires have more yachts when some people can only afford the cinema once a month?

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[kensatou]

if nothing else can save america this zero-year-old fairy baby otter with no gender can. chiitan's platform is love. and chaos.

[generalelectionmusings]

[hugintheraven]

This is a bad idea but:

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

So there's going to be a general election

There is going to be a general election in the UK on the 4th July.

You can register to vote here. It should take five minutes. ⬇⬇⬇

You will be asked for your national insurance number, but you can still register if you don't have one. Your national insurance number will be on any payslips or tax forms if you're not sure what it is.

If you are voting in person, you will need photo ID. If you do not have photo ID, you can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate FOR FREE. To apply, you'll need a recent digital photo of yourself and proof of your identity.

Apply for a Voter Authority Certificate here ⬇⬇⬇

If you are unable to vote in person, you can apply for a postal vote HERE or apply for a proxy vote (where someone else votes on your behalf) HERE.

[netscapenavigator-official]

Listen. I hope I’m wrong. I hope in 1-3 days you all can point at this post and be like “look at this idiot for being paranoid.” I do. But I feel like the writing’s on the wall. There are no paths forward without Pennsylvania, and that gap is too large.

I hope the non-voters are happy. Legitimately. I hope the Green Party is happy. For real. I hope this outcome brings them the joy they hoped it would. I hope they don’t come to regret the next 2-4 years. I hope they’re at peace.

I hope Europe isn’t forced to change their stance on Ukraine like many Prime Ministers have warned they would. I hope there are Palestinians left in Gaza to liberate after Trump “finishes the job” and gets his real estate property. I hope the number of queer folk killed, whether individually or systematically, in the coming years is minimal. I hope the number of women killed by inaccessibility to medical care is minimal. I hope the number of disabled people who face financial hard times is minimal. I hope we genuinely can cruise through these next 4 years. I hope I’m still around to try and fix this in 2-4 years.

I hope the message the non-voters and Green Party sent is actually received. I hope they didn’t send the message to Democrats that conservatism is the way to win and what we should be embracing.

I hope that nothing in Project 2025 is completed. I hope we win at least one branch to throw a stick in the gears of fascism. I hope Trump bombs his second term so poorly that 2026 wipes the GOP out of the House and Senate.

I hope there’s still a global superpower to fix in 4 years. I hope that the corruption we’ve allowed to thrive tonight doesn’t infect our neighbors across the Atlantic like they fear it will.

I still hope for a better future. But I don’t believe that future is going to happen this time. I’m going to try to go to bed.

[captain-grammar]

In the wise and immortal words of Con O'Neill:

(gif by @zara2148)

[disast3rtransp0rt]

Here's the thing, though. He wants respect to be treated like a two-way street by the "tolerant left" while he and the other fascists get to use it like a one lane highway, never admitting their long list of wrongdoings. Respect is only for them and everyone else must *earn* it by meeting impossible moving-goalpost standards. And he's well aware of how the class game has been rigged.

Now that we aren't playing our "turn the other cheek" card anymore, now that we're loud and unifying and making them feel powerless with jokes, those who thrive on fear are losing their grips. Just like this.

Keep throwing tomatoes. It's working to keep the neo-Nazis in check since we haven't punched one in a minute.

[kirby-the-gorb]

[cipheramnesia]

Tumblr stop recommending me horny sapphic blogs that all say men dni in the pinned post, go back to sending me posts from the one that's just horny all the time please, I want the fat furries and the queer freaks that are way less respectably normal about me and my body.