#protect us from Trump
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
The October surprises are coming from the Orange monster.
#politics#government#us politics#America#Liz Cheney#protect us from Trump#lock him up!#latino voters
340 notes
·
View notes
Text
Biden’s name isn’t on the ballot, but all his friends and appointees are still there. If you want to protect children, you’d best be voting for Trump.
#truth#common sense#donald trump#the great awakening#use your brain#think for yourself#protect the children#hunter biden#joe biden#laptop from hell#msm is the enemy#election 2024
45 notes
·
View notes
Text
Straight white women that swear that benefitted from voting Trump, please get your dick breath out of our faces when getting preachy about how good he is for the economy, thanks.
#us politics#american politics#MAGA women please shut the fuck up trying to talk to us#I don't support you so don't expect me to be a kiss ass because you're another woman#I don't see you as one of ours so you're not protected from my meanness and joyous hatred#donald trump
13 notes
·
View notes
Text
post-election moodboard
#been working on this for a hot while#i am still very fucking angry and recently no ones been there for me like riot grrrl#i just love living in the land of the free so much.#i love that everyone here is ready and willing to not only openly support a violently racist convicted felon and rapist#but also to put him in office as the president of my country#i love that people around who love me actively voted for my rights freedom and safety to be stripped away from me#i love that i have to fear for my friends and familys safety#we shouldve gotten to see the first female us president.#instead a lot of people are going to die at the hands of people who swore to protect them#election 2024#election.#fuck donald trump#women#female rage#girlhood#riot grrrl#edit#vent edit#political vent#feminist#chasing amy#pearl movie#anora#jennifers body#the menu#juno#everything everywhere all at once#black phone#tlou#the girl with the dragon tattoo
9 notes
·
View notes
Text
I can't help but worry about the future now. This event will do two things for the election. One, it will galvanize Trump supporters and make him more sympathetic to moderates. Two, it will make liberals less likely to vote and moderates harder on liberal candidates.
I hope that we don't see Trump in office again, but I am now afraid in a way I wasn't several hours ago. If Trump gets re-elected the people who will be most hurt are going to be BIPOC, Queer, Immigrant, Religious Minorities, Disabled, and importantly both Ukranians and Palestinians.
If you are part of any of these groups I urge you to find support networks to help you survive, however that might look. If you aren't a US American, please encourage your political bodies to pressure the US government to maintain and improve on human rights and environmental protections, as well as being willing to get targeted groups and people ojt of the US if it becomes necessary.
If you are a US American please vote, and encourage everyone else to vote as well. Push your representatives to become more active in supporting protections for marginalized groups, the environment, and protection for Palestinians and Ukraine.
Importantly, don't lose hope. It is dark, I will not lie or obfuscate on that, but do not let your fear make you inactive. This will be a fight, it will be a fight for years,but it is one we can win and ot is one we must win.
#US Politics#Donald Trump#Joe Biden#Democracy#LGBTQ+ rights#BIPOC rights#Religious Minority rights#Disabled Rights#Immigrant Rights#End Genocide#From the river to the sea#Putins war of aggression against Ukraine#human rights#environmental protection#democracy is a political philosophy that argues power always ultimately comes from the people#it is not about nation-states or economics#it is the sole political idea worth fighting for at the end of the day#because it centers people and not institutions#but it will always be a fight to protect it#lets not give that fight up now
11 notes
·
View notes
Text
I am so looking forward to next week no more political ads no more stressing about the results just whatevers coming being here and that's that
The bit inbetween is when he says about how chicago has the strictest gun laws and it doesn't work
This is the 20 most dangerous cities as of apr 2024 i looked it up to see where chicago lands it's not on there
Imagine that
You can look up the full clip i found it on someone's yt video showing the full thing and saying how it's being twisted cause they didn't add in that people need guns for protection if you live in the rural areas or dangerous cities etc I've lived in both and i don't own a gun i never felt the need to get one honestly if i did I'd be in more danger with it then without due to 2 reasons 1. I'm extremely suicidal on a good day and 2. Im extremely angry and homicidal on a bad day I'm one of the people that shouldn't have access to guns because im mentally unstable and thats why i don't that doesn't mean i couldn't fake it and get one and i know it would probably be pretty easy they need responsible gun owners and responsible gun laws yes you should have a option to protect yourself and have one if you need it but it doesn't need to be an ak 47 or anything similar I'm not familiar with a lot of guns so input any in which you could take out a crowd of people easily that many bullets does not taste good in deer i know that
Sorry about the rant im stressed and i want this shit to be over
#not gonna enjoy 4 more years of chaos if it comes to that#but I'll be happy about no more ads from this white woman saying how much better life was with trump#i was there#it wasn't it was stressful depressing i couldn't watch the news#my sister was hoarding her bc pills in fear#there were tariffs#there were children being separated from familes and their familes being deported without them#there were riots#there was George floyd and everything that came after that#it's like the purge but it doesn't stop#they have year recaps go back and watch how good it was#i was looking for his responses for school shootings during his presidency cause some of those were heinous and i found this#link above and that's just ugh#one of his responses include we need guns for entertainment and security#and protection#that is security genius#while nothing to actually prevent the crime or shooting themselves#merely gun control doesn't work while referencing a city that isn't even the top 20 most dangerous city in the us#but he thinks it is#go vote#fuck trump#gun violence#cw: violence#tw: violence#i hope those work for the people that need them but honestly#it concerns me that the people that are bother by those things aren't getting news like this#that could be important because of those blocks#but this is tumblr and it should be more fun and less serious#if i want to be serious i need to go somewhere else
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
a solid like 50-60% of owain's refusal to get married and have kids is that his worst nightmare is Becoming His Dad so finding out he fathered a bastard child at 18 that he never knew about and that kid hates his guts would uniquely fuck him up. he doesn't have enough suffering in his life i need to give him burdens
#owain trevelyan#entirely possible he only finds out because rowena uses it as her trump card to win an argument#i've been cleaning up after your messes since you were a boy!!! protecting you from even having to look at them.#that antivan serving girl and her child - i know you never spared a thought for them. it was ME that took care of it for you#and he's like HUH. WHUH.
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
this post i made on aethy continues to be true, but here's an amendment, given current circumstances:
some people who claim to be pro fiction/pro kink are perpetually one instance of getting in trouble for breaking rules that have always been there from turning into antis instead
#tox.txt#of all the dramas i've been in i think i find this one the most baffling#this isn't the first time i've been targeted by supposed profic people who were acting like antis about it#but THOSE ones had at least gotten in it their heads that i was dangerous#THESE ones think us adhering to our own rules + believing callout culture to be pointless and useless#means that we are secretly protecting dangerous people (who have been banned from our site already mind)#imagine unironically being such a conspiracy theorist to try and paint yourself as a hero#what are you a fuckin trump supporter??? jfc
7 notes
·
View notes
Text
my best friend of five years just said she’d choose trump over kamala because our economy was better under Trump’s presidency
#someone wake me up from this fucking nightmare#GIRL HE HATES US#LJKE FUNDAMENTALLY HE WANTS TK CONTROL US#ID RATHER PAY MY ENTIRE PAYCHECK TO KAMALA AND BE ABLE TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE THAN BE CONTROLED FOR AN EXTRA FEW BANDS WHAT THE FUCM#like yes inflation is awful SO HOW ABOUT WE TAX THE RICH???#THE SAME RICH#THAT TRUMP#FUCKING#PROTECTS.#anyone in our current cycle is better that a chomo#.v speaks#FUCK#i’m legitimately considering leaving to another country oh my god
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
everyone jumping to team kamala we will never experience true freedom in this country
#the democrats would vote for fucking hitler if he was a nice guy im convinced#allow me to break down this silly little “you can't focus on morals people's lives are at risk we have to vote blue to stop trump!!!” thing#first of all people's livelihoods are still at risk even when there is a democrat as president#did you forget about the immigration bill biden and harris signed? or you know a fucking genocide#and if people's livelihoods are at risk then shouldnt we vote with out morals? and you know not for the dems who are famously pro genocide#what is the point of voting if you can't vote for who you actually believe in?#and besides this what in this country was actually accomplished through voting? 99% of the progress made was done through violent resistanc#the only reason shit even made the ballot was because people showed they wouldn't accept things the way they are#which is exactly what you are doing if you vote for kamala harris AKA BIDEN'S FUCKING RIGHT HAND MAN#and you just sound like an extremely selfish person if genocide is not your red line#it just sounds like youre saying “yes they murdered palestinians in gaza :( BUT WHAT ABOUT US AMERICANS!!!!”#as if the democratic party has done anything to protect americans anyways. like my job as a voter is not to get the democrats elected#to mitigate damage caused by republicans. that is the fucking democrats job. it is their job to make me want to vote for them#and until they stop massacring men women and children in gaza they will never get my vote#the democrats could openly announce themselves as extreme bigots towards anyone that isn't a cishet rich white man (which they have before)#and you stupid asses will still tell us to vote for them. how evil do they have to be for you to finally consider another option?#and everyone else in the world gets to have other options but america noooo in america we can only have two parties or else you die#and when a democrat is elected and they send another 1 billion to israel i hope youre prepared to live with the blood on your hands#YOU WANTED THIS YOU ENABLED THIS YOU VOTED FOR THIS#the reality you won't face is that there are more options and you could vote for them but none of you are willing to take that risk#yet youre willing to risk the lives of palestinians the lives of transwoman the lives of every person that bitch threw into prison#you people are so hooked on stopping trump (the democrats meaner twin) youre willing to sacrifice everything you stand for#to elect someone who is just as bad as him but is “polite” while they do it. the democrats will never feel pressure to shift to the left#as long as you idiots continue to accept their move to the right. why should they stop the genocide in palestine when youve proven#you'd vote for them no matter what?#no one’s life improved from trump to biden and the same will be true for kamala but you can keep telling yourself they aren’t the same#i’ll be voting green bc that is what i believe in inshallah you grow a spine and do the same until we’re free from these two satanic partie#and dont tell us youll protest after she's elected what would the point be???#youve shown you'd put her in power no matter why should she respond to the pressure?
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
Motherfuckers really got their parting shot on the last day of Pride.
#Anyway#Fuck SCOTUS#303 Creative v. Elenis#Supreme Court#Lorie Smith#Discrimination#Homophobia#a reminder too that this homophobic website designer#using her faith to cloak her bigotry#never actually received a request from a same-sex couple to make a wedding website for them#the entire crux of the case#To Reiterate:#this woman went through a 7 year long legal battle over a HYPOTHETICAL situation that hadn't yet occurred#because she lived in a state (Colorado) with robust civil rights protections#her ''rights'' were never violated - it was purely preemptive#she was just a pet case funded by far-right religious-based homophobic organizations#in order to get Something to the currently loaded supreme court#so they could bulldoze Civil Rights for queer people#and predictably the Trump Supreme Court happily obliged
7 notes
·
View notes
Text
Morality Challenge - Mathye Bishop
Bold all the things your muse has done (will / would do is in italics, bolded italics means they’ve done it before and will probably do it again)
-------------
murder / manslaughter / assault / robbery / breaking & entering / theft / embezzlement / kidnapping / torture / blackmail / arson / trespassing / treason / libel or slander / obstruction of justice / lying to law enforcement / creation of a weapon / espionage / riot / escape from lawful custody / contempt of court / public intoxication / conspiracy / accessory to a crime / harboring a fugitive / bribery / perjury under oath / resisting arrest / identity theft / corporate fraud / tax fraud / document forgery / destruction of evidence / assassination / counterfeiting / sale of a controlled substance / purchase of a controlled substance / failure to pay child support / hacking crimes / threat / pick-pocketing / shoplifting
Tagging: @driftward and @erickgage
#ffxiv#mathye bishop#yep all normal for him here carry on#fun fact: a lot of this was when he was in the priesthood#he used his position to protect fellow dragoons and the poorer members of the church from trumped up charges and the like#also some of this was when he was a dragoon too
7 notes
·
View notes
Text
You’ve said it.
We are a very very dumb, stupid people
#reblog#politics#i’m so sorry for those who follow me but#tw real life#tw politics#tw donald trump#trump is a disgusting pig of man#and now- unless there’s a miracle-#he’ll have the chance to fuck us all over#and the media won’t shut the fuck up about the man#for another four years#and russia will have its puppet back in place#thanks for getting us back in an abusive relationship with him you ignorant fucks#fuck trump#fuck putin#fuck the stupid#fuck any of yous who are single fucking issue#fuck project 2025#fuck democrats for being ineffectual#fuck the media for never shutting up about the man#fuck them again since they’ll do it again#you all suck#and i hope me being in a blue state#will protect me from most of the bullshit that’s yet to come#add-on:#gods i hope i’m just making an early call here#because anxiety is a bitch#but it’s hard to feel optimistic#when you’ve had mental health issues with numbers before#and then this shit happens
61K notes
·
View notes
Text
Look.
I have made you a chart. A very simple chart.
People say "You have to draw the line somewhere, and Biden has crossed it-" and my response is "Trump has crossed way more lines than Biden".
These categories are based off of actual policy enacted by both of these men while they were in office.
If the ONLY LINE YOU CARE ABOUT is line 12, you have an incredible amount of privilege, AND YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT PALESTINIANS. You obviously have nothing to fear from a Trump presidency, and you do not give a fuck if a ceasefire actually occurs. You are obviously fine if your queer, disabled, and marginalized loved ones are hurt. You clearly don't care about the status of American democracy, which Trump has openly stated he plans to destroy on day 1 he is in office.
EDIT:
Ok fine, I spent 3 hours compiling sources for all of these, you can find that below the cut.
I'll give at least one link per subject area. There are of course many more sources to be read on these subject areas and no post could possibly give someone a full education on these subjects.
Biden and trans rights: https://www.hrc.org/resources/president-bidens-pro-lgbtq-timeline
Trump and trans rights: https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/trump-on-lgbtq-rights-rolling-back-protections-and-criminalizing-gender-nonconformity
The two sources above show how Biden has done a lot of work to promote trans rights, and how Trump did a lot of work to hurt trans rights.
Biden on abortion access: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/what-is-in-biden-abortion-executive-order/index.html
Trump on abortion access: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-trump-republican-presidential-election-2024-585faf025a1416d13d2fbc23da8d8637
Biden openly supports access to abortion and has taken steps to protect those rights at a federal level even after Roe v Wade was overturned. Trump, on the other hand, was the man who appointed the judges who helped overturn Roe v Wade and he openly brags about how proud he is of that decision. He also states that he believes individual states should have the final say in whether or not abortion is legal, and that he trusts them to "do the right thing", meaning he supports stronger abortion bans.
Biden on environmental reform: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-restores-protections-for-three-national-monuments-and-renews-american-leadership-to-steward-lands-waters-and-cultural-resources/
Trump on environmental reform: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html
Biden has made major steps forward for environmental reform. He has restored protections that Trump rolled back. He has enacted many executive orders and more to promote environmental protections, including rejoining the Paris Accords, which Trump withdrew the USA from. Trump is also well known for spreading conspiracy theories and lies about global climate change, calling it a "Chinese hoax".
Biden on healthcare and prescription reform: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/06/09/biden-administration-announces-savings-43-prescription-drugs-part-cost-saving-measures-president-bidens-inflation-reduction-act.html
Trump on healthcare reform: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/07/politics/obamacare-health-insurance-ending-trump/index.html
I'm rolling healthcare and prescriptions and vaccines and public health all into one category here since they are related. Biden has lowered drug costs, expanded access to medicaid, and ACA enrollment has risen during his presidency. He has also made it so medical debt no longer applies to a person's credit score. He signed many executive orders during his first few weeks in office in order to get a handle on Trump's grievous mishandling of the COVID pandemic. Trump also wants to end the ACA. Trump is well known for refusing to wear a mask during the pandemic, encouraging the use of hydroxylchloroquine to "treat" COVID, and being openly anti-vaxx.
Biden on student loan forgiveness: https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-announces-additional-77-billion-approved-student-debt-relief-160000-borrowers
Trump on student loan forgiveness: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2024/06/20/trump-knocks-bidens-vile-student-loan-forgiveness-plans-suggests-reversal/
Trump wants to reverse the student loan forgiveness plans Biden has enacted. Biden has already forgiven billions of dollars in loans and continues to work towards forgiving more.
Infrastructure funding:
I'm putting these links next together because they are all about infrastructure.
In general, Trump's "achievements" for infrastructure were to destroy environmental protections to speed up projects. Many of his plans were ineffective due to the fact that he did not clearly outline where the money was going to come from, and he was unwilling to raise taxes to pay for the projects. He was unable (and unwilling) to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill during his 4 years in office. He did sign a few disaster relief bills. He did not enthusiastically promote renewable energy infrastructure. He created "Infrastructure Weeks" that the federal government then failed to fund. Trump did not do nothing for infrastructure, but his no-tax stance and his dislike for renewable energy means the contributions he made to American infrastructure were not as much as he claimed they were, nor as much as they could have been. Basically, he made a lot of promises, and delivered on very few of them. He is not "against" infrastructure, but he's certainly against funding it.
Biden was able to pass that bipartisan bill after taking office. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan that Trump tried to prevent from passing during Biden's term contains concrete funding sources and step by step plans to rebuild America's infrastructure. If you want to read the plan, you can find it here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/build/guidebook/. Biden has done far more for American infrastructure than Trump did, most notably by actually getting the bipartisan bill through congress.
Biden on Racial Equity: https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/26/960725707/biden-aims-to-advance-racial-equity-with-executive-actions
Trump on Racial Equity: https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-reverse-racism-civil-rights https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916
Trump's racist policies are loud and clear for everyone to hear. We all heard him call Mexicans "Drug dealers, criminals, rapists". We all watched as he enacted travel bans on people from majority-Muslim nations. Biden, on the other hand, has done quite a lot during his term to attempt to reconcile racism in this country, including reversing Trump's "Muslim ban" the first day he was in office.
Biden on DEI: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce/
Trump on DEI: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-tried-to-crush-the-dei-revolution-heres-how-he-might-finish-the-job/ar-BB1jg3gz
Biden supports DEI and has signed executive orders and passed laws that support DEI on the federal level. Trump absolutely hates DEI and wants to eradicate it.
Biden on criminal justice reform: https://time.com/6155084/biden-criminal-justice-reform/
Trump on criminal justice reform: https://www.vox.com/2020-presidential-election/21418911/donald-trump-crime-criminal-justice-policy-record https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/05/trumps-extreme-plans-crime/678502/
From pardons for non-violent marijuana convictions to reducing the federal government's reliance on private prisons, Biden has done a lot in four years to reform our criminal justice system on the federal level. Meanwhile, Trump has described himself as "tough on crime". He advocates for more policing, including "stop and frisk" activities. Ironically it's actually quite difficult to find sources about what Trump thinks about crime, because almost all of the search results are about his own crimes.
Biden on military support for Israel: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-obama-divide-closely-support-israel-rcna127107
Trump on military support for Israel: https://www.vox.com/politics/353037/trump-gaza-israel-protests-biden-election-2024
Biden supports Israel financially and militarily and promotes holding Israel close. So did Trump. Trump was also very pro-Israel during his time in office and even moved the embassy to Jerusalem and declared Jerusalem the capitol of Israel, a move that inflamed attitudes in the region.
Biden on a ceasefire: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/06/05/gaza-israel-hamas-cease-fire-plan-biden/73967659007/
Trump on a ceasefire: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905
Trump has tried to be quiet on the issue but recently said he wants Israel to "finish the problem". He of course claims he could have prevented the whole problem. Trump also openly stated after Oct 7th that he would bar immigrants who support Hamas from the country and send in officers to American protests to arrest anyone supporting Hamas.
Biden meanwhile has been quietly urging Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire deal for months, including the most recent announcement earlier in June, though it seems as though that deal has finally fallen through as well.
103K notes
·
View notes
Text
Planet's Fucked: What Can You Do To Help? (Long Post)
Since nobody is talking about the existential threat to the climate and the environment a second Trump term/Republican government control will cause, which to me supersedes literally every other issue, I wanted to just say my two cents, and some things you can do to help. I am a conservation biologist, whose field was hit substantially by the first Trump presidency. I study wild bees, birds, and plants.
In case anyone forgot what he did last time, he gagged scientists' ability to talk about climate change, he tried zeroing budgets for agencies like the NOAA, he attempted to gut protections in the Endangered Species Act (mainly by redefining 'take' in a way that would allow corporations to destroy habitat of imperiled species with no ramifications), he tried to do the same for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (the law that offers official protection for native non-game birds), he sought to expand oil and coal extraction from federal protected lands, he shrunk the size of multiple national preserves, HE PULLED US OUT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, and more.
We are at a crucial tipping point in being able to slow the pace of climate change, where we decide what emissions scenario we will operate at, with existential consequences for both the environment and people. We are also in the middle of the Sixth Mass Extinction, with the rate of species extinctions far surpassing background rates due completely to human actions. What we do now will determine the fate of the environment for hundreds or thousands of years - from our ability to grow key food crops (goodbye corn belt! I hated you anyway but), to the pressure on coastal communities that will face the brunt of sea level rise and intensifying extreme weather events, to desertification, ocean acidification, wildfires, melting permafrost (yay, outbreaks of deadly frozen viruses!), and a breaking down of ecosystems and ecosystem services due to continued habitat loss and species declines, especially insect declines. The fact that the environment is clearly a low priority issue despite the very real existential threat to so many people, is beyond my ability to understand. I do partly blame the public education system for offering no mandatory environmental science curriculum or any at all in most places. What it means is that it will take the support of everyone who does care to make any amount of difference in this steeply uphill battle.
There are not enough environmental scientists to solve these issues, not if public support is not on our side and the majority of the general public is either uninformed or actively hostile towards climate science (or any conservation science).
So what can you, my fellow Americans, do to help mitigate and minimize the inevitable damage that lay ahead?
I'm not going to tell you to recycle more or take shorter showers. I'll be honest, that stuff is a drop in the bucket. What does matter on the individual level is restoring and protecting habitat, reducing threats to at-risk species, reducing pesticide use, improving agricultural practices, and pushing for policy changes. Restoring CONNECTIVITY to our landscape - corridors of contiguous habitat - will make all the difference for wildlife to be able to survive a changing climate and continued human population expansion.
**Caveat that I work in the northeast with pollinators and birds so I cannot provide specific organizations for some topics, including climate change focused NGOs. Scientists on tumblr who specialize in other fields, please add your own recommended resources. **
We need two things: FUNDING and MANPOWER.
You may surprised to find that an insane amount of conservation work is carried out by volunteers. We don't ever have the funds to pay most of the people who want to help. If you really really care, consider going into a conservation-related field as a career. It's rewarding, passionate work.
At the national level, please support:
The Nature Conservancy
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology (including eBird)
National Audubon Society
Federal Duck Stamps (you don't need to be a hunter to buy one!)
These first four work to acquire and restore critical habitat, change environmental policy, and educate the public. There is almost certainly a Nature Conservancy-owned property within driving distance of you. Xerces plays a very large role in pollinator conservation, including sustainable agriculture, native bee monitoring programs, and the Bee City/Bee Campus USA programs. The Lab of O is one of the world's leaders in bird research and conservation. Audubon focuses on bird conservation. You can get annual memberships to these organizations and receive cool swag and/or a subscription to their publications which are well worth it. You can also volunteer your time; we need thousands of volunteers to do everything from conducting wildlife surveys, invasive species removal, providing outreach programming, managing habitat/clearing trails, planting trees, you name it. Federal Duck Stamps are the major revenue for wetland conservation; hunters need to buy them to hunt waterfowl but anyone can get them to collect!
THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE, but these are a start.
Additionally, any federal or local organizations that seek to provide support and relief to those affected by hurricanes, sea level rise, any form of coastal climate change...
At the regional level:
These are a list of topics that affect major regions of the United States. Since I do not work in most of these areas I don't feel confident recommending specific organizations, but please seek resources relating to these as they are likely major conservation issues near you.
PRAIRIE CONSERVATION & PRAIRIE POTHOLE WETLANDS
DRYING OF THE COLORADO RIVER (good overview video linked)
PROTECTION OF ESTUARIES AND SALTMARSH, ESPECIALLY IN THE DELAWARE BAY AND LONG ISLAND (and mangroves further south, everglades etc; this includes restoring LIVING SHORELINES instead of concrete storm walls; also check out the likely-soon extinction of saltmarsh sparrows)
UNDAMMING MAJOR RIVERS (not just the Colorado; restoring salmon runs, restoring historic floodplains)
NATIVE POLLINATOR DECLINES (NOT honeybees. for fuck's sake. honeybees are non-native domesticated animals. don't you DARE get honeybee hives to 'save the bees')
WILDLIFE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER (support the Mission Butterfly Center!)
INVASIVE PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES (this is everywhere but the specifics will differ regionally, dear lord please help Hawaii)
LOSS OF WETLANDS NATIONWIDE (some states have lost over 90% of their wetlands, I'm looking at you California, Ohio, Illinois)
INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE, esp in the CORN BELT and CALIFORNIA - this is an issue much bigger than each of us, but we can work incrementally to promote sustainable practices and create habitat in farmland-dominated areas. Support small, local farms, especially those that use soil regenerative practices, no-till agriculture, no pesticides/Integrated Pest Management/no neonicotinoids/at least non-persistent pesticides. We need more farmers enrolling in NRCS programs to put farmland in temporary or permanent wetland easements, or to rent the land for a 30-year solar farm cycle. We've lost over 99% of our prairies to corn and soybeans. Let's not make it 100%.
INDIGENOUS LAND-BACK EFFORTS/INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT/TEK (adding this because there have been increasing efforts not just for reparations but to also allow indigenous communities to steward and manage lands either fully independently or alongside western science, and it would have great benefits for both people and the land; I know others on here could speak much more on this. Please platform indigenous voices)
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (get your neighbors to stop dumping fertilizers on their lawn next to lakes, reduce agricultural runoff)
OCEAN PLASTIC (it's not straws, it's mostly commercial fishing line/trawling equipment and microplastics)
A lot of these are interconnected. And of course not a complete list.
At the state and local level:
You probably have the most power to make change at the local level!
Support or volunteer at your local nature centers, local/state land conservancy non-profits (find out who owns&manages the preserves you like to hike at!), state fish & game dept/non-game program, local Audubon chapters (they do a LOT). Participate in a Christmas Bird Count!
Join local garden clubs, which install and maintain town plantings - encourage them to use NATIVE plants. Join a community garden!
Get your college campus or city/town certified in the Bee Campus USA/Bee City USA programs from the Xerces Society
Check out your state's official plant nursery, forest society, natural heritage program, anything that you could become a member of, get plants from, or volunteer at.
Volunteer to be part of your town's conservation commission, which makes decisions about land management and funding
Attend classes or volunteer with your land grant university's cooperative extension (including master gardener programs)
Literally any volunteer effort aimed at improving the local environment, whether that's picking up litter, pulling invasive plants, installing a local garden, planting trees in a city park, ANYTHING. make a positive change in your own sphere. learn the local issues affecting your nearby ecosystems. I guarantee some lake or river nearby is polluted
MAKE HABITAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY. Biggest thing you can do. Use plants native to your area in your yard or garden. Ditch your lawn. Don't use pesticides (including mosquito spraying, tick spraying, Roundup, etc). Don't use fertilizers that will run off into drinking water. Leave the leaves in your yard. Get your school/college to plant native gardens. Plant native trees (most trees planted in yards are not native). Remove invasive plants in your yard.
On this last point, HERE ARE EASY ONLINE RESOURCES TO FIND NATIVE PLANTS and LEARN ABOUT NATIVE GARDENING:
Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Resource Center
Pollinator Pathway
Audubon Native Plant Finder
Homegrown National Park (and Doug Tallamy's other books)
National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder (clunky but somewhat helpful)
Heather Holm (for prairie/midwest/northeast)
MonarchGard w/ Benjamin Vogt (for prairie/midwest)
Native Plant Trust (northeast & mid-atlantic)
Grow Native Massachusetts (northeast)
Habitat Gardening in Central New York (northeast)
There are many more - I'm not familiar with resources for western states. Print books are your biggest friend. Happy to provide a list of those.
Lastly, you can help scientists monitor species using citizen science. Contribute to iNaturalist, eBird, Bumblebee Watch, or any number of more geographically or taxonomically targeted programs (for instance, our state has a butterfly census carried out by citizen volunteers).
In short? Get curious, get educated, get involved. Notice your local nature, find out how it's threatened, and find out who's working to protect it that you can help with. The health of the planet, including our resilience to climate change, is determined by small local efforts to maintain and restore habitat. That is how we survive this. When government funding won't come, when we're beat back at every turn trying to get policy changed, it comes down to each individual person creating a safe refuge for nature.
Thanks for reading this far. Please feel free to add your own credible resources and organizations.
#us election#climate change#united states election#resources#native plants#this took 3 hours to write so maybe don't let it flop? i know i write long posts. i know i follow scientists on here#that study birds and corals and other creatures#i realize i did not link sources/resources for everything. i encourage those more qualified to add things on. i need to go to work
16K notes
·
View notes
Text
Trump confirmed in a truth social post that he would declare a national emergency and use the military to deport people. He will be rounding up latinos left and right starting January 21st. You were warned Latinos for Trump, I hate you 🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
You all should have appreciated President Biden when you had the chance. Ya'll are going to miss President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris come January 20th. And you expect him to fix your screw up you caused?
No he’s good.
y’all fix it
Don’t fucking beg him to save you now!
Honestly I’m content with Trump deporting you ingrates
happiest deportations
#It’s going to affect ALL Americans not just Latinos & blacks.#Are you ready for this 💩? Yo#Arab Americans#this is coming at you#too.#WE TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN! I hope your $2 eggs were worth it.#Thoughts and deportations#I see a lot of people saying#“Biden do something to protect us from Trump”#He did!#People voted not to accept her!#You had control over your protection#and you willingly surrendered it!#This is me the next 4 years#. Fuck those backstabbing people#they say that they are with us#and they vote for this 3rd grade educated unpa lumpa.#Fuck you all!#I’ll see you in 2026#I hope you suffer bad#. I’ll side eye you at the midterms#and prepare to be sick of me in 2028#There’s no protest or prayers#It’s thoughts and deportations#thoughts and consecration camps#thoughts and Gaza being the new beachfront resort#thoughts and the Palestine ppl#who’s lives you screwed#because you wanted to revenge vote#against Kamala Harris
0 notes