#usa gov

[fandumb-thoughts]

Remember, the people deporting “criminals” are the people deciding the crimes

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

I love being in my writing research era

[meanjewishdyke]

I know what’s best for you. You handed yourself over the moment you signed that paper, gave your body, your mind, your will to the government. Now, it’s mine to shape. I’ll pump you full of testosterone, push your limits in the gym, train you until the boy you were meant to be is all that’s left. Weakness isn’t an option anymore. You’ll follow orders, you’ll grow stronger, and you’ll learn that no one else has the right to touch you or control you — only me. You made this choice, and now I’ll make you perfect.

[f4ggydog]

If u are gen z and voted trump I see u as part of the Hitler youth

[dailyparanormalphenomena]

Former US Intelligence Agent David Grusch says under oath that the US government is in possession of UFOs and non-human biologics. (Via: PopCrave)

[elizadushkudaily]

"[During an interview for the 15 year anniversary of Wrong Turn] Eliza Dushku revealed how she ensured that her final girl, Jessie Burlingame, would get the final kill shot. “I fought for that moment,” Dushku says. “I remember calling my mom from the set saying, ‘I don’t want to be a diva, but this is really important to me: it feels in my gut like I have to be the one to drill the axe into the dude’s skull at the end of the film!'”

According to Dushku, on the day that she went to shoot the movie’s bloody climax, the producers decided to make Chris the one who swings an axe and saves the day. But Dushku stood up for Jessie, who she lovingly calls a “badass.”

The star quite rightly pointed out to the producers that Chris had no prior connection to the mountain men’s victims, robbing his triumph of any resonance. “I was like, ‘Those weren’t even his friends! I have to have this kill shot.'”

Dushku’s impassioned argument won over the producing team, and Jessie got the moment she deserved. Dushku remembers receiving a congratulatory call from producers after a Wrong Turn test screening. “They said that moment tested the highest with the audience,” she says, pumping her arms in the air in triumph."

(excerpt from video with article: Yahoo Entertainment MVPs of Horror, written by Ethan Alter October 2018)

[yakityyaku]

remember when ww2 ended and Japanese generals were on trial for committing atrocities against Koreans like sewing their limbs onto the opposite sides to "see what would happen" and the US government decided they wouldn't punish them for their crimes if they'd share all data collected from the torture with them?

yeah

[rotzaprachim]

I say this as someone who obviously opposes the Vietnam war, the war in Afghanistan, and the current war in I/p, but I think a lot of Americans including one I was just talking to haven’t got a lot of comprehension that it sure took the uS a lot longer than five months for public opinion to shift strongly away from supporting any of the above, but furthermore - we dont fucking KNOW what the us gov or us public would do or support if they had a hostage crisis with hundreds of us civilians being held by the viet cong or taliban or Sinaloa cartel for months on end, with significant evidence of that group committing sexual assault, within kilometers of where Americans lived. This is not an equivalent thing thing that has ever happened to the us and for the sake of world peace we can be glad it never has, but it’s truly beyond our comprehension what the US (or uk or Canada and such) might do

[brick-van-dyke]

As the US election closes in and the final states take to the polls, I want to remind people to turn out and protest.

Yep, protest. Strike, disrupt, be out there on the street regardless of who you voted for or who wins. I expect to see you all out there demanding; access to abortion nation wide, protections against discrimination, free universal healthcare, a free Palestine, anti war, prison abolition, to increase the minimum wage, and for a US free of the electoral college and that counts votes as votes.

Yes, you can say "you should vote for Harris" and do so as much as you like, but do not forget the power you have through your own everyday actions away from the polls and that of protesting. Do not use the excuse that your right to vote means it's somehow more foundational or important than the right to protest. You have the ability to create direct action and that is so so important, please don't just expect a rich representative to stick to their promises every time you vote; you have power too, never forget that.

This system will not change until we, the people, make it. There is NO representative that can ever change the system that allowed them in, and likewise; this system will never allow a candidate that would stop it from continuing and/or ensuring its designated purpose of oppression and subjugation. Resist, regardless of the results.

Long live the resistance.

[tinyshe]

Oregon [usa] has been shutting down small farms and market gardens in a pretty aggressive manner. They're even resorting to sending out cease and desist letters to these farms, using satellite tech to track them down first. Their justification? Water conservation and protecting groundwater. They're wielding two laws in particular to make this happen.

[birdmenmanga]

new alex dia article dropped and first of all go off miss howard but like. is it just me or is it completely stupid that the US is trying to fund antitranshuman bioweapons at this point in time??? like... what's going on in the heads of the us politicians. if it passes it's going to 100% count as "acts of aggression" by the fucking bird treaty and then what? are they gonna firebomb the ny flocks??? be real. the US military can't win even WITH ath bioweapons it's just a matter of how many transhumans are gonna die at this point

full article under cut since it's paywalled (sorry it's just screenshots I'll add alt text when I get home)

[fandumb-thoughts]

I’m trying to channel my inner 16yo who went up in front of a bunch of other kids and a handful of adults at a Catholic church retreat and argued for like 10min about why abortion should be legal for the next 4 years. And for the rest of my life.

Our confirmations happened at 17, so I was in “Sunday school” from like age 5-17. My mom wanted it for more “moral development” reasons but my dad outright said it was only because he had to do the same thing to get confirmed as a kid. My mom’s mom actually taught at this church’s 2nd grade private school BUT she’s the most liberal of my relatives. Thats to say, I call myself and family culturally Catholic more than properly religious.

All the teenagers were partnered up for a variety of topics to “town hall” debate. When my partner and I were prepping arguments my partner went “should we be doing the Catholic Church’s opinion or our opinion?” The response was waffled around but ultimately ended up being along the lines of “your opinion should probably be the same as the Church’s opinion.” My partner went “oh…” I turned to her and asked “pro choice?” and she said “yeah.”’ I went “no, we’re still doing it. I know a few Bible verses that actually support it let’s Google them to get exact quotes.”

Abortion was the first topic up and there was like 8-10 girls, all but two of which immediately said pro choice. Most of them stipulated some level of “before the heartbeat” to soften it, but then immediately backed down when told “the Bible says CONCEPTION” because they were a bunch of teenagers facing off against adults they don’t know that well plus a ton of other teenagers, all of which have the chance to be disagreeing with you. It would feel like you’re going against what you should be saying, too. As a high school teacher now? No fucking wonder they were nervous and didn’t push.

I pushed. I went “yeah, well, the Bible actually says you HAVE to have an abortion if the baby was conceived extramaritally and also this passage here is kinda about it too” (I didn’t EVEN get into all the baby murdering in the Bible, because I wasn’t a particularly educated or political teenager). I was told to shut up about the Bible, so I went “bet” and batted back every single question with real life application.

It wasn’t particularly elegant. I was just refusing to back down or show hesitation. The most concession I gave was “I don’t think I could ever do it, but I’m not talking about just me.” I mainly talked about shitty foster care systems and abuse rates and how generally poor a child’s life would be if their parents didn’t want them.

This was at least partially because my dad’s cousin (who actually lived next to my mom’s parents when I was younger) ran the program. (She also was a hypocrite who spilled all her adult kid’s problems without mentioning her own divorce following her cheating with a priests, but that’s another story.) She ended our “debate” because it was really only her and I going back and forth by saying, “Well, maybe one day you’ll have children and change your mind.” Like, okay but fuck you 🙄.

The next group was talking about the death penalty and she asked ME at the end what my opinion was on it. I didn’t even know shit and still didn’t fall for the “gotcha.” It boiled down to “haha I’m actually prepped on this decently too” and went on a whole little thing about “I don’t care if people who did really bad crimes die, it’s just not always possible to know who did what like what if there’s a mistake? And even then it might be better to just let them suffer the rest of their life in jail idk.” I must again emphasis I again had no actual political knowledge on the subject, and my logic and understanding has 100% evolved. I’m fully anti death penalty but I do still think some people deserve to die. I just don’t trust the government to tell us who.

One of the girls who was pro choice up that day with me told me how crazy and amazing that shit was like a year later when we were working at the same place. She said that she wanted to do the same but didn’t have the words or confidence. Knowing I successfully DID leave a lasting impression was fantastic.

[renmomy]

She filibuster on my senate floor until I cloture

[chaiaurchaandni]

white american liberals love seeing poc as victims who constantly have to beg for a shred of white liberals' attention so they may throw some solidarity our way. the moment we refuse to audition for their sympathy and instead empower ourselves to fight back directly against our oppressors, these same liberals are not so comfortable with the idea of us as victims or innocents - how dare we resist or have our own agency? if a poc takes up a rifle after seeing their entire family be killed, and then is bombed by the killers for fighting back against the killers, then is that poc a victim? oh but how could they be? - they had a gun. the gun becomes our symbol of liberation and hope, not mindless vengeance, but as a means for the destruction of the power structures that our oppressor rests on. stop prefacing your support of poc with condemnations of our resistance. negotiations will never free oppressed people because our oppressors do not have a conscience. you cannot reason with somebody who thinks you are inherently worth less. resistance is the only way forward.

remember that the violence of the oppressed is in no way morally equivalent to the violence of the oppressor. and the oppressed do not have to justify the means of our resistance to the oppressors / the sympathizers of the oppressors.

[f4ggydog]

this fucker is so damn ugly I want to put him in a shredder

(trumps vice president)

[garlicbreadslice]

Holding your hand while I say this Mr vice president but that’s literally what the judicial branch of the government was created to do

Like I encourage you to give the constitution a little read through. It’s right here. Were you asleep when you learned about checks and balances at school.