#warnockforsenate

[the-haven-of-fiction]

I often say that a vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children. Voting is faith put into action.

…democracy is the political enactment of a spiritual idea, this notion that each of us has within us a spark of the divine, that we were created in the image of God; and if you’re not given to that kind of religious language, that’s fine, our tent is big. Simply put it this way - each of has value, and if we have value, we ought to have a voice, and the way to have a voice is to have a vote to determine the direction of your country and your destiny within it.

I know that the days are still difficult, the times are dark, but the light, the scripture says, shines in the darkness and the darkness overcometh it not.

- Reverend and Senator Raphael Warnock

[aulunthe]

Georgia Senate Runoff Today 12-06-2022 Vote Rafael #Warnock

Return Warnock to the U.S. Senate to continue working.

[shedontlovehuhself]

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[emperorblargus]

Why Blargus thinks you Should Back Democrats in the Georgia Special Election

Originally posted by equius2004

Today there's a Georgia run-off election to see who goes to the Senate of the United States, coincidentally, for six years. The race is between a pastor/vicar named Warnock, who is coincidentally a Democrat, and then there’s a former NFL player named Walker with a bunch of women claiming he pressured them into abortions and then there's a bunch of deadbeat dad and domestic violence allegations too on the side.

Really, commander?

In defense of Walker, at least he is not also a wrestler and porn star claiming to be a “conservative republican” (see video at bottom) while bashing gay people (actually Walker is doing that) and tweaking out on amphetamines (no comment) he uses to keep his private parts working (and Walker sure doesn’t keep them to hisself there) WAIT WHAT AM I FUCKING TYPING.

I should add there's a reason why my Twitter Handle is like this lately.

Perhaps it is because Warnock decided to back "werewolves" over "vampires", and went on a rant over Martians or something, and I decided to update my name accordingly. We're dealing with levels of off the rails that haven't been seen before, well, except they kind of are becoming normalized in the Republican party.

I should also note I am deeply skeptical the Republican party would actually back the rights of aliens. Also "equal rights for all" kind of means that werewolves and vampires, if they existed, would have the same rights as one another along with the protections as such.

I mean do you really think they would? Interactions with aliens with *these people* would probably only be somewhat cordial if it involved trade of drugs. What do you think this guy is on.

The Republican Party sure does seem to attract a certain kind of candidate, and it’s not just one thing that’s wrong with them. Sure, under the principles drilled into our heads in free western society everyone has a point, but it seems there’s something immediately off about these candidates, and when you start scratching beneath the surface things just get worse. Walker’s one of those people, and he isn’t the only one.

The whole Republican lineup, WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS, kind of looks like this screecap (off Hiveswap: Act 2), but to be fair it's a lot worse than that. They always seem to find someone worse. Would you bet on the off chance ANY Republican candidate would somehow turn out otherwise?

In Georgia, and I guess this article is specifically aimed at folks living IN GEORGIA, Walker is actually bashing gay and trans rights, while Warnock has committed to defending the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community. That’s important, because these people deserve rights. LGBTQIA+ of course is short for some of what I call “other people”: anyone who doesn’t conform to certain bigoted narrow minded concepts of what someone deserving any rights whatsoever looks like.

Having grown tired of trying to make sense of the bigotry, Blargus decided to create his own Hoochie Daddy Short Short Abridged Short Shorts version of that book, which comes down to two words: “Other People”. We don’t need to extend any more intellectual effort and should not need to extend any further intellectual effort to quantify this.

Put that way, it sounds like these people have a real bloody problem, innit. Conservatives, that is. Or whatever these people call themselves now, something like “national populist pro-herrenvolk...” maybe, you know, maybe, put a cork in this before it gets to where things were in nazi Germany?

The choice should be clear BY THEN. Check your birth certificate, skin colour, age, bank balance, credit card statements, property ownership, and most people will fall afoul of Republican views.

And this is before I get to social security, which is to say you’re one of “needs social security now” or “will need social security in the future”. It’s before I get to voter suppression, and if you’re going to live in a Democracy, you know, it’s kind of important to be able to vote somehow and get your ballot counted or you might as well be considered disenfranchised. You’re disenfranchised in all but name, I get.

There ARE checks and balances, but as it is the US Supreme Court seems to have taken on a number of reactionary judges lately who aren’t actually going to back up voting rights (in fact the voting rights act was gutted if I remember rightly), and might even work to create a constitutional crisis where the logical contradictions build up to the point where nothing works and people, particularly those in power could get away with anything. In other words, those checks and balances are fraying. Fortunately, you CAN assert yourself in this election by adding one more Senator who will actually vote for a progressive or at least not-nihilistic judge and also the Democrats gain control of all the Senate committees instead of them being divided in two.

If you’re worried about “diversity” up there, and “one party rule”, remember the Democrats are a broad church. The fact that there’s constant wrangling between progressives, liberals, and a few outlier conservatives within the party should tell you that there is a functional structure in there that’s not all-out trying to impose a cultish totalitarian agenda in lockstep. No, it’s not ideal, but that’s what you’re working with.

Yes, a functional democracy is supposed to have checks and balances but when those fail, it is the citizens who have to step up where they can. This is what you'll have to do today in Georgia.

Will Warnock do everything he promises? Probably not, but that’s OK. It’s better than the alternative, which is opening the floodgates to insurrectionists and so on.

There’s always something more, isn’t there.

The next couple of elections are more focused on “America Remains a Democracy” or “America descends into Neo-Confederate Hell”. That’s how I sum it up. Democrats are the party of the former, Republicans are mostly of the latter with a few exceptions that are extraordinarily rare (and most have been pushed out or are actively being pushed out).

There’s a lot here but I think there should be enough information out there to convince you WHY this is important. And it’s not just for millennials (Gen Y and Gen Z) but also for everyone else, because anyone living in America (and actually most of the rest of the world) WILL be impacted by this election as by all others down the line.

Go vote.

[deidratyreeworld]

Make your voice known Georgia! If you haven’t already during early voting, cast your vote today! Go now because lines are not long at all right now. Voting in the Midterm Elections is how we fight for democracy and make sure that the people representing us are actually representing the majority. If everyone participates WE can win this! #runoff #vote #warnock #warnockforsenate (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1FhrGOZYK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jonostroveart]

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[bek-a-la]

Let’s go Georgia!!

[hug-your-face]

Blue Senate, Pls?

my friends: o hey ur back early me: election’s not over my friends: what? me: *writing this post* election’s not over

There’s still 2 Senate seats in Georgia left to win in a January 5 runoff election. Winning one of them will FLIP! THE! SENNNAAAAATE! 

“But,” you say, “I am Le Tired of ze electionnn, why does zis mattere?” 

The GA runoff election law is basically a nerf against Black political influence in that state

538 projects* that one of the Dem candidates is slightly favored to win the runoff. In other words, the Senate is ours to lose.

Repubs are terrified of losing GA as the “last line of defense against the radical left” 🙄

The Repubs are down, and they’re gonna spend like crazy to buy retention of these Senate seats. Here’s how you can help put the boot in while they’re down:

IF YOU LIVE IN GEORGIA:

To vote in the runoff you must be registered by December 7, 2020

Check your voter status!! Check it again! (You just know they’re gonna be “cleaning” the lists...)

The runoff is on Jan 5, 2021. Make a plan.

You may be able to vote early*; see the GA.gov runoff voting info page and contact your county registrar’s office

WHETHER YOU LIVE IN GEORGIA OR NOT:

Donate to Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight PAC for fair elections in Georgia

Follow the @ReverendWarnock and Jon @Ossoff on Twitter

Toss 5$ to The Rev

Make calls to help Jon

Chip in 5$ to Jon’s campaign

Sign up at VoteForward to send letters to voters in Georgia (This is amazing and so easy!)

And finally, just as you did for the national election, share this info w your friends and help them understand the impact:

If we flip the Senate, that kicks Mitch The Purple Turtle Fucker McConnell out of his role as Sen. Majority Leader!

That would be so amazing, right??

A Biden/Harris administration with a McConnell-run, GOP-owned Senate means more Senate blocking of everything we want. Welfare for All? Piss off. Green New Deal? Nice try! Defunding the Police? *sneering laughter* Election Reform? *uncontrollable laughter* 

Anything radical, just FORGET it. Without a blue Senate, we’re just gonna see more politicking and more bad deals, and more chance for the right to clap back hard in 2024. It means whenever a great measure that we want fails, most of America will shrug and go “well what can Biden do with a Senate like that?”

A Biden/Harris admin with a blue Senate means they will have no excuses, and most of America will behind you when you hold them to task!

We only won the first move in this game against the fascists. We got in the first punch, a nice straight jab to Trump’s orange face. Time for the fukkin’ LEFT HOOK!

[doctoralchemist]

Guys for all who live in Georgia this is very important!

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[whereisbizzy]

It's my first cold of 2020!

Not really surprising, when you think about it. We spent most of 2020 at home. He's back at school for a month and now we all have stuffy noses.

It is not covid, though several friends in different states and countries have/had it. None of them are getting the treatment Trump did. Or Elon Musk will.

Hey now that I'm here let's talk about Elon for a second.

He's not a genius. I get that obscene amounts of money frequently make people look like geniuses, but let's be smarter than reality TV for a second.

Nobody makes that much money by "working hard" and frankly if I never hear that horseshit again it'll be too soon. That much money comes from the exploitation of labor and resources, period. There's no brain on the planet that has ever "earned" a billion dollars.

Now, if you're still here, let's talk about the worship some of you have for these billionaires. I see it all the time. Randos online praising Bezos, Musk, Buffet - like they sat there at a desk and worked like a dog before taking home THAT paycheck that put them over the top.

Bitches, please.

You "earn" that kind of money by having money. That's a neat trick most people don't know because there's a threshold and you probably ain't met it. Tens of thousands of dollars in the bank can get you better rates, better credit cards, and fuck me if it doesn't also get you respect. I've had two kinds of bank accounts and two very different experiences in banks.

Now imagine having millions in the bank. What perks do you think you get then?

Anyway. When billionaires exist, the system is broken. The fact that they give money to charity without acknowledging their role in causing the need for massive charitable donations, well...

They'll never spend that money. They'll spend some of it on politicians to make sure their children, and their children's children, and their children's children's children blah blah blah never have to actually work a day in their lives. Meanwhile, most of us will work until we die, and leave nothing for our kids. And you people will never know you've been played, that the system does not have to be like this.

Anyway, if you're in Georgia, please vote for Warnock or Ossoff.

[jonostroveart]

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