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One of my favorite comic panels of all time. For context, Sophia (the girl) was rescued from an abusive situation. The cat, Lying Cat, has the ability to sense when people are lying, and says so. It’s the only word Lying Cat can say. A beautiful page. (Comic: Saga, Chapter 14)

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via @swatercolor [insta]

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White progressive women, we've got to talk about our sisters and cousins and nieces and mothers and daughters and aunts.

White women overwhelmingly voted for Trump. Again.

I understand that for some people communicating with their family puts them in danger. I'm not talking about those people. I am talking about the white women in your life that still send you stupid fucking MLM invitations on Facebook and almost never talk about politics and because they are not obviously and vocally espousing hate, you let it go and you let them continue to go unconfronted. They post little Jesus memes that make you ever so slightly uncomfortable but you're not sure so you don't want to ruin their day.

You really don't want to ruin your own day. And I get it, I'm not telling you to become endlessly confrontational 100% of the time, but you've got to stop pretending that it's polite to not talk about politics. You got to get them to go mask off and make it clear what they believe in. No more it's just politics, don't bring it into the book club. There's got to be consequences to some of the shit they do.

No more of that shit. Do not let the smile and the soft focus photograph distract you. You have got to talk to them. We have got to start collecting our own as much as we can. If you feel like you don't know how to even start that conversation, there are tons of resources out there about deprogramming and de-escalating. This is work we are uniquely suited to do. We've got to start doing it.

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If it makes any of you feel better, Donald Trump will have an uphill battle to change the constitution. He will need:

-2/3 of Senators (60)

-2/3 of the House of Representatives (290)

-3/4 of the states (38)

In 2026, 33 senate seats will be up for grabs, and we’ll be able to vote for people who are against Trump and his ideals.

Breathe and remain hopeful because it’s not over. We can still fight and make Trump’s last four years hell.

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Been saying this for years

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I hope none of you disappear in the coming days. Seriously don't do anything that can't be undone.

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FUCK THIS COUNTRY

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The "if you voted for Trump unfollow me" posts are returning, but given then general makeup of your average tumblr user I think there's a different message I'd like to give.

If you didn't vote because "both parties are the same" or "it won't make a difference" or because Kamala wasn't the pure and perfect leader that you wanted or you "didn't want blood on your hands", honestly whether or not you follow me doesn't make a damned bit of difference. But I want you to look. Take a good look at the despair around you right now. And every godforsaken thing that follows I want you to fucking look. Look and know that you could have helped prevent it. We still haven't recovered from his last four years, the world hasn't fucking recovered, and now we're staring down the barrel of god knows how many more years and a river of fucking blood to come along with it.

But your pride and your principles were more important to you than the actual real fucking world we live in.

I hope, if nothing else, that you can take this in. I hope you learn. I hope you grow. I hope you find it in you to realize that in this country they soak our hands in blood the second we take our first breath and the only thing that matters then is what you fucking do with them. What you fight for. Who you fight for. Who you defend.

I hope you wake up. And you step up. And you fucking fight.

But until then. Don't you fucking dare look away.

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if you're transgender you have to live.

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sonic dealing with his villains vs mario

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Do the right thing Baron

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miniminuteman on youtube

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in 2004 george w bush won the presidential election and promised in his acceptance speech to codify a federal ban on gay marriage. 30 states passed bans on gay marriage in the wake of his re-election. and then they fell. one by one by one. it has to get worse before it gets better.

queers. trans people especially. our attitude for the next decade has to be “we’re not fucking scared of you”. do you understand? this has always been at the core of who we are and what we do. we fucking move. we take up space or carve out our own with our bare hands. we take care of us.

do you know the other queers in your neighborhood? do you know who you can call at a bad time? do you know whose house you can crash at? do you know where you can go for a free meal? do you know where you can bring meals to the hungry? do you know the LGBT resources available in your area? do you know the informed consent clinics in your area?

do you know how DIY HRT works? do you know and have friends who don’t? do you know our history? have you read the works of james baldwin and leslie feinberg? are you equipped with knowledge about the forces that work against us? do you understand dialectical materialism? do you know what to say if stopped by the police? do you know what good opsec is? are your legal documents in order? do you know how to get them in order?

scream, cry, rot in your bed, do whatever you need to do to process this, then find something to do. do not fall into despair. in the face of extermination say “fuck you.”

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Now that the election is over, let's not just roll over and fall asleep! The situation on the ground in Gaza remains terribly difficult.

Even a small donation to the Alanqar family, as little as €5-€10, can add up and be a tremendous help. With prices there being what they are, Dina tells me it can cost up to $700 just to get basic needs met for their family in a given week.

Currently at €75,768. Only €4258 away to €80,000. Lets keep pushing!

vetted on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi fundraiser list (#264)

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some positives:

Seven states voted to protect abortion rights, including the deeply red state of Missouri

Sarah McBride became the first openly trans woman elected to congress

Mark Robinson, the man who called himself a "Black N*zi" will not be governor of North Carolina

Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester become the first duo of black women senators ever in the history of the senate (sadgressive but good for their constituents)

Kentucky voted to protect public education!