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ever since i was a little girl i’ve been awkward and embarrassing

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Here is the thing.

What is happening in the USA did not happen just as a result of this election. It did not even happen just as a result of Trump’s first election.

No matter what theories there are about why he won, he won because a large number of people supported him - because a large number of people really do believe in what he’s promising.

You can’t blame his victory entirely on people voting for economic reasons - and in doing so, it minimises the very real issues in society that led to him winning.

Attitudes like these do not come up suddenly, they simmer away under the surface until people feel safe enough to express them, until they believe it’s acceptable to do so.

That racism, and prejudice, and misogyny has always been there - there’s no point in addressing issues towards getting a better result for a ‘next election’, nothing will change unless those underlying causes are addressed.

And you can’t address them unless you are first willing to admit that yes, there are a lot of people who agree with him. Yes, there is something deeply wrong in this country, it’s been wrong for a long time which is why this was able to happen.

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I lived in a very pro trump town and I'm convinced this is what happened. It was mostly retired people who lived in newly built homes with pools (in the desert! there were gulf courses too or course). The acted like they were super oppressed and everyone was out to get them. Many of them's whole personality was around trump.

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The fact that this is 80 fucking years ago but still just as relevant is terrifying.

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As of Jan 21st, 2025, a full copy of the constitution is no longer available on whitehouse.gov. I feel like this is a good time to remind everyone that the biggest threat to authoritarianism and facism is a well educated and informed population. Inform yourself and fight.

a copy of the document can still be found on the archives website. I think now is probably a good time to read it if you haven't and download it, incase it is erased from here as well.

https://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/constitution.pdf

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do you ever think about dead versions of yourself that are fossilized in someone else's mind

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#Repost @gogreensavegreen

You might be more than one. You might be different ones at different times. 🫶🏽🫶🏽 you might not be one of these. There are more roles 💪🏽 but this is an amazing intro.

You can’t just like the idea and envision yourself in one of these roles you have to figure out how to be about it ♥️🫶🏽

Via @deiloh & @fablefulart

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I am aggressively fine with other countries treating Trump and his administration with absolute derision and contempt. Do it more. Do it harder. Go all in. Acting like this can work somehow is not working for any of us. Let's end the pretense.

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this ramadan we pray for peace and aid for the people of palestine. this ramadan we remember the previous ramadans, where thousands of palestinians were massacred. this ramadan we honour palestine, and may we see a free palestine next ramadan

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Read this & be mindful of those partaking in Ramadan. 

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July 9th, 2013. A child walks near members of the Muslim community attending midday prayers at Strasbourg Grand Mosque in Strasbourg, France, on the first day of Ramadan. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)

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Tonight House Republicans voted 217 to 215 for a budget that'll take $1 TRILLION dollars from Medicaid, attack food benefits for kids, hurt seniors and vets.

but I don't want to talk about that, I want to talk about these two Democratic members of Congress you've never ever heard of.

Democrats, Congressman Kevin Mullin of California and Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen of Colorado.

Congressman Mullin had knee surgery that didn't go well, two surgeries, a life threatening blood clot and a week long stay in the hospital, and the moment he was discharged from the hospital he got on a five hour flight to DC to vote against the Republicans evil budget, using a walker to get to the floor of the House

Congresswoman Pettersen gave birth to her son Sam, in the picture, exactly one month ago on January 25th. They flew from Colorado to DC after Republicans refused to allow her to vote by proxy after having a baby. Congresswoman Pettersen took Sam onto the floor of the House to vote to protect the Health care of 400,000 Colorado kids.

why talk about this? because so much of the conversion is about telling people there's no one good, no one worthy, no one fighting. I promise you there are people undergoing personal hardship to do the right thing.

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Its been a long week. Someone pass me an image of The Character