The penguins of the Heard and McDonald Islands thank you for this @TomWellborn
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“As Maine goes, so goes the nation.” So proud of my home state for a ballot question seeking to limit the kind of massive corporate spending that has plagued this election cycle, and all elections since Citizens United.
Mainers: Vote yes on 1, fight to end billionaire influence on politics!
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It's Harris there will be some really racist crap going on though, and a rebellion full of risk but it's #Harris
The first one I asked about their state of mind, about them specifically: It told me feminine cards, authority, excitement or joy, order organization and the holy card for birth.
I promise you of the two that describes only one of them because only one of them has a womb.
The second I asked about their career and place in the community: Independence, originality, protection, and adaptability. Basically a bunch of command cards describing her. Again, this is why I trust these. I could have just walked off with the first Revelation but instead I checked to make sure.
I do what I do because they are correct every time in 13 years or so. Not once have any of these ever failed me a single time.
This absolutely will be the results.
The third I asked about those around her: She will be surrounded by awful men, but that has been her entire career.
It mentions the fascist rebellion but also to a lesser extent after a struggle for status over egos and discrimination, generosity and a great amount of risk.
Now this is as far into the future as these go at this time because that is what I asked.
Again lady cards with authority and order in them. Independence protection and adaptability statesmanship cards. This, this is the description of the winner.
The third says there will be an extremist rebellion and a whole bunch of people awfully big mad that there's a black lady district attorney as the president.
I and I are always correct.
#2024
#Election
#USPol
#Haris2024
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Bolts has created a super helpful comprehensive election guide to make it easy to follow developments over the upcoming days (and likely weeks).
https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/your-guide-to-the-elections-in-november-2024/
Out today from me, at @TexasObserver: The creators of "Young Greg Abbott: A FuQusical" hope to take their show on the road, inspiring anger, laughter, and political change while undermining the governor's career through satire. "We want to be in his ear, as this very annoying little pesky punk show following him around."
https://www.texasobserver.org/young-greg-abbott-musical/
#culture #GregAbbott #politics #USpol #Texas #weird #Austin #theatre
“We’re seeing a rise in anti-LGBTQ crimes in the state because of the culture wars that #Republicans are fighting.”
Experts on #LGBTQIA+ and human rights say an alarming rise in anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation leads directly to a rise in hate incidents, including deadly violence. I used GLAAD data to analyze incidents in Central #Texas over the last few years: https://austinfreepress.org/legislating-intolerance-anti-lgbtq-legislation-tied-to-massive-rise-in-hate-incidents/
#news #homophobia #transphobia #politics #USpol #HumanRights #Austin #TXlege #trans #transgender
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Third-to-Last Biden Jobs Report: November 2024
• Economy added 227K jobs in November
• Wages up 4% over past year, outpacing inflation
• 36th straight month of low, sub-4.5% unemployment (4.2%)
Prediction: Kamala wins both the popular vote and the electoral college definitively by Wednesday morning. She gets the majority of the swing states and there will be at least one red state surprise flip. Democrats keep the Senate and add one seat majority. Democrats flip the house and gain 10 seats.
#Trifecta incoming
😎
#HarrisWalz2024 #JoyfulWarriors #TonicMasculinity
#TheWalzAbides
#KamalaHarris2024 #KHive #YesWeKam #MALA #MakeAmericaLaughAgain #MastodonForHarris #ThankYouJoe #USPol #Politics #Democracy
The US SENATE will have two new Black female senators:
Democrats Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and
Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware!
#uspol #election2024
For 70 years, the Observer has worked to “hew hard to the truth as we find it and the right as we see it.”
Now, more than ever, it's crucial we keep holding power to account. Will you be a part of our 70th birthday celebration?
RSVP here: texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/70thdonate/
#Austin #Texas #nonprofit #journalism #media #fundraiser #politics #USpol #culture
Today is #Trans Day of Remembrance, when we memorialize #transgender lives lost to violence.
In my latest for The Barbed Wire, I visited a memorial to 38 of the trans Texans who have died over the last decade, even as the #LGBTQIA+ community looks forward with fear.
https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/11/20/40-texans-honored-for-trans-day-of-remembrance-amid-concerns-of-more-violence/
(CW: Mentions of transphobic violence and self-harm)
#transphobia #homophobia #violence #murder #news #politics #USpol #Trump #TXlege #Republicans #TDOR
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Last weekend, I traveled to #Dallas to cover a mass protest against the Jewish National Fund's annual conference.
The JNF, which lost tax exempt status in Canada, is a key provider of material support to the illegal expansion of Israeli settlements, and frequently uses tree planting to greenwash their actions. Here's my latest for Deceleration: https://deceleration.news/opposing-jewish-national-fund-dallas-protesters-plant-tree-of-life-against-genocidal-greenwashing/
#politics #USpol #environment #ClimateChange #Palestine #FreePalestine #Israel @palestine #news #Texas #religion #activism
Amee Vanderpool:
On Tuesday, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, through the the Texas General Land Office, offered Donald Trump the 1,400-acre Starr County site to build new detention centers to fulfill his promise of mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said in the Tuesday letter that her office is “fully prepared” to enter an agreement with any federal agencies involved in deporting individuals from the country “to allow a facility to be built for the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation’s history.”
https://shero.substack.com/p/the-internment-camps-are-coming
"Pres Trump just fired:
• 90 physicians
• 350 nurses
• at least 25 nurse practitioners
• nearly 20 dentists
• 85+ pharmacists
• 45 lab techs
Employed by the Indian Health Svc to provide HC. This is going to have dangerous consequences for our Indigenous brothers & sisters."
-Sen Luján
Snr officials: ~5,200 ppl on probat. employment -recent hires -across agencies incl. #NIH #CDC will be fired🚨Fri. CDC: ~1,300 WKRs...
#Racism #Trump #PublicHealth #USPol #HHS
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/federal-employee-layoffs-at-hhs-cdc-on-first-day-robert-kennedy-health-secretary/
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Looking for live election results?
@gbhnews has:
🗳️ National results & electoral counts
🗳️ Key local & national races
🗳️ Massachusetts ballot questions:
https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-11-05/live-results-from-the-2024-election-in-massachusetts #news #uspol #Massachusetts
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Greetings, denizens of the #fediverse and welcome to Election Day here in the US.
If you are looking for updates on the Massachusetts ballot questions and results from key races, the @gbhnews liveblog will be active all day and in successive days as the news rolls in.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-11-05/live-updates-on-the-massachusetts-2024-election #Election2024 #uspol
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The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill (The Intercept, 2024-11-21)
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/21/gop-house-trump-nonprofit-authoritarian/
The Republican culture wars in Texas will soon turn the state into the Forbidden Zone from Planet of the Apes.
Physicians are leaving. Women are leaving. Businesses are leaving. Teachers are leaving at a rate that’s 25% higher than that of other states.
You break it, you bought it.
#Texas #CultureWars #RepublicansDidThis #ForbiddenZone #USPol #NoRepublicansEverAgain
"They'll be jobless and hungry--they won't even miss their homes."
Trump's war on veterans targets program to help them keep their homes
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/4/2314520/-Trump-s-war-on-veterans-targets-program-to-help-them-keep-their-homes?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=main
#Veterans #EndDonaldTrump #NoRepublicansEverAgain #RepublicansOwnItAll #RepublicanKakistocracy #VoteBlueToSaveEverything #NoFascism #USPol
I recently read "The Fifth Sacred Thing" by Starhawk.
I think it's an important book for times like these, especially if you're currently struggling to understand why we should still strive to be good people when evil people seem to be getting all the power.
Because we *should* still strive to be good people. Love will always be more durable than fear.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/578001e9-aa08-4ded-911c-12867b42ea4e
none of the talking heads are even saying it's possibly racism & misogyny.
I am ashamed of my fellow citizens.
Latest comic: Experts explain why America voted for plague
#cartoon #comic #politics #uspol #media #journalism #election #authoritarianism
Dec 11
4 min
The Scented One doesn't like vigilantes when they target CEOs..
wonder why 🤔
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