ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!

Okay, now that it's been a few days, and I've had time to process what's happened, it's time to dig into what to do next

Simply put, vote in your midterms. In 2026 33 senate seats will be up for grabs.

*All* house of representative seats will be up for grabs. All 435 of them. Do you know what Trump can do with a congress that's against him? Not much. In 2026 there will be an opportunity to shut this down and give him as much trouble as the republican congress gave Obama. A blue congress means no confirmation for supreme court appointments. It means possibility of impeachment *and* conviction. It means he can be taken out of office, it means that in two years, if enough people vote, he will be effectively shackled

You know what else happens in 2026? Local and state elections. Are you in a state that's dangerously conservative? You can change that. The fact is people don't turn out for mid term elections. They just don't. So even in red states, if enough liberals, progressives, and independents show up, there is an opportunity to take back your state governments.

But the work starts now. Get involved locally. Vote in city counsel elections. Vote for local judges. Vote for sheriff!! Did you know in most places, that's an elected position? You can choose who runs your law enforcement.

Vote for mayor, vote for governor, vote for state legislators. With this administration, the states will be the ones deciding things. Make sure you're creating a place you want to live in. You do have that power. There are several 'red' states that have a higher number of registered democrats than the number of people who voted for Trump. If those people vote in the midterms, then we have hope

This isn't about Harris or the national democratic party and what they've done wrong. This is about your local chapters, the people in *your* communities. This is about your future and the future of this country. Hope is not lost because there are still so many things we can do, and the midterms are the best shot we have at turning this around

nbcnews.com

White House backs bipartisan bill that could be used to ban TikTok

The White House endorsed the RESTRICT Act, calling it “a systematic framework for addressing technology-based threats to the security and sa

So the media keeps mentioning this bill as a TikTok ban but the actual contents are even more concerning. The bill is called the RESTRICT Act and targets six "enemy" countries from the US. It is very vague and gives the government an excuse to restrict citizens' access to foreign technology competing with US companies.

Why do I imply this is about boosting US tech monopolies and not national security concerns as the government claims?

From the article: "But the bill’s implications go beyond TikTok. It’s designed to let the federal government pre-empt situations in which technology produced in any of the six authoritarian countries named in the bill becomes popular in the U.S."

KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA! https://stopkosa.com/

Fight for the Future

Stop KOSA

KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a fr

“KOSA wont pass, it got rejected the last two times!”

It wasn’t passed because people spoke out against it. People called and emailed their senators. So, CALL / EMAIL YOUR SENATORS. MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE DO NOT WANT THIS BILL TO PASS!

“But its unconstitutional-“ There’ve been multiple bills passed before that are unconstitutional. This will not be any different to them, they do not care.

STOP KOSA!!!

Fight for the Future

Stop KOSA

KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a fr

Just a reminder for Pennsylvania vote for Summer Lee who’s pro Palestine

You’re being charged for some shit you didn’t do who’s your lawyer?

Seriousandclean is black, he isn’t racist. He’s also a system and is allowed to draw himself however he pleases. The art you constantly hate on is of two grown ass adults. He is a fictive, not his source. I’m the Billy in that art I am literally 20, please leave him alone.

Am I harassing him? No. Then why are his besties harassing me when he’s a proshipper and no you’re not the Billy in the art you’re just either delusional and need serious fucking help or you’re really that stupid to kiss ass to your friend who can’t do anything but be a proshipper

Reminder for anyone scared about KOSA

KOSA has a good chance of not passing! The Senate is only the first part, and even if The Senate doesn’t pass the bill, it’ll go to the house, which has even more opposition! Still, don’t refuse to call, as your call may help oppose the bill! I cannot call, but please, pass on this message along with anything else you reblog regarding World/US events, it may save our fandoms!

Me to these MAGA cult members:

Salon

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but now it may be backfiring

Trump's authoritarian game plan is breaking through to people who haven't heard of it — and it's scaring them

The 101 worst things about Trump’s shambolic presidency

Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the worst things about the Trump presidency, in no particular order. Please share and add anything I missed.

Trump fueled division and sparked a record uptick in hate crimes.

Murder went way up under Trump. He presided over the largest ever single-year increase in homicides in 2020. A number of factors might have contributed to that, but a big one is …

Gun sales broke records under Trump, who has bragged about how he “did nothing” to restrict guns as president in spite of how …

Under Trump, America suffered more than 1,700 mass shootings.

When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Trump delayed $20 billion of aid and allowed Puerto Rico to be without power for 181 days.

According to Trump’s former acting Homeland Security secretary, Trump proposed selling the entire island of Puerto Rico.

Trump said there were “very fine people” among the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville.

Trump allied himself with the Proud Boys, a violent hate group who helped orchestrate the January 6 Capitol attack.

Trump has been convicted of committing 34 felonies while in office. All of the criminally false business filings he was convicted of were committed while he was president.

Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices who he knew would overturn Roe v. Wade. As a result, 1 in 3 American women of childbearing age now lives under an abortion ban.

[NOTE: I tried to post the whole list, but it exceeded Tumblr's character limit! See this linked source post for all 101.]

There's so much more, from exchanging “love letters” with North Korea’s brutal dictator to late-night tweet binges.

I can understand why a lot of people want to block all this out of their memories. But we cannot afford to forget just how terrible Trump’s time in the White House was for this nation.

And remember this, too: Trump would have done far worse but for people around him who refused to follow his orders. If he gets another shot at the White House, he’ll make sure he’s surrounded by lapdogs who will do whatever he wants.

We sure as hell can’t afford to put him back there.

— Robert Reich via Substack

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Billy Loomis in gothic Lolita?

thank you 😁 for the request 😏👽anon!