A reminder about the "red mirage:"

Tomorrow, early results will likely suggest that Trump is leading. This is not because more people overall voted for him; rather, because rural districts have smaller populations than urban or suburban districts, and they tend to vote red. Later, votes in areas with higher populations will be counted, and these tend to skew blue.

Trump will likely demand that the vote counts cease while he's ahead. Just remember where this is coming from: The man who said that we shouldn't test so many people for COVID so it wouldn't look like it was running out of control wants to stop counting votes so it won't look like he's getting his butt kicked.

I'm just going to leave this here, because this woman said what I've been trying to articulate for ages much more effectively and succinctly than I've been able to

“‘do you have any guesses who kamala is picking as her vp’ uhh white man. the straightest white man youve ever seen. not even a little gay.”

“‘do you have any guesses who kamala is picking as her vp’ uhh white man. the straightest white man youve ever seen. not even a little gay.”

#''not even a little zest''#politics#I'm dying but hes right

"not even a little zest, not even a little gay. obama had a silly white guy, kamala needs the driest white guy. maybe a cop dome to really sell it" KILLING ME he's right but it's so funny

Above all else though you have to fucking vote. Not voting isn't a protest when they don't care and want to take voting rights away (and have in many states). Fascism isn't going to be like oh they didn't vote so ig we should pause and rethink our popularity. They don't want you to vote. Voting is the most powerful thing you can do. Be as angry and have as many feelings as you want about the state of us politics and the choices we have but you cannot decide your only option is to not fucking vote

This is even more important now that the assassination attempt happened. We must stand strong against fascism by voting. Do not be apathetic do not give up. Do not be centrist and unsure. Don't not care. So much is at stake right now especially for marginalized people. Vote vote vote, because I can assure you trump supporters and Republicans at large especially now will show up to the polls and vote. Everyone else you need to as well.

Now that Joe bidens pulled out you absolutely have to go and vote I am begging you. Do not let apathy let you ignore the dire situation.

“‘do you have any guesses who kamala is picking as her vp’ uhh white man. the straightest white man youve ever seen. not even a little gay.”

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as horrified as i am that trump is still alive i’m even more horrified by the oncoming victim complex the right is going to develop over this. for the love of god i need all my fellow usamericans to vote in november, there is no overstating the damage another trump presidency could do

Okay in the midst of this I do wanna say that this absolutely WILL get Trump even MORE support.

So, here's what you're gonna do, okay:

GO. FUCKING. VOTE.

Prev these are some good tags

I have a lot to say about the 2024 election but I can’t even make posts about it seriously because idk how to put it into more words than “one candidate is a middle-of-the-road Democrat, and the other guy tried to overthrow the government and told us all to drink bleach”

Take 2: One guy is a middle-of-the-road Democrat, while the other guy is facing 91 felony counts and plans to funnel power to himself if elected so he can both avoid prison time and keep doing crimes at your expense. Still a tough choice? I literally don’t even know what else to say

Loving the new counterpoint that not only is posting activism, not posting is complicity. Why doesn't everyone with any fame or internet presence immediately release a lengthy but perfectly-worded statement telling us where they stand on every issue? Is it because they're evil??? It must be because they're evil

And then the usual answer is "they don't post online very much". Which is all very suspicious, don't they know everything of importance is done by posts on social media now

Okay I'm going to talk about this for the last time bc currently the stupidest manifestation of this I've ever seen is unfolding, and nothing can top it or explain this phenomenon better

So Amal Clooney was one of the lawyers who advised the ICC to charge Netanyahu with war crimes & issue an arrest warrant. But apparently there was already a backlash over her "not speaking up" which is already dumb, like, as far as I can tell she has no social media, but also she's a lawyer, she can't comment freely on cases, that could literally destroy the case

But she was trending bc people were saying she should be forgiven, for not posting. But also there are people adamant she not be forgiven. Because she should have spoken up sooner. Helping charge Benjamin Netanyahu with crimes against humanity is not good enough, she should have been posting, she needs to be held accountable for her lack of posting while she was, again, serving as a legal advisor on a international humans rights case against Benjamin Netanyahu.

Like when you're at the stage where people ask where a celebrity was, and the answer is "helping arrange an arrest warrant for Netanyahu", and your response is "why was she doing that instead of posting online" I really just have to conclude you think posting online is more important than anything else. Also that your online activism revolves around finding righteous ways to dislike celebrities you have entrenched parasocial relationships with that you rationalize by going "well I obsessively hate them so it's okay". But mostly the Posting Is More Important Than War Crimes Tribunals part

there's laundry to do and a genocide to stop by vinay krishnan

[ID: there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop. I have to eat better and also avoid a plague. my rent went up $150. I’ll need to pick up more shifts. Twenty people died in Rafah this morning and every major news outlet is stretching the limits of passive voice to suggest whole families may have leaped up through the air at missiles that otherwise had the right of way. I just got a notification that my student loan payments are starting up again and my phone isn’t charged. My cousin got COVID for a fourth time and can no longer work or walk or even feed himself. The person across from me on the L train seems to fashion themself a punk rock revolutionary, but they’re not wearing a face mask, and that’s the kind of cognitive dissonance that makes me want to steal batteries. Fascists keep winning primaries for both parties, and I think I gained a few pounds. The CDC just announced there are no more speed limits on highways, and I think this Ativan is finally hitting. The NYPD farmer’s market only sells bad apples, have you heard that one? Listen it’s warm today, too warm for March. But I don’t have time to think through the implications because there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop. end ID]

god this website is going to be unusable when Trump keels over. I hope it's soon