I wish people would stop mocking the shitty trump cup thing as a “protest” and being like “lol republicans dont know how to protest” over it because that’s not what it is. And mocking or minimizing it reduces its gravity or severity, gets us to stop taking it seriously. We can’t afford to treat even disorganized reactionaries like cartoon bumbling clowns. Their intentions are harmful.
It’s not a protest. It’s (whether they’d like to consider it as such or not) an incompetent try at psychological terrorism. But the intent is there, regardless of execution. It’s an attempt to force a service employee to yell out Donald’s name and remind everyone present who won, assert dominance over people in the area who resist or rightly maintain criticism of Donald. It’s like teabagging. And the approach in this case is founded in hatred of and entitlement over service employees. It is a creepy claiming of a neutral space as ‘for’ their demagogue and as his followers for them. Even though it’s pretty clear Donald doesn’t give a shit about them in the least.
It’s not a protest. it’s straight-up aggression. It just doesn’t involve physical violence or something that could be considered criminal. It’s not inept bungling resistance against forces that aren’t there. It’s hamfisted but effective bullying of people who are there.
This is what I’ve been trying to find the words for.
what is the trump cup?
People are ‘protesting/boycotting’ Starbucks for their anti-Trump stance by going to Starbucks and giving their name as Trump when they order and verbally abusing baristas who don’t write Trump on the cup.
what the hell.
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It’s Thanksgiving which means tables decorated with tiny porcelain figures of Native Americans sharing corn with pilgrims. It’s a holiday about being grateful, coming together, and being at peace but while we use caricatures of a great people, mainstream media ignores their cries for help. While we set tables with servings of food that are far too large, the original inhabitants of this great nation struggle to fight for clean drinking water and respect for their ancestors.
I’m not great at words but this issue is very dear to my heart so here’s some art.
Jill Stein eying recount in three states?
Former Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein may be eyeing a recount in three states.
Political observers on Wednesday noticed Stein had launched a fundraising page on her website for a recount.
“After
seeing compelling evidence of voting anomalies, the Stein/Baraka Green
Party Campaign is launching an effort to ensure the integrity of our
elections. With your help, are raising money to demand recounts in
Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania– three states where the data
suggests significant discrepancies in vote totals,” the page reads.It goes on to say the group needs to raise “over $2 million by this Friday, 4pm central,” to ensure a recount.
This has to be for Hillary Clinton since there’s no way she’d call for an audit herself. Jill Stein knows good and well she didn’t win any states.
You can donate here, if you’d like.
Reblogging here to get word out as fast as possible. Donations to the fund for a recount are needed by THIS FRIDAY by 4 PM CT.
Even if you feel in any way uncertain about this, isn’t it better to donate the money and it go to nothing, than to not donate and find out something that could’ve been done wasn’t due to lack of funds?
So the deal as I understand it is:
* If Clinton were to call for a recount in any state, and the recount in that state did NOT turn out to elect her in that state instead, she would be required to pay the cost of the recount in that state.
* They do that to keep people from just vengefully, constantly demanding recounts for no reason.
* There’s plenty of reason to check those states out, although the CNN article may not have the correct info; the details, from the election security experts who have been trying to get Clinton’s team to ask for a recount, are right here.
* When it says Wednesday here, it means today. As I write this. November 23rd. (Awww, it’s also the 53rd anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who! ANYWAY)
* When I first saw the call for donations, it was at $45,000 out of their $2,500,000 goal. An hour or two later, it was at $80,000.
* It’s been less than 12 hours and they’re now up to $1.3 MILLION, more than halfway to their goal.
* They’re actually going to pull this off.
* I am not going to look it up for each state (you can google “who can ask for a recount in Wisconsin” or wherever but WI has a whole book about it and no thanks), but it looks like yes, Jill Stein can in fact ask for a recount. In Michigan, you have to be one of the people who ran, and lost, to ask for a recount. That seems to be standard practice.
* If Jill Stein calls for a recount, she DEFINITELY has to be the one to pay for it, since there is no fucking way it’s going to be like “Hey, guys, Jill Stein actually won!”
* I honestly think this is amazing. Even if it doesn’t work.
* Because this means that there were like… unless there are other third-party candidates that were on all three states’ ballots, there were probably only three people on this earth who had the ability to call for a recount. Two people with the interest. And one who is actually doing it.
* And for the first time in history, there is actually a way for everyone who wants this to immediately find out that it’s possible and throw money into the pot.
* Everything Trump is already doing is so fucking horrible, and the only saving grace is how incredibly hard people are organizing around every. freaking. single. thing. Again, we’ve never simultaneously had an election like this here, and an organizing tool like the internet, and it’s just.
I have multiple friends who are spontaneously posting to Facebook with shit like, “I am horrified that it has taken this kind of election for me to finally
start hearing through my white privileged ears. I was not in action. I
was complacent. No more.” (actual quote from a middle aged, upper-middle-class, straight cis white woman in Minnesota)People who were already radical are now even more radical. There’s a powerful shift happening, and powerful communities being built.
I’m seeing people come together to support projects and nonprofits and communities and issues that were already SUPER necessary, that they are finally realizing desperately need support. Doing things that were always needed, that now they perceive as an emergency and want to do anything to fix.
Everything is so horrifying, but this gives me so much hope in the middle of it.
Like, earlier today I was crying because Trump announced he was going to eliminate funding for NASA to study climate change because he thinks it’s “politicized” science.
Now I’m crying because I’m so moved by all of these people giving whatever they can to make sure there is a recount in the most important states. By the visible evidence that we’re a real force now; that people aren’t just committed at a “tweeting/reblogging about it” level, people are like, NO. WE FUCKING STOP THIS NOW.
* And in the time it took me to write this, they’re now at more than $1.4 million.
I put my two cents in the kitty to help with a recount in my state. I never thought I’d say this but:
Good for Jill Stein.
Reblogging again. I just donated a dollar. It’s very easy, and there is no lower limit to the amount you can donate. It adds up, so if you can comfortably afford to donate anything, even if it’s 25 cents, please do so. If you can’t please spread the word anyway. The total is a little over $1.9 million now.
I would like to donate but I’m neither an US citizen nor do I own a credit card. Can some of my US mutuals help me out? I will gladly send u my Euros via PayPal or anything
(Tweet from @nycsouthpaw) Kris Kobach should learn to use folders and cover sheets.
[image] Department of Homeland Security Kobach Strategic Plan for first 365 Days.
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Can someone caption this when you get a chance? I’m on mobile.
Transcript of the bits of the document we can see in the tweets here and here:
Department of Homeland Security
Kobach plan for the first 365 days
I. Bar the entry of potential terrorists
1. Update and reintroduce the NSEERS screening and tracking system (National Security Entry-Exit Registration System) that was in place from 2002-2005. All aliens from high-risk areas are tracked.
2. Add extreme vetting questions for high-risk aliens: question them regarding support for Sharia law, jihad, equality of men and women, the United States Constitution.
3. Reduce intake of Syrian refugees to zero, using authority under the 1980 Refugee Act.
[covered ending in ‘t’, presumably ‘Deport’] Record Number of Criminal Aliens in the First Year
[covered] 193,000 criminal removal cases dropped by the Obama Administration.
[covered ending in ‘ll’, presumably something like ‘Cancel all’ or ‘Recall’] ICE guidance memoranda issued by the Obama Administration; issue new guidance
[covered] criminal alien” as any alien arrested for any crime, and any gang member
[covered] to repatriate their citizens who have committed crimes in the United States
[covered] expedited 287(g) agreements with at least 70 cities an counties to enlist state and [covered] alien criminals.
[covered ending in ‘y’]
[covered] in addition to the 386 miles of existing actual wall within [covered ending in ‘ve’] entire 1,989 miles planned for rapid build.
[covered] under the PATRIOT act to prevent illegal aliens [covered]
[covered] immediately to forestall future lawsuits.
[large covered section]
V. Sto[covered]
21. Issue regi[covered] voter rolls. Direct [covered]
22. Direct the Department of Jus[covered]
23. Draft amendments to National Voter [covered]
On the list of “things that should never EVER be put on television, ever”, this is pretty damn near the top of the list. And this, by the way, is why on hate speech I take the Jeremy Waldron “Dignity and Defamation: The Visibility of Hate” approach of not giving them a platform, period.
Because guess what? You now just signaled to anti-Semitics everywhere that “are Jews people” is a matter of debate. And that’s about a million types of fucked up.
What the ever-loving fuck CNN.
How the actual fuck is this even allowed to be a thought that oozed into the world, coalesced in a legible form, and then broadcast so the rest of us had to observe it with our own eyeballs.
How is this even a question being raised, how is this A LEGIT DISCUSSION POINT, how is it that CNN isn’t a person with a face that I can spit in and punch.
Hey, if you or anyone you know is benefiting from Obama’s Affordable Care Act, you should do this. It takes 2 minutes and you don’t even have to talk to a real person.
Paul Ryan is conducting a phone poll on the ACA (Obamacare), hoping to hear overwhelming popular opposition to it. If you would like to express your support for the Affordable Care Act, call 202-225-0600. Press 2 to weigh in on the issue. You’ll hear a brief recording about HR-3762, Paul Ryan’s proposal to gut the ACA, and President Obama’s use of his veto power to stop it. Then, you will have a chance to indicate your opinion with the press of a button. Press 1 if you support Obamacare, 2 if you oppose it.
Please boost What is happening with #NoDAPL and Standing Rock all over. What is happening is genocide. Do not allow this to go down in history as our collective American complicity of investing in Native/Indigenous genocide
The concentration camp was never the normal condition for the average gentile German. Unless one were Jewish, or poor and unemployed, or of active leftist persuasion or otherwise openly anti-Nazi, Germany from 1933 until well into the war was not a nightmarish place. All the “good Germans” had to do was obey the law, pay their taxes, give their sons to the army, avoid any sign of political heterodoxy, and look the other way when unions were busted and troublesome people disappeared.
Since many “middle Americans” already obey the law, pay their taxes, give their sons to the army, are themselves distrustful of political heterodoxy, and applaud when unions are broken and troublesome people are disposed of, they probably could live without too much personal torment in a fascist state — some of them certainly seem eager to do so.
Also, while talking about the situation with Pence and Hamilton right now, please keep in mind that it was a recipe for disaster from the start…..and that was more than likely intentional.
The danger of Trump’s camp from the start has lain in people equating ‘over the top’ with ‘stupid’. They are anything but stupid. Every move they’ve made has been calculated, and I don’t doubt this was any different. There is no way, in the face of all the protests and sentiments expressed towards Trump and Pence since the election, that it didn’t occur to anyone that Pence going and seeing Hamilton of all things, would likely cause an uproar.
And what else happened yesterday of significance? Trump settled the lawsuit for fraud against Trump University….for over double what it was expected to settle for. Our president elect essentially admitted to defrauding people via Trump U, and paid $25 million dollars to settle it. This is utterly unprecedented. Also of note in the last couple of days was that the Trump hotel in DC held an event for foreign diplomats, in which it was made plain to them what benefits might come from diplomats making use of the Trump hotel when visiting DC. After all, what better way to ingratiate yourself with the US President you’re here to see, than to be able to say ‘oh I stayed at your lovely hotel?’ And what worse way to get off on the wrong foot than by admitting you stayed at one of his competitors? This is but one more of the MANY conflicts of interest at work with Trump’s presidency.
But Pence goes to see Hamilton, and predictably enough, he gets heckled and booed and that’s the story of the day, and Trump’s tweeting about it, and everyone’s focused on Trump tweeting about it and Pence getting booed…..and suddenly nobody’s talking about the MASSIVE story that is a president elect settling a fraud lawsuit for 25 million dollars and enticing foreign diplomats to use his hotel to get in his good graces.
See how that works?
Also, let’s keep in mind that the likely reason Trump settled the lawsuit is so that he wouldn’t have to testify. This is a guy who does not want to be scrutinized, who does not want to be asked questions that he is compelled to answer honestly. Yes, the Hamilton incident is somewhat important because it illustrates Trump’s contempt for the First Amendment, but let’s not be so distracted by the middle finger he’s giving us with his right hand that we take our eyes off whatever the hell his left hand is up to.
My advice? Keep putting pressure on the House Oversight Committee to investigate Trump’s financial conflicts of interest. That will subject him to scrutiny that he can’t buy his way out of. The number to call is
For those not following on twitter – Mike Pence went to Hamilton tonight – got booed by the entire audience, was subjected to massive extended applause after “Immigrants, we get the job done”, and then King George sang “What Comes Next?” directly to him leading to a three minute standing ovation for the King.
Finally some good news.
Tonight Mike Pence was being a good sport trying to enjoy a show and everybody else got self-righteous and ruined his night all because wah wah we’re the left and he’s the devil and we demand respect and human decency but won’t be fucked to show it.
That’s what happens when you attack women’s autonomy, LGBT rights, and cause an HIV crisis in your home state. No one is under any obligation to be polite to you. Get over it.
PS even the Republicans in his own state fucking loathed him and opposed the shit he tried to pass. That’s how much of a soulless slime ball he is.Let’s add to this that the lead actor in this play is openly gay and HIV positive and Pence advocates for conversion therapy a very dangerous and ineffective therapy to try and turn gays straight.
All that said, some think that Pence’s little appearance was an attempt to distract us from what really should be issue #1, the aptly (Orewelianesquely named) the first amendment defense act
Ohhh yikes.
“First, the bill applies to any corporation, organization, or person who “believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.”
Notice how broad that is: any business, agency, or individual, including government employees, hospitals, or huge businesses like Hobby Lobby or Chick-Fil-A. Old-age homes and hospices that turn away gay people – yes, this has actually happened – are covered. Hospitals that refuse a same-sex partner visitation rights – covered. National hotel chains that refuse to rent rooms to gay couples (or unmarried straight ones) – covered.
And notice that it applies not just to religious beliefs about same-sex marriage, but also to sexual conduct in general. Translation: contraception, sex education, treatment of STDs – all of these are part of the bill. If a national pharmacy chain wants to refuse to fill prescriptions for the “morning after pill,” if a company wants to fire someone for being pregnant out of wedlock or becoming HIV positive, if a public school wants to stop teaching sex ed – all covered.”
Thoughtfulfangirling 