Voter suppression, history denial, fake news, covid-19 exhaustion,

 

Those who cause chaos use it for their own gain

 

We can point to Ronald Reagan's terms as the start of a lot of our problems.

When you are losing, cheat!

 

How many jellybeans in this jar?

 

Too soon to make nice.

 

Darryl Brashier

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I'm thinking we can talk unity when McConnell gives back the judge positions he stole, releases and passes those 400 bills, and admits being a tool of Putin.

We can talk unity when cops stop being militarized and go to about 4 years of sensitivity training. When Black lives do matter to them.

We can talk unity when we stop setting new precidents like "first woman vice president" because it's just another woman, another South Asian descended, another gay, another person in the job. Because we are unified.

Want to talk unity? Stop dividing us. Stop stealing the wealth of the nation and putting it in the hands of the few. Stop giving healthcare to the so-called elite, like #IMPOTUS, before the rest of us can get it. Special salt in that wound for coming around and saying that Covid-19 is nothing to worry about while hundreds of thousands die.

Sure, let's talk unity. Take the knives out of our backs first.

Edit: I missed voter suppression. Want unity? Make elections really free and fair. Change campaign finance, redistricting, polling access, voting hours, and all the rest so if anyone wants to run, they can compete fairly. Prove in court that there's fraud or shut the fuck up.

While I'm at it, change the election of Senators to be by national district the same way Representatives are at a state level. Fix it so the people of Wyoming get the same voice as the people of California. It's important that rural folks have a voice, but not a bigger one than everyone else. Unity requires that.

It would be good to recognize tribal interests, too. I'm not at all sure how unity works with sovereign entities but we, the People, owe a huge debt.

Update:

Can they be any more obvious?

 

Sowing discord intentionally

Trump's USPS attacks are already undermining confidence in vote by mail

Help us! You're our only hope!

 

How to make sure your vote is counted.

How to make sure your mail-in vote is counted

What's clear is that a whole lot more Americans will be allowed to vote by mail this year -- 76% of the country, according to the New York Times. In the time of Covid, we can assume a lot more people are going to make use of it.

But it will take some planning and a little more work from you, the voter. We'll update this as needed, but here's a guide to making sure your mail-in vote is counted.

USPS

 

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What the Senate tried to stop Senator Warren from reading on the Senate floor

Full text available here.

Vote like your life depended on it

And know how to ignore/ fight back/ avoid those who wish to prevent you from voting.

Wednesday tidbits

Calling for an end to voter suppression and insecure elections.

Unearthing the atrocities of the Holocaust without disturbing the ground.

Unearthing the dirt on Trump.

Wind turbines without blades.

Incoming water wars.

Thar's gold in them thar hills!  Or cell phones....

Thanks, Bill Nye.

Wild radioactive pigs!

With radiation you get wild boars, radioactive reindeer,

With the 'modification' of the Voting Rights Act, you get 'problems' and voter suppression.

Predicted flash points: China and oil.  Who do you want in the White House to deal with it?

A journey to the heart of the modern ‘Red Pill’ misogynist movement.

Insults and rape threats. Writers shouldn’t have to deal with this

Feminists don't hate men. But it wouldn't matter if we did

Blocking the women's vote in Texas....

As of November 5, Texans must show a photo ID with their up-to-date legal name. It sounds like such a small thing, but according to the Brennan Center for Justice, only 66% of voting age women have ready access to a photo document that will attest to proof of citizenship. This is largely because young women have not updated their documents with their married names, a circumstance that doesn’t affect male voters in any significant way. Suddenly 34% of women voters are scrambling for an acceptable ID, while 99% of men are home free.

As of November 5, a birth certificate is not enough. Women voters will have to show legal proof of a name change: a marriage license, a divorce decree, or court ordered change; and they have to be the original documents. No photocopies allowed. This means thousands of women face the hassle of figuring out what they need and how to get it. Then they face at least a $20 fee, more if a woman doesn’t have the time to stand in line and wants it mailed. As a result, many women who are eligible to vote, won’t.

You have to hand it to Texas. Abortion politics threaten to drive the election for governor, so they have figured out a way to discourage a large group of women who are likely have a personal interest in the issue of choice: married women of child-bearing age. Women who might favor Wendy Davis.

You think Texas Republicans know what they've activated? All those totally pissed off Texan women?  Really?  Disenfranchising voters so the Republicans can keep their grip on power exposes the last frantic gasps of a dying party.  RIP to the GOP.

The definition of voter fraud to a Republican

Is a Democrat voting.  but the only voter fraud we've seen are Republican operatives getting caught in the act.

  Will 9 GOP Governors Electronically Flip Romney Into the White House?

Need voter ID quickly? Buy a gun.

So says Sarah Silverman: (NSFW)



via Steve Bates.

One sentence news

It gets better.

Finding a lost church.

Making friends under the sea.

Rachel Carson didn't kill millions of Africans.

Does eating today's type of wheat poison you?

Dumping the 'junk DNA' theory.

The way governments begin to topple.

Republicans can't afford to give women equal pay.

Come back!!  You have my car keys!

Do Democrats really support the privatization of public schools?

Artist of the weird.

Ohio Secretary of State on the mat to explain obstruction to voting.

Sometimes being rude is good.