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[majizzoli]

Well, Mr. President, if you wanna talk about getting screwed with your pants on…

[munakata-sasori]

You can hear him chewing 🔊👂

[lilpieceofmyworld]

[emotionalwords]

[onedirectionforever]

when you drop something but grab it before it hits the ground 

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[katie-mcgrath]

[adeles]

#that’s it that’s the show

[welcometoyouredoom]

[imdeletingsoon-deactivated20130]

[theultimatecomicmovielover]

[cat-cosplay]

#CantStopTheSignal

[michonnegrimes]

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (February 3, 2017)

[dragontopaz]

Zoe and Wash

[platholyte-deactivated20170718]

Vote 👏🏼 in 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 2018 👏🏼 Midterm 👏🏼 Elections 👏🏼

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SERIOUSLY

[radio-freedunmovin-deactivated2]

If you vote in Democrats, they’ll be able to block Trump’s policies

[mewiet]

It’s not just that they’ll be able to block Drumpf’s policies for the (hopefully only) remaining two years: the entire House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2018. Whoever wins the House in 2018 will still control it in 2020, when we have our next census. This means we voting districts will get to be redrawn and if Republicans retain control of the House in 2020, they will make gerrymandering even worse than it is now, which already favors them.

But the odds are severely in favor of Republicans for 2018. The election is ridiculously lopsided: 23 Democrat seats and both (there are only 2) Independent seats (who Caucus with Dems) will be up for the taking compared to only 8 Republican seats. Not to mention midterm election turnout is always far less than POTUS elections and Republicans consistently turn out for midterms while non-Republicans fail to show up worse than they normally do.

It gets worse. This is the Senate race in 2018:

Arizona - Currently Republican

California - Currently Democrat

Connecticut - Currently Democrat

Delaware - Currently Democrat

Florida - Currently Democrat

Hawaii - Currently Democrat

Indiana - Currently Democrat

Maine - Currently Independent

Maryland - Currently Democrat

Massachusetts - Currently Democrat

Michigan - Currently Democrat

Minnesota - Currently Democrat

Mississippi - Currently Republican

Missouri - Currently Democrat

Montana - Currently Democrat

Nebraska - Currently Republican

Nevada - Currently Republican

New Jersey - Currently Democrat

New Mexico - Currently Democrat

New York - Currently Democrat

North Dakota - Currently Democrat

Ohio - Currently Democrat

Pennsylvania - Currently Democrat

Rhode Island - Currently Democrat

Tennessee - Currently Republican

Texas - Currently Republican

Utah - Currently Republican

Vermont - Currently Independent

Virginia - Currently Democrat

Washington - Currently Democrat

West Virginia - Currently Democrat

Wisconsin - Currently Democrat

Wyoming - Currently Republican

All of the states in bold were awarded to Drumpf, 11 of which are currently held by Democrats. Republicans hold a 52 seat majority right now. If they can maintain the 8 seats they have to defend, they only need 8 Democrat and/or Independent seats to have a 60 seat supermajority and the power to pass basically anything they want under Trump for two years.

If you think it’s catastrophic now (and it is), imagine Drumpf and the Republicans with a 60 seat supermajority for two years plus a Republican House with the power to redistrict in 2020.

[elrond50]

And that is why organizing now is critical. Getting people to run against every GOP House Member and tying every action by Trump to them. Make the 2018 elections ALL ABOUT TRUMP. This is also about taking back Governor’s Mansions. 

It is NOT impossible, but it requires effort. 2018 elections efforts SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERWAY!

[positive-pebble]

@ all my american followers

[rottenlittleboys]

Fo it now. Let the energy and anger you feel now keep you going. This is the only chance we have.

[wthanon4u]

Agreed

[catedevalois]

This should be an auto-reblog until November 6, 2018

[fassyanon]

While Congress is responsible for apportioning the Congressional seats (how many representatives each state has), it is up to the State to draw district boundaries. THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO VOTE IN YOUR LOCAL AND STATE ELECTIONS.

From Wikipedia (redistricting):

In 32 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to approval by the state governor. To reduce the role that legislative politics might play, seven states (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Jersey and Washington) determine congressional redistricting by an independent or bipartisan redistricting commission.[1] Four states, Florida, Iowa, Maine, and New York give independent bodies authority to propose redistricting plans, but preserve the role of legislatures to approve them. Seven states have only a single representative for the entire state because of their low populations; these are Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.

VOTE IN EVERY SINGLE ELECTION!

[singfromthehair-deactivated2019]

Stabbed.

[watcheroftheskies1335]