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Dame's weird political sideblog. They/them/theirs and it/its if you don't know me. Quick stances: anti-radfem (anti-swerf and anti-twerf), anti-truscum, pro-aro/ace inclusion, anti-pedophile, anti-fascist, pro-choice, feminist. Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Splatter. DNI If you contradict any of this. For mobile: Full about and tag list. Donate to my Ko-fi

[ultraviolethorror]

since snap benefits are being threatened i wanna share the single resource i can atm which is the woman behind Dollar Tree Dinners. for years now she has consistently provided filling, healthy recipes that really push the envelope on good meals from dollar tree ingredients. especially since next month will involve lots of family meals regardless if you celebrate the holiday, people should be pleased to know she puts together videos showing how to make a holiday meal on a budget.

dollar tree dinners on tiktok

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[porterdavis]

[dandymeowth]

I mean, don't act like she was the only one, let alone the first one. People have been saying it since his FIRST presidency. It's been predicted well before. Hell it's been predicted for, what, nearly a century now? The egg on the US's face right now is entirely from us standing directly under a shitting pigeon for decades and still being shocked when it hits.

[saywhat-politics]

If You Live In These Areas Of The U.S., You Need To Be Extra Careful With COVID Right Now

While everyone should take precautions to stay well, folks in certain states should be extra careful.

While everyone should take precautions to stay well, folks in certain states should be extra careful.

If you’re like most people in the U.S., you probably either know someone with COVID-19 right now, know someone who just got over an infection or have the virus yourself.

COVID cases are high as kids go back to school and folks return home from summer trips. It’s part of the COVID pattern, the virus tends to peak in late summer and again in the winter, but just because it’s part of a pattern doesn’t make a COVID infection any less severe, scary or annoying than years past.

While COVID cases are high throughout the country (read: don’t discount your stuffy nose as “just a cold”), cases are particularly high in certain states. Here’s what to know:

[dandymeowth]

COVID cases are high in Texas, California, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico and other states in the West and South Central part of the country.

[srldesigns6277]

Elon Musk's N*zi Salute at the Trump Inauguration Rally. The US government will attempt to censor this or shift your perception of it.

You Saw, What You Saw.

[dandymeowth]

In case folks don't believe this or think it's exaggerated and won't happen. Here is a headline from the associated press.

[stoney-baloney-with-cheese]

Do not let them erase this. Do not let them tell you he meant "my heart goes out for you."

This man is the grandson of a Canadian Nazi sympathizer who moved to South Africa BECAUSE he thought the apartheid was just the coolest.

He has a gaggle of kids specifically because he believes his genes are superior and need to be spread to improve humanity.

He has thrown his support behind the neonazi party in Germany and the far right party in the UK, not to mention how far he's wormed up the ass of the Republican party.

He threw two sieg heil salutes back to back at the inauguration of the president of the United States and is trying to scrub the evidence off the internet.

Elon Reeve Musk is a fucking Nazi.

[arctic-hands]

[Image Description: gif of Elon Musk at a podium at the twenty twenty-five presidential inauguration, placing his right hand on his heart then raising his right arm into a Nazi salute, then turning around and repeating the gesture to whatever is behind him. End I.D]

[there-goes-trouble]

The World According to Elon Musk’s Grandfather

What happened to antisemitic rants before social media.

[pekingopera]

Elon musk nazi salute on national TV is insane like there's really no assassins rn?

Edit bc I can't rb with videos

He did it, twice, back to back. Insane

[pekingopera]

at first I had my doubts (bc I only saw a screenshot at first) but even a handful of right-wingers and conservatives are acknowledging this as Sieg Heil so it's just undeniable

[nonbinannytranny]

As nazism has been incited and revived so pervasively please be wary of propaganda INCLUDING how most every article calls this a “strange gesture” or “mimicking” no this is clearly a seig heil. This is someone who bought a social media platform to spread “red pill” ideologies which are a direct pipeline to white supremacy and nazism. Do not let anyone even remotely infer this a coincidence because it absolutely isn’t and nazism is relying on your excuse of it.

[kedreeva]

Please please please PLEASE keep your cats indoors right now. H5N1 (HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza) is zoonotic to cats, and it is just as deadly for them. Additionally, if you have a way to keep your shoes away from your cat(s), or sanitize them after being out in the world (bleach footbath for example), a little biosecurity wouldn't hurt.

A sanctuary in Washington just lost 20 of their rescue big cats to this virus. It is not getting less dangerous for your cats this year than it was last.

Twenty wild cats dead of bird flu at sanctuary near Shelton

The people who run this sanctuary here on Harstine Island say the death of the cats feels like a death in the family.

It has ALWAYS been dangerous to let house cats free roam without supervision, but it's becoming dangerous right now to be taking them on leashes if they will have access to ground birds have recently been on, or water they have accessed. Catios might be okay, if they're covered and well-screened, but I would take a moment to subscribe to your local state ag department's email or phone alerts for HPAI in your area, and react accordingly even for covered outdoor areas.

Keep the Kitties Safe!

[risingphoenix87]

True dat…and consequently…NSFW writing and pics…DMM…

[certifiedsexed]

ID: A screenshot of a Twitter post by pheonix calida, the lumpen you hate follow @ uppittynegress reading: “Just a casual reminder:

Disability rights are inherently linked to sex worker right. Many sex workers are unable to work straight jobs because of other health issues. Don’t pretend to be pro worker or pro disabled ppl if you don’t support sex workers.”

Certified Sex Ed Post!

[assiraphales]

babe. I know we’re all going thru a lot rn but I just wanna give u the heads up that sesame streets future is in jeopardy. hbo has chosen not to renew it for new episodes (a series that has been going since 1969) and the residents of 123 Sesame Street no longer have a home :(

[assiraphales]

n all seriousness sesame street is such an important piece of living media. it has been around for DECADES and from day 1 highlighted the importance of diversity empathy and education for children in a fun way. their mission statement is “Helping Kids Everywhere Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder”. it’s been such an influence for so many people at a formative age. it’s creators made it w the intention that it could be a resource for underprivileged kids and help them prepare for kindergarten. thousands of people have learned english from our friends on sesame. pls (at media corporations) don’t let a beloved cultural phenomenon die

[mapleandgingeroatmeal]

Would be lovely if people could spread this link to their donations page around the internet

Support Us - Sesame Workshop

Individual donors and partners can have a major impact. Join Sesame Workshop’s Mission to Help Kids Everywhere Grow Smarter, Stronger, and K

[snowflakeeel]

the holidays are never officially here until i see the christmas light extension cord of death by electricity and I have yet to see it.

[snowflakeeel]

gotta do everything myself around here

[junk-thunder]

[ominous-signs]

Official ominous sign(s)

[willowcrowned]

if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted

life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters

[irrevocablecondition]

💙 USA 💙

national suicide prevention

national domestic violence hotline

national sexual abuse hotline

trans lifeline and resources

💙INTERNATIONAL💙

list of suicide hotlines by country

domestic violence hotlines and resources by country

sexual (+ domestic) abuse agencies by country

international trans resources

edit: taking this opportunity whilst this gets traction!

Palestine Children Relief Fund

[jaegerisim]

Some of yall needed to hear this

Credits to @/mattxiv on Instagram

[justeliiijah]

Sources confirming this include

Project 2025 website

BBC News explanation of Project 2025

Wikipedia page on Project 2025

MsMagazine’s explanation of Project 2025

NewRepublic’s explanation of Project 2025

Trump says he doesn’t know shit about P2025, ABC News theorizes he’s full of it

you can find plenty more information on Project 2025 on any reputable news source, but I thought I’d confirm OP wasn’t full of fear-mongering shit, ‘cuz this is insane.

[lady-raziel]

Reblogging because this has additional links for more info and because this is one of the best concise summaries of project 2025 I’ve seen—good reference for people to understand the conservative game plan in both the coming years and their long term goals.

The important thing I’d note is that while this transition plan and objective set was created for Donald Trump, it is not necessarily specific to him—this is the distillation of what conservatives have wanted for a long time and WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR even after Trump is no longer in the picture someday. They are proposing it now because they know Trump will be likely to enact these proposals, but understand this: the things outlined in the graphics above are the world the Republican Party envisions going forward regardless of who their candidate is. They are not going away. Unless time and time again those who oppose this vision fight the Republicans at every level of government, one by one the hard fought wins those in the past have achieved will be stripped away.

Look, I have no idea what’s going to happen at the top of the Democratic ticket. And I will be the very first to list the problems I have with the way the Democratic Party is run. But I firmly believe that helping the Democrats defeat the extremely harmful things the other side wants to do needs to be a priority, and that the only way the Democrats ARE going to get reformed and start finally listening to the people they claim to represent is by making changes while working inside and alongside the party. Remembering what stands to be lost is a good reminder on why it’s important not just to throw up our hands and say it’s all fucked and there’s no hope for politics.

[mysterious-art-greenhouse]

i live in the other side of the globe, but what the FUCK is going in in the usa. project 2025 is so screwed i have no idea how it could possibly be worse than that. everything on the list is messed up, but environmental part??? what the hell??? they want to send humanity and THEMSELVES HEAD FIRST to hell with this one

[kazooie]

Genuinely terrified for my American friends, please fucking vote, there really, REALLY is a lesser of two evils here

[bogleech]

It bears repeating that Trump criticized Biden for being "soft" on Gaza and wants to help Israel (exact words) "finish the job."

[dappercritter]

Yeah what the last guy said

[worn-smooth]

Tumblr is settling with NYC’s human rights agency over alleged porn ban bias

The ban allegedly affected LGBTQ users disproportionately.

[bitter69uk]

Gee, Tumblr would probably really hate it if you shared and spread this damning article … To the surprise of absolutely none of Tumblr’s LGBTQ users, it turns out the independent NYC human rights agency Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) found that Tumblr’s ham-fisted adult content ban in December 2018 disproportionately targeted LGBTQ users. The CCHR’s investigation revealed Tumbler’s moderation algorithms is demonstrably biased against queer content. As part of the settlement, Tumblr was obligated to review their prejudicial anti-gay moderation policies. Even more mortifyingly, they’ve also had to hire an expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) issues and provide unconscious bias training to their moderators. I frankly doubt Tumblr has learned a thing from this humbling experience. Just recently the Tumblr algorithm flagged three ancient posts of mine as violating their terms. All three “offenders” were vintage homoerotic beefcake images (softcore by modern standards) roughly 50 – 65-years-old by Bruce of Los Angeles, Bob Mizer and Tom of Finland. (These are of course pioneering queer artists who routinely faced censorship and imprisonment in the fifties and sixties. Plus ca change!). They've been visible on my page - corrupting viewers -  for years at this point. I appealed all three immediately. Only the Tom of Finland one was approved. The other two are now hidden. So, they haven't learned much. Apparently, Tumblr – who loves to declare how hip, youthful, inclusive and progressive their values are - wants to restore trust with their queer users. I’d recommend we remember their hypocrisy when Pride rolls around and Tumblr splashes rainbow flags everywhere and attempts to pink wash their image.

[bitter69uk]

In honour of Pride Month, this is worth a reblog! Don’t buy into Tumblr’s hypocritical “pink washing.” 

[persephinae]

if you have not had covid yet please help out science and complete this survey - https://covid-long.com/

[scretladyspider]

“If you have time to watch Netflix you have time for a side hustle” my side hustle is relaxing so that my body and brain can heal from by this nose-to-the-grindstone bullshit. I refuse to feel guilty for being a human with the need to relax sometimes. my side hustle is no.

[cognitohazardous]

whenever i hear about hustle culture i always think about this post on r/antiwork

[vague-humanoid]

Rich Siegel, Jewish resident of Teaneck, NJ, at Township Council meeting

[kwaasson]

(Transcript of the his full speech and the call to action)

My name is Rich Siegel. I'm a 25-year homeowner here in Teaneck. I'm Jewish. The reason that I'm telling you that I'm Jewish is because I have a concern about something that's going on in the Jewish community. On March 10th, there is scheduled to be an Israeli real estate sales event at the Keter Torah Synagogue.

That event violates both domestic law and international law. Violates domestic law because we had a Civil Rights Act in 1965 and a Fair Housing Act in 1968. We don't allow real estate events to be for whites only, for Jews only, for anybody only. Now, as Jews, we don't get to fly under the radar and break the law and hide it in the synagogue.

It violates international law because West Bank settlement homes are going to be available for sale at this real estate event. On the website, it lists three different West Bank settlements. Those settlements are, in and of themselves, illegal by international law. If we allow this sale to go through, we are enabling a local synagogue domestic anti-discrimination laws and international law.

Now there are other reasons we shouldn't allow it, okay? There's a genocide going on right now. I don't care who that offends. More than 35,000 people have been killed. More than 13,000 children have been killed. People in this community are in deep mourning. People in this community are angry. I'm angry.

What this real estate event is going to do is it's going to fan the flames. If it goes forward, there will be a demonstration. I know there's going to be a demonstration because I'm going to organize it. It will be very well attended.

What I'm saying needs to be done is, I don't know how much power this mayor in this council have to actually shut down the event, but I know you have the power to recommend that it be shut down, and I'm asking you to please do it.

We don't need to have more divisiveness in this community, okay? We don't need to have Jewish privilege rule the day, by saying we're entitled to break the law and have this real estate event, and not care about how so many people in this community feel about it.

Thank you for letting me speak.

[hellsgayngels]

i went to check the website and in addition to the 3 NY locations there are also going to be 2 locations in Canada:

Montreal, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 3:30 pm-9:30 pm at the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, 4894 Ave., Saint-Kevin, Montreal, Que.

and

Toronto, Thursday, March 7, 2024, 3:30 pm-9:30 pm, at the BAYT, 613 Clark Ave. W, Thornhill, Ont.

[vague-humanoid]

@el-shab-hussein @allthecanadianpolitics