trying to survive the tRump admin

reblogs and resources dedicated to resisting Trump and preserving the people's rights

[sweetfirebird]

National Voter Registration Day!

Are you registered? Have you registered? Do you want to, but your state government is being a dick about it? Do you need ID?

Don't worry--get help

Register to vote in your state -Vote.gov

How to register to vote - USAgov

Now, both of those are US government websites, so if you like, go to them for information but then go to your individual state's voting registration website. You know, if you distrust this federal government for some reason....

Check your voter registration status

Find out how to register in your state: some offer online, some require by mail or in person.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia --this is not the state website. the state website was down every time I tried it

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina --heads up! Even if you are already register to vote in NC, check again. They are "cleaning up" the voter rolls.

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington --if you have an enhanced ID, you are probably already registered to vote. But check your status anyway.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Military and absentee voting

Washington, D.C.

...I don't have all the rules for voting in the various territories. You can register to vote there, but usually you cannot vote in certain elections. Which is bullshit if you pay taxes. Ditto for D.C. Still bullshit too.

If you are registered to vote, I still urge you to check your status every few months. Some states are purging voter rolls or trying to end overseas military voting or something, so keep an eye on things.

Also, some states are purging voters who have not voted recently. So you might be registered now, but if you didn't vote last year, they could bounce you.

Vote this election in November. Register now if you haven't, because the cut off date to register to vote this year varies state to state, but it's soon.

Also check out:

Voteriders - an org to help people get their IDs

Fair Elections Center

League of Women Voters

Native American Rights Fund

NAACP - resources

The ACLU has a page devoted to voting rights, how to register, what to do at the polls etc. Know your rights.

If you don't care about national politics (....) you should still vote in your local elections.

[raygun631]

[usindistress]

American plutocrats have spent decades pushing propaganda to make you fear the government providing services. The reason they do that is because if the government provides services, they can't price gouge their customers.

[filibustin-a-nut]

Lindsey Graham's death will kick off a breakneck campaign for his Senate seat - POLITICO

Lindsey Graham's death will kick off a breakneck campaign for his Senate seat

Republicans face a sudden August primary to fill a full six-year term.

[filibustin-a-nut]

'Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent.' Mamdani goes at Trump on America's 250th Speech

[filibustin-a-nut]

We are not a Christian nation

We are not a Christian nation

Duet with: https://www.tiktok.com/@thetnhollerOriginal video: https://www.tiktok.com/@thetnholler/video/7659065596662844686#duet #politics #

A Christian nation would not have displaced and killed 20 million native Americans and keep them living in poverty to this day. A Christian nation would not have started a war to justify the ownership of other human beings.

[filibustin-a-nut]

We dug through Trump's 20,000 stock trades. It's even WORSE than you thought

Explains his interest in the war with Iran

[filibustin-a-nut]

Much like McCarthyism did irreparable damage to the psyche of the US, I feel as though Trump has done much the same. This is going to take decades to fix the damage that man has done. It's not impossible, but it is very hard and it is worth it for a better world

[filibustin-a-nut]

White nationalist group marched in DC on July Fourth

[robertreich]

I guess we'll have to wait and see Trump's next batch of financial disclosures. Hello?

[libraford]

Listen, I'm having fun playing with the ultra patriotic voice, but after a couple years in blue-collar landscaping jobs, you really do need to phrase things like that.

"I'm pretty sure that fella ain't here legally."

"Well, that ain't your business Chip, it's his."

They hate being preached to. If you pull out words like 'gender wage gap' they'll tell you you're brainwashed by the far left media.

"He's one of them transgenders."

"He got freedoms too, Jimmy."

[weshallbekind]

Also, please understand that SO often the real issue these people have is that they just want to say something inappropriate. They don't like being told they can't say "fag", so they'd say it for a reaction, just like a teenager would.

Shut down the conversation without reacting.

"His dick, not mine" will get you much further to shutting that guy down than "well it's really inappropriate to call someone a slur while I'm the job site".

And that's the point. To shut them up. To make them quit saying shit like that. The first one makes him seem kinda weird for caring about what that guy does with his dick. The second one gives him something to fight against and make a big deal about.

[mckitterick]

Code-switching - Wikipedia

code-switching matters for communicating across cultures of all varieties

[teaboot]

Cannot overstate how many flavours of bullshit disguised as political opinion can be shut down by “none of my business” or “don’t be rude”

[tearsofrefugees]

Clerks smile and 'flip off' security camera while 'sneaking' immigrants out of courthouse: DOJ

Two Utah court clerks have been dubbed "anti-ICE vigilantes" after they were allegedly caught "sneaking" immigrants out the back door of the

[antifainternational]

That's how you show real solidarity!

"After they overheard that ICE was at the courthouse to arrest someone, they improperly accessed court databases to determine who was not born in the United States," a DOJ detention filing says. "They then snuck every suspected illegal alien who was at the courthouse out a back door, where ICE, who was waiting in the parking lot for their target to leave the building, could not see them."

Think about what you can do at your job or in your daily life to resist fascism when the opportunity presents itself!

[knxfesck]

Donate to Support Legal Fees for Logan City Ex-Court Clerks, organized by William Joma

A few months back, you might have read about two Logan City, UT court c… William Joma needs your support for Support Legal Fees for Logan Ci

Here is the link to contribute to their legal fund. They are facing multiple felony charges and I have no info on whether they have any community support at this time. If their actions are something you support, consider helping them out through the aftermath and investigation by the "justice" system

[filibustin-a-nut]

County with 37 data centers asks schools to "conserve energy"

[wizard-laundry]

The KIDS act (which contains KOSA) passed the US house, so I would recommend calling your senators and telling them to vote in opposition. I don't think I need to stress the importance of being able to use the internet freely and without privacy barriers being breached.

There are many scripts online you can follow, many ways to tweak your message to fit your senator (ESPECIALLY if they are up for reelection this year). Whether it's a recording you reach or a real person, be straightforward, don't argue, just let your rep know that you are a constituent and you oppose the KIDS act, etc.

Here is where you can search for your senator... call, email, fax, bring them physical letters, show up in person to their offices if you are able.

[maswartz]

[fractally]

This has been my main argument against "AI" from the very beginning.

OpenAI scraped the entire web. All of which had been a labor of love from humans. Wikipedia is the backbone of a lot of LLMs, and that was volunteer human labor. They stole it and now they're selling it back to us.

And worse, they're trying to destroy the free sources that they stole from. It's destruction of human knowledge on an unprecedented scale. The burning of the library of Alexandria has nothing on this.

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

I don't need the chatgpt random algorithm to write emails for me because I already have a custom and 100% flawless algorithm called "writing the exact same three emails with the names changed"

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

#1: "hi [landlord], hope you're doing well! [apartment thing] is [broken/a problem]. we need it [fixed/replaced/handled] by [date]. let us know when you'll send someone over so we can be here to let them in. thanks so much, [op]"

#2: "hi [professor], hope you're doing well! unfortunately, I'm [sick/stuck at work/dead] and won't be able to submit [assignment] by [due date]. could I please have an extension? if not, is there anything else I could do to make up this credit? thanks so much, [op]"

#3: "hi [customer service person], hope you're doing well! unfortunately, [product] [didn't arrive/is broken/wrong color/gave me a rash/poisoned my crops] and I'd like to receive a [refund/replacement]. here is the documentation of the order and photos of [broken thing/wrong thing/my rash/dead crops]. thanks so much, [op]"

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

"but op I work in an office I have to write way more emails than you" well that's your fault for working in an office i got nothing to do with that

[perpetualsarcasmmachine]

Writing an email is so easy and I will tell you how it's done. This is the advice is for everyone with an email job, but you can apply it to normal human interaction.

The FIRST SENTENCE is the thing you want the recipient to do. Do not make them guess.

I want to let you know about ... (This email is to inform someone of something not to ask them to do anything)

Could you please do ... (This is a request. You want them to do something).

I'm looking into x and wondering if you can help me (this is also a request but for information instead of an action).

People do not want to read an email and even if they do read it, most people are skimming and not interested. Tell them what you want first, then provide context or other information (when you need a thing is often key). If the email is informational, you can even add "you don't need to do anything, this is just to keep you informed!" People will appreciate not having to figure out what you want from them.

If you can't articulate what you want the recipient to do with the message, you are not ready to email them. I read too many emails where I have no idea what the person wants from me.

Put the most important thing first and everyone will be impressed! AI cannot do this for you because it can't tell what's important! Only you know that, which is why you must write your own emails.

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

to everyone who wants help with emails: go through the notes of this post. there are ideas I've never thought of and plenty of scripts for all kinds of situations/jobs

[captain-price-returns]

It's not just that they're doing corruption, but they're doing the kind of corruption that is basically "guy hands over a cartoon money sack with dollar signs on it" corruption.

[filibustin-a-nut]

Former Republican Reveals What Leaving the GOP Taught Him About Racism