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Please get registered and vote.

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Republican #SCOTUS are legislating a shithole.

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Remember: Anyone who tells you voting is pointless is trying to suppress your vote.

carsonjonesfiance

Hey y’all remember when Nixon said “it’s not illegal if the president does it.” And we all agreed that was insane and unconstitutional? Well what a difference a couple decades and lots and lots of dark money make

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I also feel like it's worth pointing out in a bit more detail just how bad-faith this decision was:

Creates, for the first time in US history, the category of "absolute presidential immunity" wherein If The President Says It's Official, It Must Be Legal, I Guess, which is terrifying for any number of reasons;

As noted by @carsonjonesfiance above, everyone knew that "the president can do whatever he wants and it's legal" was rightly rejected as batshit insane when Nixon (who looks like a kid selling ice cream cones next to Trump) said it; now the Heritage Foundation is making excellent progress on their "install a theocratic fascist dictator whose theocratic fascist dictatorship is legal because we say so" decades-long process of court capture;

The three liberals on the court, especially Sotomayor, wrote a scathing dissent warning that this makes a mockery of the constitutional republic and the principle that no one man is above the law (which, you might say, was the impetus for the founding of America in the first place, where King George III Just Saying So was not acceptable as a system of governance). They're also notably, and I suspect correctly, unconvinced that the vague "official/unofficial" distinction is ever going to amount to anything, because the SCOTUS conservatives will just fucking throw out anything they don't like and rewrite the laws as necessary.

In other words, as Sotomayor puts it, "this decision grants Trump all the immunity he asked for and then some." Because not only did SCOTUS make up this bullshit "the president can do whatever he wants actually!" fringe legal theory and enshrine it in American jurisprudence from now on, they didn't even bother to deal with the consequences of that decision. They made no attempt to sort out which of Trump's acts were "official"; they just kicked the can back to the circuit court and went "lol you figure it out, good luck." Let's note that SCOTUS can once more unilaterally torpedo whatever the lower courts come up with, so they might just be wasting their time to define "official" vs. "unofficial" acts anyway.

After SCOTUS swiftly took review of this case in December 2023, after the lower circuit had already issued an extremely comprehensive opinion refuting Trump's claim, they took as long as possible to deliver this terrible decision in the first week of July; even if it had been less terrible, there's still almost no chance that the legal wrangling would be over before the election. The wingnut SCOTUS doesn't care about anything except helping Trump remain viable through the election, if need be with blatant and unprecedented juridical interference.

This was deliberately made to shield Trump from the actions of his first term, and it will embolden him even more in his second term. SCOTUS has just given him a blank check to say anything that he goddamn well pleases in his career as a fascist dictator is actually legal; he can just designate it as an "official act," end of story. This is after SCOTUS has spent this entire term blatantly and shamelessly rewriting, tossing out, gutting, or otherwise ignoring DECADES of settled precedent in order to make it easier for the worst elements in American society to do whatever they please. This is what all that Heritage Foundation/Federalist Society/Harlan Crow dark money gets you. SCOTUS is functioning exactly as designed and it will not be stopped until it is stopped.

Hillary Clinton warned about literally all of this, repeatedly and in detail, in 2016. People laughed at her, scorned her off, called her every name in the book, and did not bother to vote for her. Trump won and stacked SCOTUS to the current result.

Aside from being an unaccountable fascist dictator in his (please God never to happen) second term, he will also stack the deck even further. Thomas and Alito will retire and be replaced by younger wingnuts, locking in this current ideological imbalance for the next 30 years. I would wager real money that there would be nothing of American democracy left if this happens.

The next president will have at least two SCOTUS picks. Two SCOTUS picks from Biden would flip the court 5-4 liberal and make the tiniest bit of progress actually possible again, arrest this slide into uncontrolled fascist theocracy, and put at least a few fucking guardrails back on this lunacy.

Biden is 81. Get over it. Biden has a stutter. Get the fuck over it. Biden isn't your personal perfect progressive pony candidate (while the left is now turning on former Online Leftist darlings Bernie Sanders and AOC as soon as they expressed any desire to work to make change with the system and didn't immediately burn it all down and make everything into Communist Paradise):

GET THE FUCK OVER IT.

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THAT FIRST SITE IS EVERY WRITER’S DREAM DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I’VE TRIED WRITING SOMETHING AND THOUGHT GOD DAMN IS THERE A SPECIFIC WORD FOR WHAT I’M USING TWO SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE AND JUST GETTING A BUNCH OF SHIT GOOGLE RESULTS

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This one’s an always-reblog, because who knows who needs it and hasn’t seen it yet?

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Alternatives to Squishmallow

So as many of you have probably already heard, Jazwares, the company that produces Squishmallows, is donating to charities that support Israeli soldiers and the IDF. They’re also supporting Canary Mission, which has been doxxing people who speak out against Israel. BDS hasn’t called for a boycott against them, but I can’t in good faith spend my money on their products, and I would strongly encourage everyone who enjoys plushies to really think long and hard about if you want to give your money to a company that’s helping support genocide!

But the holidays are coming up, and lots of us enjoy plushies and were fans of Squishmallow, and were planning to give Squishmallows to friends and family this year.

Fortunately, there are a number of great plushie companies out there, and I want to promote some of my favorites in the hopes that folks will get their plushie fix from a source that doesn’t side with Israel. So without further ado:

Fluffnest

Fluffnest got their start on Kickstarter a few years ago, and I adore the round shapes of their PuffPal plushies! My favorite is Pete the Possum, which is probably the best possum plush I’ve ever seen. I’ve also got a beautiful moth from their Kickstarter and I’ve been wanting their bats for ages. They also recently had a Kickstarter for an Animal Crossing-esque video game featuring their plushie characters and it looks fantastic.

Squishables

I can’t get over the plague doctor plushies. They’re so perfect and cute, and they’ve released other variations of them called Alter Egos, like a ghostly version, an alien, or a really sweet cottagecore one! They’ve got a ton of variety, but what I like the most are the fantasy plushies. There’s a lich! There are dragons and demons! Cryptids! Biblically accurate angels! A lot of really fun stuff!

Also they do a lot of great charity work! Right now they’re doing an auction for the Food Bank of New York City.

AfternoonFika

AfternoonFika is a very small business of only three people, but their plushies are extremely cute. They tend to sell out fast, so I recommend following them on social media to stay on top of any restocks! They recently released a line of dinosaurs that are precious, and of course I love their iconic cactus cat and cinnamon bun bunny.

Jellycat

Jellycat has been around since 1999, so they’re the oldest of these companies. They’ve got great designs, a ton of variety, and a lot of their plushies are made to be cuddled on and not just displayed. All three of my tiny nephews sleep with a different stuffed dog from Jellycat. My mom has a sun and several succulents that she uses as decorations. There’s a little something for everyone who enjoys plushies!

If you have any other favorite companies I haven’t mentioned, feel free to add on! I’ve enjoyed Squishmallows for a while now and I’m sad to see their leadership coming out on the side that’s committing war crimes on a daily basis, but this is a good time to discover new favorite plushie companies! And remember, money speaks loudly. Even if BDS hasn’t called for a boycott of Jazwares, it sends a message when sales start dropping for companies that support genocide. It’s a small thing, but the little things we do can add up!

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LittleSofts

Littlesofts started in late 2021 so a lot of their plush are in the preorder stage (the ones above were JUST announced a few days ago and I think is their biggest launch so far) I've been extremely happy with my ultra-snuggly trans raccoon !!! (preordered in june and received in october and can be ordered now)

The body itself is about 10 inches, not counting tail, which for me is perfect to hold. There are also weighted plush with a more dense filling (about 2 lbs) as well as pins of the plush. Love these guys!

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If you're looking for the feel of a squishmallow, you're looking for mochi minky/pure plush fleece fabric and mochi stuffing

There's a ton of knock off squishmallows, but that'll potentially help with online shopping or making your own

As for promo, I commissioned a custom plush from Nightengale Needle a few years ago, they have ready made stuff, they're not mochi but they're great to work with and the team there could really use the support

https://www.etsy.com/shop/NightengaleNeedles

Jellycat also do toys with weighted elements and the like, so they're excellent stim plushies.