#section three

[originalleftist]

Reminder:

He is not the President.

There is no President.

He is a disqualified insurrectionist.

The Constitution does not change because a corrupt and cowardly SCOTUS makes up some fake law.

Calling him "President" legitimizes him, his policies and those who violate their oaths by obeying him.

Call him by the titles he has actually earned:

-Fraud.

-R*pist.

-Felon.

-P01135809.

-Agent Krasnov.

-Insurrectionist.

[titlesarestupidau]

Ew.

Yes! After Bugdatabase's 3 month hiatus on Titles are Stupid, an Inanimate Insanity AU on Wattpad (at the moment), he is BACK after mental difficulties over those three months! HURRAH! Good job Bug! He dropped a gift along with his return!

SECTION 3, CHAPTER 2: Backstage

OUT NOW! -> LINK TO THE STORY

[oni-official]

We really do not have the slightest idea where we were going with this. However, Section 3 has already approved unlimited funding for further research into the concept and assigned some of the top minds of the generation to it, so...

[quinntamsin]

"Quinn, that last Brute Chieftain had a data core on person, I'm uploading the information now to your HUD." The Spartan IV reflexively holstered her weapon, and squatted to shrink her profile. As the information poured in from of her skin, a she smiled, "Thanks Aurora, this is what I needed." "No problem Quinn."

Episode 6 "Solace" of season one, let's talk about the aftermath of the battle on Eridanis. John-117: A multitude of memories are assaulting John in our cold open. He's obviously under supervision for what he did and also for his obvious growing instability. We snap into reality as Kai is in extreme pain from her ordeal and he is confronted by Captain Keyes who thanks him. Makee is definitely of interest to Chief who I hope will have a strong sense of suspicion for the woman. Makee is sus as fuck. I'm still blaming Adun for this fuck, if he hadn't just gone and messed around with crap instead of being less pushy it wouldn't have alerted the Covenant. And he almost kills Halsey, he should have killed her. Good to see that Chief is as smart as he is supposed to be. Chief confronts Halsey again after almost killing her in the lab, and the woman comes clean. I mean, she's trying to rationalize her bullshit. And Miranda has seen it all. Not bad at directing all that wonderful deflecting his questions. He gets some air, obviously having severe flashbacks and he pushes Cortana to make a choice. This is definitely a John centric episode as he finally relents and diagnoses his problems. His deterioration is continuing and he's playing right into Makee's hands. Miranda: Finally getting treated somewhat okay, she talks to her mom about it. Dammit, Keyes see through her bullshit. She's finally gotten her recognition and now she's being used by her mother once again. This woman is brilliant and yet people continue to misalign and mistreat her. We can see that Miranda is trying to work with Chief, but his sheer force of will plus Miranda's growing sympathy lead them to a massive discovery. Kai: Our girl has been having an endless line of shit in this ongoing saga, and finally that we have Miranda now in command I hope things will change. In the scene where her teammates observe the weapon upgrades, you can see she's feeling further shock at the kidnapping revelation. Halsey: After almost dying, admitting her monstrous nature we finally see a little bit of punishment. She loses the entire Spartan Program, and her daughter now takes over. She still deserves death IMO. Makee: Welp, a straight face on this girl continues to show how dead-faced she really is. Yup, she's an okay actor, but John seems to be pretty honest in his distrust. She decides to play the "I'm a blessed one" card, and yup the Hirajo word gets him. Dammit, Chief! Don't fall for this! Welp, he does, dammit, she's an okay manipulator. Captain Keyes: The leading committee that oversees Section Three and the Spartans really shows how desperate the UNSC is. Putting the Spartan IIs under separate command was, honestly, an interesting decision it makes sense. Bota's comment about how the "Mission Matters more" shows the man is not to be trusted by boots on the ground. He's obviously starting to lose his desire to remain the silent partner in his complicity in the abuse of the Spartan IIs. Conclusion: Wow, this episode finally upped the anty on what we've been waiting for for a very long time. It's good that they have finally decided to move forward toward Halo, but I dislike the idea that only these "Special Ones" hold the right of the Reclaimer. So after today's episode I've decided I'll be returning to the style of reaction I've been doing with the Book of Boba and Wheel of Time. Individual PoV reacts are fun, but they are pretty time consuming. Hottakes: Halsey dying early would suck, but dammit I hate that woman. Especially, for once again using her own daughter. She's like a Tau ethereal mixed with a member of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Miranda seeing all her new toys and committing illegal actions right away was, wow. Good tone to set IMO, she has a strong relationship with Chief in her stories so its good to see it here. Cortana needs to break away from Halsey, hopefully she does it soon.

[originalleftist]

I just found out I'm probably going to lose my voting rights as an American citizen.

P01135809's plans for elections were announced, and include all the expected things: tighter IDs, one-day voting only, paper ballots... and an end to mail voting.

As an American living overseas, this would effectively disenfranchise me- as well as every member of the armed services and their families stationed abroad.

Well, if 2024 is the last vote I can ever cast, I'm proud that it was for Kamala Harris- the LEGITIMATE President-elect (as she won the most votes in every state excluding candidates Constitutionally disqualified for insurrection).

[originalleftist]

NBC has called it for Trump- he'll get at least 270.

Assuming that holds, and it looks like it will, a few things:

Do not despair. No matter how hopeless you feel. That's just another form of "obeying in advance".

Do not lash out violently. It may sound cathartic to some, but it won't change anything except to get you and probably other innocent people hurt or killed, and make it easier for Trump to get support for violent crackdowns.

We have two and a half months to prepare- either to try to block Trump's taking power, or to resist what he does starting on Inauguration Day.

We cannot afford selfishness, nor apathy, nor recklessness or impulsiveness. We must be resolved, deliberate, and strategic.

Unions should be organizing to strike. If 5% of the country went on strike, it would bring everything to a halt just like that. If you are involved in a union, and are willing to run some risk, start organizing for this.

State and local governments should be organizing to resist deployments of Federal troops against them.

Hell, Biden and other Democratic office holders, including the House if we succeed in taking it, should be refusing to recognize Trump's legitimacy and organizing to block the transition on the grounds that he is Constitutionally ineligible as an insurrectionist.

If you are a Democrat or marginalized person (that includes anyone with a uterus), and aren't prepared to resist, you should try to leave the country in the two and a half months you have left before Trump can close the borders.

Above all:

WE DO NOT GIVE UP.

This is the real world, not a myth or a fantasy novel. There are no final victories in history, nor final defeats. We lost this round. It hurts. I imagine it will hurt more when it fully sinks in. A lot of people will probably suffer and die who didn't have to.

But that does not mean that we give up. THAT is how fascists truly win.

And if this all seems like wishful thinking, remember this:

A lot of countries have been in a lot worse position than America is now. For example, Ukraine has been in a worse position than we are, in a number of ways, for basically it's entire history. It faced Soviet genocide and Nazi genocide, finally regained its independence with the fall of the Soviet Union, only to find itself under a Russian puppet regime.

It then ousted that regime in the Maidan protests, and has been fighting against Russian annexation and genocide, with far too little support, for over a decade.

It did not surrender.

Maybe it will after tonight. But I doubt it.

And if it did, it would still have fought longer and harder against longer odds than we face in America today.

So to hell with giving up. Almost 64 million Americans and still counting voted for Kamala Harris, and we are not going to just lie down and obey Dear Leader.

[originalleftist]

Reminder:

This is the 2024 US Presidential election map if you remove every candidate Constitutionally disqualified for insurrection:

Fuck SCOTUS, and fuck it's made-up laws.

[originalleftist]

One thing that really pisses me off is that almost EVERYBODY, even his bitterest opponents, still calls him "president."

Even I do it sometimes, by reblogging content that does.

But he's not.

He's a disqualified insurrectionist, and that doesn't change just because SCOTUS decided to ignore the Constitution.

Do not grant him legitimacy he does not have. Language matters. Calling him "president" is the greatest lie of our time, the most unchallenged, and every official recognizing his authority is violating their oaths to the Constitution.