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you ever see a man that makes you violently ill in ways that would get you diagnosed with female hysteria in the 18th century

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you have to get worse and you have to do silly things to make it happen. You have to invite ritual and ceremony and odd calenders into your life, you have to write or sing or dance, you have to eat and eat and eat. you have to grow older day by day and you have to find new ways to keep doing it, sometimes forever. what an exhausting burden has been laid at your feet! and yet here you are, with us, right now. you cannot ever have a life that does not include everything that has already happened. take my hand and take their hand and take her hand, too, and know that you will feel joys that you cannot know now, and sorrows as well, and you will have alien sensations.

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“what’s the song of the summer” ?? it’s DANCING IN THE DARK by bruce springsteen for the 41st year in a row

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I don't normally post photos or talk about the protest actions I participate in, but I was at the Chicago Stand Up For Science rally on behalf of my job recently and this sign took me out at the knees.

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I'm sorry, I know how bleak it is, but Trump didn't win by like 70%. Almost half of the country, millions of Americans, did not vote for him. We need to reckon with how many stupid, ugly people are in this country. No doubt about that. But there are still so many of us who have only ever rejected him. Millions of people voted for a black, Asian woman. Millions of people wanted a better future and we must not allow people to erase us. We're Americans, too. We want the best for this country and we're better than they are.

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you have to outlive donald trump

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Hi. Things are bleak, I know that. I know that we paid for Trump's last term with blood and it is likely the price will be blood again.

But listen to me. LISTEN.

You do not have to force yourself to witness horrors as an act of activism. It is not a form of activism. You can put your phone down, you can block that horrific video. We cannot win if you cannot fight and you will not be able to fight if you are hopeless.

Do not let them guilt you into this. People who are exhausted are easier to walk over. Take care of yourself, find community where you find joy.

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A Pragmatic and surprisingly comforting perspective about the Trump 2nd Presidency from the ACLU

***Apologies if this is how you found out the 2024 election results***

Blacked out part is my name.

I’m not going to let this make me give up. It’s disheartening, and today I will wallow, probably tomorrow too

AND

I will continue to do my part in my community to spread the activism and promote change for the world I want to live in. I want to change the world AND help with the dishes.

And I won’t let an orange pit stain be what stops me from trying to be better.

A link to donate to the ACLU if able and inclined. I know I am

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like to charge reblog to cast

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Mentally I’m here

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also, polling places aren’t opening the whole day tomorrow. make sure you know when your polling places close and open.

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A friendly reminder to USians: if you are planning to vote on Election Day, your mantra is "Nothing I see today convinces me not to go vote."

Exit polls suggest DT cannot be caught? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Exit polls suggest KH has it in the bag? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Pundits are saying the country is swinging overwhelmingly red? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Pundits are saying the country is swinging overwhelmingly blue? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Polls can be misleading (intentionally or not). The methodology can be biased (or simply poor). Early results may not reflect what the full count will show. There may be a red mirage. NOTHING YOU SEE CONVINCES YOU NOT TO VOTE.

The biggest Democratic win in swing states means nothing if democrats don't turn out everywhere to keep the reliably blue states blue.

VOTE. Wear appropriate weather gear if you think you may have to stand in a line outside (coat, hat, gloves, umbrella, sunhat, whatever, you know where you live). Bring water and a snack and something to do (book, game on your phone, podcast and headphones, whatever, you know what you like). GO VOTE.

NOTHING YOU SEE ON ELECTION DAY CONVINCES YOU NOT TO VOTE.