#IS THAT THE ONE THAT'S MY PRIMARY

[plastic-pipes]

SWTICH UPDATE MY BELOTHED

[drdisasterartz]

stardust to stardust // inspiration -> "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt

edit: reblogs r appreciated plsplspls😖💕‼️

[strayingsocks]

watched transformers one today!

[duckprintspress]

I haven't seen this on Tumblr yet. Cory Booker has held the floor of the Senate for a 16 hour and counting filibuster and it's all streaming on YT. Currently almost 30k people are watching. You can become one of them without even moving from your screen. In the category of "the absolute least you can do" to support a democrat actually doing something... maybe give it a watch.

[suntails]

small world

[potofsoup]

i love your fourth of july comics every year but this years feels extremely optimistic about biden’s abilities in the face of him letting roe get overturned and funding a gen*cide at worst or letting it happen at best by taking the bare minimum of regulatory action… i mean can he really be trusted at all anymore to do the right thing or act in line with the people’s demands? and how do we know the people behind project 2025 won’t just rig the election again to get in under false pretenses?

Hihi! Thank you for reading and enjoying my July 4th comics every year! I am in a non-US airport en route to a month-long trip in a place with sketchy internet, so sorry in advance for sloppiness in my response (and potentially going radio silent).

But:

I don't think he "let" Roe get overturned, since that was the Supreme Court's overwhelming conservative majority, which really started with Mitch McConnell refusing to approve Obama's appointee and forcing it into a 2016 election issue. The fact that Trump got to appoint 3 Supreme Court Justices is what got us here.

Re: Biden and the Israel/Hamas war ... on the one hand, there's definitely more that he could have done, but on the other hand, they are a whole other country over there. It's Hamas that initiated the Oct 7 attacks and took the hostages. It's Netanyahu and his right-wing government who decided to retaliate to such extreme extent. Biden can talk about how he would really like Netanyahu to stop fighting and step down, but at the end of the day that's not his call, any more than he can stop the Sudan fighting that is near-genocidal either.

So, to come to your question #1: "Can he really be trusted at all anymore to do the right thing or act in line with the people’s demands"?

For me, it's a resounding YES. Guyz, he has passed so much good domestic policies. My spouse works in green energy and the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act halved his anxiety and gave him legitimate hope. The tumblr post I linked to in my comic has links to many of the other great things that Biden has done. Tbh I voted for him in 2020 because "a moldy onion is still better than Trump", and I've been pleasantly surprised. Like how he tried to cancel student loans, the Supreme Court overturned it, and then he came back 6 months later with a different way to do it that didn't lead to a court challenge.

Is he perfect? Hell no. There's tons of stuff that I wish he did more about, or he went further on, but also he's just one guy heading one branch of government who is heading into an election year. (Just like FDR promising not joining WWII, while behind the scenes doing all the Lend-Lease Act stuff). And "the people" have lots of demands, many of them conflicting.

I'd also like to push at the unspoken part of your question... "Can he really be trusted to do the right thing..." compared to whom? Because right now the answer is "compared to Trump." And compared to Trump... I don't even trust Trump to respect the results of a legitimate election. Heck, he might just take his favorite state secrets, sell them to the highest bidder (or just show them off to someone for funzies), and then claim Presidential immunity. A decent Democrat who got stuff done vs someone who probably wants to pardon himself and all his friends and do Project 2025 stuff is not even on the same level. (Do I wish that there was a viable Democratic alternative to Biden? Sure! But who?) Heck, at this point -- imagine if it's Kamala Harris vs. Trump. Who would you vote for?

As for your question #2: "How do we know the people behind project 2025 won’t just rig the election again to get in under false pretenses?"

We don't. But also what can we do besides showing up to vote?

Actually, I need bullet points for this:

The 2022 midterm elections brought in fewer-than-expected election-deniers into crucial electoral offices at the state level, which means that hopefully most state electoral boards will continue to have integrity

Yes, voting is harder but at least we can still vote. So it's about getting out there and getting your vote counted. For some states, it involves waiting in 8 hour lines. For some states, it involves bringing 2 forms of ID. Document. Track. Make sure it's dropped off in a real ballot box and not a fake one. Don't believe messaging that the voting is happening on a different day or location, etc.

A 50.1% majority is easily challenged. A 55% majority, less so. Which means getting people out to vote.

The more people know about and think about the reality of a second Trump term (versus being disappointed by a Biden term), the more they will be motivated to vote against Trump.

Finally, let's be real here: I'm braced for a 2nd Trump term. That said:

I'm still going to go and vote for Biden, because the only way to prevent a 2nd Trump term is to vote.

A Trump term where either the House or Senate is controlled by the Democrats will be *very* different from a clean Republican sweep.

Even with a clean Republican sweep on the federal level, States have so much more power now, and voting the state level stuff will help shore up Democratic goals for the future. States get to draw voting districts however they want. States get to decide on abortion policies. If you live in a deep Red state, there still might be things to vote for that make it easier to live in now, and turn it purple a few elections down the line.

So at the end of the day, it's "Vote AND". Vote and keep living your best life. Vote and tell others about Project 2025. Vote and have hope. Even if Trump wins, at least you'll have voted against him. Vote and stay to build up a progressive wave for the next election.

[assiraphales]

babes its been MONTHS but the one piece live action was SO real for being like "...........everyone is a lil in love w luffy and the real reason sanji & zoro have beef is because they want to be the prettiest belle at the ball in the eyes of their captain". luffy was sanji's darling little meow meow from the second he complimented his cooking and zoro was practically barking at whoever got too close to his king (of the pirates) because he said he needed ME not u bitch. love love love this and can't wait to see the ensuing drama of this dynamic in season 2

[tacticalanxiety]

[freakinator]

He tore across the hill

faster than any creature in the world.

All the world will be your enemy,

Prince with a Thousand Enemies.

And whenever they catch you,

they will kill you.

But first, they must catch you...

digger, listener, runner.

Prince with the swift warning.

Be cunning and full of tricks...

and your people

will never be destroyed.

[copepods]

being an artist who only does fanart is all fun and games until you lose interest in your current hyperfixation and don't immediately find a new one and so you are completely lost and unmotivated and unable to do the one activity you love most in the world for several months just hoping something new will come along and spark your interest so you can feel like a living person again

[oxygenisachoice]

☀️

[raptorrobot]

i feel like i'm fighting for my fucking life here

[tanasha-not-yet]

Torch (He's a typhoomerang)

yippeee typhoomerang !!!! thanks for the ask, it was actually awesome and very fun to draw hshshs

[nillisaie]

So I was just looking at this screenshot and like

Why are you making that face

Like why

Alastor barely did anything to you yet

"Oh, but Hell's Greatest Dad"

Lucifer instigated all of that! Lucifer very literally dragged Alastor into that song

Literally!!

And before this song, Alastor barely did anything either! It was Lucifer who came in throwing blatant insults while Alastor was being the kind, polite gentleman that he isn't!

Alastor: "I don't want to touch you but I'll still shake your hand :) don't you like my decor? You're shorter than I thought :)"

Lucifer: "What are you, a bellhop? You're a has been who sucks at naming things"

Like, Lucifer was so hostile and for no reason whereas Alastor was being such a graceful southern gentleman. "Oh bless your heart, your majesty," etc. etc. What Alastor did, prior to the song, was basically the equivalent of purposefully bumping into Lucifer and going "Oh, oops :) my bad" whereas Lucifer retaliated by swinging. Didn't even wait to make sure it wasn't actually an accidental bump, he just went for the attack immediately. Like, I know it's hard for him, but Lucifer really needed to try and be the bigger man here instead of picking a fight with his daughter's friend right off the bat. Heavy emphasis on the picking a fight with his daughter's friend

I do want to clarify and say that I don't think my husband is a perfect angel who can do no wrong. I am confident that in due time, Alastor can properly earn that look of disgust towards him, but as of right now, it is entirely unjustified. I honestly would not be surprised that if these two get into a fight or something in season 2, that Lucifer would be the instigator. Maybe it happens early on in the season, Alastor would probably be still licking his wound and just trying to deal with everything that happened during and after the fight while trying to hide it from everyone, and here comes Lucifer throwing insults and jabs his way until Alastor can't take it. We've seen that Lucifer can apparently get under Alastor's skin pretty easily after all. And I doubt Lucifer would stop, unless Charlie tells him to of course. Otherwise Lucifer would probably just keep twisting the knife. But maybe Charlie will get mad enough at Lucifer that he begrudgingly tries to make amends with Alastor. It wouldn't be genuine, but he might try to make amends, or maybe even a deal to play nice in front of Charlie at least

I think I got side tracked.. I forgot what I was going to say...

Anyway, Alastor was entirely justified for this

Lucifer was being a dick for no reason

[akq96618]

i like him a normal amount

[starheirxero]

I love you Eclipses with multiple arms. I love you Eclipses that can retract or add more at will. I love you Eclipses who stole their extra arms from other people. I love you Eclipses who were made with multiple arms to wrangle more kids. I love you Eclipses who have multiple arms because they aren't entirely animatronic.

I love you Eclipses with multiple voices. I love you Eclipses who stitch together clips of other people speaking to communicate. I love you Eclipses who speak with a layer of heavy static. I love you Eclipses who speak only in video game sound effects. I love you Eclipses who don't speak at all.

I love you Eclipses with a red/black/orange color scheme. I love you Eclipses with a yellow and blue color scheme. I love you Eclipses with a purple color scheme. I love you Eclipses with a black and white color scheme. I love you Eclipses with a glitchy handful of colors.

I love you Eclipses who hate Sun and Moon. I love you Eclipses who love Sun and Moon. I love you Eclipses who have a messy relationship with Sun and Moon. I love you Eclipses who are Sun and Moon.

I love you Eclipses who bite and snarl. I love you Eclipses who are cold and calculating. I love you Eclipses who are scared and anxious. I love you Eclipses who are silly and whimsical. I love you Eclipses who are ominous and unsettling.

I love you Eclipses who sink their claws into everything out of a fear it will leave. I love you Eclipses who believe they've never done anything wrong. I love you Eclipses who actually have never done anything wrong. I love you Eclipses who were made to fail. I love you Eclipses who deserved better.

I love you Eclipses <3