#and everyone who voted for him

[rositaslabyrinth]

Being an education major in the u.s. rn feels so discouraging. Wdym that evil ass orange dictator wants to dismantle the department of education. LITERALLY FOR WHATTTTT.

[tirsynni]

2/20/25 Update: I met with the agency's director. Layoffs are being reviewed on a week-by-week basis, so it can literally happen at any time. I'm putting in job applications and looking into petsitting gigs to help with cash in the meantime. My diabetic kitty is due for a shot next week at the vet, and she'll need new insulin and more prescription food in March. I'm not sure how long it'll take to get a job, especially with the hiring freezes, so any assistance would be great: Ko-fi and BMC.

Hey, if nothing else, I'll probably have plenty of time to write fics soon? When I'm not putting in job applications. Oof.

[weechubbypenguin]

Methinks Sondheim wasn't thinking about the US government when he wrote, "There's a hole in the world like a great black pit/and it's filled with people who are filled with shit/and the vermin of the world inhabit it." AND YET

But anyway, when do we get to the "But not for long" part?

[grumpy-old-patriot]

[artielu]

Ok, so. The Trump budget. It has already passed the House and now just needs 51 senators to pass it and send it to Trump for signature.

There are 53 Republican senators, 45 Democratic ones, and 2 Independents that vote with the Democrats. VP Vance is a tiebreaker vote.

So to block the bill, at least four Republican senators need to find their spines and the Democrats and Independents all need to keep their spines. This will not happen without direct action from voters.

They are only going to resist this bill if they hear from voters in their states. They do not care if some person from California calls them.

It's really fucking bad for everyone except the ultra-wealthy, surprise surprise.

I'm going to go through some of the features of this budget in reblogs, but trust and believe that it's horrible for the vast, vast majority of Americans, including you.

Highlights include:

Extends the Trump tax cuts passed in 2017. This continues $3.7 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy. If this budget does not pass, these tax cuts will expire and go back up without any action.

$150 billion in additional military spending

Work requirements for Medicaid. "childless adults without disabilities would be required to work 80 hours per month to qualify for benefits.". They expect millions of people to fail to meet work requirements and lose Medicaid.

Planned Parenthood and trans care. "Bans Medicaid from providing funding to Planned Parenthood as long as the organization continued to provide abortions, and would bar Medicaid from covering gender affirming health care to any beneficiaries. "

Reduces SNAP food stamp access that 40 million people use. "mandates work requirements for able-bodied SNAP enrollees who don't have dependents.".

Clean energy "dramatically scaling back many of the tax credits for clean energy."

Border walls and ICE. "$46.5 billion toward completing Trump's border wall. It also allots $5 billion for Customs and Border Protection facilities and more than $6 billion to hire and retain more agents and officers"

Student loans. "cut $330 billion from the student loan system by scrapping several existing repayment options, including the Biden-era SAVE program that based payments on income and household size.". Does anyone want to have student loan payments that you cannot afford?

Guts Obamacare. "Saves $100 billion, but will result in millions of Americans becoming uninsured if they fail to adhere to new paperwork requirements or can no longer afford insurance premiums."

Weakens federal courts that keep using orders that his actions are illegal and unconstitutional. It prohibits courts from enforcing contempt citations for violations of injunctions or temporary restraining orders unless the plaintiff pays a bond. Bonds can be EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE and are not currently required in these cases. The provision "would make most existing injunctions—in antitrust cases, police reform cases, school desegregation cases, and others—unenforceable," says the god of constitutional law, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.

So, you folks in red states and you folks in wobbly blue states (PA, NC, etc), you need to call your senators and save us all.

Call every day. Call after hours so you can leave a voicemail and not talk to anyone.

For real y'all, millions of people are going to starve, go broke, and be without medical care if this bill passes. Which is a feature, not a bug, of the Trump administration.

And it will balloon the national debt to pay for these tax cuts for the wealthy.

[nibbelraz]

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[marinememes]

Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!

Today’s Wet Beast is: Sea Pig

Olive’s wet beast fact: Unlike the stupid pigs on land, the sea pig has never been elected president.

Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!

[wilwheaton]

[daisukemouthwashin]

my prediction is that muu will not be doing so hot this trial

[deaddee-anime-brownfanlady]

All of this fucking insanity and chaos could've been easily avoided. But no, half of this damn country is totally fine with having a rapist and felon, also white supremacist loving bigot as president again, and the other half refused to vote for the far-better and more progressive, more competent, and intelligent Black woman due to their own deep-seeded racism & sexism also misogynoir no matter what bullshit excuses they tell themselves.

I voted correctly and did my fucking part during the 2024 election because I care about Democracy and keeping it intact, because I deeply care about those who would be horribly effective by another disastrous Trump administration.

But nope, some people have proven that they care more about being self-righteous than they do about the very proclaim issues and groups of vulnerable people / minorities (especially Black Americans & Black women) they claim to care about or so-called support.

FUCK ANYONE THAT REFUSE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS CURRENT MADNESS!

Ya'll are basically Trump supporters by refusing to vote against a literally convinced criminal also racist.

FUCK every single one of ya'll Rat-fuckers who refuse to stop Trump when ya'll had the chance.

[benjaminallhope-fulltimemind]

This is a daily reminder Elon Musk is a megalomanic oligarch who doesn't care about the people, he can and will play hell on government systems regardless of damage to others. It's why he brought Donald Trump out, you don't need a secret cabal to focus on the evil rich cabal is right in front of our eyes.

[sensiblereblogifposts]

We interrupt our usual broadcast to ask the USAmericans out there, please make plans to go vote for Harris.

What ever you think of Kamala Harris, remember the other guy is basically a fascist.

One of the two will take office after the election - there is no other possibility.

Please do your part in keeping Trump out of power. Go vote for Harris.

[rouge-fauna]

Normally, I wouldn't really say anything about the drama and stuff, because that's not what I'm here for and honestly I feel like a lot of it is just none of my business. But, it just feels so close to home for me that I can't help but say something. Because here's the thing people aren't going to talk about and probably don't even realize, but I think so much of this drama actually has to do with Dream being autistic.

Just notice the themes of what Tubbo said about Dream being weird, inappropriate, not considering the social boundaries, not communicating, coming across wrong… etc these are all things that can be attributed to Dream literally not knowing better because of neurodivergence. That’s not an excuse but an explanation to know the difference between Dream texting Tommy’s mom out of being manipulative versus not understanding how that breaks a social boundary. That’s not to say Dream should get a free pass to do whatever but I think in the same way we take into consideration other people’s ages and their naivety and obliviousness and inexperience into consideration, Dream’s neurodivergence should be considered too. It is valid. It makes a difference between manipulative and malicious intent versus simply not seeing it the same way.

And really the sad thing is, that I think people will always dislike Dream. At the end of the day, I think that will never change, because even if he was the most perfect person people would still dislike him because of an underlying subconscious response to him not being like the rest. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he is made the villain in real life and in the dsmp, because it is simply a psychological fact that people inherently dislike autistic people. It’s not because they are ableist it’s just we don’t act like they do so that makes us weird and therefore unlikeable. And it’s hard to understand us because our brains our literally different and as has been said throughout history what we don’t understand we hate, we fear, we see as evil, we attack. Why does Dream get canceled and attacked over and over again? Not because they are true and it proves a pattern that he’s shitty, but because society is so desperate to find a more tangible reason to hate him other than the fact that they just do. Because his behavior breaks social rules he didn’t realize existed. Because he’s easy pickings. Because in my opinion it all comes down to autism and honestly until that piece is actually taken into consideration nothing will probably resolve.

[starflungwaddledee]

participated in a "species swap" challenge with starstruck a little while back where i took some prompts to see what she might look like as a few other familiar faces!

once again posting this one as @kirbyoctournament propaganda...! trying hard, it's the final push in the final round!! can she do it?? you can vote here to help! aaa!!

[gifthegrid]

Drive to Survive S7 | DRIVER BY EPISODE

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