#plan of dissent

[spacemagicandlaserswords]

The Clone Wars 4.09 ‘Plan of Dissent’ Reaction Take 2

I think out of all of the episodes from the Umbara arc, this is my favourite. If it’s possible to have a favourite with everything that happens. There’s so much of the clones themselves in this episode. So much of their interactions and personalities and characteristics and lives.

Hello to Fives' very nice thighs and crotch. There’s just something about a clone lying on their back, legs splayed, knee bent, as they do mechanical work on the underneath of a ship. Insert your own references to the 2 nickels meme here. Also inserting the gif of Tech doing the exact same thing because I can.

There are definitely moments where Fives voice gets husky and it is very nice. I am not complaining at all.

Obi-Wan is looking rather boxy there

Krell completely changes when he’s talking to someone with equal or more power than him. Slimy bastard.

I know they mean arms as in weapons but every time they say ‘arm’ all can picture is crates full of actual arms.

That tiny head shake from Rex. He is so done.

Ugh that look up from Rex. Ugh.

Ahahahaha it definitely looks like Fives is about to burst into an earnest and deeply emotional ballad in the music video as part of his 90s boy band. So, the important questions are: Who are the rest of the members of this clone boy band? And what is their name? These things, I must know them.

Look at Rex’s big beautiful brown eyes there

Paused the episode only to realise Jesse has an exclamation mark on the front of his chest plate.

Tup waving his space screwdriver grabby thingy around to make his point. I think it’s a calliper? It looks similar to the one Tech has on his belt or in one of his 2000 pockets. Just noticed Tup has the same hairline as Tech too.

“I do think his desire for victory has blinded him to the fact that there are lives at stake. I’ve never seen a General with these kind of casualties.” – I love this moment from Jesse. Especially because he doesn’t go after Dogma, he just calmly but firmly points out what isn’t right about this situation. The adorable nose scrunch is also out in full force.

“I don’t have a better plan.” Rex, you always have a better plan

Fives: Why don’t we just do the same thing we did before!

Lmao Fives’ little chaos face as he explains his plan

Gif by @nickleister from this glorious post

REX THIGH

That ‘do it’ from Rex was very Palpatine of him

“Yeah, he wasn’t really flying. More like avoiding crashing.” Tup going for the jugular there

Omg that was not subtle at all. “What’s going on?” “Eh, nothing.” *awkward*

Oh, Rex and Fives are fighting. That line from Fives about them all being not just another number really hit home too.

I know this is supposed to be a serious moment and all that but omg Fives is built like an absolute unit. Boy is thicc.

Well this is going well. Fives, why are you standing underneath the fighter that Hardcase is barely able to control?

Fives: Hardcase, what are you doing?! Hardcase: If I knew, I wouldn’t be doing it! CACKLING

Who's the random clone helping out Fives and Hardcase? They’ve got different paint but I can’t tell who they are.

“Great, this can’t get much worse” Well now you’ve gone and jinxed it

Oh, so that’s where that shot of Fives standing there comes from. Who knew the absolute chaos that was going on behind as Fives stands there looking all gorgeous.

Fives: “Nothing’s out of control down here.” Hardcase: *actively destroying everything*

Omg the absolutely over the top agonised full eye and body roll that Fives gives while he draws out a long “Uh” to try and come up with a cover story for what they’re doing. 

That has got to be a homage or reference to Han Solo doing basically the same thing in A New Hope.

“That’s gonna leave a mark.” Hardcase, you just melted the door!

“No harm done.” Says Hardcase, standing amongst the ruin he has just created

Absolutely losing it at Hardcase’s cover story for what they were getting up to. To be fair to him, he actually sold it fairly well and it was a decently believable cover story to come up with on the spot. Fives, on the other hand, cannot lie to save himself. Rex is not falling for his bullshit one bit.

Aaaaaaaaaah Hardcase’s little wiggly sneaky fingers. You utterly adorable dork. He looks so pleased with his idea at the end too. It’s the best idea guys!

Hardcase is in. He wants chaos.

Anakin telling Fives that the trick to taking out a control ship is to hit the main reactor from the inside? Well that’s totally not going to come back and bite him in his shiny black asthmatic arse in approximately 20 cycles or so. 

Jesse and Hardcase’s doubtful scrunched up faces as the listen to Fives’ “plan” are utterly adorable

"I can’t help you, when you get caught." — That exchange between Fives and Rex definitely sounds like Rex has put up Fives’ crazy bullshit before. And you can tell how much Rex cares and knows this is the right thing to do yet he’s stuck and he can’t do anything to help them or protect them when the shit hits the fan.

If those fighters are supposed to be locked down, then why are they conveniently sitting outside?

I found this scene of Dogma and Tup in the barracks really uncomfortable. I’ve been trying to reserve judgement on Dogma and not be so harsh on him because I know what happens in the end and he seems like a fan favourite. But it really felt like he was bullying Tup into snitching on Fives, Jesse and Hardcase. I don’t know what Dogma and Tup’s connection to each other is. They seem fairly close so I’m going with close or best friends, if not batch mates. I know Dogma thinks he’s doing the right thing (I know, please don’t come at me) but it felt really uncomfortable watching him bully his best friend/batch mate and vod into doing what he wanted. I think I’m reacting to this so much because I relate to Tup so much. The constant anxious worry. Being bullied and peer pressured into doing things you don’t want to do (hello school trauma). Out of everything that has happened, and a lot of truly awful things happen in this arc, it felt like this was the worst thing Dogma did. Even if he didn’t mean it, that doesn’t excuse it. 

Paused the episode at the start of the next scene and Rex is standing there in the dark looking down at his datapad and fuck me is he a tall glass of water.

The look on Rex’s face when he sees Fives, Jesse and Hardcase fly off in the fighters! I mentioned this in my first reaction post but man, is that a multi-layered expression. Deep long suffering at putting up with their bullshit. Admiration and respect that the crazy bastards went and did it. Worry and concern about what they’re about to do and how they’re all going to deal with the fall out. And probably a bit of satisfaction and amusement that it’s going to piss off Krell.

“I’m just doing it for fun!” Hardcase knows what he’s about

Well that’s a shit fight

Is that a blimp?

Fives, telling Hardcase not to get an itchy trigger finger is like telling you not to be a chaotic little shit. Utterly pointless

Omg the supply ship is even sphere shaped, just with a giant rectangle in the middle. It’s just a B-grade Death Star.

“I’m sure the report will make your strategy more effective.” Rex you sly bastard

So I know everyone says clones can’t lie to save themselves but Rex was pretty damn believable right there, covering for Fives, Jesse and Hardcase. It didn’t feel like a cover story that was made up on the spot either, so Rex had to have come up with it already. He knew they were going to go off on their own hair brained mission, and, even though he was disagreeing with Fives, he still came up with a way to cover for them and protect them as best he could. So he’s bloody smart and cares deeply too. Ugh, I love him so much.

Rex running interference for Fives, Jesse and Hardcase

“Regarding, what?” CACKLING

“Yeah, that’s what I thought.” asdf;lkj why are you so badass. Though it does feel sad that all of this has started to pit the clones against each other. And doesn’t that come back in an even worse way later on.

Oh look, it’s a trench run to a reactor! I wonder where we’ve seen this before!

That tactical droid didn’t consider Fives in his equations

Oh man as soon as Hardcase’s fighter got hit, that was the moment you knew he wasn’t coming back. 

That gesture Fives made to stop his fighter made him look like he was using the Force

Nooooo Hardcase what are you doing

“This is for the 501st. Don’t wait for me.” *sobs*

Hardcase calls Fives sir. Again, I am baffled as to what the rank system is here, though I’m assuming ARC Troopers are at least above standard clone troopers in some way?

“If I know Hardcase, we better leave.” That speaks to a lot of experience with Hardcase making things going boom

“Live to fight another day.” Dammit now I can’t see the screen through the tears. Hardcase had a little happy smile on his face too.

Guys, you only blew up half of it! Though I should imagine the rest of it went up too.

That smirk from Rex. He knew.

Very interesting that Tup’s here with Rex. I wonder if Rex took him aside after intercepting him and Dogma or if Tup came to Rex.

It’s a tiny moment but Fives jumps out of the fighter and there’s a shot of his feet and legs landing on the ground and his kama is swooshing around his legs looking all badass

Rex’s look of concern when he sees only Fives and Jesse. He knew.

Oh Hardcase

It’s an equally blink and you’ll miss it moment but this is where that gif of Rex glaring over his shoulder comes from. I think this is going to be like the “On your knees” moment for me. Definitely hot in isolation but now knowing that Fives and Jesse just told Rex and Tup that Hardcase died, it’s going to take me a while to separate what’s happening in the moment from the hot glare.

Rex trying to take the blame for Fives and Jesse and then Fives refusing to accept this and making sure Rex and Jesse don’t get hurt and the agonised way Rex says “Fives!” and Jesse’s worried expression the whole time and just aaaaaaaaaaah *pained noises*

“Oh, do you?” I hate Krell even more. Piss off you overblown bullfrog

Being executed for disobeying orders seems way too steep. I could understand being reprimanded but shooting someone because they didn’t do what they were told? At least Krell gets what’s coming from him in the end.

[refreshdaemon]

Krell's continued recklessness and disregard for clone lives drives some of the 501st into disobedience this episode.

[cerunilea]

Just had the realization that if Etoiles manages to get his hands on the OP shield hidden in the nether (which knowing him he will succeed), whoever has the Federation sword that Cellbit found through his enigmas will then be able to get the shield as well, since the sword forces held items to be dropped. Even if Etoiles isn't holding it, they may just (try to) pick it off his dead body bc you can't really do any damage if your weapons are being constantly taken away and the sword itself does 25 damage, and idk if the codes are fast enough/able to remove golden apples and other healing items from Etoiles' hand (a staple part of his general battle strategy).

The only solutions I can think of is either getting away fast enough to hide it elsewhere (which could be thwarted depending on how fast the enemy is and if the can also force things like warp stones or other escape items from your hand), or fighting with several other teammates to back you up during the periods you are more vulnerable.

[thesongthesoulsings]

Reconsidering "Total Self-Gift": A Faithful Critique of Catholic Teaching on Contraception

The Catholic Church’s teaching on contraception, rooted in Thomistic natural law and further developed in the personalist theology of Humanae Vitae and Theology of the Body, rests on the claim that contraception distorts the unitive and procreative meanings of sex. The act, it is said, must remain open to life in every instance, or else spouses “lie” with their bodies — withholding part of themselves and violating the idea of “total self-gift.”

While the intention behind this teaching is noble — to uphold the sanctity of life, the beauty of intimacy, and the integrity of the body — its application often falters when examined through the lens of lived experience, logic, and even internal theological coherence.

This essay presents a respectful but direct challenge to that teaching, particularly the claim that natural family planning (NFP) is morally superior to contraception, and that the former preserves “total self-giving” while the latter undermines it. I will also consider the common counter-arguments and offer rebuttals that stay within the language of Catholic moral thought, but open the door to its thoughtful development.

I. Is NFP Really a “Total Self-Gift”?

Proponents of NFP argue that it allows couples to regulate births without violating the integrity of the sexual act. The Church teaches that abstaining during fertile periods respects the natural rhythms of the body, while using artificial contraception obstructs the natural purpose of sex.

But this distinction quickly unravels when examined practically and emotionally.

A couple practicing NFP may engage in meticulous tracking — temperature charts, hormone readings, cervical mucus analysis — all for the express purpose of ensuring infertility. If their motivation is to avoid pregnancy, and they strategically avoid fertile windows to have sex when conception is unlikely, then they are intentionally avoiding procreative sex.

If that is the goal, how is it morally distinct from the couple who uses a condom with the same disposition? The end and intention are identical; only the means differ — and not in a way that clearly promotes love or trust. In fact, one could argue that avoiding intimacy altogether out of fear of pregnancy is less unitive than a couple who makes love using contraception, even while being open to the possibility of failure and the arrival of a surprise child.

Where, exactly, is the “total self-gift” in withholding intimacy from one’s spouse?

II. The Claim: Contraception "Makes the Body Lie"

One of the more poetic — and problematic — claims from Theology of the Body is that contraception causes the body to “lie.” The argument goes: if sex is meant to communicate total self-gift, then blocking fertility means refusing to give one’s whole self. It’s an intentional barrier to the gift.

But consider this:

If a couple abstains from sex during fertile days out of fear or reluctance to have another child, they are withholding themselves entirely — not just biologically, but emotionally and spiritually.

Conversely, a couple using contraception might choose to express their love despite difficult circumstances — financial strain, physical health, emotional exhaustion — and do so with the understanding that life is still sacred and surprises are welcome.

Which act better communicates mutual trust, intimacy, and unity?

If contraception is said to “lie,” then surely NFP often results in silence — no message at all, no bodily communion, just avoidance. And if love is the language of the body, then silence in a time of need can feel more painful than a supposed miswording.

III. Counter-Argument: “Ends Don’t Justify Means”

Catholic ethicists might reply: “Even if the intention is the same — to avoid pregnancy — the means matter. NFP cooperates with natural cycles; contraception violates them. Therefore, the object of the act is different.”

This is the classic natural law response, rooted in Thomistic metaphysics. But here’s the problem: this hyper-focus on biology over intention and outcome can lead to legalism — a system in which checking mucus levels is moral, but using a barrier in a loving, open-hearted act is intrinsically disordered.

What’s more, real virtue is about love and flourishing, not just rule-following. If the Church’s defense of NFP leads to widespread frustration, sexual tension, feelings of rejection, and even marital distance, then it is fair — and necessary — to ask whether it truly fosters the virtues it claims to promote.

Some argue that NFP promotes self-mastery and discipline. But virtue is not about gritting teeth through loneliness and fear; it’s about becoming more loving, more generous, and more free. If NFP becomes a source of anxiety or emotional distancing, then it may be time to reevaluate its privileged moral status.

IV. Does Majority Dissent Matter?

Another common rebuttal is that truth is not determined by majority vote. And indeed, moral truth is not a popularity contest. But when a moral teaching is grounded in natural law — that is, a law that is supposedly intelligible by reason alone — then widespread, thoughtful dissent within the very community meant to uphold it (including clergy, theologians, and practicing couples) matters.

It signals not relativism, but a failure of the teaching to persuade even the faithful, and thus a need for deeper reflection, humility, and possibly doctrinal development.

The Church has changed its teachings before — slavery, usury, the role of religious freedom — not by abandoning truth, but by listening more closely to the Holy Spirit speaking through reason, conscience, and experience.

V. Conclusion: Toward a More Honest Theology of Intimacy

If we truly believe in a theology of the body, then we must be honest about what our bodies — and our hearts — are saying. A couple who uses contraception not out of selfishness but out of prudence, love, and mutual discernment may well be more in line with the spirit of Catholic sexual ethics than a couple who charts cycles, avoids one another, and drifts apart emotionally while claiming obedience to the “natural law.”

In the end, love must not only follow rules — it must make sense in the context of lived experience, freedom, and grace.

And that may require the Church to hear not just the voice of tradition, but the voice of the faithful — those who strive to love well in bodies that are not just theological symbols, but living, breathing, struggling gifts.

VI. A Thomistic Opening: Reclaiming Reason and Virtue in the Contraception Debate

It is often assumed that the Church's rejection of contraception is an airtight conclusion of Thomistic natural law. But a closer reading of Aquinas and the moral framework he helped shape reveals that there may be room, within Thomism itself, to reconsider the absolute moral prohibition — or at least to question the privileged moral status given to natural family planning.

St. Thomas taught that the natural law is not simply biology; it is reason applied to human nature for the sake of human flourishing. He writes that “the rule and measure of human acts is reason” (ST I-II, Q.90, a.1). If so, then rational regulation of fertility, even via contraception, may not contradict natural law — if it serves higher goods such as marital unity, justice, and prudence.

Both contraception and NFP aim at the same end: avoiding pregnancy. If one method is rejected as intrinsically immoral due to a failure to remain “open to life,” but the other achieves the same result by abstaining from fertile sex, the Thomistic framework demands that we ask a deeper question: Is the difference in means morally significant, or is it a formalism that obscures the real ethical question — whether love and human flourishing are served?

In Thomistic terms, virtue is not found in arbitrary rule-following, but in acts that lead to right relationship. If NFP leads to emotional harm, prolonged abstinence, or psychological strain — while contraception allows couples to maintain unity, peace, and mutual affection — then reason would point not to the naturalistic mechanics of the act, but to the good of the persons involved. This is not moral relativism; it is moral prudence, one of Aquinas’s cardinal virtues.

Even the principle of double effect — long used in Catholic ethics — can be interpreted in ways that favor contraception in certain cases. If a couple uses contraception not to reject life but to preserve marital unity, to protect health, or to exercise responsible parenthood, and they remain disposed to welcome life should it occur, this may fulfill both the spirit of natural law and the demands of reason.

In this light, contraception is not a rejection of God’s design, but a rational cooperation with it, adapted to concrete human realities. Aquinas never reduced morality to biology; nor should we. — Ana K. de Lemos Palme

[cheadarchesse]

Look, I'm excited for class and all, but why is my school being Like That???

They changed the class I'm in because I was waitlisted for it. So they dropped me from the class I was enrolled in and put me in the waitlisted one instead. Guess who put in a new work schedule, and therefore can't make it to the waitlisted class now? Yep, that's me

I sent them an email, but I'm a bit concerned as class starts on monday and I'm doubtful they'll be checking emails before then.

[helenvaughans]

arguing politics with my father (who is definitely conservative but also not stupid) these days is fascinating and kind of disturbing because i’m able to watch in real time how, in the absence of evidence for their beliefs, even more intelligent conservatives start to fall further and further down the conspiracy wormhole in order to justify said beliefs

[existennialmemes]

So I want to laugh at Musk picking fights with other billionaires, because it is, objectively speaking, extremely funny

Especially when you consider that his argument essentially boils down to the idea that other companies deciding which platforms they want their brand associated with is somehow infringing on his ability to participate in the "open market place." Suggesting that the only "fair" way to support a "competitive" market is to FORCE advertisers to advertise on his platform even if they don't agree with his practices.

However I also feel compelled to point out that he is possibly one of the most dangerous men on earth right now, and he literally must be stopped. The kind of precedent he is trying to set here would be disastrous for all of us.

He's essentially trying to make boycotts illegal at any level. If he can do it to the giants, nothing will stop him from doing it to us, which we already know has been their plan all along.

They want to make any form of dissent illegal. Now is the time to dissent with all your might.

[redladydeath]

so guys, things are getting kinda scary out there and i just wanna gently recommend that you be a bit more cautious about what you like/share on social media, particularly on sites like twitter and facebook/instagram. the days of posting selfies of yourself at protests seem to be coming to an end.

[voxmilia]

made the mistake of rereading "like a hypothetical indie movie" aka the oldest published fic on my ao3 and honestly, it's nice that i was at least funny and a lil descriptive but i hate that the purple prose was almost worse?

[spacemagicandlaserswords]

The Clone Wars 4x9 ‘Plan of Dissent’ Reaction

Hardcase NO

I was tearing up at that. “Live to fight another day.” *sobs*

Fuck Krell. Absolute heartless bastard.

Really not impressed with Dogma at this stage so I’m guessing a lot happens in the final episode of this arc.

Poor Tup. He really reminds me of the friend that is pressured into doing things that they really don’t want to do. And the poor thing is so anxious and worried. I’m relating to him far too much.

Fives with his legs splayed open on his back under a ship doing mechanical work? HELLO?!?! First Tech, now this?! Though I guess technically (heh) it was Fives first then Tech. Either way, most excellent crotch and thigh shot. 

Speaking of thighs, this is where those gifs of Rex’s thigh plates come from! 

Help me why am I having thots when everything that’s happening is so awful

That was some look from Rex when he saw Fives, Jesse and Hardcase flying off in the Umbaran fighters. Long suffering “why are those idiots doing this” combined with admiration and respect that they actually went and did it.

Omg the chaos in the hanger with Hardcase trying to fly the fighter and destroying everything and Fives doing his best Han Solo impression of trying and failing to definitely not sound sus.

“That’s gonna leave a mark” CACKLING

Hardcase actually did a fairly decent job of coming up with a fairly believable story and making it believable enough. Not wholly believable but better than I expected. Fives though, baby, you really need to get better at acting. 

Speaking of, the shot of the clones at the start and Fives leaning on the wall looking down with his ankles crossed definitely looks like the start to some 90s boy band music video. I know I’ve seen this mentioned before but it’s hilarious how accurate that description is.

Rex trying to take the blame for Fives and Jesse and then Fives refusing to let him and Rex looking at him and saying “Fives!” all anguished and just ugh ALL OF MY EMOTIONS

Is Appo the one with the downward pointing white arrow surrounded by blue paint on the forehead of his bucket? Just checked Wookieepedia and yup, he is. Also, he's a CC. So why is he a Sergeant?

Hardcase with his little sneaky wiggly fingers. I love him so much.

I’ve noticed this with a few clones but they have these 3 lines of utterly adorable crows feet when they grimace or scrunch up their faces in certain ways and I just want to kiss them they’re so precious.

How is Rex keeping it all together? Poor man. I didn’t think it would be possible to want the walking disaster that is Anakin back but here we are. Do we ever find out why he was so suddenly and conveniently called back to Coruscant immediately? I’m assuming it’s Palps meddling.

Still loving Jesse and his little nose scrunch every time he turns up. There’s a heart and gentleness to him and that’s really evident in his little moment at the start about valuing the lives of the clones. I’m still not sure if I should be referring to them as clones or men so it’s just sort of bouncing between the two at the moment.

You can see why Jesse ends up becoming an ARC. I did have the heartbreaking thought the other day that seeing as Jesse becomes an ARC after Echo dies, does that mean Jesse replaces Echo as Fives’ ARC partner? *gross sobbing*

This is also the episode where that gif of Rex glaring over his shoulder comes from!

Tup gesturing with his space screwdriver thingy and waving it around. Bless.

The clones' voices are also starting to sound noticeably more distinct. Jesse’s is softer. Rex’s more gruff, no nonsense and laced with authority, which makes sense. Hardcase is utterly chaotic, rambling and slightly higher? You can hear the nervousness and worry in Tup’s voice. Dogma’s voice is also higher and much more tightly wound. I’m not sure how I’d describe Fives’ voice but it’s noticeably different to Rex’s and everyone else’s. I’m so glad they’re finally building out their characters and it’s not just generic clone voice for all of them.

Also, Rex running interference for Fives, Jesse and Hardcase and intercepting Dogma and Tup. “Yeah, that’s what I thought.” UGH 

What’s Fives’ role in the 501st and Torrent? He seems like Rex’s second in command and right hand man but he doesn’t have a rank. Wookieepedia just lists him as an ARC Trooper. Are ARC Troopers just in their own special little box of bonkers BAMFness?

I keep adding to this reaction because I’m putting off watching the final episode of this arc. Ugh, MY EMOTIONS.

[madlori]

I see posts going "Okay, I'll vote for Kamala, I GUESS IF I HAVE TO" and "omg if that's the best we can do I suppose I'll support it" and I'm like...

What do you people fucking WANT?

Let's run down how she's rated politically by some organizations that we vibe with, kay?

ACLU = 93% on civil liberties

AFL-CIO = 100% on trade unions

Human Rights Campaign = 100% on queer rights

League of Conservation Voters = 91% on environmentalism

NARAL = 100% on reproductive rights

NRA Fund = 7% on gun rights (we LIKE a low score on this one)

NEA = 100% on education

Planned Parenthoos = 100% on reproductive rights

In addition, GovTrack (which is a nonpartisan tracker) places her in the MOST politically left-leaning categories of Senators. So we've got a very liberal, woman of color who's spent her career trying to mitigate draconian tough-on-crime laws to benefit the accused and keep black people out of prison and decrease recidivism and that's somehow...just barely tolerable.

So I ask again...what is that you're dissatisfied with? Is it Palestine? as recently as March she was calling for a ceasefire and demanding aid to Gaza. Keep in mind she's pretty constrained as to what's possible to do in this situation.

Is it just that she was a prosecutor? That is an important job that needs to be done and we WANT people doing it who aren't rah-rah tough-on-crime Gestapo types, which she is not. We need prosecutors who are addressing the root causes of crime and looking for ways to help people escape the cycle, which she has done to the point that she was often called SOFT on crime.

So what is your objection here? Is it that her politics aren't 100% aligned with a bunch of Tumblr socialists? I got news for you...we Tumblr socialists DO NOT REPRESENT THE ELECTORATE. If such a candidate existed, they would not win.

Democrats struggle sometimes because our tent is large. Republicans just want you if you're a straight white man and preferably rich. There's room for a lot more types in the lefty side, but sadly that means a lot of room also for dissention among the ranks. This is how they get us. Let's not let them, huh? Just a suggestion.

[wat3rm370n]

No, I don't want the Trump administration to succeed in terrible plans.

I'm in Pennsylvania and I'm a constituent of US Senator John Fetterman, who recently said that he wants Trump to succeed and all Americans should want that. Trump & Trump admin connected people have spelled out their various agendas - including in Project 2025, and in all those podcasts and on social media, they've all said all sorts of plans. Aside from the fact that "dissent is patriotic", I think it's a little creepy to try to assert that everyone should be MAGA and not raise any opposition. It makes no sense to wish myself to be subject to swatting raids by deputized anti-vaxxers, so no, I don’t want the Trump administration to succeed in allowing that, or any of the many other bonkers and detrimental things they’ve been proposing.

I’m compiling a list of verifiable asserted plans that lots of us don't want to succeed, so I can write John Fetterman about all the plans I do not want to succeed, and I will start posting them on my substack & tumblr, etc, so others in PA can join me in writing Fetterman, or people elsewhere can write representatives about these things that no, we don't want the Trump administration to succeed at.

Please send me suggestions of the undesirable goals you don’t want to succeed, with any reference links you have where they’ve stated this is the goal, where to see a video clip, or the page in Project 2025 or whatnot. Thanks!

Here’s a mixed bag simple list of proposals Trump has reportedly made “in writing, on video and in interviews and rally speeches” compiled by Ron Filipkowski:

Meidas+ Trump's 93 Campaign Promises Every promise made on video. Ron Filipkowski Nov 07, 2024

[papyblook]

like, I still can't get over ppl mocking others who are frustrated by the way things are and crave an progressive regime change.

"y'know you have to replace it with something, right? "Ppl are gonna die!" Are not gotchas because I think we're all aware that regime changes cause disruptions, and that ppl will die in the process - we've literally been living through a conservative regime change and watched ppl die from preventable viruses and state violence, abroad and nationally.

so telling ppl to not use their limited options to oppose the further regression of the society they have to live in because of the fear of conservative backlash, while also having no plans for when conservatives backlash even if Kamala wins, shows me that there is a revolution happening - just not a positive one.

[in-sightpublishing]

FFRF: Iowa court’s abortion ban disenfranchises women

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[literaryvein-reblogs]

commonly confused words

accept: to receive except: with the exclusion of

advice: recommendation (noun) advise: to recommend (verb)

adverse: unfavorable averse: opposed to

affect: to influence (verb); emotional response (noun) effect: result (noun); to cause (verb)

aisle: space between rows isle: island

allude: to make indirect reference to elude: to avoid

allusion: indirect reference illusion: false idea, misleading appearance

already: by this time all ready: fully prepared

altar: sacred platform or place alter: to change

altogether: thoroughly all together: everyone/everything in one place

a lot: a quantity; many of something allot: to divide or portion out

angel: supernatural being, good person angle: shape made by joining two straight lines

are: plural form of "to be" our: plural form of "my"

accent: pronunciation common to a region ascent: the act of rising or climbing assent: consent, agreement

assistance: help assistants: helpers

bare: nude, unadorned bear: to carry; an animal

beside: close to; next to besides: except for; in addition

boar: a wild male pig bore: to drill a hole through

board: piece of wood bored: uninterested

born: brought into life borne: past participle of "to bear" (carry)

breath: air taken in (noun) breathe: to take in air (verb)

brake: device for stopping break: destroy; make into pieces

buy: to purchase by: next to; through the agency of

canvas: heavy cloth canvass: to take a survey; a survey

capital: major city capitol: government building

choose: to pick chose: past tense of "to choose"

clothes: garments close: to shut; near cloths: pieces of fabric

coarse: rough course: path; series of lectures

complement: something that completes compliment: praise, flattery

conscience: sense of morality conscious: awake, aware

corps: regulated group corpse: dead body

council: governing body counsel: advice; to give advice

dairy: place where milk products are processed diary: personal journal

descent: downward movement dissent: disagreement

dessert: final, sweet course in a meal desert: to abandon; dry, sandy area

device: a plan; a tool or utensil devise: to create

discreet: modest, prudent behavior discrete: a separate thing, distinct

do: a verb indicating performance or execution of a task dew: water droplets condensed from air due: as a result of

dominant: commanding, controlling dominate: to control

die: to lose life; one of a pair of dice dye: to change or add color

dyeing: changing or adding color dying: losing life

elicit: to draw out illicit: illegal, forbidden

eminent: prominent imminent: about to happen

envelop: to surround (verb) envelope: container for a letter (noun)

everyday: routine, commonplace, ordinary (adj.) every day: each day, succession (adj. + noun)

fair: just, honest; a carnival; light skinned fare: money for transportation; food

farther: at a greater (measurable) distance further: in greater (non-measurable) depth

formally: conventionally, with ceremony formerly: previously

forth: forward fourth: number four in a list

gorilla: animal in ape family guerrilla: soldier specializing in surprise attacks

hear: to sense sound by ear here: in this place

heard: past tense of "to hear" herd: group of animals

hoard: a hidden fund or supply, a cache horde: a large group or crowd, swarm

hole: opening whole: complete; an entire thing

human: relating to the species homo sapiens humane: compassionate

its: possessive form of "it" it's: contraction for "it is"

knew: past tense of "know" new: fresh, not yet old

know: to comprehend no: negative

later: after a time latter: second one of two things

lead: heavy metal substance; to guide led: past tense of "to lead"

lessen: to decrease lesson: something learned and/or taught

lightning: storm-related electricity lightening: making lighter

loose: unbound, not tightly fastened lose: to misplace

maybe: perhaps (adv.) may be: might be (verb)

meat: animal flesh meet: to encounter mete: to measure; to distribute

medal: a flat disk stamped with a design meddle: to interfere, intrude metal: a hard organic substance mettle: courage, spirit, energy

miner: a worker in a mine minor: underage person (noun); less important (adj.)

moral: distinguishing right from wrong; lesson of a fable or story morale: attitude or outlook usually of a group

passed: past tense of "to pass" past: at a previous time

patience: putting up with annoyances patients: people under medical care

peace: absence of war piece: part of a whole; musical arrangement

peak: point, pinnacle, maximum peek: to peer through or look furtively pique: fit of resentment, feeling of wounded vanity

pedal: the foot lever of a bicycle or car petal: a flower segment peddle: to sell

personal: intimate; owned by a person personnel: employees

plain: simple, unadorned plane: to shave wood; aircraft (noun)

precede: to come before proceed: to continue

presence: attendance; being at hand presents: gifts

principal: foremost (adj.); administrator of a school (noun) principle: moral conviction, basic truth

quiet: silent, calm quite: very

rain: water drops falling; to fall like rain reign: to rule rein: strap to control an animal (noun); to guide or control (verb)

raise: to lift up raze: to tear down

rational: having reason or understanding rationale: principles of opinion, beliefs

respectfully: with respect respectively: in that order

reverend: title given to clergy; deserving respect reverent: worshipful

right: correct; opposite of left rite: ritual or ceremony write: to put words on paper

road: path rode: past tense of "to ride"

scene: place of an action; segment of a play seen: viewed; past participle of "to see"

sense: perception, understanding since: measurement of past time; because

sight: scene, view, picture site: place, location cite: to document or quote (verb)

stationary: standing still stationery: writing paper

straight: unbending strait: narrow or confining; a waterway

taught: past tense of "to teach" taut: tight

than: used to introduce second element; compared to then: at that time; next

their: possessive form of "they" there: in that place they’re: contraction for "they are"

through: finished; into and out of threw: past tense of "to throw" thorough: complete

to: toward too: also; very (used to show emphasis) two: number following one

track: course, road tract: pamphlet; plot of ground

waist: midsection of the body waste: discarded material; to squander

waive: forgo, renounce wave: flutter, move back and forth

weak: not strong week: seven days

weather: climatic condition whether: if wether: a neutered male sheep

where: in which place were: past tense of "to be"

which: one of a group witch: female sorcerer

whose: possessive for "of who" who’s: contraction for "who is"

your: possessive for "of you" you’re: contraction for "you are" yore: time long past

commonly confused words part 2 ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

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In this video detailing his day one plans for education reform after disbanding the Department of Education, he explicitly states that he is going to enforce a “standard” where universities are required to “defend tradition and western civilization,” and will confiscate their entire endowment fund if they don’t meet this standard. He details that this will be done by dismantling all college accreditation institutions and replacing them with party loyal Republicans who will ensure universities are granting “fast-tracked” degrees to get people into the workplace.

This is, beyond an obviously fascist move to crack down on dissent and totally destroy the concept of academic freedom, in his own words, “crushing his enemies.” The left in this country retreated into academia for job security, but the humanities as we know them will be gone completely soon. This is not an overreaction, it is literally already happening. Most of my colleagues are already looking for new jobs. For what it’s worth, republicans are very good at identifying and crushing their enemies - the left as a whole has no choice but to exit the academies and enter the workforce. It’s on us to make him regret heightening this particular contradiction.