#election fail

[itstimetodrew]

Ohio republicans trying to hold an election they hoped would go unnoticed in order to deny Ohioans simple majority rule (changing it from 50% to 60% majority), only for it to be one of the highest voter turnouts for an August election ever in the state AND the votes against them being 60%+ anyway? Lol. Lmao even.

#politics #literally the only arguments I saw in favor of the issue was 1) people outside Ohio are gonna make our laws #(what the fuck are you talking about) #2) if you don’t pass this then they’re gonna trans your children!! #(ACTUALLY what the fuck are you talking about) #baffling how repubs keep going with the trans angle here where it’s now failed for…3 high profile elections in a row? #I hope they keep doing it though. keep slamming your thick heads into that wall!! ha!!! #this state is still so fucked up but ooooh this victory is sweet

[darkwood-sleddog]

once again i am asking tumblr to hold public polls for users to vote on potential changes. imagine if you were the 'respect our users opinion website'. like that could be us but apparently not.

#not dogs #tumblr #not all change is bad but i think the new desktop changes are actually terrible? #i want less clutter not more #staff SAYS they want to give us options #okay so develop some options and have us vote for them before release #as an actual real life election official i want this #bc i think most physical changes to websites are entirely useless and redundant #also why would you copy a social media site that is FAILING #@staff you made polls. please fucking use them #and release the results publicaly i swear to fuck #like if you want users to spend money on this website you kinda need to uh. listen to them? #i also think TELLING people they are testing a new feature that may or may not be permanent would be good #so that people don't come in to change they think is potentially permanent #not that i think the desktop stuff isn't going to be #tumblr has shown time and time again that they value only new users coming in from twitter

[tomorrowusa]

Ohio voters handed anti-abortion Republicans a stinging defeat. Those voters approved Issue 1 which puts reproductive freedom into the Ohio Constitution. The just passed amendment also protects the right to contraception and fertility treatment.

Results are still coming in. But with 85% of the votes counted, about 55.5% of Ohioans voted to protect reproductive freedom. And most of the remaining uncounted votes come from large urban counties which approved Issue 1 with over 65% of the vote.

Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that ensures access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, the latest victory for abortion rights supporters since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Ohio became the seventh state where voters decided to protect abortion access after the landmark ruling and was the only state to consider a statewide abortion rights question this year. The outcome of the intense, off-year election could be a bellwether for 2024, when Democrats hope the issue will energize their voters and help President Joe Biden keep the White House. Voters in Arizona, Missouri and elsewhere are expected to vote on similar protections next year. Ohio’s constitutional amendment, on the ballot as Issue 1, included some of the most protective language for abortion access of any statewide ballot initiative since the Supreme Court’s ruling. Opponents had argued that the amendment would threaten parental rights, allow unrestricted gender surgeries for minors and revive “partial birth” abortions, which are federally banned. Before the Ohio vote, statewide initiatives in California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont had either affirmed abortion access or turned back attempts to undermine the right. Issue 1 specifically declared an individual’s right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions,” including birth control, fertility treatments, miscarriage and abortion.

It's a great victory for women and freedom in general. And it's a bad omen for GOP prospects in 2024.

Donald Trump carried Ohio both in 2016 and 2020. But the Republican insistence on controlling women's bodies will probably hurt the party there and elsewhere. And any attempt by the GOP to moderate its stand on abortion will result in major pushback by radical fundamentalist Christians who would like to return to the societal standards of the 17th century.

#ohio #issue 1 #reproductive freedom #abortion #a woman's right to choose #roe v. wade #dobbs v. jackson women's health organization #republicans #anti-abortion extremists fail again #radical fundamentalist christians lose #defeat for republicans #election 2023 #election 2024

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Aggressive tribalism and doubling down on a broken system aside, it's always struck me as a bit arrogant that the "vote blue no matter who" crowd attributes every non-vote/third-party vote to someone who would otherwise support the Dem's chosen candidate but got cold feet at the last minute. My guy, you keep banging on that "lesser of two evils" drum all you want, but I don't think you're gonna like the outcome if you ever successfully convince a lot of the people who voted third party in 2020.

#on a related note it's kind of funny how leading up to the election it was ''EVERY VOTE NOT FOR BIDEN IS A VOTE FOR TRUMP'' #but I saw comparatively little vitriol from the right toward third parties and independents after the election #different sorts of arrogance I guess #one side was convinced their candidate was unelectable but that they could browbeat people into supporting him anyway #the other that their candidate was too big to fail and so the only possible explanation was that the whole thing was rigged

[violottie]

This is bigger than any one election. He has a heavy hand in killing 40,000 Palestinians in less than 4 months. Voting for Joe Biden is voting for Genocide. In Michigan today, and beyond."

from Khaled Beydoun, 28/Feb/2024:

#fuck joe biden #genocide joe #democrat #vote biden #vote blue #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #i stand with palestine #rafah #save rafah #this is genocide #america is committing genocide #america is a failed state #israel is committing genocide #us politics #us presidential election #us elections

[deadpresidents]

Fuck Texas's A-G right now. No respect for women, Texas Republicans? No peace! (sorry for misquoting from "The Simpsons" episode Homer Badman there!)

There is no better illustration of why I shout that ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES than the the aftermath of Roe v. Wade being overturned. It's absolutely frightening -- especially when you see the threats made by the Texas Attorney General in the case of the woman who won court approval to terminate a non-viable pregnancy that could cause her significant future fertility issues and life-threatening complications otherwise:

It's disgusting and heartless, and just another indication of how drastically life has changed for people in the United States since 2016. Even if a court-approved procedure that could save a woman's life (and potentially preserve the lives of future children that she may have) were to take place, the top law enforcement official in the State of Texas is threatening the doctors, nurses, hospitals, and any other care-givers with criminal prosecution and the possibility of civil lawsuits that could be brought against any of them by any random citizen of the state. This is our country now.

#Texas #Politics #Life #Constitution #United States #We're failing this experiment #A Way Less Perfect Union #Fuck Ken Paxton #Abortion #Reproductive Rights #Roe v. Wade #ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

[svtskneecaps]

today may be a weird day for this bc i'm HOPING there won't be much of a trash fire in the tag, comparatively, but if discourse, neg, or server happenings get you stressed, pro tip!! THAT MEANS IT'S DUOLINGO TIME!!!!! channel your gamer rage and viewer stress into SICK NASTY LANGUAGE LEARNING

#qsmp #i was getting too wrapped up in rooting for my team so i closed stream and did duo until the server closed #it worked!!!! lmfao it worked during the election arc too so hot tip! #also if you don't think you're learning anything try doing a jump ahead quiz and see if you can pass it #french and spanish have enough overlap that for the last three days i've just been jumping ahead one at a time #today was the first time i actually failed one so now i get to finally learn a conjugation i don't know! #instead of just. more fucking nouns. lmfao #shut up vic #block game brainrot

[that-multi-fandom-hijabi]

SHIT i have a leadership meeting tomorrow i might see luz i need to help plan for shit this won't be good-

#if he actually shows up #bro's failing an elective jesus christ #luz <3 #luva <3 #i need to sleep

[kropotkindersurprise]

October 30, 2022 - Brazillian fascists are dealing well with the defeat of Bolsonaro. [video]

#lmao #fail #brasil #brazil #bolsonaro #lula #election #antifa #antifascism #antifascist action #ação antifascista #antifascismo #2022 #video #loud

[adxmanial]

Ok I get that you hate voting and fine fair. But would you stand by and do nothing in the trolley problem? How would that help anything. I just see you attach this element of approval to the act of voting, that just... isn't really there.

I'm not voting for someone supporting genocide hope that helps

#this isn't a fucking philosophy class #if we vote for biden after he gave the absolute green light to commit a genocide #do you think that they will change their minds next year? #or will they continue to support genocide because they realize that genocide isn't the last straw for voters #and nothing will ever change #and don't misconstrue my fucking hatred for biden as hating voting #I voted 'blue no matter what' last year #and this is where it got me #forgive me for being entirely fucking disenchanted and done with this entire system (sarcasm) #voting isn't doing shit #I'm going to protests to rip apart this entire system at this point #presidential elections don't mean shit vote for your representatives #they're the ones who have the most control over your fate in your state/cities #but don't tell me I have some kind of moral failing for not voting for biden just because trump will be running too #my message to the democratic party is clear: change your candidate or I'm not voting

[thatrandomblogsays]

Kevin McCarthy should make us all feel better about our jobs, I’ve had coworkers I didn’t get along with, I’ve done stupid things, but I’ve never been so hated that I lost fourteen consecutive elections & then got dissed by my opponent during a speech while everyone cheered

#idk about you guys #but I don’t think I could handle 14 failed elections #WHILE being filmed live #I’d cry on camera #I’d quit before we hit double digits #catch me balling in the bathroom #us politics #kevin mccarthy #speaker of the house vote #speaker of the house #hakeem jeffries #Congress #mine

[heedra]

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#if the sort of aggressive liberal browbeating of leftisrs who were critical of mainline dems during the last election #merges with the current situation in such a way #where i have to see paragraphs of paragraphs of ppl trying to justify why its essential and heroic that we support #the blue flavor of “supporting an ongoing massacre” #or else we're failing our country #im going to bite something in half #im really dreading this election cycle #for many reasons but especially now

[truly-quirkless]

@bunnybolt asked:

"were you ever going to tell me the truth?" for Toshinori

[Starter Meme - Unknown! | Prompted/Accepting!]

"Kid,..." Yagi trailed off, unsure how to answer. Everything was-- tricky. Always, always tricky. As All Might, he never faltered- he always had the right path. Or at least- that was what he liked for everyone to think...but when it came to reality....to Toshinori Yagi--- it was difficult.

Why couldn't the kid have asked this of All Might? When he was in that form, he quite literally felt like he was more- better. When he was this shriveled husk...it was as if the world were shrouded in a thick fog. Maybe he'd just gotten too used to being invisible, when he was like this.

"....I didn't know if there would be a good time,...if one would ever come up." He still had a few secrets bouncing about in his head- it didn't matter which one it was...the few that remained...he didn't want to burden Young Midoriya. The kid...already had more than enough on his plate.

#bunnybolt #Through many battles/I have been tested/I’ve never failed/Never have been bested || Toshinori Yagi #I can’t put this behind me/Or just pretend || Asks #Running into the fire/To pull you out || Verse | Unknown #//elected to go vague weeeeeeeeeeee #But I’m still on a mission/And I can’t let nobody stop me now || Thread Start

[essektheylyss]

I gotta do some editing because I've been putting it off for WEEKS but also I did read about the current nuclear armament climate and I need to lay face down in moss until the forest takes me.

#anyway i need to finish this book so I can work on my other much larger project. #which is absolutely a thinly-veiled analogue for nuclear warfare #it's fine we don't have to talk about it i just think about this everyday of my life #know that if you ever passively wonder what's on my mind it's probably the state of nuclear armament worldwide. #I am considering changing my icon for the election year to the nuclear jesus statue in the Vatican. #there are two things the Vatican and I agree on wholeheartedly when much of America fails me #and those things are nuclear armament and capital punishment. anyway #ANYWAY.

[tomorrowusa]

« That Trump would say what he's said and done what he's done is no surprise; he is a profoundly damaged human being, emotionally and psychologically. And he’s been entirely transparent about who he is. The most troubling aspect of this whole troubling drama has been the people in the Republican Party who, though they know better, have accommodated themselves to Trump’s corruptions time after time after time. Some cheer him on; others silently go along for the ride. A few gently criticize him and then quickly change topics. But they never leave him.

By now I know how this plays out: For most Republicans to acknowledge—to others and even to themselves—what Trump truly is and still stay loyal to him would create enormous cognitive dissonance. Their mind won’t allow them to go there; instead, they find ways to ease the inner conflict. »

— Peter Wehner writing at The Atlantic (archived).

Donald Trump is powerful because Republicans permit him to have power over them. They have known about his anti-democracy tendencies since 2016. But the GOP chose to stick with Trump because they thought his demagoguery could help them politically.

They had several occasions to jettison him, including two impeachment trials, but instead decided to cling to him. Some may claim privately that they wish he would go away but then they fail to do anything to make him go away.

Donald Trump is a product of the Republican Party. A political organization that would give rise to one totalitarian would certainly be fertile ground for others.

Republicans like Trump and his sycophants get elected not just because people vote for them but because others fail to vote against them.

#donald trump #trump's nazi comments #normalizing trump #republicans #the gop #totalitarianism #failing to stop trump #republicans accommodate trump #peter wehner #vote blue no matter who #election 2024

[ode2rin]

i might not have anything for my man for his birthday :P sorry rin lovers i've failed you all :P duty, research papers, case studies, transes, and council work have been eating me alive 😁 i go home to my apartment just to sleep these days 😁

#don't go to pre-med #and avoid being elected to supervise 12k college students #i failed my man #i'm changing my bio i'm no longer worthy to be his pr blog #i'm dramatic #and i'm also eating a burger in my balcony #this is today's breakfast #lunch and dinner #all in one #mimi rambles ᐢᗜᐢ