#if you're bipoc and you support the overturn

[the-badger-mole]

I promise I am not intending to make this a political blog. Tumblr is my escape from the real world, and I will stay here on my Zutara nonsense until I find healthier coping devices and/or get bored. But what I want to say is, I feel, incredibly important.

The SCOTUS just set back women's rights by decades, took away any protection citizens had against the police, struck a blow against climate change protections, set schools up to violate students' religious freedoms, and made it harder for states to regulate gun control within their own borders. While all of that was a terrible blow to the country, they aren't stopping there.

On June 30, the SCOTUS agreed to hear Moore v. Harper, a case that could drive the country towards one-party rule by essentially giving states the power to choose election outcomes, regardless of the results of the popular election. Just in time for the 2024 presidential race.

It's not too late to do something about it. This year is a midterm year, and one thing you can do is go out and vote. There are a total of 469 seats in the Senate and House up for election this year, 385 appellate court seats (depending on where you live, appointments may or may not be decided on by vote), and about 400 state executive seats up for election, including governors, lieutenant governors, attorney general seats and hundreds of down-ballot seats. Local elections are just as important as statewide and national ones because these are the positions that will have the most effects on your day-to-day life.

Obviously, voting isn't the silver bullet to fix what's wrong with this country, but it is a solid start. Educate yourselves on what candidates are running and what issues are at stake for your home (here is a good place to start to find out who is running for what in your state). Once you've done that, look into local activist groups in your area and see how you can get involved. Things are bad now, but they don't have to get worse.

#vote! #2022 midterm elections #down ballot elections are important too! #voting is the least we can do #you can start there #but you don't have to stop there #if you can run for local office #get involved in local activism #tell your friends #tell your family #if we want to fix the US we gotta start with them 2 letters #me and you #if you think rvw was a win for you #i got bad news #eventually they will come for your rights too #in a lot of cases they already have #if you're bipoc and you support the overturn #how do you feel about the decision about miranda warnings and the courts protecting cops from financial liablity for violating your rights?