#vote ossoff

[mollyjimbly]

🚨VERY IMPORTANT KOSA UPDATE🚨

After Tuesday's Judiciary hearing, Blumenthal and Hawley promised to try their best to bring KOSA to the floor. Cantwell has promised to sneak KOSA to the floor on a voice vote, like with what Hawley tried with the Restrict Act this past spring if you remember. We just need ONE senator to speak out. So right now, DON'T PANIC, SPEAK OUT.

As always, you can use https://www.badinternetbills.com/ to easily place your calls to everyone influential with a call script.

If you don't want to use that site

<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IyBUe6frFGF44rJQU3TahZ5zyG3tC7jai_hPneAKlnM/edit>.

Share these resources.

Sign and share these open latter's and petitions.

We are targeting these senators:

Wyden [phone]

Markey [phone]

Welch [phone]

Booker [phone]

Padilla [phone]

Ossoff [phone]

Tester [phone]

Civil rights and free speech groups will be pushing to stop the legislation. But nothing matters like constituents calls — especially as we approach an election year.

Sources:

<https://twitter.com/evan_greer/status/1722985460056670401?s=46>

<https://twitter.com/mikestabile/status/1723018810976788911>

Remember, if we don't do anything now, it could be pushed for a floor vote without hesitation, it could be close to passing by the end of the year!!

Please stay calm and share, and try to call If you are able. ❤️

#stop kosa #stop internet censorship #pro privacy #pro encryption #stop anti encryption #kosa #kosa bill #lgbtq rights #lgbt #lgbt pride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer #queer pride #trans rights #trans #transgender #biseuxal #panseuxal #gay #gay rights #lesbian #wlw #mlm #queer nsft #lgbt nsft #the amazing digital circus #art #kill nerdy prudes #hatsune miku

[disasterhimbo]

Source

[ID: a quote tweet by Stephen Semler (@stephensemler) dated March 23, 2024. It is responding to a tweet by the Associated Press (@AP) that says, “BREAKING: Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown.”

It says, “All but two Democratic senators just voted to:

-give Israel $3.8B in weapons, violating US law

-defund a UN inquiry into Israel's violations of international law

-defund UNRWA, worsening famine in Gaza

-sanction the UN Human Rights Council if it highlights Israeli abuses.”

It contains an image of only text showing who voted yea, who voted nay, and who abstained. 74 senators voted yea, including 47 democrats, 25 republicans, and 2 independents. 24 senators voted nay: all republicans except Senator Bennet (Democrat, Colorado), and Senator Sanders (Independent, Vermont). 2 Republican senators abstained. Full transcription of this image under the cut.]

Transcript of the image contained in the tweet:

“YEAS --- 74

Baldwin (D-WI)

Blumenthal (D-CT)

Booker (D-NJ)

Boozman (R-AR)

Britt (R-AL)

Brown (D-OH)

Butler (D-CA)

Cantwell (D-WA)

Capito (R-WV)

Cardin (D-MD)

Carper (D-DE)

Casey (D-PA)

Cassidy (R-LA)

Collins (R-ME)

Coons (D-DE)

Cornyn (R-TX)

Cortez Masto (D-NV)

Cotton (R-AR)

Cramer (R-ND)

Duckworth (D-IL)

Durbin (D-IL)

Ernst (R-IA)

Fetterman (D-PA)

Fischer (R-NE)

Gillibrand (D-NY)

Graham (R-SC)

Grassley (R-IA)

Hassan (D-NH)

Heinrich (D-NM)

Hickenlooper (D-CO)

Hirono (D-HI)

Hoeven (R-ND)

Hyde-Smith (R-MS)

Kaine (D-VA)

Kelly (D-AZ)

King (1-ME)

Klobuchar (D-MN)

Lujan (D-NM)

Manchin (D-WV)

Markey (D-MA)

McConnell (R-KY)

Menendez (D-NJ)

Merkley (D-OR)

Moran (R-KS)

Mullin (R-OK)

Murkowski (R-AK)

Murphy (D-CT)

Murray (D-WA)

Ossoff (D-GA)

Padilla (D-CA)

Peters (D-MI)

Reed (D-RI)

Romney (R-UT)

Rosen (D-NV)

Rounds (R-SD)

Schatz (D-HI)

Schumer (D-NY)

Shaheen (D-NH)

Sinema (I-AZ)

Smith (D-MN)

Stabenow (D-MI)

Sullivan (R-AK)

Tester (D-MT)

Thune (R-SD)

Tillis (R-NC)

Van Hollen (D-MD)

Warner (D-VA)

Warnock (D-GA)

Warren (D-MA)

Welch (D-VT)

Whitehouse (D-RI)

Wicker (R-MS)

Wyden (D-OR)

Young (R-IN)

(This is the end of the yeas.)

NAYS --- 24

Barrasso (R-WY)

Bennet (D-CO)

Blackburn (R-TN)

Budd (R-NC)

Crapo (R-ID)

Cruz (R-TX)

Daines (R-MT)

Hagerty (R-TN)

Hawley (R-MO)

Johnson (R-WI)

Kennedy (R-LA)

Lankford (R-OK)

Lee (R-UT)

Lummis (R-WY)

Marshall (R-KS)

Paul (R-KY)

Ricketts (R-NE)

Risch (R-ID)

Rubio (R-FL)

Sanders (I-VT)

Schmitt (R-MO)

Scott (R-SC)

Tuberville (R-AL)

Vance (R-OH)

(This is the end of the nays.)

Not Voting - 2

Braun (R-IN)

Scott (R-FL)”

(This is the end of the transcribed image.)

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #gaza strip #free gaza #israel #palestinian genocide #unrwa #us politics #genocide joe #genocidin biden #democrats #blue maga #vote blue no matter who #human rights violations #international law #cross posted from twitter #twitter #my post #original post #(but not really) #this post was queued

[saydams]

the usa senate passed the budget that banned all aid to UNRWA and Biden signed it.

the senators who voted for this budget (preventing usa from funding UNRWA) are under the readmore. if your senator is on this list, call [phone] and demand they find another way of funding relief to palestine.

Tammy Baldwin Wis.

Richard Blumenthal Conn.

Cory Booker N.J.

John Boozman Ark.

Katie Britt Ala.

Sherrod Brown Ohio

Laphonza Butler Calif.

Maria Cantwell Wash.

S. Capito W.Va.

Benjamin L. Cardin Md.

Tom Carper Del.

Bob Casey Pa.

Bill Cassidy La.

Susan Collins Maine

Chris Coons Del.

John Cornyn Tex.

C. Cortez Masto Nev.

Tom Cotton Ark.

Kevin Cramer N.D.

Tammy Duckworth Ill.

Dick Durbin Ill.

Joni Ernst Iowa

John Fetterman Pa.

Deb Fischer Neb.

Kirsten Gillibrand N.Y.

Lindsey Graham S.C.

Chuck Grassley Iowa

M. Hassan N.H.

Martin Heinrich N.M.

John Hickenlooper Colo.

Mazie Hirono Hawaii

John Hoeven N.D.

Cindy Hyde-Smith Miss.

Tim Kaine Va.

Mark Kelly Ariz.

Angus King Maine

Amy Klobuchar Minn.

Ben Ray Luján N.M.

Joe Manchin III W.Va.

Edward J. Markey Mass.

Mitch McConnell Ky.

Robert Menendez N.J.

Jeff Merkley Ore.

Jerry Moran Kan.

Markwayne Mullin Okla.

Lisa Murkowski Alaska

Chris Murphy Conn.

Patty Murray Wash.

Jon Ossoff Ga.

Alex Padilla Calif.

Gary Peters Mich.

Jack Reed R.I.

Mitt Romney Utah

Jacky Rosen Nev.

Mike Rounds S.D.

Brian Schatz Hawaii

Charles E. Schumer N.Y.

Jeanne Shaheen N.H.

Kyrsten Sinema Ariz.

Tina Smith Minn.

Debbie Stabenow Mich.

Dan Sullivan Alaska

Jon Tester Mont.

John Thune S.D.

Thom Tillis N.C.

Chris Van Hollen Md.

Mark R. Warner Va.

Raphael G. Warnock Ga

Elizabeth Warren Mass.

Peter Welch Vt.

Sheldon Whitehouse R.I.

Roger Wicker Miss.

Ron Wyden Ore.

Todd Young Ind.

#usa politics #unwra #palestine #gaza #us politics

[qqueenofhades]

Also, it is truly satisfying that the Republicans went absolutely hog wild with the anti-voting laws in Georgia after Warnock and Ossoff won last time, and they STILL LOST.

#hilary for ts #politics for ts #turns out that people just don't like you that much guys #and even cheating your asses off does not actually change that #🤷‍♀️ #also trying to disenfranchise black people is not a winning strategy so #oops?

[youthkenworld]

Mark Javorka...

@markjavorka.24

13 minutes ago

This is how the Fact Checkers Fail to tell the WHOLE TRUTH while claimint ot provide the WHOLE TRUTH LOL and they provide a CHERRY PICKED list a Resources they Absolutely know is bullshite LMAO ! Yes this 2021 meme is vague and misleading in its accuracy but it's FAR from "False" in its speaking the Truth. as seen in Pic (1) below

Lodriguez Murray, vice president of public policy and government affairs for the UNCF group told The Associated Press that the post circulating online makes layers of false claims that he called “despicable.”

“There is not any indication of going back on anything that has been moved forward with so far,” Murray said of Biden’s plan. “What disturbs me the most is that someone dares to use UNCF’s good name, HBCUs and populations that have been traditionally held down by systemic racism to make an erroneous case.”

Biden’s administration has openly stated that it plans on continuing to support HBCUs. During her confirmation hearing, Neera Tanden, the president’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, told Sen. Jon Ossoff that supporting HBCUs “is a priority for the president and the vice president,” adding, “I welcome the opportunity to work with you on those issues in support of HBCUs and the vital role that they play.”

Also, Vice President Kamala Harris is a graduate from an HBCU. And on Jan. 26, during a speech on racial equity, Biden urges his audience to imagine if HBCUs “had the same funding and resources of public universities to compete for jobs and industries of the future.”

OH BUT that's a damn lie now isn't it Lodriguez Murray, vice president of public policy and government affairs for the UNCF group. Biden Pledge and Promised The UNCF 20 BILLION with a "B" and in the end Congress approved only 2.7 Billion across all 50 states. In typical Democrat Socialist fashion The threats to NOT Support Biden went flying from all angles but to NO avail. LOL as seen in Pic (2) below

In Summary EVERY Fact - Check group was quick to point out that President Trump's EO was "Just" Reinstating the Funds allocated to UNCF that Congress had previously allowed to lapse.

"Allowed to Lapse ??????"

Yes that is what that the author of the False Claim stated and then EVERY Fact Check outlet "Lifted Her Words and Reposted her article WORD FOR WORD yes, word for word except for the "WORDS" where the TRUE author apparently unknowingly PROVES BIDEN AND COMRADES FAILED THE UNCF BY ONLY SECURING 2 Billion in Total OUT OF 20 BILLION with a " B" Through congress You Know . . . THE at that time in 2021, both House and Senate MAJORITY of Congress shot Biden down and ALSO Failed to tell WE THE PEOPLE in their HASTE to debunk any thing President Trump every did hahahaha. THEY, the 99% Marxist Democrats and Establishment Socialist RINO'S propaganda Media machine Repeatedly put out these Fact Checks KNOWING they are full of "Hillary killary/Barry Boy King/Creepy PEDO Joe Bull- Shite" TOTALLY going against the One and Only Reason THEY THE MEDIA are SUPPOSED to exist. "To be the Last defense of Truth in information for WE THE PEOPLE" Not only are the Shills for deep state traitors in Washington DC? They conduct themselves absolutely believing We The People are too dumb (Republican voters) or too indoctrinated (Democrat Voters) to ever figure out that "THEY" most of them in Congress are not representing and or carrying out the will of their constituents, That would be YOU who voted them in office nor have THEY who made SPECIFIC campaign promises to you followed through on even ONE of them.

They all have ONE THING IN COMMON They look us all straight in the eye while the bull-shite squeezes out their pie holes as seen in motion in .gif pic (4)

https://img.mewe.com/api/v2/photo/sjvl5n6Yceb1O750dOOiLyE6R7yPQmyXgI6fD-poDbllivBH4d4xMUH6rU4/800x800/img?static=1

Mark Javorka

[robertreich]

Organizing a Key Battleground State with New Georgia Project Action Fund

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down (virtually) with Nsé Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project Action Fund.

Nsé is an incredible organizer who describes her nonprofit as a “tech startup inside a civil rights and voting rights organization” that is making strides to build collective power for working people in Georgia.

I’m so pleased to be able to share with you this inspiring discussion about the on-the-ground fight for democracy in Georgia — and how we can build grassroots power across the country.

Right now, NGP is one of the most important grassroots voting-rights organizations — in one of the most important battleground states. Thanks to countless hours of work, NGP has now registered over 600,000 young people and people of color to vote in all 159 of Georgia’s counties. The organization’s efforts during the 2020 election were absolutely pivotal in helping to flip the state blue for Joe Biden, as well as Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

During my conversation with Nsé, we discuss how we can continue building long-term movements that put power into the hands of the people. Nsé shared so many insights into NGP’s work to combat voter suppression, motivate non-registered voters to participate in our democracy, and get the citizens of Georgia to keep coming back to the polls to make their voices heard in every election.  

I know it’s hard to feel optimistic these days, but my hope is that this conversation will help you feel inspired as we head into the midterms in just a few short weeks. As you are well aware, the stakes for our country could not be higher.

My thanks to Nsé and all of her colleagues and volunteers at the New Georgia Project Action Fund for all the incredible work they do for our democracy.

#youtube #video #Georgia #Election #Politics

[the-peculiar-bi-tch]

CW: extreme transphobia, political violence, Don't Say Gay, trans genocide, 2024 election

I was made aware today of the GOP's "Mandate for Leadership" document today, which is a giant policy wishlist for conservatives and business execs for the first 180 days of a Republican presidential election victory in 2024. What they want is beyond extreme. This article from Dame Magazine covers it, and I'll put it below the break because it really is as bad as the CW makes it out to be. tldr, conservatives quite literally want all trans people locked up or dead, if you're an adult in the U.S. and can vote, vote blue no matter who. idc what arguments you make, you vote blue to stop this from happening.

Conservatives are trying to build off the anti-woke culture war that has proven broadly unpopular and has shot the leg off DeSantis' campaign. Some of the biggest conservatives policy orgs and think tanks are pushing this and it is the most threatening, unconstitutional shit imaginable.

They are fully embracing the "unitary executive theory", where the president has total power over the executive department and its agencies (anything labelled "Department," the EPA, etc) with no Congressional oversight whatsoever. It's a ridiculous, flatly illegal doctrine to try and act within, but conservatives have shown they do not care about the law and are going to do whatever the hell they want if they can. They want to use this total power over the executive branch to politically influence the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the courts into prosecuting political enemies (revenge for grand juries charging Trump with well over 100 felonies over crimes he provably committed) and forcing blue states to turn over all trans people they are sheltering for prosecution. Prosecution of what? Anything. Sex crimes applied to trans people existing in public, whether in person or online, because "what if a minor sees this perversion?"

States like California and Maryland have enacted safe harbor laws, meaning any trans people fleeing a red state, say, Texas, will not be extradited back to Texas for wearing makeup around a child. It means that these states will not recognize efforts by other states to essentially kidnap trans people. This document shows that conservatives want to use a political DOJ to threaten district attorneys in those states into turning over any and all trans people they're harboring. Stuff like this would be made way easier with KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act, S.1409), requiring Internet service providers to share a lot for personal data with the federal government. The Republican Senator who introduced it, Blackburn, has said it would be used to target trans people. While I have reached out to both my senators about this and Warnock and Ossoff have both told me they are no votes, it's still far too widely supported in the Senate. (Btw fuck Sen. Blumenthal, he's been on this anti-privacy bent for years and I hope he gets primaried and made completely irrelevant just for introducing this bill.)

What does this mean for trans people in 2024? Simple. If you value trans rights, and you are eligible to vote in the U.S., vote for the Democratic Party.

Greens stand less of a chance in defeating any Republican presidential nominee than I stand swimming across the Pacific. 2024 cannot be a "I don't like either party" election, it cannot be a "both sides" election because while I curse Blumenthal and other Democrats for going along with stuff like KOSA, they are not actively genocidal and many rail against the attacks people like DeSantis and MTG have levied against us. This cannot be a "let's just do a revolution" election cycle because yeah you're just going to organize a proletarian revolution in 400 days, overthrow the U.S. government, and install a functioning proletarian-focused queer-protecting government without it immediately backfiring from any number of potential fuckups that come with revolution.

Vote Democrat. Tell your friends to vote Democrat. Vote down the ballot. Phone bank, canvas, hell join a campaign. I made calls in 2020 with a nonprofit to get out votes for GA senate runoffs, those orgs were vital in those campaigns. When it comes to political pragmatism for this issue, the 2024 presidential election is the best way to affect the change we want.

Trans people cannot have our rights stripped this completely from us because a few hundred thousand people in a few key states go "oh yeah I like cornell west, my vote doesn't matter anyways so what's the harm voting third-party?"

“Pornography, manifested today in the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children, for instance, is not a political Gordian knot inextricably binding up disparate claims about free speech, property rights, sexual liberation, and child welfare. It has no claim to First Amendment protection. Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered.”

There's your fucking harm.

#politics #us politics #trans genocide #don't say gay #christofascists #vote blue no matter who

[ohyoufool]

FINAL FOUR

MOVE OVER STANLEY CUP. We have a new hockey event in town. It's the fabled rivalry between Providence Falconers superstar Jack Laurent Zimmermann and SUPER HOT Providence Falconers General Manager and/or Literal State Georgia Martin!

Our favorite gay hockey robot with a perchance for spitfire blondes defeated the Haus Ghosts in the first round and past teammate Justin 'Ransom' Oluransi in the second round.

Everyone's favorite casual jogger and/or home of Senators Jon Ossoff (hot) and Reverend Warnock (hot, in respectful way) knocked out Shitty B Knight in round one and William 'Dex' Poindexter in round two. If you ask our experts (me), no one ever stood a chance against her impeccable ponytail. Slay.

Don't forget to vote in the rest of the Final Four (Lardo vs One of Bitty's Pies)

Masterpost

#omgcp thumb war #omgcp thumb war final four #omgcp #omg check please #omgcp polls #jack zimmermann #georgia omgcp

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

People, being blue that the Georgia senate race was close is strictly optional. Consider first that Ossoff and Warnock flipped the state from two Republican senators to two Democrats (a progressive Jewish guy, a progressive Black guy) a year ago, that voter suppression continues to be an obstacle for Black voters, and that Georgia just elected a minister who carries on MLK's vision from MLK's own Atlanta pulpit, a man who supports climate action, abortion rights, and LGBTQ rights--and voting rights. To me, it looks pretty wonderful and like it gives us all the option of rejoicing. In other words, don't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory unless that's really your favorite flavor, and if it is your favorite flavor perhaps ask why. Georgia hadn't had two Democratic senators since 2003. Hadn't had one since 2005--and that was long before the current era of massive voter suppression and Supreme Court killing off of the Voting Rights Act had happened. Meaning that winning was much easier then for a candidate supported by Black voters, and of course part of why these victories were possible is Stacey Abrams's great work for voting rights in recent years--and all the GOTV work that happened. It really does confound me that so many people are posting--and one even wrote to me--to focus on the fact that lots of people voted for Walker. Biden narrowly won Georgia two years ago, meaning lots of people voted for the thug. We know this. That Republicans get votes is not news. Is this response just the habit of dwelling in the safety of gloom? Because this morning it looks like seeking out something to be gloomy about when there are other options, and ones I believe serve us better in doing the work we must do. It's glorious and gorgeous in a "when hope and history rhyme" way that this particular Black man, heir to MLK, also won the whole damn senate for the Democrats--that he is the one who's why Democrats will now be the majority on all senate committees, that there's a true majority, not 50 + the v.p. For judicial appointments and so much more, this is a great thing, and Georgia now has its first full-term Black senator, along with its first Jewish senator. Ever. So much we face is indeed hard and grim that we should celebrate whenever there's occasion, and this is definitely one.

[Rebecca Solnit]

#political #Warnock #Georgia #Rebecca solnit #commentary #Democratic Party

[dhaaruni]

Democrats have to be nicer about Republicans than Republicans have to be about Dems is because their guaranteed base is bigger than ours in the places that decide federal majorities so we need to win over more swing voters who've often voted for Republicans before and don't believe Republican = Trump!

This is why Georgia Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are at Republican Governor Brian Kemp's opening of the Hyundai plant in Savannah.

Democrats who are personally liked by Republicans, even if partisan Republicans will never ever vote for them, will be more successful in purple/red states than those who are a total anathema to the other party. Case in point.

Also see: Mark Kelly, Roy Cooper, Josh Shapiro, Laura Kelly, etc.

#politics

[darthkieduss]

A Request of Generation Z from a Millennial Activist.

(If you know Lance Henriksen, please read this in his voice in your head. Best voice actor I’ve ever heard.)

This July 5, 2023, I will leave my twenties and enter my “Dirty Thirties” as my wife calls it.

As time goes on and I grow older, I have a message for the Generation Z. But not just a message, I will also have a request for them. For any “Zoomer” reading this, before I go on, please know this isn’t condescending or looking down on you. This is from one older comrade to the younger comrades. And I personally couldn’t be more proud of your generation TBH.

As 80s millennials enter their 40s and us 90s millennials enter our 30s, just know that unlike the generations that came before, most of us will NEVER forget who we are. We will always remember what it was like to be young. To be thrust into a world that was rigged against us. To crush on a girl in class that you had NO chance with. The senior home coming dance. Getting your driver’s license. Getting your first job. you know. But We also remember telling our parents thing they DIDN’T want to hear. Like coming out as gay or trans. Or not Christian anymore. Or coming out as a Socialist Catholic in my case. Yeah, my parents DID NOT like that. Point is we will always be young at heart. 

We are comrades united because we are fighting for the same cause. The fight you’re fighting now is the same one we stood for when we were teens and you were kids exploring Minecraft. (am I hip yet?) I remember going to pride parades as a straight ally at 21 in the months before Oberefell v. Hodges legalized same sex marriage in 2015. Though I couldn’t vote in 2008 (I was 15), we millennials made the huge turnout to elect the first black man into the White House. I remember getting tear gassed as an “old” 26 year old during the BLM protests.

Let me say as a millennial I am so proud of your generation, Zoomers. You’ve stepped to the mantle when called. In some cases, you’ve outshined us. That’s why I’m asking you, not to revere us millennials, but simply to remember us. Not because we were in the fight first, but because we’ve been in this fight so long and we’re just getting fucking started lol. Remember that unlike us when we were younger, you are not alone. We millennials were alone because we were the first to recognize the rot in the system made by the previous generations, especially the Boomers. But now y’all are coming of age and taking up the fight for our futures. You swell our ranks and I can’t thank you enough. One day as time goes on, we will take this country back. TOGETHER.

We stand with you.

The war against the system is not yet over. It’s only just begun. So as President Kennedy said in his inaugural address, “Let Us Begin.” But we’ve made some victories from 2008 to last years 22 midterms.

In 2020, Millennials and Gen Z united to kick Donald Trump out of the White House.

In 2019, millennials entered Congress for the first time. We Georgians elected the First Millennial to the United States Senate (Jon Ossoff) in 2020-21. And now Maxwell Frost has the honor of the being the first Gen Z in Congress in 2022.

We’ve suffered many losses, but we won the last two elections. These victories belong to each of us. Every man, women and child. Every person in every state.

Now as we take our first steps toward restoring what we lost, we must remember what it took to win. These weren’t victories by a single party, a single voting bloc or a even by a single generation. If this war has taught us anything, it is that we are at our strongest when we work together. And if we could put down our grievances to defeat something as evil as Donald Trump, imagine what we can achieve now that he is defeated. It will take time, but we can rebuild everything that was destroyed. Our homes. Our lives. Our economy and country. All of this and more.

Together we can build a future greater than any one of us could imagine. A future paid for by the sacrifices of those who fought, bled and even died alongside us. A future that many will never see.

And while we still have many challenges ahead of us, We can face them Together. And we will honor those who fell to give us that future.

That’s why I’m asking Gen Z as you come of age and take power, remember us. For we were your age once and one day you will were we are now. And one day, the Generation Alpha that my four nephews belong to will succeed you. For inspiration, look to yourself and your millennial brothers and sisters beside you.

We stand with you so stand with us.

Sincerely, a 1993 Millennial.

PS: please stop eating tide pods. at least cinnamon is meant to be eaten. JFC

#Gen Z #Generation Z #Millennials #90s Millennials #90s kid #1993 #Zoomers #Millennials and Zoomers #Generation Y #Comrades #Remember us #Long speech #Lance Henriksen

[womanwithahotdogstand]

Isn’t Atlanta known to be super hot and humid with limited public transportation and bad traffic? Like I get it from a business standpoint. There are a bunch of big corporate HQs and one of the biggest international airports in the country but does it really make sense from a US Soccer perspective?

I’ve seen the arguments made about Atlanta United being THE premier team in MLS and sure they’ve done a lot of good things, but also I don’t know how sincerely they are willing to work in terms of investment and development in the future of the sport in the country as a whole. Not just for men’s pro soccer.

When I think of Atlanta and soccer unfortunately one of the first things I think of is Pinoe very loudly getting booed in 2016. I’m glad things have changed and that moment seems like a distant past but at the same time it was really unnerving to see.

Not to take anything away from the Atl Utd fans. I like them, they seem engaged. I guess we’ll have to wait and see how this affects growth of soccer in the US.

Firstly, if being “hot and humid” is a problem than the NWSL should be banned from the entire eastern seaboard. Atlanta is no more hot and humid than North Carolina, Orlando, DC, Boston or New York. In fact, I went to New York the first week of July and it was actually hotter AND more humid THERE than it was home in Atlanta that week. The entire East Coast is disgusting in the summer which is why hydration breaks and proper hydration during halftime are key.

Secondly, depending on where they play (which i’m assuming will either be at Bobby Dodd or Mercedes Benz unless they have a plan to build their own building — which would be rad) both venues are on the MARTA line and their stops are STEPS away from the venues. I walked farther from the NJ Transit station to Red Bull than you would have to walk from the respective station to Bobby Dodd or Mercedes Benz.

Thirdly, a majority of NWSL teams are independent from the MLS team they share a city with why are we acting like an Atlanta NWSL team HAS to be linked to Atlanta United? Would it make the most sense for Arthur Blank to bring this project to fruition? Yes but it doesn’t HAVE to happen.

And finally, I think the city of Atlanta spearheading the election Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff (neither of them would have gotten CLOSE without Atlanta and the perimeter cities/counties) and the entire state of Georgia pushing Joe Biden over the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to become President should make it abundantly clear to anyone that the political views of this state have shifted drastically since 2016. We are not the same place we were back then. We have grown exponentially. And it’s something I feel the proudest of when I think about my hometown.

#thank you for the genuine and constructive question instead of just writing off Atlanta because I happen to like it #I will take questions like this ALL day #u.s. soccer #uswnt #usmnt #nwsl

[kp777]

By Robert Reich

Oct. 7, 2022

From the article:

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down (virtually) with Nsé Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project Action Fund.

Nsé is an incredible organizer who describes her nonprofit as a “tech startup inside a civil rights and voting rights organization” that is making strides to build collective power for working people in Georgia.

I’m so pleased to be able to share with you this inspiring discussion about the on-the-ground fight for democracy in Georgia — and how we can build grassroots power across the country.

Right now, NGP is one of the most important grassroots voting-rights organizations — in one of the most important battleground states. Thanks to countless hours of work, NGP has now registered over 600,000 young people and people of color to vote in all 159 of Georgia’s counties. The organization’s efforts during the 2020 election were absolutely pivotal in helping to flip the state blue for Joe Biden, as well as Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

During my conversation with Nsé, we discuss how we can continue building long-term movements that put power into the hands of the people. Nsé shared so many insights into NGP’s work to combat voter suppression, motivate non-registered voters to participate in our democracy, and get the citizens of Georgia to keep coming back to the polls to make their voices heard in every election.  

I know it’s hard to feel optimistic these days, but my hope is that this conversation will help you feel inspired as we head into the midterms in just a few short weeks. As you are well aware, the stakes for our country could not be higher.

My thanks to Nsé and all of her colleagues and volunteers at the New Georgia Project Action Fund for all the incredible work they do for our democracy.

#robert reich #new georgia project #democracy #georgia #2022 elections #Youtube

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i got a ride in to work this morning and the driver was playing some sort of leftie radio show/podcast that was taking a moment to praise a libertarian party for openly deriding atlanta's cop city and acting like because neither sen warnock and sen ossoff have said anything unequivocally against it that they're flopping. which is (1) annoying and (2) is still something that warnock doesn't appear to support www.pbs.org newshour politics atlanta-city-council-approves-project-decried-as-cop-city-rejecting-activists-fierce-opposition so i'm not seeing any real reason to be mad at him, so i'm worried that leftie media will take this sort of thing and run with it.

A) Obviously Cop City is a reprehensible and atrocious piece of shit, and the authorities have behaved abominably in trying to force it through, regardless of massive community opposition. That's not in debate.

B) Y'all have no, have no fucking idea how lucky we are to have Warnock and Ossoff in the Senate, and how much that is a testament to how Georgia Democrats (especially Black Georgia Democrats) worked their fucking asses off to give it to us. Absolutely none of the big legislative priorities of the last few years would have gotten done without those two extra reliably-blue Democratic votes in the Senate. They're also the reason we control the Senate at all, whether in the 50-50 setup where Harris was the tiebreaker, or the current 51-49 setup that gives us more control of committees. ESPECIALLY with the constant shenanigans Manchin and Sinema pulled and are still pulling. Without Warnock and Ossoff, much of Biden's legislative agenda would have died before it could ever be passed, not least because Mitch fucking McConnell would still be in fucking control of the Senate. And now, when Manchin is throwing a hissy fit and trying to torpedo Biden's progressive judicial nominees (such as the Asian-American and Muslim-American voting rights activists just confirmed to district courts, both of whom Manchin voted against), Warnock and Ossoff have been CRUCIAL in squeaking them over the line. Once again: none of this would be happening without Georgia. And Fani Willis is about to indict Trump's felonious orange ass a THIRD time. Any line about how They're Failing Us is ridiculous.

C) Leftist media is always looking for disingenuous ways to attack Biden and/or the Democrats. Even when, as noted, Warnock DOES NOT SUPPORT Cop City either, nobody who takes a serious look at his background and record would think that he does, and has been one half of the votes that are getting the entire Democratic agenda done. (Do you ever see him and Ossoff pulling this Manchin/Sinema bullshit? You fucking don't.) Even in a deep purple state like Georgia, which is flipping to Democrats federally (i.e. presidential, Senate) but still has Brian effin' Kemp as governor and a GOP-controlled legislature and AG. So as usual, this is stupid and counterproductive, but definitely in the minority. In the meantime, I'm gonna trust in the Black Georgia Democrats, Stacey Abrams and co., and everyone else who has worked their ASSES off to deliver us Warnock/Ossoff in the Senate, because. Yeah.

#anonymous #ask #politics for ts

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

For the first time, political polling website FiveThirtyEight shows the Democrats with an edge in the race for the U.S. Senate in November.

The website late on Tuesday showed the Democrats had a 52% chance of keeping the Senate majority, while the Republicans had a 48% chance.

There had been consensus for a long time that the Republicans will win back the Senate this fall, buoyed by high inflation and economic downturn under Democrat Joe Biden's presidency.

FiveThirtyEight believes that the Republicans have selected some "weak candidates" in some key races, meaning that they are less likely to take the upper chamber than previously predicted.

The website's Senate forecast has changed since it began polling in early June. Back then, the Democrats were only predicted to have a 40% chance to keeping the Senate, with the Republicans 60% chance of taking it. Since then, the Democrats have grown in popularity and now for the first time have overtaken the Republicans, and are on course to keep the Senate.

The Senate elections will be held on November 8, with 35 of the Senate seats being contested in regular elections, and the winners will serve six-year terms from January 3, 2023. Of the 35 seats, 21 are Republican-held and 14 are Democratic-held.

The Democrats currently have a wafer-thin majority in the Senate, with 48 seats, two independents, and a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris. The Republicans have 50 seats.

The Democrats won the Senate from the Republicans in January 2021, taking control of the upper chamber for the first time since 2015. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won Georgia's runoff elections against GOP incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue respectively.

Warnock, a pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, was the first Black senator in Georgia's history.

FiveThirtyEight believes that several states will change party control in November, including Republican-controlled Pennsylvania, where it predicts Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman will win around 49.1% of the vote against Republican Mehmet Oz's 47.8%.

Democrat-controlled New Hampshire is also likely to be a toss-up state, with Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan forecasted to get 51.3% of the vote at the moment against Republican candidate Donald Bolduc's 46.4%.

The race for Republican-held North Carolina is likely to be close, with Republican Ted Budd forecasted 50.2% of the vote against Democrat Cheri Beasley's 46.1%.

Warnock's state of Georgia is predicted to be a knife-edge vote. The incumbent is forecasted to lose with 49.0% of the vote against Republican candidate Herschel Walker with 49.6%.

Democratic-controlled Arizona is also expected to be close with incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Kelly expected to get 49.8%, against Republican Blake Masters with 47.5%.

Newsweek has contacted the Democrats for comment.

#us politics #news #newsweek #FiveThirtyEight #polls #2022 #2022 elections #2022 midterms #democrats #republicans #us senate #biden administration #sen. Raphael Warnock #Herschel Walker #John Fetterman #dr. mehmet oz #dr. oz #Maggie Hassan #Donald Bolduc #Ted Budd #Cheri Beasley #sen. Mark Kelly #blake masters

[mariacallous]

I mean both of Warnock's elections he was got the most votes in the first round, Ossoff did finish behind Perdue in the first round... so 1 out of 3? idk thats a great record for changing thing in the GOP's favor

but they did end up winning and winning prominently and (for the GOP) embarrassingly, plus I think they figure if they can do more voter suppression shit that plus the removing the runoff...