They’re already running election ads in my state and I gotta say, the one dude who’s opening line was “I was hired by Obama and fired by Trump” knows exactly how to get me interested in voting for him.
I’m related to people who believe “trauma actors” are a thing.
I’m gonna puke.
I wish I could say anything about what’s been going on in the country without it turning into a very angry, very negative rant.
I have nothing left to give. A lot of that is because of where I am personally but it’s also the current events. I just… don’t have anymore.
HB2796 is an absolutely blatant attempt to strip away the civil rights of transgender people; and it’s absolutely fucking terrifying.
Quoting the official summary of HB2796:
This bill prohibits the word “sex” or “gender” from being interpreted to mean “gender identity,” and requires “man” or “woman” to be interpreted to refer exclusively to a person’s genetic sex, for purposes determining the meaning of federal civil rights laws or related federal administrative agency regulations or guidance. No federal civil rights law shall be interpreted to treat gender identity or transgender status as a protected class, unless it expressly designates “gender identity” or “transgender status” as a protected class.
HB2796 is currently with the Republican-majority House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Please, PLEASE–especially if you’re cisgender, and doubly if you’re one of their constituents–call the Representatives on the committee and explain just how much damage this will do, how many lives it will destroy, and how many legislative careers (hopefully) hinge on its passage or failure.
(Note – Listed phone numbers are for DC offices only, but links go to pages with both district and federal office information, as well as additional avenues of contact.)
Back in 2015 you demanded that the FCC adopt strict net neutrality rules and establish a free and open internet. And you won.
That should’ve been the end of it. But apparently not.
The new head of the FCC wants to undo the net neutrality protections you fought so hard for.
His proposed changes open the door to your web traffic being slowed down, or even blocked altogether. You could be forced to pay extra to use your favorite apps. You could even be prevented from getting news from the sources you trust.
Title II protects consumers and democracy by ensuring all voices can be heard.
You know the drill. Here’s what to do:
The FCC is taking comments from the public, and dearfcc.org is making it as simple as possible for you to make your voice heard.
You’ll just need to provide a name, an address, and then say a little bit about why rolling back Title II protections is a bad idea. If you’re not quite sure what to write, here’s something to get you started:
I’m writing to urge you to keep our Open Internet rules based on Title II in place. Without them, we could lose the internet as we know it.
The proposed changes to FCC rules would allow fast lanes for sites that pay, and force everyone else into slow lanes. We’ve already seen access to streaming services like Netflix, popular games like League of Legends, and communication platforms like FaceTime slowed down, or even blocked. Conditions like this hurt businesses large and small, and penalize the users who patronize them.
The changes also open the door to unfair taxes on internet users, and could also make it harder for blogs, nonprofits, artists, and others who can’t pay up to have their voices heard.
Please leave the existing net neutrality rules based on Title II in place.
Mark Pellegrino is currently on his side account telling people why it’s a GOOD thing for millions to lose health coverage under an Obamacare repeal. Mark believes the government shouldn’t tax others to pay for things like welfare, medicaid, and environmental reform. Mark believes that clinging to every penny he’s earned is a more important right than a government/society taking care of those who cannot care for themselves.
The above was his response to someone sending him Misha’s impassioned plea to save Medicaid, a program which saved Misha as a child.
And yes, it’s really Mark’s side account:
Just think long and hard about who you’re giving your money to, even if they claim to care about helping people with mental illness:
For more utter bullshit, all you have to do is look at his replies:
You know, some of us can only function “to the best of our ability” with medication and therapy and regular meals. And you know what else? Some of us are poor! And, you know, he’s a wild concept: in order for there to be charity for people like me to get medication and food and other things I need, other people who are better off than I am have to be charitable. They have to donate money and food so I can live because they’re both 1) able to do it financially and 2) good human beings. … Remember when the Regan administration shut down all those mental hospitals that were total crap and expected “charity” to step in and create better ones? Yeah, there still isn’t a mental health hospital I can access in my state. Basically, the people who complain about having to provide needy people with a “hand out” aren’t itching to actually help anyone.
Trump retweeted a 16-year-old Grand Theft Auto youtuber and this furthers my belief that gamergate was a precursor to Trumpism.
More specifically it was about the radicalization of young white men, which is both a cultural and security issue that goes largely unaddressed. Gamergate was Baby’s First Reactionary Movement. You take a group of boys, tell the, the world owes them everything, and watch what happens when they don’t get it. They’ll look to anyone who will point to a group to blame. It’s pretty much the same formula whether it’s gamers, coal miners, or white-collar dickheads who are positive their black boss got the job through affirmative action. It all boils down to this cultural resentment of a privileged group realizing that their privileges are very slowly eroding. It is in no way an accident that gamergate’s biggest heroes, namely Milo Yiannopolis and Mike Cernovich, are Trump’s most enthusiastic boosters online.
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