Yo Biden just announced an infrastructure devolopment/clean energy/environmental justice plan and it's honesty pretty fucking amazing and much more ambitious than I ever would have expected from him, goddamn. He's trying to Eisenhower/New Deal our way out of the economic collapse.
Some notable points addressed by this plan:
- Expanding American railway systems
- Fixing the crumbling roads, bridges, dams, etc. that haven't been kept up
- Capping abandoned oil wells
- Undoing Trump's financial bailout policies for unclean energy companies
- Reinvesting in American-made automotive companies
- Getting America to 100% clean energy by 2035
- Fixing air, water, and ground pollution issues that disproportionately affect poc
- Getting justice for victims of environmental racism
- Reinstating a bunch of environmental and medical jobs Trump had cut
- Getting the US back on the Paris Agreement/Climate Accord
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-14/biden-to-call-for-2-trillion-in-clean-energy-spending
For those who were wondering what the point of voting for a leftist candidate was, if the leftist didn’t win—this is it. Biden is trending leftward. That’s what we want him to do. He wouldn’t be doing it if the left hadn’t shown itself to be a real force.
I know that the work is never done and all that, but I think we can count this one as a win.
please god vote. register ASAP. check to make sure you’re still registered because they’re kicking people off. look into your states mail in ballot laws
I don’t like the guy, and I doubt if most of this would actually get done, but please, it’s better than the guy actively dismantling anything good we have and pushing us backwards
even if you’re in a state that swings dem and you think your vote doesn’t matter, it does. the popular vote tally means something even if the system is broken. Hillary got millions more votes and that was the voice of the people. vote even just to add to the tally of people against Trump because you know the numbers will hurt his vanity
And for all the “lesser of two evils” people out there who think a Biden victory means rewarding the Democratic party’s ongoing rejection of the left wing of the party, reminder that the alternative, GREATER of two evils, is THIS:
A new policy change to prevent trans women from accessing homeless shelters is teaching people how to police gender presentation and physical features just so the country can legalize a new way to get away with killing us.
This is the shit we would have four more years of if Biden loses.
Shelter workers may use “factors such as height, the presence (but not the absence) of facial hair, the presence of an Adam’s apple, and other physical characteristics which, when considered together, are indicative of a person’s biological sex,” the rule says.
If a homeless person appears too transgender for a homeless shelter, the shelter is allowed to ask them for proof of “biological sex.”
Biden wasn’t even my fifth choice in the primaries. But we have to focus on the general now. There are only two possible outcomes this November. We’ve seen how one of them turned out for us, and we all know damn well it’s only getting worse, and getting worse faster. Do not forget that the other outcome is not just about Biden; there’s an entire Democratic platform that comes in with him, along with a complete 180 in White House staff, federal appointments, judicial confirmations, etc. And the judicial confirmations ALONE are a huge deal. If you are somehow NOT convinced that Biden would be better for us than Trump, I need you to understand the existential threat of these words:
Losing Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat to another Brett Kavanaugh.
Do NOT let your ideological purity put us through THAT.
Anything lesser than the evil we have now is a rejection of how far right the Overton Window has been dragged the last few years. Don’t forget how much we stand to lose if we don’t live to fight another day.
Vote for your life.
some of yall really think politics is only about the presidency and it shows when you say shit like “i dont like biden so i wont vote” get a motherfucking vibe check and go vote blue so we dont have a conservative majorty supreme court for the next 30 years holy shit
wow there are really some of yall out here adding the absolute stupidest fucking comments onto this post huh!! the amount of people I’ve seen in the past day pull some shit out of their ass about “biden is just as bad as trump” is astounding tbh.
firstly, the central points of this post are that you need to vote DOWN THE BALLOT because newsflash the presidency isn’t the only election and that voting biden does more than just him it also allows RBG to retire and gives us our first female vp and a progressive presidential cabinet.
now for yall acting like biden and trump are the same im going to highly encourage you to do a few things. 1, go read biden’s policy platform. 2, go look at every politician and organization who has endorsed him… people like bernie and warren and obama… organizations like the congressional black caucus 3, turn on the news and go read up about how trump is sending in federal officers to brutalize peaceful protesters and how he threatened to send in the us military, and how he’s blocking the cdc now from collecting coronavirus data.
does biden suck?? uhhh yeah no shit that really isnt news. am i happy that biden is the nominee?? FUCK no. but im not stupid ignorant or selfish enough to say some asinine shit like “oh well i dont like biden so you know what fuck it trump can stay” ???? what are yall planning to do exactly, storm the capitol?? redo our entire political system in the next 3 months???? oh my fucking god. this is the choice we have right now. biden or trump. that is your choice. im not asking you to like it but im asking you to pull your head out of your ass and understand that every single progressive politician and organization you support is begging you to vote biden because they understand that if trump is reelected we will NEVER have a chance at creating a better more progressive system. yall want to have a progressive president in 2024? 2028? then go vote for biden so we make it until then. oh my god.
If trump wins the next election, we’re looking at a Conservative Supreme Court for potentially the rest of our lives.
We’re alreading removing the separations of Church and State through recent Supreme Court rulings. I want you to imagine future Conservative Supreme Court rulings on the following cases:
- Religious School funding
- School integration vs segregation
- Limits on police brutality
- Voting rights and protections
- Healthcare coverage
- Marriage rights for LGBT couples
- Housing/job/healthcare discrimination on basis of ‘religion’ against women, other religious members, lgbt people
- Immigrant rights and immigration rates
- Affirmative action
- Climate change and EPA requirements
- Employee rights
- Funding for family planning services
this isnt some theoretical debate yall like this is the fucking alternative. people arent being cute when they call trump a fascist this is fascism. biden might not be as progressive as we want but he isnt a fucking fascist why can some people not wrap their heads around this
I’ve had a hard time determining what people want to accomplish by not voting for Biden. Like, beyond not wanting to for ideological purity reasons. What does not voting for him accomplish? What is your alternative? Do you really think a Biden presidency will be as bad as four more years of Trump? Do you really think it’s better to allow Trump to win again? I just don’t really understand it.
Unless you organize an actual revolution between now and November, these are the two options.
midwest-merman
You don’t have to enjoy casting your vote for Biden but please do it anyways. He’s not going to be all of the change we very obviously and very desperately need but he is a step in the right direction. Keep taking those steps. Vote.
You know what I don’t get? On EVERYTHING FUCKING ELSE Tumblr Teens™ are black and white. Fanfiction. Antis. Terfs. One side or the other.
This is the ONE THING that really is black and white because our voting system is a fucking shit show and NOW you wanna go third option? FOR THIS? For a shitty candidate vs literal fascism? Your choices are a guy you’d never date and the local serial killer and NOW YOURE THINKING “I SHOULD SIT THIS ONE OUT?”
WHAT. THE FUCK. IS WRONG. WITH YOU
Also, ask this: WHO IS MORE LIKELY TO LEARN?
Here. An example from Obama.
When he took the White House, he was against marriage equality.
By the time he left it, he was joyfully attending same-sex weddings and showing his support. In his own words, he evolved on the issue.
He didn’t do it in a vacuum. During his years in the White House he talked to people, read books and reports, prayed, and most importantly HE LISTENED. He realized his position was incorrect, and revised it. LIKE A GOOD AND FUNCTIONING ADULT.
So now I want you to imagine the people on the top three tiers of your ballot: President, governor (if applicable), and House/Senate.
Think about each candidate and an issue on which the two of you disagree.
Now imagine you have the chance to have coffee with these candidates, and have a conversation.
Which candidates end the conversation with “you’ve certainly given me something to think about” or “I’ll have to look into that, it’s an interesting viewpoint” or “thank you for sharing your experiences with me”?
Which ones brush you off, never let you speak, insist you’re wrong, condescend to you, move the goalposts?
The people in that first category are the ones you want to vote for. I literally voted for someone once because I asked her opinion on a bill and she said “you know what? I haven’t had the chance to read it yet. But give me your email, I’ll make it a point to get back to you in the next few days” AND SHE DID. It helped a lot that her stances on education and M4A mostly matched my own, but the moment I got that email sealed the deal for me. It takes a lot to say “I don’t know enough to have an informed opinion, let me learn.”
Do you agree with Biden? Maybe not. Probably not. I don’t. But the old advice is to vote for the candidate you can imagine having a beer with, AND THIS IS WHY. You can talk to that candidate. YOU CAN ASK THEM TO LOOK AT YOUR SIDE. And that matters.
sweetbonbonqueen
Reblog to have something good happen at 1:42 tomorrow
I saw this before I left work last night and had a quiet hope, and today I checked my phone at about quarter to two, while I was still on my lunch break, and I’ve just got a job interview with the BBC next week
I’m not a big believer in anything much but I’m so happy holy shit. So like unrelated note but something real good happened to me at 1.42 today lol
theladyofsupernatural
I’ll play
“It was a moment - I’ve got goosebumps now - seeing Harry, Niall, Liam there - I needed that support. So, hey, I hope he’s alright but- yeah.”
Louis Tomlinson on Zayn Malik not showing up for his X Factor performance after the loss of his mother, Johannah.
lesoleilluittoujours-deactivate
School dress codes aren’t only sexists, but there’s also racist and islamophobic.
I (First Nations, Mohawk) used to have hair past my chest but my middle school forced me to cut my hair because “boys couldn’t have hair past the tips of the ear” (I’m not a boy either, but they assigned me ‘boy’ as a gender) but even when I begged them to let me keep my hair because of spiritual beliefs, they forced me to cut it. A classic move of the white school system against native children. I got a referral everyday for the 65 days I refused to cut my hair. I cried for two weeks after the principal took scissors to my hair. I’m still growing it back.
My best friend (who is an aboriginal Egyptian) was once told to remove her hijab (also a gift I had given her) because “hats weren’t allowed” (a mixture of racism and islamophobia), she reluctantly took it off.
In middle school again, my friend Nemo ( First Nations, Navajo) was told she couldn’t wear her traditional clothing on her 13 birthday, celebrating her reaching puberty. She was sent home and forced to spend her birthday alone while her parents worked.
Tomorrow is my 18th birthday, an important life event in Mohawk culture (becoming an adult) and I want to wear my traditional clothes to school, especially because I’ll have to celebrate all alone this year since I live far away from my nation. Even though my school doesn’t have uniforms or a strict dress code, I’m afraid they’ll tell me that my clothes or very light face paint are “distracting” and tell me to take off my traditional jewellery (headband, choker, bracelets) or wash off the face paint.
I’m sure these are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to racism in the school dress code, and general school systems. White culture is enforced in everything from the dress code to the curriculum.
clara-the-slytherin-graduate
many european countries explicitly prohibit wearing headscarves like the hijab in schools, too
Let people wear culturally or religiously significant clothing!!!
freshparking-deactivated2022020
the various loser club cupples vs a puddle
ben and beverly vs a puddle - Beverly takes off her coat and lays it down and holds Bens hand while he walks over it
mike and bill vs a puddle - Mike instantly picks Bill up and jumps over the puddle and 50% of the time winds up accidentally eating shit
stan and patty vs a puddle - Stan desperately wants to avoid the puddle but Patty jumps directly in it and kicks the water at him
richie and eddie vs a puddle - Richie lays down directly in the puddle and lets Eddie fucking walk over him like a bridge
ladies, you have to stop letting guys who aren't even forklift certified break your heart
someone: but you don't act like you have [insert mental illness]
me: consider this.. I try to internalize most of my symptoms so people don't actually hate me
Oblivious- Cherik
A/N: This prompt was given to me by athiva on Wattpad. If any of you have any prompts you want me to do, just message me on here or Wattpad at ‘phanoutromance’. Enjoy!
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It was three am and Erik was still awake. He couldn't get comfortable, he was starting to get sweaty, and Peter was playing his video games at the highest volume with the occasional shout. He was annoyed and confused, he's never had any trouble going to sleep before. He usually goes to sleep around 10 and wakes up 6, and it's been that way ever since he was a child. So why is having trouble all of a sudden? Two words: Charles Xavier.
He never stopped running through Erik's mind. He was always subconsciously thinking about him. Everything reminded Erik of him and he didn't know what to do.
He's tried for weeks to make his feelings for Charles clear but he just doesn't understand. He decided about two months ago that he's sick of keeping his true feelings inside. He knew he liked Charles and he thought Charles reciprocated, but every time he says something flirty, he ends up taking it as a friendly comment or something. It's extremely aggravating!
Like yesterday, Charles came down wearing a new sweater. Granted, it looked like he took it straight off his grandfather, but he made it work like nobody else! As soon as he entered the dining room, Scott immediately started bursting with laughter, causing Raven and Peter to look up and start snickering, Hank and Jean looked up as well but didn't really care.
"Good morning, Grandpa," Raven spoke, smirking at Charles, who just rolled his eyes and poke his tongue out at her.
"Good morning to you, Smurf." Charles retorted. Raven's smile immediately dropped and rolled her eyes at Jean who was now pointing and laughing at her.
"I think you look great." Erik winked as Charles sat next to him. Charles just smiled and pushed his shoulder playfully. Erik swear he saw a little red tint on Charles' cheeks, but it could've been because he just woke up or something.
"I know." and that was the end of that. Their day went on normally, but Erik was really confused. Was he not blunt enough? He thought he was, so what was he to do? He was too anxious to admit his feeling flat out, but he was tired all of this flirting and obliviousness to said flirting! He knew he should tell him, but he wasn't ready.
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He woke up the next day at 10 am feeling like death. He pulled himself out of bed, all of his joints popping loudly. As he walked to the kitchen, he noticed that mansion was oddly quiet at 10. It was early in the morning, but everyone's usually up by now, talking in the sitting room or outside messing in the gardens. He looked outside and saw no one, he continued on his path to the kitchen in a state of confusion.
"Well, look who finally woke up," Charles joked as he entered the dining room, "I didn't think you'd ever wake up. I came in there around 6:30, but you looked so tired, I gave you more time."
"Thank you. I don't why but I couldn't get to sleep last night," Erik said, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"I figured, you're usually up by now and on your 500th cup of tea," Charles joked as he stood up, "speaking of..." he trailed off as he disappeared into the kitchen, only to emerge with a steaming cup of tea.
"Oh, thank you," Erik said dumb founded and Charles just smiled. He had to stop himself from moaning, this was probably the best tea he's had in a long time. "Ah, what would i do without you, liebling?" Erik froze after he let the word slip, but Charles didn't seen to notice, which he was thankful for.
"Die, probably." Charles replied cheekily. It was quiet for a few moments, Erik drinking his delicious tea, Charles staring out the window. Erik loved these moments with Charles, he could just sit here for hours. He was still confused though, where was everyone?
"Where has everyone gone?" Erik said after a moment.
"They were trying figure out something to do, Raven had suggested going to the lake and they all agreed. They left about an hour ago, I told them that i'd wait for you and we'd meet up with them later, if you want to go." Charles explained.
"Oh, that sounds really nice actually. Yeah, let's go!" Although Erik would rather just stay here with Charles all day, a swim in the lake sounds amazing.
"Okay, i'll go get towels and all that, while you need to get dressed mister," Charles joked as he pointed towards the stairs.
"Yes, mom," Erik joked back and went to get dressed. They met at the door a few minutes later. Charles had the bag over his shoulder and a book in his hand. 'Of course he's bringing a fucking book to the lake.' Erik thought to himself fondly.
"What book did you bring?" Erik asked as they walked down the path to the lake.
"Harry Potter. I haven't read it in a long time, and I figured it would be a nice break from all the old non-fiction stuff, you know? I remember Raven read it as a child, and she wouldn't ever shut up about it. It was all she ever talked about, and until I read it, I never understood why. We would read it together when we would go to bed. Those were the best moments of my childhood." Charles rambled on, but Erik loved every second of it. He loved it when Charles rambled on about something, he loved the way his eyes would go bigger and talk with his hands and be short of breath. Or if it was something nostalgic like this, his face would soften and his voice would go quiet and he would play with his fingers and stare off in the distance; It was incredibly endearing.
They emerged a few minutes later and walked over to where everyone's stuff was. Charles set the stuff down while Erik took his shirt off, and was immediately greeted by cat-calls and cheers. He replied with the middle finger and turned around in time to see a blushing Charles looking away and sitting down. 'Huh, that's weird," Erik thought to himself, "Must be the heat."
They'd been swimming in the lake for about an hour and Charles hasn't gotten in. He's been reading the book. Erik stopped for a moment, encaptivated by Charles, yet again. He was hunched over his lap, blocking the sun from hitting the pages and blinding him. His hair was falling over his eyes, but it wasn't long enough to cover his face. His eyebrows were scrunched together, his eyes feverishly moving back and forth, taking in the words a million miles a minute, as if each word would be the last. He was completely distracted...Perfect. He walked over to Charles and stood in front of him for a moment.
"Do you need something?" Charles asked without looking up. Erik just smirked.
"No, I just couldn't help but how hot is it out here," Erik replied, "and I couldn't help but think you must be burning up over here." That made Charles look up at Erik warily.
"What are you planning?" Charles asked as he closed his book.
"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about," Erik said and slowly walked over to Charles as he placed his book on the ground and prepared himself to run. Then Erik shot forward and almost caught him before he jumped up and ran away. Erik let him go for a second before he chased after him and eventually caught him around the waist. Charles wrapped his arms around Erik's shoulders as he ran.
"ERIK LET ME DOWN!" Charles laughed as Erik ran towards the dock, "Erik STOP NO NO NO NO N-" He was cut off by Erik jumping into the lake. When they came up for air everyone was cheering and laughing. Erik and Charles joined in too, until they realized they were still wrapped around each other. They met each other's gaze and stared for a moment, Erik was captivated by the way the water bounced off his eyes and made them look electric. Charles was studying the way the sun was giving his face the most beautiful glow. They stared for a few moments until Peter cleared his throat and they broke out of their trance. They let go of each other and swam to everyone else. Charles was supporting a terrible blush for the rest of the day, and honestly, Erik was dying inside.
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It was later in the evening and everyone went to the game room, while Charles and Erik read in the study. Erik loved when they did this, he loved spending time with Charles, even if they weren't talking. But he couldn't stop thinking about that moment between them. How their bodies absent-mindedly grew closer and their hold on each other tightened. Erik is so confused, he didn't think Charles reciprocated his feelings. He hasn't acted differently since Erik has started acting a little more flirtatious towards him, but the moment they shared today...something happened and they need to talk about it.
He looked over at Charles and...holy shit...he looked so beautiful. The lamp gave the room an golden glow, which brought out the natural highlights in Charles' hair. He looked up from his book and the way the light made the gold in his eyes stand out nearly made Erik faint. Charles smiled at him and Erik knew he was ready. He was ready to tell him how he felt. He needed to tell him because all this flirting and cheeky comments aren't enough for Charles' obliviousness.
"Charles, I need to tell you something," Erik said, and he suddenly felt all the air leave his lungs as Charles just nodded at him with the most open look on his face. He shouldn't feel scared, this is Charles we're talking about! The most understanding person in the universe. Even if he doesn't feel the same way, he'll still be in Erik's life. He wouldn't abandon him. Right?
"What is it?" Charles asked as he leaned in closer to look at Erik's face, only to be met with a look of panic. "Erik," Charles reached forward and grabbed his hand, trying to comfort him, but only making his panic worsen, "Whatever it is, you can tell me. You know that."
Erik took a breath, focused on his breathing and Charles' hand on his. His hand is so soft, fits so nicely with his. Like a match made in heaven. It felt right and that gave Erik the confidence to tell him.
"I'm in love you," Erik said suddenly, meeting Charles' gaze, "I just needed to tell you because I'm sick of keeping it inside, it's been eating away at me for weeks. I've been trying to hint to you for a while that I like more than a friend, but I didn't know how you felt." Erik explained, trying to form coherent sentences while staring at Charles' ever growing eyes, and tightening grip on his hand.
"Really? I had no idea, I just thought that was friendly banter! I didn't know you like me, too." Charles breathed out, staring down at their hands.
"Well yeah, I thought I made it quite obvious, but apparently not," Erik said, laughing a little, before his smile dropped and realization hit, "wait...too?"
Charles looked up at him and nodded, "I-I'm in love with you, too."
Erik felt the air leave his lungs, for a good reason this time. Charles loves him! This didn't feel real, but it was. Charles is real, his hand on his is real, their love for each other is real. Erik couldn't believe it. He leaned forward and placed his hand on Charles' cheek, rubbing soothing circles, taking in his face close up. The little freckles that dotted his cheeks and nose, the small flakes of green in his eyes that he's never noticed before, the softness of his lips. Charles brought his hand up to hold Erik's hand that laid on his face. He closed his eyes and took in the moment, while Erik feel in love with the look of pure serenity on his angelic face. He couldn't help himself as he leaned in and placed his lips on Charles'. They felt so much better than Erik could've ever imagined. They felt so nice on his and they had this slightest hint of tea, and Erik loved that. He loved everything about Charles. He was so happy to finally be able to kiss him, hold him, cuddle him, look at him without feeling guilty or nervous.
Charles is his and he is Charles'. Nothing could ever change that.
They weren't the only ones who were happy, though. Out in the hallway, peaking through the cracked door, was everyone high fiving each other, silently cheering and Peter was handing Raven $10. It was a good day for everyone indeed.
A/N
Thank you for reading and liking it. I really appreciate the fact that so many people enjoy these. I hope everyone reading this has a wonderful day/night.
Bye!
what if the. ..‘were not kids anymore’ speech is directed at will….who is still in denial that his childhood was ultimately robbed from him and still wants to play dnd w his friends despite them obviously growing up w/o him..
