I’ve got the perfect T-shirt to commemorate the upcoming Republican ballot theft attempts. From the judiciaries in key battle ground states all the way to the Supreme Court. You’re not getting away with it. Not this time.
Death and the Handmaiden 11x17 pen and ink on Bristol Board. Digitally painted in Photoshop.
My apologies.This isn’t the time for subtlety.
This woman is prepared to do real damage.
She’ll have a hand in dismantling to Affordable Care Act.
If the election is contested she’ll be the one to throw the election for Trump.
Along with Judges Thomas and Alito she will assuredly nullify legal Gay marriage.
Black people and people of color won’t be safe either. Hard fought civil rights will be under renewed attack.
And as someone who won’t even acknowledge the reality of climate change, she’ll vote against the survival of the planet but for corporations who pollute and contribute to the climate crisis.
Want to mitigate some of the damage?
VOTE. Vote for a DEFINITIVE UNCONTESTED BIDEN WIN.
And once he’s won? Apply pressure on day one. Democrats have no choice but to increase the number of progressive judges to the Supreme court to mitigate the damage this woman is prepared to do.
I’ve got the perfect T-shirt to commemorate the upcoming Republican ballot theft attempts. From the judiciaries in key battle ground states all the way to the Supreme Court. You’re not getting away with it. Not this time.
GEORGIA! Kentucky wasn’t able to remove McConnell from Congress but YOU can take away his power. If you’re 18 by 1/5/21, you can register to vote to partake in the runoffs.
Go to vote.org for directions to your polling places and ballot drop-off boxes. Vote411andBallotpedia are also your friends. They can help you understand the politicians and questions on your ballot.
Here’s to seeing you all on the other side! Hopefully!!
I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote.
that’s already how it is in australia
That’s just so fucked up. :( Do certain medical conditions exempt you?
?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting.
I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote.
Adding to this here, in Australia you don’t have to vote. Or, more precisely, there’s no way they can tell if you ruined your ballot. You have to turn up, get your name marked off, but you can put a line through the ballot if you don’t think any of the candidates are worth voting for. Or do this:
Or this:
Or this:
You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it.
And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote. Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote.
And look, I get it. Sometimes I don’t want to vote either. But I suck it up, I walk three minutes down the street, and I hope that this year they’re selling lamingtons again. Oh, and I buy a democracy sausage, which, even if all the candidates suck, makes the effort of turning up pretty worthwhile.
ALSO, you can see even on the fucked up ballots that you NUMBER CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. There’s no need to calculate whether I would be throwing away my vote on the candidate that I most agree with if they’re not from a major party. I can say, I want that independent person to get in, but if not them, give me Big Party A, and if not them, that minor party person is still better that Big Party B, and I’m not giving any preference to the Lunatic Fringe Party.
Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out.
A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable.
And by the way, one time I had a bad asthma flare-up on Election Day and didn’t make it to my polling station. I got my fine in the mail, I filled out the form explaining why I couldn’t vote, no more fine. I would rather have, you know, expressed my preference for who should run my country, but they were cool with the fact that I couldn’t do it that day.
“oh no, what if people actually have to participate in picking the government officials who will impact their lives” jesus christ
For the last time, for everyone who still doesn’t understand: not voting is not a tool of resistance, it’s a tool of surrender.
not voting is not a tool of resistance, it’s a tool of surrender.
Just random things growing in my yard because I don’t know what to do with myself right now.
My grandmother didn’t fight to get a math degree in the ‘30s and my mother didn’t work her ass off to be the head of the family because my dad was narcissistic loser for their descendants to loose rights in 2022
If you are 18+ and from the US, care about POC, women, LGBT+, climate change, health care, defeating covid, defeating white supremacist’s, etc. you need to vote. If you haven’t sent in your mail in ballot at this point, go vote in person and surrender the old ballot. Make a plan to get to the polling location. Wait in line, no matter how long it takes. Know your voting rights. Know the phone numbers to call incase the Trump “poll watchers” are there, or other forms of voter suppression happen.
If Trump wins again, people will literally die. You think the covid numbers are bad now? Do not protest vote for Kanye, do not vote third party, do not stay home and say there’s no point. Get your ass to the polls and vote. Yell at your lazy ass friends who told you they’re not voting.
This is it, guys. This is our last chance. We are not getting a do-over. Do not repeat 2016.
In Search Of artwork to use for a Facebook cover photo with a political message.
Anything like:
Abolish Ice
Close The Camps
Vote Blue, No Matter Who
It’d be a great idea to for people to flood social medias with it but until then I definitely want it on my page. Does anyone know of artists who have already put this kind of work out there and could direct me to their stuff? Thanks!
(And this right as pot becomes legal in NJ and AZ… I mean I’m mad about the spicy potatoes and the Mexican Pizza being gone too — but DON’T take it out on those serving us the Baja blue!)
I am fucking terrified for the future of this country.
I work as a fundraiser for planned parenthood. I’ve gotten a few unsavory characters. None of them bother me as much as the standard Republican. They’re so fucking smug.
“We don’t kill babies” is what a guy said to me, wearing, I shit you not, a pro-2A shirt. Killing babies is wrong unless they’re in 1st grade I guess?
“Follow the science” another guy told me, after every fucking medical professional I spoke to that day was firmly on my side and terrified for their patients.
“If you took birth control, you wouldn’t need it” a woman said to me, as though birth control isn’t next on the chopping block. As though it works all the time. As though that’s even the point.
I hate them. I hate them more and more every day. Conservatives are nothing but brain dead goose stepping morons who will happily march themselves into a mass grave. They don’t get it, and I can’t possibly convey to them that nothing they claim to believe matches what they advocate for. The core of their political framework is hatred.
I hate conservatives for what they do.Conservatives hate you for who you are.
increase the pay for teachers, particularly in underfunded schools
significantly increase taxes on the rich (both direct wealth taxes along with additional taxes on major corporations)
have universal background checks for firearm purchases
get us back into the paris agreement in order to switch to clean energy by 2035 (and his plan has been outlined already and the first few steps have been specified)
end the cocaine sentencing disparity (as it is deeply racist)
abolish the death penalty
support a government mandated 12 weeks of paid family leave for workers
eliminate private prisons
this man fully acknowledges the science behind climate change (unlike trump), wants to work to fix certain racist elements in american society (unlike trump), supports the lower and middle classes (unlike trump), is willing to put his money where his mouth is (unlike trump), and isn’t a full on fascist that ignores the global pandemic and takes the side of neo-nazis and white supremacists (unlike trump). biden is miles better than trump. is he the ideal candidate? no, but he is willing to work towards making the USA a more progressive place and that is the first step we need to take. vote blue.
We settled with Biden. but if you decide to vote third party or not vote instead of supporting Biden… fuck you. You have to see that this is bigger than choosing the “best” candidate. This is a fight for the soul of our nation. Settle for Biden. Settle because if you don’t hundreds of thousands of people will die. People. will. die.
hey don’t let the media tell you this election is already decided. it’s exactly what they said in 2016 and we all remember how THAT worked out. 2020 could be a knife’s edge election, and 18-24 year olds could easily be the deciding voice. please register to vote. think about the people that might not survive another four years of this.
Before you think about voting for Kanye, remember…
He has openly supported Trump and his racist, sexist policies
When the Bill Cosby allegations dropped, he tweeted “BILL COSBY INNOCENT”, invalidating any experiences of his victims in the process
“When you hear about slavery for 400 years… 400 years? That sounds like a choice”- Kanye west, TMZ
He has openly supported Trump and his racist, sexist policies
He is a part of one of the richest families in the world that capitalize from our money through everything they can- whether it’s their TV shows or their overpriced merchandise.
Remember the Kardashians have enough money to end a lot of serious issues in the world. And do they do that? No they do not
He has openly supported Trump and his racist, sexist policies
He literally had his fans chant “fuck taylor swift” at her Nashville hometown because he was petty. How hateful of a human do you have to be to do something like that to someone? Is this the type of person we need in office?
On the topic of Taylor Swift- remember when he lied about a phonecall where he referred to her as a “bitch” and made it out as if she “owed him sex”
And we all haven’t forgot about the 2009 MTV music awards
