I don’t often get political… but something has happened
Trump. He and his administration are trying to change the law so that whatever gender you were “born as” is your unchangeable sex/gender.
[1.4 MILLION AMERICANS]
This is from a new New York Times article, regarding the technicalities of what has been said. They go even further to discuss what they accurately call “biggest battlegrounds” for transgender students: the bathrooms and locker rooms.
We can’t be quiet about this. They are trying to erase who we are. To make it so that we just DON’T EXIST. As a transgender male who lives in America, this scares the shit out of me.
As I said, I don’t normally get political on my blog, but you all need to know about this.
Other cartoons that the publisher refused to print before firing Rogers:
A political cartoonist who had satirized every President during his 25 years at the paper is fired for drawing Trump cartoons.
“This is precisely the time,” Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto (often the target of Rogers’ cartoons) said, “when the constitutionally protected free press – including critics like Rob Rogers – should be celebrated and supported, and not fired for doing their jobs. This decision, just one day after Trump labeledthe news media is ‘our country’s biggest enemy.’“
Y’know, like dictators always do under fascist regimes.
This year all 435 members of the House of Representatives are up for re-election, along with a number of Senators (including malevolent wet sock in a human suit, ted cruz), and many state Governors
Democrats have a real chance to take back the House and perhaps even the Senate if we work hard enough
In my state, Pennsylvania, this election is particularly important for democrats because the Supreme Court of PA ruled that our congressional map (which was drawn in 2010 by our republican majority state government) is unconstitutional due to excessive gerrymandering which purposely diluted the power of democrats
The PA GOP tried to take the case to the US Supreme Court claiming SCOPA didn’t have the right to redraw the map but SCOTUS refused to see the case so the new map (shown below) will be in effect for this year’s elections
Pennsylvania went for Trump in 2016 by an extremely narrow margin and we have a huge opportunity this election to not only re-elect our democratic Governor and Senator, but also send up to 7 women (all dems) to Congress (we’ve never had a woman in congress before) including one from my district, PA-6
But enough about just my state
Elections aren’t just about the federal government
Every single year there are hundreds of thousands of people are elected to fill positions on a local and state level that will affect you far more than any federal rep
Positions like school board, supervisors, mayors, sherrifs, county judges, district attorneys, state rep, etc
Every single election is important every single year
In 2018 it’s easier than ever to just google who’s running, what are they running for, and what do they believe in
You have to participate in democracy for it to work
As long as accused sexual assaulters can be elected President and nominated to the Supreme Court, y’all can shut the fuck up about false accusations ruining men’s lives.
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