This is exactly how typically red regions such as the South are an untapped potential and should not be written off.
It doesn't mean progressive candidates in blue strongholds watering down their message. But it does mean actually thinking strategically to bolster messaging and candidates in conservative (yes, even if we are "sure" that they'll lose the nearest election) areas to bolster defenses and ultimately go on an offense.
"Today, Georgia's Senate passed House Bill 1104, an "omnibus" bill designed to consolidate several anti-transgender policies into a single piece of legislation. Additionally, the Senate will debate House Bill 1170 later this evening, which proposes adding puberty blockers to a ban on gender-affirming care already passed by the state. Both bills were attached to entirely unrelated legislation as a strategy to circumvent rules that mandate bills pass at least one chamber by a specific deadline, effectively rendering that deadline meaningless for anti-trans legislation. This weekend, it was announced that both bills would appear on the Senate calendar, and at 4 PM on Tuesday, House Bill 1104 passed on a party-line 33-21 vote. The Georgia Legislature is set to adjourn sine die on Thursday."
So, apparently, because politicians received an influx of calls from their constituents asking them to vote against H.R. 7521, some or most of the politicians voted in favor of it.
One of them bitches was on the news bragging about how they voted in favor of H.R. 7521 because they loathed how many times they were called upon to vote against it.
Most of the seats in the House of Representatives are up for reelection. I urge y'all to pick a target who voted yea on H.R. 7521 and find a replacement who actually wants to do their job and not spite the people for demanding that they do it.
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ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES BOMB BUILDINGS DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE TENTS OF DISPLACED PALESTINIAN FAMILIES IN GAZA
📹 Scenes from the moment when Zionist occupation forces bombed several buildings in and around Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, directly adjacent to the tents of displaced Palestinian families sheltering near the hospital.
An important aspect of youth liberation is not tying the idea of later adult care with having children.
The broader attitude that only your children can ensure that you get taken care of when you grow old is not a good precedent to set. Having children should not be what ensures that you can live through old age, and fear mongering people with the idea that nobody will ever take care of them (or, rather, shouldn't) is such an awful motivator to have children.
For those supporting this monster…
What is wrong with you?
Bar raids should be a thing of the past but police are allowed to selectively enforce laws against queer and trans people. As long as policing continues to exist, so will the attacks on our spaces. https://www.them.us/story/two-seattle-gay-bars-received-lewd-conduct-citations-owners-demand-answers