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Tomorrow, April 1st 2025, we have a massively important State Supreme Court election here in the state of Wisconsin. It will decide the balance of the state supreme court, and it's vitally important that we get Susan Crawford elected. Elon Musk has literally poured millions of dollars into Brad Schimel's campaign, and we are fighting for our lives here. I've already voted, and if you haven't yet and you live here... make sure you do.
But no matter what happens tomorrow, no matter what the result is, the fight is far from over. ICE agents are grabbing people off the streets, our public institutions are being systematically destroyed, and our international and diplomatic relations with historically close allies are just, honestly, fucked right now. Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and trans and queer rights have been under steady attack by the right. As a nonbinary person and member of the trans community, I'm genuinely scared for a lot of my friends right now.
But we fight. We stand up. We survive.
If we accept defeat, we are handing victory to those who want us dead. By living and fighting, we carry on to the next day and then the day after that. I know I posted it right after the election last November, but there's a pretty famous Joe Hill quote everyone should keep in mind: "Don't waste any time mourning. Organize!"
Go out, hug your friends. Build a local community if you can, and get involved in your local politics. Make sure you call your Reps and Senators every day if you can, and for pete's sake fucking vote.
We can make it as long as we don't stop fighting.
Remember that on April 5th at 11AM Eastern/10AM Central you can join me for the Critical Thinking Witches' Collective's April Brew virtual event! Attendance is free, and you can register here!
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when reality get to real it’s time for a grand delusion
There’s a bar in Eau Claire, WI that serves a drink called that…
“Literal Nazis”… o the delusions…
Steve Bannon is in the administration.
Steve Bannon describes himself as a member of the Alt Right.
Alt Right is literally a euphemism created by Nazis to describe themselves. Bannon is aware of this.
As of tomorrow, there is a self described Nazi in the White House.
My personal experience with “alt-Right” is a term Liberals use to lump conservatives in with Nazis. Conservatives as haters and Nazis is a time-honored liberal accusation that has been in circulation since 1984 and Reagan.
Dude… Alt Right is literally a term created by self procliamed Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer. It’s their word, not “liberal’s.”
Liberals like me just call them what they are: Nazis.
And yes, that term has been diluted by people over using it from all political sides, but that doesn’t change the fact that their are literal Nazis still in America, and Alt Right is the term they made up for themselves.
(I really don’t want to keep going on with this — just because I have a degree in Political Science doesn’t mean I want to turn this into a political discussion — but if you don’t think that three LGBTQIA+ women wouldn’t be concerned with what’s happening in American politics right now… then you don’t get out much)
‘Human Tire Fire’…. simple, yet accurate. I like it.
…the phrase, not who it refers to. No liking there.