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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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Sarah, just trade rooms with her. It’s far better for both of you if you do.
I do NOT see this ending well.
Maybe it’s just me, but if I were told the Con was seriously short on cash, I’d find out my budget, and then do everything in my power to come in under that. My opening goal is half the former budget. I understand that depending on your department, that might not be possible, but still…
You assume most people have far more foresight than they actually have in my experience 😛
More I assume people who get put in charge should have foresight. I know most people don’t, but I like to think most people aren’t the ones put in charge. Experience has shown otherwise, but I keep hoping.
next meeting she should announce the next person who asks for there budget to be expanded instead gets it cut by 5% every time you ask
Able to justify =/= able to afford, and anybody who doesn’t understand that has no business working on anything with a budget…