Republicans Are So Afraid Of Fair Elections, They Want To Take Away Your Right To Vote For Senator

helltopian-torturescape:

karadin:

quakerjoe:

This one is pretty fucking serious. It’s not about voter fraud, it’s about shitcanning everyone’s ability and right to vote.

Instead of being elected by the people, Senators would be chosen by the State legislatures, guaranteeing that the majority party would pick Senators of their own party.

If there is a vacancy the Governor would appoint a Senator for the remainder of the term. The pick could not be changed by the legislature or the public.

State legislators can recall a Senator at any time.

.If successful, they will reverse one of the great strides toward democracy in American history: the 1913 decision to end the corrupt practice of letting state legislators barter off Senate seats in backroom deals with campaign donors and lobbyists.

It seems gerrymandering the House is not enough for Republicans who want to completely shut out opposing voices. Yet, gerrymandering does fit with a long-term plan to turn America into a permanent single-party-rule nation. 

With control of 32 state legislatures, the GOP would have an easy time hand-picking fascist-conservatives to fill up the senate.

I had a hard time believing this was true, but the resolution is on ALEC’s website, black and white…. Wow.

Republicans Are So Afraid Of Fair Elections, They Want To Take Away Your Right To Vote For Senator

You Need to Know What the Department of Justice Just Did to LGBTQ Rights

justsomeantifas:

On July 27, the same day President Trump banned transgender people from serving in the military, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit arguing that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act did not — and should not — provide legal protection against discrimination based on one’s sexual identity.

“The United States submits that the en banc Court should reaffirm its settled precedent holding, consistent with the longstanding position of the Department of Justice, that Title VII does not reach discrimination based on sexual orientation,” the document reads.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act officially prohibits discrimination on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex and national origin.” The Department of Justice’s brief interprets that information with the following: “The essential element of sex discrimination under Title VII is that employees of one sex must be treated worse than similarly situated employees of the other sex, and sexual orientation discrimination simply does not have that effect.”

You Need to Know What the Department of Justice Just Did to LGBTQ Rights

tranarchist:

transadvocacycomic:

Being transgender is not new!

This is why terf ideology is inherently white supremacist- sex essentialism is not universal but a specific western ideology that has been violently imposed on other cultures during colonial expansion, and people not fitting the western binary literally exterminated.

Though there are certainly examples from western history too, like the Roman Galli for example. And, especially given how much fascists and conservatives worship Imperial Rome, I think it’s important to make clear that transfeminine individuals did in fact have an important and valued role in that society too.

The US state of Tennessee is currently trying to implement a coercive sterilization program in their prisons by slightly reducing the sentence of inmates who agree to a vasectomy/4 yr bc implant. Warn everyone you can about this, it is the continuation of eugenics in the US as prison populations are disproportionately PoC, disabled/mentally ill and poor and these groups constantly receive longer sentencing than the white, able/neurotypical and wealthy for the same conviction. RESIST!

fullten:

In a return to coercive sterilization policies from the early 20th century, a judge in White County, Tennessee, is providing inmates 30 days credit toward jail time if they undergo a sterilization or contraception procedure.

General Sessions Judge Sam Benningfield signed a standing order on May 15, 2017, providing that men who undergo a vasectomy, and women who have a long-term contraceptive implanted in their arms, will get 30 days off their jail sentence. Both procedures are to be performed by the Tennessee Department of Health. State health officials have reported an increase in crimes involving opioid pain pills and heroin in recent years, especially in rural communities like White County.

First elected in 1988, the judge said he decided to implement the program to help people with convictions “start thinking about taking responsibility for themselves.” In an interview with WTVF, he explained, “I hope to encourage them at some point finally to take, you know, personal responsibility and to give them a chance, if/when they do get out, not to be burdened again with additional children.”

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roquentine19:

gutrage:

hey y’all, i’m transgender, and as much as i appreciate the ‘i stand with you’ thing that’s being passed around, if you want to make a difference, i’d way rather y’all donate 5 bucks to the transgender law center, which provides resources to make advances for transgender policies and laws. not to be bitter, while the sentiment of reblogging a flag is appreciated, it does end up feeling hollow.

Done. Took less than a minute.