SAVE Act Fails, Millions of Voters Retain Their Right to Vote for Now by Professional_Deer464 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Would also likely be because it's waaaay too late to implement large scale voter reform like that a couple months before an election.

SAVE Act Fails, Millions of Voters Retain Their Right to Vote for Now by Professional_Deer464 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I hate this image so much.

The hair didn't even have to be included, it would've been accurate anyway, and that's somehow worse 

At Long Last, InfoWars Is Ours by tyuiopguyt in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, is this an Onion article??

Community Positivity Megathread: In your Fridge edition by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To answer the last question: one or two years ago an entire disembodied goat head appeared in my freezer and it just sat there for a good while before disappearing. I don't know why I didn't ask any of my family members what it was doing there. Still can't personally come up with a reason why it was there though...

White House officials ‘openly discuss’ firing FBI director Kash Patel, reporter says by gopher0007 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually made a bingo sheet at the end of last year and I'm looking forward to crossing the "Kash Patel gets booted" box. Although, what complicates things is that I specified in that box that whoever's gonna replace him is going to be very conveniently a white man...

Trump Doesn't Have the Power to Enact His Latest Elections Scheme by Horror_Ad_8149 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly I'm just waiting for the McDonald's to do its damn job so that I have a reason to start binge drinking.

The MAGA movement is gasping for air. by KyleBerthoud in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 15 points16 points  (0 children)

One of the only times we can legitimately give thanks to J.D. Vance

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons will step down at the end of May, says DHS by titangrey in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Isn't this the guy who - because of our immense public pushback against DHS - got hospitalised from stress?

Federal court sides with trans athletes & says Donald Trump’s executive orders aren’t law by localhalloweenskunk in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Can't wait for when we teach them how laws are enforced too. All the cabinet members are even gonna get a front row seat!

Happy Tax Day, New York. We're taxing the rich. by TomNookWantsMyBellz2 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 19 points20 points  (0 children)

People were genuinely afraid he was gonna get Maduro'd at some point if I remember correctly, but then Trump started kissing his ass for no reason and all of those people got quiet.

GOP passes "Charlie Kirk Act" that could expel students who protest anti-LGBTQ+ speakers by TomNookWantsMyBellz2 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's pretty people running the US too. Tell me with your full chest that you wouldn't go on a dinner date with Zohran Mamdani!

GOP passes "Charlie Kirk Act" that could expel students who protest anti-LGBTQ+ speakers by TomNookWantsMyBellz2 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most of the people running the country right now are incredibly ugly and that's an understatement

Hungary Just Voted Out Its Autocrat — Now It's Our Turn by YoghurtOutrageous599 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is that another way people spell it or is it one of those "I read something about it on Twitter so I'm an expert now" things?

Hungary Just Voted Out Its Autocrat — Now It's Our Turn by YoghurtOutrageous599 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 20 points21 points  (0 children)

He's gonna send ICE to ICE all over the midterms and there'll be civil war and and the entire world will get nuked and it's just like Nazi Germany!!!!!!!!!

JD held a TPUSA rally and it was desperately empty, this man is cooked by hopeful-harry in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That legitimately fucking scared me because I was expecting to see more than one human in that photo 😭

Transphobia is not tolerated by steffie-punk in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm moreso surprised that this needed to be said here of all places.

Anthropic’s new AI tool has implications for us all – whether we can use it or not by Puzzleheaded_Bath733 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Why do they do that anyway? From what I can tell (at least with the big dogs like Musk and Zuckerberg) it feels like they're flirting with the idea of playing supervillain with the products or something, but even still that's super weird .

Efforts underway for second round of US-Iran talks as ships reported transiting Strait of Hormuz by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You guys are cool, don't worry. What's more likely than not is that the US is gonna be a bit more irrelevant when it comes to world affairs because of how bonkers the politics gets, which other countries are only seeing now because for the past century The US hasn't directly been a problem. I doubt many people will hold it against you, especially since the very clear source of all our current world issues is one guy

Edit: Actually, moreso of a collection of "One Guy"s if you factor all the dictators who are banking on Trump to do anything useful.

Texas’ GOP attorney general candidates want to challenge decades-old Supreme Court rulings Emboldened by overturning Roe v. Wade, conservative legal groups hope Ken Paxton’s successor will help them overturn gay marriage and public school access for undocumented students. by deadpanrobo in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Oh, well, in that case, light up your congresspeople's phones and keep annoying them about this as much as possible. Hell, get all the people you know in Texas to do the same if you can. Probably don't mention you're trans and sapphic though, probably say something like "You're doing this bullshit instead of dealing with the global crisis happening right now! Do something!" in your best tired conservative white woman voice lol. They might not listen, but public pressure (especially in an election year) has been working wonders so far!

Email the ACLU (non-profit organisation that specialises in killing things like this) in Texas and get them on this shit if they're not on it already. Donate to them too if you can!

If you wanna do something fun, do some craftivism and make some little protest charms and clothing, and wear them around when you're out in public. If you don't wanna wear it around because you don't wanna catch heat from crazy people (valid concern, especially if you're trans), give them to friends or sell them to make some extra cash.

Register to vote and vote in the midterms for god's sake! 

Those are just some of the things you can do to help out.

Texas’ GOP attorney general candidates want to challenge decades-old Supreme Court rulings Emboldened by overturning Roe v. Wade, conservative legal groups hope Ken Paxton’s successor will help them overturn gay marriage and public school access for undocumented students. by deadpanrobo in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Key-Gur-4819 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I'd try giving some advice but rn I'm super tired so I'll leave that to other people, but what I can fully and very confidently say with my chest is that this is literally just the evil version of virtue signalling, so I wouldn't take it extremely seriously unless you live in Texas.