Facing Widespread Precarity, Young US Voters Are Becoming Even More Progressive

https://www.commondreams.org/news/young-voters-more-progressive

#USYouthVote #ProgressivePolitics #WidespreadPrecarity #YoungVoters #PoliticalShift #ProgressiveMovement #Politics #News

I haven't been active for a minute and my previous instance went kaput, so a new #introduction:

I'm Em (nickname) Randominity (pseud), Randomessa on other platforms like Lemmy and the site wot that is a replacement for. She/her.

When I do post, it's likely to be about #catpics, #gaming on #linux, #mmorpgs, #fandom, #progressivepolitics, #ADHD, or #lgbtqia. I'm a cisgender #biromantic #graysexual #asexual.

I may also post work selfies.

#vintagestyle not vintage values. #BlackLivesMatter!

“What would you do if you knew the government had lied, and people were dying as a result? Would you risk everything?”
- Daniel Ellsberg
A great American. . .
Rest in light and peace. . .
. . .
#antinazi #antifascist #democracy #democracynow #progressive #progressivepolitics #danielellsberg

“What would you do if you knew the government had lied, and people were dying as a result? Would you risk everything?”
- Daniel Ellsberg
A great American. . .
Rest in light and peace. . .
. . .
#antinazi #antifascist #democracy #democracynow #progressive #progressivepolitics #danielellsberg

Hey Mastodon, tired of being told to "vote strategically, not with your emotions"? Here's the truth: it's a privileged argument that only serves to maintain establishment power. Progressive candidates are silenced with false equivalences to, and threats of losing to, the Right. Meanwhile, establishment politicians keep being rewarded for moving to the Right themselves. It's time to invest your vote in what will actually make a difference - voting for a progressive candidate. Yes, even if they may not win, your vote shifts the political landscape, and can make America move Left. The politician you vote for CARRIES the political power you give them through to the next election cycle. Meanwhile, that's LESS punching power for the fat cats!!! The electoral college prevents your vote from being as significant as it should be, so voting progressive is the best way to make your vote ACTUALLY count. #ProgressivePolitics #VoteProgressive #PoliticalShift #Election2024

"When it comes to showing people what comes after gridlock, what they can have instead of the gridlock, what we can do when we set aside the dumb fights and choose good ones instead – well, there’s nowhere quite like Minnesota right now," he said.

"We’re drawing a roadmap for 49 other states by doing whatever it takes to be a state that works – for everyone."

Best State of the State Speech ever!

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/keep-choosing-the-right-fights-governor-tim-walz-delivers-annual-state-of-the-state-address/89-e2214047-610a-432b-aeff-ab2f57dc674e

#Minnesota #ProgressivePolitics #Protecttheyouth #Democracy #DFL

I just published an op-ed.
https://billhulet.substack.com/p/who-are-you?sd=pf

#HuletsBackgrounder #SelfDefinition #Journalism #ProgressivePolitics #SocialMedia

I think that the housing crisis is something that has totally shaken any belief I ever had that there is an easily understood body of 'progressive' ideas that stand at odds with an equally easy to understand group of 'reactionary' ideas.

I no longer live in a world of black and white---and have now entered the world of grey.

#HousingCrisis #Housing #ProgressivePolitics

These are bad times for the "Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority" group on #Facebook. I hope that they migrate to the #Fediverse.

@pantsuitnation
@grassroots
@organizing
@communitybased @politics

#PantsuitNation
#ProgressivePolitics
#USpolitics
#GrassrootsOrganizing
#OnlineCommunity
#OnlineOrganizing
#OnlineActivism
#OnlineAdvocacy
#SocialMedia

Trump Called Supporters Storming Capitol 'Trashy' But Good 'Fighters': Jan. 6 Testimony
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephanie-grisham-donald-trump-trashy-supporters-good-fighters_n_63b0701ee4b0fe267ca97720
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephanie-grisham-donald-trump-trashy-supporters-good-fighters_n_63b0701ee4b0fe267ca97720
#democracy #secular
 #humanist #humanrights #civilrights #antifascism #AntiAuthoritarianism #ProgressivePolitics #Politics #PoliticsUS

Russia's total losses in a year, claimed by a Ukrainian website, it is stunning:
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3672851-russias-death-toll-in-ukraine-up-to-144440.html
#ukraine #democracy #antifascist #HumanRights #CivilRights #AntiFascism #AntiAuthoritarianism #ProgressivePolitics

The top 10 Democratic presidential candidates for 2024, ranked:
(Washington Post)
https://archive.is/bLi7i#selection-271.0-271.62
#Democracy #Secular
 #Humanist #HumanRights #CivilRights #AntiFascism #AntiAuthoritarianism #ProgressivePolitics #Politics #PoliticsUS

President Biden "occupies the true middle ground in American politics, well to the left of most elected Republicans on economics and somewhat to the right of most elected Democrats on social issues. Polls on specific issues point to the same conclusion. That’s the biggest reason that he is the person who currently gets to decide how to decorate the Oval Office."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/20/briefing/biden-2024.html?searchResultPosition=1 #Democracy #Humanist #Potus #HumanRights #JoeBiden #AntiFascism #ProgressivePolitics #Politics #PoliticsUS

Washington Post editorial to President Biden:
Don’t let Erdogan use the earthquake to postpone Turkey’s election
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/17/turkey-earthquake-erdogan-postpone-election/
#Turkiye #Turkey
#Turkiyearthquake #earthquake #Democracy #Secular
 #Humanist #HumanRights #CivilRights #AntiFascism #AntiAuthoritarianism #ProgressivePolitics #Politics

Elections do matter. If Bernie Sanders was president we would have a president who is encouraging use of N-95 masks instead of a president who is lying about the pandemic being over.

#COVID #CovidIsNotOver
#politics
#ProgressivePolitics

Nikki Haley is actually running and hoping for VP. The question is whose candidacy will she support? Trump or DeSantis. Time will tell. In the meantime she will avoid criticizing both.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/opinion/nikki-haley-president.html
#Democracy #Secular
 #Humanist #HumanRights #CivilRights #AntiFascism #AntiAuthoritarianism #ProgressivePolitics #Politics #PoliticsUS

Climate Change and the Rise of Fascism have a lot in common. They're inextricably linked in a lot of ways, actually. Here's one that we would do well to pay close attention to: distrust of government.

It turns out, government is literally the thing preventing anarchy, and trust me, you don't want anarchy. Luckily, though, anarchy doesn't exist in nature. Order always arises. This is a fact of evolution. The question is what kind of order will arise. Government is just a description of this order. It is both necessary for survival and unavoidable in any case. So, saying "I hate government" is literally the same as saying, "I hate how the universe is." Which... fine. Go for it. And good luck changing it.

The question is how we arrange our government. That's what matters. And most people with laudable and scientific values espouse some form of democracy, where everybody is, at least in theory, treated equally.

But... we don't really like being treated equally, and most people, when they complain about government, are objecting to having been treated equally. We call up customer service, and they tell us they have a no return policy on worn clothes, and we would like to speak to the manager, because we'd like them to treat us differently than everybody else.

Most of the time, when we want to be treated differently, we want to be treated better. We want what we want faster. We want more of it. We don't want to pay full price for it. And this, as you can surely extrapolate, is why we're all on a path to choking to death on poisoned air, desiccated from a lack of drinkable water.

The most important function of government is regulation.

And if we're going to have any hope of surviving the coming decades with anything approaching a healthy, happy society, we're going to have to get used to a lot more regulation. We're going to have to realize that we are not the exception to the rules, and accept that life is sometimes slower than we'd like, and we can't literally have everything we want, exactly the way we want it, all the time.

This is a difficult sell, because the Fascists weaponize the same line to cut Medicare and Social Security. "We just have to learn to live with it because we need to balance the budget." Except, the lie in plain sight. None of them are on Social Security or Medicare. It doesn't change anything for them, because they are the exceptions to the rules. In a well regulated, democratic society, they too would rely on Social Security and Medicare, and wouldn't dream of cutting it.

And thus, the paradox is exposed. We are often correct to note that the way various governments work is unfair. And we'd like to be treated better. And we're correct in wanting that some of the time. But in order to get what we want, we have to stop making it about us, individually, and begin making it about us, collectively. Either apply this rule to *everybody* or make a new rule for everybody.

The absolute worst thing to do is *decrease* regulation, when what we actually want is *increased* regulation. Because it's hard for us to see past our own experience. But this is probably the only thing that will save humanity.

#fasism #climatechange #government #progressivepolitics

The by-election in #TOpoli could spark a conversation for change in the politically conservative city. What will happen? #ByElection #ProgressivePolitics https://www.GPTrending.com/#/?date=2023-02-12&topic=topoli

#Attorneys #ProgressivePolitics

Social media restricted in Turkey because of the mounting criticism of Erdogan govt.'s slow response to earthquake.
By restricting social media they are also distracting the communication and coordination of the search and rescue effort.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/02/08/twitter-down-in-turkey-as-quake-response-criticism-mounts_6014930_4.html
 #Democracy #Secular
 #Humanist #HumanRights #CivilRights #AntiFascism #AntiAuthoritarianism #ProgressivePolitics #Politics #PoliticsUS #Turkiye
#Turkeyearthquake