In case you don’t read it: basically it’s a lot of money given annually to planned parenthood that cannot be touched to keep the facilities open. It clearly states that this money is for things like access to contraceptives and cancer screenings and other care that planned parenthood offers that’s not specifically abortions.
So republicans won’t even be able to vote for defunding planned parenthood. Essentially.
Damn thats two worries already put to rest. Good on you Obama
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“You know what’s really strange? We have a very loyal audience, and an audience that’s interested in the things that we say and the things that we enjoy. So, whenever we mention like a song or a video that we like, there’s a good chance if you go to that Youtube song or video, you’ll see a bunch of Grump fans being like, ‘hey man, grumps, yay, they brought me here!’ And that’s really cool… So I wonder how many of our 2.6 million subscribers we just got to shove a pinky up their asses for the very first time?”
— Daniel Avidan (via grumpquoteoftheday)
new cool meme: find out what each of ur names mean and then shove them together
im white enchantress woman who works with stone
My last name doesn’t bear examination, but my first means – depending on whom you ask – either “handsome” or “pebble, small stone”, and my middle is “broken nose”.
i’m beautiful ewe king, which could be worse
I’m a fairy who builds decks out of hazelnuts
Joyful fair maiden of the savage tribes of Gaul.
Holy shit that’s bad ass.
Victory of the women who are orphaned and raised by close relatives…..
goddess famous warrior girl from the woods or clearing
Pearl lily. Huh.
ewe reborn Eh. Could be worse, I guess.
Harmful misty clearing
laurel tree favored by God and the fire of inspiration
Princess Ironsmith.
To Tie, Noose, or To Bind a Courteous Resolute protector
the first baby deer born from the stars
John’ son who lives in a palm tree house
…
Excuse me??
beloved stench….
First Name: Greek meaning Carrier of Christ Middle Name: Scottish meaning
Great cheif
Last Name: Scottish meaning “kind” and “forgiving
I got nothing.
My first name means “lover of wolves.” Middle is “to be Alert” And last is “Scribe.”
Dude…Like people who donate to me can see my real name anyway, it’s not that big of a deal. Plus I live in Texas, and if you think Florida’s “Stand your Ground” laws are crazy, you don’t know jack about Texas. i’m not exactly worried.
the best aspect of sombra is that I spent a long time thinking about how a hacker hero could be viable if only ~5 characters are robots or work with robots, but it’s overwatch so she can just hack human beings for no reason
The electoral college does not vote until December 19th. We have 40 days.
What does this mean?
Right now, the presidential election results are only a PROJECTION of the election outcome. They are PRELIMINARY RESULTS. A candidate still needs to earn 270 electoral votes to win. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, which means that more than 50% of the voters wanted her for president. The electoral college shouldn’t guarantee an override of the public’s opinion– and it doesn’t have to.
There are 21 states that do NOT restrict which candidate the electors vote for. Out of these 21, Hillary lost the following:
As you can see, these states are worth 166 electoral votes. As it currently stands, Hillary Clinton is projected to receive 232 votes. Trump is projected to win 306. This means that 37 votes need to be taken away from Trump to bring him down to 269. Hillary Clinton needs 38 votes ADDED to win 270. These electoral voters can also abstain, which means that they can refuse to vote for either candidate. If 37 of the voters within these states abstain then no candidate will have reached the required 270. In this case, the vote would be taken to the House.
Trump won Pennsylvania, a state that typically votes blue, by less than 100,000 votes. While it is highly unlikely to get all 20 electoral voters to cross party lines and vote democrat, it also isn’t impossible to convince a few of them to be “faithless electors.” We only need to convince 38 out of the 166. That is 23%. There are SIXTEEN states we need to focus our attention on.
A move like this would be unprecedented. However, as we all saw on November 8th, odds don’t guarantee reality. Trump had a less than 20% chance of winning, yet given the circumstances, enough people came together and made it happen. We can make this happen.
Ask yourself this: What do we have left to lose? We can stay complacent and accept that this country will be run by a racist, sexist, islamophobic, homophobic, ablest bigot, or we can at least try.
How?
SPREAD THE WORD. Trend #NotMyPresident to let people know that we do not accept being led by a man who does not care about our wellbeing. Email your professors, email the dean of your colleges. The last thing a university wants is negative press. Millenials can take a stand, but that doesn’t mean we have to be the only ones. Church-led events helped bring a lot of disillusioned voters to the polls. Spread the word in any way possible, whether it be on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or even in person. Stage a peaceful protest. Hand out flyers. Let the people around you know that you don’t accept this man as your leader when he won’t even accept you as a citizen with your designated rights.
These 166 people need to face the consequences of electing this man.
Do this for the people who couldn’t vote. Do this for the people who live in the very real fear of being deported. Do this for the people who will have to face the rise in hate crimes. Do this for the people who have a very real possibility of losing their rights. Do this for the people who will no longer be able to afford necessities.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Is this possible?
Yes, I wouldn’t have made the post without doing my research. Read the following paragraphs, taken from archives.gov:
Are there restrictions on who the Electors can vote for?
There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law that requires Electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their states. Some states, however, require Electors to cast their votes according to the popular vote. (The 16 states listed above do NOT restrict their electors to this rule.) These pledges fall into two categories—Electors bound by state law and those bound by pledges to political parties.
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the Constitution does not require that Electors be completely free to act as they choose and therefore, political parties may extract pledges from electors to vote for the parties’ nominees. Some state laws provide that so-called “faithless Electors” may be subject to fines or may be disqualified for casting an invalid vote and be replaced by a substitute elector. The Supreme Court has not specifically ruled on the question of whether pledges and penalties for failure to vote as pledged may be enforced under the Constitution. No Elector has ever been prosecuted for failing to vote as pledged.
Can Hillary still receive votes from the electoral college even though she’s conceded?
Think about it, Mitt Romney lost the 2012 election. All of the electoral voters didn’t immediately vote for President Obama the second he conceded. The election still ended up being 332 votes to 206. Not 538 unanimous votes for Barack Obama.
“For starters, it doesn’t matter if a losing candidate concedes, as far as the Electoral College process goes, according to Amy Bunk, director of legal affairs and policy at the Office of the Federal Register, among other experts.”
Conceding does not take a candidate’s name off of the ballot that the electoral voters see. In the past, “faithless electors” have voted for the projected losing candidate, or even voted third party.
Concession really only means acceptance of the PROJECTED outcome. This does not mean that the actual outcome cannot be different from the projected outcome. Please keep this in mind.
