David J. Shively
Election Commissioner
You guys this is my election commissioner. No matter what angle you’re at, he’s looking at you.
Oh god. HE KNOWS WHO I VOTED FOR
Univision News Tumblr: Associated Press Drops ‘Illegal Immigrant’ From Stylebook
From the Stylebook entry, by way of Poynter,
illegal immigration Entering or residing in a country in violation of civil or criminal law. Except in direct quotes essential to the story, use illegal only to refer to an action, not a person: illegal immigration, but not illegal immigrant. Acceptable variations include living in or entering a country illegally or without legal permission.
(via thenoobyorker)
UPDATED 4:30 PM EST — On Tuesday afternoon, The New York Times said that they are also currently considering revisions to their guidelines for using the term “illegal immigrant.”
(via apocalypsesunshine)
sick. this is awesome!
John Dear: Norway Calls on the World to Ban Nuclear Weapons
Last week, an extraordinary, historic event occurred. The government of Norway invited all the nations of the world to a two-day conference to discuss the humanitarian effects of nuclear war and to begin the process to ban all nuclear weapons.
Excuse me, UNL Greeks?
I have friends who are in the Greek system at UNL, but I’m actually super disgusted by this.
I’m not going to say any more because I’ll start angry ranting.
Woah..
In other words, when African Americans are executed at a higher rate than whites, it’s tough cookies. But when a 48-year-old law is designed to ensure voting rights, it’s ‘racial entitlement..’
Christopher Hitchens, The Nation, August 29, 1987 (via prettayprettaygood)
I am:
- Anti-Death penalty
- War… is very complicated. But nobody wants war. I think that in certain circumstances it can be necessary, however most wars that we fight in… that isn’t the case.
- Drones are honestly something I don’t know enough about, but from what I know I absolutely do not support.
- Definitely anti-nuclear weapons.
- I support people’s right to run their own lives, but I definitely believe in stricter gun control.
- Torture is a violation of Cruel and Unusual punishment in a lot of cases. Do the ends justify the means?
- Anti-land mine. Period.
- As for pro-life, I am pro-choice. I don’t like abortions
does anyone?, but I cannot make decisions or regulate morality for other people. And I do think that people should have the ability to have one if they so choose.. even if I don’t like it.
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Politics Stuff
I just wanted to clarify that whenever I post stuff that’s attacking or pointing out bad things that Conservatives are doing, I do not mean them as attacks to those people who follow me or that are in my life who are conservative. I have respect for conservative ideologies, and I think they’re valid; I just don’t agree with them as being the appropriate or best path forward for our country. However, I try really hard not to demonize or deliberately make fun of conservatives.
So if you follow me and are conservative, please don’t take any of it personally. I have lots of close friends who are conservative that I love and respect (both as people and as intelligent individuals) very much. I just don’t agree.
#personal
White House releases new official portrait of Obama
President Barack Obama is photographed during a presidential portrait sitting for an official photo in the Oval Office, Dec. 6, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
d’aww Barack :D
When Stupid Attacks
Hello, this is Mike.: 10 Quotes From 2012
- “I think same sex couples should be able to get married.” — Barack Obama
- “If we had 51% women in Congress, do you think we’d be debating access to contraception?” — Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)
- “Maybe 23 cents doesn’t sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank…
This makes me so fucking pissed. People on tumblr are so ignorant about politics and I bet my ass you all made your opinions based off of posts similar to this and by doing research on topics with info from biased media. Tumblr twists words and fucks ideas and I get so frustrated. Get into all of it and learn what is really happening in our government and THEN decide who you want to support instead of blindly jumping on the band wagon. If you can legitimately justify your decision, I don’t care who you support. But do your fucking homework and don’t twist words.
1. Your ass is now mine because I don’t make political opinions because of Tumblr. I reblog stuff that is concordant with the opinions I’ve developed from being an immigrant, a student working almost full time to pay for college, incredibly in debt, bisexual, and an American politics and history junkie. I’m not lacking on research, thanks.
2. Most of my news is from international sources, and what news comes from American sources I usually read from both super biased liberal AND super biased conservative news sources so I can try and get a good read on what actually happened.
3. None of these are twisted words, they’re direct quotes. Literally simply direct quotes with no implied context or meaning. They’re just quotes from 2012… What are you so upset about?
4. I can legitimately justify any of my political stances, and I hope you’ll ask for some justifications instead of, as you so aptly put it, “blindly jumping on the band wagon” and assuming I’m some uninformed zombie following Liberal politicians.
As for the “fucking idiots” tag, maybe before attacking someone for “twisting words”, maybe figure out exactly what it is you’re mad about. Because it’s definitely not any of the things you said, because none of them are happening.
Tl;Dr Next time you try to attack someone, make sure that your criticisms are well thought out, accurate to your victim, and aren’t much more true about yourself. And just because I’m a liberal, doesn’t mean I’m not going on. I didn’t pass the test to earn my American citizenship and then be a 12th place Constitutional knowledge scholar by not knowing my shit.
John Bond & Kevin Smith
The job of our Congress is not just to make laws and to try; it’s to move forward as a country. But that doesn’t mean just using their power, it also means using their influence. Our congressional representatives also have a duty to use their influence to make the American people better, not just try not to get fired or say something dumb.
Rachel Maddow spewing epic amounts of truth.
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