I think one of the reasons the Harris / Walz ticket has so much momentum is because the campaign is genuinely trying to put out this vibe of fun. Like that's all the "brat" thing is, the coconut jokes, just being kind of silly and fun.
And I think it's working, because let's be real, we are all exhausted. It's been all about preserving democracy, defeating fascism, the past eight years. The message has been "vote for us because the country is literally on the line". The vibes are not good when we are stuck back at that fight, and not even discussing trying to make progress on things like housing, healthcare, education, etc. And the fight to just stop fascism? All still true. Project 2025 is real and is extremely scary. We can't let that man back into office.
But the vibe was "vote for us otherwise we're all fucked :(" and now has shifted to "get in, we're making popcorn and then bullying fascists." Like a lot of the issues conservatives bring up, the Harris / Walz is just not engaging them in good faith, as they shouldn't. Republicans bring up abortion, and the Dems are just like, "you want 14 year old to give birth? Weirdo" and just leave it at that. Like YES, that's what you should do. Because it SHOULDNT be a debate. And it's working. This is how you defeat the identify politics thing Republicans have been trying to push for a while. Just mocking them for the stupidity of it all. "Like seriously? You think a book can make someone gay??? Hahaha." None of the Republicans are reacting well. They can't stand it. Vance even complained about bullying!!! Like do you KNOW who picked you as vp??? It's actually laughable, because they have no room to stand on when it comes to bullying.
And a huge part of the mocking and dismissing of Republicans is that the message is clear - were done debating all this stupid stuff. We've won the last two elections' popular vote - most Americans do NOT want christo-facism. It's time to move on. And that's what gives me hope, and the feeling of hope I think a lot of people have picked up on. It's time to address all the issues we've all wished we've been addressing the past decade. It's important we move onto that, and that's the message I'm getting from this campaign (We're not going back). I think it will resonate with a lot of people, because plainly, we're all just sick of this same old news cycle and fake rage bait over things like "should women have rights?", "Should gay people be allowed to exist?" The general populace have answered YES to both these multiple times, and it is time to move on. Maybe I'm being naive, but I am genuinely excited at the idea of putting to bed these debates (it's exhausting trying to fend your very existence) and moving on to actual economic and social policies that could fix a lot of deterioration over the last 2 decades.
Below are a list of fundraisers that I have been sent. All of these have been vetted by either @/90-ghost, @/el-shab-hussein or @/nabulsi. If you see this, please help in anyway you can and if you can't assist financially, please reblog this post.
Dated: 4th August 2024
rehamyasirr: GFM ($565 raised of $40,000)
wafaaresh: GFM (€11,749 raised of €100,000)
omarhilles2022: GFM (€8,829 raised of €23,000)
musababed: GFM (€2,344 raised of €10,000)
elbalawi: GFM (€30,313 raised of €50,000)
mohammedalanqer: GFM (€49,053 raised of €58,000)
mahmoudkhalafff: GFM (€17,570 raised of €30,000)
bisanalbalawi18: GFM (€30,533 raised of €50,000)
hadeelmekki: GFM (€10,047 raised of €35,000)
aymanayyad82: GFM ($30,492 USD raised of $35,000)
ahmed-mohammed1: GFM (€2,088 raised of €30,000)
abdelmutei: GFM (€4,945 raised of €50,000)
emanfamily: GFM (€3,637 raised of €38,000)
ahmed-ziad: GFM (£8,225 raised of £30,000)
salem-baker: GFM (€2,149 raised of €38,000)
lenarafat15: GFM (€3,270 raised of €30,000)
yahyaahmed5: GFM ($645 USD raised of $50,000)
musababd: GFM (€2,349 raised of €10,000)
abedalazeiz: GFM (€18,685 raised of €50,000)
amlanqar: GFM (€4,868 raised of €50,000)
kareemyounes10: GFM (€4,727 raised of €80,000)
hamouda-az: GFM (kr10,701 SEK raised of kr200,000)
ranin3344: GFM (€4,237 raised of €80,000)
helpfamily: GFM ($2,953 USD raised of $60,000)
girlquee: GFM (£7,294 raised of £20,000)
saveyouseffamily: GFM (£7,294 raised of £20,000)
aya2mohammed: GFM (€19,161 raised of €50,000)
mohamed-mikki: PP ($451 raised of $20,000)
ashraf-family2: GFM (€14,920 raised of €20,000)
as-maa-56: GFM ($1,186 USD raised of $50,000)
fatma93-gaza: GFM (€2,094 raised of €20,000)
heba-baker: GFM (€745 raised of €60,000)
ahmeadhilles: GFM (€1,820 raised of €80,000)
Nadine Abdel-Taif, 10, whose home in Palestine was destroyed by Israeli bombing
RIP James Earl Jones, whose long list of accomplishments on stage and screen includes being Sesame Street's first celebrity guest star.
Frankenstein vs. Black Adam.
[from Futures End (2014) #7]
Slime mold was grown on an agar gel plate shaped like America and food sources were placed where America’s large cities are.
The result? A possible look at how to best build public transportation.
I just really like the idea of slime mold on a map of the US. It’s beautiful.
Calamity Kamehameha!
[commision work]
RIP to a true legend❤️