coffee-n-mtns:

In need of a road trip that includes stopping at lots of national parks and breakfast diners

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cthulhu:

thesylverlining:

dexer-von-dexer:

It’s called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) and it just might save America.

You see, the whole Electoral College system has gotten on people’s nerves over the years [citation needed/s], and some states have opted to allocate their Electoral votes to whoever wins the popular national vote, no matter what. The map of states that have signed that compact looks something like this:

All the green states are the ones have adopted the compact, and all the yellow states currently have the compact under review.

Furthermore, all the yellow states are states that Trump won. Turning those electoral votes over to Hillary, the winner of the popular vote, would give her the presidency.

Now the Electoral College apparently doesn’t actually cast their votes until December 19th, which means that if the compact is passed before then in those four states–Missouri, Arizona, Michigan, and (most importantly, as it has the largest number of Electoral votes) Pennsylvania–then those states’ Electoral votes will go over to Hillary and she will win the presidency.

Of course, that leaves just over a month to get four state governments to pass an agreement into law. In any normal situation, that would be nigh-impossible. But the nation is essentially in crisis mode right now, and with enough attention maybe this can get fast-tracked through. Or even if it doesn’t, drawing attention to the mere fact that this compact exists may help motivate Electorates to vote against their state and towards the overall will of the country.

Either way, share this information. There’s still time.

http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/

#NPVIC #NotMyPresident

before this can happen they need the equivalent of 270 electoral votes on board with them
currently they have 222
however when I first heard about this, that number was about 170 which means support for this is already growing

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fangirlnerd101:

queen-nubiana:

The first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860.

With trump winning this is especially important. Please reblog even if it “doesn’t fit your blog theme”

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crownferal:

Don’t buy into this tired “we just sat by and accepted Obama as our president peacefully, you should to the same” bullshit. Mannequins with President Obama’s face taped to them were hung by the neck outside of my old hometown’s courthouse the day after the initial election. Donald Trump spearheaded at bogus movement trying to “prove” that President Obama couldn’t possibly be an American citizen because of his name and skin colour. A person who verbally attacked me for making a “Not My President” post last night physically owns a shirt depicting President Obama with THE SAME WORDS ON IT.

Don’t ever feel guilty for fighting.
Don’t ever feel like it’s not within your rights to defend yourself and your loved ones against tyranny and oppression.
Don’t ever buy into the opposition.

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litanyofexcuses:

middle-eastt:

“Are you gonna let politics ruin a friendship?”

Yes tf I am

People talk about politics as if it’s this isolated, abstract concept that only matters at election time. Somebody’s politics is their world view. It’s whether they think certain human beings deserve rights. It’s how they think the world should be. And if somebody thinks that the world should be colder, meaner, less accepting and downright hostile to people that are different to them, then sure as fuck is the friendship over.

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islndquxxn:

Politely have a conversation with me about it.

Educate me.

I know my struggles I would never intentionally disrespect yours.

I love to know the history behind words and culture that I never knew before, it never has to be an offensive conversation that gets neither of us no where.

We are all ignorant to something, but it doesn’t have to start a war.

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