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Women's March on Washington |OT| An intersectional march for all in 600+ cities
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LegendofJoe
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Exactly, future Democrats need to hammer Bernie's message and expand it to also focus on criminal justice reform and doing everything we can to protect the rights of the poor, minorities, LGBT, women, and yes even white men.
I've already successfully convinced an old classmate of mine to run for the state legislature in North Carolina. I live out of state, but I'm going to do whatever I can to help her get the resources she needs to win. If anyone knows someone who has ever mentioned a desire to run for office ask them about it and push then to act on it. The more we do that and work together to make things happen the better things will look going forward.
Adam_Vania
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yesterday i saw so many people on public transportation and in the streets, walking to/from the protests, meeting up, etc. it was so inspiring! we went to a movie matinee and there were even people in there, wearing the hats, taking a break between protests. some friends even got selfies while marching with John Lewis!
it's a far cry from the Iraq War protests that were completely ignored by the media.
it's a far cry from the Iraq War protests that were completely ignored by the media.
crackhead_bob
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Wait, shouldn't he be in character? I'm disappointed.
Just kidding. Has he ever broken character before? I remember how he skewed Bush Jr. at the White House Correspondent's Dinner, but kept it real.
Wait, shouldn't he be in character? I'm disappointed.
Just kidding. Has he ever broken character before? I remember how he skewed Bush Jr. at the White House Correspondent's Dinner, but kept it real.
He has a late night talk show where he's no longer the character (except for a few special segments which have devolved into copyright fuckery territory)
I see this on my FB timeline. How do you respond to this?
It's less about the rights they don't currently have (although there are examples) but of rights that are on the chopping block.
I see this on my FB timeline. How do you respond to this?
By removing the friend
Puppet Shadow
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I notice they don't show the rest of her body.
I see this on my FB timeline. How do you respond to this?
I see this on my FB timeline. How do you respond to this?
Tell them they are marching to protest a government who either oppose or challenge the views they support.
UberTag
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There's also that little matter of pay equality and being harassed like they're the devil when they want to do something innocuous like write a comic book or develop a video game.
CreepingFear
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I see this on my FB timeline. How do you respond to this?
To name a few: Equal pay, guaranteed maternity leave, and of course all the reproductive rights that are about to be severely cut or banned all together.
bengraven
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Ha dude I thought that was maybe you at first. Colbert looks young and with dusty blonde hair in the thumbnail on my phone. I was trying to see where he was...
My pictures from DC's March.
My wife's sign:
Favorite signs that were in the background of my pictures:
Best of pictures:
E.Capitol from 2nd Street looking towards the Capitol.
Looking up Capitol Hill from 3rd St SW and Independence.
One view from west of the Capitol on the Mall.
One of my two favorites, also from west of the Capitol on the Mall.
The crowd on the Mall from 3rd St SW looking towards the Washington Monument.
Looking up 7th Street NW from Madison NW. Crowd up to the Verizon center visible in the background.
The other of the two favorite, still on 7th.
A grand collection of signs at Metro Center.
My wife's sign:
Favorite signs that were in the background of my pictures:
Best of pictures:
E.Capitol from 2nd Street looking towards the Capitol.
Looking up Capitol Hill from 3rd St SW and Independence.
One view from west of the Capitol on the Mall.
One of my two favorites, also from west of the Capitol on the Mall.
The crowd on the Mall from 3rd St SW looking towards the Washington Monument.
Looking up 7th Street NW from Madison NW. Crowd up to the Verizon center visible in the background.
The other of the two favorite, still on 7th.
A grand collection of signs at Metro Center.
Count Dookkake
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A good shirt for next time:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/491102715/black-phillip-is-my-president-feminist-t
https://www.etsy.com/listing/491102715/black-phillip-is-my-president-feminist-t
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Follow this up with unfriending the bastard because fuck stupidity.
everyday math
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I also want a shirt that says "Bitch, it's Saturday" on it.
BrokenFiction
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The maternity leave part isn't that accurate, if you look on his website: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/policies/child-care
"Provide 6 weeks of paid leave to new mothers before returning to work." Currently its 12 weeks unpaid leave being mandatory. The others are pretty much correct though.
everyday math
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Guys today is the anniversary of RoeVWade. If you have twitter give a shout out on the ##7in10forRoe on why its important to you.
Important to bury the Russian trolls.
Important to bury the Russian trolls.
6 weeks is barely enough time to let your vagina heal.
It's also an imaginary line item that's unlikely to get passed by the Republican legislature.
Besides what people said, maternity leave for men is also beneficial to women because it is not used as a choice when choosing which employee you hire (the one that will be out for more than a month of paid leave or the one who will not ?)
Bernie: "Trump is a FRAUD!"
Crowd: "WOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!"
Bernie: "And the American people will understand this!"
Crowd: "Wooh...woohoo..." *look confuse and not confident about this*
Yeah. I mean, thanks for the taking the time to write it on your website Trump, but it's hardly mission accomplished.
UberTag
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Awesome pics. Thanks for sharing. And for marching.
Thank you guys, legitimately, my relatives have been shouting about how he's going to provide maternity leave for the whole day yesterday.
CreepingFear
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6 weeks isn't shit. Should be closer to 6 months or ideally a year, like many decent European countries have.
To give you a frame of reference, 6 weeks post-birth is when you have your first scheduled check-up with your doctor, to see how well you're healing and if you're cleared to start exercising and have sex again. Depending on the circumstances of the birth, you may need longer. I gave birth (mostly) naturally, but was still told I needed another week to let stitching heal. If you have a c-section, the recovery is even more extensive.
6 weeks is a start, but it's literally the bare minimum.
She's been involved in Children and Women's rights movements her entire adult life. She isn't going to stop now.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Amanda Hess ‏@amandahess 17h17 hours ago
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D.C. A woman holds a sign: "CUNTS AGAINST TRUMP." A cop car pulls up. The cops call her over. They want to take a pic for their wives.
https://twitter.com/amandahess/status/822976547644653568
This is great.
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D.C. A woman holds a sign: "CUNTS AGAINST TRUMP." A cop car pulls up. The cops call her over. They want to take a pic for their wives.
https://twitter.com/amandahess/status/822976547644653568
This is great.
Absolutely beautiful.
disappeared
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Favorite signs that were in the background of my pictures:
Love this one. Woody'd be proud of yesterday.
If we want to flip house seats we need to start flipping state seats and Governor seats now. This is the true weakness of the Democratic party, not midterms. 2020 is another census year which means redistricting -- the only hope of getting rid of the gerrymandered house majority
brandywine
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Would if I could!
UberTag
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everyday math
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Thank you for the post
RastaMentality
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the amount of these posters at every march in the major cities was crazy. i'm happy people are letting it be known tho.
There were big crowds in Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge despite the weather.
The international response is interesting. The world is watching, and concerned.
ImpracticalPassword
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I give most of the credit to the protesters and the organizers for being awesome but I also think part of the reason the marches were so peaceful was that cops were very relaxed and focused on being helpful. They probably didn't expect a bunch of women in pink handmade cat-ear hats to be aggressive. It's the difference between policing in a way that treats everyone as a threat and policing in a way that gives everyone the benefit of the doubt.
There's also the fact that these were diverse crowds: there were women AND men, minorities AND white people, adults AND children AND elderly. Many of these populations are not expected by police to "cause trouble". (Besides, can you imagine the backlash if any cops whipped out the riot gear, firehose or mace, even if a couple of protesters had gotten violent? It would be the definition of bad optics.)
Anyway, this was an amazing series of marches and they gave me the first bit of optimism I've felt in months.
I'm so happy I went to a local march, even though I'm usually very cynical about protests. This was what we needed: an energizing, memorable start to what will undoubtedly be a very long, hard, multi-pronged slog.ShadowSwordmaster
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I really hope more people are political activity because of these marches.
Tranqueris
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To be fair, Ted Cruz (if that's who you're talking about) won the first time because absolutely no one showed up for his election I think, I saw it on the Rachel Maddow a while back.
TimeEffect
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I see this on my FB timeline. How do you respond to this?
Where did this originate and where is your friend from? I notice this kind of sentiment from people from other countries where their women's rights are far less than America (which they view as entitled). This is also the narrative pushed by republicans.
Similarly, how do you respond to them pushing that the leader/one of the key organizers of the march supports Sharia Law?
There is a tweet from one of them that says something to the effect that Sharia Law is reasonable (or something) and that most of society just understands the basics of it.
I assume that her version of Sharia Law isn't the same as what most others think of, but all I did was google her name + Sharia Law and there is a crazy number of hits/sites reporting it. I'm personally curious about her tweet myself, but it's been engulfed as a way to invalidate the march, as I assume republicans/Trump supporters can't stand to admit that their party are wanting to hurt women.
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