DO YOUR PART TO CHANGE THIS STATISTIC WHEN IT MATTERS IN NOVEMBER!
are u fucking kidding me hey kids following me please make sure yall are voting in this fuckin midterm jesus louisus (with all due respect, of course)
REMEMBER THAT THIS COULD BE LIFE OR DEATH
FUCKING VOTE
And if you can’t physically go vote, look into voting by mail! It’s never to early to register to vote and it’s never too early to find out about voting by mail!
Even if you think you’re registered, they’re illegally deregistering people. Make sure you’re registered. It’s super fucking easy. Just go to turbovote.org.
vote.org is also a great website to both register to vote and find out if you’re still registered. Quick and EZ.
If you don’t vote, you’ve forfeited your bitching privileges.
Make sure to REALLY look into “voting by mail,” as in almost all states call it an “absentee ballot” and some make it quite difficult to get one based on disability.
ETA: Also TurboVote can help you register, but doesn’t seem to have a way of checking if you are already registered, despite what’s reported here. Your state’s Secretary of State office should have a page where you can look up your registration. Here is the one for my state, Texas: https://teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/MVP/mvp.do
(Also, people, please stop adding shit to this post you only kinda sorta know about or haven’t checked into, or else you’re not helping. This is important!)
hey, uh, what the fuck was that presidential alert about
It’s something FEMA was developing pre-Trump and its so that the President can let people know about emergencies directly. No I don’t trust Trump not to abuse it either
Millennials see the lack of full-time jobs and affordable housing as the two biggest challenges facing their generation, with almost half of those in precarious employment saying their work status causes depression or anxiety, according to a new survey of young people in Hamilton.
Only 44 per cent of millennials working in the area have found full-time, permanent jobs, the report said. The majority reported not having jobs that provide extended health benefits, pension plans, or employer-funded training, while 38 per cent said they expected to be worse off than their parents, the report said.
The study conducted by McMaster University and the Poverty and Employment Precarity in Southern Ontario (PEPSO) research group surveyed 1,189 employed millennials in Hamilton. While not a representative sample of the entire demographic, the report says its findings are a “reasonable picture of what it is like” for workers under the age of 35 in the broader region.
“You hear a lot of criticism of this generation, but I think they are one of the most ambitious exciting generations,” said researcher Jeffrey C. Martin, who co-authored the report with McMaster University professor Wayne Lewchuk. “But the cards haven’t been dealt well for them.”
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez got laughed at for bringing this up as a rebuttal to low unemployment in the US but it was clear af day to me she was referring to the situation facing Millennials and low income people.
Trinity Tran is a powerful speaker. Addressing a rally in downtown Los Angeles for New York congressional nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 33-year-old activist and organizer thundered, “We are witnessing the emergence of a solution, from profit and greed to collective prosperity. We can empower our community from the ground up. It’s time to take our power back.”
Tran’s organization, Public Bank LA, is leading the revival of an idea that had largely been discarded until the financial crisis. In November, Los Angeles voters will have the opportunity to approve a public bank for the city. If the measure passes, it would become the first government-owned bank developed in the United States since 1919.
The term “public bank” may confuse some into thinking that Los Angeles is about to create a bunch of branch offices where residents can open a free checking account. The idea is much more ambitious. Public bank enthusiasts want to finance local improvements in housing, infrastructure, and community development by employing the money citizens already pay to state and local governments for services. To them, it’s about democratizing the financial system.
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