Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) claims he is being “bullied” by former Ohio State wrestlers who accuse the congressman of turning a blind eye to the sexual abuse of hundreds of student athletes while he worked as the assistant wrestling coach from 1986 to 1994.
According to a CNN report Wednesday, Jordan will contact the Capitol police after receiving emails from one of the wrestlers who has accused Jordan of doing nothing about the sexual abuse by the team doctor, Dr. Richard Strauss.
Basically every Millennial owes it to every underage Gen Z to get out there and vote. In the absence of voting power, we are seeing these incredible Gen Z activists advocating for their own safety. They shouldn’t have to. These are children being forced to fight for their lives, and we owe them so much better.
Millennials have a huge amount of legislative power. Millennials make up more than 30% of those eligible for vote.
Millennials own 30+% of national voting power.
We outnumber the boomers.
Millennials outnumber boomers.
But traditionally we vote at lower rates. That statistic is changing, and it needs to change faster.
At this point I think we can all agree, millennials are morally obligated to use their voting power to protect a younger generation that has, like us, been failed and abused by the boomers. Get out there, register, vote, speak. Do not fail Gen Z the way our elders failed us.
we need to vote because we need to stall Trump at every corner. In 2016 I did early voting for the first time, and it was fucking easy as hell, I just went to my county’s voting location and it took less than five minutes with barely any line, and that was a presidential election not a mid-term. I straddle between Generation X and Millennial, and trust me those who are 30+ don’t vote either and need to get out there
He deleted and reposted it but here’s an archive version
A. Wyatt Mann is the alias of a disgustingly racist cartoonist popular among the alt right, if you don’t know. The cartoon contained anti-Semitic, anti-Asian, and anti-Black caricatures
Libertarians Will Inevitably Become Fascists, exhibit 354c
I’d hate to piss on the author’s parade but his model would look different if he put the US in as having been a democracy since 1965 instead. That was when there was finally universal enfranchisement for people of color and was only 53 years ago, which is less than the author’s 65 year threshold.
I think it’s worth noting that Dianne Feinstein asked both James Comey and Terry Crews the same question at both their hearings and pointed out the hypocrisy of victim-blaming. Long post under the cut:
I think it’s important to note why she asked them both the same question regarding their size and strength–physical and moral:
A person testifying cannot talk about why they did or did not do something unless they’re specifically asked about a subject.
It gave them both the opportunity to shut down a victim-blaming line of questioning right away because she is asking to show how wrong it is to ask someone those kinds of question, where someone else on the senate panel would ask them as their real questions.
It gave her the opportunity to highlight the ridiculousness and offensiveness of those kinds of questions, which she pointed out on her twitter:
In Terry Crews’ case, the issue of victim-blaming questioning is obviously wrong because he’s an actual sexual assault victim. In Comey’s case, the tones in his questions where present too–and not just from Feinstein, who had a point and purpose to her questions–which the media picked up on, too. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
James Comey is not a sexual assault victim, but he was a victim–of sorts–of a known sexual predator, a man known for abusing his power over people he sees as “below” him. I think it’s incredibly important what Dianne Feinstein does in these hearings with these questions. Here is what she achieves with that question:
She is showing that abuse of power happens everywhere–in Hollywood and in government, in an office, at a school, anywhere that a someone abusive is in power.
Men experiences various forms of assault, abuse, and harassment too!
Being “big” or “tall” or “strong” does not mean people with those characteristics won’t be assaulted or harassed.
Every victim’s story needs and deserves to be heard, and the abuser must face consequences for their actions.
People with the power to make changes and to protect people–like senators!–need to stop shaming and blaming victims.
HOLD PEOPLE IN POWER ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS!!!
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