Might as well put your cellphone in the refrigerator then.
I just recommended this in another thread, but more people, especially privacy focused people should listen to the Privacy, Security, and OSINT Podcast: https://www.inteltechniques.com/podcast.html
Episodes 182 & 184: "How to Disappear pts 1&2" are a pretty in-depth discussion of privacy methodologies and technologies, and enjoyable listens as well.
Start here: https://www.privacytools.io/ Continuing education with the OSINT Podcast: https://www.inteltechniques.com/podcast.html Host is a former FBI cyber crimes investigator turned professional "disappearerer"
For texting, I use Signal. I have group chats that auto-delete for everybody within 24 hours, and are end-to-end encrypted provided everyone in the chat is using Signal (you'll know if they're not). We can actually speak freely. It's liberating. But if you can't get your friends all on the same platform, then forget it.
Protonmail for email. I pay for it. Doesn't mean your info isn't being scooped up once you contact someone on Gmail though, so once again, you need both parties on the same platform.
If you're on Android you should probably install a keyboard that doesn't require internet access.
$5000 is the maximum legal donation anyone can make directly to a candidate. FEC guidelines
Donations over the limit are typically funneled through the national committee, meaning the transfers aren't readily traceable between donor and candidate.
I've expounded on this before, no need to repeat myself, but to summarize: read history, especially American history with a focus on elections. This isn't unprecedented and the tide has been turned back. Sometimes quickly, sometimes over generations. In all cases, giving up is the worst option.
I had a great talk last night with a leftist buddy of mine over a few beers. As it turns out, we both highlight to others our friendship as an example of two people who fervently disagree but can have rational conversations about our differences. I don't know anyone else like that, and he doesn't either.
If a fair exchange of ideas doesn't exist with someone, you're not going to force it to exist. I don't argue with people. It never goes well, no matter how perfect your argumentation is. You kinda just have to cherish your friends and family for different reasons than their ideologies. But if they can't respect that you think differently and award you the same space you give them, fuck em. They don't deserve you.
Really? You think nobody will be held accountable, ever? That doesn't track with history.
The Heritage Foundation actually maintains a database of election fraud, going back to at least the 70s. It's not complete, just a sampling, but there are zillions of cases of people criminally prosecuted for various means of fraud, and a great many of these cases are actually prosecuted in some of the most institutionally corrupt corners of the country (East St. Louis, Cook County, Atlanta, etc.). Lots of cases from as late as 2018. Did every criminal prosecutor in those areas suddenly die or change their minds about pursuing fraud? I expect there will be hundreds of such cases pursued this year. It'll be far too late to change the election outcome, but people will be punished.
But more importantly, mail-in balloting probably made this election the easiest to steal since 1888, an election so egregiously stolen that by 1889 huge election reforms were being implemented across the country. No, we're not done. I know it feels that way but it's simply untrue.
Mandate more transparency, institute higher penalties, change mail-in ballot restrictions, lobby for voter ID (even fucking Mexico has it!), mandatory audits triggered by certain odd situations; the list goes on. Laws aren't worth shit if they aren't enforced, so identify who is failing to uphold the law (Secretary of State, judges, etc) and campaign like hell to have them replaced.
This isn't the first time this has happened and it won't be fixed overnight. But it will never get fixed if we don't take action.
Oh great, then we'll get stuck with Texas and Idaho, just as both states tip blue, then we'll have to secede from them too. Or does Idaho secede from Boise then, and Texas from Austin? Why not just an infinite regress of secessions?
Dems can't clear the filibuster. They're not likely to railroad weapons-grade faggotry through the legislature without ten extra votes in the Senate. Instead we'll just get regular faggotry that both parties already gladly support. Maybe a new stimulus for gender and women's studies in Turkey! Hurray!
Trump is planning his next moves. He's not going away and he'll be building a coalition. If he's smart he'll dump some money into communications platforms since you can bet his ass is off Twitter for good.
Get engaged wherever you can. Know your candidates top to bottom, and yes, that includes city dog catcher. Support good candidates with money or time. Actually communicate with them. Boomers were always good about this and my generation is a total failure at engagement, likely because we were too busy holding our dicks and playing Smash Bros.
A lot of organization starts at the county level. You can reach out to your county Republican Party chairman (ahem, chairperson) and find out what the lay of the land is, what's needed, etc. Most chair...people...? I've worked with exist to support anyone who is currently in office, so if you strongly feel that elected representative needs to be primaried, avoid the party.
We're not moving to a three party system. We have two parties that are so institutionally entrenched that a viable alternative isn't allowed to exist. I hate the Republicans but they're the best we've got to work with, unfortunately.
Lastly, and most importantly, election reform is a state by state issue. I would loooove to see some right-wing thinktank draft some ideal, transparent, and secure election processes, that every state could model and institute. I've seen that happen with gerrymandering reform - though with very little adoption, it's hard to get people motivated about gerrymandering. There's a lot of anger about this election and if you live in a fucky state, ie GEORGIA, the pressure needs to be on your legislature to fix this shit.
Read books, work out, meditate, don't let the bastards demoralize you.
NBC just called it a "horrible, violent protest." ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
I am SCREAMING at their hypocrisy. Are you serious??? Look at how orderly the protestors are. They're gonna sweep up any mess they make, sort the trash from the recycling, and wash and wax every car in the lot on their way out. How much longer is the media going to gaslight us?! Don't get me wrong, mob action almost never ends well, but if there's ever even been a peaceful protest, we're watching it.
Shaping up for Dems to control the senate, as well as the house and presidency. They'll have tiny majorities (in the house they actually lost seats), so their jobs won't be easy. And their caucus is falling apart with internal squabbles. I don't really think it's all doom and gloom necessarily, and the Republicans haven't been much better than the alternative anyway. I'm usually just upset whenever there's united government since deadlock is way preferable.
I much prefer the telephone argument: can a telecommunications provider deny phone service to people it does not like? The existing telecommunications laws say no, and they should be the model for how big tech social media companies are regulated.