Neon City

The Committee on Rules is meeting at 1600 EST on 18 Nov 2024. The agenda includes HR 9495.

If this bill passes, the Secretary of the Treasury would have the power to strip any non-profit group of it's tax-exempt status with no due process.

Simply put, vote in your midterms. In 2026 33 senate seats will be up for grabs.

*All* house of representative seats will be up for grabs. All 435 of them. Do you know what Trump can do with a congress that's against him? Not much. In 2026 there will be an opportunity to shut this down and give him as much trouble as the republican congress gave Obama. A blue congress means no confirmation for supreme court appointments. It means possibility of impeachment *and* conviction. It means he can be taken out of office, it means that in two years, if enough people vote, he will be effectively shackled

You know what else happens in 2026? Local and state elections. Are you in a state that's dangerously conservative? You can change that. The fact is people don't turn out for mid term elections. They just don't. So even in red states, if enough liberals, progressives, and independents show up, there is an opportunity to take back your state governments.

But the work starts now. Get involved locally. Vote in city counsel elections. Vote for local judges. Vote for sheriff!! Did you know in most places, that's an elected position? You can choose who runs your law enforcement.

Vote for mayor, vote for governor, vote for state legislators. With this administration, the states will be the ones deciding things. Make sure you're creating a place you want to live in. You do have that power. There are several 'red' states that have a higher number of registered democrats than the number of people who voted for Trump. If those people vote in the midterms, then we have hope

It's likely gonna look really rough the first few hours after polls close- it's gonna look scary like Trump is winning- but don't freak out yet!

The reason for this is just that areas with smaller populations tend to vote more conservative, and because of those smaller populations they get finished counting their votes sooner, and therefore they're reported sooner. (This is called a "Red Mirage" btw)

And the areas with larger populations tend to vote more democratic, but they also in turn take longer to count all the votes because of the larger population size, and so they get reported later.

Which is why you're gonna have people (not reputable news stations, mind you) calling it for Trump early, and yelling "Stop the count!" (like last election) later in the night/the following days, once the "blue wave" starts crashing in because all the larger cities are finally turning in their counts.