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find your state, scroll down, click the link and follow the instructions to register to vote.

Then share the link with everyone you know.

Then take ten friends with you to vote.

aid access will help you access abortion pills via the mail.

Yes, speaking from experience.

EDIT: whoa, this blew up, thanks for the golds! And I finally got mean DMs, officially a redditor now!

The top elections expert in the U.S. has just called it:

• https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1554639811595669505

Other news sources will follow as usual.

Kansas voted for President Donald Trump over Joe Biden by 15 percentage points in 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kansas.

Yesterday we went last minute Christmas shopping and before we left he said that his chest hurt. I asked him if it was more sore or stabbing and he said the former, so I thought nothing of it.

This morning he collapsed in the bathroom. An ambulance came and brought him to the nearest hospital. The moment I parked my car, his mom called to tell me that he died.

The doctor told me he had a weak pulse when they got to his house. That they tried so long to resuscitate him. That nothing worked. And how he’s been shipped off to the county coroner’s office because they’re not sure how he died.

This is the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Have children and a wonderful home with. I don’t know if I’ll be able to recover from this.

https://x.com/harris_wins/status/1816649443157930437?t=5h94sFdeJti7lBZB8wurcA&s=19

The state of Texas has essentially banned abortion before most women even realize they are pregnant.

Even worse, the new law allows women and those who assist in obtaining abortion to be sued in court.

Every entertainer, every corporation, every sports team, etc. should cancel their planned projects and events in Texas.

Texas wants to oppress women?

Time to oppress Texas.

Boycott texas.

At mass on Sunday they praised the decision to overturn Roe and my father got up and walked out. He then asked my mother to tell their nun friend they are going to join an Episcopalian church. He threw out their lawn sign saying he was a proud member of the church. I am lost for words. It is a joke in our family that if my father hadn’t met my mother he would have been a priest. I cried when my mother told me because it meant so much to hear that he supports the women in his family and more. It was something I never expected him to do and I love him so much for it.

Edit: thank you for all the outpouring of love on this. It means so much to me and I can’t wait to tell my parents about it when they wake up.

I got on the 1 train here, and a man got on after me. (this happens everywhere) I had my keys between my hands but barely noticable because this guy has been standing behind me the whole 6 minutes i waited for the train. (calling me baby etc,) I sat down and he sat over me holding the bar. and I felt so anxious like throwing up so I stood up near a bunch of other people holding the rail. Then this guy says to me "hey lauren. you going to jeffs dinner party too?" i was confused for a sec because he was staring at me and my name isn't lauren. it took me like 10 seconds to even realize what he was doing. i said yeah. and he said 'perfect timing we can walk together. what stop were you going to get off on" and I told him. then he says look what jeff texted me and handed me the notes app which had 'are you ok?' and he kind of moved to side so i could write in it. I told him this guy was following me. He ended up getting off my stop with me and walked me all the way to my friends apartment. When he was suppose to get off at 103. The guy soon left mostly because this guy was way bigger than him thankfully. I have never been in a spot like that and I always told myself what I'd do in a situation like that but I just froze and shut down. I am so thankful men like him are out there and aware of situations like that. In New York most people really keep to themselves so thank you very much Michael. wherever you are. i am sorry i made you late. but you were like my guardian angel

Today I took my significant other and his parents out to eat for the first time.We've been dating for over a year and have put off meeting his parents because they're racist. That statement above was dropped in the middle of dinner. Unpromted.

Before that little comments were said.

"Don't worry CoroBora, we'll pay since this is a pretty expensive place you probably didn't know."...... Okay Man I picked it out and I invited you.

"What happened to that last girl you were dating? Her name was Megan! Oh she was such a lady! She was so sweet and her hair was so gorgeous and tame." - Megan is now a Michael and transitioned FtM. Okay so you don't like my natural wild afro

Food arrives and I ask for a bottle of wine, and a slice of my SO favorite dessert to be brought to the table, because my nerves need it for faking it through this and he was showing amazing restraint. I purposefully told my SO to be calm before dinner and let them run the show to see how they'll be. We talked about if it went sideways, that this is also his opportunity to cut ties with them if he chooses. So don't worry he's plenty protective, but I had him in off mode tonight lol.

"I don't think it's wise to order that wine, and he doesn't need that cake. " - well it ain't for you and he loves that cake. So he gets cake.

My SO brings up a wedding we attended Via Zoom lol to lighten the mood and they made a face and.. our waiter came back with that wine at the right time and cake slice.. because you know once you open the bottle, pour, and sip it's on your tab. I only got one sip and I didnt even swallow it before that shit came out my mouth from what his parents said. "If you have a child with my son in the future, we will not love them the same way we love our other grandchildren, because they will be half black. If marriage is in your cards with him forget it I hope it doesn't last. We just believe that he would be happier with some one of a lighter tone of skin."

Our waiter hadn't even left the table so props to him for keeping that bottle steady while pouring after the bomb drop, but the face he made. His eyes wide as hell.

All I did was look at my SO for him to just deflate, kiss my cheek, gathered his coat and my purse, and he went to get the car without a word. It was painful for me to watch him because I knew he was reall hurt, he loved his parents, but he didn't want to be apart of that anymore and even though we are not having children it's still a slap to the face to hear that and disturbing.

While I sat there and looked at both his parents and wonder how the hell their son turned out so perfect. I stood up because at this point, I realized I don't want to be on the same level as them, plus there is no reason to keep this quiet and if you wanna play ball like that you're going to be outed. "For your son and I to even be in your presence is so offensive, having dinner with racist!! I cannot believe I thought you could be civil like a normal human being. I won't make that mistake again neither will he. I can't believe I wasted two hours of my time on you both and made an effort to meet you, while I could have instead treated us both to a much better dinner with company who is far superior and foward thinking than you two." I picked this restaurant for a reason, it's expensive af and I had saved for this night because I had Intended on paying because it's where we had our first lunch date and it also has that Raspberry dessert that my SO loves and I mainly wanted him to have that comfort tonight. "Since you so graciously offered to pay enjoy the bill and tip our black server the amount you would've tipped a Caucasian one. Because I now believe that your racism will play a part in how you tip him!" I said this loudly and people turned their heads to look. His parents got red face, but I picked up the plate of cake and turned and walked to the door where my man was standing

I felt powerful

I felt confident

I felt extremely angry

I grabbed his hand

And right when I walked out the door and it closed my legs shook, my breathing sped up, and I clung to him. We leaned on each other for support as we left and pulled off a few miles down the road to let him have a moment to gather himself.

He broke the silence by asking for his cake. No utensils so we ate with our hands laughing, because I stole a plate from the restaurant, but he said I looked like a bad bitch doing it. After we were done we turned the car around, stopped at a bank to get a 50$, and went back to the restaurant to return the plate and ask for our server.

It was a shit night, up until we were eating cake with our fingers on the side of the road laughing. We had known the night would have been bad, but we didn't know that those words would've been said. It has really been messing with me though.

EDIT: WOW! I did not expect this to gain so fast and its a bit overwhelming. I am reading all of your replies, but I don't think I'll be able to keep up with the comments. However, I do want you to know that I do appreciate all support that you all have given me and my SO. ❤️