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As shitty as it is, this country 1. Isn't designed in such a way that would allow a third-party candidate a genuine chance of winning and 2. Has too many centrists that will vote for Biden regardless. Trump has repeatedly garnered heavy support in Republican polls, so they're pretty much almost all in on him. Splitting the blue vote between Biden and whoever else will only lead to a Trump victory after which we might not even be ABLE to vote in 2028.

I'm legitimately having a panic attack. These airheaded anarcho-kiddies are genuinely going to land us all in camps.

biden's doing literally nothing to stop states from criminalizing lgbt people's existence emilie-pain

their fears about a trump presidency are valid but i wish these libs would stop putting their hopes in the DNC when its clear they have zero interest in running a candidate that isn't complete dogshit

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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 99 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I think the one thing I knew about Harris before the 2020 primaries was that she was particularly cruel to transwomen in her jails. Like she made a point to be, so much that it was a scandal in a country this transphobic.

[–] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 70 points 7 months ago

The courts ordered her to provide trans health care, said it was 'cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th amendment' to deny services. She fought with every tool available, delaying and appealing to a higher court when told no. Using TERF language that trans healthcare causes irreversible damage and that inmates can wait until after they are no longer her problem. [2015]

"There is no evidence that irreversible treatment is immediately necessary"
"the record demonstrates that the Defendants will be irreparably injured if the district court’s order stands and surgery goes forward"

Her explanations changed over time. From 'no comment', to 'the law is forcing me to do this', then 'it is unfortunate my staff did all this, I was actually fighting this injustice and despite being in charge was powerless to stop them'.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 61 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Wtf.... I'ven't heard of that before...

sadness-abysmal

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 66 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://theappeal.org/incarcerated-transgender-womens-lives-must-matter/

(CW: transphobia)

spoilerWhen Kamala Harris announced her run for president on Jan. 21, a reporter asked her about the 2015 case of Michelle-Lael Norsworthy, a trans woman incarcerated in California’s prison system who petitioned prison officials to grant her request for gender affirming surgery. In 2015, Harris was California’s attorney general and her office filed a request in federal court to halt a court ruling that ordered Norsworthy’s surgery, arguing that “there is no evidence that irreversible treatment is immediately necessary before this appeal can be heard.” Nearly four years later, Harris didn’t answer the question about Norsworthy. In response to the reporter, Harris replied “it was an office with a lot of people … and do I wish that sometimes they would have personally consulted me before they wrote the things that they wrote? Yes, I do.” Harris then added that she “worked behind the scenes to ensure that the Department of Corrections would allow transitioning inmates to receive the medical attention that they required, they needed and deserved.”

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 51 points 7 months ago

pretty standard cop material top-cop

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/j7lo2d/collage_created_with_the_photos_of_black_males/

CW: reddit link

Collage made out of black men Kamala Harris kept in prison past legally necessary for free prison labor. I remember seeing this one float around lefty reddit before the 2020 elections

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

the comments talking about how she hadn't persecuted all of them, and some are repeated one jumped out at me 27 times

oh no, so just like, a lot of them then? phew