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screenshot of a threads post from baratunde. it reads: l've watched enough WWII documentaries (and Tenet) to recognize a moral pincer move. From one side, the government applies unlawful, brutal force, discarding its own moral limits. From the other side, the people are expected to take the highest road every time: perfect restraint, perfect behavior, no mistakes. Any failure by the people justifies more abuse. And any failure by the government somehow... also justifies for more abuse. That asymmetry is a trap the majority of us see through.

I keep thinking about the moral pincer concept that @baratunde.com describes here. Leading with non-violence is necessary, it’s risky no matter what, yes it’s unjust and hypocritical and they will escalate and provoke, and we still need to show up to resist and disrupt, but train up and be prepared.

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Underrated ways to change the world, vol. II OR: why you should sell onions on the internet

Underrated ways to change the world, vol. II

The fact that the three ICE/CBP agents involved in the two Minnesota shootings have nearly 40 years of combined experience should be the nail in the coffin of any "training" rhetoric

IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) PRESENTS: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION "Slip the switch" by flipping it while the trolley's front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt.

Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

The people, united, will never be defeated. ✊

The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.

Crowd is massive, now overflowing Congress Plaza and taking up a block-long stretch of Michigan Avenue.

Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

You misspelled "BORED".

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I'm suddenly seeing an increase in security officer jobs and immediately realized why.

Conservatives are the obvious villains in every story, part 413

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If America makes it through this, anyone who murmurs platitudes about "binding up the nation's wounds" must be drummed out of public life. They tried that after the first phase of the civil war, and it just led to where they are now. The cancer must be excised and destroyed. Nothing else will work.

I would like to live in a country where statements like "people are vermin" & "we should attack our NATO allies" & "we shouldn't have elections" immediately ended presidencies.

The median American here imo

We need to make this more explicit: The violence and civil collapse we're now seeing in Minnesota is by design. It's exactly what Trump and Stephen Miller want. MAGA is *all about* deliberately unleashing ethnic hatreds and violent antagonisms among Americans.

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Literally everyone under the age of 60 needs to read 1984 by George Orwell. That is all.

How we can shift from systems of domination to cultures of partnership Visionary scholar and author Riane Eisler discusses what it means to build a world rooted in care, courage, and connection.

Visionary scholar and author Riane Eisler discusses what it means to build a world rooted in care, courage, and connection.

This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.

A citizen.

Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.

"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.

Agents took and sold his phone

And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

The police do not have the right to shoot people in the head because they consider them having acted in a disrespectful way. - Jamie Raskin and every other sane person

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:

* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon

The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire

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Cover page of the HOPE guide - "Harnessing our power to end political violence"

If you want to go deep on the theory and strategy, this resource on how to make political violence backfire is informative and practical. static1.squarespace.com/static/666b7...

Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.