Rhonda Martinson

From the minnesota community on Reddit: The streets of Minneapolis filled with people marching for the No Kings protest. Explore this post and more from the minnesota community

100,000-150,000 Stand Up for Democracy in Minneapolis This Weekend:
No Kings!
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European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte are among those expected to attend.

Well-played, President Zelenskyy - well-played.

www.npr.org/2025/08/17/n...

YouTube video by Mercado Media Minnesota Stands with Ukraine

Minnesota Stands Up for Democracy This Weekend:
For Ukraine

A 1 hour program at Minnesota's State Capitol - scroll to minute 39:35 to skip speakers and see the cameras pan to the hundreds of people present, singing in support of Ukraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXP...

YouTube video by KARE 11 Protestors gather 'in support of free speech' at University of Minnesota

Minnesota Stands Up for Democracy This Weekend:
For Free Speech
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf43...

YouTube video by KARE 11 Protestors gather at Tesla dealership in Minnesota

Minnesota Stands Up for Democracy This Weekend:
Against Elon Musk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEeY...

Veterans rally in front of Minnesota Republican Party office in Edina A group of veterans and supporters say they are against recent funding cuts and layoffs made by the Trump administration.

Minnesota Stands up for Democracy This Weekend:
For Veterans
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Yay, President Macron!

Just returned from Romania, where I had a great experience co-presenting training with Mark Wynn and Tom Tremblay on improving justice system responses to violence against women. We were hosted by Asociatia Necuvinte, whose director Simona Voicescu and staff were the best and most hospitable hosts.

Done!

US sanctions the founder of Georgia's ruling political party President Joe Biden has imposed sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party

“We strongly condemn Georgian Dream’s actions under Ivanishvili’s leadership, including its ongoing and violent repression of Georgian citizens, protestors, members of the media, human rights activists, and opposition figures,” the State Department said in a statement. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

"The nail that stands up gets the hammer." - Maria Ressa, in Ali Velshi's Dec. 21 interview, on the importance of community support when a journalist stands up to a dictator. Won Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for efforts to address corruption in the Philippines. Authored “How to Stand Up to a Dictator."

nurtured by the false notion that democracy means 'my ignorance is as good as your knowledge.' " - Isaac Asimov, prolific science fiction author, in an interview with Newsweek, January 21, 1980.

I collect quotes from writers and authors, and I've been thinking a lot about this one the past couple weeks:

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States. There always has been . . . a constant thread winding its way through political and cultural life,