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It is profoundly sad that a white man's concealed carry guns rights is what is getting certain people to finally understand that the US government does not give a shit about laws or rights or lives. This is not a criticism of the victim. This is a criticism of the US's sympathies & priorities.

A drawing of Alex Pretti carrying an old person wrapped in an American flag. He is saying - ‘Don’t worry. I’ve got you.’

If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.

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.

Ooof.

Dear Poppy makes me smile.

Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

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And I want trials.

Lots of trials.

Tons of trials.

Eyes ahead.

“Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press.
Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights.”
~Martin Luther King Jr 🎂

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I Get it. Hope Feels Stupid Right Now. Choose it Anyway. Things are terrible right now: objectively, historically, inarguably, breathtakingly terrible.

This is our moment to spend our fragile and fleeting sliver of space and time here, and for the sake of our predecessors in humanity and for our descendants who will be here after we’re gone—we can’t blow it.

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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

As much as I love this poster I have to note that the original was designed by pasty British government folks in WWII. Credit where credit is due.

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G'morn☀️

It’s easy to lose hope when every day brings fresh outrage (omg it's exhausting)

But this matters: the White House reversed a $2 BILLION cut to mental health & addiction grants after just 1 day.

That didn’t happen by accident—it happened cuz ppl spoke up.

Keep speaking up. It matters.

What I hate most about gen Ai is how it takes away the effort. When I saw art before, I knew that even if it shitty and bad, i could tell that there was someone who worked hard to make it happen. It’s why shit like The Room got popular, because you could see the earnest effort on display.

Everyone in the USA should go through this training sooner rather than later. www.stopthebleedofficial.com/all-products...

Protect your neighbors, Lewiston!

I love Poppy too.

YES.

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<3 Allies against this unusual threat.

Statement on Ford Plant Visit from VP Laura Dickerson, Ford Department Director

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

I see many important causes in my feed - and I support speaking up.
I just want to remind everyone that Ukraine is still under attack, and people there are surviving winter without light, heat, or safety.

Amazing idea let’s do it!

Is this like the takeover will be bloodless, if the left allows? Bullshit.

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

We have to be clear about what the Trump Administration is doing: They are taking basic American virtues and freedoms — the ability to speak truth to power and freely — and turning them into crimes. We must see through this.

A person in a Frog costume faces down several military dressed men with riot helmets in a painting

The guy who first dressed as Portland Frog, a major symbol of our protest and then other national protests, has been arrested while peacefully protesting. Prints of this painting by Simran Gleason are being sold to support his defense. www.simrangleason.com/prints/p/por... #pdx #protest

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. but fuck it, we ball, am I right, my boy?”

Explaining the American Catholic Great Awakening of 2026 to my grandkids like "okay so it started when this guy named Bob from Chicago got made pope and then the Bears suddenly won a playoff game"