Ruth Zakarin

Maher is an Islamophobe of the highest order. The fact that he has not been run out of town is a measure of how unseriously Islamophobia is treated in this country.

State Department bypasses Congress to send Israel more than 20,000 bombs - The Boston Globe The State Department is declaring an emergency with the war in Iran to bypass congressional approval and sell bombs to Israel.

“The State Department is declaring an emergency with the war in Iran to bypass congressional approval and sell more than 20,000 bombs to Israel that are valued at nearly $660 million” and whatever used to pass for checks and balances simply doesn’t exist anymore.
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In front of a man named Marco Rubio. Not that I have one single shred of sympathy for Marco Rubio, but still.

Wow. Powerful and painful words. I often find myself thinking how weird it is that the world is imploding yet I still have to figure out what to make for dinner.

Thank you @theferocity.bsky.social for capturing this feeling and so poignantly reflecting it back to us.

The $90-a-month Foxborough Select Board members taking on FIFA’s Goliath - The Boston Globe The tiny Foxborough Select Board reminds us what elected officials with spine look like.

I find this endlessly entertaining. FIFA, who famously bent the knee to Trump with their ridiculous peace award, is now being brought to their knees by some unassuming select board members in a community close to where I sit right now.

Bring it on.
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I want a president who actually gives a shit when people die and takes some effort to not be the one killing people. That shouldn’t be too much to ask.

An uncomfortable truth, and one that needs to be spoken aloud.

I want a president who actually gives a shit when people die and takes some effort to not be the one killing people. That shouldn’t be too much to ask. 2/2

When Trump started blowing up boats I couldn’t help but think he was seeing it like a game of Battleship, with no ability or interest to understand the real harm he was causing. He sees everything like a wrestling match — winners and losers, violence without consequence. 1/2

It is unfathomable. I can’t even wrap my head around it.

Donald Trump, Abuser-in-Chief Ever since Trump came down that damn escalator what feels like a lifetime ago, I have understood everything he has done through the lens of domestic violence.

My feed is filled with posts about Trump raping a 13yo. In my years as a rape crisis counselor I worked with too many girls raped by much older men. My stomach turns but I am wholly unsurprised. Trump is an abuser. That is who he is. That is who he always was. open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...

Donald Trump, Abuser-in-Chief Ever since Trump came down that damn escalator what feels like a lifetime ago, I have understood everything he has done through the lens of domestic violence.

My feed is filled with posts about Trump raping a 13yo. In my years as a rape crisis counselor I worked with too many girls raped by much older men. My stomach turns but I am wholly unsurprised. Trump is an abuser. That is who he is. That is who he always was. open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...

We could just build housing.

Austin 6th street shooting suspect’s past includes family violence ruling Newly obtained records show a Bexar County judge granted sole custody to his ex-wife after finding a history of abuse.

And of course, he had a history of domestic violence too. If Tesla cared about the safety of their workers, and the world cared about the safety of survivors, so many things would be different. As we continue to shout from the rooftops. www.statesman.com/news/local/a...

I mean mine usually close in sheer exasperation but okay. I get it.

Thank you!

For the love of all that is good and holy in the year of our chaos 2026 I beg of you…

Please use the wonderful technology that is headphones while on public transportation.

Thank you for coming to my Ruth talk.

Thank you!!

Thank you!

I guess keeping kids from being killed at school isn’t politically correct.

Then again, they don’t stop kids from being killed at school here in the States either.

I am so excited and so honored to be alongside these amazing people!

Y’all. They replaced Gregory Bovino with Tom Homan and Kristi Noem with Markwayne Mullin so the new season of The Fascist looks just as bad as the last one.

Yeah that guy is now the DHS secretary. We went from a puppy killer to a union brawler. Cool cool cool.

The man is complaining about having rules that restrict how and if you kill people.

And so comes the return of the Boston Tea Party, latte style (I’ll take mine with almond mild and one shot of vanilla, please)

This is so important. Thank you for highlighting this. It reminds me why we are always trying to create easy entry points to our work to welcome people who can’t engage in it regularly. I am also thinking of the people whose trauma stuff makes regular engagement hard.

And Mike Johnson called these strikes “defensive”. They killed these children as a defensive measure, and that is completely indefensible.

I know this has been pointed out a thousand times but Texas makes it easier to access a gun than a ballot.

If you were in line at a gun store they’d probably figure out how to serve you.

Toronto Synagogue Is Damaged by Gunfire on Night of Jewish Holiday The temple said 20 shots were fired at the building but no one was hurt.

A Toronto synagogue was damaged by gunfire on Monday night, the beginning of the Jewish holiday Purim, the police said. No one was hurt. A vehicle was reportedly seen leaving the area after the shots, but there is no description of any suspect, the police said. nyti.ms/4bqWI2L