And so comes the return of the Boston Tea Party, latte style (Iβll take mine with almond mild and one shot of vanilla, please)
05.03.2026 12:30 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0@ruthz.bsky.social
CEO of the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. Knitter, cat lady, grey hair evangelist. Oh, and I box. Five feet of strong opinions that are all my own. Check out my essays at: https://ruthzakarin.substack.com/
And so comes the return of the Boston Tea Party, latte style (Iβll take mine with almond mild and one shot of vanilla, please)
05.03.2026 12:30 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0This 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 canβt engage in it regularly. I am also thinking of the people whose trauma stuff makes regular engagement hard.
05.03.2026 12:25 β π 44 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And Mike Johnson called these strikes βdefensiveβ. They killed these children as a defensive measure, and that is completely indefensible.
04.03.2026 20:17 β π 12 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
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 theyβd probably figure out how to serve you.
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
04.03.2026 03:05 β π 76 π 43 π¬ 6 π 9Ecuador?
04.03.2026 03:25 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0The party of *just work harder and longer* just disenfranchised people who work long and hard hours.
04.03.2026 03:21 β π 39 π 15 π¬ 1 π 0Meanwhile they dragged Kamala Harris mercilessly for talking about working at McDonalds. And she likeβ¦ did that.
03.03.2026 23:41 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0At some point we will have a conversation about the bogus claim that running a financially successful company equips you for leadership more broadly.
03.03.2026 21:04 β π 2263 π 455 π¬ 62 π 18
I am a gun violence prevention advocate. I want a world where no parent has to bury a child lost to violence.
I want that world and I want that in every part of the world.
I want that for my children and I want that for everyone elseβs children.
I mourn these children.
Trump is way more concerned about the gold drapes in his ballroom than the gold star families heβs made with this damn war.
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Perhaps you were born for such a time as thisβ¦
Happy Purim π§‘
Trump is way more concerned about the gold drapes in his ballroom than the gold star families heβs made with this damn war.
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As much as I want survivors to get some justice, I am not comfortable with labeling every awful thing Trump does as a distraction from the Epstein files.
Trump is capable of perpetrating all sorts of violence at the same time simply because he is one of the most violent people on the planet. 1/2
And the problem with this country is that itβs led by people who donβt think of other peopleβs children as their own.
02.03.2026 03:36 β π 102 π 22 π¬ 4 π 0
Remember that this is a man who had the following to say after a school shooting in Iowa:
βItβs just horrible β so surprising to see it here. But we have to get over it. We have to move forward.β
People die and he just doesnβt care.
And the problem with this country is that itβs led by people who donβt think of other peopleβs children as their own.
02.03.2026 03:36 β π 102 π 22 π¬ 4 π 0
Remember that this is a man who had the following to say after a school shooting in Iowa:
βItβs just horrible β so surprising to see it here. But we have to get over it. We have to move forward.β
People die and he just doesnβt care.
This is so fucked up
02.03.2026 00:13 β π 15 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1
We do ourselves a disservice by not acknowledging that. Everything he does is based on violence and driven by his endless need for power.
He can do many awful things at once because that is who he is. 2/2
As much as I want survivors to get some justice, I am not comfortable with labeling every awful thing Trump does as a distraction from the Epstein files.
Trump is capable of perpetrating all sorts of violence at the same time simply because he is one of the most violent people on the planet. 1/2
Anyone with a shred of humanity would express remorse over the deaths of children at school.
But since he doesnβt care about kids dying at school in the U.S., why would he care about it anywhere else?
Anyone with a shred of humanity would express remorse over the deaths of children at school.
But since he doesnβt care about kids dying at school in the U.S., why would he care about it anywhere else?
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28.02.2026 15:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Can I scream this from the rooftops with you? Please?? I will bring hot tea to soothe our throats from the constant screaming.
28.02.2026 14:45 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0And still back him. I so agree.
28.02.2026 14:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
To understand Donald Trump you have to understand the dynamics of domestic violence.
Abuse with abandon and take no responsibility for anything. Lie and gaslight and never admit youβre wrong. Demand loyalty and lash out when your power is questioned.
Punish and blame. Power and control.
Trump.
Thatβs not been my experience as an advocate. And when they do, most see it is a private issue rather than a larger pattern in a patriarchal society
28.02.2026 13:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Spoken by a man wearing merch made to promote an insane renaming of an entire body of water. Merch made to soothe his infantile soul. He says the most far fetched shit and then expects people to cater to whatever he says.
He means this. His building a ballroom for his forever home.