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wrote this line yesterday:

"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

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But I also blame the academic. The quest to maintain hierarchies, to distinguish among people, to only care about your own well-being and not of others, is narcissism.

But it is worse than that: It promotes authoritarian tendencies.

As Fromm puts it:

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I’ve seen a lot of rallies at the Alberta Legislature, but today’s Teachers’ rally had to be the biggest one.

#ForeverCanadian volunteers were there, collecting signatures.

Teachers, thank you for your support!!!

#ableg #abed

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So. Let me just say this.

To those who are in the dark and going 'well I'm not sure what's up so it can't be a big whoop'

And those who are not in the dark going 'well c'mon this isn't a big woop'

Regarding Bluesky, protecting marganlized people and groups, Jay, T&S and waffles

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which is also why i’m so n mastodon.

i do have fears this is reflective of her character, and that she could ban trans and gay speech from the app under pressure. i suspect that’s why she’s pressing decentralization: as a cover for caving. project 2025 has a bit about banning trans speech through obscenity laws. won’t stop w us tho.

i’m trans. i blocked her. her take is dismissive, immature, and dangerous. we also need reliable comms and this seems like it could be that place. i’m horrified few seem to mind we’re being targeted. it hurts my soul. but powerful people lose their sight. i’m staying & for blocking her messy butt.

And now they're seeing fire. And it's like 'oh it's a smol fire, not in my room' or they don't see the fire because it's not in their room so whatever

MAYBE THIS TIME WE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO SAY SOMETHING SO WE CAN FIX SHIT INSTEAD OF IT TURNING TO SHIT

Just a thought.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I AM SAYING and this is one of the rare times I wish I had sat down and wrote out something instead of out of my brain which I always do here

WHAT I AM SAYING

Is that margenalized people said, hey we smell smoke. And lots of people were like hey no it's probably weed it's cool

My 10 cents is that other blue states (and maybe even some red states) need to start supporting Illinois, California, and Oregon in their legal arguments BEFORE the spotlight turns to them.

Twice in one week the president stood in front of the military and called for their aid in eliminating his political opposition.

Twice in one week.

Judge Immergut isn’t playing around and I suspect will slam the Trump Administration for trying to end-run her order from yesterday blocking Trump’s call-up of Oregon’s National Guard in Portland.

because the bought the news. it’s our job to nudge international news organizations and funnel these stories to them.

This is so fucking sickening

This reminds me of attacks on African American communities who had all their belongings and wealth stolen or destroyed.

Exactly - the residents were mainly black. The ones being interviewed on TV were. One poor guy was at work when they hit. He came home to his apartment being trashed and anything of any value (electronics) was gone. The Feds busted in every door! How can people live where anyone can walk in?

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies The show of force highlighted Trump's unprecedented use of Border Patrol agents.

📌 Children were pulled from their apartments and zip tied together, crying and screaming, during a massive overnight raid.
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This is why the framers of the constition didn't want a standing army, so decided to write a second ammendment, so that we could raise a militia in times of war.

And then we did the standing army thing, and now it's being used against citizens, like all the other times in history this happened

baby we all doing the slow quit. didn’t anyone tell you? it’s the new general strike.

people like greta thunberg feel as close to modern-day saints as i can think. just someone absolutely committed to the cause of human justice. i feel totally inadequate when faced with that moral clarity

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

Beachfront home of South Carolina judge, ex-senator burned to ground, injuring 3 Ex-senator Arnold Goodstein, along with two additional people, were rescued by several neighbors and paramedics from a marshy, remote area behind the home after jumping from the fist floor.

No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

Backfire Manual: Tactics Against Injustice The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.

it’s actually a key tactic in fighting fascism: art of the backfire.

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it’s actually a brilliant strategy— straight from
gene sharp’s art of the backfire: when you expose a regime’s weakness through their obvious disproportionate violence.

Trump thinks Chicagoans are going to take this sitting down.

In 2000 Chicagoans chased out KKK fascists
In 2015 Chicagoans chased out Trump
In 2025 Chicagoans will chase out ICE fascists inshaAllah

Strength in unity.

If you’re more upset about Bad Bunny singing non-English lyrics at a Super Bowl in a country that loves Mexican culture and food, than you are about children being zip-tied in a country that claims to be “Christian”, you are a huge part of the problem.

More messaging like this please