Amy Ruberg

Spread this far and wide. If you go back on my timeline shortly after Trump won in 2024…and said this is exactly what would happen. I did. Well…it is. Soon enough? We’ll see.

Congressman Flood, considering the $450 million being spent on the so-called ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ & ICE burning through $8.4 million daily on unlawful detentions, is there like, a fascism
subscription plan we signed up for? Or are we just being billed indefinitely for authoritarianism we didn’t

I think this should be the August book for the entire nation to read and discuss >

Sitting through my first training to become an immigration court observer, using my presence and my witness to assert the rights, dignity and humanity of every person who moves through our system. Trying to channel my fury to do something positive in the face of such unrelenting evil.

A Nation in Swift Democratic Collapse…And Almost Nobody’s Fighting Back While others wring their hands...I have the clearest fascism fighting plan that you'll find anywhere for turning rage into results....and it’s time to use it.

While the country’s democracy unravels, almost nobody is fighting back. But I have the plan to do it…fast…and legally.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Micah Beckwith says immigrants should be treated the same as the people that bombed Pearl Harbor.
This is after a Purdue student was kidnapped by ICE and sent to Louisiana even though she was here on a visa that didn’t expire until December.
#Indiana #HoosierSky

Sparrow studies 🧡

Pileated Woodpecker #birds #nature #wildlife

“It was only a sunny smile,
and little it cost in giving,
but like morning light
it scattered the night
and made the day worth living.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald. 🌱

Final:
Reds 3
Cubs 2

Sadly, I agree. And what's most depressing is not the despots in charge, but my family and friends who are unaware and unbothered.

Purdue, West Lafayette, Indiana

Student kidnapped and sent to Louisiana.

#HoosierSky

Gooood morning, lovelies!

“tell her it is the world that must change
instead of demanding
that she must change herself.”
-Nikita Gill

#quotes #poetry #poem #poems #booksky #whatimreading #nikitagill

Your gaze, not for me.
I spiral in quiet hope,
lost in what won’t be.

#vss365 #poetry #spiral

This planet is run by crazy people. Remember what they have to do to get where they are. Their perspective is so narrow, so...brief. A few years. In the best of them a few decades. They care only about the time they are in power.

- Carl Sagan, Contact

Project 2025: The Shadow Presidency of the Heritage Foundation From climate rollbacks to baby deportations—how Trump is enacting the Heritage Foundation’s extremist vision

You’ve heard of Donald Trump. But have you heard of Russell Vought?

He’s the man behind Project 2025—a 900-page roadmap for dismantling democracy and rebuilding it in the image of the far-right. Six months in, Trump is executing this plan step-for-step.

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/project-20...

I’ve always believed that the political destiny of great nations has often turned on weak men’s reaction to the equivalent of “Jenny laughed when I asked her to the Spring Formal”

Cartoon by Maria Scrivan: Benefits of Books, with a graphic of a book and its benefits: no glare, no battery, dog ears, probably won't get stolen at the beach, smells good, no pop up ads

Why read books? Because books are still the most powerful, reliable, transportive & magical storytelling technology we've invented - and all they need to work is YOUR OWN IMAGINATION! #booksky

(Cartoon by @mariascrivan.bsky.social)

Here’s a 🔥🔥exchange between me and Mick Mulvaney during @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's brilliant interview of Mulvaney on Al Jazeera's Head to Head. The whole episode is worth a watch, and you can find it on @aljazeera.com's YouTube channel.

Sandpipers, Alnmouth, 1933, painting by Winifred Nicholson. 1893-1981 (Tate Britain). #WomensArt

#ThoughtForToday

#Pinks

Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.

These CA tomato pickers make 86¢ per bucket. The worker runs back to try and make as many buckets as they can. Because of the hot weather they often only work 4 to 5 hours a day, so every bucket counts towards paying their bills. #WeFeedYou

The situation at the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has gotten so bad that detainees have been on a hunger strike for over ten straight days.

Volunteers n organizations fighting ICE in their communities. #iceout #notofascism

Utah…

Everyone should watch this Netflix documentary on Ghislaine Maxwell. Encourage MAGA friends to watch. Maxwell is the monster behind the monster. Trump is obviously scared of what she knows.