Justice for Survivors, endless admiration for their courage.
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Justice for Survivors, endless admiration for their courage.
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Oh look the exact same fucking story everywhere every time.
02.03.2026 17:42 — 👍 26 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Oh that feels pretty important.
02.03.2026 16:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Epstein, ICE and war on Iran are all driven by the same agenda: to attack and destroy anyone who does not look, pray or live like the MAGA Murder Regime deems worthy.
02.03.2026 16:19 — 👍 42 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1DO name specific villains, creating a large “us” and a small “them.” “MAGA regime/Trump regime” “Iranian government/Iranian military” “Israeli government/Israeli military/Netanyahu” DON’T use “Iran,” “Israel” or “America” to shorthand a government, military or ruling faction. Specify the leadership is responsible for these atrocities and the war, not the people who live in these countries. DO call for Congress to pass the resolutions already in the House and Senate to end this war. DON’T call the act the “War Powers Act,” despite this being the official name. To laypeople this makes it seem as though we seek for Congress to declare war, instead of end it. DO emphasize outcomes - how this threatens the lives of everyday people around the world and the safety of our families here at home. We need Congress to end the war, not to authorize it. DON’T emphasize process - how Trump violated the Constitution by bypassing Congress. Our goal is to have Congress stop the war, not have it proceed under an officially approved process. DO call this action by Trump “criminal.” DON’T call this action “illegal.” It is illegal to speed, it is criminal to murder. Our arguments should focus on life and liberty for all people.
02.03.2026 16:10 — 👍 27 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1Bravo Sánchez, who in the face of ongoing authoritarian fear mongering and violence, continues to stand for people no matter what they look like, where they come from or how they worship.
02.03.2026 16:07 — 👍 63 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1DOs and DON’Ts DO call this out for the evil it is and connect it to other harms of the regime: “From Epstein to ICE to Iran, this regime commits crimes against humanity.” DON’T talk about this as a “distraction,” as it belittles the horrific human toll. Further, messaging about messaging isn’t persuasive. DO make clear the horrific human toll: “This regime is killing people for power and profit.” DO, especially if you are a messenger credible to conflicted Trump voters, emphasize this is a betrayal of what Americans want and need. DON’T rely on hypocrisy arguments such as “Trump ran promising peace but is dragging us to war.” This credits the previous statement and implies what’s wrong here is inconsistency instead of evil. DO, when speaking specifically of the lies peddled about Iran’s involvement in the election, remind Americans that “this regime/Trump wants to control the outcome of the election.” DON’T repeat Trump’s lies about “election fraud” in an earnest effort to rebuff them. DO call this war “Trump’s war” DON’T call this war “America’s war” or simply “war.” DO say “war on Iran” DON’T say “war with Iran,” which implies a mutual back and forth.
02.03.2026 16:03 — 👍 45 🔁 30 💬 3 📌 4We are coming together to demand that our leaders in Congress do their duty to end this war and block this MAGA murder regime so we all can live safely and freely, no exceptions.
02.03.2026 15:56 — 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Now Trump has attacked the people of Iran in an effort to seize and hold more power no matter the will of the people, threatening to drag us into another endless war while peddling lies to control the outcome of our next election.
02.03.2026 15:56 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0No matter where we live, what our background, or how we worship, we all deserve a life of safety and freedom for ourselves and our families. But from ICE to Epstein to Iran, this MAGA Murder Regime is determined to destroy the lives of children, families, and anyone who stands up for our freedoms.
02.03.2026 15:56 — 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0Authoritarians are the only winners in war.
02.03.2026 15:54 — 👍 90 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 1Speeding is "illegal." This war on (not with) Iran is criminal. Among the litany of crimes against humanity perpetrated by the MAGA Murder Regime.
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Saying "it's a distraction" is saying you care nothing for the little girls bombed out of existence for being born where they were.
Epstein, ICE, Iran - all of it - are Crimes against Humanity by the MAGA Murder Regime.
Praying for the people of Iran and an end to this hell.
MAGA is killing people for power and profit.
28.02.2026 20:28 — 👍 60 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1The "gotchas" around Trump et al having said promised peace and now creating war lends credit to those earlier statement and implies what's wrong is being inconsistent when it's actually being evil.
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Saying "it's a distraction" is saying you care nothing for the little girls bombed out of existence for being born where they were.
Epstein, ICE, Iran - all of it - are Crimes against Humanity by the MAGA Murder Regime.
Praying for the people of Iran and an end to this hell.
Authoritarians have ONE story: we're fomenting counter revolution (against a revolution that never occurred) to take back our country from "those people" who don't threaten/destroy/undermine it. When you feed that story, you help the authoritarians.
28.02.2026 01:53 — 👍 31 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Abolish ICE is merely the starting position. This below is the correct one.
28.02.2026 00:43 — 👍 199 🔁 43 💬 3 📌 0So now, predictably, here we are, facing a regime that wants to force us all to PROVE OUR IDENTITY while stripping people of their proof of identity.
28.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 121 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 1MAGA Murder Regime. Only accurate descriptor.
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Once again, reactionary centrist advice boils down to "don't make the argument," - at best. Often it's pile onto the argument the opposition makes it politer terms.
Politics 101: Run against your opposition not the people your opposition shames/blames/scapegoats.
When Ruth was taken, she said to police, "have decency, this will end one day. You can not lend yourselves to this.
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First they came for...Ruth López - a fierce, courageous champion for human rights who defended the Venezuelans the MAGA Regime abducted and sent to CECOT. Ruth was taken as a political prisoner May 18th last year.
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UK Greens have been running ON values, hammering argument "if you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money," & calling out scapegoating.
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Some people have embraced this!!! We first tested this sort of approach here in 2017 and have been pushing it since then.
27.02.2026 18:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Point your finger at the bad guy, not the brown guy.
It's both the path to both moral and electoral victory.
“'I won’t accept this victory tonight without calling out politicians and divisive figures who constantly scapegoat and blame our communities for all the problems in society,' [Spencer] said.'My Muslim friends and neighbors are just like me: human.'”
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Weak not woke is what pisses voters off.
27.02.2026 16:48 — 👍 80 🔁 28 💬 3 📌 0Taps mic: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
27.02.2026 15:54 — 👍 288 🔁 109 💬 9 📌 9Weak not woke is what pisses voters off, here and there and most everywhere.
27.02.2026 16:46 — 👍 29 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0