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Recovering techie. Struggling father. Cook/baker. Progressive. Podcast junkie. Involuntary trivia accumulator. Cyclist and climber of large hills. Concerned human being. Live your values. Fight injustice. Practice kindness. Be courageous. Pet doggies!

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From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago’s Broadview ICE Targets Pastor in Prayer: Opens Fire from Rooftop, Shooting Him and Causing Him to Collapse Explore this post and more from the illinois community

Here's a video from Chicago of ICE shooting a pastor in the head with a pepper ball as he leads people in prayer. We WILL force a reckoning for this evil. We must rise up and stop this. It's time to get in the streets. #Resist #Courage

www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...

08.10.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's hard if you're homebound. I'm sure you have a deeply vested interest in stopping the #AssholeInChief. If you can't make it, convince those who care about you to attend. I recruited the mailman, the 7-11 clerk, a kid who helped me move. Phone bank if that's all you can do. We've gotta try.

07.10.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Right now, your primary job is to recruit. We need a huge turnout on #NoKings on #October18 to fight this Fascist takeover. Set a target to get everyone directly in and adjacent to your network to attend. Most people don't know what's going on. #Resist #WeAreTheJedi

07.10.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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From the law community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said Explore this post and more from the law community

There they go again, saying the quiet part out loud. Plenary authority?! Nothing Fascist about that. Move along. Nothing to see here. #Resist

www.reddit.com/r/law/s/CbgU...

07.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No pay for Congress during the shutdown Since October 1st, hundreds of thousands of middle-class federal employees have been furloughed due to irresponsible members of Congress who refuse to govern for the well-being of the American people....

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06.10.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the justgalsbeingchicks community on Reddit: Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. In it, she discusses... Explore this post and more from the justgalsbeingchicks community

A beautiful, posthumous message of hope from Jane Goodall. What an amazing person!

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05.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sitting bedside as someone is dying of old age really brings to life the Buddhist precept of universal suffering. Death is inevitable, and it hurts, no matter how it happens.

03.10.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't believe #SCOTUS has enabled the #undemocratization of America. So many great judicial minds wore those robes. But we know the court can do #evil. #DredScott, anyone? It's just the pace of the Constitutional decay that hurts most. #Resist

02.10.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The parallels with Versailles are pretty spot-on!

01.10.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jack Daniel's cuts off free cattle feed to Tennessee farmers after 45 years
YouTube video by NewsChannel 5 Jack Daniel's cuts off free cattle feed to Tennessee farmers after 45 years

In case you needed proof that Capitalists don't give a fuck... #resist

youtube.com/watch?v=2EK2...

01.10.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's stack two planes. It's not practical. Okay. How about side-by-side. And so the 747 was born.

01.10.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since the beginning of this crazy play, I've been saying this will come down to whether the military follows the orders of a #tyrant, or protects the #Constitution and #ThePeople. What are you betting? #Resiat #AssholeInChief

01.10.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore. #Resist

01.10.2025 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really can't believe what an utter #ASSHOLE he is! The fact that I don't have to specify who says it all. They're all assholes. #NoKings #Oct18 #ShowUp

01.10.2025 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders

This really is insane. I truly hope the military will not support this tyrant. That's always been the only end game. #Resist www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

01.10.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Authorities found a rifle with engraved anti-Fascist, pro-trans ideology. The discovery makes the #assassination of #CharlieKirk start to smell like a #FalseFlag operation. Who would bother to engrave that unless they wanted to create targeted outrage at the left? Very suspicious.

11.09.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know things in America are bad when a political assassination vies with a school shooting for the attention of the country on a given day. These are dark times. #Resist

11.09.2025 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republican Senators Investigate Palisades Fire Response

It speaks volumes when a party politicizes a cataclysmic fire just to score points with its base. They maintain outrage to distract from the manifest destruction and suffering caused by their devastating policies. It's so utterly cynical.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

08.09.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@ezraklein.bsky.social makes a cogent argument. These are not normal times. The government is acting against the people and consolidating power. It is time for extreme measures. #ShutItDown #Resist
#Courage

Show: If Democrats Have a Better Plan, I’d Like to Hear It
nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

07.09.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Installing #RFK as leader of the #HHS is irrefutable proof that #BLOTUS has utter contempt for the American people. #Resist

05.09.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@muellershewrote.com I started rewatching #TheWestWing after you mentioned it on #TheDailyBeans. It pains me to be made more aware of the contrast between a rational, beneficent government, and this evil administration. I miss having confidence in our leaders. There's so much work to do. #Resist

29.08.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm really not enjoying living in a #post-truth world. #Resist

26.08.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Special election flyer from the GOP.

Special election flyer from the GOP.

The battle for hearts and minds in the California special election has begun. I just received my first misleading flyer from a coalition of right-wing organizations with Orwellian names. Can we save Congress from a national power grab by GOP state assemblies and governors?
This should be exciting!

21.08.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I watch this administration starve the clean energy industry in this country, I feel like we're being governed by a bizarro President. Every choice seems to be the opposite of what we should be doing.

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/t...

21.08.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The enforcement of what purports to be state-sanctioned Christianity is not about religion at all. It's about control, and subjugation, and oppression. Jesus was tolerant and kind. He would not recognize what is being done in his name.

21.08.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally

The Brown Shirts are roaming the streets. There's no legitimate reason for them to have been there. It's pure intimidation. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...

15.08.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It's not true that a corporation's sole responsibility is to maximize shareholder value. Their incentives are short-term. They don't understand the implications. No one does. Capitalists can now automate white collar jobs. You can bet the structural unemployment will be catastrophic for a while.

11.08.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a weirdly self-reinforcing cycle. Repress the populace to create fear. Redirect that fear to anger. Use the anger as the engine of repression. I wonder how long that will keep working? #Resist

11.08.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No need to apologize. We fans are in it for the long-haul. I hope to be here when you get to song 500. In the meantime, here's to a fast recovery, and fewer flare-ups.

03.08.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Mature Content] From the pics community on Reddit: Ahmed Semir Abdulal has died from starvation in Gaza Posted by KebabG - 25,264 votes and 3,064 comments

This is what #Israel is doing to the #Palestinian children in #Gaza. The image is heartbreaking, but it needs to be seen broadly.
www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/Xcl...

03.08.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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