Charlie Zimkus

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10.02.2025 20:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Instead of complaining on social media, call your representatives.

I just left voicemail messages with Rep. Jordan and Sens. Moreno and Husted, urging them to protect USAID and the lives of-saving assistance it provides to those in need around the world.

10.02.2025 20:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Today I set up a monthly donation to the ACLU. I can’t fight this nonsense, but they can.

action.aclu.org/give/pm-dona...

09.02.2025 19:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Children”

"In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor."
— Fr. James Martin, SJ

09.02.2025 15:18 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

A vintage-style illustration shows a father sitting in a chair, a daughter standing beside him, and a son on the floor. Text over the image reads, “Daddy, what did you do during the erosion of our democracy?” Father replies, “I shared some white-hot memes with a small group of likeminded friends.”

From five years ago. Does this still apply, I wonder. #Meta

26.01.2025 15:26 — 👍 304    🔁 20    💬 10    📌 0

Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem (Gift Article) Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.

A worthwhile read:
Expand the number of representatives in the House to mirror our growing population and allow proportional representation to lessen the winner-take-all mentality.
The result could allow for the success of thir parties and require coalitions for government.

26.01.2025 17:52 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Many Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned by Trump Attacked Police, Videos Show (Gift Article) President Trump pardoned men who violently attacked police officers on Jan. 6 along with nearly 1,600 other people who had been charged in connection with the riot. But his grant of clemency did not e...

“Officer Fanone, who rushed to defend the Capitol on his day off, was dragged into the crowd by Mr. Head, beaten by Mr. Young and then attacked with a stun gun by Mr. Rodriguez.”

26.01.2025 17:02 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0