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Vote! Our lives depend on it. Join us July 24 from 6 to 8 PM at Harris United Methodist Church for a forum on elections.

Shouting into the void here because it feels safe. I fear being called performative. Yes, I am. It’s all I know how to do. I don’t ask for help, because I fear being scolded. So I try to do the work alone, to not burden anyone with the labor. But the void is heavy.

I wish I could express how much it bolsters Americans to see folks abroad offering us solidarity + support. Just today in my YouTube comments, folks from England Germany Brazil Belgium Canada Finland Mexico Spain left comments encouraging us to keep going and they're with us. 💪😭❤️

What if the people who are protesting in LA brought food to feed the National Guard because the government didn’t bother to take care of them? Show them (not LAPD) we see their humanity, see our humanity. They are NOT the same as LAPD.

If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

It's incredibly delicate to post about Israel to US / CA / EU audiences, the indoctrination to be loyal and overlook its decades of criminal actions runs deep amongst the public. All we can say is, do your best to deprogram from "I stand with Israel" and move toward "I stand with international law."

We need to start calling ICE what the are… slave catchers. They are going back to their roots. The detention centers are the plantation. The farmers can hire back the workers for $1 a day. It’s gross.

The police are more militarized than the military. They are more vicious and are trained by the most ruthless occupying force in the world who are currently committing a genocide. National Guard members are weekend warriors who hold regular jobs and have a totally different mindset.

Right now, Dems are hiding in their offices, scrolling their phones fearfully, wondering "how are voters going to feel about the National Guard being deployed?" The right, meanwhile, is vigorously *attempting to shape* how voters feel about it, filling every medium with coordinated propaganda.

Remember when the k-pop fans reserved all the free tickets to a Trump rally?

We need to Mail Storm U-Haul about the use of their box cars to transport Patriot Front and other white supremacists groups to intimidate neighborhood… they have a

if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.

Reminder: Trump has still not complied with the April 10th Supreme Court ruling on Kilmar Abrego Garcia. On national television he also admitted he could bring him home with one phone call.

*A THREAD* Hey everyone! We need to hear from you. We have a little survey - spread it around - where you can vote what YOU are willing to strike for. This is extremely important because the larger the sample size, the more democratic our demands are 💪 pol.is/2hzna7ntca

This is the way.

At this juncture I’d like to point out: * we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing * there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world * a united approach could stop the climate crisis But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

US citizens are *not* being “deported.” They’re being kidnapped and sold into slavery. The words matter.

Hey folks! Let’s talk misinfo for a moment. This post uses the words “now mandates.” So of course, prior to reposting to y’all, we check the accuracy. Ovia started tracking data in 2022, not this recently. www.snopes.com/fact-check/o...

Does anyone else start lots of sentences with, “If I survive this…”?

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Saying “who’s going to pick your vegetables?” is not the argument you think it is. It’s basically slavery. They need to have real status, pay, and job protections. This country only survives off slavery. We need a whole new system.

Congratulations to the new Secretary of Defense, Cocaine Bear!

These are not ICE agents. They are vigilante militia members who are grabbing up ransoms and delivering them to HSI or ICE. They are civilians kidnapping people. That is why we need to identify them. They are doing this for the joy of the terror they inflict.

The Bush administration disappeared people too, sent them to a different gulag at Gitmo and other black sites, kidnapped people off the street of Milan, tortured them, in the name of "a different kind of war." We didn't come close to holding them accountable. We're seeing the cost of that now.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but any govt official who violates someone's constitutional rights -- and is acting outside the scope of their lawful authority -- can be PERSONALLY liable in a civil suit. ICE officers. Cabinet members. White House staffers. Even the president.

Here’s the thing about a strike: we can’t call one until we’re ready. If we do, the government will know to just wait us out. We won’t be able to last as long as we need to to be successful. And this doesn’t just mean everyone needs to sign a strike card. There’s so much more.

Really important new resource for federal workers. workerslegaldefense.org

THIS.

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So my concrete ask is this: If you’re a Huntington Beach resident, or know someone who is, show up at the city council meeting tomorrow (4/15) and speak out against this blatant government overreach by hypocritical fucktwats who jerk themselves off at night to “keep the government out of my life.”

ALL OF THEM!!!

You all know this already but what we want is normal and right. And it's worth fighting for. 📷: @fightforaunion.bsky.social

They are playing with the markets so they can sell just before they announce tariffs. Then they buy low and do it again. They get rich while stealing your money. They will keep doing it over and over. Create the crisis. Save us from the crisis. Take credit and make profit. We’re just puppets.

The courts *should* put an immediate and unequivocal halt to all use of the CECOT prison in El Salvador, with or without due process. They may not do that. But the *people* of the US still can. Don't lose of sight of this atrocity amidst the other outrages. Make this a key focus of resistance.

Have questions about the strike card? Totally understandable! Here's a great resource we've put together to explain more. #GeneralStrike #RESIST WHY A STRIKE CARD? ⬇️⬇️ drive.proton.me/urls/MV3VN76...