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IT professional turned English teacher, from the PNW, moved to Kyiv Ukraine in 2023. Into: Art, TRPGs, rationalism, democracy, ПЕРЕМОГА! 🇺🇦🇬🇪🏳️‍🌈
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russia’s been terrorizing Kyiv with their drones all night long. War criminals bombed apartment buildings again. Just look at one of their targets — only terrorists could do such a thing. Help protect Ukrainians from russian terror:

Public lands are just that: public, and owned by the taxpayer. Republicans want to auction them off to the highest bidder to pay for their billionaire tax cuts. Hell no.

Please use this momentum to keep going! Call, write, organize behind the scenes w/organizations like Indivisible, 50501 your local democrat club, volunteer in your community, spread joy! If your hesitant to call use 5call app which does most of the work providing scripts & numbers to your reps.

It's the same with every tyrant. that's why you keep pushing till they're defeated.

This is what fascism looks like - using a conspiracy theory about a dehumanized outgroup as a pretext for seizing political power and wielding arbitrary authority. What you read about in the history books is happening right here, right now.

"If we don't knock the predator's teeth out he won't stop." In an interview with @newsmax.com, Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about how putin is trying to strip Ukrainians of their freedom — even when it comes to faith. According to the President, this isn't something for the state to decide.

Minnesota noice

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Yesterday, millions of us reasserted the “We” in "We the people." We gained strength from our solidarity. We celebrated our numbers and our power. We will be steadfast. We will not cower to a dictator. We will win.

Couple things I learned today: - Seniors are extremely fired up about this - "Fuck ICE" is a normie position now - People are MASSIVELY pissed off about Sen. Padilla being wrestled to the ground in LA - We all we got, we all we need

Two months ago today we killed 34 civilians attending an Easter church service in Sumy cos we defend Christian values. You have imposed no meaningful consequences upon us. This means you permit it.

Masked agents in unmarked cars disappearing people from the street and shipping them to a dictator’s prison. Executive branch officials blowing off federal court orders, wrestling members of Congress to the ground and handcuffing them for asking a question. Smells like fascism.

These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸

This man is my hero because he’s a member of the United States Air Force and is standing by his #Oath to the #Constitution! I’m hoping that since he has taken the lead others will follow because this is what a true American Soldier looks like! Remember your Oath to the Constitution

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow

Today, a russian drone hit the World Central Kitchen warehouse in Zaporizhzhia, founded by our ambassador José Andrés💔 It stored supplies for civilians affected by russian aggression. This is a disgrace. russia keeps targeting those who aim to help, like the terrorists they are.

#NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings #NoKings

Nobody showing up to watch his stupid parade is honestly way funnier than a huge protest would have been

6yo: do we vote for who's the king Mom: no, baby. That's the problem with monarchy. kings are king because of who their parents are. If you have a good king then that's fine but if you have a bad king, there's nothing you can do about it. 4year old: UNLESS YOU KILL THE BAD KING

Literally the Russian flag in the post. Two of them

Trump's vanity birthday parade masquerading as a tribute to the troops is offensive and a wasteful use of taxpayer dollars. We should be using that money to feed hungry kids, pay for new roads and bridges, and provide better health care to our veterans.

This assassination makes the Minnesota house even. I'm waiting for the first Republican Minnesota state legislator to commit to sit out votes until Rep. Hortman is replaced - otherwise Republicans are hugely benefiting from and complicit in this sort of political violence.

Today in Boston. Over a million people turned out. Even the drone couldn't get it all. #NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest

Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark. “The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings

PSA: If you’re protesting today, turn the biometrics on your phone OFF. No facial recognition, no fingerprint, PASSCODE ACCESS ONLY. Law enforcement can make you unlock your phone with those, but they can’t make you use your passcode. That gives you a case in court should they go that route anyway.

Authoritarians want you to feel isolated and alone, to feel like their vision of the world is the only one. That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!

In America, we have no Kings, no Queens, no nobles, no dictators, and no emperors. We have no slaves, no serfs and no subjects. Just us—‘We the People.’

#NoKings

In what way is this ✌️federal law enforcement✌️? In no way, of course. Which means police should be arresting these agents right now for state crimes (kidnapping, assault, felonious threats), and the FBI should be arresting them for federal crimes (deprivation of rights under color of law). Nobody is.

"I'm home. I'm free. I'm in Ukraine" 💙💛 Listen to freed Ukrainian POWs and you’ll hear pain, hope and happiness in their voices. They refused to be broken. Now they’re home, alive and free, reunited with their loved ones.

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Humanitarian aid warehouse which worked with World Central Kitchen in central Ukraine was hit this morning

We’re proud to announce, today’s turnout has already surpassed the Hands Off protest! Over 5.5m people and counting across the U.S. Get out there, be seen, and be counted. This is history in the making. Take plenty of photos and videos and post them publicly. Let the world see what’s happening.

I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings

Seen in Los Angeles...

The LA crowd is huge, but then you consider there's also Santa Monica, Long Beach, etc...