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To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.

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Life is fundamentally about dosage. Too much exercise? Bad for you. Too little? Bad for you. No one knows your optimal dosage for everything. Only you can write that prescription.

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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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Some other notable signs in Detroit today at the Hands Off protest

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Great day to take the streets in Detroit! We marched from Hart Plaza to ICE HQ and back. The theme being to make Detroit a sanctuary city ✊️

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Sat, April 19th, 12pm, Hart Plaza in Detroit. The black bagging and kidnapping in this country has to stop. Bring them home NOW. #50501movement #50501mi #abolishICE #Detroit #BringThemHome #Michigan #HandsOff #KilmarGarcia @50501movement.bsky.social @50501mi.bsky.social

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Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽

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Taking my mom to her first protest this Saturday - wrote a little note about it open.substack.com/pub/jackie86...

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When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US. When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.

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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

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The library came through again - now reading: Grievers by adrienne maree brown Dystopian fiction set in Detroit. It hits different when the collapse is mapped onto your backyard.

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Hope everyone realizes the dangerous precedent this sets. Khalil was abducted from his home & disappeared by the US govt for using his First Amendment rights. Any dissent against the US or Israeli govt will now place Americans in danger. We are all Khalil, whether we realize it yet or not.

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A few pics from my local Hands Off protest today in Ferndale, Michigan Stop the billionaire takeover! Hands Off our Humanity!

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The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class

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Hell on Earth - this is horrific 4,000 detainees are being held in a 500-person-capacity Miami detention center. They’re held chained up on buses with no access to food, water, or restrooms. They’re told to urinate and defecate on the floor. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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I feel like this tweet did not get enough attention this week

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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

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BREAKING: A woman in Georgia just got ARRESTED for having a miscarriage. Charged with “concealing a dead body” because she didn’t call the cops fast enough. This is what happens when you let forced-birth extremists make the laws. www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...

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In the words of illustrious Detroiter Grace Lee Boggs (happy #313Day ): "Movements are born of critical connections, rather than critical mass."

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3/17 🇺🇸 Women's History Month Spotlight: Dr. Grace Lee Boggs was a Chinese-American civil rights, philosopher of revolution & labor activist. Her support for causes such as the Black Power movement, Affirmative Action, feminism & the environment spanned over 70 years - mostly near Detroit, MI.

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Yep

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Hamdan Ballal must be freed NOW. Pass it on.

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Hey Metro Detroit: Did you know about the weekly Tesla Protests in West Bloomfield?! Every Thursday at 4PM

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On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab.

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22 years ago today, the Israeli occupation killed 23-year-old American activist, Rachel Corrie, as she protected a Palestinian home in Rafah.

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Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth and their anti-DEI team of goons really don’t want you to hear this band or watch this 60 Minutes segment. You know what to do. www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...