It’s surreal how fast the United States has fallen into a dictatorial regime.
Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed.
I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.
Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed.
I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.
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Wouldn’t even take that many leaps.
I'm so worried and scared for all of you.
Please, take care of yourself and your family. Whatever that takes. ❤️
If not for those who read today, for those who look back on these times in years to come.
“There can be no liberation for one group if another group is still in chains.” - Leslie Feinberg
So far, we’re failing. We need organized resistance that does a lot more than stand around holding signs.
We need leaders.
I hope for all our sakes you both remain free and able to continue the work you do.
It may be months or even years away, but it’s in the playbook.
Ditto activists critical of Trump.
I’m sure there’s no danger of him being brutalized. 😡
We must not be afraid to inconvenience ourselves, monetarily or otherwise, when fighting for our livelihood and civil rights of others.
The privileged have a duty to show up…and they aren’t.
As a white person, I feel so betrayed by the white people who preach “girl power” or “love and unity”, and then finding out it was simply a marketing gimmick and not a lifestyle choice.
I wish my upbringing was stricter. I guess it proves that good times make weak people.
Let's take it as lesson and make our children's upbringing tough so they don't repeat our parents' mistakes.
#SpooniesUnite #InThisTogether #TogetherStronger
They toppled their Russian puppet president and now it's in the democratic world's best interest to support Ukraine in fighting against becoming Russian puppets themselves.
Nothing could be further from the true. Right now, it's the world's model country and discovered hidden gem of the world.
With the way things are going, in a year, you might have 15% unemployment and unprecedented economic crisis which will persuade the populace to protest and resort to violent riots.
But I don't think Trump's army is big enough to suppress nationwide uprising. Many troops are unwilling to kill fellow Americans and many others will be busy fighting Trump's vanity wars.
As a German with a strong sense of history,
And the experiences of the Third Reich unfortunately apply very well to you.
Actively, passively, or flee! And don‘t go to Canada! That‘s not far enough!
I WILL NEVER, EVER ~
BACKDOWN
OBEY🏳️🌈
Two things, though: 1) I hope you’re keeping backups of everything you write (including hard copies). We’ve already seen the lengths this administration will go to memory-hole whatever it hates, and 2) I hope you & Zooey are keeping go-bags ready & have a plan to bug out.
Sorry to be dramatic, but I’m really worried these days, and I’d hate to see anything bad happen to you two.
How can one not do anything and look oneself in the mirror in the morning? How?
Can't do much from here, other than subscribing to help your efforts. Done. And spreading the word. Doing
And then my entire income evaporates.
It is a beautiful wealthy country. Rich with humanity and wealth.
Imagine all the European culture at your doorstep
Erin I want to give you a hug, the love ❤️ emoji does not seem appropriate considering your just fear
Norway is not accepting trans americans Literally no country is. Not even Canada.
all I can find is that somebody is advocating for this, but it's not law or policy yet -
https://trans-express.lgbt/post/780059017315811328/norwegian-transgender-politician-wants-to-give
I read it on a thread
So I guess I’ll see you there. If they don’t gas or shoot one of us first.
Or the States
Travel advisories by our government are for our protection
Who knew so many Americans just couldn't wait to live in Nazi Germany?
I have no idea why they can’t see what I see.
Money is King, Queen, and the Devil...
Sooner or later, this was going to happen
With the “heal and hold” together approach, the right wing ratchet will just keep on moving us further into a dictatorship.
We must recall tRump and vAnts.
https://chng.it/WBR8LVRmr7
#BuildtheResistance
https://bsky.app/profile/nicolemicheroni.bsky.social/post/3lml5ctrmmc2u
It's genuinely alarming to see how the USA is sliding into dictatorship in real time.
All the ingredients are there: trashing former allies; jailing 'undesirables'; banning books; intimidating intellectuals; no tolerance of any opposition to the leader; compliant media;
It has echoes of 1930s Germany
I hope you one day get back from this.
As a disabled person, I see the trajectory too. Solidarity with all.
I feel like I need to check in at least once a day because the news cycle happens so fast. I want to know what we're up against.
This is just 3 old men, supported by war criminals.
Of course those are true, but how are we, as a people, going to fight 1984-cosplayers?
Individual can and will be picked off if alone. Maybe even travelling in groups to protect the vulnerable.
Coordinated resistance to these people will force them to retreat. Has been proven already.
Fight all voter suppression laws.
But I don't live in the USA.
I do my best to support y'all.
Speaking of... I've heard rumors they're planning something on July 4th. I really hope not.
Free Speech - Bullshit
Beacon on a Hill - Bullshit
Defender of democracy - Bullshit
Fair elections - Bullshit
Family values - Bullshit
Concern for kids - Bullshit
No man is above the law - Bullshit
Leader of the free world - Bullshit
Anti-Russia - Bullshit
Because I will resist and continue to.
Old white guy.
It disappeared overnight
from Der Koolschrank
full article here:
https://derkoolschrank.com/america-the-third-world-fourth-reich/
You burned it all down for Bernie.
Idk.
her support for genocide is why we have trump
Quit swinging at the Left while the Right is destroying the country.
I'm represented by Dems who question my rights 🤷♀️ it sucks
failing to realize that, acting like you're owed a vote simply for being "less evil" is how we end up with evil
you're wrong and you're being a shithead to the people in the same boat as you, june
regardless of how anybody voted, blues and reds want to wring you and me out for their bottom lines and wallets
our blood is cheap and expendable to both candidates. don't kid yourself.
What is patriotism? Obsessing over identity, against the other.
bullet train ride to dictatorship
was Roberts SCOTUS blessing
all Trump needed
if he planned to start slowly
by dipping his toe to test the water
when the ruling registered in his
warped head
he scored an Olympic 10
high dive
landing on us
and the World
Biden and the Democrats are to blame for their "act normal and stick to protocol" attitudes to the obvious Autocrat threats that were coming our way.
But nope. Two months. That's all it took.
It's shocking.
Choose Presence.
Let these affirmations ground you in the now—calm, aware, and fully alive.
You don’t have to escape your life to find peace. Just return to it.
Let’s practice presence—together. 🌿✨
https://youtu.be/ZXo5lGp8Ry0?si=hfF0KTNa5VFPJOC6
It’s a trap. Mass compliance is a more dangerous than mass defiance in long run
(paraphrasing)
When people ask me what's its like in prison.
His answer was.
You'll find out.
I worry for my adult trans son night and day. No one should have to be afraid because of who they are.
Thanks Erin. Always grateful for your voice.
They're having "ai" do it.
A fucking AOL chatbot will decide if your maga enough.
We wonder similar things. :(
We are a lawless society.
We need a better mechanism for VOTERS to expel them or prevent them from running for a new term as punishment (even if it’s a 1 term skip).
Have you been doing that?
Or will your last news story be a friend or loved one reporting "Erin has been moved to a camp"?
Keep living in a Democracy.
Keep your reality!!!
Reject their nightmare.
Just get it over with.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is dead in this country. The American dream has become a nightmare. There is no point to extend the suffering.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, YOU ARE ONE OF US!
We haven’t begun to fight, you haven’t seen anything yet !
💖🌈🇺🇸
I want you angry Jim, that’s what I want. I want you angry that I may have to jump through expensive hoops soon to vote that you never will.
https://www.ngrippel.com/ngr-politics.html
We are just now seeing the consequences of patriotic support of ppl Like nixon, reagan, bush, and trump.
Theory: They’ve slowly pushed the window of what is culturally tolerable since - and because of - the desegregation of public schools.
If we’re wondering when they’ll come, we’re already living in the answer.
#DemocracyWatch
I long for peace and fellow feelings again.
Like South Omaha fight.
Like South Omaha in the fucking 80's kinda fight.
But it's not going to be because they took me away.
someone described it as "financial murder" and that's scary shit. Do something Big Brother doesn't like? no bank account, job, etc...
But don’t worry; your liberal neighbors, who still blame the election loss on third-party candidates, will march around city hall with your picture on a posterboard one Saturday a month until our dictator dies.
Right now, every single political influencer I care about, including you, can very well vanish tomorrow. Nevermind Democratic politicians who enable this shit.