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This drum circle is a sacred honor in memory of slain MN State Legislator Melissa Hortman, at the candlelight vigil

submitted 2 days ago • 386 comments

Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things. That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

submitted 3 days ago • 596 comments

We Rate Dogs posted Gilbert, the golden retriever who was murdered along with Melissa and Mark Hortman. Gilbert was training to be a service dog before he "failed" and became the family pet. (it's up on Insta, not here yet)

submitted 4 days ago • 55 comments

Call me cautious, but I’m not optimistic about a war run by a reality TV show Commander-in-Chief and his TV talk show chatterbox Secretary of Defense.

submitted 3 days ago • 602 comments

Nations typically throw military parades to demonstrate their organizational prowess and national unity. So…uh… message received.

submitted 6 days ago • 140 comments

Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.

submitted 6 days ago • 2421 comments

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.

submitted 6 days ago • 166 comments

Can’t believe no one wanted to fly to DC to hang out with tanks and the police

submitted 6 days ago • 36 comments

When violent criminals are pardoned due to partisanship… When tribalism excuses violence against the opposing political party… When justice depends on political affiliation… People. Will. Die. GOP leadership must stop this.

submitted 6 days ago • 181 comments

A female democratic representative was killed in Minnesota today by someone impersonating a cop. Turns out the threat to women's safety isn't trans women identifying as woman, it's men identifying as cops.

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Well past time for big city mayors to call for the arrest of anyone who claims to be law enforcement but wears a mask and/or won’t identify themselves

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

The news about this morning's shootings in Minnesota has me on edge about right-wing violence. Whether you are protesting or just a lefty going about your lefty business (mutual aid, organizing, etc), be alert, know who you're dealing with, and know how you would exit any place that feels unsafe.

submitted 6 days ago • 44 comments

It is bizarre the way people with guns, bulletproof vests, riot shields, tanks, and other military gear act like rocks are an equal threat. It’s madness! If you are scared of rocks and think the punishment for having them thrown at you should be death, you shouldn’t be in law enforcement!

submitted 8 days ago • 282 comments

The head of the department of homeland security announced that she planned to use military force to take over a democratically elected government in the state of California and we are arguing about whether a California Senator properly identified himself at the door.

submitted 8 days ago • 104 comments

The "I'll lower costs and get us out of endless wars" candidate is now presiding over surging costs and brand new wars.

submitted 7 days ago • 749 comments

Please don't let this world defeat you. Your existence is a beautiful defiance. I wish I had more than words to offer but even words are hard for me to come by these days.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

We have to accept the fact that the media is going to portray protesters as the troublemakers. Despite police brutality and agitators, the narrative will be that any violence will be our fault simply because we're challenging the status quo. Don't let that dissuade you.

submitted 8 days ago • 54 comments

Guess that's where I have to leave the rebounder now. 😻

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

“Dog chases down ambulance that owner is being transported in. When EMS realise, they let the dog in.” Love this 🥰❤️ #DogSky #Reddit r\NextF***ingLevel

submitted 9 days ago • 687 comments

First the R-word makes a comeback. Now I’m seeing people using the word “gimp” at a level I haven’t heard since the 90s. Words do matter. Using disabled people’s existence as an insult/ slur isn’t okay. It others us and that othering helps the state to treat us as if our lives don’t matter.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

submitted 10 days ago • 100 comments

Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.

submitted 9 days ago • 103 comments

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

submitted 9 days ago • 597 comments

Every chapter in your Choose Your Own Adventure book leads to him orchestrating fascism. Optics or no optics. Trap or no trap. Protest as your conscience dictates.

submitted 10 days ago • 11 comments

You have no obligation to defend or explain the behavior of random street protesters. We have a lawless government that is flagrantly violating its legal, moral, even philosophical obligations to us. Everything else is secondary

submitted 10 days ago • 50 comments

Dear Members of the Military, You can conscientiously object to his war on America.

submitted 10 days ago • 194 comments

Sometimes I think the “this is just a distraction” crowd just can’t handle the chaos, and that’s their way of cooping. But this is our reality. All of it. We don’t get to pick one crisis at a time. Walk and chew gum.

submitted 10 days ago • 287 comments

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

submitted 10 days ago • 1032 comments

ICE started raiding the hotel they were staying in - interrogating cleaning ladies Good luck housing ICE agents in Los Angeles now

submitted 10 days ago • 171 comments

If you care about our Democracy, YOU have to do something too. Don’t let everyone else march and speak out and think you can just watch it on the news or online. It’s YOUR country too. DO something. Anything.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

For anyone who doesn’t live in Los Angeles or understand the geography of the city, the area is actually quite small where police are currently rioting.

submitted 12 days ago • 270 comments