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Positive actions this week: join or form a local group that supports and protects immigrants, BIPOC, LGBTQ+. Call your reps. Find a protest or start one. Learn arrest & protest laws. Research self-defense x riot police and online security.
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Medicaid coverage for virtual visits ends April 1st. As someone who cares for children that live up to 8 hours away, this is DEVASTATING. Children, adults, elderly will all suffer. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES The 5 calls app makes it easy!

wait, Queen Elizabeth II was the King’s mum?? That’s blatant nepotism, what the fuck?

I love how people assume progressive activists have outsized influence and power in society, a lie spread by a well-funded, decades-long effort by the people who actually do have outsized influence and power in society.

"Public education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty." UBI, universal health care and a functioning social safety net are the keys to breaking the cycle of poverty. Public education is good, and necessary, but let's stop pretending it's a magic bean.

Loving the Botox ads featuring haggard GenXers on Cartoon Network. My people!

"Ukraine, it started like this"

progressive activists have so much outsized influence and power in society that Nigel Farage hasn't been able to get booked on TV for a year now. 🙄

Has any British journalist asked Farage why his mates keep doing Nazi salutes? Feels like an oversight.

Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...

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I’d like to think I’m the first person to get into a flame war with VPOTUS from the swimming pool of Woburn Center Parcs at half-term.

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During his speech in the European Parliament, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klychko said that "Ukrainians are now defending peace across Europe." "The reason for this senseless war is that we Ukrainians want to be part of the European family. And the Russian Federation cannot accept this.

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Ukraine Fact Sheet - February 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkraineFacts...