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wondering, worring, warrioring for
our great American experiment.

someday this will be over and we’ll be America again.
let’s reclaim this! 👉🏻🇺🇸

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Tyranny requires constant effort. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember this… there will come a day where one single thing will break the siege.
Remember this...Try.

–“Andor”

#resist
#nokings
#1millionrising #onemillionrising
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"We are talking about *life*—the ways we depend on one other and sustain each other as we make and unmake each other. Even when we fail, and our spirits collapse, we are living in opposition to that which would destroy us. We are living and fighting for each other, and that means we have a chance."
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Today was a very stupid day but I have faith tomorrow will be stupider
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Animals are so much better than humans
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Chicago PD arrested several individuals on behalf of ICE after conducting a raid on an entire city block in the Little Village neighborhood. During the arrest, one of the detained neighbors was visibly choked by CPD officers and repeatedly informed them that he was unable to breathe
11/8/2025
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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PAY ATTENTION: In this video I expose the next phase of Trump and the Republicans' voter suppression playbook — and what we must do now to defend democracy and feee and fair elections in 2026. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
8 Ways Republicans Will Subvert The 2026 Election
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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There is nothing an American president could do worse for his own people than starving the poor right before Thanksgiving.

Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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🎯🎯
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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A chipmunk trolls us. Let us out to chase it! #catsofbluesky #caturday #chipmunk
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
snuggly #caturday
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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If Starbucks baristas have to strike, we’re striking too — with our wallets.

Don’t shop at Starbucks if baristas are on strike. No contract, no coffee. Period. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
hashtag fabulous
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Mamdani: My message to I.C.E. Agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable.
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I don’t want to get too high on hopium, but what if we really can turn this all around?
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I'm beginning to suspect that voters...do not actually prefer fascism?
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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ICE GOONS once again try to force their way into a U.S. citizen's car without a warrant, threatening to break her window as Goons surrounding and yanking at the vehicle door

Nov 5, 2025 Aurora, IL
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Brought to you by the most corrupt criminal organization in the history of the United States: the Republican Party.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Broke the Code!
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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stay focused
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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CBS will go down in history as fascist enablers!
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November 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM