Willy
Willy
@willymonts.bsky.social
Fan of history, literature, and Lord of the Rings. / Tolkien. Cervantes. Plato. Hemingway. Churchill. And, Rolling Stones.
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Minneapolis Mayor, Jacob Frey, speaks during a press conference after a school shooting this morning at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.

“There are no words that can capture the horror and the evil of this unspeakable act.”

#GunControlNow
August 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Schools
Theaters
Concerts
Malls
Churches
Synagogues
Mosques
Parks
Nightclubs
Offices
Festivals
Stores
Military Bases
Bars
Post Offices
Yoga Studios
Super Bowl parades

Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.
August 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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😷 (202)224-3121
August 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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August 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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‘Help me, please!’

Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.

Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
August 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Let’s celebrate the hard work and positive attitude of Hispanics in the USA! ✊🏽
July 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The difference between evil and good.

Evil is paranoid, disloyal, sees enemies everywhere it looks.

Good, on the other hand, is united, loyal, and has only one common enemy: evil.
July 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A few months ago I told a friend that I like ‘Lord of the Rings’. He said that it’s too dark for him. (I could see that).

I replied that it also talks about friendship, loyalty, courage.

As I read the books again and watch the movies again, I realize the story also teaches to never give up.
July 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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I watched a bunch of videos yesterday that said people were throwing glitter at ICE agents. I think this is a grand idea. I’d be more than happy to be covered in n glitter Holi style for the cause. Thoughts??

Oh, I couldn’t find any of people actually doing that, BUT I did find this jewel. 👇🏻
July 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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I believe that many will be surprised.
July 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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🙂
July 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There have been many cases in literature and history when things seemed lost but the little guy won.

David vs Goliath

The hobbits, in Lord of the Rings

Star Wars

Revolutionary War.

All that matters is what inspires you to get back up to keep moving a little more.
July 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“The world in indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
July 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Besides their hatred and cruelty, these idiots don’t realize how much immigrants contribute to this country and keep it functioning.

Farms, hotels, restaurants, construction sites, and food processing plants will come to a standstill.

The country will stop functioning if they keep this up.
July 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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I’m traveling today, so America’s identity changed while I flew from one side of the country to the other. When I found out one of the many things that came to mind was the post I made after the election…
July 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
How long has Jeffries been speaking?
July 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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July 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.

When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
July 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all. It comes at a time of near-record inequalities of income and wealth.

This budget bill is a nightmare.
The Worst Bill in History
Trump’s giant budget-busting, Medicaid-shattering, shafting-the-poor-and-working-class, making-the-rich-even richer bill
robertreich.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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It was only 5 months ago that Trump said he would only go after the worst of the worst. Now they are disappearing people including U.S. citizens. Next they want to create a national database of citizens. Will states send back individual voting data?

If anyone thinks they are safe, they are wrong.
July 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
July 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

2) Explode deficits

3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.

4) Repeat.
June 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM