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Escaped the dictatorial frying pan, landed in the theocratic fire. Still not giving up.
Fighting for justice while barely making ends meet. Every bit helps: https://ko-fi.com/fromgulagtogilead
This is what social Darwinism sounds like.
In a stunning admission, Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans' real goal is to kick seniors and the disabled off Social Security:
"Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce."
June 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
At 14, Arseny Turbin was putting anti-Putin flyers into mailboxes around his town.
At 15, he was sentenced to 5 years, beaten, and mistreated in prison.

That’s what autocracies do: they fear children with a conscience, and anyone who refuses to stay silent.
June 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Women and men are drifting further apart in the US, especially on what to do with women’s bodies.

Some say “That’s democracy! Everyone gets a say”
Sure. Except only one side pays the price: physically, emotionally, legally.

You can’t call it “equal debate” when only one gender risks dying for it.
June 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"The freest country in the world," I repeat to myself as I carefully choose my words, wondering if they’ll be the reason I’m deported back to a homeland where my beloved law enforcement awaits to imprison me for speaking those very words I came here to say.

LA… freedom looks different today 😔
June 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
“𝘐’𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 — 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”

Today would have been Alexei Navalny’s 49th birthday.
Rest in power, Alexei.
June 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🇺🇦 One of the most successful military ops in history just happened ✨
Cheap Ukrainian drones flew out of a truck… and destroyed strategic bombers deep inside Russia — the very ones bombing Ukrainian cities.
Russia can’t replace them — they’re relics of a dead empire.
June 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hybrid war is already in the EU: cyberattacks, disinformation, sabotage, terror.
If full-scale war comes, military analysts agree: 🇺🇦 Ukraine has the only army in Europe ready to fight.

But they need weapons.

If you're in the EU, pressure your government.
Support Ukraine or you might be next.
June 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Adam was literally the first alpha male.
God said, “Don’t eat the fruit or you’ll die.”
Eve ate it — didn’t die, just got smarter.
So Adam followed, then blamed everyone but himself when it backfired.
Don't be an alpha. Be accountable.
June 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
❌ Take healthcare from millions.
❌ Slash benefits for the poorest.

All so:

✔️ Billionaires can buy more yachts, fund more far-right parties worldwide
✔️ Get tax breaks on gun silencers.

“Big”? Sure — it adds $5.7 trillion to the national debt.
“Beautiful”? Maybe. But not for you.
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"no torture — no asylum"

Andrei Trofimov, a political prisoner from my hometown.
We both spoke out against Putin and the war in the same local community groups.
He got 10 years for that — then 3 more for speaking out again in court.
Think he can apply for asylum now that he’s already in the Gulag?
May 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Has any psychologist studied why corrupt officials always have such terrible taste?
Gold toilets, gold curtains, gold jets...
I used to think it was just a Russian thing. But even in the “freest country in the world,” power still has a gold fetish.
May 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Nothing to see here — just a Russian priest picking up license plates 666 for his shiny Land Cruiser.
Most Russians couldn’t dream of this car, but hey, salvation comes at a premium.
Business as usual for religious entrepreneurs — in any religion, in any country, if you ask me.
#HolyBusiness 😇💰
May 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The U.S. dropped to 57th place from 180 in the World Press Freedom Index — right between Liberia and Gambia. Pretty grim.
But then I remember: my home country, Russia, is at 171st place. Only Nicaragua, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, North Korea, China, Iran, and Syria are lower 🤷
May 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Mysterious new illness spreads among Putin’s friends — symptoms include sudden “schedule conflicts” and a deep fear of sanctions. Doctors recommend avoiding Moscow’s May 9 parade at all costs 😷
Vučić, Fico are “too sick” to come. Modi has his own war now. Even Lukashenko is “maybe late.”
#ParadeFlu
May 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
How do we measure the effectiveness of a prison system? By recidivism rates. Norway focuses on rehabilitation and humane conditions, with a 5-year recidivism rate of 38.7%. The U.S., relying on punishment and harsh conditions, sees 77%. Does harshness work? No. Rehabilitation does.
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Politicians: we have a demographic crisis! Women, why don't you give birth to new taxpayers?
Women: well... we need childcare, economic security, and equal parenting.
Politicians: got it — ban abortion, cut school lunches, slash social services, shame childfree women, and give medals for baby #6 🙄
May 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Examples from so many countries show how easily basic human rights can be lost when far-right fanatics come to power. Sadly, we have to keep fighting even just to hold on to the rights we already have. That’s also what May Day is about 🌿✊
A woman in Moscow was detained over a video of two men kissing that she posted 14 years ago (!!!), when it wasn’t even a crime.
When far-right propaganda spreads hate and governments turn that hate into law, rolling back human rights becomes frighteningly easy.

⬇️ "Citizen! Show me your comments!"
May 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A woman in Moscow was detained over a video of two men kissing that she posted 14 years ago (!!!), when it wasn’t even a crime.
When far-right propaganda spreads hate and governments turn that hate into law, rolling back human rights becomes frighteningly easy.

⬇️ "Citizen! Show me your comments!"
May 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
All I see these days is propaganda dreaming of bringing back the "good old" manufacturing era.

Funny — I still remember learning in 9th grade about economic models: agricultural → industrial → post-industrial.
Post-industrial societies tend to be richer.

So why are we glorifying moving backward?
April 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A "lame duck" is when elites, oligarchs, and heavyweights realize the person not popular and can't win anymore — and if they have a spine, they might finally remove him.

But sadly, today’s senile dictators aren’t just about their personalities. Something deeper is broken in societies themselves 😔
April 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
No matter how much far-right propaganda paints Russia as the stronghold of Christian values (or how long Fox News airs Putin’s Easter service) numbers tell a different story.
Across Russia, Easter service attendance ranged from 0.5% to 4% of the population 🤷
🤦‍♀️ Fox News, maybe don’t be so obvious about being a Russian state media affiliate 🤯

News 1. Labeling Kyiv as a Russian city?

News 2.A 30-minute broadcast of Putin’s Easter from the Russian Orthodox Church — aka the KGB’s spiritual department?

Try harder next time, comrades.
April 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is an artist from my hometown.
She posted a few anti-war comments and small graffiti.
She was sentenced to 7 years. A cellmate tried to strangle her — yet she was punished again.

Tell me: at what point, between torture, cell violence, and new charges, is she supposed to ask for asylum abroad?
April 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sometimes I worry about my English — after all, I started learning it not that long ago.
But then I remember: even U.S. Presidents have covered a wide range of speaking levels — and they still led a country!
This 2019 chart is a good reminder: don't be too hard on yourself ✨
April 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A Russian lieutenant general was eliminated near Moscow during Witcoff’s visit. Perfect precision: one legitimate military target, no civilian casualties.
Z-channels are screaming "TERRORISM!"
Got it:
Killing a Russian war criminal = terrorism.
Bombing Ukrainian kids = defending the homeland.
👉🤯💨
April 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I thought we were promised the deportation of "rapists and murderers."
Curious what violent crime this 2-year-old U.S. citizen committed to deserve deportation 🤔
Maybe she assaulted someone with her teddy bear?
www.reuters.com/world/us/two...
Two-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported 'with no meaningful process'
The Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen "with no meaningful process," a federal judge said on Friday, as the child's father sought to have her returned to the United States.
www.reuters.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM