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Gale Naylor
@galejnaylor.bsky.social
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Poet, lover of democracy, survivor of incest and sexual abuse—speaking out about the past and the present to ensure a better future.
https://galejnaylor.com/resist/
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Check out FallofFreedom.com

"Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation."
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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I don’t do this a lot, but this one seems important
Resistbot petition: text SIGN PWIQGU to 50409 to join Gale and tell your officials CONGRESS MUST RECLAIM ITS WAR POWERS—NOW
October 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Photo from Bluesky showing the destruction of the White House East Wing Photo from Bluesky showing the destruction of the White House East Wing Photo from Bluesky showing the destruction of the White House East Wing Picture showing the back of President Obama running with his dog in the East Wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Poem: East Wing Triolet Rivers run from a nation’s eyes as a monster claws out her heart. A symbol shatters as she cries. Rivers run from a nation’s eyes. Hiding behind a tyrant’s lies craven sycophants do their part. Rivers run from a nation’s eyes as a monster claws out her heart.
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Protest signs: Frogs together strong, with photos of frogs, and We love USA just not fascism — no kings in America
October 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Tomorrow 🇺🇸💪🏻🐸
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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#StandWithPortland
“Hope” is the unicorn with rainbow mane — After Emily Dickinson “Hope” is the unicorn with rainbow Mane dancing in the street - Singing “If I Could Turn Back Time” - Surrounded by ICE heat - And sweetest is the shy T-Rex - And sore must be their arms - To offer flowers to the men Who seem to mean them harm - With oversized cartoon aplomb - Determined to live free - I join the ranks of this - our own - Inflatable army. —G. Naylor
October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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The problem is i’m so done with the guns know i’m not the only one who wants to run from the ones who think guns will be the way they won and i wonder how many sun kissed children will be undone before we’re done with the guns and the ones who keep mum when the guns kill enemies but who run to the megaphone when guns kill someone they run with meanwhile masked bandits with long guns hunt Brown and Black and immigrant ones, run to punish anyone not kneeling to the gun-owning gold-leafed bunker lovers and none of what we’ve done and all that we’ve not done has not stopped the guns guns guns guns the problem is the problem is the fucking guns —G. Naylor
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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#BeBraveDay

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Be Brave With Us (a poem) We'll stand with you, as true friends must— arm in arm, and knee to knee. The time is now; be brave with us. Reject false fear and forced mistrust. Know none are free 'till all are free. We'll stand with you, as true friends must. They stir the pot, tell lies, and fuss, intimidate, ignore our pleas. The time is now; be brave with us. Speak up. Refuse. Do what you must— no more. Resisting calmly is the key. We'll stand with you, as true friends must. In all our names, they load each bus with "others" shoved on bended knees. Enough: The time is now; be brave with us. Remember there are more of us whose hearts beat blood of liberty. We'll stand with you, as true friends must. The time is now; be brave with us.
August 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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A cut-out silhouette in the center of a block of text. The silhouette is of a Palestinian woman holding a starving child. The background is a repeating block of text that says "let Gaza live" over and over, and in which "Gaza" is rendered in bold font
July 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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I heard last night that 2/3 of voters don’t know what’s in the budget bill. Tell everyone you know!
July 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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And this:
Sign that says: tank parades are for tiny taco tyrants
June 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Ventura, CA
June 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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In honor of NO KINGS day, the second of two poems:
Poem: America, in those sepia-toned days No possibility of sleeping past dawn, I stretch and sit up in the king-sized bed we bought before we moved into the house on the hill. No other furniture in that big empty house, all our possessions—jammed like king salmon swimming upstream to mate— in the back of a moving truck with no clue when it will arrive. Lines up my legs— like eyebrow pencil stoc- kings—from the sheets remind me of the stories Mom would tell of teens in shoulder pads and bare legs scavenging for nylon and newspaper, while America, in those sepia-toned days, battled small men who would be tyrants. End of poem. Words in bold at the beginning of each line spell out: No kings, no kings, no kings in America.
June 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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In honor of NO KINGS day, the first of two poems:
A Poem: Standing Along Victoria Avenue in Front of the Government Center, Holding Signs, Hoping to Get on Rachel Maddow When they can, they drive by slowly: holding their cameras and honking their horns—short, percussive taps or long, blaring fanfares: bright, upbeat, truly joyful—all sounding different: the high-pitched, tiny toy beeps like little-kid pedal cars or the low, slow foghorns from semis—always a quick gasp from the crowd when the truckers honk—show their solidarity—like recognizing a long-lost cousin. Other times they drive by so fast I’m scared for the protestors perched on the curb edge, stretching their signs out into the roadway— willing the drivers, the passengers, the adults, the children, the dogs to see there’s a fight going on,  to heed their handcrafted messages, clever cartoons, impassioned pleas: to join the fight. Only a handful of middle fingers, thumbs down, gunned engines— but how much damage those few can do. Smug in their confidence—their righteous wrongness— more intent on a show of strength than a clear-eyed perception of reality, they follow a fool, support a strongman, burn rubber into the intersection—all without looking. I focus on the children: their wide eyes, their rapt attention as they drive by. Hope and pray they remember the sight of thousands of strangers standing on the street together. Hope this moment is taken up into their bones, into their marrow: a symbol of what democracy looks like—because this is what democracy looks like. This-is-what-  de-moc-ra-cy-looks-like. Saturday, 10 a.m. I’ll see you there.
June 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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These are not riot police with plexiglas shields. These are federal soldiers with guns—some held nearly horizontal—being deployed against peaceful private citizens. Watch the video on Instagram: www.instagram.com/share/BBCiEf...
One of 4 photos of many federal soldiers, armed and in a line, with guns semi-raised, pushing back people protesting heavy handed and possibly illegal ice raids
June 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Link to a New York Times piece called “Trump and Allies Sell Domestic Policy Bill with Falsehoods” (not paywalled) (H/T Jessica Craven)

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Image of New York Times article on archive.today website. The article is titled "Trump and Allies Sell Domestic Policy Bill With Falsehoods" -- Subtitle: "President Trump has sought to assuage some lawmakers' concerns over the bil's price tag and cuts to Medicaid with inaccurate claims"
June 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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April 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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@meidastouch.com

#HandsOff #RemoveReverseReclaim
April 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Ready for tomorrow:
Protest sign: No deportations without due process. Also includes these names: Mahmoud Khalil, Badar Khan Siri, and Rumeysa Osturk plus “more than 200 Venezuelans + ???” Protest sign: Hands Off Medicaid, SNAP, Medicare, Social Security. Also FEMA. Also our universities. Also gender-affirming care. Also our bodies. Protest sign: “The power of the people is greater than the people (temporarily) in power. Also includes the names Wael Ghonim and Cory Booker.
April 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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This coming Saturday -- massive day of action:

On April 5 - we have TWO words for Musk, Trump and their enablers - #HANDSOFF! Spread the word!
April 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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It's time to call out the GOP for what they are: a party that prioritizes power over people.

The SAVE Act is just the latest example of their attempts to silence our voices and maintain their grip on power.

#HandsOffHerVote
March 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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This is the text of my email to my state representative:
Regarding AB89: I am vehemently opposed to this bill. The GLAAD Fact Sheet (https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-for-reporters-transgender-participation-in-sports/) provides a detailed rebuttal of the need to prevent transgender girls from participating in interscholastic sports. A few key points from the fact sheet: Transgender people make up a tiny fraction of all athletes. NCAA President Charlie Baker testified in December 2024 that he knows of FEWER THAN TEN transgender college student-athletes among 510,000 athletes total. (emphasis mine) All players follow protocols to participate. International Olympic Committee guidelines for transgender inclusion say there should be “no presumed advantage” based on sex assigned at birth or sex characteristics. IOC guidelines were created in consultation with experts in sports, medicine, and human rights. Sports bans endanger all female players by encouraging baseless, false allegations and discriminatory, invasive screening. A college volleyball team in California had to get security to protect teams when one player was accused of being transgender. A high school player in Utah falsely accused of being transgender had to get police protection and a Utah elected official was censured for sharing disinformation about her. Bans on trans athletes have led to invasive screening that violate the privacy and safety of all women and girls, and discourages more who might want to play. Athletes of all ages and abilities who are not trans have been bullied and harassed when accused of being trans. I hope you will vote against this bill and actively seek to prevent its passage.
March 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Mailed it. #TheIdesOfTrump
March 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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THE CARTOON: a giant elephant (labeled USA) cringing in terror from a flea with a protest sign. Seriously Sec'ty Rubio? ONE LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT who is (allegedly) pro-Hamas is a threat to the United States? Give me a break. This is a 1st ammen. issue & you look weak.

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March 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM