My working thesis is that the inflatable animal costumes at protests are a truly radical form of satyagraha, but instead of suffering into truth it's dad-joking us all into truth.

..for a good cause, of course

It appears curtissliwa.meow is unregistered, if anyone wants to make their own fun. 😹

I have liked
the pics
that were on
your wall

and which
you were probably
saving
for actual friends

Forgive me
they were distracting
so nice
and so chill

(how your prose poem sounded in my head)

Best thing is to organize deportation defense and rapid response teams in your neighborhood. If you're unsure, reach out to your local tenants union.

Graphic by Workers Defense Alliance (MN):
workersdefensealliance.org/resources/sa...

S.A.L.U.T.E.

Its important to have concrete information ppl can act upon and not just create more fear and eventually desensitization.

Bookmark this form for reference:
salute.kyr.digital/en/

Abolish ALL cops! 🚫🐷

If there was no ICE they'd beef up CBP, if not them ATF, DEA, or nationalize the garrison in each & every American city that's got an arsenal like a European country but that we affectionately call a police station.

Same goes for the gulags we call prisons & detention ctrs.

That blistering house editorial -- it was not an individual's op-ed -- came despite a vow by the edit page to stop doing endorsements in local elections.

I wrote about that a few months ago and was told that the earlier ban suffered from "imprecise" wording.

3/

www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

I’m not actually trying to tamp down anyone’s hope here, so much as attempting to redirect it. Do not put that hope in any elected official. If you’re feeling it, give it to where it’s safer and more deserved: in the grassroots movements that make left electoral wins possible.

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Wow, that headline, just.. Wow.

Last night's results are it:

❌ Republicans
❌ Democrats
✅ Socialists

All power to the people! 🍞🌹✊🏻🎉