Marcia Epstein LawrenceKS
@marciae-love.bsky.social
LoveReallyIsTheAnswer, WordsSaveLives, FriendsFamily, HistoricPreservation, SocialWorker, NatureLover
I'm horrified ... what's new? ... at the steps toward full-on fascism. From Nat'l Park Service (Natl Reg of Historic Places) "The White House is owned by the American people & stewarded by the Nat'l Park Service." So STOP them!!!
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House East Wing Facade Torn Down to Make Way for Ballroom
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I'm horrified ... what's new? ... at the steps toward full-on fascism. From Nat'l Park Service (Natl Reg of Historic Places) "The White House is owned by the American people & stewarded by the Nat'l Park Service." So STOP them!!!
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Reposted by Marcia Epstein LawrenceKS
I'm not sure who turned my words into a meme, and included U.S. citizens (most of whom do not want a new war!), but I appreciate how many people are connecting with it.
May all of us, in all of our different situations, somehow help bring the justice this world so desperately needs. 💔
May all of us, in all of our different situations, somehow help bring the justice this world so desperately needs. 💔
June 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm not sure who turned my words into a meme, and included U.S. citizens (most of whom do not want a new war!), but I appreciate how many people are connecting with it.
May all of us, in all of our different situations, somehow help bring the justice this world so desperately needs. 💔
May all of us, in all of our different situations, somehow help bring the justice this world so desperately needs. 💔
We Shall Be Known by MaMuse
"It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now, and what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love"
#NoKings
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX11...
"It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now, and what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love"
#NoKings
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX11...
We Shall Be Known by MaMuse
YouTube video by ma muse
www.youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We Shall Be Known by MaMuse
"It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now, and what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love"
#NoKings
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX11...
"It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now, and what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love"
#NoKings
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX11...
WTF Can Artists Do During a Fascist Takeover?
Vital Conversations is a project of the usdac.us
#ArtSavesLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
#LoveIsAVerb
usdac.carrd.co
Vital Conversations is a project of the usdac.us
#ArtSavesLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
#LoveIsAVerb
usdac.carrd.co
WTF Can Artists Do During a Fascist Takeover?
Written and Illustrated by Jordan Seaberry
usdac.carrd.co
June 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
WTF Can Artists Do During a Fascist Takeover?
Vital Conversations is a project of the usdac.us
#ArtSavesLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
#LoveIsAVerb
usdac.carrd.co
Vital Conversations is a project of the usdac.us
#ArtSavesLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
#LoveIsAVerb
usdac.carrd.co
#ChocolateIsTheAnswer when hatred is the norm.
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PS This message is NOT approved by the makers of M&Ms
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PS This message is NOT approved by the makers of M&Ms
May 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#ChocolateIsTheAnswer when hatred is the norm.
.
PS This message is NOT approved by the makers of M&Ms
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PS This message is NOT approved by the makers of M&Ms
The smartest person in the room LISTENS.
Never BULLIES.
tRump is a TERRORIST.
#NoKings
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
#LoveIsAVerb
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Never BULLIES.
tRump is a TERRORIST.
#NoKings
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
#LoveIsAVerb
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
April 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The smartest person in the room LISTENS.
Never BULLIES.
tRump is a TERRORIST.
#NoKings
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
#LoveIsAVerb
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Never BULLIES.
tRump is a TERRORIST.
#NoKings
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
#LoveIsAVerb
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
"It's up to us how this ends."
from @lincolnproject.us
from their social media on January 6, 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Y-...
from @lincolnproject.us
from their social media on January 6, 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Y-...
Bloodlines
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"It's up to us how this ends."
from @lincolnproject.us
from their social media on January 6, 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Y-...
from @lincolnproject.us
from their social media on January 6, 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Y-...
Reposted by Marcia Epstein LawrenceKS
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
"Advocates & lawyers who spoke with @documentedny.bsky.social
say ICE uses the 'diesel therapy' practice deliberately to disrupt communication between lawyers and their clients, impeding legal assistance during immigration hearings."
documentedny.com/2025/04/08/d...
say ICE uses the 'diesel therapy' practice deliberately to disrupt communication between lawyers and their clients, impeding legal assistance during immigration hearings."
documentedny.com/2025/04/08/d...
ICE’s Use of ‘Diesel Therapy’ Speeds Deportations by Undermining Legal Defense - Documented
Known as “diesel therapy,” repeated transfers of detainees make it nearly impossible for immigrants to defend themselves from deportation. Advocates warn the practice is undermining legal representati...
documentedny.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
"Advocates & lawyers who spoke with @documentedny.bsky.social
say ICE uses the 'diesel therapy' practice deliberately to disrupt communication between lawyers and their clients, impeding legal assistance during immigration hearings."
documentedny.com/2025/04/08/d...
say ICE uses the 'diesel therapy' practice deliberately to disrupt communication between lawyers and their clients, impeding legal assistance during immigration hearings."
documentedny.com/2025/04/08/d...
"The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'”
#MerwilGutiérrez
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
#MerwilGutiérrez
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Home. Now His Son Is In Bukele's Mega-prison In El Salvador
Merwil Gutiérrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.
documentedny.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'”
#MerwilGutiérrez
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
#MerwilGutiérrez
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
Reposted by Marcia Epstein LawrenceKS
Mohsen Mahdawi
Say
His
Name
The tracker of people kidnapped and "dissappeared" by ICE stands at 1216
bsky.app/profile/akel...
Say
His
Name
The tracker of people kidnapped and "dissappeared" by ICE stands at 1216
bsky.app/profile/akel...
Elsy Noemi Berrios
Say. Her. Name
www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
The tracker of people kidnapped and "dissappeared" by ICE stands at 1214.
Say. Her. Name
www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
The tracker of people kidnapped and "dissappeared" by ICE stands at 1214.
April 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Mohsen Mahdawi
Say
His
Name
The tracker of people kidnapped and "dissappeared" by ICE stands at 1216
bsky.app/profile/akel...
Say
His
Name
The tracker of people kidnapped and "dissappeared" by ICE stands at 1216
bsky.app/profile/akel...
"When asked directly whether he would facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States, Trump handed the mic to Attorney General Pam Bondi.... Bondi: 'That’s up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That’s not up to us.'”
meidasnews.com/news/el-salv...
meidasnews.com/news/el-salv...
El Salvador Won't Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Trump Won't Bring Him Back
An extremely chilling back and forth in the Oval Office
meidasnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"When asked directly whether he would facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States, Trump handed the mic to Attorney General Pam Bondi.... Bondi: 'That’s up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That’s not up to us.'”
meidasnews.com/news/el-salv...
meidasnews.com/news/el-salv...
"Hey, Sane America - from the rest of the world"
(Hey there, Delilah parody for these times)
by New Zealander Shirley Șerban
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bkf...
(Hey there, Delilah parody for these times)
by New Zealander Shirley Șerban
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bkf...
Hey, Sane America - from the rest of the world (Hey there, Delilah parody for these times)
YouTube video by Shirley Șerban
www.youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Hey, Sane America - from the rest of the world"
(Hey there, Delilah parody for these times)
by New Zealander Shirley Șerban
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bkf...
(Hey there, Delilah parody for these times)
by New Zealander Shirley Șerban
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bkf...
"The power to dream, to rule
to wrestle the world from fools
it's decreed the people rule
it's decreed the people rule
we have the power
People have the power
we have the power"
#UseYourVoice
#PattiSmith & Choir!Choir!Choir ~ Power To The People
2019.04.23, NYC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz...
to wrestle the world from fools
it's decreed the people rule
it's decreed the people rule
we have the power
People have the power
we have the power"
#UseYourVoice
#PattiSmith & Choir!Choir!Choir ~ Power To The People
2019.04.23, NYC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz...
Choir! Choir! Choir! & Patti Smith sing "PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER" in NYC with Stewart Copeland
YouTube video by Choir! Choir! Choir!
www.youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"The power to dream, to rule
to wrestle the world from fools
it's decreed the people rule
it's decreed the people rule
we have the power
People have the power
we have the power"
#UseYourVoice
#PattiSmith & Choir!Choir!Choir ~ Power To The People
2019.04.23, NYC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz...
to wrestle the world from fools
it's decreed the people rule
it's decreed the people rule
we have the power
People have the power
we have the power"
#UseYourVoice
#PattiSmith & Choir!Choir!Choir ~ Power To The People
2019.04.23, NYC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz...
April & poetry & soothing the soul. So needed in 2025.
New from @markstatman.bsky.social Volverse / Volver with beautiful cover by Katherine Koch. www.lavenderink.org/site/shop/vo...
Also find Mark at markstatman.substack.com
#WordsSaveLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
New from @markstatman.bsky.social Volverse / Volver with beautiful cover by Katherine Koch. www.lavenderink.org/site/shop/vo...
Also find Mark at markstatman.substack.com
#WordsSaveLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
April 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
April & poetry & soothing the soul. So needed in 2025.
New from @markstatman.bsky.social Volverse / Volver with beautiful cover by Katherine Koch. www.lavenderink.org/site/shop/vo...
Also find Mark at markstatman.substack.com
#WordsSaveLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
New from @markstatman.bsky.social Volverse / Volver with beautiful cover by Katherine Koch. www.lavenderink.org/site/shop/vo...
Also find Mark at markstatman.substack.com
#WordsSaveLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
“This is not right or left, it is right or wrong,” Mr. Booker said on Tuesday afternoon. “This is not a partisan moment. It is a moral moment. Where do you stand?”
#CoryBooker
#Democracy
#WhereDoYouStand
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
#CoryBooker
#Democracy
#WhereDoYouStand
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record (Gift Article)
The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“This is not right or left, it is right or wrong,” Mr. Booker said on Tuesday afternoon. “This is not a partisan moment. It is a moral moment. Where do you stand?”
#CoryBooker
#Democracy
#WhereDoYouStand
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
#CoryBooker
#Democracy
#WhereDoYouStand
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Guidance for Action to Counter Attacks on Democracy, from Timothy Snyder & read by John Lithgow
Snyder: "I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
thirdact.org/tennessee/20...
Snyder: "I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
thirdact.org/tennessee/20...
John Lithgow Reading from “On Tyranny”
From historian Timothy Snyder: Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late...
thirdact.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Guidance for Action to Counter Attacks on Democracy, from Timothy Snyder & read by John Lithgow
Snyder: "I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
thirdact.org/tennessee/20...
Snyder: "I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
thirdact.org/tennessee/20...
"We need to understand that institutions don’t save us, government doesn’t save us in these situations. It really has to be the people."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
#PramilaJayapal
#Resistance
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
#PramilaJayapal
#Resistance
Pramila Jayapal: “We Have to Stand Up and Fight Back”
The former leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus discusses her recently launched “Resistance Lab,” where Democratic leadership is failing, and what must be done.
www.thenation.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"We need to understand that institutions don’t save us, government doesn’t save us in these situations. It really has to be the people."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
#PramilaJayapal
#Resistance
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
#PramilaJayapal
#Resistance
Watching SandhillCranes in NE, near me, a photog in cap with MARFA. He paused I asked about cap "It's from Marfa TX" I told him what it says to me. And now that's what he'll tell people about his cap.
#ArtsSaveLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#ArtsSaveLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
March 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Watching SandhillCranes in NE, near me, a photog in cap with MARFA. He paused I asked about cap "It's from Marfa TX" I told him what it says to me. And now that's what he'll tell people about his cap.
#ArtsSaveLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#ArtsSaveLives
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
March 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
#LoveReallyIsTheAnswer
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
💖🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🇺🇦🇪🇭🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
From Electron Media Group Inc. "Mar 14, 2025: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) hosted a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa to hear from voters who are represented by a Republican member of Congress who has not held public meetings in their district."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fUU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fUU...
Tim Walz Holds a Town Hall Meeting in Iowa
YouTube video by electron media group inc.
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
From Electron Media Group Inc. "Mar 14, 2025: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) hosted a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa to hear from voters who are represented by a Republican member of Congress who has not held public meetings in their district."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fUU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fUU...
DARVO: "'Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim & Offender.' ... This occurs, for instance, when an actually guilty perpetrator assumes the role of 'falsely accused' & attacks the accuser's credibility & blames the accuser of being the perpetrator of a false accusation."
Info: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
Info: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
March 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
DARVO: "'Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim & Offender.' ... This occurs, for instance, when an actually guilty perpetrator assumes the role of 'falsely accused' & attacks the accuser's credibility & blames the accuser of being the perpetrator of a false accusation."
Info: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
Info: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
Wednesday 3.12.2025 on @lastword.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com called out the media who sat in the room without challenging tRump for answering a question about economic policy with hateful rant about @schumer.senate.gov A rant reminiscent of Nazi Germany.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n804...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n804...
Lawrence on Trump's 'vile, antisemitic' attack on Schumer: Trump's mind is gone. It is shattered.
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Wednesday 3.12.2025 on @lastword.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com called out the media who sat in the room without challenging tRump for answering a question about economic policy with hateful rant about @schumer.senate.gov A rant reminiscent of Nazi Germany.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n804...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n804...
"... I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere."
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Nobel Peace Prize 1986
The Nobel Peace Prize 1986 was awarded to Elie Wiesel "for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity"
www.nobelprize.org
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"... I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere."
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...