The Zola
@thezola.bsky.social
Pilot, beautician, lawyer, strategerist, jester-at-large
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If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
I've heard that the Rapture starts in an hour, but I'm in Florida, so someone please let me know if it happens
September 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've heard that the Rapture starts in an hour, but I'm in Florida, so someone please let me know if it happens
You get why they're doing a lot of the bad stuff, but some of the evil is just baffling
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
August 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
You get why they're doing a lot of the bad stuff, but some of the evil is just baffling
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awkwardly watching Terminator in 2054 with my robot in-laws like "it was a different time"
July 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
awkwardly watching Terminator in 2054 with my robot in-laws like "it was a different time"
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ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days.
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.
apnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days.
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.
Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
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"The issue of government has always been whether individual men and women will have to serve some system of government and economics, or whether a system of government and economics exists to serve individual men and women."
—FDR, 1932
—FDR, 1932
July 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"The issue of government has always been whether individual men and women will have to serve some system of government and economics, or whether a system of government and economics exists to serve individual men and women."
—FDR, 1932
—FDR, 1932
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California brings forth bill that takes the masks off ICE agents.
June 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
California brings forth bill that takes the masks off ICE agents.
It's very moist out here today
June 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's very moist out here today
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Mounted po-po abuse.
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June 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Mounted po-po abuse.
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Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.
June 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.
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You can argue the merits of deporting Marcelo—a young man brought here at age 5—if you want to. But this is someone we should be proud to call American. He’s solid on every level. And if you’re really a Christian, you should be lifting him up, not casting him out.
Listen w/an open mind—and heart.
Listen w/an open mind—and heart.
June 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You can argue the merits of deporting Marcelo—a young man brought here at age 5—if you want to. But this is someone we should be proud to call American. He’s solid on every level. And if you’re really a Christian, you should be lifting him up, not casting him out.
Listen w/an open mind—and heart.
Listen w/an open mind—and heart.
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ICE raids hit across Los Angeles today—and locals are rising up. This is what resistance looks like. ✊🏾
This was about an hour ago…
This was about an hour ago…
June 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ICE raids hit across Los Angeles today—and locals are rising up. This is what resistance looks like. ✊🏾
This was about an hour ago…
This was about an hour ago…
Resist
June 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Resist
I hate conspiracy theories, but it has struck me how convenient it would be for the Republicans to remove Trump and install that Thiel puppet Vance now. Assumed it would happen before the end of the term, and this is early, but it has to be the goal.
June 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I hate conspiracy theories, but it has struck me how convenient it would be for the Republicans to remove Trump and install that Thiel puppet Vance now. Assumed it would happen before the end of the term, and this is early, but it has to be the goal.
We all knew it, but it's pretty nice to see Elon and Trump letting each other have it in public. Why get your popcorn ready when you can get subpoenas instead?
June 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We all knew it, but it's pretty nice to see Elon and Trump letting each other have it in public. Why get your popcorn ready when you can get subpoenas instead?
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DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one
June 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one
We all knew it. Part of me almost wants it to go through so all those who vote for it get crushed in their next election. But it would cause so much pain it's not worth the human cost.
Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We all knew it. Part of me almost wants it to go through so all those who vote for it get crushed in their next election. But it would cause so much pain it's not worth the human cost.
The press are absolutely complicit in everything that is going on - they have become (with a few exceptions) enablers.
Let’s talk for a moment about some of the more subtle ways that the press acts as a mouthpiece for law enforcement.
Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime.
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Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime.
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June 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The press are absolutely complicit in everything that is going on - they have become (with a few exceptions) enablers.
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Power to the people! Check those uplifting examples when communities rallied against cowardly ICE goons...
Do not fall for all that intimidating military gear... Trump's goons are cosplaying - hiding behind the masks and dark glasses - they are cowards.
Do not fall for all that intimidating military gear... Trump's goons are cosplaying - hiding behind the masks and dark glasses - they are cowards.
June 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Power to the people! Check those uplifting examples when communities rallied against cowardly ICE goons...
Do not fall for all that intimidating military gear... Trump's goons are cosplaying - hiding behind the masks and dark glasses - they are cowards.
Do not fall for all that intimidating military gear... Trump's goons are cosplaying - hiding behind the masks and dark glasses - they are cowards.
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"The immigration detention system has become a testing ground for authoritarianism." - @silkys13.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"The immigration detention system has become a testing ground for authoritarianism." - @silkys13.bsky.social
The increased public resistance is encouraging. People willing to put themselves at risk for others is how it starts.
I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The increased public resistance is encouraging. People willing to put themselves at risk for others is how it starts.
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PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
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Is this why we’ve been seeing so many masked, unidentified ICE agents?
As of May 29, 2025, ICE has 635 active agreements in 40 states—deputizing local cops to act as ICE.
DEMS: Hold hearings. Sanctioned or not, we need answers.
☎️ Call your Senators and Reps now: (202) 224-3121
As of May 29, 2025, ICE has 635 active agreements in 40 states—deputizing local cops to act as ICE.
DEMS: Hold hearings. Sanctioned or not, we need answers.
☎️ Call your Senators and Reps now: (202) 224-3121
June 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Is this why we’ve been seeing so many masked, unidentified ICE agents?
As of May 29, 2025, ICE has 635 active agreements in 40 states—deputizing local cops to act as ICE.
DEMS: Hold hearings. Sanctioned or not, we need answers.
☎️ Call your Senators and Reps now: (202) 224-3121
As of May 29, 2025, ICE has 635 active agreements in 40 states—deputizing local cops to act as ICE.
DEMS: Hold hearings. Sanctioned or not, we need answers.
☎️ Call your Senators and Reps now: (202) 224-3121
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Peak meme execution
June 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Peak meme execution