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Selene Miranda, MSW
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Retired clinical social worker, & grandchild of immigrants, on Bluesky, co-creating Heaven on Earth. I am a poet & writer, about many things that interest me: social justice, philosophy, spirituality, psychology, -Life! https://medium.com/@selenemiranda
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The benchmark
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
Emotional & erratic, what he projects on women.
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On the ballot today:

-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50

This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
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When politicians disrupt SNAP, they endanger 5 million older adults in the program. A huge number of people living with Alzheimer's disease or a related cause of dementia will go hungry. If you aren't angry, you aren't paying attention

#Alzheimers #dementia #hunger #SNAP #CrueltyIsThePoint
When SNAP benefits run out, 'people can die,' say health experts
“People can die” from even short gaps in nutrition and food access, experts say ahead of SNAP benefits not going out in November in at least 25 states.
www.statnews.com
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ACLU @aclu.org · 9d
BREAKING: We're suing North Carolina over its congressional map that disenfranchises Black voters in the state.

The newly passed map shifts thousands of Black voters out of their communities of representation.
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
It's a return. Not "pretty", "good", or constitutional.
We can't just keep a defensive/protective stance toward totalitarianism. We need a proactive counter narrative.
That narrative is obvious. Our youth, the Sanders/AOC folx, and Americans who aren't voting all want Progressive Politics
Please, insist on progressive leaders and progressive choices.
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
www.theatlantic.com
I post this for several reasons:
-"Variety" has some great writing lately
-I agree, the world has lost nuance and clobbers us, a lot, which great writers do not do
-We must protect our minds from fascism, and all forces that attempt to pollute, distort, and pervert our thinking
‘Orwell: 2+2 = 5’ Review: Raoul Peck’s Documentary Highlights George Orwell’s Relevance at the Expense of His Mystery
The film is too interested in the brutality of totalitarianism to fully explore Orwell's great theme: the sinister unreality of it.
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And what holds us/We the People together is integrity and bravery; -"integrity" means "holding together".
The Constitution is not self-enforcing.

The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.

And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.

No one is coming to save us.

It's entirely up to us.
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A middle finger to erasure.

More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
Yes and, We the People have to insist on this! We are suing because the courts are doing their job ... hello, law enforcement, hello Congress, you spineless traitors....
He's the most petty, ignorant, cruel, unconstitutional excuse for a U.S. Pres that
We the People have ever had to endure. Keep him in the courts, and likewise, all his enablers will answer for being treasonous!
AZ's AG, #KrisMayes is always on the right side of history, and we love her dedication!
#MikeJohnson
#AdelitaGrijalva
Arizona A.G. Kris Mayes explains why she is suing Mike Johnson for not swearing Adelita Grijalva into office. "By not swearing her in he's depriving 813,000 Arizonans of representation. That's called taxation without representation. We fought a revolutionary war over that."
This is from 2022 and very interesting. What are we doing to ensure that registered voters living outside the U.S. Vote?

DemDaily: 6.5 Million Votes - DemList share.google/QhzWx9krsGcS...
#Democracy is no joke and by now, we must realize that every generation must preserve it. #Oct18
See you there!
For her 🗽
For all of U.S.
We the People
refuse to be up
Schitt's Creek!

Wear yellow 💛 if you have it, and walk or ride
Oct 18, for her 🗽;
for all of U.S.