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Russell Allen
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Abolition Guy | Writer | Habitual Line Stepper
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Can all the Palestinian folks that follow me post your fundraisers here?
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It's always a good time to post local opportunities for newly activated people who want to do more.
Celebrating the anniversary of me and the homie getting together to get some confederate monuments removed from the town square in Lexington, Kentucky.

Reflecting on how far I’ve come and all the peril ahead.

10/17/2017 #TakeBackCheapside
Hope Karen Attiah starts an independent news outlet I would support that
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Update from outside Broadview ICE facility in Chicagoland—

Even after feds killed a man a few towns away today, a small group remain to finish their 7am-7pm protest.

SRT takes the dwindling numbers as an opportunity to unleash less lethals on a protester with a mobility aid sitting on the ground.
At least Cory Booker and Hakim Jefferies got to make really long speeches! Gotta cherish those small wins!
Floyd Henderson is the most underrated TV dad of all time
Proof of life selfie for my birthday!

Highlights included:

- Sinners (IMAX)
- Strawberry Shortcake
- writing
- planning for/reflecting on a better world and how I can continue to increase my efforts
Learning that a lot of my fav online leftist folks are just curmudgeons and/or bad organizers
Elon Musk wasn’t able to buy a state Supreme Court seat gotta take the small wins
No more vanity campaigns in politics. Build needed infrastructure like this for the people of your district or don't run.
I am UNBELIEVABLY moved!

Over 130 people attended our first public campaign event and collected an SUV’s worth of period products for Chicago’s Period Collective!!!

Thank you to anyone who came!! If you want to know more about our beliefs + outreach efforts, go to katforillinois.com.
The government disappears and Palestinian activist and all of a sudden The Everything App™️ stops working. I'm sure this is just a coincidence.
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Recently we launched our campaign “Do The Right Thing, Andy” which is calling on our Governor to grant clemency to the 25 death row inmates in Kentucky!

Watch our launch video here: #DoTheRightThingAndy

youtu.be/zViOZflbe3g

Check the comments and sign the petition as well!
Do The Right Thing Andy (Campaign Launch)
YouTube video by Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
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Recently we launched our campaign “Do The Right Thing, Andy” which is calling on our Governor to grant clemency to the 25 death row inmates in Kentucky!

Watch our launch video here: #DoTheRightThingAndy

youtu.be/zViOZflbe3g

Check the comments and sign the petition as well!
Do The Right Thing Andy (Campaign Launch)
YouTube video by Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
youtu.be
10/10 highly recommend. Tackles a lot of pressing issues deftly. Its zany but not surrealist and it has a lot of heart without taking itself too serious.
Just wrapped both seasons of “Mo” changing a comp on one of my projects because of it!
When I see well off liberals using “FAFO” in online conversations it ignites a white hot rage within me that is hard to describe
I know it must be heavy to always be this correct about things so ghastly. If you haven't, please read these articles and her books. Painful but necessary reading.
I'm reposting this. Now that my predictions have come true, folks may read these articles in a different light. Hopefully a clearer light. To fight the future, you need to grasp the past: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ten-articl...
Ten Articles Explaining the 2024 Election
Some background reading
sarahkendzior.substack.com
Tools for activation y'all. We fight fire with water always remember that.
We are fighting an administrative coup. The top question we keep getting asked is WHAT CAN I DO?

The basic answer: resist every unjust, unfair, and unconstitutional policy at every level.

We've organized a few simple actions on our website > choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/