Mesmerizing J
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Defender. A necessity, not a luxury.
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
lol the second sentence contradicts the first sentence.
Keir Starmer attacks the racism of Reform and Matt Goodwin but then adds that "Britain has also been let down by a mindset on the left of politics that is too slow to defend core British values"
February 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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As Nikita Gill reminds us, this - what we have been living and what is killing our neighbors- is very much America.
As Nikita Gill reminds us, this - what we have been living and what is killing our neighbors- is very much America.
I think about Elijah McClain a lot. How he was a sweet, lovely young soul who used to play the violin for stray cats. How brutally his young life ended and how the State sent riot police to interrupt the violin vigil in his name. The cruelty was always the point.
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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As Nikita Gill reminds us, this - what we have been living and what is killing our neighbors- is very much America.
As Nikita Gill reminds us, this - what we have been living and what is killing our neighbors- is very much America.
Reminder in the face of all the angry gaslighting propaganda.
January 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.
January 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.
On any given day in the U.S., more than 450,000 people are waiting in jail for their trial – meaning, they are legally innocent behind bars.
January 7, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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One concept I keep coming back to as a key to understanding America is "regeneration through violence," coined by Richard Slotkin in his 1973 book on the mythology of the early frontier.
www.oupress.com/978080613229...
www.oupress.com/978080613229...
Regeneration Through Violence - University of Oklahoma Press
In Regeneration Through Violence, the first of his trilogy on the mythology of the American West, Richard Slotkin shows how the attitudes and traditions that...
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January 4, 2026 at 2:23 PM
One concept I keep coming back to as a key to understanding America is "regeneration through violence," coined by Richard Slotkin in his 1973 book on the mythology of the early frontier.
www.oupress.com/978080613229...
www.oupress.com/978080613229...
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
Happening TOMORROW at 12:30 PM EST! Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and Teresa Mares Discuss "Will Work for Food", a Fresh Look at the Hidden Labor Behind How We Eat. Registration required at link below.
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Book Event 📚: Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and Teresa Mares Discuss "Will Work for Food", a Fresh Look at the Hidden Labor Behind How We Eat
Want ethical food? Start with the workers. "Will Work for Food" exposes worker exploitation across the food system in and makes the case that labor justice is essential to a sustainable future.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Slavery is White History. We white people need to take responsibility for it and the unending aftermath for Black people. We need to create and commit to solutions, including a meaningful truth and reconciliation process and Reparations.
Slavery is White History. We white people need to take responsibility for it and the unending aftermath for Black people. We need to create and commit to solutions, including a meaningful truth and reconciliation process and Reparations.
October 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Slavery is White History. We white people need to take responsibility for it and the unending aftermath for Black people. We need to create and commit to solutions, including a meaningful truth and reconciliation process and Reparations.
Slavery is White History. We white people need to take responsibility for it and the unending aftermath for Black people. We need to create and commit to solutions, including a meaningful truth and reconciliation process and Reparations.
Demonizing trans and LGBTQ+ people was a big part of the Nazi movement, btw. When the Nazis came to power, one of their earliest actions was to destroy the Institute for Sexual Science, a center for trans healthcare and LGBTQ+ rights.
Anti-trans hatred isn’t new. It’s fascism 101.
Anti-trans hatred isn’t new. It’s fascism 101.
October 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This. We are paying for all of this. Every element of it, every drop of tear gas lingering in the air, that military-ass vehicle in the middle, the flash bangs, the government employees whose salaries are paid by our taxes.
All
of
it.
All
of
it.
More video of that assault:
September 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Whom we pay.
We paid for the tear gas they're using in Broadview (Chicago).
We paid for the rubber bullets.
We paid for the full-body armor.
We paid for the masks.
We're paying the salaries of the people assaulting protestors. (Who are among the people paying their salaries.)
We paid for the tear gas they're using in Broadview (Chicago).
We paid for the rubber bullets.
We paid for the full-body armor.
We paid for the masks.
We're paying the salaries of the people assaulting protestors. (Who are among the people paying their salaries.)
September 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
13,300 confined children in the U.S. are detained pretrial – aka, they’re legally innocent
Locking kids up in deplorable conditions is traumatizing and counterproductive to public safety in the short & long term
Locking kids up in deplorable conditions is traumatizing and counterproductive to public safety in the short & long term
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Charlie Kirk should not have been murdered for using his words to spread hate and bigotry and divide this country. In death he should not be sanctified for a life used to inspire people's worst demons to target the marginalized.
September 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
THIS is the original ANTIFA logo from WW2.
THIS is their mission. They have been the good guys for 80 years...until Sean Hannity decided that you can't have a resistance to right wing fascism.
THIS is their mission. They have been the good guys for 80 years...until Sean Hannity decided that you can't have a resistance to right wing fascism.
September 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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September 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This is sooo messed up.
An Aug. 29 policy statement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency, will from now on bar nonpartisan groups such as the League of Women Voters from offering voter registration services at the end of naturalization ceremonies. /1
September 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They want you numb. Overworked. Distracted. Apologizing for how much you feel in a world that profits off your disconnection. But staying soft in a world broken like this is not a weakness. It’s proof that you haven’t given up on being human.
September 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I called this segregationist way back in February: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
September 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.”
- Fred Hampton
- Fred Hampton
August 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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