The call of the moment is clear: as Americans, we have the duty to fight for our democracy and our republic - and free speech, free assembly, and the right to security is how we do it.

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📸 Crow at badgercollective.net

Not enough, haven’t had time. Hoping to pick up!

Be there.

The strange things are happening
The strange things are happening
The strange things are happening

Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, Women, and Children are separated.

Anne Frank, Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, 1943

so we rose up, and we organized, and we let them see what love can do. no national guard in chicago - that’s people power, not luck.

and so we will rise up, and we will organize, and we shall let them see what love can do

Do you hear the people sing?

And we still don’t back down to bullies

In case I have not made myself clear: fascism is dangerous. Scapegoating is dangerous. Marginalization is dangerous.

I’m not inclined to let history repeat itself.

We must stand up and protect everyone - everyone. And, of course, we must do it now.

If we want to heal this world, we need to go in order. I’m feeling like the first question might end up being “how do we create connection,” and our first action steps should be following through on the answers 💭

So, either you’ve stumbled upon me or I’ve stumbled upon you - welcome to my social media account.

Knock off your shoes, make yourself at home. We’ve gotta buckle in for a long journey, and I’m working extra to get us on the right track.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

It is absolutely critical that as we move forward, we leave nobody behind.

Unity is our only viable path forward.

We are in a transformative time in American history, and we’ve gotta get fully onboard if we want it to be fruitful. We are only in the beginning - there is so much building to do.

If you’re calling it a class war while making fun of people for caring about the cost of eggs, you *might* be on the wrong side of the class war.

Do something kind today. There’s still time.

Liberty and justice.
For all.

Doom is not a sustainable electoral strategy. In order to fight, you must have something to fight for - and when we talk about how “it’s over,” you lose that.

Have hope. Live with love. When the people unite, the will of the people rules the land.

“90 million Americans didn’t vote…”

…Maybe that’s because 90 million Americans had nobody to vote for. Maybe that’s because 90 million Americans didn’t have anything to lose.

I’m making a commitment to contribute to #politics in a way that I think will best benefit your feed. I won’t ever upload content with the purpose of making you angry without trying to inspire hope - I want to live with love and invite you to follow.

Here’s the deal: building an America where nobody is left behind means that we can’t leave *anyone* behind.

History has always been on a pendulum between tyranny and freedom. We have no control over today, all we can do is speed up this low and create a more free world tomorrow. Let's not focus on resisting, let's focus on rebuilding.

Go volunteer. Go to a shelter, a food pantry, a library - whatever it takes. The world won’t change unless you change it - if we all expect someone else to do the work, nobody ever will.

Stop saying that we need “mutual aid.” There are thousands of nonprofits out there right now that work tirelessly together to serve their communities - they are doing the work that the internet is dreaming of. The networks are already in place.

Welp, here’s the deal. Tomorrow, the sun will rise. And the next day. And the next day. Make it matter - change the world.

pessimism is a trick of the mind to excuse taking no action

Now, the party has open elections so that the people can guide their party. If that doesn’t tell you how Sydney wants to lead, I don’t know what will. Sydney wants your voice, and she’ll pave the road for it to shine.

I want you all to get a little bite of who Sydney Satalino is and what she stands for. Last Thursday, Sydney PROPOSED the motion to expand the Progressive Party’s Board of Directors to 7 seats, with not one, but TWO of those seats being open to exclusively party MEMBERS, not staff.

The wealthiest, most powerful, most well equipped nation in the world shouldn’t be facilitating any environments where death, either self inflicted or inflicted on others ever feels like a solution.

How much death is needed for us to get off the damn phones, put down our egos, and fix all of this?