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threeplusfire) wrote2026-01-25 11:22 am
threeplusfire) wrote2026-01-25 11:22 am
fucking do something
A single day later, they executed a man on the street who was trying to protect other people. A man holding up his phone. They shot him multiple times while he was on the ground.
Right in front of one of my favorite restaurants in the cities. Blocks away from my friend's apartment. Only two miles away from me Saturday morning. After gym class, someone broke the news to us. When I left and drove down Lake Street, it was empty. Two miles of silent road in the middle of the city.
I called and screamed at my senators. At the governor.
The insanity of watching the government lie and lie despite the evidence in front of our eyes. A woman who is job is painting kids' faces at parties, is in hiding because the government is trying to arrest witnesses.
They are killing people out in broad daylight, not even bothering trying to hide it.
Call your reps, all of them. Call them and demand they impeach Noem, that they remove the president with the 25th, that they refuse to fund ICE, that we have a general strike. Hold a sign. Organize with your neighbors. For fuck's sake DO SOMETHING. DO SOMETHING.
This isn't going to just stop here. This isn't going to stop if we just endure the rest of this term. It's not going to stop with immigrants, with people of color, with one state or two.
Right in front of one of my favorite restaurants in the cities. Blocks away from my friend's apartment. Only two miles away from me Saturday morning. After gym class, someone broke the news to us. When I left and drove down Lake Street, it was empty. Two miles of silent road in the middle of the city.
I called and screamed at my senators. At the governor.
The insanity of watching the government lie and lie despite the evidence in front of our eyes. A woman who is job is painting kids' faces at parties, is in hiding because the government is trying to arrest witnesses.
They are killing people out in broad daylight, not even bothering trying to hide it.
Call your reps, all of them. Call them and demand they impeach Noem, that they remove the president with the 25th, that they refuse to fund ICE, that we have a general strike. Hold a sign. Organize with your neighbors. For fuck's sake DO SOMETHING. DO SOMETHING.
This isn't going to just stop here. This isn't going to stop if we just endure the rest of this term. It's not going to stop with immigrants, with people of color, with one state or two.
Yes ...
I've been spreading news, and also, stuffing extra tips in jars when shopping at immigrant owned places. Many of our favorite restaurants and grocery stores are owned by Hispanic people or Africans or folks from various parts of the Middle East.