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Ruth Zakarin

@ruthz.bsky.social

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CEO of the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. Knitter, cat lady, grey hair evangelist. Oh, and I box. #COYS. Opinions strong, plentiful, and my own. Check out my essays at: https://ruthzakarin.substack.com/

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · Jun 8

Your daily reminder from me that this administration operates like someone who abuses their partner.

They use hurt and fear to maintain power and control. They cannot tolerate pushback and refuse to take any responsibility for their actions.

And they always blame the victim for their violence.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 21m

Damn

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2h

This post is about Boston, and we plan to keep it that way. DM me for more info on an event we are having to protect our strong gun laws in Massachusetts. The NRA put a question on the 2026 to repeal our recent gun safety legislation, and I am chairing the committee that is saying absolutely not.

Don Solomon @dsolomonesq.bsky.social · 2d

The cost of housing aside, I think it's one of the few places left in the US where you can feel the illusion of safety for days at a time. Yes, strangers don't wave hello on the street, but they also don't open-carry long guns on the street.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 6d

It’s time to post this quote again…

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

― James Baldwin

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 5h

Posts like this are why I follow Adam Gaffin’s @universalhub.com and if you’re in greater Boston I recommend you do too. Hyper local coverage of issues I care about, made even more essential as local media outlets become ever more scarce.

Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 18h

Judges order more immigrants freed from #ICE clutches, including 13-year-old boy now locked up with men at ICE's office prison in Burlington
www.universalhub.com/2025/judges-...

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 5h

Damn it all

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 5h

Four people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in Leland, Mississippi, officials said.

4 dead, 12 injured in Mississippi shooting, officials say

The shooting happened on a main street while people were in the area for a high school homecoming game, the town's mayor said.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 5h

Oh no

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 20h

This is hilarious. And I’ll see myself out with my sacrilegious gluten free bagel order… 🤣

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 21h

Holy moly. I can’t even hit like on this post.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

Remember how people lost their minds when I said go to a protest but don't rsvp to one

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

The. Best. Scene.

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

I KNOW!!!!

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

“I am not fearful, I am fearless” -New York Attorney General Letitia James

Letitia James smiling at the camera. She is wearing a deep blue top.

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 1d

I booked a photo session tonight bc I have very few pictures of my family together, but while I’m smiling & holding my children, I know I will hear this mother’s screams.

I don’t want my tax dollars supporting ICE agents dragging parents away from car line. And most moms in the US agree with me.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

“I will not yield to disrespectful men.” - @aoc.bsky.social

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

I finished work, looked at the news, and thought I was being punk’d.

And then I remembered that it’s 2025.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

Turning Point USA is organizing an alternative Super Bowl show as an attack on the U.S. citizen who was tapped to perform, but tell us again how Charlie Kirk elevated political discourse for ALL Americans.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/n...

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show - The Boston Globe

“It’s true, Turning Point USA is thrilled to announce The All American Halftime Show,” the group posted on X.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

Paging anyone in my Jewish community who still thinks this administration is good for the Jews…

⬇️⬇️⬇️

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

@theonion.com is now indistinguishable from real life.

A man in a suit is speaking at a lectern, looking derranged. The text is about autism being linked to circumcision, attributed to RFK Jr.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

Lindsey Halligan — a White House aide who worked as lawyer for Trump but has never previously served as a federal prosecutor before — presented a bullshit case about Letitia James to a grand jury and uttered the following words:

“No one is above the law”

And apparently she said them unironically.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

From the party of supposed small government and states rights:

An administration that is federalizing a state national guard over the objections of the governor to invade another state over the objections of its governor.

We do not have a democracy.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: The Trump administration sent California National Guard troops under federal authority to Illinois, alongside Texas and Illinois National Guard troops, lawyers for the state of Illinois and Chicago told a federal judge early this morning, according to court records. @wttw.bsky.social

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

So good! So good! So good!…

All of Fenway shouted

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

So good.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

Fear of deportation is keeping pregnant immigrants from accessing health care. The same fear is keeping immigrant domestic violence victims from calling for help.

Given that homicide is the leading cause of death for pregnant people, this is all terrible.

And it’s certainly not public safety.

Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 4d

“My biggest fear is going to the hospital."

Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.

Some experience dangerous complications as a result.

19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

19thnews.org

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

For those who think this could never happen, I implore you to look up the MOVE bombing in Philly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

Are doing Boston a great service…

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

For those who think this could never happen, I implore you to look up the MOVE bombing in Philly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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