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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 14h

All my life I worried about the anti-democratic vulnerabilities of my country. Europeans said I talked like an American dissident. I've always been a patriot, and I am so sorry I was correct about where we were headed.

#defenddemocracy #USAProtest #AntiCorruption #theresistance #unity #AntiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 1d

That also means it costs $27,000 to deport each person. What if instead we spent that money giving #refugees sanctuary from gangs and terror? Or just on our own healthcare and live and let live? What a great nation we could have.

#NoOneIsIllegal #fighthate #resist #AntiFascist #Disobey #WealthGap

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't know how much this older couple attacked by "federal agents" in #Portland were injured! My original post was based off of an article in The Oregonian and this was not included. The 84-year-old man was using a walker and he was clearly marked as a #veteran.
#USAProtest #resist #AntiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 2d

Peaceful #protest in #Portland:
“I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong,” says Laurie Eckman, 84, of Portland after federal agents charged her and her 84-year-old husband, knocking them to the ground.
#AntiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 2d

Peaceful #protest in #Portland:

“I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong,” says Laurie Eckman, 84, of Portland after federal agents charged her and her 84-year-old husband knocked them to the ground.

#AnyiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 3d

We don't understand MAGA because they speak a different language. For instance, when they say "US citizen," they mean "white." So, they are actually saying "I won't be dragged out of bed and zip-tied. I'm white." Explains a few things.

#NoOneIsIllegal #AntiRacist #fighthate #resistamce #AntiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 4d

Some wonder when martial law will be declared and we'll be dragged out of bed at night and hauled off to prison camps. Some wonder when we're going to notice that it's already happening.

#NoOneIsIllegal #FightFascism #fighthate #DoNotObey #AntRacist #solidarity #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 5d

In social media algorithms, the corporate propaganda machine has found its perfect vehicle. So many are now captivated by lies and fakes, believing that they have all the information.

#SaveOurDemocracy #RobberBarons #fighthate #Disobey #StopCorruption #TruthWarriors #resist #AntiFascist #taxtherich

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 6d

What this meme gets wrong is that she should be moving them not from fiction to non-fiction, but from #dystopian to general lit. They are realistic #fiction, not something that should be shelved near space opera.

#AntiFascist #writing #BookSky #Reading #BooksWithHeart #womensrights #FuckPatriachy

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 7d

Fascism = a very specific term for a type of authoritarian regime characterized by corporate power, corruption, racism, misogyny and attacks on the disabled, immigrants and LGBTQ+ people. It's that specific. It's been done before.

#defenddemocracy #FuckOligarchy #AntiCorruption #resist #AntiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 8d

If there is hope for the United States, this may be it. The last safeguard. The last unbroken check on power. Will it hold?

#DoNotObey #defenddemocracy #fighthate #FuckOligarchy #NoWar #PowerToThePeople #StopCorruption #theresistance #FBPE #NAFO #AntiFascist #antiracist #SaveOurDemocracy #organize

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 9d

I support #immigrants because the world is not static. However, let's be clear that this country was founded on #indigenous values of #respect, #sustainability, #interdependence, #generosity, #gratitude and personal autonomy.

#NoOneIsIllegal #FightFascism #fighthate #unity #solidarity #AntiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 10d

Not to mention that we've also become a nation others are afraid to visit. I've helped a lot of nervous Europeans through it in the past few months. They only came because they had to (professional conference, family needs, etc.).

#democracy #NAFO #AntiCorruption #resist #AntiFascist #FreeElections

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 11d

Rural Americans standing up to fascism! #Rural life includes time to read. We know history. Don't f#ck with us!

#defenddemocracy #fighthate #USAprotest #PowerToThePeople #unite #solidarity #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist #organize #SocialJustice #StopCorruption #BuildCommunity

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 11d

No longer shocked? I found myself skimming on by this and realized it was because it's boring. It happens so often. If I'm getting desensitized to child rape by powerful men, it's a real epidemic.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #realfamilyvalues #FuckThePatriarchy #feminist #WomenRights #ChildrensRights

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 12d

Upgraded cartoon: That's more like reality.

#defenddemocracy #fighthate #FuckOligarchy #NoWar #unity #PowerToThePeople #StopCorruption #climateaction #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist #antiracist #organize #Disobey #teamluigi #taxtherich #SocialJustice #WealthGap #ClassDivide
#StrongerTogether

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 13d

So many reports of US citizens who cooperate being mistreated, injured and detained. Immigrants matter, but when we have so much proof that it isn't about immigrants, we understand that it's about race.
#NoOneIsIllegal #FightFascism #fighthate #resist #AntiFascist #AntRacist #unity
#StrongerTogether

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 14d

They said they'd going after "the deep state," like this guy who was a spy chief, for huge crimes. But now it's just that he sent texts criticizing Trump?

#DraftTheRich #StopLying #Hypocrisy #FuckOligarchy #antiwar #StopCorruption #FBR #TruthWarriors #FBPE #NAFO #AntiFascist #fucktrump #taxtherich

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 15d

Boycotts work. If Disney doesn't like mass unsubscribes, other corporate donors and stooges won't either. This is a key tool in the pro-democracy tool kit.

#FuckOligarchy #PowerToThePeople #DoNotObey #StopCorruption #climateaction #theresistance #resist #NAFO #AntiFascist #taxtherich #SocialJustice

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 16d

The question is WHY would one want a dictator?

Locally in a red county, we've lost energy assistance funds and several medical providers already from the funding cuts that are just barely beginning to take effect.
#FightFascism #fighthate #unity #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist
#StrongerTogether

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 17d

Mussolini called his regime fascist. That's how we got a term for this particular kind of corporate-controlled authoritarianism heavy with racism and misogyny. It's not just a political insult. It's a descriptor.
#FightFascism #fighthate #DoNotObey #unity #solidarity #resist #FBPE #NAFO #AntiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 18d

If comparing MAGA to Nazis is #illegal according to #Trump, then #MAGA precisely reenacting Nazi moves so that the comparison is impossible not to see should be too.

#WeAreTheFlood #defenddemocracy #fighthate #protest #PowerToThePeople #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #JimmyKimmel #AntiFascist

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19d

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 19d

Some thought the comment was over the top in 2024. Now we know he wasn't exaggerating or being flippant. He just knew things most didn't.

#WeAreTheFlood #Veterans #defenddemocracy #fighthate #protest #PowerToThePeople #unite #solidarity #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #FBPE #NAFO #AntiFascist

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Arie Meadowlark /I\ @ariefarnam.bsky.social · 20d

The #military notoriously backs the US president, come hell or high water. How #reckless and #unhinged does a #president have to be for top generals with widely divergent viewpoints to agree that he's dangerous?

#defenddemocracy #fighthate #protest #theresistance #resist #FBPE #NAFO #AntiFascist

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