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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

@deborahelizabeth.bsky.social

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · Apr 5

"Sorry I'm late. I had a lot to learn."

I love the spirit of this. I feel that it's important to welcome and include newcomers to the resistance movement. Resistance is not like the fandom of an indie band. No need to prove that we're cooler than the newbies. No need to shame or disrespect them.

I'm sorry I'm late. I had a lot to learn.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 13h

Winston Churchill on democracy:

"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time...."

Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 14h

Radicalized by basic decency

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 1d

Human rights are not conditional.

Human safety should not be conditional.

The ability of human beings to exist in conditions that permit their flourishing should not be conditional.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 19h

Empathy, not cruelty.

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wagingnonviolence.org/2025/09/bust...

Busting the myth that Gen Z isn't protesting

Despite a persistent belief that Gen Z isn’t politically active, young people are finding and creating ways to fight for a better future.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 1d

"...our main point is that regimes (like opposition movements) are not monolithic actors; rather, they are propped up by pillars made up of individuals whose loyalties are malleable and shifting. Whichever side (regime or opposition) is able to divide the opponent from its main pillars of support will ultimately succeed. And nonviolent campaigns have historically had an advantage over violent campaigns in this regard."

(From "Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict," by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan)

Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 1d

I'm on a video call convened by @maindivisible.bsky.social. @mariajstephan.bsky.social is the featured guest!

#Massachusetts #mapoli #indivisible #activism #civilresistance #peoplepower #nonviolent #resistance #nokings #goodtrouble #handsoff #humanrights #constitutionalrights #democracy

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Perry Grossman @realperrygrossman.bsky.social · 5d

In two weeks, Brookline PAX will be uniting with Stand Out, Seniors! for a demonstration on 10/18/25, No Kings Day, at 1:00 p.m.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 1d

I'm Ashkenazi-Jewish-American, which means that I come from pretty much that same gene pool as Stephen Miller.

In Yiddish, the language of the Ashkenazim, there's an expression to describe him: "A Shande fur die Goyim."