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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 3h

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Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting @pcgvr.org · 3h

We collaborate with @billy-penn.bsky.social to produce the Weekly Brief on gun violence prevention, delivered via their daily newsletter every Wednesday. Here's this week's edition: mailchi.mp/billypenn/we...

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 3h

I get it, there is a tsunami of news to cover.

But for the life of me I can’t comprehend how Trump’s display of “Trump 2028” hats isn’t above the fold, shout from the rooftops, five alarm fire kind of news.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 16h

Last December I wrote about my fear of what would happen to immigrants under Trump 2.0. My fear of what it would mean to hand power over (AGAIN) to the likes of Stephen Miller and Tom Homan, the masterminds of family separation during the first administration. 1/
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The humanity at the center of policy

And the inhumanity of family separation

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 13h

I am so worried about this. These ICE agents are armed with weapons, a crap ton of anger, a boatload of hate, and the full blessing of an exquisitely violent administration. We have everything to lose.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

On the verge of a lot of potential Kent State situations out there. Be careful, friends.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 13h

This country’s current bar order is states rights on the rocks.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15h

Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 15h

There is nothing therapeutic about forcing someone to convert.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 16h

I worried that Miller and Homan — having honed their skills of cruelty during Trump 1.0 — would hit the ground running. That they were ready, willing and able to cause maximum harm to immigrants.

I don’t know that I have ever so keenly regretted being right. 2/2 open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...

The humanity at the center of policy

And the inhumanity of family separation

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 16h

Last December I wrote about my fear of what would happen to immigrants under Trump 2.0. My fear of what it would mean to hand power over (AGAIN) to the likes of Stephen Miller and Tom Homan, the masterminds of family separation during the first administration. 1/
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...

The humanity at the center of policy

And the inhumanity of family separation

open.substack.com

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 16h

2025 can go pound sand

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is threatening to withhold back pay from furloughed federal workers to force the Dems’ hand and that is completely on brand for our Abuser-in-Chief.

You don’t obey me? I won’t just hurt you, I’ll hurt the people around you.

High key abuser tactic right there.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 17h

It’s October 7th and I just feel profoundly sad. There aren’t enough words to express it all, hold all the broken pieces, and speak to all the horrific trauma.

Every life a universe.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

The abuser playbook: gaslight and then demand gratitude.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

BUT IMMIGRANTS ARE STEALING YOUR JOBS

Axios @axios.com · 1d

SCOOP: Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

www.axios.com

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

It’s only Tuesday. Well then.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'

Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

We need a whole new category of gun violence that clearly calls out what the federal government is doing. State sanctioned gun violence doesn’t totally capture it. But we need to talk about this in the GVP world.

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Christine Langhoff @clanghoff.bsky.social · 1d

In Chile during the protests of 2019-20, those "less than lethal" weapons left a whole lot of people blinded. The number was 427 as of January 2020. Trump's followers seem to admire Pinochet, as evidenced by the t-shirts with helicopters and the phrase "Pinochet did nothing wrong."

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is shooting rubber bullets at Portland protestors. Rubber bullets may be less lethal, but they aren’t NON lethal. They can kill and/or cause permanent injury.

We should understand this as gun violence, enabled by Stephen Miller & perpetrated by our government against the people of this country.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Stephen Miller—both Trump Administration capo and de facto head of DHS, ICE, and DOJ, has just declared that peaceful protesters are "street terrorists." Under an executive order signed by Trump just days ago, that means he is saying that all protesters in America can be arrested on sight.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 1d

Abusers will tell you that your reality is wrong. They will tell you that they’re the only ones who can keep you safe. That you have no agency, no skills to take care of yourself. That you are only able to exist because of their intervention.

Racist abusers won’t even bother to remember your name.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I believe that Pritzker and this mayor of Chicago are scared. They're scared for their lives."

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

The only ones invading U.S. cities are Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and Tom Homan.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, we should abolish ICE. But not just because the agency itself can’t be reformed. It’s also because of the people who work for ICE — and the evil our government has unleashed within them.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

I remember when New Yorkers put up posters in a desperate attempt to locate loved ones after 9/11.

Now they are desperately looking for loved ones disappeared by the government of this country.

Gaal Dornick @onthecountof3.bsky.social · 3d

Brooklyn. Have you seen this lady? Her family fears that she may have been picked up by ICE.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

I remember when New Yorkers put up posters in a desperate attempt to locate loved ones after 9/11.

Now they are desperately looking for loved ones disappeared by the government of this country.

Gaal Dornick @onthecountof3.bsky.social · 3d

Brooklyn. Have you seen this lady? Her family fears that she may have been picked up by ICE.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 2d

We don’t have a union if your rights and access to safety vary so wildly depending on what state you’re in. I just don’t see how that makes anything that resembles a country.

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