Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.

The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...

Join us on Monday, January 12th at 3PM ET on my Substack, Assembly Notes, for a conversation with Professor @timothysnyder.bsky.social about authoritarianism and what we can do fight back. See you there! bit.ly/4qOzoSp

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“You are allowed to say, at any point, I can't support this. Even if you did. Even if you were unsure. You can at any point say "this has gone too far." And while the best time to say that was earlier, second best time is now.”

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Bernie 🥰

"Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of
kindness and love." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, pub. 1937

I don’t have a blue sky account for my cats yet, but if you’re on IG, this is my baby @oliverwafflesthecat 😻

“May we resist despair with every cell of our aliveness”

“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope.”
-Noam Chomsky