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Dr. Clark Roush's avatar

If ever something was perfectly written - it is surely this!

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Christina Collins's avatar

I personally feel powerless. It makes my heart hurt.

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Marybeth Maloy Gebauer's avatar

This on top of joining forces with Putin against Ukraine, I’m just so heartbroken. I want to find hope somewhere but I don’t know where to find it.

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Kat McEwan's avatar

They have a cruelty fetish. That’s their kink. Just looking at Trump, Musk, Miller et al, you can smell their sadism.

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SPW's avatar

Keep speaking Mary Katherine. Now is not the time for those with a voice to stay silent. This is as abhorrent as trump hanging Ukraine out to dry then basically declaring himself king. Trump has enabled the despoliation of whatever civility we once thought we had left. Those with a voice have got to now get persistent.

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Carole Leonard's avatar

Last night's post trump says long live the king. He thinks he's king. Wow!

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Tanya's avatar

I am Australian and there is something so deeply terrifying and upsetting watching this all happen in real time. And then to watch our own conservatives make talking points of the exact same things - disrespect and hatred of First Nations peooles, baying for deportations, going after the Trans community. I thought we had more time here. We do not. It's time to fight. But today I am allowing myself to be just very very sad.

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Sean W  Mucci's avatar

And to think Instagram (Zuckerberg) would not remove this post is complicity ,Shame on all who think this is acceptable..

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Nancy E. Holroyd, RN's avatar

The evil unleashed by the cruel acts of evil men is so disheartening.

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Melody Brave, MSW, LCSW's avatar

All this. Thanks for courage to speak the truth. I’ve been holding space with the people who need it most. We need to speak up and out that this is not okay.

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Terri's avatar

Well said MK. It is a very frightening time.

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Lee Ann's avatar

I completely agree with your point, MK! FWIW, is that really someone being deported or is it someone preparing shackles?

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Ally's avatar

I love this, couldn't have said it any better!

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Ellen Heck's avatar

Thank you MK for saying what needs to be said. I did not vote for this monster and tried to warn others about him before the election. I live in NJ and know what this human wrecking ball is capable of doing. The people who voted for him are waking up to the fact that they were used and grifted by him. They were all for deportation of criminal immigrants and now they’re seeing the depth and breadth of his depravity. He is losing support everywhere, even on the immigration issue!

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Joyce Peirce's avatar

This is horrifying on many levels. I have believed for years that even Hate speech (not just hateful actions) is not free speech or at least should not be. I follow Frame Lab on substack which is a result of George Lakoff’s work over decades. This article needs to be spread around. https://george-lakoff.com/2017/09/08/why-hate-speech-is-not-free-speech/

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Carole Leonard's avatar

I'm saddened with the news on daily basis. Yet I know the return of Jesus is coming. Amy Hawk is author who left the evangelical group and tells her story. She's a warrior.

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