I AM AN INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST. Most of you know that I believe in democracy first, people over profit, economic fairness, worker power, sustainable future, justice & equality, and a stronger, fairer America for everyone. I have an affinity for Bernie and his policies :-)}

THE MAGA GOP: “The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that, because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.” (a Turkish proverb) In addition to the GOP, the Democratic establishment is doing the same to progressives.

MEDIA LITERACY: 6-year-olds spot disinformation, can we? "By teaching its citizens how to critically engage with media content to debunk hoaxes, mis- and disinformation, as well as to produce content of their own, Finland wants to promote media literacy as a civic skill.” fortune.com/2025/01/29/f...

A TIMELY REMINDER "When discussing the propriety of protesting outside Supreme Court Justices’ homes, it’s important to remember that, in the 90’s, the court held that protesting outside the homes of abortion clinic employees is protected by the First Amendment.” ~Occupy Democrats EXPAND THE COURT

PROTECT YOUR DOGS! Hot asphalt awareness: 77F air temp = 125F asphalt. At 125F degrees, pad blistering & permanent damage to your pup’s paws can occur in as little as 60 seconds. Rest the back of your hand on the pavement for 7 seconds. If you can’t stand the heat, neither can your dog’s paws. :-)}

➡️ The last time Americans voted for a Democratic Socialist as President, they elected him four times in a row. Franklin D. Roosevelt = Emergency Banking Act, FDIC, New Deal, CCC, TVA, Social Security, NLRA, minimum wage, 40 hour work week, Allied Coalition, the 2nd New Deal, etc. ➡️ VOTE PROGRESSIVE!

➡️ “…If your political opinion is that children shouldn’t be fed, poor shouldn’t be housed, sick shouldn’t be cared for, women shouldn’t control their bodies, Americans can’t marry who they love, or certain people shouldn’t exist…that most definitely means that we can’t be friends.” ~GryphonSK & Mays

EIGHT DECADES BEFORE ICE: “Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women & children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” ~ Anne Frank 1943 ➡️ DEFUND ICE! 😡

➡️ “Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books…That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts. Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.” ~Robert Reich “I love the poorly educated.” ~Trump

➡️ “The wicked become even worse when they are tolerated.” ~ Tolstoy ➡️ “The fear instilled in the children. Car windows being smashed…Helicopters flying above…parents being dragged off…5-year old children to detention centers…children not showing up at school…missing school lunch…” ~ Bernie Sanders

Daughter: Why do people give up freedom for security? Father: It’s called the Hegelian Dialectic, sweetie. They create a problem. The problem creates a reaction. If there is enough fear and hysteria people will not only accept the solution that limits their rights but they will actually beg for it.

LGBTQ+ CHILDREN ⬇️ You are loved. You are not a mistake. You are not a disappointment. You are original and beautiful—and just as you’re supposed to be. You are as God intended you. This world is better, kinder, more wonderful because you are here. I am proud of you. johnpavlovitz.com/2017/06/16/l...

ONE REASON WHY BLUE IS ASSOCIATED WITH DEMOCRATS: “Cities in Japan and Scotland have now switched their streetlights to blue. Due to the fact that the color blue causes the body to produce calming chemicals, both cities have seen a significant decrease in crime and suicide rates.” @Yup.That.Exists

“Before we work on artificial intelligence, why don’t we do something about natural stupidity.” ~ Steve Polyak

“He can stay, he can go. He can be impeached or voted out. But removing Trump will not remove the infrastructure of an entire party that embraced him, dark money that funded him, the online radicalization that drummed his army, nor the racism he amplified and reanimated.” ~ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

TIMELY REMINDER The Iran Nuclear Deal was a 2015 (Obama) agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear fuel cycle activities that could lead to production of weapons-grade uranium or plutonium. In 2018 (Trump), the US withdrew from that Deal. Trump’s a warmonger, not a peacemaker. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

A gentle reminder :-)} "Your time on Earth is limited. Don't try to 'age with grace', age with mischief, audacity, and a good story to tell." ~ Case Kenny

SENDING YOU LOTS OF LOVE :-)} “Life’s a canvas, and we’re the artists. Some strokes are bold, some are messy, but every mark tells a story. Don’t be afraid to mix the colors, take risks, and create something beautiful.” ~ Shereen

NO DICTATORS! JUNE 14TH! NO KINGS! Not a birthday! Not a throne! Not normal! Democracy, not dictatorships. Find an event and take action! NOKINGS.org! ➡️ Flag Day is a holiday celebrated on June 14 in the United States. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777.

INVITATION - FAIRBANKS - JUNE 13TH! I have endorsed Meda Dewitt for Governor of Alaska and her running-mate, Chris Steere, for Lt. Governor. ➡️ Please join us this Saturday from Noon to 1:30 at Black Spruce Brewing Company in Fairbanks for a Meet and Greet! Honoring our past and building our future!

A gentle reminder: Some stranger, somewhere, remembers you, because you were kind to them.

ICE LOGIC FOR EPSTEIN FILES! ➡️ Round up anyone who was remotely mentioned or connected & keep them in concentration camps until we can figure out if they actually committed a 'crime' or not. ➡️ We can just snatch anyone who even looks or sounds like they might hurt children & throw them in there too.

➡️ WELKER SLAMS TRUMP! 'MEET THE PRESS' “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt ➡️ NO MORE GOP ELECTION LIES!

A TIMELY REMINDER: I would like to remind everyone that the idyllic prosperity of the 1950s, that everyone seems to want to harken back to so badly, was made possible by a top marginal tax rate of 91% for the richest Americans. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

My therapist told me: “Write letters to the people you hate and then burn them.” Did that, but now I don’t know what to do with the letters.

SENDING YOU LOTS OF LOVE :-)} “Remember, rest is also productive. Drinking water is essential. And being kind to yourself? It is mandatory!” ~ Purr.In.Ink. “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” ~ Oscar Wilde

When asked how Fascism starts, Bertrand Russell once said: “First, they fascinate the fools. Then, they muzzle the intelligent.” Indict, convict, and imprison ‘President’ Trump and SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

LGBTQIA+ PRIDE! US Pride Month is observed in June, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots. LESBIAN: Father, I’m a lesbian. PRIEST: Ask God for help to cure you of that sin. LESBIAN: (kneeling, hands clasped in prayer): God, please let my problem disappear. PRIEST: 💨 PUF

TRUMP, PUTIN & NETANYAHU ARE WARMONGERS! ➡️ WARS KILL CHILDREN! Please support nonviolent direct action, advocacy, education, coalition building & the coordination of larger nonviolent direct action or advocacy campaigns: WarResisters.org WinWithoutWar.org IPB.org WorldBeyondWar.org CodePink.org

WOMEN DO NOT HAVE TO: Be thin, cook for you, have long hair, wear make-up, be feminine, be graceful, have sex with you, shave, diet, be fashionable, wear pink, love men, listen to your bullshit… RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! INDICT-CONVICT-IMPRISON!

“Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiness of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all.” John Maynard Keynes RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! IMPEACH-CONVICT-REMOVE

Breaking News! NO DICTATORS! NO KINGS just announced a massive nationwide protest on Trump’s 80th birthday, June 14th. The same day he’s throwing himself a UFC fight party on the White House lawn. The group already put 8 million people in the streets earlier this year & they’re just getting started!

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.

An important reminder for the zealots: Wanting a child born is pro-birth. Wanting a child fed, housed, educated with parents who earn a living wage is pro life!

“Let me remind you what fascism is. I need not wear a brown or green shirt. Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing people may use political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy to retain its power of exploitation & special privilege.” ~ Tommy Douglas

➡️ Once you realize that the two most profitable businesses are war and illness, it’s easy to understand what’s going on. - War keeps you afraid. - Illness keeps you dependent. This is not chaos. This is a system. And it is working "exactly" as it was "designed" to work." ~ Arindam Banerrji

THIS: Critique to build, not tear down; organize, don't just argue; perfection is the enemy of progress; ego kills movements; plan for the long game; meet people where they are; power doesn't care about feelings; division is a weapon used by elites; don't play along. IMPERFECT ALLIES AREN'T ENEMIES!

➡️ Children, especially, will find this demonstration fun to watch, as a young man blows smoke into a bubble that rests on the surface of water. Click the link for a fascinating 40-second demonstration of water surface tension, soap-film physics and fluid mechanics ⬇️ www.tiktok.com/@yzkl38449yk...

➡️ Grandma once said, “Sometimes you have to hug the people you don’t like, so you know how big to dig the hole in your backyard...” :-)}

MEMORIAL DAY “We have faith that future generations will know that here, in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when men of good will found a way to unite, and produce, and fight to destroy the forces of ignorance, and intolerance, and slavery, and war.” ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt

MEMORIAL DAY: We also remember that: “Gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender people have served honorably & admirably in America’s Armed Forces. In their memory & appreciation of their selfless service & sacrifice, this monument is dedicated by Chicago Chapter AVER." '…and liberty & justice for all’.

Help us also remember those who died FOR war. “…Children and mothers and bakers and doctors and people just walking to the grocery store, whose civilian status was not enough to keep them safe from mortar shells, and who do not have flags and parades in their honor…” ~ Nadia Bolz-Weber PEACE NOW!

“Memorial Day commemorates US Service Members who died while on active duty. First enacted to honor Union & Confederate soldiers following the American Civil War, it was extended after World War I to honor Americans who have died in all wars.” ~Sandie D NO MORE WARS! WARS KILL CHILDREN. PEACE NOW!

CONGRATULATIONS STEPHEN COLBERT! 11 Wonderful Seasons on CBS! Jon Stewart to Stephen: RISE UP! www.youtube.com/shorts/nwprT... Final episode: May 21, 2026 ❤️😥

➡️ “The sheep spend their whole lives fearing the wolf, only to be eaten by the shepherd. Once you understand this statement, the game changes, and you start to understand politics.” ~ MartialX

➡️ STOP BUILDING DATA CENTERS! The massive Utah data center, called the Stratos Project, will be as big as 2,000 Walmarts, need 9GW of electricity to run, and generate the heat equivalent of 23 atom bombs detonating every single day in Hansel Valley. The expected impact on wildlife is catastrophic 😡

➡️ ATTN: ICE Melanija Knavs came to America on a tourist visa, lied about her education, worked illegally, then married an American sugar daddy to get citizenship, then petitioned for the rest of her family to come, and they’re all now citizens because of the so-called “chain migration” Tump hates.

TIMELY REMINDER The Iran Nuclear Deal was a 2015 (Obama) agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear fuel cycle activities that could lead to production of weapons-grade uranium or plutonium. In 2018 (Trump), the US withdrew from that Deal. Trump’s a warmonger, not a peacemaker. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

“It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.” ~ L.R.Knost

America as we know it is gone. We have the opportunity to reshape our future, but it will take all of us, every day: ➡️ Indivisible.org ➡️ 5calls.org ➡️ fiftyfifty.one ➡️ democrats.org ➡️ mobilize.us ➡️ swingleft.org ➡️ sisterdistrict.com ➡️ commoncause.org ➡️ citizensimpeachment.com ❤️ WE THE PEOPLE! 🎅🏻