Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible โ๐ (@ruwmi.bsky.social) reposted
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view profile on Bluesky Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible โ๐ (@ruwmi.bsky.social) reposted
Arlene Kirsch โ๐ (@arliek.bsky.social) reposted
1/ Several unions and several Indivisible chapters campe together today, 1,000 strong, to celebrate WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES! @indivisible.org , @ruwmi.bsky.social @in-slwm.bsky.social @indivisible01027.bsky.social @ddhc.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @jenpsaki.msnbc.com @meidastouch.com
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Unions YES! ๐ NO!
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Exceptional. Brought me to tears. Thank you! I have this sentence now memorized: โThis is all we can do for you now.โ
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Feeling despair? Feeling like itโs all futile? Read this exceptional piece in The Nation by Elie Mystal and, I hope you feel more hope and feel more empowered. We can all do what we mustโฆnow. It matters! #noncompliance #resist #fightback
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
And all that mulching is costing taxpayers $1 million a dayโฆ
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Another indignity for our women Veterans. Women are going to die, and President Bonespurs doesnโt give a damn. #PresidentBonespurs #ProChoice #abortionishealthcare
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
GOP Booed!
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
To Susan: Arenโt you so concerned? Shame Shame Shame Shame #Protest #Mainers
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
โProtesting against him works.โ If youโre on the sideline still โ inexplicably โ then you are the problem. Get out there, join an Indivisible group near you and determine our fate as a country. Letโs get to 3.5% now! #Maddow #MSNBC #Protest #Resist #Indivisible #OneMillionRising #ThreePointFive
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
This! โฌ๏ธ Share with veterans and military members in your family and in your community and tell them to Remember their Oath. Oath to the Constitution, NOT to a dictator or wanna-be King. #PresidentBoneSpurs #NoKings #DefendDemocracy
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
President TrickyDicky: โIโm not a crook.โ President Bonespurs: โIโm not a dictator.โ You decide who is worse. I go with the one with the microphallus size (ahem) brain who claims weโd like a dictator. #NotFitForAnything #CallItLikeItIs
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
โTo the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is.โ ๐ฏ Tell the truth: President Bonespurs is a petty wannabe dictator who rules by fear and believes everything belongs to him. #DoNotComeToChicago
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
President Bonespurs has our social security numbers. What could go wrong? #DepartmentofGovernmentInefficiency #NoMorePrivacy #VeryHighRisk #Looters #Thieves
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
๐คฌBut they do cover every stupid BS that comes out of the mouths of MAGA ๐ค
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Trump violating the U.S. statute that applies to the flag. Like everything else with him, the rules donโt apply and he sure as hell doesnโt know anything about the flag or service.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
F them then. F all the corporate media. We may need to re-invent the news with all independent sources.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
We need news media to cover this! Whereโs the Washington Post?
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
America in the Trump Tyranny of 2025. No accountability. No compassion. All thuggery.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Real leaders stand up to dictators. Real leaders defend democracy.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Thank you! #Nonviolent #CivilDisobedience #NonviolentDirectAction #ChallengeInjustice #ResistOppression #StrategicDisruption
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
The one born in Slovenia writes to Putin to save the children while her pathetic husband tears children away from their parents and runs concentration camps.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
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John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
They donโt want to know the truth. #FEVS #EmployeeViewpointSuevey #HideTheTruth #TellTheTruth
50501: The Peopleโs Movement โ๐ (@50501movement.bsky.social) reposted
Looks the other way when ICE kidnaps people? DUMP THEM Paying workers pennies on the dollar? DUMP THEM Did they cancel DEI? DUMP THEM Selling brands complicit in genocide? DUMP THEM Do it loudly on social media. Letโs make our exes famous. ๐ซฆ #BoycottHomeDepot #BoycottTarget #BoycottWalmart
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Empathy for the poor? Fuck no. Heโs eliminating the safety net. Empathy for labor? Fuck no. Heโs eliminating fed unions. Empathy for women? Fuck no. Heโs a sex offender. Empathy for LGBTQ? Fuck no. He wants to exclude trans & nonbinary. Empathy for Veterans? He calls us losers and suckers!
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
And we mustโฆ
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
So Fโd up.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Patriots!
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the same person who is rounding up homeless people. You canโt make this shit up.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Great sign idea for tomorrowโs rallies. Thank You! โSave Democracy. Throw a Sandwich.โ ๐ฅช
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
The Orange one would sell out his mother if it meant he got or won something.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Tell airline employees & the airports they fly out of that deporting human beings to concentration camps is corrupt and cruel. I'm attending Indivisible's event, โBradley International Airport- Ground Avelo: Cancel ICE Air Standoutโ - sign up now to join. #RefreshinglyCruel #GroundAvelo #Indivisible
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Everything Taylor does is magic.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Super Heroes!
I Post Animal Vids... ๐ (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
Mother teaching her babies how to climb a tree... ๐ #bluesky
Animals R Usโฆ ๐พ (@animalsrus.bsky.social) reposted
The cuddlesโฆ. ๐ฅน๐ซถ๐ผ
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson (@ashdashlee.bsky.social) reposted
Zoom is maxed! Tune into the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bQ69AqM...
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Taylor on New Heights or One Million Rising? Why oh why are they overlapping? Both are wicked important. Thankfully both are recorded! Yay Taylor! Yay Indivisible! #Swiftie4Ever #TheLifeofAShowGirl #NewHeights #Indivisible #OneMillionRising
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
The regime is going after unions and doing away with hard earned bargaining agreements. Labor Day has never felt more important! Find your local march and show up for equity and racial justice! #LaborDay #RacialJustice
Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible โ๐ (@ruwmi.bsky.social) reposted
This Saturday there are TWO national based events calling us to take to the streets! So we are combing them and holding one standout with 2 great reasons to show up! 1. Fight the Trump Takeover 2. Protect our Checks (social security) Both events are in Springfield at noon. Links in comments
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
โChaplainโ Union Buster Collinsโ mission is to traumatize VA workers & hollow out the once greatest healthcare system so he can say it doesnโt function & then shutter facilities, forcing veterans to outside providers who are already overwhelmed. #Hypocrisy #VABurnout #VAShortage
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
An A Class Fascist Turd. ๐ฉ
๐ต๐ช๐พ๐ป๐ชโธโธ โค๏ธโ๐ฅโจ (@hopeofitall.swifties.social) reposted
Travis Kelce when asked about the similarities between his mother and Taylor Swift: โTheir kindness, their genuineness, their ability to say hello to everyone in the room, their ability to show love and support no matter what.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
โComplete nightmare.โ Life under the MAGAts โ veterans who honorably served and put their lives on the line for this country are getting screwed by this regimeโs total incompetence. #Resist #NoKings #NoOligarchs #HandsOffVA
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Great Indivisible rally this morning at our local VA medical center. No Kings! No Concentration Camps! Even neighborhood kids showed up to stand out! #NoKings #NoConcentrationCamps #DefendDemocracy #VeteransFightingFascism
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Deep hospital shortages at VA. Since this cruel regime took over, VA staff are leaving and our veteran care is affected. MAGAts donโt give a damn about veterans. #ScrewVeterans #Project2025 #HollowOutVA #handsOffVA #Veterans #VeteransHealthCare
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Warning! Itโs not unthinkable. They want Gilead and keeping women imprisoned for rape, babies and unquestionable servitude. Margaret Atwood already wrote about this shit. #Resist #Gilead #SonsOfJacob #OppressiveRegime #PerverseChristians
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Congress should be building up the VA, not sending rural vets to private hospitals and clinics already overwhelmed and experiencing delays. VA must be the primary provider. This is a power grab whose outcome will be shuttering clinics and VA health service lines. Donโt believe me? Read Project 2025.
Arlene Kirsch โ๐ (@arliek.bsky.social) reposted
Another horror show. End all support for the Israeli govt and army til they stop killing Palestinians.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
I need to make protest signs to protest at our local VA hospital. Iโm thinking โVA: Stop Union Busting.โ โVA Hates Labor.โ โWe Support VA Unions.โ โAttacking Unions Attacks My Care.โAnyone have other ideas?
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
๐ฏ Truth. Legacy media is failing us and democracy.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
MAGAts doing what they said they would do โ kill unions. And aggressively go after labor and collective bargaining. This s&@t move will only hurt Veterans and our health care. Next is privatization. Unions everywhere need to stand up in solidarity. โ #AFGE #SEIU #NAGE #NNU #Union #ProUnion #ProLabor
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
The totally deplorable thing is that if you knew someone did such a cruel act toward an innocent animal, youโd make sure the person went to jail and didnโt have any level of responsibility but, nope, not in red South Dakota. No wonder, sheโs cruel and inhumane as the DHS.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
And theyโre getting their biggest ratings! This is a big middle finger to Paramount/CBS for canceling Colbert.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
โYou see I got a nut.โ Please step to the vehicles for your first raid. (Note: this isnโt far from the truth)
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
South Park does it again โ slays the hypocrisy of ICE, DHS, puppy killer Noem & Charlie Kirk. Note to legacy media: when we have to watch South Park each week to feel validated, youโve lost the trust and confidence of the public. Ahem, youโve lost your nut. #SouthPark #ICEBarbie #GotANut
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Hazy skies in the northeast and my nostrils burn: Itโs a 24/7 camp fire out there telling us to stop destroying our planet. #climatechangeisreal
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Here we go again โ bringing back the Confederacy to shove their ideology in our faces. Thatโs all there is to it: The MAGAts glorify traitors and racists and honor slavery. #racism #systemicwhiteracism
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, โSolidarity & Rapid Response: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communitiesโ - sign up no www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Letโs indeed talk about Texas! #Gerrymandering #DefendDemocracy #EveryVoteMatters
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
tRump pardons criminals and then gives them 6 figure jobs to do his hate campaign.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Salt air, and the rust on your door I never needed anything more Whispers of, "Are you sure?" "Never have I ever before" #August #Swiftie4Ever #Swiftie #Folklore #SummerRomance
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Commander In Cheat. He cheats. He lies. He cons. He scams. He calls it โthe art of the deal.โ I call it โbeing an a-hole.โ
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Online version www.gazettenet.com/Guest-Column...
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
As the military rolls back DEI and purges cultural awareness, and ICE rolls out its fear and aggression campaign, we need to understand how this regimeโs use of dehumanizing language works to destroy empathy. Check out my article on โKill Talk,โ a new book by Brandeis Prof. Janet McIntosh #KillTalk
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
I loved seeing Travis, too! ๐ฏ
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Shame on MAGAts for electing a criminal and royal league a&@hole as our commander-in-cheat.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
This Superman is all about kindness, and why I loved it. Love, compassion and kindness are everything. Without them, why bother being human? I feel incredibly sad so many in America have lost their way. Being kind, loving my neighbors โ finding joy. Thatโs my life. #Superman #Kindness #Love
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Love tomatoes? Enjoy them while we have โem; theyโll be more expensive and harder to get thanks to ridiculous #TrumpTariffs
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
โฆ(top comment conโt) Voters who are sickened by this story need to remember whoโs responsible. Democrats support SNAP and Republicans donโt.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Top comment: For all the mediaโs post election soul searching about Democratsโ losses and caterwauling about what Democrats stand for, hereโs one clarifying thing Democrats never do: take food out of the mouths of starving children and the needyโฆ
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Tracy Kidder is beloved here in Mass. He just wrote a must-read article about how tRump is disastrous to the safety net. This is just a few miles from where I live, and Tracy captures the worsening crisis. #SafetyNet #Hunger #SoCalledSafetyNet #FeedingAmerica
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
โIt could very well be your story too.โ Shout out to The Tufts Daily for this important article by Rรผmeysa รztรผrk about the horrific conditions she was forced to experience. Shame on anyone involved in this barbaric concentration camp system. #TuftsDaily #Rรผmeysaรztรผrk #ShameOnICE #HumanSuffering
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
One tactic we can all do: send the list of companies to your local media and suggest they do a story about what these companies are doing so that the wider public knows they are profiting off a system of cruelty and injustice. #ICE #ICEConcentrationCamps
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Agree ๐ฏ
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
โฆTeePublicโฆ
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Despite inquires, Etsy has refused to say what, if any action, is being taken on the many complaints regarding Alligator Alcatraz merchandise. Itโs time to take my business to local artists and people who refuse to work with Etsy. I recommend you do the same. Itโs time to review other vendors tooโฆ
Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible โ๐ (@ruwmi.bsky.social) reposted
#GoodTroubleLivesOn Please share widely!!
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Great motivation! Non compliance! Letโs do this!
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
www.nokings.org/rise Thousands of pledges tonight. If you havenโt yet joined the fight, nowโs the time to Take the Pledge to Fight Authoritarianism! We all can do this! #onemillionrising - Build connection - Share your knowledge - Create readiness - Foster resilience
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
Defending democracy, fighting fascism, and protesting VA cuts and waving the flag! The revolution is now! #VeteransFightingFascism #DefendingDemocracy #Indivisible
Indivisible โ๐ (@indivisible.org) reposted
๐ Thereโs an Indivisible group near you thatโs organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups Or let us help connect you with your nearest organizers: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...
Maxwell Frost (@maxwellfrost.bsky.social) reposted
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, Iโm not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Look Park parking is free for veterans with proof of ID.
Arlene Kirsch โ๐ (@arliek.bsky.social) reposted
๐ฃ Western MA: Hands Off the VA & Support Fed Workers Standouts Mondays, 11:30am-12:30pm, VA Hospital, Leeds Park in Visitor Lot or Look Park ($) Bring signs, flags, friends @maindivisible.bsky.social @in-slwm.bsky.social @indiviswestquabbin.bsky.social
Arlene Kirsch โ๐ (@arliek.bsky.social) reposted
Perfect. Please repost widely.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
It was and always was and is about racism and xenophobia.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Iโm with you. Every minute, every second is a ritual to stay sane. I can tell you, though, finding joy is my act of defiance and what keeps me going. Hang in there. There is light in all of us who are equally in rage over this.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
We know the truth. The proof is in the pictures and in the orange oneโs character.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Brave, courageous and necessary! We all must resist fascism.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
โฆand the State of Pathological Lying.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
We feel the same way. Why subject ourselves to his cruelty, stupidity, and incessant lies. I can read what he says, but to watch his scowling face with its orange chemical tanning agents โ nope, thatโs masochism.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
This weekend, support your local indie bookstore. My store features a whole section of banned books, from โWhere The Wild Things Areโ to โ1984โ to โGrowing Up Trans.โ Celebrate independents in your community. Forget Amazon, Go Local! #IndieBound #Reading #BuyLocal #bannedbooks #freedomtoread
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social) reply parent
Truth. Itโs time to let the MAGAts know what they started. In Solidarity with the farmers! โ
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
This is especially deplorable with such significant loss of life, to include 14 children. None of it would have occurred if MAGA/DOGE didnโt slash our nationโs once respected and esteemed weather service. Once again, note to MAGAts: FAFO #FAFO
DougBlueWahoo ๐ฆ๐โ๏ธ๐๐ (@dougbluewahoo2.bsky.social) reposted
A felon married twice to two immigrants is telling us the problem is immigrants and felons. Ponder this evil.
John Paradis โ๐ (@johnparadis.bsky.social)
This Veteran stands with you!!! Unfortunately the traditional orgs like VFW/AmLegion are not standing up to tRump. Join a local action group to make a difference and lend your veteran voice & advocacy. Where I live, itโs Indivisible. #VeteransAgainstFascism #Resist #Indivisible #CommonDefense