I knew the second I saw it this #DanielleSmith image would come in handy over and over and over and over again. Shout out to the #UAlberta students speaking #TruthToPower ober #Bill26 in the original photo #TransRights #abpoli #AlbertaPensionPlan #CanadaPensionPlan #DanielleSmith
Street Protest (8 Photos)
Which one is your favorite?
https://streetartutopia.com/2025/06/06/street-protest-8-photos/
#USpolitics #AOC #TruthToPower
I truly hate video's with an AI voice stating the obvious and hailing the merits of someone.
In the bottom of this 'toot' I've put a 'negative time stamp' for those who agree on this and want to skip forward.
But on one thing AI voice is right: 'this isn't about politics anymore, this is about priorities !'
What is remaining are the valuable clips of AOC speaking truth to power on #Healthcare and #ClimateChange. I can't verify the dates of the clips used, it would take too much time.
But I commend the AI voice in choosing these, among the many.
"Ocasio-Cortez DESTROYS Meghan McCain live on 'THE VIEW' and leaves her CRAZY" [15:05 min]
by Clash of Perspectives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acylEHAudc4
Quote by
"May 20, 2025
Ocasio-Cortez DESTROYS Meghan McCain live on 'THE VIEW' and leaves her CRAZY
--So here’s the deal AOC isn’t just making noise; she’s ripping the mask off the rigged system we’ve been told is “freedom.” --"
[negative] Time stamps to skip AI voice
4:08-5:14
7:30-8:30
10:38-11:41
13:56-End
#USriseUp #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist #FightOligarchy
#CallYourRep #VoteUpAndDownTheBallot #TalkAboutIt
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong #AbusiveHealthcare #CapitalismIsFailingYou
“if you say anything bad about Trump or his administration, you may be barred from re-entering #USA. If you are #Canadian. If you are a #DualCitizen like me, who knows? We’ll all find that out together.” — #NeilYoung
#RockMusic / #rock / #arts / #voice / #TruthToPower / #BigChange <https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/3/article?id=Music%20-COMING%20BACK%20TO%20AMERICA> / <https://theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/02/neil-young-fears-us-ban-donald-trump-criticism>
@wcooperbooks That's speaking #TruthToPower
The Dems who were fired from the FTC, are speaking #TruthToPower more than Schumer, Jeffries, & many Dem leaders.
Please watch Slaughter articulate Trump's threat
to indep agencies, as he claims power over them & any Commissioner, Republican or Democrat, who isn't loyal to him -on CNBC, & read the article.
"FTC commissioner ousted by Trump: ‘If I can be fired, I don’t know why J Powell can’t be fired."
"If you think federal workers should be fired for working from home, wait until you hear how much it costs to fly back and forth to Mar-a-Lago."
-K Kingsley
Republicans are responsible for the Trump-Musk regime destroying lives, tanking the economy, & aligning with Russia, so the oligarchs can profiteer from privatizing the federal government.
"She doesn't mention cloture specifically. But I think it's clear what Pelosi is saying here. And I think her saying it is a pretty big deal."
-J Marshall
"Listen to the women."
Some people do not believe that it is self-evident that all people are created equal.
Instead of saying "anti-DEI", why don't they say "anti-self-evident"?
I am so ready to have that convo. #mtleg #mtpol #truthtopower
"Sadly, it appears that over the next few years in the United States there will be many situations justifying and requiring parrhesia directed at the administration and American society as a whole. It remains to be seen if those who exercise a prophetic ministry are up to the challenge."
"Throughout the history of the Church, preachers and others have exercised parrhesia toward emperors, kings, nobles and others in power, sometimes paying for their courage with their lives."
And as Grimm notes,
"Parrhesia is not directed solely at secular power. The bishops and superiors who covered up the abuse of children and vulnerable people by clergy and other Church workers have faced parrhesia."
William Grimm comments on Bishop Mariann Budde's decision to speak uncomfortable to Trump's face:
"There is a category of rhetoric technically known by the Greek word parrhesia, usually defined in English as 'speaking truth to power.' The word conveys not only the right to speak truth to those who do not want to hear it but the duty to do so regardless of the cost."
"If Jesus were resurrected today he’d be immediately canceled and attacked by MAGA for being a woke, DEI-hire libtard.
In the absence of a petty, vindictive, vengeful 'warrior Jesus' who will 'own the libs; and engage in a 24-7 Festivus, these alleged Christians with family values have their avatar in Donald Trump,"
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #resistance #BishopBudde #TruthtoPower #mercy
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/what-would-jesus-do-during-trumps
(continued from /8) "a man who incited a violent insurrection, has cheated on every single one of his wives, and said his personal Vietnam was avoiding STDs. When these 'religious' MAGA Christian voters, who make up the most loyal part of Trump’s base, actually listen to a Christian who echoes the teachings of the Jesus I met in the Bible, they get triggered."
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #resistance #BishopBudde #TruthtoPower #mercy
/9
"Christian Nazis, white supremacists and fascists hate it when you show Jesus to them. In fact, I’d argue that there’s nothing in the world they hate more than Jesus. ...
But this is all of MAGA, and all of white conservative Christianity, be it protestant or Catholic. This sickness has invaded the entire body."
~ Evan Hurst
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #resistance #BishopBudde #TruthtoPower #mercy
/7
https://evanhurst.substack.com/p/there-is-nothing-trump-and-maga-hate
Noting that Bishop Mariann Budde spoke directly to the man occupying the White House, "directly eye to eye," "about compassion, humility, kindness, honesty, honoring the inherent dignity of every person," Rachel Maddow asks,
"What do you see as the role of the church in helping lead the public and helping us understand what our moral responsibilities are right now?"
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #resistance #BishopBudde #TruthtoPower #mercy
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"There hasn't been much of a narrative outside of the narrative that the president has been describing, right? People have gone quiet or they've been ignored."
In other words, with what she said and did, Bishop Budde wanted to open a space for many others to be heard, whose voices are now suppressed by Republicans, Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, the rich and powerful who want total control of the conversation.
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #resistance #BishopBudde #TruthtoPower #mercy
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Bishop Budde responds:
"We're in a particularly harsh moment now when it comes to conversations around immigrant populations in our midst, and so that was the reason for the tone I took."
Then she notes that she took the opportunity to speak from the pulpit as a religious leader, addressing a powerful man directly, and creating a space for a narrative that the powerful are suppressing now:
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #resistance #BishopBudde #TruthtoPower #mercy
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"Bishop Budde was an unflinching example of prophetic boldness, integrity, and truth when she looked directly at President Trump and appealed for mercy and compassion for people who, in the words of Howard Thurman, 'live with their backs against the wall.' No ruler can dominate people who live with a faith that refuses to shrink.
Let’s follow her example."
~ Wendell Griffen
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #resistance #BishopBudde #TruthtoPower #mercy
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