Thread by @AlexWood1nOnly, I am a #FloridaMan and try to focus on my state’s issues [...]

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I am a #FloridaMan and try to focus on my state’s issues but we all need to be talking about #Portland and and the state of democracy in America right now.

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A few weeks ago I received an anonymous postcard from #Portland addressed to “crucial voters” with *hand-drawn* art and county-specific instructions to #VoteByMail.

Busy in the ICU and ER, I probably would have missed the deadline otherwise.

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So I got my ballot, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the postcard, the attention to detail, the distance from Oregon to Florida, and what that effort says about our #ElectoralCollege system that gives my vote more weight and how fundamentally undemocratic that is.

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Meanwhile, a diverse coalition of #Portland activists (including a moms group and the mayor himself) are being gassed, beaten, and arrested by federal troops for non-violent protests for civil rights.

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https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1285826007023460355?s=21 https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1285826007023460355

https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1285826007023460355?s=21

The #Portland mayor called the federal response an “egregious overreaction” but it is more that that.

Organized state violence against political dissent is #fascism pure and simple.

5/n https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007252963/portland-protests-mayor-tear-gassed.html

‘Egregious Overreaction’: Portland Mayor Is Tear Gassed by Federal Officers

Federal officers tear gassed Mayor Mike Wheeler as they sprayed into a crowd of protesters he joined outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007252963/portland-protests-mayor-tear-gassed.html

Yet #PortlandProtesters fight on despite injury and disability, because #BlackLivesMatters and democracy matters.

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/5483028002

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'This is not a dictatorship!': Portland protesters push back harder against Trump, federal agents

President Donald Trump sent federal agents to Portland to crack down on protesters. His move appears to have backfired and energized activists.

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/5483028002

The combination of postcard and protest highlight to me just how much more our neighbors and countrymen in #Portland are doing for our democracy.

It’s easy to get swept up in our feeds, but we must be centering their fight against #stateviolence and #FascismInTheUSA

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