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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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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
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https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1285826007023460355?s=21 https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1285826007023460355
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
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
Yet #PortlandProtesters fight on despite injury and disability, because #BlackLivesMatters and democracy matters.
https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/5483028002
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https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/5483028002
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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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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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