Let's Give A Damn

Fewer Walls, Longer Bridges, and Bigger Tables. That's the world we want to build with each and every one of you. Will you join us? #LetsGiveADamn!

[Nick Laparra @NickLaparra]

Today is Nakba Day—the day we remember and mourn the displacement of more than 750,000 Palestinians, the destruction of countless Palestinian villages, and the beginning of decades of apartheid, ethic cleansing, and genocide.

28,489 days of oppression, dehumanization, and havoc.

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Her team reached out to me asking if I’d have Mallory on the @LetsGiveADamn podcast. Here was my response. They didn’t respond, obviously. Fucking clowns.

[Nick Laparra @NickLaparra]

What a weak and evil response. How can you be heartbroken over what’s happening in the Twin Cities when you hired one of the terrorists causing the chaos to be one of your pastors, @JonathanParnell? You’re a disgrace to the gospel of Jesus.

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I’m seeing a fuck ton of “there is no place for political violence” posts from the same people that haven’t said shit about the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians that have been slaughtered by Israel over the past two years in Gaza. And I’m just here to say that’s fucked up.

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You fired 335 bullets at Hind Rajab’s five-year-old body, you fucking liars.

Your snipers have shot thousands of Palestinian children in their heads, you fucking liars.

You’ve slaughtered hundreds of thousands of completely innocent Palestinians, you fucking liars.

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A Palestinian flag onstage during the @KendrickLamar halftime show at the #SuperBowl! Obviously, they were chased down and tackled by security. Highlight of the game! #SBLIX  #FreePalestine

[Nick Laparra @NickLaparra]

The Right Revered Mariann Edgar Budde spoke boldly and directly to @POTUS at today’s Service of Prayer for the Nation at @WNCathedral.

Watch Trump, a convicted felon, become so fucking annoyed. Watch Trump and Vance roll their eyes and squirm by the little snakes they are.

[Nick Laparra @NickLaparra]

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow:

Fuck the occupiers.

Free the occupied.

In Palestine. In Lebanon. In Sudan. In Congo. In Haiti. In every place.

(background courtesy of the restroom at WeWork)

#FreePalestine #EndTheOccupation #LetsGiveADamn

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“We suffer from an incurable malady: Hope.”

― Mahmoud Darwish

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The latest @LetsGiveADamn Substack is out. @AaronJMate, @DanielBMate, @MuntherIsaac, Audre Lorde, and more!

Check it out and subscribe below. Love y'all.

🗞️ https://t.co/lhkc381Ric

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🔥 “This younger generation is an actual moral generation.”

❤️ @AaronJMate and @DanielBMate joined me on the @LetsGiveADamn podcast this week and it was incredible.

🇵🇸 More clips coming. #FreePalestine

Apple: https://t.co/E9ncuoyPiZ
YouTube: https://t.co/pEjkmkLlWo

[Nick Laparra @NickLaparra]

So, this happened.

@AaronJMate, @DanielBMate, and I will see you next week on the @LetsGiveADamn podcast.

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Happy 100th birthday to James Arthur Baldwin! ❤️✊🏽

“There may not be as much humanity in the world as one would like to see, but there is some. Love has never been a popular movement. The world is held together by the love and the passion of a very few people…”

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When Sonya opened the door, she said "Please don't hurt me."

Minutes later, "I'll fucking shoot you right in your fucking face" were the last words she heard before Sean Grayson murdered her.

She did nothing wrong. They murdered her anyway.

#ACAB #SayHerName #SonyaMassey

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The latest @LetsGiveADamn Substack is out now. Read, subscribe, and share!

'On Doing the Right Thing, Losing Friends, and Grief'

❤️ https://t.co/yXWHzbUgDw

[Nick Laparra @NickLaparra]

We're relaunching the nonprofit arm of @LetsGiveADamn — the @LGADFoundation — in October BUT we need your help! Can you spare a few dollars today? There are great perks for those that can donate a bit more. Read below and give if you can! Love y'all.

https://t.co/viRoi8npj4

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If you’ve lost a father, are estranged from your father, have never known your father, were abused by your father, have lost a child, can’t have children, are raising children alone—if this day is hard for you, I see you, love you, and am thinking about you. #FathersDay

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In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political
I must listen to the birds
And in order to hear the birds
The warplanes must be silent.

— Marwan Makhoul

[Nick Laparra @NickLaparra]

Since yesterday, I’ve seen a bunch of y’all *still* referring to our LGBTQ+ siblings as “brothers and sisters.” WHY? That language clearly excludes our gender non-conforming, non-binary, and gender fluid siblings. With as much love as I can muster, DO BETTER. 😘

#HappyPride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Congress: “From the River to the Sea” is genocidal!

Also Congress: “Finish Them” is alright with us!

Fuck this unexceptional country and #FreePalestine! ✊🏽🇵🇸❤️🍉