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[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

Let me introduce you to a brave young woman from my country, Iran.

Her name was Hadis Najafi. She was only 22 years old.

The morality police in Iran killed Mahsa Amini over a few strands of hair. Hadis Najafi responded by taking off her hijab entirely and going into the streets to protest the Islamic Republic.

Before going out to protest, Hadis filmed herself walking in the street. She said:

“I hope that years from now, I can look back and be happy that I went out to protest, because everything changed.”

She never got to see those years.

In September 2022, after Iran’s morality police killed Mahsa Jina Amini because they decided her hijab was “improper,” Hadis went into the streets of Karaj to end this barbaric regime.

She went for Mahsa. She went to demand freedom from a murderous regime.

Hadis was unarmed. Her voice was her only weapon. But Security forces opened fire.

I spoke to her family. They told me how they saw the pellet wounds all over her body her face, her neck, her chest.

Hadis was killed. And killing her was not enough.

The authorities pressured her family to say she died naturally. They withheld her body and tried to silence them.

Her family refused.

Even at her funeral, security forces surrounded them. They could not even mourn their 22-year-old daughter in peace.

Think about this:

First, they killed a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa, over a few strands of hair.

Then they killed another 22-year-old woman, Hadis, for protesting her killing.

They tried to erase Hadis.

Instead, she became a symbol.

Today, more women across Iran walk publicly without compulsory hijab.

Hadis dreamed that one day she would look back and see that everything had changed and Iran will be free from Islamic Republic.

That dream is not dead.

What shocks me is how many young people I meet at universities and colleges across the free world who have never heard her name. They know so many heroes from history, but they don’t know the heroes who are making history right now.

That is why I tell these stories.

[DemocracyFun Defence Force @democracy_fun]

@KamalaHQ Swifties > Techies

[adam @dalek82]

This pretty much sums up my feelings about all you Morality superiority police officers in my comments:

[Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer]

Trump forced 12 year olds to perform lesbian sex acts for him.

That seems important.

[Disco Brian Davis @DiscoBrianDavis]

The GOP is the obvious threat. Less obvious are those on the *left* like @NinaTurner, who praise & promote Tulsi Gabbard, Jill Stein, & Matt Taibbi.

Nina plans to run against the Dem ticket for President in 2024.
Ignore her at our peril.

[Disco Brian Davis @DiscoBrianDavis]

@therevolution THANK U Revolutionaries!

We've re-purposed Purple Rain 2 warn of the dangers of populism ... a vague, anti-establishment sentiment deployed by influencers online 2 confuse voters & encourage political apathy thru doom!

@NinaTurner is @Prince in the 'Purple Pain of Populism'

[Disco Brian Davis @DiscoBrianDavis]

Tues Apr 12 I am thrilled that I’ll join 1 of USA’s finest talents,

the beautiful, hilarious, brilliant @AndreaRovenski for #AboveItAll ep 1528!

We’ll talk hope (reviving Bernie’s rally-raves #NotMeUsfest)
& the anti-culture doom on the left standing in the way of that hope.

[Lindsay @lindzzz56]

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[Disco Brian Davis @DiscoBrianDavis]

NOW PLAYING! NotMeUsFest democracy Parties!

"Gettin' Down with Disco & Brian" celebrates the Magic Power of Music & Art to save democracy & crush the artless fascist threat - with fearless fun!

Like, subscribe, & help #NotMeUs!

https://t.co/oHHTKcVYJY

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[Lindsay @lindzzz56]

Wake me up when it’s post patriarchy

[Professor Flowers @ProfFlowers]

This video by @b_bakunin focuses on how the left should be fun, and we can do that through music. I think that this is really important. Art is radicalizing and community building. And has inspired so many of us, let's use it.

https://t.co/UOzf1WfCPc

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

This is one hell of an ad from a Democrat running for Congress. The question is whether people will watch it and share it.

[Disco Brian Davis @DiscoBrianDavis]

@JanelleMonae Trumpism will only metastasize over the next 4 years if we stay the course that created him; if we do not leverage all our power as artists, musicians, Netflix-series creators, educators, eco-entrepreneurs, authors, journalists, & activists, fascist indoctrination will grow.

[Lindsay @lindzzz56]

📷 Brooklyn🍀💜 (at Brooklyn Museum) https://t.co/tRQq344I61 https://t.co/J4P06QsGyO

[Lindsay @lindzzz56]

@NYCMayor Start citywide composting

[Lindsay @lindzzz56]

OHH soo cool! UX design for children's apps that include animated characters playing instruments and morphing! https://t.co/SF22bdgOC0

[Lindsay @lindzzz56]

Our passion project for a year written about eloquently by @briandavis212! https://t.co/QK9tdcAz6A

[Sivad Nairb @briandavis212]

Discovering member demand for a better shift-swap: “UX-ing Park Slope Food Coop” https://t.co/s0ilYujkDt @foodcoop @jonahburke @lindzzz56

[Lindsay @lindzzz56]

Now that @realdonaldtrump has ended #DACA, it’s time for Congress to protect the 800,000 recipients @SpeakerRyan

[Lindsay @lindzzz56]

This is so exciting @vendorspacenews! Go Ify and team vendorspace! https://t.co/ouw04LfN8A

[Surthrive @surthrivelabs]

Congratulations to our winners at #SHIFTPITCH17 last night, @Qoinsinc and @vendorspacenews! 🏆😆