horace

Opinionated 30 something. Focused on politics, but trying to not politicize everything. With all the world's problems, let's not jump on others for misspeaking

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@farmereva_ It's called Gang Stalking, it's what law enforcement does to people they want to make their lives a living hell. Your literally followed around/stalked by community policers in a sting operation like fashion to build a case against you. Or they will just set you up and frame you.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

A lot of people wrongly ignore all politics because they rightly perceive the system is rigged. The answer isn't to ignore all politics, it's to ignore the fake partisan puppet show and pay attention to the REAL political game taking place behind it. Capitalism. Imperialism. Militarism. Authoritarian control. Narrative management. Oligarchy. Corruption. Oppression. Exploitation. Extraction. The stuff both parties in the fake political charade of official politics actively facilitate while pretending to advance human interests.

Participating in politics is a moral imperative; you're only serving your own oppressors by ignoring it, because they sure as shit aren't ignoring it. They WANT you to be a passive witness to their domination of society. The answer isn't to ignore politics, it's to pay rigorous attention to the real kind while aggressively attacking the fake kind.

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@People4Portland @tedwheeler @jvegapederson @GovTinaKotek You people have really convinced yourselves that all open drug use and homelessness just took off a couple years ago with 110. It's like where have you been? Prohibition isn't the answer

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@People4Portland You can't blame 110 for making West Virginia have more OD's than Oregon. Stop acting like were any different than the rest of the country regards to drugs. Or seeing people using drugs in public wasn't already common b4 a couple years ago.

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@People4Portland Is there anything your group says that's true? The "funding cuts" come from the state to watch the arrested, which is down because of ppl not being arrested for drug possessions. That 💸 was used for jails, because most druggies are non violent and dont need supervision. Get real

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

It's long past time for Biden to drop out and stop being a spoiler.

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

White leftism will always be limited in the same ways white feminism is

for the same reason

Labor itself is both gendered & racialized

But folks want white-washed populist movements

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@wweek The system itself causes recidivism. When your in jail/prison your surrounded by criminals, and you have to fight. You have to defend your pride. That stays with you.

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@People4Portland Your Goebbels inspired group doesn't mention Calhoun would of been let out at the latest months b4 he started killing. So your blaming Schmidt for not predicting who becomes a serial killer? He couldn't hold dude in prison forever even if he could.

[Ryan Devereaux @rdevro]

NEW: Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors During Deadly Arizona Heatwave

Yesterday, @ashponders and I trudged up a hill in a remote corner of the Sonoran Desert where temps had reached 114 and documented some 50 people caged in direct sun https://t.co/i8Qg5n4J44

[UFHealth Whistleblower Kathleen Maynard 🇵🇸Ⓥ @IhoPwaitress74]

@SDonziger @Meta LE can & does track activists in real time via our cars' EDRs, which have GPS + cameras embedded in car mirrors.

Instagram blocks nonfollowers views of my stories since May'22 due to this Philando Castile story AND deleted the original post, so I believe my take is accurate.🤔

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@RevSAllen @AfricanArchives I don't want them having my DNA. Think about it first. Companies sell the data to other companies

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

The real symbol of the United States is not the stars and stripes, nor the bald eagle, nor the Statue of Liberty, nor even the mighty McDonald's logo. The real symbol of the United States is the Pentagon.

The Pentagon should feature centrally on the US flag. It should be on the coins and on all the bills, and it should appear next to the name of every American in the Olympics. When anyone sees a five-sided polygon, they should immediately think "United States of America".

There is nothing more representative of the most significant things about the United States than the Pentagon. Sure the US has lovely national parks, an abundance of fast food chains and 500 million-dollar superhero movies, but nothing has anywhere near the effect on the world as the US government's ability to project force around the planet with military violence and the threat thereof.

That is the main thing that makes the US unique among nations, after all. Americans are taught from childhood to take special pride in their nation's "freedom" and "democracy" (of which they have neither), when what actually makes their country stand out against the crowd is its role as the hub of a globe-spanning empire that is held together by nonstop military aggression. The five-sided building which houses the US Department of Defense — formerly called the Department of War until someone noticed that was a bit too truthful — is the perfect symbol for that empire. It conveys what the United States is really putting out into the world more accurately than any other.

It's easy to forget that you live in the hub of the most powerful empire in history when you actually live there, in the same way it's so calm in the eye of a hurricane that you'd hardly know your world is being ripped apart around you. But because the US-centralized empire influences global dynamics so pervasively, and because every major international conflict in the world involves it to some degree, that's what affects the most people in the world to the furthest extent right now. How much money they have. Whether they get to feed their kids today. Whether they'll be torn to shreds by military explosives tomorrow. Whether they'll have to watch everyone die in a nuclear holocaust next year.

So as far as humanity is concerned the most distinctive thing about the United States is its empire, and the most accurate symbol for that empire is the Pentagon. Artists, activists and memesters should make more use of this powerful symbol, because it's right there, easy to draw and everything.

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

Today would have been the 72nd birthday of ROBIN WILLIAMS.

One of Hollywood's most beloved comedy performers and a huge loss, which is your favourite of his?

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@ambrown We have to stay interested in whats happening at city hall at all times. They were hoping we were in a summer lull, that we wouldnt be proactive in organizing against their plans. This app is essential to organize, but we have to prepare for the day this app is no longer around

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

The Battle of Bamber Bridge, 1943.

Racist US military police attacked black US troops on British soil.

US military authorities demanded the town���s pubs impose a colour bar, the local landlords responded with signs that read “Black Troops Only” which pissed them off.

A THREAD

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@Purebloodtruth @People4Portland Even if his office said no to early release, he still would of been released at the latest well before he started killing. But it's Schmidt fault he became a serial killer? You know where they don't have progressive DA's? In red states, where the violent crime is higher

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@Purebloodtruth @People4Portland They didn't have info on all the ppl they were asked to release.

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@Purebloodtruth @People4Portland

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@Purebloodtruth @People4Portland But why did the police put him on the release list? Why didn't they give the contact info of his victims to the DA's office? Why did they give the DA 1 week, not 1 month per usual to decide. I think law enforcement is more responsible than DA's office here

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@People4Portland They want to target. But these ppl they put all their resources into are rarely serial killers/murderers. There more like police activist/regular ppl they dont like. Their evaluation of crimes&criminality is manipulated to fit their interests, not actual needs of keeping us safe

[horace @TruthNotFilter]

@People4Portland Just to put things into perspective about law enforcement essentially being the one to release this guy, there's some ppl that police have followed 24/7 365 by informants on foot, car, in the air by drones/planes, they listen in on all phones/cameras everywhere to surveil ppl