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We do not comply: how do we disrupt the momentum of Trump’s cruelty?
The Guardian ^ | 27 Jul, 2025 | V (formerly Eve Ensler)

Posted on 07/27/2025 7:53:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Every day brings more devastation. But daily forms of rebellion can restore our sense of purpose.

The exterminating force of Project 2025 is plowing through the culture, the government and people’s hearts and bodies like a drunk on a violent tear. We wake each morning, holding our breath to bear witness to the new devastation: PBS and NPR defunded, cuts to the fight against human trafficking, Medicaid gone for millions, Ice working to surveil critics, tons of food for the poor ordered burned and wasted.

The momentum of cruelty always feels inevitable. Cruelty is by definition “a callous indifference to or pleasure in causing pain”. For those of us who have suffered physical, political, racial and emotional abuse, it feels like a familiar steamroller of violence. We only have to witness the cries of parents being separated from their children, men screaming out for “libertad” from cages in Everglades detention center (AKA Alligator Alcatraz), non-violent protesters beaten for trying to stop a genocide, to be frozen in that same incapacitating dread and fear.

What is the antidote to this destructive environment of mendacity possessing us now with fear, ennui and self-mutilating rage?

Ash-lee Woodard Henderson, a powerhouse activist and brilliant organizer, told me: “It’s not decided where we go yet. Which is why it feels tense. What we know is that there’s no going back to an old normal because our economic system has failed us and our governmental structure is being destroyed. They’re trying to replace what was with this minority rule of disgustingly wealthy humans dictating what can happen not only in this country, but globally.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: leftism

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1 posted on 07/27/2025 7:53:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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A brief detour to Bizzar-O-World to see what the left is up to.


2 posted on 07/27/2025 7:53:24 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 07/27/2025 7:54:54 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Glad it was brief.


4 posted on 07/27/2025 7:55:05 AM PDT by NeverTyranny
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V (formerly Eve Ensler)

5 posted on 07/27/2025 7:56:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Liar.


6 posted on 07/27/2025 7:56:28 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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Always good to size up the opposition. So far, they’re destroying themselves, please let’s not interrupt them.


7 posted on 07/27/2025 7:58:13 AM PDT by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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Seriously? These assclowns are still on the project 2025 falsehood. When are they going to jump on the russiagate story? Fookin’ idjits!


8 posted on 07/27/2025 7:58:22 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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Trump’s cruelty is an effort to get the freeloaders to take some responsibility for themselves.


9 posted on 07/27/2025 7:58:27 AM PDT by caver ( )
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Good grief.

These lying liars.


10 posted on 07/27/2025 7:59:54 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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I think the author needs a lobotomy.


11 posted on 07/27/2025 8:00:00 AM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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Now that’s a LOL headline if I’ve ever seen one!


12 posted on 07/27/2025 8:00:30 AM PDT by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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Leftists can fund their own leftist programs. Conservatives are no longer toothless. Now we have Trump and his MAGA crew.


13 posted on 07/27/2025 8:00:48 AM PDT by ryderann
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“I will not fix you a sammich.”


14 posted on 07/27/2025 8:01:01 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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Eve Ensler, author of the Vagina Monologues, obviously a keen and insightful social critic.

Wikipedia:

V, formerly Eve Ensler (/ˈɛnslər/; born May 25, 1953), is an American playwright, author, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.[1][2][3] In 2006 Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called The Vagina Monologues "probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade."[4]

In 2011, V was awarded the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 65th Tony Awards, which recognizes an individual from the theater community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of humanitarian, social service, or charitable organizations. V was given this award for her creation of the non-profit V-Day movement which raises money and educates the public about violence against women, gender expansive people, and the Earth [5] - and efforts to stop it.

She writes for The Guardian and has been featured in films including V-Day's Until the Violence Stops, the PBS documentary What I Want My Words to Do to You, and the Netflix documentary City of Joy, among others. She regularly appears in print, radio, podcast, and television interviews including on CNN,[6] Democracy Now,[7] TODAY,[8] Real Time with Bill Maher and Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry.


15 posted on 07/27/2025 8:01:58 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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Mouthpiece for Democrat talking points. Offers no examples, just one-liners. I’m sure there are hellhole socialist countries that would welcome Eve Ensler.


16 posted on 07/27/2025 8:02:43 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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Yep...she’s a poster-girl for mental illness.


17 posted on 07/27/2025 8:04:00 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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A good example as to why we need to reoppen the Insane Asylums.


18 posted on 07/27/2025 8:05:38 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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I think she has had one already.


19 posted on 07/27/2025 8:09:54 AM PDT by Retgearjammer
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Wait a second. This is SO bad, are we sure it ain’t the “bee”?


20 posted on 07/27/2025 8:12:22 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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