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 Chloyster [she/her]   ( @chloyster@beehaw.org )  to Politics · 6 months ago

Op-Ed: ICE Tactical Units Are Preparing to Deploy in Seattle — We Must Fight Back - The Urbanist

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Op-Ed: ICE Tactical Units Are Preparing to Deploy in Seattle — We Must Fight Back - The Urbanist

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 Chloyster [she/her]   ( @chloyster@beehaw.org )  to Politics · 6 months ago
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# We need to be absolutely clear: we will not allow Seattle to become a testing ground for authoritarianism. And resistance starts with using every legal tool at our disposal. The Seattle City Attorney’s office has a central role to play in defending our neighbors and our fundamental rights. Here’s how:
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    Except that’s not really true. She didn’t run on that at all. It was a tweet from long before the election that the right wing used to tarnish her

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      But she lost because voters were convinced she ran on that leftists policy. Whether she actually did doesn’t change the intentions of the voters.

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        I mean if you really think the right wing accurately portrayed a nuanced issue that’s certainly a take

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        that isnt true as you have seen in recent news musk had rigged the election machines, and you should be more cognizant of the fact that voter suppression plays a heavy role. sexisms, and racism were crucial amongs the republican voters.

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        Convinced…

        by who?

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