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Mekong.Net @mekong.net · 05/10/2026
That poster, though, was displayed on Chicago train platforms, and this is what happened to it everywhere:
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Mekong.Net @mekong.net · 19/06/2026
From a speech by Frederick Douglass. Full text here: www.historyplace.com/speeches/dou... #juneteenth #america #history #historyplace
A quote from a speech by Frederick Douglass, delivered on July 4, 1852: "At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation's ear, I would today pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder."
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Mekong.Net @mekong.net · 23/04/2026
You Were Warned (Sunday Opinion section from the New York Times, October 27, 2024) #trump #maga #newyorktimes #media #press #republicans #fucktrump #fuckmaga #WakeUp #RepublicansGrowASpine #IfYouVotedForTrumpShameOnYou #StopBuryingYourHeadInTheSand
A copy of the New York Times Sunday Opinion section lies on a bench on a Chicago subway platform. The full-page headline reads: "DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL / PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES ORDER MASS DEPORTATIONS USE SOLDIERS AGAINST CITIZENS ABANDON ALLIES PLAY POLITICS WITH DISASTERS / BELIEVE HIM."
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Mekong.Net @mekong.net · 29/03/2026
No Kings. Chicago, March 28, 2026 #nokings #nokingschicago #chicago #resist #demonstrations #brucesharp #nuremberg
A sign at the No Kings rally, reading "The Nuremberg trial defendants were just following orders, too!" Taken on March 28, 2026.
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Mekong.Net @mekong.net · 03/11/2025
It's worth highlighting a passage from a recent blog post by @davidbrin.bsky.social: davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/will... #ice #immigration #borderpatrol #polarization #tyranny
"Among the travesties that led to the worst episode (so far) -- the 1860s 'Civil War' - was the Fugitive Slave Act, supported by the John Roberts of the 1850s - Roger Taney, cursed be his name and memory and honor. After which, bands of often-masked irregular southern cavalry began rampaging and raiding across northern states, smashing into homes and workplaces, snatching neighbors and ignoring victims who waved documents proving they were free persons, and not 'illegals.' Sound familiar? Has anyone else made the parallel with today's monstrous ICE depredations? Because those slave-catcher raids had deeper effects than merely a run for the Canadian border. They radicalized northerners, who would never have voted for Lincoln had they not been fiercely offended by such nasty aggression and oppression in their own villages and counties."
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Mekong.Net @mekong.net · 22/10/2025
Do not misunderstand: The things you are witnessing in this country are not warning signs. They are boasts. The Trump Administration has no intention of abiding by the law. Photo: Chicago, October 18, 2025. #protests #resist #chicago #nokings #authoritarianism #originalphotography #brucesharp
A sign held by a protestor reads: "Authoritarianism isn't coming. It's here." Taken at the No Kings Protest in Chicago, October 18, 2025.
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Mekong.Net @mekong.net · 14/10/2025
"If America hasn't broken your heart, you don't love her enough." Chicago, April 5, 2025. #protests #resist #corybooker #mekongnetwork #originalphotography #brucesharp
A young woman holds a sign with a quote from Cory Booker: "If America hasn't broken your heart, you don't love her enough." Taken at the Hands Off Protest in Chicago, Daley Plaza, April 5, 2025
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