Activism/Politics

Tribalism and Branding Among Groups That Don’t Like Trump

“The Resistance” is not the Democratic Party. “The Resistance” is not Indivisible. Indivisible is not the Democratic Party. “The Resistance,” as it’s commonly referred to, is like Anonymous – there’s no membership rolls, no policy platform. If you say you’re resisting, you are part of “The Resistance.” There is a Resistance Party that has a platform, Tribalism and Branding Among Groups That Don’t Like Trump

“A failed state is a political body that has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly”

I don’t want to believe that we’re at a point where the party in power is saying it’s “playing politics” for the opposition to demand they (those in power) do what they (those in power) said they (those in power) would do FOUR MONTHS AGO before they (those in power) get another extension, when they “A failed state is a political body that has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly”

CrossFit Open 2018 and rule 1.04

I can’t boycott the CrossFit Open this year bc I’m not affiliated with a gym (and am out of shape), but am sharing this in case you or your friends are: Rule 1.04 (https://games.crossfit.com/rules/open) is transphobic, as is CrossFit Inc.’s refusal to engage with critics on this issue. CrossFit Inc. wants the Games to be CrossFit Open 2018 and rule 1.04

tonight hurt

i already knew our president is a hateful racist misogynist homophobic transphobic white-supremacist asshole, but i was not expecting him to take both actions after the end of business on the same day. i wish i had a positive note to end on.

Remember this. Stay angry.

Remember this anger and fear. Realize that Donnie & his pack are the abusers, but we need to fix the system that enabled this. Stay angry. Nationwide popular vote for POTUS. Electoral reform to break the two-party system. Automatic voter registration & vote by mail (or other ways to combat voter suppression) Amendment to overturn Remember this. Stay angry.

Focus

Over the next four years, keep thinking about the future. In coming decades when the children ask “why did people let that happen?” you will either tell them how you fought back against bullies to make a better world or you will have to explain why you did nothing.

An Open Letter to the CrossFit Games staff

Dear CrossFit Games staff, I’m a relatively new member of the CrossFit community. I stepped into a gym for the first time last December, and had a blast participating in the Open this spring (scaling most of the events). I’m writing because I’m very uncomfortable with the announcement on Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/p/BHztP4fjgPA/) that Glock handguns will An Open Letter to the CrossFit Games staff