Mastodawn

Passive voice blunts any message this article was trying to send:

“Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.”

Normalized by whom, exactly? Space aliens? The tooth fairy? ZOMBIES???

Active voice would tell the reader the truth. The truth matters. If you care about living in a decent world, knowing the truth demands that you act —

“The GOP has normalized openly racist rhetoric at the highest levels of American politics.”
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/28/zohran-mamdani-islamic-attacks-maga-trump-racism

Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win

Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.

Axios

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Tom Lorenz 1d ago

On June 28, 1969, police raided the #StonewallInn, a New York City bar that welcomed the most marginalized members of the fledgling queer "community": young, poor, and #BIPOC #LGBTQ+ people.

Fed up with being on the receiving end of state violence, drag performers, trans and gender nonconforming people, homeless youth, and queer people of color fought back.

The scuffle became a weeklong riot and marked a pivotal turning point in the movement for LGBTQ+ rights in the United States.

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Natasha Jay 1d ago

In 2020, 14 local Spanish women of the small town of Aguilar de la Frontera took 2 months to create a giant rainbow flag which stretched along a street in their town #WomensArt 🌈

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Hollie 1d ago

Friend recently returned from a work conference. Was discussing travel difficulties with a nice guy they met there, he reported that he and his husband recently tried to get a flight out of Florida with their twin toddlers. While trying to board early to settle the kiddos, they were told “only the biological dad” could accompany the kids on for early boarding, the other parent would have to wait.

I don’t even know what to say to this, it’s messed up on so many levels. But just, FYI.

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Julia Evans 1d ago

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tan 1d ago

The trans community officially made it 😻

#csdleipzig

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Missing The Point 1d ago

President Trump: “You can sleep easier tonight knowing one more 6-year old with leukemia is off the streets.”

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Steve Herman 1d ago

LA Times - Several communities in Los Angeles County have called off or postponed their previously scheduled Independence Day and July events, citing resident safety amid ongoing immigration enforcement raids. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-27/fear-of-immigration-raids-force-the-cancellation-of-several-july-festivities-in-los-angeles

Fear of immigration raids force the cancellation of several July festivities in Los Angeles

Here are some of the July festivities that have been canceled in Los Angeles out of fear over immigration raids.

Los Angeles Times

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Jenny 1d ago

I recently saw a tourism ad from #Quebec #Canada that nearly made me cry. A visitor is checking in at a hotel. When the clerk asks where he’s traveling from, he looks ashamed and whispers “I’m American”. The clerk presses a button under the desk, which I initially thought was a panic button. Instead it unlocks a panel allowing her to come out from behind the desk, and she gives the guy a big hug. I nearly lost it. I wish I could move to Canada. This meant a lot to me.❤️