Gabe Ortíz

@tusk81
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Trying to fight the good fight at America’s Voice 🇺🇸 Immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ rights, cats. Cancer survivor. Views here my own.
"Ian" shares, "The strawberry harvesting season has begun. I spend my entire day bending down, looking for strawberries that are ready to be harvested. My back hurts, yet I can't stand up fully for fear of being replaced." #WeFeedYou

A crew sweats under the 86° sun at 12:15pm in a Tejón CA vegetable field. Temps reached a blistering 95° this day. #WeFeedYou

Una cuadrilla suda bajo el sol de 86° a las 12:15 pm en un campo de vegetales en Tejón, CA. Las temperaturas alcanzaron un intenso calor de 95° ese día. #SoyEsencial

Easter is an important day for many and sharing a meal is a traditional part of this celebration. People like "Bonita" who harvests carrots in CA’s Central Coast, make these sacred meals possible. #WeFeedYou

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116353147724400169

“To us also, Jesus says: ‘Make good use of the power given to you, and remember that whatever you do to another human being, especially to the small and vulnerable, you do unto me. And it is to me that you will one day give an account.’”

"’Every person in authority will have to answer to God for the way they exercise their power,’ including the ‘the power to start or end a war,’ said the meditations read aloud for Leo's first Way of the Cross as pope.” https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-leos-way-cross-says-leaders-will-have-answer-god-starting-war
Pope Leo's Way of the Cross says leaders 'will have to answer to God' for starting war

War was among the many forms of suffering mentioned in Leo's first Good Friday procession as pope.

National Catholic Reporter
“Let those who have weapons lay them down,” Pope Leo XIV said in his first Easter address. “Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!” https://religionnews.com/2026/04/05/pope-leos-easter-message-to-the-world-let-those-who-have-weapons-lay-them-down/
Pope Leo’s Easter message to the world: ‘Let those who have weapons lay them down!’

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As wars intensify across the globe, Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter address to deliver a stark warning against growing indifference to violence, urging both world leaders and ordinary people to reject fear and choose peace through dialogue.

RNS
“He is a boil on the butt of humanity.”—Ouiser Boudreaux, “Steel Magnolias”
The old man is a fucking murderous lunatic and must be removed from office. I don’t care if we don’t have the votes at this moment, all Congressional Democrats should be publicly demanding impeachment. PUT REPUBLICANS ON FUCKING BLAST, THEY OWN THIS TOO

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"’We have the president of the United States basically declaring its intent to commit war crimes,’ Khardori said. He noted that even in wartime, targeting civilian infrastructure is prohibited, and called the remarks ‘disgraceful,’ adding that they resemble statements that could later surface in legal proceedings.”