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I didn't vote for 45. Still? This is the only news I'm actually happy about. why?
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https://twitter.com/IndianCountry/status/1325166132035158016

Joe Biden won & Kamala Harris made history on multiple fronts winning Vice President.

but

I’m not celebrating. I want to.

I WANT. TO.

But here’s the problem as I see it:

ARMED supporters of the current President are in >
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the streets of Colorado Springs at City Hall yelling about “how Joe Biden’s family stole the election,” and how they plan to fight on, and to “stop the steal.” (Source)

fox21news.com/top-stories/tr…

These people are angry
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because they believe lies that enshrine white power, and they have guns

(Photo Credit)
Supporters of US President Donald Trump rally outside the Maricopa County Recorder's Office on November 6, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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guns. Donald Trump has literally said before that he would only support the results if he won,

and that he would not commit to a peaceful transition.
(Sources
cnbc.com/2016/10/20/tru…

nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/…
)
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Commentators on Fox News are talking how digital votes were “changed” due to software “glitches”

(Sources)
video.foxnews.com/v/620799081000…
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& that they are going to challenge the results in court using the evidence that “Democratic operatives” in the government are spending hundreds of millions to change the votes and that this is and I quote “Coup 5.0.”

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I’m watching Trump’s twitter and seeing the likes and retweets spike by the hundreds in real time. (I can't record this, so the source is me) And I’m thinking the guns are in the hands of the angry white > 8/25

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men.

"Stop the Steal Rallies are starting up and not stopping"


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The angry white men are in the police forces, and so are the white supremacists.

(Source)
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/a…
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physical altercations are breaking out

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But the other reason?
the other reason?
And I hate to be a downer
I want to celebrate?
Yes.

But

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But #StandingRock state level state troop violence against unarmed peaceful Indigenous & allied peoples happened under @BarackObama.

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He let it happen.

And President Elect @JoeBiden was the vice president.

https://twitter.com/anthonyzenkus/status/1267990134571634688

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Digital Smoke Signals Front Line report 11 20 16 (timestamp 11:40)
(( keep watching))

Thanks to @MyronDewey
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November 20 2016


Thanks to @MyronDewey
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A Dine (Navajo) mother of four, Vanessa Dundon was shot in the eye and still doesn't have full vision back:
(Source)
latimes.com/nation/la-na-s…

(and)
waterprotectorlegal.org/victory-for-wa…
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Remember Sophia Wilansky? That brave water protector ally who lost full use of her hand after nearly having it blown off by state violence?

CONTENT WARNING: GRAPHIC post-surgical photo of traumatic arm injury
(facebook.com/SophiaWilansky…)
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She's still fighting to get justice for herself and injuries today.

kob.com/national-news/…

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"BUT," you might hear some say "Obama DID try to stop it! He was helpless!"

grist.org/article/obama-…

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When Trump wanted to deploy the national guard he did. Did he use a loophole? Maybe, I honestly don't know. But Trump sent troops in to protect monied interests

nytimes.com/2020/06/07/us/…
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And then this happened: abcnews.go.com/US/380000-gall….
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"An estimated 9,120 barrels of crude oil have spilled from a leak in the Keystone pipeline in North Dakota this week, officials said."
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I want to celebrate Vice President Elect Harris' multiple historic successes.

A Black Woman VP?
HUGE!

I want to clap my hands and run outside and scream "Chi Miigwetch Gitchi'manido!" (Thank God)

I want to shawl dance in waves of grass in
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ceremony to thank everyone, the universe,

But I can't.

Because this is is still a colonial system with a capitalist resource destroying heart.

I'm sorry.
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