Thread by @monaeltahawy

I will be watching the #StateOfTheUnion tonight and I’m wondering if the speech writer has an equivalent to “Axis of Evil” that (and fuck that phrase) will be used by the US to capture this moment.

There’s a fucking global pandemic still. A lot of us who are saying fuck imperialism of all kinds and who obviously oppose the Russian invasion of Ukraine are being yelled at to fall into line if we don’t say exactly what we’re supposed to say about #UkraineRussiaWar

And some of us come from places the history of which is rife with the debris of the West vs Russia/USSR imperial enmity. And so many other historical empires. We say fuck off to US and Russian imperialism and increasingly today also Chinese imperialism.

Putin and the US both sell weapons to the military dictators who run Egypt.

So of course I say fuck you to both.

I’m sure I’ll be yelling at Biden but I as sure as fuck am relieved we wont be seeing that fascist Trump ramble on for two hours! #StateOfTheUnion