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Ruth Zakarin

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CEO of the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. Knitter, cat lady, grey hair evangelist. Oh, and I box. Five feet of strong opinions that are all my own. Check out my essays at: https://ruthzakarin.substack.com/

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Thank you!

06.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For the love of all that is good and holy in the year of our chaos 2026 I beg of you…

Please use the wonderful technology that is headphones while on public transportation.

Thank you for coming to my Ruth talk.

06.03.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

06.03.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

06.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess keeping kids from being killed at school isn’t politically correct.

Then again, they don’t stop kids from being killed at school here in the States either.

06.03.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I am so excited and so honored to be alongside these amazing people!

06.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Y’all. They replaced Gregory Bovino with Tom Homan and Kristi Noem with Markwayne Mullin so the new season of The Fascist looks just as bad as the last one.

06.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah that guy is now the DHS secretary. We went from a puppy killer to a union brawler. Cool cool cool.

05.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The man is complaining about having rules that restrict how and if you kill people.

05.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And so comes the return of the Boston Tea Party, latte style (I’ll take mine with almond mild and one shot of vanilla, please)

05.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so important. Thank you for highlighting this. It reminds me why we are always trying to create easy entry points to our work to welcome people who can’t engage in it regularly. I am also thinking of the people whose trauma stuff makes regular engagement hard.

05.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a red shirt says " make it so " in blue letters ALT: a man in a red shirt says " make it so " in blue letters
05.03.2026 03:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And Mike Johnson called these strikes β€œdefensive”. They killed these children as a defensive measure, and that is completely indefensible.

04.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know this has been pointed out a thousand times but Texas makes it easier to access a gun than a ballot.

If you were in line at a gun store they’d probably figure out how to serve you.

04.03.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Toronto Synagogue Is Damaged by Gunfire on Night of Jewish Holiday The temple said 20 shots were fired at the building but no one was hurt.

A Toronto synagogue was damaged by gunfire on Monday night, the beginning of the Jewish holiday Purim, the police said. No one was hurt. A vehicle was reportedly seen leaving the area after the shots, but there is no description of any suspect, the police said. nyti.ms/4bqWI2L

04.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 9

Ecuador?

04.03.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The party of *just work harder and longer* just disenfranchised people who work long and hard hours.

04.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile they dragged Kamala Harris mercilessly for talking about working at McDonalds. And she like… did that.

03.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At some point we will have a conversation about the bogus claim that running a financially successful company equips you for leadership more broadly.

03.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 2265 πŸ” 456 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 18

I am a gun violence prevention advocate. I want a world where no parent has to bury a child lost to violence.

I want that world and I want that in every part of the world.

I want that for my children and I want that for everyone else’s children.

I mourn these children.

03.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump was expected to talk about the US war with Iran. He quickly pivoted to praising his β€˜beautiful’ ballroom. - The Boston Globe The comments drew swift criticism from Democratic lawmakers, who said touting a new ballroom during an armed conflict was insulting to American troops.

Trump is way more concerned about the gold drapes in his ballroom than the gold star families he’s made with this damn war.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/n...

03.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Perhaps you were born for such a time as this…

Happy Purim 🧑

03.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump was expected to talk about the US war with Iran. He quickly pivoted to praising his β€˜beautiful’ ballroom. - The Boston Globe The comments drew swift criticism from Democratic lawmakers, who said touting a new ballroom during an armed conflict was insulting to American troops.

Trump is way more concerned about the gold drapes in his ballroom than the gold star families he’s made with this damn war.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/n...

03.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

As much as I want survivors to get some justice, I am not comfortable with labeling every awful thing Trump does as a distraction from the Epstein files.

Trump is capable of perpetrating all sorts of violence at the same time simply because he is one of the most violent people on the planet. 1/2

01.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

And the problem with this country is that it’s led by people who don’t think of other people’s children as their own.

02.03.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember that this is a man who had the following to say after a school shooting in Iowa:

β€œIt’s just horrible – so surprising to see it here. But we have to get over it. We have to move forward.”

People die and he just doesn’t care.

02.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

And the problem with this country is that it’s led by people who don’t think of other people’s children as their own.

02.03.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember that this is a man who had the following to say after a school shooting in Iowa:

β€œIt’s just horrible – so surprising to see it here. But we have to get over it. We have to move forward.”

People die and he just doesn’t care.

02.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

This is so fucked up

02.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

We do ourselves a disservice by not acknowledging that. Everything he does is based on violence and driven by his endless need for power.

He can do many awful things at once because that is who he is. 2/2

01.03.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0