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Did You Vote Today? ✅We rally, we debate, we flood the streets with campaign signs—all for election day. BUT we vote eve...
07/03/2025

Did You Vote Today? ✅

We rally, we debate, we flood the streets with campaign signs—all for election day. BUT we vote every single day—not with a ballot, but with EVERY dollar we spend.
Starbucks: When you order that Venti Iced Caramel Macchiato, you're voting YES to a CEO who fired 1,100 workers, then pocketed a $96M bonus—all while commuting by private jet from LA to Seattle.
✅Stop into your local coffee shop where your money supports small business and keeps dollars in your community.

TEMU & Fast Fashion: When you chase that free shipping threshold, adding that "too good to be true" dress, earrings, and mug, you're voting YES to exploitation, forced labor, and mountains of waste.
✅Shop secondhand, support ethical brands, or invest in quality pieces that last.

Nike: When you snag the latest sneaker drop, you're voting YES to Uyghur forced labor, while the CEO rakes in $32.8M. Instead?
✅Support ethical sneaker brands or buy from small, sustainable footwear companies.

Amazon: When you click ‘Buy Now’ on that overnight Prime delivery, you're voting YES to a company whose founder piles up $216.5B, while gutting unions & buying political influence.
✅Buy pre-owned, Check local retailers, and direct-to-brand websites.

Walmart: When you fill your cart with those "Rollback" deals, you're voting YES to a corporation that undercuts local businesses, leads to store closures, and forces employees onto government assistance while raking in massive tax breaks.
✅Shop at farmers' markets, co-ops, and locally owned grocery stores, and buy used. Buy fresh foods - not packaged junk.

X & Tesla? When you pay for that blue check on X or order that shiny new Tesla, you're voting YES to N**i salutes, government-funded power plays, fired safety inspectors, and canceled contracts (except their own).
✅Support public transit, invest in truly ethical EV companies, buy used vehicles, and get your news from independent sources.

And the list goes on and on and on - so many exploiters and polluters - Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Unilver...

Every dollar is a vote. Who are you electing? 💰

This is NOT about boycotting - This is a WAY OF LIFE.

06/11/2024

No bashing each other?
Respect each other even when we disagree??

This whole win was based on bashing. He bashes. He insults. He threatens. He instigates. He offers no respect. He detests all who disagree with him and promises revenge.

Now you ask me to respect and not bash???

The cult brand is bashing, lying, disrespecting, calling everyone who speaks and stands against him corrupt, the ultimate gaslighting. His cult members, our fellow citizens, our neighbors, just said yes, more of all of that please - across the board - then maybe milk will be cheaper and the brown people will go away. The promise is revenge. The promise is bloody deportations and family separations. The promise is more brainwashing with commandments in classrooms. The promise is less rights for women , less safety for women. Marriages and trans care in jeopardy. His goal is his own wealth and freedom from consequences. He knows the underbelly and he pandered to it - he’s selling the goal of white, christian america first and our neighbors, our colleagues, our fellow citizens bought it.
They are him. They signed up. They endorse. They empower him.
Mmmm that’s delicious milk. 🤬

06/11/2024

Some days are not light.
Some days are very dark.
Some people will not be okay.
Some people’s lives will change—or be at stake.
Some will live in fear and in jeopardy.
So, no, I’m not quite ready to get on with my day, sipping on the Chardonnay of my privilege.

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My Awareness

MY AWARENESS OF MY SPACE; how my surroundings affect me, and how my stuff stares at me from cluttered cabinets and stuffed garage shelves, complicates my desire to own more cool stuff that I might need someday.

MY AWARENESS OF MY FOOD CHOICES; where it comes from, what it does to my body, and how it is packaged, complicates my grab and go junk food urges.

MY AWARENESS OF MY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; what packaging, does to our earth, what it takes to manufacture, how it is disposed, and if it breaks down, complicates my shopping therapy.