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Vladimir Putin has offered to mediate the Israel-Iran war.
That's like Donald Trump offering to preside over a rape trial.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Vladimir Putin has offered to mediate the Israel-Iran war.
That's like Donald Trump offering to preside over a rape trial.
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Erik Shoji, the captain of the U.S. men's national volleyball team, posted a video on social media a few days ago. The 35-year-old libero sat down and said, "I am here to tell the world today that I am queer."
And I'm here to applaud him.
Also, I want to emphasize that just because the libero wears a jersey that's a different color from the rest of his team, doesn't mean all liberos are gay. But you can continue to hope.
I promise this is my last post regarding protest signs.
Until the next protest.
First, I wrote on the day of the "No Kings" demonstrations that I'd spied a slogan outside Seattle that I assumed was homegrown. It turns out "The only kings we want are salmon" was a protest theme in Alaska. So official—o-fish-el?—credit goes to residents of The Last Frontier.
Second, when my sister Kim and her kids protested in Bellingham, Wash., she carried a two-sided sign. With "USA: Rejecting Kings Since 1776," she resisted Trump. On the other side, as the picture shows, she saluted Pride Month. When a straight family member does that, I feel supported.
A sign that both protests and uplifts? The way Kim multitasks is downright scary.
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Today, as I joined hundreds of folks in a bedroom community outside Seattle for a "No Kings" protest, I noticed a woman holding a sign that I'm guessing is actually unique to the Pacific Northwest. It read "The only kings we want are salmon."