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THE ONENESS of HUMANITY @[email protected] · 2026-04-09 · 12:29 UTC

Reckless Words Lead to Stupid Wars.

Article republished by Jerry Alatalo (Source: MiddleEastMonitor.com)

April 9, 2026

[Editor’s note: Jasim Al-Azzawi worked for several media organisations, including MBC, Abu Dhabi TV, and Aljazeera English as a news anchor, program presenter, and Executive Producer. He covered significant conflicts, interviewed world leaders, and taught media courses.]

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When Words Become Weapons

Obscenity is not noise. It is policy stripped of disguise.

US President Donald Trump (L) meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (R) as he arrives in Riyadh, for the first leg of his three-country Middle East tour in Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2025. [Bandar Al-Jaloud/Saudi Royal Court – Anadolu Agency]

by Jasim Al-Azzawi

On Easter morning, April 5, 2026, the President of the United States reached, not for diplomacy, but for the obscenity. His message to Iran, broadcast to the world in the language of a street brawl, read like a threat scrawled on a prison wall:

“Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.”

The timing was grotesque. The phrasing is worse. The closing—“Praise be to Allah”—is a mockery draped in borrowed piety. It was not merely undignified. It was incendiary. Nine days earlier, before an audience of global investors, he turned his fire on an ally. Speaking of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he boasted:

“He didn’t think he’d be kissing my ass… but now he has to be nice to me.”

Two insults. One aimed at a rival, one at a partner. Both delivered by the same man, in the same tone. Both heard across a region where memory is long, humiliation is not abstract, and dignity is currency. This is how wars begin—not always with bombs, but with words that make bombs inevitable.

The Price of Humiliation

In the Arab world, honor is not ornamental. It is structural. Strip it publicly from a leader, and you do not embarrass a man but destroy a relationship. Trump did not defend Mohammed bin Salman. He exposed him. At a Saudi-sponsored event. In front of Saudi investors. The message was unmistakable: you are not a partner. You are a subordinate.

Riyadh said nothing. It could not afford to. The strategic dependence on Washington, particularly in the shadow of Iran, demands silence and patience. But silence, in such contexts, is not acquiescence. It is a wound deferred. Humiliation accumulates. Quietly. Patiently. And when it is repaid, it is rarely done politely.

The timing was grotesque. The phrasing is worse. The closing—“Praise be to Allah”—is a mockery draped in borrowed piety. It was not merely undignified. It was incendiary. Nine days earlier, before an audience of global investors, he turned his fire on an ally. Speaking of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he boasted:“He didn’t think he’d be kissing my ass… but now he has to be nice to me.”

At the same time, the Easter tirade against Iran did something equally reckless. It fused insult with threat, vulgarity with religious mockery. It handed Tehran exactly what it needed: proof, broadcast in the president’s own voice, that the United States speaks not as a state, but as a provocateur. No regime could script it better.

Western politicians lie, millions die: The architecture of manufactured consent

The Severed Ear

History has seen this before. In 1731, a Spanish officer boarded a British ship in the Caribbean and, finding no contraband, cut off the ear of its captain, Robert Jenkins. He reportedly handed it back with a warning: tell your king the same will happen to him.

Seven years later, Jenkins stood before Parliament and produced the ear. The outrage was immediate, visceral, and politically useful. War followed. It lasted nearly a decade. Thousands died. Nothing was resolved. It entered history with a name soaked in absurdity and blood: the War of Jenkins’ Ear.

The lesson is brutal in its simplicity. Insults, real or amplified, can be weaponized. Once unleashed, they escape the control of those who invoked them. Leaders may posture. Populations do not. They demand retaliation. Walpole, the British prime minister, understood the war was unnecessary. He warned against it. He was ignored. Every era believes it is wiser than the last. Every era repeats the same mistake.

The Manufactured Insult

If Jenkins’ ear was accidental, the Ems Dispatch was deliberate. In 1870, Otto von Bismarck edited a diplomatic telegram to make a routine exchange appear as a calculated insult. France, cornered by public outrage, declared war. The result was catastrophic: the collapse of the French Empire and a grievance that festered into the soil of the First World War. Bismarck understood the power of humiliation. He used it as a scalpel.

Riyadh said nothing. It could not afford to. The strategic dependence on Washington, particularly in the shadow of Iran, demands silence and patience. But silence, in such contexts, is not acquiescence. It is a wound deferred. Humiliation accumulates. Quietly. Patiently. And when it is repaid, it is rarely done politely.

The threat posed by Trump’s message stems from its ambiguity rather than its accuracy. There is no evidence of design, no strategic objective discernible behind the insults. It is not a scalpel. It is a hammer swung blindly in a room full of glass. And yet the consequences may be no less severe.

The Burden of Repair

Wars built on insult do not end cleanly. They linger and fester. They poison future negotiations. They become the vocabulary of grievance.

Saudi Arabia is not a peripheral state. It is central to global energy markets, to Gulf security, and to the fragile architecture holding the region together. To publicly demean its leadership is to weaken that architecture from within.

Iran, meanwhile, is a nation already spurred by its leadership to see the United States as an aggressor. When the American president uses profanity, threats, and religious mockery in the same breath, he does not intimidate. He confirms and enrages.

Each word strengthens hardliners. Each insult narrows the space for diplomacy. Each outburst raises the political cost, on both sides, of ever sitting at the same table again. And yet, one day, they will have to sit across from each other eyeball to eyeball.

The world on the brink of the stone age: When Trump’s threat goes beyond Iran

The Quiet Men Who Clean the Mess

Wars are not ended by those who ignite them. They are ended by those who must clean up after them: diplomats, the intermediaries, the negotiators in anonymous rooms in Oman, Geneva, or Islamabad. They work in silence, repairing what was broken loudly. They must reconstruct trust where there is none. Translate rage into language. Turn humiliation into compromise. Each vulgar phrase uttered by a leader becomes an obstacle they must dismantle, word by word. History does not remember their names. It remembers the wars. But without them, there would be no end to any of them.

Saudi Arabia is not a peripheral state. It is central to global energy markets, to Gulf security, and to the fragile architecture holding the region together. To publicly demean its leadership is to weaken that architecture from within.

The Inevitable Reckoning

A severed ear triggered a war that lasted nine years. A doctored telegram reshaped Europe for generations. Now, in 2026, we are told that obscenity is harmless. That is the style of insults. That this is merely how power speaks. It is not. It is how power collapses into impulse. The question is no longer whether words matter. They do. They always have. The question is what we will call the war that follows and whether anyone, somewhere in Washington, still understands the cost of speaking before thinking. Because history, unlike politicians, keeps a precise record. And it is never kind to those who confuse noise for strength.

The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Monitor.

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MrEdgarBass @[email protected] · 2026-03-22 · 12:44 UTC

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MrEdgarBass @[email protected] · 2026-03-21 · 13:56 UTC

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MO.Hash @[email protected] · 2026-02-27 · 12:31 UTC

War shouldn’t be profit-driven. Every conflict costs families their future, not just budgets. Invest in peace, education, healthcare, and opportunity — not endless wars. Humanity over industry. #PeaceNotWar #VeteransForPeace #EndEndlessWars #HumanCost #InvestInPeople #MOHASH

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MO.Hash @[email protected] · 2026-02-27 · 12:31 UTC

War shouldn’t be profit-driven. Every conflict costs families their future, not just budgets. Invest in peace, education, healthcare, and opportunity — not endless wars. Humanity over industry. #PeaceNotWar #VeteransForPeace #EndEndlessWars #HumanCost #InvestInPeople #MOHASH

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MO.Hash @[email protected] · 2026-02-27 · 12:31 UTC

War shouldn’t be profit-driven. Every conflict costs families their future, not just budgets. Invest in peace, education, healthcare, and opportunity — not endless wars. Humanity over industry. #PeaceNotWar #VeteransForPeace #EndEndlessWars #HumanCost #InvestInPeople #MOHASH

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MO.Hash @[email protected] · 2026-02-27 · 12:31 UTC

War shouldn’t be profit-driven. Every conflict costs families their future, not just budgets. Invest in peace, education, healthcare, and opportunity — not endless wars. Humanity over industry. #PeaceNotWar #VeteransForPeace #EndEndlessWars #HumanCost #InvestInPeople #MOHASH

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DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-30 · 14:41 UTC

[4/5] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January30 - #Maine

JAN 30, Fri 3:30-4:30PM (every Wed & Fri) – #PortlandME
Deering Ave I-295 Overpass, Portland, Maine
VISIBILITY BRIDGE BRIGADE – Join a group of like-minded activists as we engage in protest with our fellow citizens in Portland! Part of the Visibility Brigade Movement, we seek to draw attention to the unconstitutional and dangerous behavior of the Trump Administration. Just before Deering Oaks & Hadlock Field. Bring signs, banners, flags for drivers to see.
FMI/Ground Rules/RSVP: www.dirigobrigade.org

JAN 30, Fri 5:00PM – #BangorME
In front of the Federal Building, 202 Harlow St, Bangor, Maine
NURSES AGAINST VIOLENCE
Please join us for a candlelight vigil for Alex Pretti, RN and for all others harmed by ICE.
Alex was murdered by federal immigration agents while protecting a community member during lawful observation of ICE activities. Nurses stand for care, compassion, and advocacy for all community members. We cannot stand by and allow ICE to continue terrorizing and killing our neighbors.
Friday, Jan 30 5PM, in front Federal Bldg, Bangor

JAN 30, Fri 5-5:45PM (& every Fri) – #CamdenME
Camden Village Green, Elm & Chestnut St, Camden, Maine
Camden Standout for Gaza! Stand with your neighbors to say no! to genocide and man made starvation of children in Gaza. We stand to support humanitarian aid to Gaza and to oppose US weapons support for Israel. FMI: www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 30, Fri 5-5:30PM (& every Fri) – #PortlandME
Congress Square, High & Congress Sts (across from PMA) – Portland, Maine
WOMEN IN BLACK VIGIL
A world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and violence, these weekly protests typically attract a diverse group of folks.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/828747/

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #JusticeForAlexPretti #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january30 #maine #portlandme #bangorme #camdenme

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-30 · 14:34 UTC

[3/5] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January30 - #Maine

JAN 30, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that #GeneralDynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on #Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 30, Fri 3:00PM – #PortlandME
Monument Square, 456 Congress St, Portland, Maine

STAND WITH MINNESOTA ICE OUT!

PORTLAND SHUT IT DOWN
No work.
No school.
No shopping.

ICE OUT!
Service Industry Strike all day & gathering on Monument Square – 3PM.

Portland on strike in solidarity with Minnesota & #NationalStrike

JAN 30, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens, Brunswick, Maine

VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media.
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html

JAN 30, Fri 3-4:30 (& every Fri) – #FreeportME
Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses, Freeport, Maine

#FreeportRushHourBrigade – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with Indivisible groups up and down the Rte 295 corridor.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/819262/

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january30 #maine #sacome #generaldynamics #gaza

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-30 · 14:34 UTC

[3/5] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January30 - #Maine

JAN 30, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that #GeneralDynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on #Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 30, Fri 3:00PM – #PortlandME
Monument Square, 456 Congress St, Portland, Maine

STAND WITH MINNESOTA ICE OUT!

PORTLAND SHUT IT DOWN
No work.
No school.
No shopping.

ICE OUT!
Service Industry Strike all day & gathering on Monument Square – 3PM.

Portland on strike in solidarity with Minnesota & #NationalStrike

JAN 30, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens, Brunswick, Maine

VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media.
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html

JAN 30, Fri 3-4:30 (& every Fri) – #FreeportME
Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses, Freeport, Maine

#FreeportRushHourBrigade – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with Indivisible groups up and down the Rte 295 corridor.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/819262/

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january30 #maine #sacome #generaldynamics #gaza

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-30 · 14:34 UTC

[3/5] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January30 - #Maine

JAN 30, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that #GeneralDynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on #Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 30, Fri 3:00PM – #PortlandME
Monument Square, 456 Congress St, Portland, Maine

STAND WITH MINNESOTA ICE OUT!

PORTLAND SHUT IT DOWN
No work.
No school.
No shopping.

ICE OUT!
Service Industry Strike all day & gathering on Monument Square – 3PM.

Portland on strike in solidarity with Minnesota & #NationalStrike

JAN 30, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens, Brunswick, Maine

VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media.
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html

JAN 30, Fri 3-4:30 (& every Fri) – #FreeportME
Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses, Freeport, Maine

#FreeportRushHourBrigade – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with Indivisible groups up and down the Rte 295 corridor.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/819262/

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january30 #maine #sacome #generaldynamics #gaza

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-30 · 14:34 UTC

[3/5] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January30 - #Maine

JAN 30, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that #GeneralDynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on #Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 30, Fri 3:00PM – #PortlandME
Monument Square, 456 Congress St, Portland, Maine

STAND WITH MINNESOTA ICE OUT!

PORTLAND SHUT IT DOWN
No work.
No school.
No shopping.

ICE OUT!
Service Industry Strike all day & gathering on Monument Square – 3PM.

Portland on strike in solidarity with Minnesota & #NationalStrike

JAN 30, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens, Brunswick, Maine

VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media.
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html

JAN 30, Fri 3-4:30 (& every Fri) – #FreeportME
Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses, Freeport, Maine

#FreeportRushHourBrigade – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with Indivisible groups up and down the Rte 295 corridor.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/819262/

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#veteransforpeace #womeninblackvigil #iceoutforgood #justiceforrenee #gazagenocide #nowarforoil

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-30 · 14:34 UTC

[3/5] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January30 - #Maine

JAN 30, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that #GeneralDynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on #Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 30, Fri 3:00PM – #PortlandME
Monument Square, 456 Congress St, Portland, Maine

STAND WITH MINNESOTA ICE OUT!

PORTLAND SHUT IT DOWN
No work.
No school.
No shopping.

ICE OUT!
Service Industry Strike all day & gathering on Monument Square – 3PM.

Portland on strike in solidarity with Minnesota & #NationalStrike

JAN 30, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens, Brunswick, Maine

VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media.
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html

JAN 30, Fri 3-4:30 (& every Fri) – #FreeportME
Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses, Freeport, Maine

#FreeportRushHourBrigade – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with Indivisible groups up and down the Rte 295 corridor.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/819262/

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january30 #maine #sacome #generaldynamics #gaza

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-30 · 14:30 UTC

[2/5] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January30 - #Maine

JAN 30, Fri 11:30-1:00PM (M-F) – #BelfastME
Sidewalk at Main & Church Streets, Belfast, Maine
STAND UP FOR GOOD

BELFAST ANTI-ICE STAND
Join a coalition for Justice for ALL
Daily: Monday-Friday, 11:30-12:30/1:00

Signs and Friends Welcome!
Stand TOGETHER for GOOD

JAN 30, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #CalaisME
Corner of North St & Main St, Calais, Maine
Stand Up Downeast Maine – Join in our weekly protest, one block from the border crossing to Canada, for this lively & international atmosphere.

JAN 30, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #FarmingtonME
Post Office, 196 Main St, Farmington, Maine
PEACE & PROTEST VIGIL - Farmington and surrounding area activists gather at noon ON the Sidewalks in front of the post office with peace vigil signs and protest messages to advocate for peace and protect democracy. Started 21 yrs ago as a Women in Black Vigil, this is now a community event and includes #VeteransForPeace, Western Mtns Third Act, and Indivisible.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879624/

JAN 30, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine

WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 30, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
#PeacePole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january30 #maine #belfastme #calaisme #farmingtonme

Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏 @[email protected] · 2026-01-24 · 06:13 UTC

We don’t think this Monterey County resident is out of touch with distressing circumstances in our nation, including surreal actions by the Commander in Chief. In fact, this local is a U.S. military veteran (unlike the C of C, ironically) and a member of Veterans for Peace.

Yet even when news is troubling, whenever we see him, he wears a bright smile. We feel sure he keeps his spirits up—regardless of the day’s news or the day’s weather— by doing lots of pedaling! Whenever we see him, as again today, he’s on his bicycle.

#endorphins #uplifting #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #BikeCommuter #BikeMontereyCounty #VeteransForPeace #USA #veterans #CommanderInChief #BadNews #resist

#endorphins #uplifting #cycling #biking #biketooter #bikecommuter

Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏 @[email protected] · 2026-01-24 · 06:13 UTC

We don’t think this Monterey County resident is out of touch with distressing circumstances in our nation, including surreal actions by the Commander in Chief. In fact, this local is a U.S. military veteran (unlike the C of C, ironically) and a member of Veterans for Peace.

Yet even when news is troubling, whenever we see him, he wears a bright smile. We feel sure he keeps his spirits up—regardless of the day’s news or the day’s weather— by doing lots of pedaling! Whenever we see him, as again today, he’s on his bicycle.

#endorphins #uplifting #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #BikeCommuter #BikeMontereyCounty #VeteransForPeace #USA #veterans #CommanderInChief #BadNews #resist

#veteransforpeace #endorphins #uplifting #cycling #biking #biketooter

Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏 @[email protected] · 2026-01-24 · 06:13 UTC

We don’t think this Monterey County resident is out of touch with distressing circumstances in our nation, including surreal actions by the Commander in Chief. In fact, this local is a U.S. military veteran (unlike the C of C, ironically) and a member of Veterans for Peace.

Yet even when news is troubling, whenever we see him, he wears a bright smile. We feel sure he keeps his spirits up—regardless of the day’s news or the day’s weather— by doing lots of pedaling! Whenever we see him, as again today, he’s on his bicycle.

#endorphins #uplifting #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #BikeCommuter #BikeMontereyCounty #VeteransForPeace #USA #veterans #CommanderInChief #BadNews #resist

#endorphins #uplifting #cycling #biking #biketooter #bikecommuter

Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏 @[email protected] · 2026-01-24 · 06:13 UTC

We don’t think this Monterey County resident is out of touch with distressing circumstances in our nation, including surreal actions by the Commander in Chief. In fact, this local is a U.S. military veteran (unlike the C of C, ironically) and a member of Veterans for Peace.

Yet even when news is troubling, whenever we see him, he wears a bright smile. We feel sure he keeps his spirits up—regardless of the day’s news or the day’s weather— by doing lots of pedaling! Whenever we see him, as again today, he’s on his bicycle.

#endorphins #uplifting #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #BikeCommuter #BikeMontereyCounty #VeteransForPeace #USA #veterans #CommanderInChief #BadNews #resist

#veteransforpeace #resist #badnews #commanderinchief #usa #veterans

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-23 · 14:54 UTC

[4/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

JAN 23, Fri 5-5:45PM (& every Fri) – #CamdenME
Camden Village Green, Elm & Chestnut St, Camden, Maine
Camden Standout for Gaza! Stand with your neighbors to say no! to genocide and man made starvation of children in Gaza. We stand to support humanitarian aid to Gaza and to oppose US weapons support for Israel. FMI: www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 23, Fri 5-5:30PM (& every Fri) – #PortlandME
Congress Square, High & Congress Sts (across from PMA) – Portland, Maine
WOMEN IN BLACK VIGIL
A world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and violence, these weekly protests typically attract a diverse group of folks.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/828747/

#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january23 #maine #camdenme #portlandme #organize

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-23 · 14:50 UTC

[3/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

Pg 3/4 Submit events to: [email protected]

JAN 23, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens, Brunswick, Maine
VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media.
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html

JAN 23, Fri 3-4:30 (& every Fri) – #FreeportME
Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses, Freeport, Maine
FREEPORT RUSH HOUR BRIGADE – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with Indivisible groups up and down the Rte 295 corridor.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/819262/

JAN 23, Fri 3:30-4:30PM (every Wed & Fri) – #PortlandME
Deering Ave I-295 Overpass, Portland, Maine
VISIBILITY BRIDGE BRIGADE – Join a group of like-minded activists as we engage in protest with our fellow citizens in Portland! Part of the Visibility Brigade Movement, we seek to draw attention to the unconstitutional and dangerous behavior of the Trump Administration. Just before Deering Oaks & Hadlock Field. Bring signs, banners, flags for drivers to see. FMI/Ground Rules/RSVP: www.dirigobrigade.org

JAN 23, Fri 4-7:00PM – #BelfastME
28 Spring St, Belfast, Maine
WALDO COUNTY FOR GRAHAM! Volunteer Celebration
We helped defeat Question 1 in November! We gathered 600 signatures in four days! And we're just getting started. Join us to celebrate, hear what comes next, and eat, drink, and be merry! Bring a friend, bring some nibbles, and bring cash or check to support the #BelfastSoupKitchen. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/889363/

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january23 #maine #brunswickme #freeportme #portlandme

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-23 · 14:47 UTC

[2/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #MachiasME
16 O'Brien Ave, Triangle bottom of College Hill, Machias, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890462/

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #PresqueIsleME
Aroostook River Bridge, US-1, Presque Isle, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890672/

JAN 23, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine
WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 23, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
Peace Pole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 23, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that General Dynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january23 #maine #machiasme #presqueisleme #augustame

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-23 · 14:47 UTC

[2/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #MachiasME
16 O'Brien Ave, Triangle bottom of College Hill, Machias, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890462/

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #PresqueIsleME
Aroostook River Bridge, US-1, Presque Isle, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890672/

JAN 23, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine
WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 23, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
Peace Pole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 23, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that General Dynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january23 #maine #machiasme #presqueisleme #augustame

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-23 · 14:47 UTC

[2/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #MachiasME
16 O'Brien Ave, Triangle bottom of College Hill, Machias, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890462/

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #PresqueIsleME
Aroostook River Bridge, US-1, Presque Isle, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890672/

JAN 23, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine
WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 23, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
Peace Pole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 23, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that General Dynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january23 #maine #machiasme #presqueisleme #augustame

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-23 · 14:47 UTC

[2/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #MachiasME
16 O'Brien Ave, Triangle bottom of College Hill, Machias, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890462/

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #PresqueIsleME
Aroostook River Bridge, US-1, Presque Isle, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890672/

JAN 23, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine
WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 23, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
Peace Pole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 23, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that General Dynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#veteransforpeace #womeninblackvigil #iceoutforgood #justiceforrenee #gazagenocide #nowarforoil

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-23 · 14:47 UTC

[2/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #MachiasME
16 O'Brien Ave, Triangle bottom of College Hill, Machias, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890462/

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #PresqueIsleME
Aroostook River Bridge, US-1, Presque Isle, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – ME-MN Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/890672/

JAN 23, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine
WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 23, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
Peace Pole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 23, Fri 2:30PM – #SacoME
General Dynamics, 291 North St, Saco, Maine
GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST – Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that General Dynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on Gaza. This plant makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. www.mvprights.org/events

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january23 #maine #machiasme #presqueisleme #augustame

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-23 · 14:41 UTC

[1/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

JAN 23, Fri 11:30-1:00PM (M-F) – #BelfastME
Sidewalk at Main & Church Streets, Belfast, Maine
STAND UP FOR GOOD
BELFAST ANTI-ICE STAND
Join a coalition for Justice for ALL
Daily: Monday-Friday, 11:30-12:30/1:00
Signs and Friends Welcome!
Stand TOGETHER for GOOD

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #CalaisME
Corner of North St & Main St, Calais, Maine
Stand Up Downeast Maine – Join in our weekly protest, one block from the border crossing to Canada, for this lively & international atmosphere.
Stand Up Downeast Network.

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #FarmingtonME
Main Street, Farmington, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – Maine-Minnesota Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/889734/

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #FarmingtonME
Post Office, 196 Main St, Farmington, Maine
PEACE & PROTEST VIGIL - Farmington and surrounding area activists gather at noon ON the Sidewalks in front of the post office with peace vigil signs and protest messages to advocate for peace and protect democracy. Started 21 yrs ago as a Women in Black Vigil, this is now a community event and includes Veterans for Peace, Western Mtns Third Act, and Indivisible.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879624/

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

#pinetreeactivism #january23 #maine #belfastme #calaisme #farmingtonme

MrEdgarBass @[email protected] · 2026-01-20 · 15:23 UTC

@wood5y The U.S. and allies should have agreements to share facilities such as airfields, but no reason to have permanent bases all around the world with housing, schools, nightclubs, and supermarkets to support hundreds of thousands of Americans. You know why-some people are making a lot of money. Mainly well connected contractors and arms merchants. #VeteransForPeace #VFP

#veteransforpeace #vfp

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-01-16 · 17:06 UTC

[1/3] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January16 - #Maine

JAN 16, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #CalaisME
Corner of North St & Main St
#StandUpDowneastMaine – Join in our weekly protest, one block from the border crossing to Canada, for this lively & international atmosphere.

JAN 16, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #FarmingtonME
Post Office, 196 Main St
PEACE & PROTEST VIGIL - Farmington and surrounding area activists gather at noon ON the Sidewalks in front of the post office with peace vigil signs and protest messages to advocate for #peace and protect democracy. Started 21 yrs ago as a #WomenInBlack Vigil, this is now a community event and includes #VeteransForPeace, Western Mtns Third Act, and Indivisible.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879624/

JAN 16, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St,
WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 16, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
Peace Pole, Monument Park
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 16, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens
VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media.
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html

JAN 16, Fri 4-5:00PM – #WERU 89.9 FM
Listen from anywhere
DEMOCRACY FORUM – CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: CAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE #BILLIONAIRE ECONOMICS?
We'll talk about how wealth and income inequality undermine democracy. Does extreme income inequality lead to right wing #authoritarianism? How does that work? Is that playing out in the U.S. right now? In Maine?

Special guests: Garrett Martin, President & CEO, Maine Center for Economic Policy. Susan Stokes, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, and author of The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies. FMI: www.democracymaine.org/civicrm-event/2256

JAN 16, Fri 5-5:30PM (& every Fri) – #PortlandME
Congress Square, High & Congress Sts (across from PMA)
WOMEN IN BLACK VIGIL
A world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and violence, these weekly protests typically attract a diverse group of folks.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/828747/

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #JusticeForRenee
#ICEOutForGood #MVPRights #GazaGenocide

#pinetreeactivism #january16 #maine #calaisme #standupdowneastmaine #farmingtonme