Good read: Valuable advice on using people power to make changes. Great insight: "Direct democracy is an existential threat to minority rule." Together with friends/neighbors/like-minded people, we can make a difference, starting with where we are.
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Good read: Valuable advice on using people power to make changes. Great insight: "Direct democracy is an existential threat to minority rule." Together with friends/neighbors/like-minded people, we can make a difference, starting with where we are.
I'm happy to see the Left Coast states stepping up here in this public health vacuum. RFK Jr. will go down alongside Lysenko as a misguided science influencer. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/03/c...
The Trump administration will appeal, and we will learn the limits of SCOTUS Calvinball. Proof that some gears in this old constitutional engineering are churning.
Excellent advice from ‘The Contrarian.’ Please share this advice! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Felon & Sec. Kegsbreath cementing their status as rogue actors: conducting extrajudicial killings, & in international waters too. The whole process raises all kinds of questions; their answers will most certainly not be batshit crazy lies, if they even bother to try. Dangerous buffoons, indeed.
Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u... Oh for God’s sake - does FL leadership read? Or do they choose to stay uneducated on purpose? It’s ridiculous and dangerous. Don’t push your choices to live in the Dark Ages on everyone else. #FL #GetRidofDumb
Reach out to your MOCs, demand that they look into this travesty and get answers about who did what and why. Phone: 202-224-3121 Email: democracy.io#!/
Epstein survivor: We were horrified to learn that Ghislaine Maxwell had been transferred to a prison camp. She is someone who was found guilty by a jury of sex trafficking. She also participated in the abuse. She was a major architect of the scheme. Shame on the ppl who made a deal w this monster.
The law is catching up w the regime. Yes, they will probably go crying to their Supreme enablers; in the meantime they're racking up a good amt of losses. And, "...who knows? Maybe even this SCOTUS majority will draw the line somewhere"; either way, hope Felon's path gets more & more obstructed.
Epstein survivors are fighting for the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405), a bill that would force the Department of Justice to publicly release all unclassified documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Mr. President. This is not a hoax.
To victims of all abuse including those of Epstein, we believe you. We support you. We do not forget. #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
🧵 Survivors of Epstein’s abuse are done being silenced. Tomorrow they speak, not just of Epstein, but of the powerful men who thought they were untouchable. Ro Khanna confirmed even Marjorie Taylor Greene will be there. That tells you everything: this fight is bigger than parties or politics.
Love this street art in Ballard WA 😁 There should be protest art in every neighborhood. She sells these as stickers on Etsy, under Fruit Chunks account #ResistFascism
There the NYT goes again...misinforming headlines. What it should say is this: "tRump regime plans invasion of Democratic city with his secret-police thugs."
NYT gift article. tRrump regime plans immigration crackdown in Chicago. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Call them: 202-224-3121 Email them: democracy.io#!/
Felon & crew are committing a lot of unforced errors that make the regime look like the unqualified hacks they are. He can say he's made the US "hot" all he wants, but "the world sees him as a dangerous buffoon". Ask your GOP MOCs why they're OK w this; things get worse somehow almost every day.
The federal government's ability to function depends on state cooperation. American tyranny dies by states refusing to cooperate with unconstitutional authority. Call your state legislature & attys general. We need 50 state officials doing their constitutional duty. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
Heads up Illinois! Gov. Pritzker on protecting your rights. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Wow, the federal police presence in DC is really hitting the big crimes: "It’s unknown if the running tally of [over 1000] DC arrests promoted by Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice ... includes arrests for bus fare evasion or open container violations."🙄 Excellent piece here!
BREAKING: Judge Charles Breyer finds that the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act by using the military for domestic law enforcement purpose in Los Angeles. He enjoins further violations of the Posse Comitatus Act ⬇️ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Jennifer Rubin calls out mainstream media's enabling of Felon's lawlessness, w their word choices for describing his moves. We are way past "testing" Constitutional limits. Refreshing to see it called what it is. Also gives a good reminder of the imp of continuing to do the same w MOCs, media, etc
This #LaborDay, let’s honor the millions who live in the shadows yet keep the American machine running. They deserve our respect. This means refusing to remain silent in the face of unnecessarily violent or aggressive ICE tactics. 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddybhk7
🧵Labor Day is a chance to remember all unions have done for America. "The first labor union in the United States was the the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (leather workers and cobblers), founded in 1794." The union crumbled in 1806, when owners won a lawsuit charging workers with..1/
The people shouldn’t be afraid of their government. @chefjoseandres.bsky.social is amongst the most sincere, giving men on the planet. Today, he’s serving an honest #CupOfJoe to the felon in chief. Chef José Andrés radiates compassion. #DemsUnited
Learn more and find events for today (Labor Day) here: maydaystrong.org To contact your reps: Phone - 202-224-3121 Email - democracy.io#!/
A look at the damage the regime is doing to workers. Under them, the US is: "a nation that celebrates labor while firing its workers, that praises service while dismantling servants, [and] is already a long ways down the road of decline." Call this out: Join in today & support workers, 📞 your reps
#MorningVibe You can make your own bread and still subscribe to Democratic values. YOU CAN CHOOSE.
#MorningVibe #GetVaccinated while you can. Demand that your Dr. write you a prescription. If they won’t, find a new Dr. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3txkyt7n RFK gargles with draino and is a hack. Who do you trust? RFK or science? 🗣️ thisbadasslife (IG)
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Hello Sunday, goodbye another wk in dystopia. Time to pause, relax & refuel. HowToResist can help, w an uplifting & energizing look at how ppl fought back last wk. It's also a reminder, working together=stronger msgs. Don't forget, join tomorrow to send loud & clear: put #WorkersOverBillionaires
💀 how many people will this MONSTER KILL before we can rid ourselves of him…#KennedyKills 🦠
NYT gift article. Judge rejects "fast track" deportation. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
Good read that summarizes the signs we've seen that point to the dark direction ahead. It also reminds us of something very important: we can fight this, & working together greatly increases our strength. So, join events, make connections, esp locally, let's take care of each other & fight this.
"To proclaim this inalienable truth: no matter what cage they try to build — gaslighting, denying what we saw, insisting what we hear was not said — the human mind is free." Read more at #AmericanReflections Tell me how you are staying free #DemVoice1 open.substack.com/pub/tpartrid...
To acknowledge we are currently being overpowered is not surrendering. Sometimes you have to walk through the fire & get burned. At this point the only way out is through, just charge right through to the other end & those of us that survive will tell the stories of those who did not. #Resist
When politicians fear the people, they cheat. The Missouri GOP is shredding maps and crushing ballot initiatives to cling to power. But people outnumber politicians and rebellion starts at the ballot box. Screw you Kehoe.
Gavin Newsom is calling out Trump's hypocrisy in deploying troops to reduce crime. If he really wanted to make an impact, why not send it to states like Mississippi, the murder state in America?
People might tell you it was Joni Ernst's complete lack of empathy which is forcing her to resign-after she infamously told Iowans "we all are going to die" Or that it was her hypocrisy in voting to confirm Pete Hegseth The reality is, she's terrified of facing a challenge from Democrat Josh Turek
Talk about being a day late and dollar short: Senator Cassidy, who joined his spineless Republican buddies in Congress & inflicted the country with RFK Jr., finally says something & calls out the madness at HHS & CDC. Yes, we all know he is an ignorant menace; fire him already!
Get out there this Labor Day and speak out. Working people deserve better!
Now that their BigUglyBill is in place & causing damage as predicted, Felon & co are trying to "rebrand", & are using their trusty tools: lies, lies & more lies. Let's be upfront & call them out: It's still a scam that takes from working ppl to give to billionaires. #WorkersOverBillionaires
The billionaire agenda had its moment. Now, working people from fields to factories and classrooms to kitchens rise in defiance. We are the majority, and we will not be silenced. Stand up, fight back, reclaim our future. #WorkersOverBillionaires social.demcast.com/s/lQ9f3QAT
Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey-ey, Goodbye! 🎤 Joni Ernst has learned the hard way that careers die, just like people! Time to meet the Democrats running for Iowa Senate: Jackie Norris Nathan Sage Josh Turek Zach Wahls J.D. Scholten
It's maddening: the power & wealth of the system behind the cruel & destructive acts that we're seeing depend on the labor of the working class. This Labor day, let's come together to tell the greedy AHs at the top: We the people object to being robbed & abused, & demand a good quality of life.
🧵Class wars & rebellion are tales as old as time. The "Haves" will always exploit the labors of the "Have Nots," when given the chance. But, when workers organize behind just causes, they prove - time and again - that the demands of the righteous *many* are more powerful than those of a greedy few.
🌵 #AZ07 #Vote for @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social 🚨 VOTE NOW!! 🚨 Or request a mail in ballot iwillvote.com
🚨A great read! @gregolear.bsky.social “The key difference, as I’ve said many times, is that the Germans did not have the benefit of knowing what happened in 1933. They were caught blindsided. We have no such excuse!” gregolear.substack.com/p/defying-tr...
🚩 TRUMP, after SIX HUGE PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES…wants TOTAL CONTROL of our ECONOMY 😳
It takes real grit to walk out of one's workplace to join a protest. Here's a photo gallery of today's rally outside CDC headquarters. Well done! Heroes all! 👏 Support #science, not quackery! #USAnotRFK apnews.com/photo-galler...
"Their infighting alone won't stop them — it’s us. A strong, relentless resistance that refuses to hand the crown to any of them. That insists on laws that will reel in their greed. Because no matter how much they want it, this country doesn’t have room for a king." open.substack.com/pub/theresis...
Reminder: Even though we are in dark, dark times that are being engineered by some of the worst that humanity has to offer, we can't give in. As we work our way through, remember that: -it's OK to see it for what it is, & acknowledge how bad it is -keep doing what you can to resist -Do Not Give Up.
Few charts show our current American weakness like this one. The minute Trump came into office, Putin knew he had the green light to do whatever he wanted and kill as many innocent civilians as he wanted.
Crisis responders typically operate w the principle that ppl affected by a disaster need help no matter who they are. Not so fast, says the regime that's trying its best to bully this country into the ground. Safety 1st? Nah, better stop & get your Papers while fleeing a burning/flooding/etc home😡
Firefighters arrested by ICE while fighting wildfire in Washington state. Oh, what about the fire?!?! share.google/WXnQntl2oGYp...
A very strong & powerful resignation letter from Dr. Daskalakis calling out RFK jr. “I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”
On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. brought together 250K people on the march on Washington, D.C. Let's emulate his example. This Labor Day, and every day, resist in whatever way you can. Find an event and participate! naacp.org/find-resourc...
Horrible urban planning: PA's Senate ready to kill Philly's transit system High density makes transit essential. Service cuts will push folks back into cars increasing congestion & pollution, bring job & opportunity loss due to lack of transportation. #DemVoice1 usa.streetsblog.org/2025/08/27/t...
tRump is repeating our dark internment history and is doing so in our names. We vehemently dissent. Resist! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Monarez’s attorneys, Mark Zaid and Abbe Lowell, said in a statement Wednesday that “Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she has been fired, and as a person of integrity and devoted to science, she will not resign.” www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
When I received some MISLEADING flyers opposing Gov Newsom's effort to counter MAGA's gerrymandering, I felt compelled to write a letter to the editor to set the record straight. When something bugs you, please consider doing the same."Many hands make light work." 1/2 www.vcstar.com/story/opinio...
This evening's 🙂🙂 brought to you by Boxwine Pirro: She's finding (along w her fellow Felon enforcers/bootlickers) that grand juries aren't buying their inflated, BS charges (that often have some lies in there somewhere). Maybe the notorious Sandwich Bandit will live to see another day after all🙂🙂
From El Paso to DC, state violence stalks our streets. But we refuse to bow. Nurses, lawyers, and veterans have organized. Neighbors are standing guard. We fight with cameras, with community, with fire. Because democracy survives only if we resist. Join the rebellion. social.demcast.com/s/JWB5mlSV
The prevalence of mass shootings in America is the result of official Republican policy. 🤯 #RepublicanTerrorism
Thank a Scientist and/or Doctor today. They're pushing back against RFK Jr.'s quackery, & working to prevent his recs from gaining traction. Extra kudos to the journal that said NO when he demanded they retract a study that counters his narrative. (Get your shots, protect yourself from the madman)
RFKjr sems to have difficulty reading. The rise in prevalence is predominantly caused by an increase in diagnoses. “We don’t see an epidemic of autism, but we see an ‘epidemic’ of diagnoses,” says Sven Bölte, adolescent psychiatrist, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@pkrugman.bsky.social explores Trump's authoritarian attempts at silencing those who oppose him. 1. The fraudster isn't fighting crime. 2. His attacks, while vindictive, have broader aims. "It’s about intimidation: If you get in our way we will ruin your life.” substack.com/@paulkrugman...
No ratings, no talent, insecure child… congrats Donnie, you finally wrote your own bio. I fixed it for you 👍🏼
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak apnews.com/article/trum... Not good folks. Not good. If you don’t understand what Union Station is and it’s location in DC please learn it. #authoritarianism #takebackourdemocracy
tRump panic >> extreme authoritarian moves >> as he searches for any "justification to deploy the military in a blue city in a blue state to try and intimidate his political rivals." >> police state open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Choose hope. These are the times that try our souls. Here are some steps that lead to hope even when the odds are long. Hope is the stubborn act of action when despair feels easier. It is the commitment of those who believe they can make a difference, however small. open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
Catelin Drey didn't just win She CRUSHED it Preventing Republicans from controlling the Iowa Senate with a supermajority And continuing a remarkable string of victories that Democrats have had since Trump won in November Don't believe the media narrative folks Democrats. Are. ASCENDING!
Join the National Guard they say.. There are so many ARMED NATIONAL GUARD in Washington DC.... And there is no crime .. Their ICE buddies are picking up innocent Brown Americans just going to work What ?...Yes soldier Pick up the trash
Honoring the Nineteenth Amendment - open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Re-sharing some ideas from HowToResist:
Not that things weren't very f*cked b4, but this past mth, crazy went ⬆️⬆️ Seeing it laid out is 🤬😮😡 (Thankfully, pushback is getting more noticeable, some examples: www.wonkette.com/p/nice-time-... ) "We are living in a different country now, indeed." Damn right; #resist this crap however you can
I've been writing about Bloomfield NJ politics 4 a couple of years now & hope this "illustrated" history of elections in my town brings readers a deeper understanding of how money hurts our democracy & our standard of living in towns like mine. NJ POL #DemVoice1 open.substack.com/pub/bloomfie...
Everyone has been saying the bruise on Trump's hand is bad but I didn't know it was this bad. You can run but you can't hide from Jeffrey, Donald! Oh and today would be a great day to #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
An action a day could keep the fascists away. Find actions that you can take to get our country back! From going to rallies, calling your MOC, phonebanking, to attending events, there’s something you’ll be able to find to do!
👏 More pushback delivered in plain language. Judge Cullen not only threw the case out, but also called Felon&co on their BS of calling judges ‘left-wing,’...‘rogue,’ ‘unhinged,’ ‘outrageous, overzealous, [and] unconstitutional, [c]rooked”, just bc of rulings against their many illegal shenanigans👏👏
A San Francisco developer threw his stalled market rate project over his shoulder & built a 425 unit affordable complex built on Potrero Hill in part thanks to the SB35 bill of Sen. @scottwiener.bsky.social which cut back the bureaucratic thicket. www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
Governor Pritzker responds to Trump’s threat to send troops to Chicago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qliV...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s fight is our fight. Trump’s regime uses deportation as a weapon to punish dissent & terrorize families. If they come for one, they come for all. Stand up, speak out, resist. #FreeKilmar social.demcast.com/s/eDPWMpqU
My brother and a good friend got throat cancer via HPV. They would have welcomed gardasil. RfK Jr is a know nothing quack
‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s tyranny. One doctoral student asked "how am I supposed to continue my research in this environment?" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It's a damn shame when govt works hard to make ppl suffer w no/more expensive healthcare, not to mention reduced protection from/increased exposure to diseases & risk factors. What BS, "Make America Healthy Again"...how long b4 we get free leeches in the mail (bc you don't need no stinking meds)?
#nationalguard #military #veterans #lgbtqveterans www.youtube.com/shorts/WTJx9...
Fight Back for Kilmar and All of Us! open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
Maxwell: “…and some [of Epstein’s cast of characters] are in your cabinet…” Hold up, WHAT?!?! Maybe we wanna follow up on that?! #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles Massive 👏👏👏 to @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social for flagging this. Article link👇 open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
🧵 The White House dropped a Kilmar Abrego García poster straight out of the @obeygiant playbook. The same style that electrified Obama’s 2008 “Hope” campaign. Don’t mistake it for art. It’s propaganda.
The gloves are off: While threatening MD, Felon tries to smear Gov Moore's military rec & got this resp: “President Bone Spurs...Hey Donald, we can get you a golf cart if that makes things easier...”, & “Did [Felon] lie about an injury to dodge the Vietnam draft?” HCR's notes are excellent.
Uh oh. MAGA mouthpiece finds that their shameful twisting of antisemitism into an excuse to interfere in ppl & orgs way of doing things doesn't export so smoothly. The world can see through Felon & co.'s paper thin veneers, and is thankfully calling them on it.
Gorsuch barks “never defy us.” Kavanaugh cries: “We’re not the policymakers.” And yet, in the dark, unsigned orders keep manipulating the law around Trump. Amazing what “neutrality” can accomplish when it only benefits one side.
I am with German born Chemistry Nobel Laureate & Columbia Professor Joachim Frank, who called "..the administration’s decision to withhold funding over accusations ...Columbia ... tolerated antisemitism a “ruse for the government to take control of the universities, [as] in Hungary and Turkey.”
"It is always the innocent that suffer the failings of the self-proclaimed elite." open.substack.com/pub/tpartrid... #AmericanReflections #DemVoice1
He looks and acts like a man dying. It will happen, hopefully soon but remember his power was always theater. Even if his health fails, the architects of Project 2025 remain. Celebrate, but know the hand inside the puppet still moves and their plans haven’t changed. #Resist