Trump and Republicans attack unions because they know organized workers are powerful. But let’s be clear: workers built this country—not billionaires. (1/2)
Trump and Republicans attack unions because they know organized workers are powerful. But let’s be clear: workers built this country—not billionaires. (1/2)
Cut eggs, celery, and pickle in 1/4-inch dice. Thinly slice scallions. Add to potatoes, along with parsley. Stir in mayonnaise and mustard until everything is combined. Chill, covered, before serving. Enjoy! Happy resistance!
Drain, rinse under cold water, and drain again. Cool slightly. Leave cooked potatoes intact -- DO NOT CUT. This might be less traditional, but the gasps and giggles when your guests finally get it are well worth it! Layer potatoes in a bowl, seasoning with vinegar, salt, and pepper as you go. con
Directions Place potatoes in a pot with water to cover. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer, stirring to ensure even cooking, until a thin-bladed paring knife or a metal skewer inserted into a potato can be removed with no resistance, 25 to 30 minutes. (cont'd)
1 small celery stalk ¼ cup chopped sweet pickle (not relish) 3 scallions 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley ½ cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons Dijon-style mustard
Ingredients 2 pounds fingerling potatoes (a.k.a. tiny dick taters), scrubbed 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 3 hard-cooked eggs (cont'd)
In case anyone needs a recipe for a get-together this weekend, here you go. No photo because I haven't made it yet, but if anyone wants to contribute, feel free. Tiny Dictator Salad A Labor Day picnic favorite in times of authoritarian overreach! (See comments for the rest.)
creative protest
Have you signed yet? Have you reposted and shared on other platforms? We need a massive response to protect the FEMA employees courageous enough to sign their names to this petition. So far -2k, we need many more. #SecPuppyKiller is hot (and I am not talking about her looks). #FEMA #Resist
I was but I was able to contain it.
Excellent advice: Protest should be peaceful, and national guard/military -- even if there against their own beliefs -- can be court martialed if they refuse deployment.
Maybe we need a 3-strikes rule: If you waste taxpayer money and the court's time with s#!t like this, the third time you not only lose, but the indictment is secured against you!
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
Join us on 30 August to rally for Workers over Greedy Billionaires! Please note the graphic says 1 September but we will be gathering on Saturday the 30th across from Valor Park in Market Commons. Come stand for one another! mobilize.us/s/D0WENq
If we're going back to pre-WWII Germany, we might as well commit fully, since the Nuremburg trials and post-Tuskeegee protections haven't kicked in yet. Again, kidding. Mostly. We need to learn the new rules. And stop being so nice.
If WE had any sense, we'd find a way to infect every member of the administration so we could get our democracy back. Mandatory inoculation to prevent infection? Or so they are told. Implant a microchip at the same time, so doesn't matter if things go wrong. They'll die anyway. Kidding. Mostly.
So when we first showed up at the Union Station today, we ran ICE off as soon as we got here.
This is kinda funny too! www.etsy.com/listing/1865...
I see it as you _are_ helping taxpayers by standing up for democracy. #longgame
Are we taking bets on how long it'll be before it's torn down and burned?
We all float down here. contrarian.substack.com/p/shiny-things
Maybe not openly, but can they show up to the office and spend the day not working?
My first reaction is that it's creepy.
I'd never hope for this reality, but wouldn't it be funny if it backfired on the party of marriage and family values because millions of women refused to marry or got divorced so they could have their own households/votes?!
Ooh, good idea! Maybe Planned Parenthood too!
Finding out abut this the morning after the webinar. Will there be a recording posted?
In DC, we're used to being treated as a less than. We're a plurality Black city, but also, we're used to both parties attacking "Washington" as if its a fake place with fake people. I'm done with that shit, and I expect Democratic leaders to defend us. We're defending ourselves. We need help.
I think the difference is that, before this year, we weren't known as a dictatorship.
That's a good idea.
The Rump is old! I'll send a telegram!
Can we please use a word other than 'fled'?! They marched out with pride and conviction!
Hope is what we do when the odds are long and the options limited. It is the stubborn act of trying when despair feels easier. Rather than a passive optimism, hope is the commitment of those who believe they can make a difference, however small. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
Childless cat ladies FTW!!!
This makes me sad for all the kids who dream of being astronauts when they grow up.
That's great for the long term, but RIGHT NOW we need people to get out on the streets and march or support protests behind the scenes. If we lose our country, a voting rights act won't help.
"The DC resistance isn’t manifesting this week as recognizable members of Congress marching up and down Pennsylvania Avenue..., but as an array of ordinary DC residents documenting what’s happening in their neighborhoods and mobilizing pop-up actions based on the information being shared."
I gave up on Dems stepping up. I go out and march, organize, canvas businesses to put up no ice/pro-immigrant signs..... Just wish I could convince more people to start taking action rather than waiting to be rescued.
My fantasy is that TX is shot down but CA is allowed to redraw!
I'd totally go to the gladiator match if we were pitting administration members against each other!
Release the Epstein files already!
Thank you @contrariannews.org for celebrating these world leaders! contrarian.substack.com/p/undaunted-...
Definitely delete the app. Even if you don't have it open, it likely phones home with data about your locations throughout the day so they can continue to profile you and try to predict your behavior. Probably also talks to the Facebook app to send them data, too.
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I can't decide whether it's better to keep trying to cobble the pieces back together now or just wait until it's obliterated and then rebuild from scratch.
On the other hand, our side _does_ have some competent people. Some might even be looking for a job ;)
What are we doing to stop it?
President Trump: You are not welcome in Chicago. Sending the National Guard endangers Black communities already overpoliced & under-invested in. If you cared about saving lives, you'd pass gun safety laws & fund community violence intervention.
CW: Sexual assault Women are being kidnapped and assaulted by men who impersonate ICE agents. This is one of many reasons why we can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your elected officials to take action today: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
And, last but certainly not least, @garrisonhayes.bsky.social was nominated for his brilliant documentary, “I Spent a Week With Black Republicans.”
Proud to announce that we’ve been nominated for six Online Journalism Awards, including General Excellence in Journalism! Here's a thread of some of our amazing stories that've been recognized this year. 🧵
Protesters in LA occupy the lobby of a building housing the office of a foundation owned by Peter Thiel, demanding an end to Palantir-powered mass surveillance and deportation.
TALLLIE needs a hero! She’s going to be euthanized @nycacc.bsky.social if a foster isn’t found- her reposts are lower than the others and that’s a death sentence! She’s a South Park fan! She loves people! She just needs a kind souls 2save her! Pls repost! #newsom
They might not be the best, but they have a boatload of money behind them to be the loudest. And how they played Paramount was pretty brilliant IMO.
Because driving with no plate is more likely to draw attention
If you don't, you've already given up.
I wonder if any of them are stupid enough to use their own personal plates. Wouldn't surprise me.....
Ooh, it came to me just as I hit the Post button. I'm working on a series of Absolut ad spoofs, vodka is used in cocktails (I think, right? Anyway...)
There's something there...it just hasn't reached me yet. COCKtails and tiny DICKtator wanna-be's.....
Where will you be protesting on Sept 1?
...consistent protests. Those of us who are able need to push back regularly. Find (or start) a weekly honk & wave, run a "flood social media" campaign, call your lawmakers, set up an "escape google" challenge with friends and neighbors.....
It's interesting to see all the comments on the substack page asking when someone is going to do something about what's going on. We can _all_ do something, and we _should_ be doing it regularly. Attending a march once or twice a year is a start, but what overthrows authoritarian power grabs is ...
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
Thank goodness we have (most of) the rest of the world on the side of sanity!
What the actual fuck is wrong with people?!?!?!
VPN?
Does "I wasn't going to watch them anyway" count?! :)
Is that AA sign for real? I cannot believe how insensitive people are!
Yup. It would be cool if everyone were in a position to thumb their noses at the job offer.
South Park has a better chance of winning a Pulitzer Prize than Donald Trump has of winning a Nobel Peace Prize.
"NO ONE is above the law" ???? Except for Trump, which the Supreme Court guaranteed.
A friend and I are trying to figure out the best way to get out some art as protest. We have a few series we'd like to drip out to lawmakers and social media, but we're both introverts and not really on SM. Thinking 50501 as a platform. I guess we need some extroverts?
BREAKING: A federal judge in Miami gave the state of Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz — handing environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians a win.
You need a google account, which requires a phone # to set up. Then you can create a business.google.com page
Release the files!
Is anyone else struck by the fact that nearly half of Maine's population is in those tiny blue areas? I mean, I kinda knew that, but the visual is striking.
"I refused to sign. I will not agree to be in DPS custody. I am not a criminal. I am exercising my right to resist and oppose the decisions of our government." - TX State Rep. Nicole Collier (Ft Worth)
Nice to see fresh faces. I hope the Dems can rally around him to keep the party united.
I don't get it. The drug dealers in my old neighborhood were nice kids, very polite. Make friends with them and they'll have your back.
I keep hoping ICC will be there to arrest Putin since he'll be outside of Russia.
DC Friends 👇
#ResilianceTips #ResistTips We continue our series on tips to #Resist This hits home. They can try to strip away our union rights, but that will not stop us from organizing. We WILL keep organizing and holding the line. We will keep advocating in our workplace. You. Can’t. Stop. Us. #AltGov #unions
Watching the latest Indivisible One Million Rising training and the discussion on TX as we speak! #onemillionrising
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Unfortunately most of the rest of humanity is too kind to do to them what they've been doing to us, but I really hope we all collectively snap and they all get exactly what they've dished out.
DC friends - here's your chance to get out there!
Friends, let's let @texasdemocrats.bsky.social know we support them! And if you're not from Texas, send the image to your own lawmakers to let them know we expect them to step up as well!
Thanks for that clarification. It makes sense, especially given recent events.
I grew up in a Hawaii with age of consent at 14. When Congress voted to raise it to 16, our Governor vetoed it because "it would hurt tourism". It was really gross. You couldn't go anywhere without getting hit on by creeps.
Thank you for this! I’d like to add, they are using the Big Ball situation as to not only try children as adults, but to lower the age of marriage and CONSENT to 14 years old. youtube.com/shorts/0yYH9...
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Beginning in 1933 the Nazis took control of & transformed the police forces into instruments of state repression &, eventually of genocide. They did so by Nazifying policing. The government removed anti-Nazi police leaders, reorganized police forces, and reoriented police culture towards Nazism.