“Muskism isn’t the beginning of the future. It’s the end of a story that started more than a century ago, in the conflict between capital and labor and between autocracy and democracy.”

“When you want to fight them,” [Nika Kovac] said, “you have to build huge coalitions around one particular topic, when they are attacking something that really matters to people.” Looking at the United States, she volunteered health care as a place to start.

Let’s talk about our messaging.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/o...

10 more reasons for modest optimism
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Today is the day. No shopping. If necessary, support local small, local businesses.

The list is long. This doesn’t need to happen. People will die.

Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

Add the Capitol Switchboard to your contacts & call them 3x/day.
Call Rep Panetta
Call Senator Schiff
Call Senator Padilla
Focus on one issue per call (so they can tally you accurately).
If their mailboxes are full, use the email option on their websites, but keep trying to get through by phone.

“As the Trump administration slashes and burns federal government, as his cronies take the helms of agencies designed to uphold the health and welfare of both humans and the animals we use for food, I’m preparing for a repeat of their COVID response.”

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

“We are not living in an era where we can sit back and go along for a nice ride in the country. We are either going to take the wheel ourselves or be driven off a cliff.” @traceywinterglover.bsky.social

With this reality, how do we come together to protect our community’s most vulnerable individuals?

hey question, is this bad?

We Kneel to No Pope, and We Kneel to No King tompepinsky.com/2025/01/22/w...