@dpstratton.bsky.social
Our institutions have failed - they’re not slowing the progress of authoritarians. Resistance is ACTION & WE are the resistance. Refusing to resist is collaboration w/ authoritarians. Power isn’t absolute - it always struggles to maintain. Resistance is the currency of authoritarian collapse.
The toughest lesson in resistance history is the one people least want to hear: Institutions won't save us, opposition isn't enough, and authoritarianism doesn't have a stopping point. Be an optimist ...
TikTok video by Tad Stoermer
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April 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Our institutions have failed - they’re not slowing the progress of authoritarians. Resistance is ACTION & WE are the resistance. Refusing to resist is collaboration w/ authoritarians. Power isn’t absolute - it always struggles to maintain. Resistance is the currency of authoritarian collapse.
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What makes this visual even more stunning is that it was made possible by people who said their #1 concern when voting was the economy. What idiots.
April 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What makes this visual even more stunning is that it was made possible by people who said their #1 concern when voting was the economy. What idiots.
I cannot love the @thetnholler.bsky.social more!!! ❤️
April 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I cannot love the @thetnholler.bsky.social more!!! ❤️
Liberation Day! When Trump liberated trillions of dollars from the global economy with a f*cked up Tariff “plan” that only the Oligarchs could love.
April 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Liberation Day! When Trump liberated trillions of dollars from the global economy with a f*cked up Tariff “plan” that only the Oligarchs could love.
80% of NC is still rural and many NC residents still use food banks to make ends meet. Everyone in NC needs to fight this latest attack. Call Tillis and Budd (Yes, I know, but they still need to hear about it).
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
80% of NC is still rural and many NC residents still use food banks to make ends meet. Everyone in NC needs to fight this latest attack. Call Tillis and Budd (Yes, I know, but they still need to hear about it).
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
If it were not so true, it might be funny. . . .
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If it were not so true, it might be funny. . . .
Musk started this attack on the federal workforce. That was somewhat rebuffed by the courts as unlawful. Now the sinister attack sets in. Funny, I don't recall FOTUS lecturing us about the "bloated, corrupt federal bureaucracy" on the campaign trail. Guess it slipped his feeble mind.
BREAKING
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
February 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Musk started this attack on the federal workforce. That was somewhat rebuffed by the courts as unlawful. Now the sinister attack sets in. Funny, I don't recall FOTUS lecturing us about the "bloated, corrupt federal bureaucracy" on the campaign trail. Guess it slipped his feeble mind.
THIS is why we cannot have nice things!
3 million low-income North Carolinians, including hundreds of thousands of its children, are covered by Medicaid when they need to see a doctor.
But on Tuesday, 10 of NC's members of Congress voted to gut Medicaid anyway and eliminate that coverage from thousands of their own constituents.
But on Tuesday, 10 of NC's members of Congress voted to gut Medicaid anyway and eliminate that coverage from thousands of their own constituents.
February 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
THIS is why we cannot have nice things!
Rest in power Elisa Rae Shupe! A retired United States Army soldier who became the first person in the US to obtain legal recognition of a non-binary gender (2016). She was found, hanging in the parking deck of a VA medical facility. She was complicated - her suicide note is a must read.
Vet found hanging draped in trans flag
The suicide letter they won't publish
zerodoesntsleep.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Rest in power Elisa Rae Shupe! A retired United States Army soldier who became the first person in the US to obtain legal recognition of a non-binary gender (2016). She was found, hanging in the parking deck of a VA medical facility. She was complicated - her suicide note is a must read.
In the latest round of "What's mine is mine!" selfishness, Vought cuts off funding to the NIH - the same organization that has provided his daughter with life-saving cystic fibrosis treatments.
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In the latest round of "What's mine is mine!" selfishness, Vought cuts off funding to the NIH - the same organization that has provided his daughter with life-saving cystic fibrosis treatments.
Just a thought . . . Please use some of these donations to ensure local election boards are prepared for a FAIR and JUST special election BEFORE the actual election!
@nationalgroundgame.bsky.social @joshweil.bsky.social @gayforcongress.bsky.social
@nationalgroundgame.bsky.social @joshweil.bsky.social @gayforcongress.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just a thought . . . Please use some of these donations to ensure local election boards are prepared for a FAIR and JUST special election BEFORE the actual election!
@nationalgroundgame.bsky.social @joshweil.bsky.social @gayforcongress.bsky.social
@nationalgroundgame.bsky.social @joshweil.bsky.social @gayforcongress.bsky.social
It's passed time to call. We need DIRECT action now! We need a shadow cabinet of collaborative peeps across legal, governmental, union, and other pro-democracy organizations that can start to coordinate direct action.
We are melting phone lines. GOP senator Lisa Murkowski admits call volume to Congress is 40 times above normal.
The Senate will vote on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination this week, and we could also see votes on Robert Kennedy Jr. & Kash Patel. Keep calling your senators: www.nixthenoms.com?source=bluesky
The Senate will vote on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination this week, and we could also see votes on Robert Kennedy Jr. & Kash Patel. Keep calling your senators: www.nixthenoms.com?source=bluesky
Senator Says They Are Getting ‘1,600 Calls a Minute’ Amid Trump-Musk Chaos
A Republican senator has revealed that the Senate is being slammed with “1,600 calls a minute” rather than the typical 40 amid the chaos of Donald Trump’s first three weeks in office. The onslaught ha...
www.yahoo.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's passed time to call. We need DIRECT action now! We need a shadow cabinet of collaborative peeps across legal, governmental, union, and other pro-democracy organizations that can start to coordinate direct action.
The deadline is MARCH 3rd - - to register new or purged voters in these FL Special Elections!! That's 13 BUSINESS days!!
FL has two special elections that could help put Democrats closer to controlling the house. @nationalgroundgame.bsky.social is working to raise money and organize new registered voters for the special election in April.
Please follow & help spread the word!
@nationalgroundgame.bsky.social is working on getting 10k people registered to vote in the 2 special elections in Florida!
Deadline for registration is March 3rd!!
We can tie the House of Representatives with these two elections!!
@nationalgroundgame.bsky.social is working on getting 10k people registered to vote in the 2 special elections in Florida!
Deadline for registration is March 3rd!!
We can tie the House of Representatives with these two elections!!
February 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The deadline is MARCH 3rd - - to register new or purged voters in these FL Special Elections!! That's 13 BUSINESS days!!
Nope. Nothing to see here. Carry on. Nothing is hiding here in plain sight. . . . Nope.
What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.
February 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Nope. Nothing to see here. Carry on. Nothing is hiding here in plain sight. . . . Nope.
FL has two special elections that could help put Democrats closer to controlling the house. @nationalgroundgame.bsky.social is working to raise money and organize new registered voters for the special election in April.
Please follow & help spread the word!
@nationalgroundgame.bsky.social is working on getting 10k people registered to vote in the 2 special elections in Florida!
Deadline for registration is March 3rd!!
We can tie the House of Representatives with these two elections!!
@nationalgroundgame.bsky.social is working on getting 10k people registered to vote in the 2 special elections in Florida!
Deadline for registration is March 3rd!!
We can tie the House of Representatives with these two elections!!
WELCOME to our new followers and THANK YOU so much for the support! We're leading the fight for the Special Elections to take back the US House in just 50 days! To do that, we need to register 10k voters by Mar 1st but y'all are already crushing our fundraising goals! Join
www.nationalgroundgame.com
www.nationalgroundgame.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
FL has two special elections that could help put Democrats closer to controlling the house. @nationalgroundgame.bsky.social is working to raise money and organize new registered voters for the special election in April.
Musk wants to turn X into his bank with YOUR money! Musk has no ability to abide by financial regulations, he cannot be trusted with your money. Tell Visa, not to trust him either.
Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal
Visa will enable X users to move funds between traditional bank accounts and their digital wallet and make instant peer-to-peer payments, like Zelle or Venmo.
www.cnbc.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Musk wants to turn X into his bank with YOUR money! Musk has no ability to abide by financial regulations, he cannot be trusted with your money. Tell Visa, not to trust him either.
More of this please! Thank you, Sen. Kim!
@kim.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
@kim.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
Sen. Andy Kim says he's open to shutting down the government if Trump continues dismantling agencies
In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., said Republicans “should not count on” having Democratic votes to fund the government.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
More of this please! Thank you, Sen. Kim!
@kim.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
@kim.senate.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
Here are a just a few ways USAID helps to promote US interests in humanity internationally.
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February 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Here are a just a few ways USAID helps to promote US interests in humanity internationally.
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8?...
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8?...
What Musk claims about USAID is untrue and not factual. Americans buy into the misinformation about waste and abuse because it suits their “America First” narrative. But the benefits of USAID are real and tangible.
Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts
False and misleading social media posts are circulating online as the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development.
apnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
What Musk claims about USAID is untrue and not factual. Americans buy into the misinformation about waste and abuse because it suits their “America First” narrative. But the benefits of USAID are real and tangible.
Elon’s entourage of young men are not only stealing our data, they’re stealing our tax dollars. They have administrative rights to these systems and they’re rewriting code, on the fly, of federal systems!
I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots went
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....
February 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Elon’s entourage of young men are not only stealing our data, they’re stealing our tax dollars. They have administrative rights to these systems and they’re rewriting code, on the fly, of federal systems!
If he wants $137K for an “emergency paint job” he should go live in private housing and pay for it himself. That money should be used for support and maintenance our troops. If he wants to live in military housing, he should find the $$ to improve housing for all the troops.
Hegseth Wants $50,000 for 'Emergency' Paint Job to Move into Military Family Housing, Lawmakers Say | Military.com
www.military.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If he wants $137K for an “emergency paint job” he should go live in private housing and pay for it himself. That money should be used for support and maintenance our troops. If he wants to live in military housing, he should find the $$ to improve housing for all the troops.
If you need a complete list of all the organizations mounting a legal challenge to current administration’s agenda, check for it here:
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you need a complete list of all the organizations mounting a legal challenge to current administration’s agenda, check for it here:
This post by @captainbobbie.bsky.social is everything! ♥️
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This post by @captainbobbie.bsky.social is everything! ♥️
This news is heart wrenching! Monarch counts in the west are down from 200K to just 9,119 butterflies this year. Scientists believe the butterflies need a population of at least 30K to maintain their migration.
monarchjointventure.org/blog/western...
monarchjointventure.org/blog/western...
Western Monarch Population Continues to Decline
The 28th annual Western Monarch Count has reported a peak population of just 9,119 butterflies this winter.
monarchjointventure.org
February 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This news is heart wrenching! Monarch counts in the west are down from 200K to just 9,119 butterflies this year. Scientists believe the butterflies need a population of at least 30K to maintain their migration.
monarchjointventure.org/blog/western...
monarchjointventure.org/blog/western...
If THIS doesn’t bring you to the resistance, i really do not know will! #jenniferlewisismagnificent #THEJenniferLewis
We gotta LOVE each other throughout this whole mess.
TikTok video by Jenifer Lewis
www.tiktok.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If THIS doesn’t bring you to the resistance, i really do not know will! #jenniferlewisismagnificent #THEJenniferLewis