I found that interesting: www.quora.com/Is-the-US-be...
Is the US becoming a dictatorship? If so, does it learn it from China or Germany that dictatorship works better than democracy?
Feifei Wang's answer: The US is not becoming a dictatorship. It’s a lot worse.
Let me explain.
A totalitarian or authoritarian regime needs a strong, centralized government. Look at current authorit...
www.quora.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I found that interesting: www.quora.com/Is-the-US-be...
Turn it on right now, please. Let’s send a message by giving her the highest viewership ever. #blacksky #thereidout @joyannreid.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Turn it on right now, please. Let’s send a message by giving her the highest viewership ever. #blacksky #thereidout @joyannreid.bsky.social
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"Only a revived faith in who we are, what we have been, what we have achieved can provide the energy, purpose, and direction to help us find the courage and determination to perpetuate our special democracy." It's over when we give up.
Don’t Give Up on America
No previous generation abandoned this country’s ideals. We shouldn’t, either.
www.thebulwark.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Only a revived faith in who we are, what we have been, what we have achieved can provide the energy, purpose, and direction to help us find the courage and determination to perpetuate our special democracy." It's over when we give up.
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#protest #presidentsday #notoaking #nototrump #notomusk #notofascism Join us in DC or find your local protest. They need to hear from us that this is #NOTOKAY.
DC President's Day Protest · 50501 Fifty Fifty One Protests
Protest to uphold the Constitution and limit executive overreach!
UPDATE: PERMIT IS BEING OBTAINED FOR REFLECTION POOLS IN THE CAPITOL. THE CAPITOL POLICE HAVE INFORMED US THAT UPPER SENATE PARK, WHI...
www.mobilize.us
February 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#protest #presidentsday #notoaking #nototrump #notomusk #notofascism Join us in DC or find your local protest. They need to hear from us that this is #NOTOKAY.
Meet me in DC on Monday!
February 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Meet me in DC on Monday!
Read this. And then come out this Monday — in DC or your home state.
yes #protest, yes #protestcanmakeadifference, yes #protest on #PresidentsDay, and find your representatives during the Congressional recess and #makesomenoise
The Nature of Our Power: A Conversation with Political Scientist Erica Chenoweth
"The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democr...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Read this. And then come out this Monday — in DC or your home state.
This made my morning. poets.org/poem/gate-4
Gate A-4
Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning
poets.org
December 5, 2024 at 1:27 PM
This made my morning. poets.org/poem/gate-4
Just discovered this. It’s from a while ago, but it speaks a bit to some od what I’m feeling right now, and what others may be feeling as well. Its been a long 10 years! open.substack.com/pub/annehele...
burn burn burn
First off, welcome to the newsletter’s new home at Substack — a much better, easier, and prettier platform, especially since TinyLetter has decided to let its usability slowly fade away until no one w...
open.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Just discovered this. It’s from a while ago, but it speaks a bit to some od what I’m feeling right now, and what others may be feeling as well. Its been a long 10 years! open.substack.com/pub/annehele...
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I know the clouds are gathering. It's getting darker and darker out there. But remember what Alice Walker said: "The way forward is with a broken heart."
November 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I know the clouds are gathering. It's getting darker and darker out there. But remember what Alice Walker said: "The way forward is with a broken heart."
Okay Bluesky hive, what say you about this one? www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world
A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started a...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Okay Bluesky hive, what say you about this one? www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Another resource to, as MO said, DO something. 5calls.org?fbclid=IwZXh...
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
November 17, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Another resource to, as MO said, DO something. 5calls.org?fbclid=IwZXh...
I know many of these orgs, but not all of them. Seems like a good list — not just to support financially , but to follow, learn from and work with. www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to
The work these groups do will be critical during a second Trump Administration.
www.advocate.com
November 17, 2024 at 12:47 PM
I know many of these orgs, but not all of them. Seems like a good list — not just to support financially , but to follow, learn from and work with. www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...
www.advocate.com/politics/ant...