SamiD
@samidg.bsky.social
Langston Hughes poem is my anthem https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907/let-america-be-america-again
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SamiD
@samidg.bsky.social
· Feb 12
If you haven't read this yet, go take 9 min and read it now. @chenoweth.bsky.social
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
Code Orange Trump regime is ignoring orders from a Federal Judge This article speaks of a blueprint on how to proceed when institutions check & balances fail
Dr. Erica Chenoweth is the originator of “3.5% Rule” the % critical mass of populace protest turn out needed for successful resistance
Dr. Erica Chenoweth is the originator of “3.5% Rule” the % critical mass of populace protest turn out needed for successful resistance
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Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
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Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
“The President’s appeasement plan to Russia is forcing our hand" - Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.)
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
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Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
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Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court temporarily blocks lower court ruling that found Texas congressional map likely racially discriminatory.
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The military is not Trump’s personal militia. The law says troops must refuse unlawful commands. Period.
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The military is not Trump’s personal militia. The law says troops must refuse unlawful commands. Period.
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New in PN: CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing they won’t be part of Trump's extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up"
"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing they won’t be part of Trump's extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up"
CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
Take this grift and shove it.
www.publicnotice.co
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New in PN: CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing they won’t be part of Trump's extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up"
"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing they won’t be part of Trump's extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up"
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Fox News credulously reports that "the Saudis now say their investment pledge in the US will be increased to $1 trillion." THE ENTIRE GDP OF SAUDI ARABIA IS $1.1 TRILLION, so this is total nonsense.
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Fox News credulously reports that "the Saudis now say their investment pledge in the US will be increased to $1 trillion." THE ENTIRE GDP OF SAUDI ARABIA IS $1.1 TRILLION, so this is total nonsense.
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Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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In a major embarrassment for Trump’s DOJ, a federal court blocks Texas Republicans’ mid-decade gerrymander, finding that a letter sent by the department effectively handed voting rights advocates the evidence they needed to prove the map was unconstitutional.
https://bit.ly/3Xo9313
https://bit.ly/3Xo9313
Trump DOJ’s ‘Ham-Fisted’ Letter Key to Ruling Blocking Texas Gerrymander
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In a major embarrassment for Trump’s DOJ, a federal court blocks Texas Republicans’ mid-decade gerrymander, finding that a letter sent by the department effectively handed voting rights advocates the evidence they needed to prove the map was unconstitutional.
https://bit.ly/3Xo9313
https://bit.ly/3Xo9313
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Check out Piggy’s “hot” economy.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Check out Piggy’s “hot” economy.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Could Texas get even more fabulous news on top of the redistricting suit getting tossed?
YES, YES IT CAN! ⚖️🪅
YES, YES IT CAN! ⚖️🪅
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Could Texas get even more fabulous news on top of the redistricting suit getting tossed?
YES, YES IT CAN! ⚖️🪅
YES, YES IT CAN! ⚖️🪅
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NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
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“I want to know why you’re so fervent that you know for a fact Trump has nothing to do with this. Can we see the files?? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence…”
@dossdiscourse.bsky.social the latest to pick apart Smug Scott Jennings (who was once anti-Trump) on national TV
@dossdiscourse.bsky.social the latest to pick apart Smug Scott Jennings (who was once anti-Trump) on national TV
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“I want to know why you’re so fervent that you know for a fact Trump has nothing to do with this. Can we see the files?? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence…”
@dossdiscourse.bsky.social the latest to pick apart Smug Scott Jennings (who was once anti-Trump) on national TV
@dossdiscourse.bsky.social the latest to pick apart Smug Scott Jennings (who was once anti-Trump) on national TV
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Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 years
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in its recent 13-month war in Lebanon, photos of munition remnants in south Lebanon seen by the Guardian suggest.
The images, which have been examined by six different arms experts, appear to show the remnants of two different types of Israeli cluster munitions found in three different locations: south of the Litani River in the forested valleys of Wadi Zibqin, Wadi Barghouz and Wadi Deir Siryan. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
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This is happening now
Department of Education being dismantled
Children, Students, and Teachers will suffer
Did you know also
Dept. Of Education said Nursing is not a "professional career "
Why to exclude graduate nursing programs from federal loans !
(source nurses.org)
Department of Education being dismantled
Children, Students, and Teachers will suffer
Did you know also
Dept. Of Education said Nursing is not a "professional career "
Why to exclude graduate nursing programs from federal loans !
(source nurses.org)
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is happening now
Department of Education being dismantled
Children, Students, and Teachers will suffer
Did you know also
Dept. Of Education said Nursing is not a "professional career "
Why to exclude graduate nursing programs from federal loans !
(source nurses.org)
Department of Education being dismantled
Children, Students, and Teachers will suffer
Did you know also
Dept. Of Education said Nursing is not a "professional career "
Why to exclude graduate nursing programs from federal loans !
(source nurses.org)
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Gooood Morning Piggy.
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Gooood Morning Piggy.
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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“Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
In a bombshell decision on Tuesday, a federal court in Texas blocked a new congressional map that was created after President Trump demanded that the state redraw district lines to hand Republicans five new seats.
In a bombshell decision on Tuesday, a federal court in Texas blocked a new congressional map that was created after President Trump demanded that the state redraw district lines to hand Republicans five new seats.
A Trump-appointed judge just blocked Trump’s Texas gerrymander
Trump could lose the redistricting war he started.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
In a bombshell decision on Tuesday, a federal court in Texas blocked a new congressional map that was created after President Trump demanded that the state redraw district lines to hand Republicans five new seats.
In a bombshell decision on Tuesday, a federal court in Texas blocked a new congressional map that was created after President Trump demanded that the state redraw district lines to hand Republicans five new seats.
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My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
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So much for a clean CR... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
So much for a clean CR... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...