Wendy Lawton
@wendylawton.bsky.social
Comms pro, climate advocate, fan of American democracy.
Co-Leader of Indivisible South Coast New England.
Co-Leader of Indivisible South Coast New England.
The Democrats Just Took a Big Step Toward Getting Their Groove Back www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
The Democrats Just Took a Big Step Toward Getting Their Groove Back
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November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Democrats Just Took a Big Step Toward Getting Their Groove Back www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
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Stop streaming ICE recruitment ads NOW!
The Trump administration has funneled billions of dollars into these dystopian ICE recruitment ads. Meanwhile, cities are being terrorized by ICE agents who are running rampant with abuses of power, s...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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2,700 events in 50 states attended by over 7 million people and organized by 300 partners. The #NoKings era begins.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
2,700 events in 50 states attended by over 7 million people and organized by 300 partners. The #NoKings era begins.
🙌 High five to @indivisible.org @aclu.org @publiccitizen.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org Power of unity and solidarity 💯
🙌 High five to @indivisible.org @aclu.org @publiccitizen.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org Power of unity and solidarity 💯
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No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
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October 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Frontline in the Fight: Why Fascists Fear Teachers - A Conversation w/ Randi Weingarten · Indivisible
Across history, authoritarian regimes have feared educators—because teaching truth and critical thinking empowers students and communities to resist oppression. Today, public education is under attack...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Thank you for your latest. "Propping up fossil fuel is like propping up white supremacy: the future of the USA is a nonwhite majority, and the future of the human race is renewable energy...You can't in the long term stop the renewable revolution."
September 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Thank you for your latest. "Propping up fossil fuel is like propping up white supremacy: the future of the USA is a nonwhite majority, and the future of the human race is renewable energy...You can't in the long term stop the renewable revolution."
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Science doesn't care about politics and ideology. It is about pursuing the truth.
I'm so grateful to the experts and researchers pushing back against the lies and political posturing from Secretary RFK Jr. that sow doubt in science and harm public health.
We stand with you. We believe science.
I'm so grateful to the experts and researchers pushing back against the lies and political posturing from Secretary RFK Jr. that sow doubt in science and harm public health.
We stand with you. We believe science.
WATCH LIVE: Ousted CDC head Monarez testifies on agency upheaval under RFK Jr.
Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez will tell senators that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressured her to endorse new vaccine recommendations before seein...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Science doesn't care about politics and ideology. It is about pursuing the truth.
I'm so grateful to the experts and researchers pushing back against the lies and political posturing from Secretary RFK Jr. that sow doubt in science and harm public health.
We stand with you. We believe science.
I'm so grateful to the experts and researchers pushing back against the lies and political posturing from Secretary RFK Jr. that sow doubt in science and harm public health.
We stand with you. We believe science.
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This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.
BOYCOTT DISNEY NOW. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure
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September 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BOYCOTT DISNEY NOW. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
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Thank heaven Jennifer Rubin left the Washington Post, where Jeff Bezos would’ve refused to run so forthright an endorsement of Justice Sotomayor’s irrefutable refutation of six of her colleagues and her scathing but totally warranted takedown of Justice Kavanaugh!
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Undaunted from the Bench
Sotomayor pulls back the curtain on MAGA Supreme Court hackery
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September 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Thank heaven Jennifer Rubin left the Washington Post, where Jeff Bezos would’ve refused to run so forthright an endorsement of Justice Sotomayor’s irrefutable refutation of six of her colleagues and her scathing but totally warranted takedown of Justice Kavanaugh!
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Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
September 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
@timothysnyder.bsky.social Thx for today's wisdom:
"Freedom of speech is skeptical power: it is always a challenge. And it affirms truth: it is always a search. Without skepticism of power and affirmation of truth, we will not have freedom of speech."
Yes! Free speech=Brave, fact-based, humble.
"Freedom of speech is skeptical power: it is always a challenge. And it affirms truth: it is always a search. Without skepticism of power and affirmation of truth, we will not have freedom of speech."
Yes! Free speech=Brave, fact-based, humble.
September 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social Thx for today's wisdom:
"Freedom of speech is skeptical power: it is always a challenge. And it affirms truth: it is always a search. Without skepticism of power and affirmation of truth, we will not have freedom of speech."
Yes! Free speech=Brave, fact-based, humble.
"Freedom of speech is skeptical power: it is always a challenge. And it affirms truth: it is always a search. Without skepticism of power and affirmation of truth, we will not have freedom of speech."
Yes! Free speech=Brave, fact-based, humble.
I no longer give to the DNC or DNCC (and I find it fascinating they don't even have accounts here). The party, and Congressional Democrats, have not created a message, strategy, nor any unity. But the @demgovs.org? CRUSHING IT. Signed up for a $10 monthly donation. JB, Gretch, Gavin, Wes, giddyup! 🔥
September 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I no longer give to the DNC or DNCC (and I find it fascinating they don't even have accounts here). The party, and Congressional Democrats, have not created a message, strategy, nor any unity. But the @demgovs.org? CRUSHING IT. Signed up for a $10 monthly donation. JB, Gretch, Gavin, Wes, giddyup! 🔥
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A better world is possible.
From DC to LA, we are united to reject this administration’s agenda of violence and celebrate one another instead. #FreeDC
From DC to LA, we are united to reject this administration’s agenda of violence and celebrate one another instead. #FreeDC
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A better world is possible.
From DC to LA, we are united to reject this administration’s agenda of violence and celebrate one another instead. #FreeDC
From DC to LA, we are united to reject this administration’s agenda of violence and celebrate one another instead. #FreeDC
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Lesson 1: DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, & then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, & then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
August 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Lesson 1: DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, & then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, & then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
RIP Sly Stone - a pioneer guaranteed to get you shaking your ass.
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Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82
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June 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
RIP Sly Stone - a pioneer guaranteed to get you shaking your ass.
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Run by teenagers, for teenagers, the Green Crew helps students get their hands dirty with projects like tree planting, trail restoration and invasive species removal.
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Minnesota Teens Are Fighting Climate Anxiety With Shovels
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May 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Run by teenagers, for teenagers, the Green Crew helps students get their hands dirty with projects like tree planting, trail restoration and invasive species removal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/c...
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"I watched a bunch of extraordinary moments that nobody saw coming, and suddenly the world was different. So pile up your fuel. Find common ground. We now have the possibility to form an unprecedented coalition." bit.ly/3YPI9jD
How to stay hopeful in trying times - The Boston Globe
Rebecca Solnit, the author of "Men Explain Things to Me," says despair is a luxury.
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May 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"I watched a bunch of extraordinary moments that nobody saw coming, and suddenly the world was different. So pile up your fuel. Find common ground. We now have the possibility to form an unprecedented coalition." bit.ly/3YPI9jD
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Register Democrats Summit 2025 · Field Team 6
Join us for our third annual tentpole event – the Register Democrats Summit 2025! (ALL ON ZOOM.) Find the full schedule here: https://www.fieldteam6.org/summit-2025
It’s time to bring together a move...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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By attracting a generation of scientists fleeing fascism in Europe, the United States built a century of prosperity unlike anything in history.
Now it's happening in reverse. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...
Now it's happening in reverse. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...
May 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
By attracting a generation of scientists fleeing fascism in Europe, the United States built a century of prosperity unlike anything in history.
Now it's happening in reverse. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...
Now it's happening in reverse. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...
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I wouldn't call those who didn't register climate deniers (that's a big leap). Here's survey data on registered voters showing strong support for climate action and only 15% deniers across parties. Less than half of *conservative* Republican voters prefer candidates who oppose climate action.
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Spring 2024
By a 4:1 margin, U.S. voters prefer to vote for a candidate who supports action on global warming to one who opposes it.
climatecommunication.yale.edu
April 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I wouldn't call those who didn't register climate deniers (that's a big leap). Here's survey data on registered voters showing strong support for climate action and only 15% deniers across parties. Less than half of *conservative* Republican voters prefer candidates who oppose climate action.
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Cuts to public research and development would shrink the economy, a new study found. It would also reduce the tax base and the federal government’s revenue.
Sen. Susan Collins Blasts Trump for Cuts to Scientific Research - Inside Climate News
Meanwhile, a new study from American University shows budget cuts to public research would significantly hurt the economy in the long run, with large negative effects on GDP, investment and government...
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May 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Cuts to public research and development would shrink the economy, a new study found. It would also reduce the tax base and the federal government’s revenue.
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May Day Strong hosted by Portland Association of Teachers · May Day Strong
Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. We are demanding a country that puts our ...
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April 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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There is a silver lining to this Trump nightmare: The rise of a new wave of Democratic leaders who are willing to fight and bring fresh ideas for the future. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social is one of them. www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/cong...
Op-Ed: How Democrats must fight Trump — and Trumpism | NJ Spotlight News
“Democrats need to be willing to play hardball, disrupt norms and institutions, and put outcomes over process to make government work better.”
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April 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There is a silver lining to this Trump nightmare: The rise of a new wave of Democratic leaders who are willing to fight and bring fresh ideas for the future. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social is one of them. www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/cong...