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Cascade
@cascade867.bsky.social
They/them, AuDHD, Chronically Ill, Anti-fascist, Agnostic, Artist, Anthropologist, ✨temporarily electrified meat suit✨
There ARE solutions to what we’re seeing AND there is no magical fix to decades long problems - this work is the long haul folx 💜✨ hang in there
“I have come to wonder whether these expressions of despair and surrender are really masking an irrational longing for a magical way out of this nightmare - a hope that some deus ex machina will swoop down and spare us what we are facing.”

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Remember that thing where pathological narcissists will project their own insecurities and failings on others to avoid accountability? Yeah.... self appointed Cybertruck king is telling on himself.
Btw let me reinforce this again when it comes to this crew: EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION.
February 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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I refuse to let the next 4 years ruin the time I have here.
I will have joy.
I will laugh.
I will rest.
I will dance.
I will sing.
I will spend time with folks I love.
I will find ways I can help my community.
I will find the beauty.
I will hold on to peace.
I will live.
I will have joy.
January 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hope is resistance.
Joy is resistance.
Rest is resistance.
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don’t pre comply. You can:
Volunteer or donate to lgbtq hotlines and queer after school programs.
Become a youth mentor.
Check in on the queer kids in your neighborhood.
Check in on the parents of queer kiddos.
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don't pre-comply with this fascism. don't pre-comply with this fascism. don't pre-comply with this fascism. don't pre-comply with this fascism. don't pre-comply with this fascism. don't pre-comply with this fascism. don't pre-comply with this fascism. don't pre-comply with this fascism. don't pre-co
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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January 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I know irl we'll all be participating in the resistance in our own ways and that it's not a pop up overnight thing -- but this totally made me smile.
January 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
As others have been pointing out on this app, if you are a eugenicist, natural disasters are your friend. They are a seemingly innocuous way to get away with genocide. Privatized disaster aid means only 'desirables' get to live.
BREAKING: trump is talking about doing away with FEMA, because this paper towel throwing, bleach injection jackass is so good at dealing with disasters.

What could go wrong? 🙄
January 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The fascist math is not mathing. And will never, because it’s always been about upholding white patriarchy.
You guys need to see this and take it in…

Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
January 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Shout out to all the parents and guardians who are trying to hold it together right now and trying to figure out how you explain what's happening in the US right now to your kids.
January 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Small break from fighting the fascist shitstorm - some photos from my time on a frozen lake ❄️🧊🏒⛸️😊💜
January 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This. This this this.
With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,

NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off

Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory

Be an ally
January 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
ICE is known to employ overt racism and fear tactics when detaining people. Knowing your rights (and the rights of those around you) is so incredibly crucial.

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

www.aclu.org/news/immigra...
January 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
✨Please do not forget that rest is resistance✨
If you’re struggling to unplug, sleep or rest… you’re not alone.

The unrelenting 24 hour news cycle is hard to detach from.

Your nervous system knows it’s under threat. That threat takes a toll…Especially if you’re chronically ill.

Give yourself grace. Flares will happen. We will get through it.
January 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ope 😅 but same
Whenever I start to feel anxious I immediately have another coffee and scroll through the worst news imaginable on my phone and omg it does not help at all
January 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
well if this isn't the realest thing ever
i need my coffee so bitter it makes me forget about my feelings for a minute.
January 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
January 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Good ways to keep hope alive as the shitstorm takes hold:
The Revolution Will Not be Televised
-take more Polaroids, take pictures with film
- put an actual pen to actual paper
- talk to people in person
- preserve banned books and science books
- participate in community gardens
- run for office or school board in your town
January 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
As fucked as it feels to read this shit, it's worth it for a few reasons:
- to know where to put pressure on our local governments
- to identify key fascist phrasing and learn how to combat it
- to tailor our grassroots work to combat each policy

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Presidential Actions – The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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I wrote about Trump’s inauguration. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM