Appreciate you & so many similar responses to my recent appearance on @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social. Bravo to bestie Jon Stewart for making space for nuanced conversation in a hot-take world!

In 2016, I worried that the US would soon be destroyed. So for the next eight years, I took my kids everywhere I could so they'd know their country firsthand. We drove in every direction to see things from all sides.

Our story is a book, and I hope you'll preorder: www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com

This is a perfect way to prepare for whatever the State of the Union brings on Tuesday night — an event with Timothy Snyder about the threats of authoritarianism and what we can do to resist it! If you've read his book, you know this will be good. I signed up, join me! social.redwine.blue/s/CkuzVvRx

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which oversees government whistleblower protections and enforces certain ethics laws.

Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Please disseminate these images widely. Who needs to place ads in a newspaper that few people actually read anymore?

Reintroducing wolves to Scottish Highlands could help expand native woodlands, says study

- Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

6/ In the short term, it may come down to the states taking action, rather than the feds. The Brennan Center has just released a guide for how states can put guardrails in place to protect our elections from muse use of AI and promote better democracy.

Many are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do

An excerpt from the article summary:

So much for his Hippocratic oath.

This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

A worthy read from Asli Aydintasbas, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former journalist who has first-hand experience with an authoritarian takeover.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

We could all probably use a hug this morning 🤗

Democrats are wallowing in their failure to stop a second Trump presidency, which looks to be even more damaging than his first one. Snap out of it!