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Trump sides with murderer MBS and ignores the sex trafficked women and unanimous votes to release.
The Trump reign is over.
This is the #NoKings Era now! Stop protecting predators. !
The Trump reign is over.
This is the #NoKings Era now! Stop protecting predators. !
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Trump sides with murderer MBS and ignores the sex trafficked women and unanimous votes to release.
The Trump reign is over.
This is the #NoKings Era now! Stop protecting predators. !
The Trump reign is over.
This is the #NoKings Era now! Stop protecting predators. !
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The demolished East Wing is a monument to this regime's destruction of our system of checks and balances, and the process of democratic governance.
It is a monument of rubble.
It is a monument of rubble.
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The demolished East Wing is a monument to this regime's destruction of our system of checks and balances, and the process of democratic governance.
It is a monument of rubble.
It is a monument of rubble.
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No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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It's just a sports ban.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
September 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It's just a sports ban.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
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So many major institutions in the US are capitulating to transphobia. We must push back on this before we have no rights left, and no safe places to live.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
bsky.app/profile/dani...
Trans women can no longer attend:
- Columbia University in New York
- Harvard University in Massachusetts
- Brown University in Rhode Island
And they tell us we'll be safe in blue states. And they tell us it's not a pogrom.
- Columbia University in New York
- Harvard University in Massachusetts
- Brown University in Rhode Island
And they tell us we'll be safe in blue states. And they tell us it's not a pogrom.
Brown University is caving to Trump.
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
August 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
So many major institutions in the US are capitulating to transphobia. We must push back on this before we have no rights left, and no safe places to live.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
bsky.app/profile/dani...
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Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
July 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
July 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
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It's Veep now, every day. They have become completely untethered from reality. It's all a show, a terrible Trumpian shitshow every day.
So 34 million Americans are going to go work on farms. Moving into rural communities, right? Got it. That's a brilliant plan.
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It's Veep now, every day. They have become completely untethered from reality. It's all a show, a terrible Trumpian shitshow every day.
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Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”.
This is fascism.
This is fascism.
Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
July 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”.
This is fascism.
This is fascism.
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It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend
After a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.”
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Everyone should do this--speak out against the big ugly bill. Senate offices are closed, but their inboxes aren't. Let's get 1,000 more out by midnight: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Your Senators: Don't cut health care & food assistance to give another tax cut to the rich
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
June 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Everyone should do this--speak out against the big ugly bill. Senate offices are closed, but their inboxes aren't. Let's get 1,000 more out by midnight: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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It’s Ally Fridays on Gay of the Day! Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are showing up, speaking out and championing their daughter Zaya Wade and the trans community every chance they get. They are learning as they go along just like we all are. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️ #pride #lgbtq #lgbtqia
June 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
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It is frightening that the defense of basic rights and democratic self-government against the authoritarian onslaught depends so much on people who are evidently unable and/or unwilling to grasp who and what we are facing and instead just cling to signaling “bipartisanship” and upholding “unity.”
Dems think they’re rising above partisan politics by killing impeachment. Really they’re falling down on constitutional duty. Trump illegally bombs Iran without Congress, 128 Dems + leadership join the GOP. We can’t confuse complicity for pragmatism. You don’t fight authoritarianism by enabling it.
June 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It is frightening that the defense of basic rights and democratic self-government against the authoritarian onslaught depends so much on people who are evidently unable and/or unwilling to grasp who and what we are facing and instead just cling to signaling “bipartisanship” and upholding “unity.”
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Crucial data from @adambonica.bsky.social - and completely foreseeable - www.weekendreading.net/p/the-courts...
June 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Crucial data from @adambonica.bsky.social - and completely foreseeable - www.weekendreading.net/p/the-courts...
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Ellie’s write up is must read for understanding how horrible today’s Supreme Court decision is for trans people. Don’t let the press tell you this is some limited decision. The court is putting into question the right of all trans people to simply exist. By a 6-3 margin.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause does not protect everybody equally. Instead it upheld the Tennessee law that seeks to eradicate trans kids.
My latest in @thenation
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Supreme Court's Anti-Trans Decision Will Live In Infamy
In its bigotry and deceitfulness, US v. Skrmetti is destined to be seen alongside Plessy, Dobbs, Dred Scott, and all of the court's other most notorious decisions.
www.thenation.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ellie’s write up is must read for understanding how horrible today’s Supreme Court decision is for trans people. Don’t let the press tell you this is some limited decision. The court is putting into question the right of all trans people to simply exist. By a 6-3 margin.
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Ask your doctor what treatment the supreme court decided is right for you.
June 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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What happened to parental rights? Why do six justices think that politicians can override expert medical opinions? If parents consent to care their children want and need, when that care is safe and necessary, that should be that.
June 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What happened to parental rights? Why do six justices think that politicians can override expert medical opinions? If parents consent to care their children want and need, when that care is safe and necessary, that should be that.
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This is illegal.
This is illegal.
Did I mention this is illegal?
This is illegal.
Did I mention this is illegal?
US military troops deployed to Los Angeles are allowed to temporarily detain individuals until law enforcement agents arrive to arrest them, a senior US military official said reut.rs/3FIzrgN
Troops in Los Angeles can temporarily detain individuals, but no arrest authorities
U.S. military troops deployed to Los Angeles are allowed to temporarily detain individuals until law enforcement agents arrive to arrest them, a senior U.S. military official said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
June 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is illegal.
This is illegal.
Did I mention this is illegal?
This is illegal.
Did I mention this is illegal?
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April 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM