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Many constitutional lawyers agree that there is a pending constitutional crisis, which will be definitively triggered if Trump refuses to obey a court order.
What Happens When an Executive Ignores the Law? Ask Constitutional Sheriffs.
Opinion | It’s not just about defiance of the law; it’s about reshaping the law to their own purposes.
www.democracydocket.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Many constitutional lawyers agree that there is a pending constitutional crisis, which will be definitively triggered if Trump refuses to obey a court order.
I'm not sure where the edges between convincing your partner to go with the shade of blue you actually wanted by starting the negotiations with a heavily saturated navy and where we are today, but let's talk ideas, darlings. Why the hell not.
March 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm not sure where the edges between convincing your partner to go with the shade of blue you actually wanted by starting the negotiations with a heavily saturated navy and where we are today, but let's talk ideas, darlings. Why the hell not.
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Massachusetts peeps, time to email or call your state (as in Boston) reps and let them know you oppose this bill:
malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD...
The sentence it wants to strike out contains protections for libraries and schools if a parent objects to LGBTQ+ content in books.
malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD...
The sentence it wants to strike out contains protections for libraries and schools if a parent objects to LGBTQ+ content in books.
Bill HD.2535
malegislature.gov
March 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Massachusetts peeps, time to email or call your state (as in Boston) reps and let them know you oppose this bill:
malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD...
The sentence it wants to strike out contains protections for libraries and schools if a parent objects to LGBTQ+ content in books.
malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD...
The sentence it wants to strike out contains protections for libraries and schools if a parent objects to LGBTQ+ content in books.
Boosting the signal.
A team of public health pros, web devs, and coders has preserved a copy of the #CDC website as it existed on January 20, 2025: RestoredCDC.org
Love seeing this ingenuity. We can all put our unique skills to use in the fights against fascism 🦾
#AcademicSky 🧪
Love seeing this ingenuity. We can all put our unique skills to use in the fights against fascism 🦾
#AcademicSky 🧪
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Boosting the signal.
If you're inclined to scroll back a bit you'll see it looks like they've been rather vocal right along. Time to turn up the volume.
The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you're inclined to scroll back a bit you'll see it looks like they've been rather vocal right along. Time to turn up the volume.
Things you don't think about doing with your thumb until you've put it out so bad you can't use it anymore... even #hypermobile people hurt their stupid #joints, sometimes. (This is tedious and a break from your regularly scheduled dumpster fire themed programming. Enjoy.)
March 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Things you don't think about doing with your thumb until you've put it out so bad you can't use it anymore... even #hypermobile people hurt their stupid #joints, sometimes. (This is tedious and a break from your regularly scheduled dumpster fire themed programming. Enjoy.)
Some ideas, as he says, for your consideration, for those of you following along looking for concrete, actionable advice
"What can I do?"
That is the number 1 question I get asked. And at this time in our democracy -- or what remains of it when public servants put their loyalty to a person above their oaths of office— I am grateful that people are asking that question.
Below is a video with my answer:
That is the number 1 question I get asked. And at this time in our democracy -- or what remains of it when public servants put their loyalty to a person above their oaths of office— I am grateful that people are asking that question.
Below is a video with my answer:
"What Can I Do?"
Behind The Headlines With Andrew Weissmann, Vol 2.6.c
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Some ideas, as he says, for your consideration, for those of you following along looking for concrete, actionable advice
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.
Everything is on fire. It's important to engage in self care while you're out doing what needs doing. #glutenfree #baking
March 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Everything is on fire. It's important to engage in self care while you're out doing what needs doing. #glutenfree #baking
Boosting the signal. My budget is insanely tight, right now, but perhaps one of you might be able to send some support their way (and maybe next month will hurt less in my house)!
Mostly Soldiers is a book of poetry about statues, bodies & suffering the indignity of having a traffic cone placed on your head.
Become a Stanchion Book Club member & get an exclusive goodie: a 3-inch statue...with a traffic cone to use at your leisure. 😊
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Become a Stanchion Book Club member & get an exclusive goodie: a 3-inch statue...with a traffic cone to use at your leisure. 😊
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
March 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Boosting the signal. My budget is insanely tight, right now, but perhaps one of you might be able to send some support their way (and maybe next month will hurt less in my house)!
Boosting the signal on the point. Maintain forward momentum. Try things. Remember that solutions are made of many tiny parts. Such as choosing to spend your money either hyper locally or perhaps not at all. For instance.
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
February 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Boosting the signal on the point. Maintain forward momentum. Try things. Remember that solutions are made of many tiny parts. Such as choosing to spend your money either hyper locally or perhaps not at all. For instance.
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Take hope my friends
Voting with your wallet works.
Tesla stock has crashed 27% this month. 20% this week alone.
As consumer anger filters up through the bottom line, we slowly win back our democracy.
If you're Canadian
Sign here
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Revoke Musk's Canadian citizenship
Voting with your wallet works.
Tesla stock has crashed 27% this month. 20% this week alone.
As consumer anger filters up through the bottom line, we slowly win back our democracy.
If you're Canadian
Sign here
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Revoke Musk's Canadian citizenship
February 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Take hope my friends
Voting with your wallet works.
Tesla stock has crashed 27% this month. 20% this week alone.
As consumer anger filters up through the bottom line, we slowly win back our democracy.
If you're Canadian
Sign here
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Revoke Musk's Canadian citizenship
Voting with your wallet works.
Tesla stock has crashed 27% this month. 20% this week alone.
As consumer anger filters up through the bottom line, we slowly win back our democracy.
If you're Canadian
Sign here
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Revoke Musk's Canadian citizenship
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Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
February 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
What do you do while stuck in #waitingmode? Today, I figured I could do things that kept me physically close to the thing I was waiting for. Like bake. In the kitchen. Where I can definitely hear the delivery man (our doorbell is Fickle). Also, #glutenfree #kingarthurflour #cookies turn out well!
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
What do you do while stuck in #waitingmode? Today, I figured I could do things that kept me physically close to the thing I was waiting for. Like bake. In the kitchen. Where I can definitely hear the delivery man (our doorbell is Fickle). Also, #glutenfree #kingarthurflour #cookies turn out well!
Boosting the signal for my Mid-atlantic folk.
February 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Boosting the signal for my Mid-atlantic folk.
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It is important to acknowledge that some things are, in fact, being don't. Some is better than none.
Call your duly elected officials. Thank them if they're doing anything at all to the end of ending this. Tell them you're disappointed and upset if they're not. Communicate. It all counts.
Call your duly elected officials. Thank them if they're doing anything at all to the end of ending this. Tell them you're disappointed and upset if they're not. Communicate. It all counts.
February 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It is important to acknowledge that some things are, in fact, being don't. Some is better than none.
Call your duly elected officials. Thank them if they're doing anything at all to the end of ending this. Tell them you're disappointed and upset if they're not. Communicate. It all counts.
Call your duly elected officials. Thank them if they're doing anything at all to the end of ending this. Tell them you're disappointed and upset if they're not. Communicate. It all counts.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (4/20)
#Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
#Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
February 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (4/20)
#Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
#Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
February 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I have been trying to be better about asking, "Are we screaming into the void together, or troubleshooting, or both?"
This repost brought to you by me feeling horrifically impotent but being abjectly unwilling to stfu anyhow.
Courage is acting in spite of terror.
Spite, which fuels me, ftw.
This repost brought to you by me feeling horrifically impotent but being abjectly unwilling to stfu anyhow.
Courage is acting in spite of terror.
Spite, which fuels me, ftw.
Are you talking to colleagues impacted by executive branch targeting? Here’s a thread 🧵 w/ simple tips about how to show support—what to say that is likely to help, rather than make things worse.
(The tips are simple, but I try to explain the rationale behind them. So please follow to the end.) 1/
(The tips are simple, but I try to explain the rationale behind them. So please follow to the end.) 1/
January 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I have been trying to be better about asking, "Are we screaming into the void together, or troubleshooting, or both?"
This repost brought to you by me feeling horrifically impotent but being abjectly unwilling to stfu anyhow.
Courage is acting in spite of terror.
Spite, which fuels me, ftw.
This repost brought to you by me feeling horrifically impotent but being abjectly unwilling to stfu anyhow.
Courage is acting in spite of terror.
Spite, which fuels me, ftw.
Eat the parasite class 🙃
We have to stop dividing our problems into “left and right" and start seeing our problems like “top vs bottom.”
737 billionaires in the U.S. have a combined wealth of 5.5 trillion. And they funneled it out of the middle class.
Then Trump keeps us fighting with each other while they steal more.
737 billionaires in the U.S. have a combined wealth of 5.5 trillion. And they funneled it out of the middle class.
Then Trump keeps us fighting with each other while they steal more.
January 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Eat the parasite class 🙃
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (3/20)
#Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
#Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
January 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (3/20)
#Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
#Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge
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Repairing our communities is still an option, it's never too late to build together. #solarpunk #solarpunkart
January 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Repairing our communities is still an option, it's never too late to build together. #solarpunk #solarpunkart
See previous rant about making good use of language.
"If journalists don't get smarter about the effect of language and metaphors on the brain, they will be as responsible as anyone for the demise of American democracy."
Critical messaging/language guidance for journalists and thought leaders to focus on - from the remarkable @george-lakoff.com
Critical messaging/language guidance for journalists and thought leaders to focus on - from the remarkable @george-lakoff.com
"One bad headline isn’t the end of the world. Unfortunately, American journalism is full of bad headlines that unwittingly serve the purposes of authoritarianism. For example, when Trump tells a big lie, most headlines make a point of repeating the lie." www.theframelab.org/framing-powe...
January 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
See previous rant about making good use of language.
Call spades spades. Call fascism fascism. Ok? This is a complicated language with an enormous vocabulary. Make good use of it.
Exactly. And stop saying oligarchy. There's lots of more relatable substitutes- fat cats, billionaires, tech bros, robber barons etc etc
Hey, Dems. Stop saying Trump cut funding for the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Act,” & start saying “Trump defunded our roads & bridges.”
Focus on the concrete actions that impact everyday Americans. Messaging & language matter.
Focus on the concrete actions that impact everyday Americans. Messaging & language matter.
January 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Call spades spades. Call fascism fascism. Ok? This is a complicated language with an enormous vocabulary. Make good use of it.