"NBC’s new poll says the most important issue for deciding who to support for Congress is: 'Protecting constitutional rights/protecting democracy.'"

And much more from this week's list of good news compiled by @jesscraven101.bsky.social

chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...

@jesscraven101.bsky.social has done it again:

"[W]hen we work hard, don’t quit, and lead with love, great things can and do happen."

Find this week's list of good things here:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...

The lesson here is that reporters and the public courageously demanding truth really does make a difference.

Never give up.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-6-2...

I'm in Warsaw, Poland. This is one of the great things I have seen here:

"Hands Off . . . Warsaw in solidarity with the US. I am with you. Strike for Peace. Rise"

This man clearly knows that every act of courage matters.

@jesscraven101.bsky.social
@rbhubbell.bsky.social‬

Striking poll results: "Americans move against Trumpism on several fronts."

"Trump’s brazen second-term actions appear to be pushing Americans in the opposite direction of his early agenda just as he did the electorates of Canada and Australia."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

64% of Americans say Trump is “going too far” trying to expand the power of the presidency.

77% oppose reducing funding for medical research.

Tell congress how we feel at a May 1 protest.

(Data and image from new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... )

Source: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A database of research on institutional courage and institutional betrayal:

www.institutionalcourage.org/tracking-res...

Yesterday my friend and I made our signs for the Hands Off event today.

We each wrote from the heart.

My friend: "Something in us refuses cruelty"

Me: "Thank you for being here. Every act of courage matters."

Join us! handsoff2025.com

The article linked above by @chenoweth.bsky.social, @djpressman.bsky.social, and Soho Hamman is full of hopeful information and crucial advice with lots of historical and current information.

And I so appreciate this chart they included.

Hopefully more readable image here.

New update to our searchable database.

We now include 308 articles about institutional betrayal and courage organized by type of institution and harm.

Visit our database and find research and analysis:
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Is there denialism, DARVO, & institutional betrayal by the Christian Church in response to child abuse?

Yes. This according to Stier, et. al (2024). "A Forgotten Millstone: Denialism and Child Abuse in the Christian Church." Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....