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@mariyal.bsky.social
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indivisible.org
🔊 There ain’t no kings in the USA!

While Trump has tanks rolling through DC for his authoritarian parade on June 14, we’re gathering everywhere else for No Kings Day. Let’s show the world what democracy really looks like — find an event near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
June 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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indysoco.bsky.social
What Sonoma County is doing on June 14th! Where to go, when to be there, how to prepare -- and why!! #indivisible @indivisible.org #sonoma_county #NoKings #KickOutTheClowns
#GreatestShitshowOnEarth
#CommunitiesNotClowns
#ClownsAgainstClowns
#BigTentResistance
open.substack.com/pub/indivisi...
What we are doing on June 14
Where to go, when to be there, how to prepare — and why
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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leahstokes.bsky.social
Another garbage, unconstitutional executive order from the President. Now he claims that states can't set their own environmental laws, like California's carbon trading program, which by the way, has existed since... 2006.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Trump makes sweeping move to undercut state climate laws, including California's
'These State laws and policies are fundamentally irreconcilable with my Administration's objective to unleash American energy,' the president wrote. 'They should not stand.'
www.latimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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verfassungsblog.de
"Stopping Autocratic Legalism in America – Before It Is Too Late"

SCOTT CUMMINGS (@eui-eu.bsky.social) on the autocratic playbook behind targeting law firms, the role of lawyers in democratic backsliding, and why it's time for lawyers to take action now.

verfassungsblog.de/stopping-aut...
Quote: “As the Executive Orders targeting law firms underscore: the entire legal profession is next. This is no coincidence.”
March 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
mariyal.bsky.social
They aren’t making anything “great again”. They are destroying fundamental pieces of our country that have taken decades to build.
@maddow.msnbc.com
EPA Under Trump Besieged by Mass Terminations, Axed Programs, Funding Cuts
The nation’s environmental watchdog is under an “unprecedented” attack
www.sierraclub.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
mariyal.bsky.social
Dear. God.

I haven’t seen any other reporting on this EO. @maddow.msnbc.com
Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday
Having already subdued Congress, Trump has now openly announced that the Führerprinzip governs the executive branch.
slate.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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propublica.org
It’s said that we live in a post-fact society. We disagree.

Now, more than ever, facts matter, and ProPublica is going to continue to track how and when patently false statements are injected into conversations about the country’s future.

By @sengelberg.bsky.social
The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do…
propub.li
February 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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indivisible.org
“Democrats seem to be waiting for Trump, Musk, and MAGA to naturally become unpopular, instead of working overtime to make them unpopular. We can’t wait. We need a unified, aggressive, and creative opposition in this country.”

Read more from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social. 👇
How to Organize Our Way Out of the Trump-Musk Putsch
By firing Gwynne Wilcox, Trump is hoping the Supreme Court will overrule 90 years of legal precedent and give him the authority to fire members of independent boards.
www.thenation.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM