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🚨 On May 1, 2025, in cities across the US, we will gather in solidarity—honoring the legacy of workers who organized for the 8-hour day.
Today, we face a new threat. A billionaire-backed minority is quietly reshaping our democracy.
BUT a peaceful People’s Movement is growing. 👉 www.FiftyFifty.one
Today, we face a new threat. A billionaire-backed minority is quietly reshaping our democracy.
BUT a peaceful People’s Movement is growing. 👉 www.FiftyFifty.one
Keep the momentum going.
Keep the momentum going.
🚨 On May 1, 2025, in cities across the US, we will gather in solidarity—honoring the legacy of workers who organized for the 8-hour day.
Today, we face a new threat. A billionaire-backed minority is quietly reshaping our democracy.
BUT a peaceful People’s Movement is growing. 👉 www.FiftyFifty.one
Today, we face a new threat. A billionaire-backed minority is quietly reshaping our democracy.
BUT a peaceful People’s Movement is growing. 👉 www.FiftyFifty.one
April 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Keep the momentum going.
Go out and connect with people. Recharge and keep the momentum going.
🚨 Join the #PeoplesMovement this Saturday #April19 for a National Day of Action!
Yes, people will be in the streets again. Others will be organizing food drives, volunteering at shelters, hosting teach-ins, and more.
Hundreds of events are already listed at www.FiftyFifty.one/events.
Yes, people will be in the streets again. Others will be organizing food drives, volunteering at shelters, hosting teach-ins, and more.
Hundreds of events are already listed at www.FiftyFifty.one/events.
April 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Go out and connect with people. Recharge and keep the momentum going.
"I am constantly perplexed by friends, family, and others who are unable to grapple with the seriousness of this moment."
Me too @brockm.bsky.social. Thank you for writing this.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-time-o...
Me too @brockm.bsky.social. Thank you for writing this.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-time-o...
The Time of Monsters
On Institutional Erosion, Normalcy Bias, and the Conditions That Precede Catastrophe
www.notesfromthecircus.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"I am constantly perplexed by friends, family, and others who are unable to grapple with the seriousness of this moment."
Me too @brockm.bsky.social. Thank you for writing this.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-time-o...
Me too @brockm.bsky.social. Thank you for writing this.
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-time-o...
TechDirt is doing the best combination of daily reporting that includes a "why this is important" analysis.
Excellent example:
"This is the line that due process draws: between a government bound by law and one ruled by whim, between justice and terror, between civilization and barbarism."
Excellent example:
"This is the line that due process draws: between a government bound by law and one ruled by whim, between justice and terror, between civilization and barbarism."
The Lawless Evil Of Denying Due Process
The U.S. government just demonstrated exactly why due process matters. In what should be a shocking admission, the Trump administration revealed in court that it had made a bit of an oopsie (they c…
www.techdirt.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
TechDirt is doing the best combination of daily reporting that includes a "why this is important" analysis.
Excellent example:
"This is the line that due process draws: between a government bound by law and one ruled by whim, between justice and terror, between civilization and barbarism."
Excellent example:
"This is the line that due process draws: between a government bound by law and one ruled by whim, between justice and terror, between civilization and barbarism."
Speaking up is important. Speaking from anger is energy-depleting over time.
Speaking from compassion is a more rewarding approach.
This essay from @brockm.bsky.social is an excellent example. (If you are not in a compassionate mood, read his "The Silence of the Reasonable" instead)
Speaking from compassion is a more rewarding approach.
This essay from @brockm.bsky.social is an excellent example. (If you are not in a compassionate mood, read his "The Silence of the Reasonable" instead)
An Open Letter to Trump Supporters
I want to speak directly to those of you who have supported Donald Trump, whether in 2016, 2020, or now.
www.notesfromthecircus.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Speaking up is important. Speaking from anger is energy-depleting over time.
Speaking from compassion is a more rewarding approach.
This essay from @brockm.bsky.social is an excellent example. (If you are not in a compassionate mood, read his "The Silence of the Reasonable" instead)
Speaking from compassion is a more rewarding approach.
This essay from @brockm.bsky.social is an excellent example. (If you are not in a compassionate mood, read his "The Silence of the Reasonable" instead)
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March 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Lesson #13 from @timothysnyder.bsky.social: Practice Corporeal Politics.
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Lesson #13 from @timothysnyder.bsky.social: Practice Corporeal Politics.
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Highly recommend signing up for this weekly newsletter. The "Your weekly to-dos" section is great.
@indivisible.org - Any chance you could have the current To-Dos posted at a permalink on your site?
@indivisible.org - Any chance you could have the current To-Dos posted at a permalink on your site?
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April 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Highly recommend signing up for this weekly newsletter. The "Your weekly to-dos" section is great.
@indivisible.org - Any chance you could have the current To-Dos posted at a permalink on your site?
@indivisible.org - Any chance you could have the current To-Dos posted at a permalink on your site?
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On this point: JOE ROGAN of all people on his show highlighted Andry's case and said" "You've got to get scared that people who are not criminals are getting lassoed up and deported to El Salvador." Rogan described what happened to Andry as "horrific."
Link to the video here: x.com/SawyerHacket...
Link to the video here: x.com/SawyerHacket...
March 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
On this point: JOE ROGAN of all people on his show highlighted Andry's case and said" "You've got to get scared that people who are not criminals are getting lassoed up and deported to El Salvador." Rogan described what happened to Andry as "horrific."
Link to the video here: x.com/SawyerHacket...
Link to the video here: x.com/SawyerHacket...
We need someone to manage our social media.
First rule: quote Mike Brock daily
"The most powerful resistance begins with refusing to participate in the lies. When language is being corrupted all around you, insist on clarity in your own speech."
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-langua...
First rule: quote Mike Brock daily
"The most powerful resistance begins with refusing to participate in the lies. When language is being corrupted all around you, insist on clarity in your own speech."
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-langua...
The Language of Surrender
How Euphemism and Distortion Are Making Resistance to Authoritarianism Unspeakable
www.notesfromthecircus.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
We need someone to manage our social media.
First rule: quote Mike Brock daily
"The most powerful resistance begins with refusing to participate in the lies. When language is being corrupted all around you, insist on clarity in your own speech."
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-langua...
First rule: quote Mike Brock daily
"The most powerful resistance begins with refusing to participate in the lies. When language is being corrupted all around you, insist on clarity in your own speech."
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-langua...
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It’s extremely alarming that Trump openly defying a court order is being covered as “Trump decides to not follow it” and not “Trump illegally defies court.” Or in the Washington Post’s case, not even mentioned at all
March 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It’s extremely alarming that Trump openly defying a court order is being covered as “Trump decides to not follow it” and not “Trump illegally defies court.” Or in the Washington Post’s case, not even mentioned at all
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🚨BREAKING: It seems very clear that the Administration decided not to abide by the court's order. The question now is what will the judge do. Does he proceed with contempt or something short of that to defuse.
Upping the stakes is the fact that the AG and her senior staff signed this notice.
Upping the stakes is the fact that the AG and her senior staff signed this notice.
March 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🚨BREAKING: It seems very clear that the Administration decided not to abide by the court's order. The question now is what will the judge do. Does he proceed with contempt or something short of that to defuse.
Upping the stakes is the fact that the AG and her senior staff signed this notice.
Upping the stakes is the fact that the AG and her senior staff signed this notice.
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Whether Judge Boasberg was correct on the law is largely irrelevant to whether the government is in contempt for willfully disobeying it. If the Trump administration knew there was an order from a federal judge and then willfully violated it, that is the end of the analysis.
March 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Whether Judge Boasberg was correct on the law is largely irrelevant to whether the government is in contempt for willfully disobeying it. If the Trump administration knew there was an order from a federal judge and then willfully violated it, that is the end of the analysis.
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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🐓 Just because your elected official is a coward doesn’t mean you can’t hold them accountable. Another congressional recess is happening right now, and our groups are organizing to get the attention of our senators and representatives. Let’s get to work: indivisible.org/muskorus
March 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🐓 Just because your elected official is a coward doesn’t mean you can’t hold them accountable. Another congressional recess is happening right now, and our groups are organizing to get the attention of our senators and representatives. Let’s get to work: indivisible.org/muskorus
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I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
February 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
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That said, the Dems need to find a way to express that they understand, and impress upon others, the moment we are in, when far more than the economy (you know, like our freedoms, and the rule of law) are at stake.
March 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
That said, the Dems need to find a way to express that they understand, and impress upon others, the moment we are in, when far more than the economy (you know, like our freedoms, and the rule of law) are at stake.
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Attacking knowledge, information, learning, science, libraries, schools: to keep people clueless and compliant.
Fight back: read, speak out, communicate, learn, and share with others.
Fight back: read, speak out, communicate, learn, and share with others.
March 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Attacking knowledge, information, learning, science, libraries, schools: to keep people clueless and compliant.
Fight back: read, speak out, communicate, learn, and share with others.
Fight back: read, speak out, communicate, learn, and share with others.
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This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.
March 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.
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Dangerous. And corrosive. And par for the course
Fox News is now displaying photos of judges who rule against Trump while hosts and Republicans attack them live on air
March 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Dangerous. And corrosive. And par for the course
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab.
handsoff2025.com
handsoff2025.com
Join me on April 5th
app.sosha.ai
March 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab.
handsoff2025.com
handsoff2025.com
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New in PN: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social on why Trump 2.0 is worse than he expected
"There’s a lot that’s deeply unconstitutional here ... Trump and Musk correctly assessed that Republicans would simply submit and give up prerogatives that Congress has jealously guarded."
"There’s a lot that’s deeply unconstitutional here ... Trump and Musk correctly assessed that Republicans would simply submit and give up prerogatives that Congress has jealously guarded."
Kevin Kruse on why Trump 2.0 is worse than he expected
"I didn’t think they would take this bold of a leap into deeply unconstitutional waters, but they have."
www.publicnotice.co
March 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New in PN: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social on why Trump 2.0 is worse than he expected
"There’s a lot that’s deeply unconstitutional here ... Trump and Musk correctly assessed that Republicans would simply submit and give up prerogatives that Congress has jealously guarded."
"There’s a lot that’s deeply unconstitutional here ... Trump and Musk correctly assessed that Republicans would simply submit and give up prerogatives that Congress has jealously guarded."
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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It's a coup. Nobody wants to admit it. But it is.
“‘In the past several weeks, [Trump] has really launched a full-frontal assault on the Constitution, the rule of law, our system of justice and the entire legal profession.’”
Conservative Legal Icon Says This New Trump Move Is '1 Of The Most Sinister'
Former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig ripped Trump's "full-frontal assault on the Constitution, the rule of law, our system of justice and the entire legal profession."
www.huffpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's a coup. Nobody wants to admit it. But it is.