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· Jan 22
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
So much respect for Bishop Budde. Face to face with an ascendant fascist, in front of the whole world, she stood on sacred business and lifted up the holy humanity of people he dehumanizes and persecutes. True faith in action.
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The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
July 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
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We want to train one million Americans in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we slow down, stop, and ultimately defeat Trump’s authoritarian takeover. 👇
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We want to train one million Americans in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we slow down, stop, and ultimately defeat Trump’s authoritarian takeover. 👇
Underrated 4th of July pleasure: eating watermelon all day long.
July 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Underrated 4th of July pleasure: eating watermelon all day long.
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New — I wrote about how Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of a positive vision for the future, New Yorkers’ rejection of fear-based politics, and provides a blueprint for progressive Jews and Muslims to create a multi-racial, multi-faith coalition that supports prosperity for all.
Read it here:
Read it here:
We can have nice things
Zohran Mamdani proved you can fully embrace progressive values—and win.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
New — I wrote about how Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of a positive vision for the future, New Yorkers’ rejection of fear-based politics, and provides a blueprint for progressive Jews and Muslims to create a multi-racial, multi-faith coalition that supports prosperity for all.
Read it here:
Read it here:
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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
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I realize there isn't some bold maneuver that will result in an immediate tactical victory for them. I really do.
I just wish they realized that this is one of those times when *refusing to be feckless cowards* itself holds innate strategic value.
I just wish they realized that this is one of those times when *refusing to be feckless cowards* itself holds innate strategic value.
March 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I realize there isn't some bold maneuver that will result in an immediate tactical victory for them. I really do.
I just wish they realized that this is one of those times when *refusing to be feckless cowards* itself holds innate strategic value.
I just wish they realized that this is one of those times when *refusing to be feckless cowards* itself holds innate strategic value.
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Walz: "I wouldn't do those town halls if I were them either because they have to defend cutting Medicare, cutting Medicaid, hurting their local public school, fighting a trade war with Canada. Just the nonsense, and defending President Musk."
March 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Walz: "I wouldn't do those town halls if I were them either because they have to defend cutting Medicare, cutting Medicaid, hurting their local public school, fighting a trade war with Canada. Just the nonsense, and defending President Musk."
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Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
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#TeslaTakedown protests are +12 across voters. Republican voters don't love them, of course. So much for the customer being right and the market being free!
March 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#TeslaTakedown protests are +12 across voters. Republican voters don't love them, of course. So much for the customer being right and the market being free!
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Efforts to make the Trump regime back the fuck off are popular. We asked about a bunch of them. First stop, Maine Governor Janet Mills is up +33 on telling Trump she'll see him in court.
March 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Efforts to make the Trump regime back the fuck off are popular. We asked about a bunch of them. First stop, Maine Governor Janet Mills is up +33 on telling Trump she'll see him in court.
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Federal workers leading protests against DOGE are +16 across voters.
March 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Federal workers leading protests against DOGE are +16 across voters.
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Wanted to dig into whether folks truly see this moment for what it is - a rupture from any recent history & rapid descent to authoritarian rule - and how they feel about it.
Many things you wanted to know about Americans' views but were afraid to ask, survey March 7-10 of 1,188 likely voters. 🧵
Many things you wanted to know about Americans' views but were afraid to ask, survey March 7-10 of 1,188 likely voters. 🧵
March 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Wanted to dig into whether folks truly see this moment for what it is - a rupture from any recent history & rapid descent to authoritarian rule - and how they feel about it.
Many things you wanted to know about Americans' views but were afraid to ask, survey March 7-10 of 1,188 likely voters. 🧵
Many things you wanted to know about Americans' views but were afraid to ask, survey March 7-10 of 1,188 likely voters. 🧵
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We've had our critiques of House Dems in recent days so I want to be really clear: they did their job! They held together to vote no! It was good! The Senate needs to follow their example!
Call your Senator and tell them: stop the dirty CR. And call your House rep to thank them (not Jared Golden).
Call your Senator and tell them: stop the dirty CR. And call your House rep to thank them (not Jared Golden).
House Democrats are very clear: We’re asking Senate Democrats to vote no on this CR, which is not clean.
March 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We've had our critiques of House Dems in recent days so I want to be really clear: they did their job! They held together to vote no! It was good! The Senate needs to follow their example!
Call your Senator and tell them: stop the dirty CR. And call your House rep to thank them (not Jared Golden).
Call your Senator and tell them: stop the dirty CR. And call your House rep to thank them (not Jared Golden).
Friend was just illegally terminated from her federal job by Musk. ILLEGALLY FIRED. @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov maybe withholding your cloture votes creates leverage to rein Musk in, maybe not. But FFS TRY. Not trying is SO MUCH WORSE than trying and failing.
March 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Friend was just illegally terminated from her federal job by Musk. ILLEGALLY FIRED. @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov maybe withholding your cloture votes creates leverage to rein Musk in, maybe not. But FFS TRY. Not trying is SO MUCH WORSE than trying and failing.
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This is very good. The best piece of communication on this topic from a Democratic senator so far.
March 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is very good. The best piece of communication on this topic from a Democratic senator so far.
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If Russia or China had invaded the US and installed a tinpot viceroy, how would that be different from the current situation?
@propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy with an explosive scoop. This is insanity.
March 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If Russia or China had invaded the US and installed a tinpot viceroy, how would that be different from the current situation?
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NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
March 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
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What's happening with Canada is not about trade or economics. Trump is trying to break Canada and make it give up its sovereignty because he wants to make the US bigger on a map. He is serious about this and he will inflict pain on us to do it the same way Putin is doing to Russians.
March 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What's happening with Canada is not about trade or economics. Trump is trying to break Canada and make it give up its sovereignty because he wants to make the US bigger on a map. He is serious about this and he will inflict pain on us to do it the same way Putin is doing to Russians.
Ahem @smith.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com you cannot cannot cannot enable this. Your legacy is at stake on this vote.
"Vote for the bill so that the president can refuse to spend the money you just voted for" is whole other level of saying the quiet part out loud.
March 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ahem @smith.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com you cannot cannot cannot enable this. Your legacy is at stake on this vote.
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I don't take a back seat to anyone on the subject of anti-semitism. Jews are being used here as a fig leaf to advance a broader attack on universities and higher learning. Trump wants to bring Universities to heel and obedience. Jews are just a convenient cudgel here and just as disposable.
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I don't take a back seat to anyone on the subject of anti-semitism. Jews are being used here as a fig leaf to advance a broader attack on universities and higher learning. Trump wants to bring Universities to heel and obedience. Jews are just a convenient cudgel here and just as disposable.
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This really shouldn't be a complicated decision for @schumer.senate.gov and Senate Dems.
They need to VOTE NO on any Republican spending bill that doesn't rein in Musk.
They need to VOTE NO on any Republican spending bill that doesn't rein in Musk.
@schumer.senate.gov having no position is a failure of leadership.
The only viable position is "no, I won't endorse Trump/Musk's illegal evisceration of the government."
The only viable position is "no, I won't endorse Trump/Musk's illegal evisceration of the government."
via @joshtpm.bsky.social:
@kaine.senate.gov (VA): telling constituents he currently has no position on the Elon/Trump bill.
@markwarner.bsky.social (VA): telling constituents he currently has no position on the Elon/Trump bill.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tally-3
@kaine.senate.gov (VA): telling constituents he currently has no position on the Elon/Trump bill.
@markwarner.bsky.social (VA): telling constituents he currently has no position on the Elon/Trump bill.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tally-3
March 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This really shouldn't be a complicated decision for @schumer.senate.gov and Senate Dems.
They need to VOTE NO on any Republican spending bill that doesn't rein in Musk.
They need to VOTE NO on any Republican spending bill that doesn't rein in Musk.
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Can’t believe Twitter keeps crashing despite Elon hiring the best 19-year-old interns that racism has to offer
March 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can’t believe Twitter keeps crashing despite Elon hiring the best 19-year-old interns that racism has to offer
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This week either ends with a shutdown or a bipartisan act of congress. This is my attempt to summarize what the GOP is doing, what leverage the Dems have, and all the ways this could play out. As always, we end the newsletter with lots of practical action items!
open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
How this shutdown showdown will play out
Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action
open.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This week either ends with a shutdown or a bipartisan act of congress. This is my attempt to summarize what the GOP is doing, what leverage the Dems have, and all the ways this could play out. As always, we end the newsletter with lots of practical action items!
open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...