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“Hope is the thing …That perches in the soul…” Dickinson
So sad and such a disgrace!
June 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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This Saturday, over a thousand pro-democracy rallies are happening across the country. And in D.C.? Trump is throwing himself a $45 million birthday parade, complete with tanks, helicopters, and military fanfare.
June 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Tanks in DC Troops in LA. A military parade on his birthday.

Trump is done pretending. This is what authoritarianism looks like in America.

My latest on why we must speak out now — before silence becomes complicity.

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Authoritarian on Parade
Deploying soldiers against American cities while parading tanks through D.C.? This is the dictator playbook, page by page.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The No Kings protest map will help you find a place to exercise your First Amendment rights this weekend. (It's also a pretty good argument against the Electoral College.) www.nokings.org
June 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
“It’s not over. The resistance is about to ignite.” - Laurence Tribe
It is crucially important these days to listen to voices of reason and expertise that can provide us with the tools and the inspiration to build the guardrails and unite in the resistance that will keep the tyrants at bay and Democracy intact. Here is one of those voices.

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Laurence Tribe: It’s not over. The resistance is about to ignite
YouTube video by MSNBC
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December 4, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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South Koreans went to offices, businesses and schools as usual on Wednesday with scarcely any visible signs in the capital Seoul that six hours of surprise martial law and high political drama overnight had spilled into everyday life reut.rs/41jLSYU
Daily life in Seoul ticks on, but in shock, after six hour martial law drama
South Koreans went to offices, businesses and schools as usual on Wednesday with scarcely any visible signs in the capital Seoul that six hours of surprise martial law and high political drama overnight had spilled into everyday life.
reut.rs
December 4, 2024 at 10:10 AM