Themistocles Wall
@themistocleswall.bsky.social
Resisting dictatorship is the disciplined thing to do (e.g. Tecumseh and Wilma Mankiller).
Pinned
Over 50% of nonviolent movements to overthrow governments are successful within one year of their peak.
The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
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The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
More:
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
those are the best damn wars to win
in 1776 a few small colonies w/no army or navy took on the greatest empire in history
in 1939 the US army was smaller than Romania’s
let’s roll👇🏼
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in 1776 a few small colonies w/no army or navy took on the greatest empire in history
in 1939 the US army was smaller than Romania’s
let’s roll👇🏼
bsky.app/profile/ther...
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THE MEDIAN AGE OF A U.S. HOME BUYER NOW SITS AT A RECORD HIGH OF 61 YEARS, PER NAR.
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
THE MEDIAN AGE OF A U.S. HOME BUYER NOW SITS AT A RECORD HIGH OF 61 YEARS, PER NAR.
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lol
THE MEDIAN AGE OF A U.S. HOME BUYER NOW SITS AT A RECORD HIGH OF 61 YEARS, PER NAR.
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
lol
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What's the point of anything, really, if Bari's the one in charge?
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
What's the point of anything, really, if Bari's the one in charge?
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NEW: Advocacy group wants prosecutor Lindsey Halligan investigated, alleging "abuse of power" in charges against Comey and James
www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey...
www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey...
Advocacy group wants prosecutor Lindsey Halligan investigated, alleging "abuse of power" in charges against Comey and James
A legal watchdog group is pushing the state bars of Florida and Virginia to investigate Lindsey Halligan, a Trump appointee who's leading the prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NEW: Advocacy group wants prosecutor Lindsey Halligan investigated, alleging "abuse of power" in charges against Comey and James
www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey...
www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey...
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My conversation with @sanders.senate.gov youtu.be/UUGM8RK33DY?...
Bernie Sanders SLAMS Democrats Over "Terrible" Shutdown Deal
YouTube video by What A Day
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My conversation with @sanders.senate.gov youtu.be/UUGM8RK33DY?...
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Which is why we have made “Rovina’s Choice.” We cannot let the people affected – the health workers like those at Clinic 7 and the families like Rovina Naboi’s — go unseen. And we cannot let the consequences go unaccounted for.
YouTube link: 🎥 6/
youtu.be/Oj0PsaP2ZqQ?...
YouTube link: 🎥 6/
youtu.be/Oj0PsaP2ZqQ?...
"Rovina's Choice" Shows How The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
YouTube video by The New Yorker
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Which is why we have made “Rovina’s Choice.” We cannot let the people affected – the health workers like those at Clinic 7 and the families like Rovina Naboi’s — go unseen. And we cannot let the consequences go unaccounted for.
YouTube link: 🎥 6/
youtu.be/Oj0PsaP2ZqQ?...
YouTube link: 🎥 6/
youtu.be/Oj0PsaP2ZqQ?...
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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A refinery in Russia’s Saratov Oblast—over 370 miles from the front line—is hit by drones, according to Kyiv.
Ukraine Strikes Critical Russian Oil Facilities in Long-Range Attack
www.newsweek.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A refinery in Russia’s Saratov Oblast—over 370 miles from the front line—is hit by drones, according to Kyiv.
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From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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when the executive is unitary www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump on the legality of his deadly boat strikes: ‘I think we’re just gonna kill people’
Trump has embraced a model that allows him to order deadly military strikes against civilians, at a time and location of his choosing, without the approval of Congress.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
when the executive is unitary www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Then please resign, Fetterman. It's long overdue. Get help, rest, and enjoy life outside of the Beltway.
Your constituents will move on, and hopefully be fully and better served by someone else representing them in the Senate.
📺 bsky.app/profile/just...
Your constituents will move on, and hopefully be fully and better served by someone else representing them in the Senate.
📺 bsky.app/profile/just...
John Fetterman: "Now, I have lost the taste to fight."
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Then please resign, Fetterman. It's long overdue. Get help, rest, and enjoy life outside of the Beltway.
Your constituents will move on, and hopefully be fully and better served by someone else representing them in the Senate.
📺 bsky.app/profile/just...
Your constituents will move on, and hopefully be fully and better served by someone else representing them in the Senate.
📺 bsky.app/profile/just...
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Watching really normie Dems on Facebook call for Schumer’s head like 😳
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Watching really normie Dems on Facebook call for Schumer’s head like 😳
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November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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All 31 far-right Moms for Liberty terrorists lost their 2025 election bids.
Great news for what remains of our democracy.
Great news for what remains of our democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
All 31 far-right Moms for Liberty terrorists lost their 2025 election bids.
Great news for what remains of our democracy.
Great news for what remains of our democracy.
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As we begin to document sins. History will not be kind. From scientists to filmmakers, part of the world is writing down, photographing, filming and gauging the impact of cutting USAID.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#USAID
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#USAID
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
As we begin to document sins. History will not be kind. From scientists to filmmakers, part of the world is writing down, photographing, filming and gauging the impact of cutting USAID.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#USAID
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
#USAID
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And the point of having no standards is having no standards
The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
And the point of having no standards is having no standards
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This gives away the game. Bari, Trump & the right wing don't believe in fact-based journalism. Doing away with long held standards & practices makes way for the 'free press' propaganda style media.
Bari Weiss' first weeks at CBS News marked by all-out warfare against professional ethics standards in the newsroom, part of an effort to convert it from journalism into rank political propaganda.
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This gives away the game. Bari, Trump & the right wing don't believe in fact-based journalism. Doing away with long held standards & practices makes way for the 'free press' propaganda style media.
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2/ Here's a reminder of long accepted journalism standards & practices as detailed by the SPJ. You can be sure that these guidelines are not practiced by Bari's Free Press, Fox, and other right wing, pro-Trump media outlets.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
2/ Here's a reminder of long accepted journalism standards & practices as detailed by the SPJ. You can be sure that these guidelines are not practiced by Bari's Free Press, Fox, and other right wing, pro-Trump media outlets.
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NEW on MSNBC: Trump is now asking the Supreme Court to overturn the E. Jean Carroll defamation and assault case — via Vaughn Hillyard
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
NEW on MSNBC: Trump is now asking the Supreme Court to overturn the E. Jean Carroll defamation and assault case — via Vaughn Hillyard
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Constant, conflicting and false information from the White House causes the public to see truth as relative and dismiss those who disagree as untruthful. It's a tactic with historical ties to 1930s Nazi Germany and modern extremist movements, according to a journalism scholar.
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Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism
The unrelenting diet of chaotic, contradictory headlines that Americans face today echoes an antidemocratic playbook from the past.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Constant, conflicting and false information from the White House causes the public to see truth as relative and dismiss those who disagree as untruthful. It's a tactic with historical ties to 1930s Nazi Germany and modern extremist movements, according to a journalism scholar.
buff.ly/VDmXird
buff.ly/VDmXird
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How wrong are Trump’s weird boasts about the state of the economy?
Even his own economic team doesn’t seem to believe him. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Even his own economic team doesn’t seem to believe him. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Even Trump’s own team doesn’t believe his weird boasts about the economy
The president isn’t just failing to persuade the public to distrust their lying eyes, he’s also failed to convince his own economic team.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
How wrong are Trump’s weird boasts about the state of the economy?
Even his own economic team doesn’t seem to believe him. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Even his own economic team doesn’t seem to believe him. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Abigail "Nobody elected him to be FDR" Spanberger is now an even more prominent figure in the party. And that is likely bad news for those wanting the Dems to change, as my colleague @alexshephard.bsky.social explains here. newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Abigail "Nobody elected him to be FDR" Spanberger is now an even more prominent figure in the party. And that is likely bad news for those wanting the Dems to change, as my colleague @alexshephard.bsky.social explains here. newrepublic.com/article/2029...
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The EV battery tech that’s worth the hype, according to experts.
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#EV #Cars #Batteries
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#EV #Cars #Batteries
The EV battery tech that’s worth the hype, according to experts
Major battery breakthroughs seemingly happen every day, but only some of that tech ever leaves the lab. WIRED breaks down what’s actually going to change EVs and what’s just a dream.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The EV battery tech that’s worth the hype, according to experts.
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#EV #Cars #Batteries
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#EV #Cars #Batteries