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April 14, 2025

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April 13, 2025

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Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

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April 12, 2025

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The Trump people claim to be fighting antisemitism, and the media often accept that framing. I believe, on the contrary, that these actions are antisemitic in intention and in execution. I explain in a short video: snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...

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April 11, 2025

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Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates. Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.

submitted 4 days ago • 222 comments

"Trump has an obvious weakness that makes America weak. He places the American economy at risk for the sake of a personal foible, a visible vulnerability." snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-psy...

submitted 4 days ago • 49 comments

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

submitted 5 days ago • 1525 comments

April 8, 2025

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April 7, 2025

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April 6, 2025

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April 5, 2025

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Another agency dedicated to peace and mutual understanding across borders gets a visit from the Muskrats. www.peacecorpsconnect.org/news-alert-d...

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🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...

submitted 10 days ago • 243 comments

"All we say to America is, 'Be true to what you said on paper.'" These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now. Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.

submitted 10 days ago • 113 comments

Liberal democracy is good for business. If we were still a liberal democracy, Congress would not be beholden to a Mad King and have shut down this trade war nonsense before it got off the ground. We won't fix our economic problems until we address our democracy problems 1/x

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March 31, 2025

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I spent my Tuesday at an event in Warsaw listening to representatives from Polish civil society discussing their experience in fighting back against authoritarianism. Maybe it's time for pro-democracy groups in the US to start engaging with them because that's clearly not happening at the moment.

submitted 19 days ago • 48 comments

This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.

submitted 18 days ago • 94 comments

JUST IN: A federal appeals court has maintained a temporary block on President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act for deportations.

submitted 19 days ago • 48 comments

Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.

submitted 21 days ago • 588 comments

March 24, 2025:

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Anyone have any idea how many students loan holders this impacts ? www.kvue.com/article/news...

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March 22, 2025

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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks… “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government. 🧵

submitted 23 days ago • 1231 comments

It’s another great day for our friends in Wisconsin to get out to early vote for Judge Crawford & her opponent has given you yet another great reason to do it! Show up, be heard by April 1. #DemVoice1

submitted 24 days ago • 36 comments

Case in point: Social Security. I know that Musk and Trump can’t just rip money away from people, but I knew the move they would use to get at it — destroy the system from the inside. Just like what Missouri Republicans did to Medicaid: Don’t answer the phones… open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

submitted 25 days ago • 32 comments

Step up, stand up, speak out. This moment is hard — I don't dispute that, but this isn't the time to be afraid. Make your voice heard, whether it’s at a town hall or on the phone, so Donald Trump and Republicans know how sick and tired you are of them cutting your services.

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March 19, 2025

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When I looked out across the room, I saw several women wiping their eyes. They were silently crying while listening to me speak. Now, I can hype up a crowd, but I have never induced such raw emotion in my life. I don’t think it had much to do with me… open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

submitted 26 days ago • 162 comments

you must be joking

submitted 27 days ago • 37 comments

March 17, 2025

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WATCH: This is the story you need to start your week. I celebrate 60 Minutes - never miss it. And this is why. Please lift up 60 Minutes for airing this story. @60minutes.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/video/marine...

submitted 28 days ago • 90 comments

Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type. snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...

submitted 28 days ago • 128 comments

The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.

submitted 29 days ago • 137 comments

March 15, 2025

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❤️‍🩹 @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @sierakowski.bsky.social are raising funds for an armored vehicle to save the heroes of Ukraine. In just a day, the U24 ambassador and Polish journalist have managed to fundraise a medevac, and now set a goal for the second one. Join in: donorbox.org/armored-mede...

submitted 34 days ago • 12 comments

From the good news department: Thanks to the support of thousands of Poles, Slawek Sierakowski and I have reached the goal of funding one armored ambulance for Ukrainian medics — in one day. Today starting the drive for a second. Please help. donorbox.org/armored-mede...

submitted 34 days ago • 65 comments