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Get in the game, there's something for absolutely everyone to do.

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STICKERS!!

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say it with me: voters hate this

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Friends, I am peddling hope and also stickers thewhitepages.net/p/soon-there...

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Friends, I am peddling hope and also stickers thewhitepages.net/p/soon-there...

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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Just immensely rad to find out that the posters/stickers I made are being spotted out in the wild

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J.D., my guy! Everybody's desperately hoping that guys will just have some beers with friends and tell some jokes, b/c that's how you build community instead of allowing your loneliness and disconnection to morph into resentment and reactionary politics.

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Republicans are feeling the heat and trying to squirm away from Musk's unpopular cuts. Don't let them.

submitted 3 days ago • 44 comments

Can confirm (these are from Saturday)

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"The difference between us and the despots is that when they engage in magical thinking, it is to spread nefarious lies. ... Our stories, even at their most magical, aren’t lies." Great stuff from @garrettbucks.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thewhite...

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New piece. It’s about why I believe that we’ll build the movement needed for this moment, which is to say why I believe in all of us thewhitepages.net/p/if-the-des...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

New piece. It’s about why I believe that we’ll build the movement needed for this moment, which is to say why I believe in all of us thewhitepages.net/p/if-the-des...

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Next: Polish resistance to the far right since they entered power in 2015. H/t @thatgreenunionguy.bsky.social for this great piece by David Ost. "[Mass rallies] served the vital purpose of keeping up resistance, which has begun to pay off. The... opposition won parliamentary elections a year ago."

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Milwaukee is the Athens of the Midwest

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more and more these days, I find myself thinking that you can accept the discipline of your political goals or you can accept the discipline of your resentments.

submitted 6 days ago • 61 comments

Milwaukeeans: Sign and share! secure.everyaction.com/pps8KELSBUe5...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Businesses, organizations, churches, everybody, should post signs and flyers at all their locations stating simply how their customers, stakeholders, parishioners, clientele, etc are affected by all of these policies and orders. “This surcharge is because of _” and “We can’t offer _ because ___”

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

In the piece below, I talk a lot about mass messaging (posters, stickers, etc.) to keep the focus not just on enmity towards Trump and Musk but the impact of their actions. In case it's helpful, I put together some examples! Not perfect, but they get the job done (feel free to steal/share)

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

Hell yeah to every line of this (and also I saved my walk for early tomorrow AM-- a mistake? we'll see).

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.

submitted 10 days ago • 352 comments

I really appreciate the humanity of this list of options. Especially ideas about how to mover beyond preaching to/ commiserating with the choir are plentiful and possible.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

"My shirt says 'who's got your back?' Well I've got your back."

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Good point, well made.

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If I could repost this a gazillion times and reach a gazillion people I would 😭

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

I wrote this for everybody who is (understandably) upset about all things other people (the media, the Dems, etc.) aren't doing... we can hold all of that frustration and also be the person somebody else looks to as an example of what to do.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

I found myself craving a list like this and not quite finding it, so this is what came out thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lon...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

I feel like this must exist and I just haven't seen it, but has anybody compiled a list, in lay language, of as many programs as possible that have already been threatened by DOGE and/or funding freeze and (again, in layperson terms) the direct service to people those programs provide?

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Breaking: National Association of Cats Reacting To Vacuum Cleaners puts out official statement: "The response of virtually every corporation to the Trump administration is the literal most cowardly thing we've ever seen, and that's coming from us!"

Get in the game, there's something for absolutely everyone to do.

STICKERS!!

say it with me: voters hate this

Friends, I am peddling hope and also stickers thewhitepages.net/p/soon-there...

Friends, I am peddling hope and also stickers thewhitepages.net/p/soon-there...

How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

Just immensely rad to find out that the posters/stickers I made are being spotted out in the wild

J.D., my guy! Everybody's desperately hoping that guys will just have some beers with friends and tell some jokes, b/c that's how you build community instead of allowing your loneliness and disconnection to morph into resentment and reactionary politics.

Republicans are feeling the heat and trying to squirm away from Musk's unpopular cuts. Don't let them.

Can confirm (these are from Saturday)

"The difference between us and the despots is that when they engage in magical thinking, it is to spread nefarious lies. ... Our stories, even at their most magical, aren’t lies." Great stuff from @garrettbucks.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thewhite...

New piece. It’s about why I believe that we’ll build the movement needed for this moment, which is to say why I believe in all of us thewhitepages.net/p/if-the-des...

New piece. It’s about why I believe that we’ll build the movement needed for this moment, which is to say why I believe in all of us thewhitepages.net/p/if-the-des...

Next: Polish resistance to the far right since they entered power in 2015. H/t @thatgreenunionguy.bsky.social for this great piece by David Ost. "[Mass rallies] served the vital purpose of keeping up resistance, which has begun to pay off. The... opposition won parliamentary elections a year ago."

Milwaukee is the Athens of the Midwest

more and more these days, I find myself thinking that you can accept the discipline of your political goals or you can accept the discipline of your resentments.

Milwaukeeans: Sign and share! secure.everyaction.com/pps8KELSBUe5...

In the piece below, I talk a lot about mass messaging (posters, stickers, etc.) to keep the focus not just on enmity towards Trump and Musk but the impact of their actions. In case it's helpful, I put together some examples! Not perfect, but they get the job done (feel free to steal/share)

Hell yeah to every line of this (and also I saved my walk for early tomorrow AM-- a mistake? we'll see).

Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.

I really appreciate the humanity of this list of options. Especially ideas about how to mover beyond preaching to/ commiserating with the choir are plentiful and possible.

"My shirt says 'who's got your back?' Well I've got your back."

Good point, well made.

If I could repost this a gazillion times and reach a gazillion people I would 😭

I wrote this for everybody who is (understandably) upset about all things other people (the media, the Dems, etc.) aren't doing... we can hold all of that frustration and also be the person somebody else looks to as an example of what to do.

I found myself craving a list like this and not quite finding it, so this is what came out thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lon...

I feel like this must exist and I just haven't seen it, but has anybody compiled a list, in lay language, of as many programs as possible that have already been threatened by DOGE and/or funding freeze and (again, in layperson terms) the direct service to people those programs provide?

Breaking: National Association of Cats Reacting To Vacuum Cleaners puts out official statement: "The response of virtually every corporation to the Trump administration is the literal most cowardly thing we've ever seen, and that's coming from us!"

She's right and we should call her colleagues and say so.

New domain! Same essay! thewhitepages.net/p/what-the-a...