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"How does it feel to get arrested at 87 years old? He said "I'm just beginning!"

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I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

submitted 2 days ago • 52 comments

Talked to so many people who were at the first protests of their lives today. Ex-Republicans, introverts, 90-year-olds and 3-year-olds. This was at an intersection in a 60,000 person town. Haven’t felt hope like this in my life.

submitted 2 days ago • 154 comments

I know there are debates about the infamous 3.5% of a population needed to effect widespread societal change, but folks, this is close. Stay engaged. Organize where you live. Keep pushing back.

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

submitted 3 days ago • 221 comments

ICE raiding a crowded supermarket in Rosemead, California with no identification, indistinguishable from cartel hitmen, pulling high caliber rifles on unarmed US citizens trying to ask questions about wtf is going on. #3E #StopICE

submitted 1 day ago • 455 comments

Two things are happening. The extreme right is doubling down on terrifying violence. And a democratic coalition for life and decency is mobilizing at a massive scale. Whatever else happens in the US this weekend, the No Kings rallies show where the most powerful political energy is surging.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

submitted 2 days ago • 219 comments

This week, I talked with @silkys13.bsky.social about immigration raids, rising authoritarianism, mass protest, innocence narratives, and what it means to organize effectively in this moment. Given everything that's happening, I highly recommend checking this one out.

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

Good morning Saturday June 14 Time to say NO

submitted 5 days ago • 24 comments

More scenes from the “big insurrection” in Los Angeles

submitted 6 days ago • 197 comments

Yes.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

She warned us

submitted 7 days ago • 15 comments

One in 35 Americans live in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles is America.

submitted 8 days ago • 97 comments

"I voted for lawless, anonymous, masked, and unchecked police" is one hell of a jump from "eggs cost too much."

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Note from a human rights lawyer to members of the U.S. military: If directed to execute illegal orders, remember, declaring “I was just following orders” was not a valid defense during the Nuremberg trials, & it won’t be here either. Your oath is to the US Constitution—not to a 34X convicted felon.

submitted 9 days ago • 53 comments

The most vital thing you can do right now is spread this message offline to normies. There is no "unrest", there's a protest. It has 400 people. LA does worse when the Lakers come in 3rd in a season.

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

Every dem-controlled state should be teeing this up.

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

The most important thing for the future of this planet is to let go of our fear of these little, little men.

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Last week, we launched a brief video on Stealth Activism that went viral; it now has over 127k views on YouTube. Clearly, we hit a nerve. So we decided to double down. Coming your way on Monday, June 16 at 1 pm ET: a FREE one hour webinar. gaia-leadership-project.kit.com/51af09db6a

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that this administration has visited on the world,” said a former State Department official. “It keeps me up at night.”

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This is a disaster. Why on earth would we not vaccinate children and pregnant women against COVID?

submitted 20 days ago • 12 comments

I’m just a simple country lawyer but it seems to me that if I voluntarily dismissed a case with the specific knowledge and intent of aiding and abetting what has already been held by the highest court in the land to be an illegal scheme, I could expect to be disbarred before I even reach the hallway

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

Jong-Fast: This would be the largest cut to food assistance in US history—and it will result in hungry kids. It’s also important to mention that this bill grows the deficit. I don’t know how it manages to do the two things you absolutely don’t want—starve children and grow the deficit—but it does.

submitted 23 days ago • 502 comments

Start every day with this reality: EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined. #LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable ballotpedia.org/United_State...

submitted 23 days ago • 632 comments

Read this, please!

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Get in, skeeters. We're going to save democracy. Seriiously. Join the extraordinary resistance researcher Erica Chenoweth, former Kamala Harris policy advisor Ami Fields-Meyer, and me. June 11 at noon. Registration is free. We're going to let you know what's happening and what you can do.

submitted 25 days ago • 15 comments

This is an absolutely critical read. Please take a few minutes and do so. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

submitted 24 days ago • 13 comments

FYI - As more power is delegated to the states, you want to organize locally and statewide to make sure people show up to vote during local and statewide elections. There are many issues at the state level which need to be overturned.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Imagine how massive the tax breaks for billionaires must be when cutting $700B from Medicaid, $500B from Medicare, and $300B in food assistance STILL leaves a $4T deficit.

submitted 25 days ago • 258 comments

Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by making public comment to the FDA by May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Use our template available on our substack at peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-ac...

submitted 27 days ago • 8 comments

NEW: reports today from @l-toczylowski.bsky.social and others that ICE has begun efforts to dismiss cases pending in immigration court for less than two years — so that they can then immediately arrest the same people and put them through “expedited removal,” skipping the court process entirely.

submitted 27 days ago • 136 comments

In his first live interview since his release from ICE detention, Palestinian activist @mohsenofpalestine.bsky.social reflects on the "interconnectedness between injustices."

submitted 31 days ago • 4 comments

RAINN, the largest organization devoted to survivors of sexual abuse, has eliminated all resources for LGBTQ, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. They're failing their core purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...

submitted 32 days ago • 38 comments

"The number of employed Black women dropped from 10.325 million in March to 10.219 million in April. Their unemployment rate jumped from 5.1% to 6.1%, the largest month-to-month increase among all racial and gender groups." www.washingtoninformer.com/black-women-...

submitted 32 days ago • 23 comments

BREAKING: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he has ordered the FDA to consider new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion — and that President Trump, not scientists or doctors, will make the final decision.

submitted 33 days ago • 224 comments

Ibram X. Kendi, the author of Stamped From The Beginning and How to Be Antiracist, has released a YA/ young readers biography of Malcolm X! I started reading it and noted there are scans of pictures and documents! This is the first book covering Malcolm X in over 30 years! #malcolmx #antiracist

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

Trump is willing to pour millions of dollars into this military parade, but isn’t willing to invest that money into public education, healthcare, or public services that working families depend on. www.cbsnews.com/news/army-pl...

submitted 44 days ago • 23 comments

Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption. Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. We cannot let this stand.

submitted 46 days ago • 604 comments

We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025. Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.

submitted 62 days ago • 946 comments

UPDATE: ICE has awarded a new contract worth up to $3.8 billion for the company to operate a migrant detention camp on Fort Bliss — its largest contract yet. It's the first time ICE is moving ahead with plans to detain thousands of people arrested on U.S. military bases in tents before deportation.

submitted 66 days ago • 90 comments