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Chicago women donors & activists working to save democracy. Raised $8.5 million since 2017 to support pro-choice Dem candidates and GOTV orgs. 2025-26 cycle focus: Governors & Midwest. Join us! Investtoelectil.com #StrongerTogether
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This administration is waging one of the most extreme attacks on First Amendment rights in our lifetime. Universities and other elite institutions acquiesce in advance at their own long-term peril. People of conscience must fight these attacks with everything we’ve got.

This is wonderful! Keep up this important work!

It's really important going forward to de-center people who voted for Tr*mp. They need to be de-centered. If they want to join in anti-fascist struggle, they can. But the focus needs to be on others especially those who will be most hurt by what's to come.

Seek out friends and other support, but please speak out! We need you to speak your truths.

The fantasy that you can engage in one big effective action that will solve & dominate the problem is supremacy resin in the brain. You’ve been taught that small things don’t matter, that planting seeds doesn’t matter, that people, communities don’t matter These are the only things that matter.

They got so mad that it became socially taboo to use a handful of racist, sexist, homophobic, and ableist slurs, that they took over the federal government just so they could ban the words people use to express how racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism work and can be dismantled.

Raskin: "This is what Viktor Orban has done in Hungary -- to clear out the civil service with real expert professionals and people devoted to the public interest and replace them with a bunch of party hacks and sycophants to the dear leader."

Columbus, Ohio. www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...

San Antonio. www.expressnews.com/news/texas/a...

And give them the support and encouragement to stand up for what they believe in.

More on being “in community.” Coming from a group of mid- to older-aged women, this may seem predictable, but food is always a way to come together. The late Pableaux Johnson gathered “his people” around rice, beans & cornbread, turning his ever-changing diners into new friends.

GUARDIAN: “Mahmoud Khalil, A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia’s student encampment movement, arrested by ICE acting on a state department order to revoke his green card…” Not free speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“In community” may be our greatest imperative. We do it with shared action (door knocking in WI), shared fundraising for Dem pro-choice candidates in tough races (Judge Susan Crawford for SCOWIS), and shared conversations about how we stay sane in crazy times. It helps, but we need to do more.

The Nobel laureate on why “unexpected kindnesses” are important: “It reassures us about our shared humanity…and may result in some relief from troubles we may be struggling under. Because it is unexpected, it is all the sweeter.”

I want to reiterate that these pickets MUST include handouts and fliers for passerbys. It's essential.

All part of the R’s plan to take us back to a “simpler” time?

Auchincloss to Rep. Tony Gonzalez after Gonzalez touts the popularity of DOGE: "Is it popular to cut healthcare for the 40% of kids in this country who rely on Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for people who don't need tax cuts?

Such important work! Thank you, @bluemissourians.bsky.social and @piperformissouri.bsky.social.

Crowd at Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan’s town meeting in rural Belmont, Wisconsin, is so large that it spills out the door of the local community center. The repeated demand from farmers, retirees, teachers, small business owners: “Do more to push back against Trump and Musk!”

And Canada refers to itself as the “apartment upstairs from the meth lab.” This is about tariffs, and refusal to pay fealty to an orange king.

This Administration is turning its back on science. If you never had the measles or polio, thank science. If you use a smartphone as easily as a computer, thank science. If you want to know if it will be raining tomorrow, thank science. A total disaster is coming. apnews.com/article/trum...

To be clear: a tariff is a tax.

Donald Trump issued an Executive Order last week, naming Jewish philanthropist George Soros in his targeted attack on law firm Perkins Coie. Elon Musk blames Soros for protests against Tesla. Soros has long been proxy for antisemitic conspiracy theories. #Tesla #Boycott #Divest

Resister sisters at the ready.

Indeed.

Yet another fantastic reason to seek out independent media.

It’s always Russia Russia Russia with this bunch.

Why we must be critical consumers of any kind of media. Consider the ultimate source.

This is why independent media is so critical now. And it’s oligarch-free!

On the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, we remember our Black brothers and sisters who were beaten, bludgeoned and attacked as they peacefully marched in protest for the right to vote.

Maceo Snipes was murdered for voting in GA in 1946. His death inspired a 17-year old MLK to write his first letter to the editor demanding civil and political rights. We tell his story in our book, so Snipes has been much on my heart this year. Seeing this at the EJI memorial was really moving

They want federal employees to suffer psychological abuse and not speak to press about it. It’s not difficult to imagine them coming after members of the media next. Scary shit, but silence is not an option.

44 Former Assistant Attorneys General Urge Wisconsinites to Once Again Reject Brad Schimel urbanmilwaukee.com/p... #wiunion #wipolitics

@prisonculture.bsky.social these are from “stand up for science” yesterday. This is a pretty tiny town. This is a lot of ppl for here. All the old bitties around me said they were out Tuesday and there is another protest today! If this is the energy here it must be everywhere!

I love that people are getting these cards printed AND adding extra details that make them even more useful! Thank you @jcatjcat.bsky.social!

Keep up the good work, Marc!

Pro USPS postcard party is in full swing! Many hands and snacks make light work. If you would like to receive a postcard, just message me your address. I am also happy to send them to friends and family members.

Handed out 400+ of these today at the March for Science in Lansing, MI! 🔬🧬👩🏽‍🔬 Most everyone was delighted to receive them, and several stopped to talk to me about how much they love the post office!

DE-FUND MUSK. Marching to Chicago Tesla dealership #TeslaTakedown

This is why investing in state races — like Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court — is so critical.

RETWEET and LIKE ❤️ if you are proud to stand with them!

@America First” is not “fine.” Isolationism and “exceptionalism” ignore the reality of our interconnected world, mass migration, and our shared humanity.

Since the 2016 election, there's been an ongoing discussion about women and sisterhood and solidarity. These have arisen out of Black, other WOC, and true white allies, lamenting the reality of the white women's vote in the majority for Trump, and prior to him, for Republicans 1/