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Good news. Comics creator Rebecca Burke has finally been released by ICE after two horrific weeks in one of their gulags and is on a flight back to the UK. Don't come here. Not for awhile, maybe years and years.

The big lesson of the last 50 years is that cynicism benefits authoritarians. As such, if liberals are ever able to regain power, we should prioritize restoring trust in institutions. The best way to do this is to mete out extremely harsh punishments against powerful people who abused this trust.

We’re launching Fight Back With Friends, a new national program to help you activate your community. Using our new Empower app, we’ll give you the tools to connect with friends, family and neighbors who need YOUR voice to get civically engaged. Join us on Thursday to get started: indivisi.org/FBWF

Wondering why you're not seeing the American people's rising up across the country? Because suppression of information is what the 5 dictators across the world want. We're here. We're getting loud. We're getting rowdy. We're not backing down.🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ #SheShed #Voices4Victory #DemocracyWarriors

🚨🚨 WISCONSIN 🚨🚨 Early voting starts TODAY! Susan Crawford is committed to standing up for everyday people, while her opponent Brad Schimel sued to take away health care from nearly a million Wisconsinites. Vote for Judge Crawford by April 1st! No better time than right now. #DemVoice1

We must save Medicaid! Medicaid covers roughly 1/2 of childbirths, & 2/3 of nursing home stays. Approximately 1/5 of Americans rely on Medicare/Medicaid for healthcare. Yet the GOP just passed a bill requiring DEEP cuts to these programs. THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FAMILY! #SaveMedicaid

Get ready for a continuous occupation of the National Mall until Donald Trump is impeached and removed from office. #3E #EndOligarchy #USProtests

My advice for fellow introverts who are hesitant to get out from behind the keyboard and get involved. Set your fears aside and do it. Go to a rally. Attend a meeting. Dip your toe in the water. Nothing helps wash away the despair like being around others who are as concerned as you are.

Are you READY?! 🤚 Let’s. Do. This. Again! 😎✨

1/ For many Americans, deporting violent gang members will sound like a good idea, constitutional niceties be damned. They are the perfect group of people for a government test case. joycevance.substack.com/p/deportatio...

I am back in Arlington, VA for the hottest #TeslaTakedown in the DMV. Today our friendly local T-Rex has joined us to say, “ Make Tesla Extinct!”

Not sure what to do right now? Don't think protests make a difference but want your voice heard? Go to your local town hall and express your objection to the direction of this administration. You have a right to be heard. We have a duty to our country. Show them we aren't to be trifled with. #resist

The challenge of our moment is getting the people scared to resist off the fence and onto the streets. We each need to reach out to our friends and family, explain the dangers of the present moment and get as many people into active resistance as we can. Every small step matters. #resist #resistance

One problem with the idea of reserving due process for law-abiding people is that due process is how we figure out which people are law-abiding.

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?” NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY* (not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there. If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it. Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.

Judge rules DOGE is likely Appointments Clause violation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

When the Commander In Chief calls for the impeachment of a judge that ruled against him, the Republic hangs in limbo. Trouble is, there’s no line manager. No one to save us, but us.

Reminder that there is a major protest planned on Apeil 5th in cities throughout the country. Now is the time to fight back. Let's show them we aren't going to be pushed around. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... #April5th #protest #fightback #resist

The weak point of this authoritarian takeover is the economy. That's where we will need to apply sustained pressure. We will need long term boycotts of key targets: Tesla, Starlink, Amazon, Meta, Chevron, Uber and other major Trump contributors. #tesla #amazon #boycott #resist #resistance

"Any member over 70 should see the writing on the wall." Mmmhmmm. puck.news/democrats-co...

We can't claim not knowing where this leads like many Germans did in 1945. History will judge us harshly.

Don’t know about the rest of you guys but I’m surrounded by folks who would swear by the “wisdom” coming from the guy in the blue suit.

This has to end. He is pushing the envelope. Dictators do this type of thing. Next he will imprison or execute his opposition. It’s only a matter of time.

@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: “Chuck Schumer was a hell of a majority leader in his prime… But he is not in his prime. So where does that leave Democrats? Well, instead of just making tweaks to the margins of the message... Maybe it's time to throw out the old playbook and think about new messengers.”

I would like to once again put the bat-signal out there that I will help any of you figure out how to become armed and if you can get yourself to central PA i will personally teach you how to shoot for free

Aside from the destruction of our democracy and all that, it’s important to focus on how much less SAFE this administration is making our country. Hollowing out the civil service, attacking expertise both within and outside of government, and elevating incompetent people is putting us all in danger.