"Of course, it’s anything but happy. We’re at war, American service members are dying, and all kinds of other heinous things are also happening.
But I’m here with a new all-wins list for you. . ."
Resistance persistence.
@jesscraven101.bsky.social
"The Trump administration has decided to drop its prolonged court fights against four law firms with ties to Democrats, after it had sought and failed to cut out the firms’ access to the federal government as part of an apparent retribution campaign by President Donald Trump."
Courage, persistence.
DARVO and post-trauma symptoms. And the DARVO short form measure.
Peer-reviewed published research by Melissa Durland, @sarahharsey.bsky.social, and me.
Print version (Durland, Harsey, Freyd, 2026) full text here:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/articles...
In demanding that Netflix fire Susan Rice, Trump has "given Netflix an opportunity to demonstrate exactly the kind of institutional courage Rice was calling for."
- @marcelias.bsky.social
Institutional courage: www.institutionalcourage.org
This specific apparent document cover up has been reported over days in multiple posts by independent reporter Sollenberger (sollenbergerrc.substack.com). What is very important NOW is that it broke into the mainstream in a top story by NPR.
@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
This feels big. News about seemingly important missing Epstein files is gaining traction. From a dogged reporter on Substack (thank you @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) to NPR to the NYT and MS NOW. Congressional hearings next?
Chris Hayes explains it clearly:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL4d...
Monica Lewinsky writing in Vanity Fair on the Epstein files and grooming, discusses betrayal trauma theory, betrayal blindness, and why it can take a long time for a betrayed person to perceive the betrayal.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
@monicalewinsky.bsky.social
@apdeprince.bsky.social
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Pam Bondi's use of DARVO was called out in social media.
Good because research indicates education about DARVO reduces its power:
www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
The press? So far I am aware of a mention on Feb 10 NYT's "The Daily" and in HuffPo (www.huffpost.com/entry/pam-bo...).
Knowledge is power.
PS Visit us www.institutionalcourage.org
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"The Antidote: Institutional Courage"
www.damemagazine.com/2026/02/12/i...
"How could Jeffrey Epstein’s vicious crimes, his elite network, and . . . watching [ICE] tear families apart, detain children, and cause preventable deaths—all while government officials deny, deflect, and attack critics—not break something in us?"
@sorayachemaly.bsky.social
🧪At last, some great data to support the story of autistic women's diagnostic invisibility!
Time trends in the male to female ratio for autism incidence: population based, prospectively collected, birth cohort study www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Did yesterday's rebuke of Trump (regarding terrible racist post) from power-holders reflect that this post was particularly horrifying or was it indication of a major tide shift - or both?
The rebukes were good news but now we need congressional action.
Our resistance persistence matters so much.
Jamie Raskin at today's House Judiciary hearing on threats to free speech.
youtu.be/AcZqT4sJMcg?...
"The tremendous efforts by the people of Minnesota — with the backing of Americans across the nation — achieved a significant victory over the last 48 hours. Trump backed down . . ."
@roberthubbell.skystack.xyz
Courage, caring, resistance persistence.
Excellent: "The administration withdrew its challenge to a ruling halting its effort to strip funding from schools and colleges with D.E.I. programs."
Courage.
Resistance persistence.
Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
"U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield ruled that Sarcone "is not lawfully serving as Acting U.S. Attorney" . . . The steps Bondi took to keep Sarcone in his job, Schofield wrote, were not legal."
Good.
www.cbsnews.com/news/john-sa...
Stunning votes in both the House (on healthcare) and in the Senate (on war powers) yesterday.
Citizen protests and engagement fuel lawmaker resistance to cruelty, and dishonesty, and tyranny.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Is Trump DARVO-ing a mother of three who has just been shot?
"Mr. Trump falsely claimed that the victim, Renee Nicole Good, “behaved horribly” and “ran him over,” referring to the ICE agent."
(For more on DARVO & Trump's use of it: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo)
Gift:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Resistance persistence means everything right now.
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"We can be devastated and outraged, and we can force ourselves to take action when that is the last thing our grieving minds want to do. . . . "
“When will it stop?” It will stop when enough of us say so. It is that simple, and that hard."
-- @roberthubbell.skystack.xyz
Two very interesting election outcomes:
1. "Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral runoff, breaking 30-year Democratic drought"
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
2. "Democrat flips northeast Georgia state House seat, pulling off special election upset"
georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/09/d...
Do not give up! Despair and apathy is exactly what tyrants need. Hope and courage is what brings democracy and decency back.
I honor these courageous judges. Only a fraction of cases get to the Supreme Court; the lower court decisions truly matter.
And I honor the activists for their courage.
Everyday Americans sitting on grand juries prove to be rational and decent and decent in the face of a broken corrupt cruel regime.
"It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
A few hours ago I returned from a trip to Australia and Asia. I return with renewed appreciation and hope for people around the globe and for our planet and for our particular American potential for resistance, decency, hope, and courage.
We can do this.
@roberthublar.bsky.social
"[W]e’ve had horrific shootings . . Hate is awful, yet feels ascendant. That’s not fair. Or right. Or acceptable. But I also know this: the way we eradicate—or at least overcome—hate is by winning our current fight. . . Below is proof that we can prevail."
Thank you @jesscraven101.bsky.social
"Trump's handling of the economy has him under water with several key groups, including some that are important to his coalition. For example. . . In the suburbs, which are often critical in swing districts, more disapprove by a 60%-33% margin."
www.npr.org/2025/12/17/n...
Excellent piece by Anne DePrince:
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