Don’t Wait. Don’t Hope. Don’t Sit Back. It’s Time to Fight for Our Democracy — NOW Hope is not a plan.

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Democrats Demand Answers From Top Law Firms That Caved To Trump's Wishes “Your agreement makes you complicit in efforts to undermine the rule of law," they fumed to five prominent firms that paid off Trump to avoid his attacks.

Key Democrats sent scathing letters to 5 top law firms demanding details on the lucrative deals they cut with Trump to avoid being punished by him.

“Your agreement makes you complicit in efforts to undermine the rule of law." www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

Undaunted: Senator Elissa Slotkin "America wants change. But there is a responsible way to make change, and a reckless way."

Each week, The Contrarian selects an "Undaunted" individual working to defend democracy

This week's spotlight: Senator Elissa Slotkin

Sen. Slotkin remains undaunted as a canny public servant and a patriot who carries profound concern for our democracy. Democrats would be smart to follow her lead.

wtf. Any courts see the urgency??

The shock and awe Musk, Vought, Bannon and Trump — are bringing will backfire if we’re smart about it. Make clear that DOGE is the Dept of Govt Extermination, not Efficiency. Let people see that their taxes are no longer paying for vital public services but to fatten the richest people on earth.

Fight Back Against the Trump-Musk Coup

I think we can safely say that folks are paying attention. If you're looking for ways to take action to fight back against the Trump-Musk Coup, we've got you covered with call scripts, email tools, explainers, and toolkits over at @indivisible.org: indivisible.org/coup

Lots more coming this week.

Once the cyberbarons fully occupy and effectively seize control of the Treasury and other key government agencies, it won’t be long before they relegate Trump to a rubber-walled romper room, wheeling him out for occasional bursts of what passes for charisma to humor him with the illusion of power.

Trump officials join federal agents — and Dr. Phil — for immigration arrests in Chicago A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a range of federal agencies conducted "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago on Sunday "to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve publ...

Coming into Monday morning, here's what we know about ICE's actions in Chicago yesterday: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

yes there are six bylines because nearly the entire @chicago.suntimes.com newsroom is working on this. We'll have more updates today — stay tuned.

I told y’all the fix was in…

Trump set the TikTok ban in motion

Congress passed legislation

Biden signs legislation

SCOTUS upholds ban

Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open

TikTok shuts down anyway

Trump tweets

TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄

NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:

YouTube video by Led By Donkeys TESLA = TRUMP

🚨‼️MUST WATCH and SHARE:

Since US media won’t tell you, UK activists, Led By Donkeys, dropped this video on how Elon Musk and his use of X helped get Donald Trump elected.

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@ledbydonkeys.org

A State Dept funded Whistleblower agency that rewards those with relevant info on terrorism has reported an "X"/Twitter based media group, RYBAR, big in Texas secession circles, is a Russian election interference op started by Prigozhin. We had this 5 years ago.

open.substack.com/pub/lancefro...

This is the Substack version of my article written earlier in the week, now available and not paywalled.

Sharing this would be a good way to engage others and get people on board here for my new page.

Thanks in advance.

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My latest post is about what I am call mass delusional stupidity. It's a story of mysterious drones, politicians, and the laws of physics and gravity.

In America we usually get around to shooting as the answer to so many things.

open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

Hey Trump, we shouldn’t be your 51st state, you should be our 11th province No real leader sneers at another country’s sovereignty or its elected leader, poses on mountain tops with a Canadian flag with all that that implies, or accuses a best friend of ripping them off.

Well worth the read:
"No real leader sneers at another country’s sovereignty or its elected leader, using slurs you wouldn’t hear in a schoolyard. But Trump, of course, is not a real leader. Trump is a convicted felon, pathological liar, and career scoundrel."
www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/1...

This piece is very powerful

Social Security taxes are rigged for the rich — and the program is in danger because of it.A CEO earning $20M/yr pays Social Security taxes on ~1% of their i... How the Super Rich Are Killing Social Security | Robert Reich

As a former trustee of Social Security, I'm worried the program is in danger of running dry. Why?

As the rich have gotten richer, more of their income has escaped the cap on the SS payroll tax.

We can fix this by scrapping the cap. Watch.

Some People Are, in fact, Above the Law That Should Be Illegal

Here's my latest FREE Substack article on making it illegal to be "Above the Law" like trump.

Please share to help me get new subscribers! 🙏💪https://open.substack.com/pub/brooklyndaddefiant/p/some-people-are-in-fact-above-the?r=f63xk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Since 60k of you have followed, I figured I would reintroduce myself. Aaron Parnas. I’m 25 years old, a lawyer, and a Gen Z Democratic activist.

Now’s the time to band together, build community here, and fight back.

Repost this, give me a follow, and let’s build community here.