Raging Rainbows

The 2025 Massachusetts Democratic Party Platform: Values, Commitments, Aspirations & Missed Opportunities The Massachusetts Democratic Party has released its 2025 draft platform—a wide-ranging document that seeks to articulate the party’s priorities and values for the coming years.

I wrote about the Draft MA Dems’ 2025 platform. Some commitments shine with clear links to policies. But for systematically marginalized communities, commitments are treated as aspirational instead of clear & actionable.

#MAPolitics #DemConvention2025 #MassDems #MAPoli #MassDemocrats

Competition or Collective Action? Why Our Democracy's Survival Requires Solidarity

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#Solidarity #Unity #Strength #Together #Freedom #Community #Democracy #Support #Power #StandTogether #Unite #RiseUp #OneVoice
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We Can Stop the Rise of American Autocracy Stacey Abrams and Kim Lane Scheppele argue that we must act now to stop autocracy from taking over America.

Stacey Abrams and I sound the alarm - the time to act to stop autocracy is now. time.com/7312340/stop...

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project They Don't Care

RFK Jr. will kill Americans, sure as death. You have the GOP to thank you for that.

Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. 

Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.

Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW

On Resisting and Persisting How I Decided to Speak Up and Fight Back

"Once MAGA brands you as an enemy, your fortunes shift. No amount of strategic silence will change your new identity, so you may as well lean into it."

I wrote about why I chose—and keep choosing—to speak up and fight back. wiczipedia.substack.com/p/on-resisti...

Trump’s Racist Takeover of DC Coming to a city near you...

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#washingtonDC #federaltakeover #getoutofDC #trump #DC

Error 404: Due Process Not Found On Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, visitors to the official website for congress noticed sections of the United States constitution inexplicably missing.

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#Constitution #DueProcess #DemocracyUnderAttack #ABTestForTyranny #Congress #AuthoritarianCreep #ThisIsNotFine

EXCLUSIVE: A former top Pentagon official warns dysfunction could topple Hegseth — describing a department collapsing from backstabbing and constant missteps.

Read the full opinion piece from former top spokesperson John Ullyot, who resigned last week👇
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Van Hollen on Fox News Sunday: "I'm not vouching for the man. I'm vouching for the man's rights. His constitutional rights to due process."

RFK Jr. Is Reviving Eugenics—And We Should All Be Outraged Robert F.

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#disability #usa #america #disabilityhostory #eugenics #nothingaboutuswithoutus #rfkjr #rfkjrsucks #disabledinamerica

Pete Hegseth is pictured wearing a blue suit, looking to his left. A headline reads: "Pete Hegseth Said to Have Shared Sensitive Attack Details in Second Signal Chat." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION MURPHY, J. This case presents a simple question: before the United States forcibly sends someone to a country other than their country of origin, must that person be told where they are going and be given a chance to tell the United States that they might be killed if sent there? Defendants argue that the United States may send a deportable alien to a country not of their origin, not where an immigration judge has ordered, where they may be immediately tortured and killed, without providing that person any opportunity to tell the deporting authorities that they face grave danger or death because of such a deportation. All nine sitting justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1 the Assistant Solicitor General of the United States, 2 Congress, 3 common sense,4 basic decency, and this Court all disagree. Plaintiffs are seeking a limited and measured remedy—one Defendants have conceded in other proceedings is the minimum that comports with due process. 5 Plaintiffs are simply asking to be told they are going to be deported to a new country before they are taken to such a country, and be given an opportunity to explain why such a deportation will likely result in their persecution, torture, and/or death. This small modicum of process is mandated by the Constitution of the United States, and for this reason, the motion for class certification is GRANTED, and the motion for preliminary injunction is GRANTED in part.

NEW: A federal judge in Massachusetts grants a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from deporting people to third countries without telling them where they're going and allowing them to raise fears of persecution or torture.

The opening lays out the stakes.

Not the same indeed.

Why Judge Boasberg’s Statement Matters for Every American
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#RuleOfLaw #ChecksAndBalances #NoOneAboveTheLaw #Democracy #SeparationOfPowers #ContemptOfCourt #BoasbergRuling #AlienEnemiesAct #America #CivilLiberties #DueProcess #ProtectOurConstitution #BalanceOfPowers

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.

It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

LIVE: White House briefing after Powell speech, judge's contempt warning over deportations YouTube video by Reuters

This should be good. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

LIVE: White House briefing after Powell speech, judge's contempt warning over deportations

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Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia Home Kilmar is not alone. He is one of over 250 immigrants deported without due process, as part of Trump’s $6 million deal with Bukele’s government—a plan to funnel immigrants, often with no criminal reco...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador—despite a U.S. judge’s ruling against it. 47 is defying the Supreme Court. This is a violation of due process. Demand justice!
#BringKilmarHome #JusticeForKilmar #HumanRights
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What's Next in the Fight? · Hands Off On April 5, millions of Americans took to the streets—in big cities and small towns—to remind Donald Trump and Elon Musk that our democracy doesn’t belong to billionaires—it belongs to the people. Th...

On April 5, millions rallied nationwide to tell Trump and Musk: our democracy belongs to the people, not billionaires. Join Hands Off this Wed. (4/16) at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST for a national call to build on April 5’s momentum and keep up the pressure.

#resist #mayday

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AOC: I was watching earlier today on TV, someone was saying, “Why are AOC and Bernie going to Idaho?”

I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter

Could Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act? What to Know—and How to Prepare

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#april20 #insurrectionact #america #usa #hostilegovernmenttakeover #trumpadministration #nothankyou #resist #resistance

What would a general strike in the US actually look like? General strikes have been the final means to overcome tyrants around the world. What can be done to lay the groundwork for one in the US?

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#generalstrike #usa #america #generalstrikeusa #americastrikesback #usastrikes #strikeforall #letsstrike #workersunite #readytostrike

Could Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act? What to Know—and How to Prepare

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Join the Truth Brigade!

Drowning in a sea of digital noise? Wonder why?

It’s no accident. Our attention is hacked by Big Tech and exploited by the White House.

We DO have power to change this! Let’s uplift truth, not feed the outrage.

#TruthBrigade truthbrigade.indivisible.org/s/2hoR53HQ

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Vladimir Putin’s Russia shows what happens when billionaire businessmen choose to back a strongman, @aedelwriter.bsky.social writes: https://theatln.tc/NhJysnca

Understanding and Countering Agent Provocateurs in Nonviolent Movements A Strategic Perspective

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#AgentProvocateurs #nonviolentmovements #usa #america #socialmovements #resist #resistance #theresistance

The Critical Role of Elders in the Fight Against Authoritarianism The fight against authoritarianism is often framed as a battle for the future, with young people leading the charge.

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#antiauthoritarian #elders #resist #resistance #theresistance #usa #america #nooligarchs #noauthoritarians