“ICE is abducting people” is a message.
A video of it happening? That’s narrative power.

New pod w/ @jiggygero.bsky.social on messaging, emotions, fascism & how we fight back.
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Contact every Democratic US Senator.

Make one thing clear:
Accepting a "deal" to end the #shutdown that doesn't include saving the #ACA subsidies will be a career ending decision

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Trump administration ordered to pay full $9B in November SNAP benefits amid shutdown • Minnesota Reformer That means the maximum monthly benefit likely would be roughly two-thirds of the usual benefit flowing to recipients, rather than the half initially projected.

A federal judge said the federal government blew its chance to pay partial SNAP benefits and now must pay them in full. "USDA refused to use the congressionally mandated contingency funds. USDA cannot now cry that it cannot get timely payments to beneficiaries." minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/06/r...

@jenancona.bsky.social joins me on The Campaign Strategist 🎙️to break down how progressives can win in the modern media age — merging organizing + media, trusting culture-makers, and telling stories that stick.

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Tracking Trump: The White House East Wing is demolished; Trump calls off San Francisco “surge”; Trump pardons a crypto CEO; and more The 7 follows President Donald Trump’s second term.

How is any of this America First? It’s Donald First (and Only). wapo.st/42YdAKK

#nokings rockin' it in Rockville MD! And our Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov spoke to the crowd.

Organizers have reported 7 million attendees at the No Kings events and we’re happy to confirm 7 million and counting! More events are still happening across the country today, so we’ll need additional time to fully certify the final numbers.

Stand up for your rights, your freedoms, your community. Stand against Trump's authoritarianism. Join us on 10/18 - NoKings.org.

The climate movement isn’t funding narrative power—or frontline groups. New episode with @shilpichhotray.bsky.social on why she left the mainstream climate world and what it takes to win.

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Three people in frog costumes stand outside the Portland ice facility at night. They’re holding a sign that says frog brigade

Tonight in “war ravaged” Portland… a frog brigade standing guard outside the ICE facility.

Trump says there’s “nowhere worse than Portland”… and the frogs magically multiply.

They’re showing that he’s not only a liar, but Portland is still safe, still weird and still full of people resisting.

No Kings Day 2.0 is set for October 18th, and they expect it to be the largest protest in ...

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#HandsOff #NoKings

NO KINGS North Bethesda · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together. The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us. _A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events._

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS North Bethesda” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Big picture: Across ABC, YouTube and many social media platforms, Jimmy Kimmel's monologue about free speech in America has reached TENS of millions of people, and the view counts are still rising.

There is no more unctous a toady in the Trump administration than fussy speech police officer Brendan Carr and it is a high bar. But this thirsty factotum manages to clear the bar easily.

From performative Mr. Free Speech to tiresome unctuous toady

Taking out Colbert and Kimmel isn’t so much about what they said as demonstrating their power to do so

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments

Bob Iger, Disney and ABC should be ashamed of fheir decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air. You are bowing to the Trump revime's trampling of the 1st amendment. You are rolling out the red carpet for thos authoritarian regime! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

So much for the first amendment.

The Democratic Party Isn't Coming to Save Us:
@tarabuss.bsky.social lays out how MAGA is rigging 2026 today, why resistance must start now, and how the left can speak to its values.

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What if progressives treated strategy like war?

Eric Hensal, author of A Progressive Art of War joins me to break down Sun Tzu for modern movement politics—and how to stop losing before the fight even starts.

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But at least leaves are getting raked and mulch put down

MAGA has a 24/7 hate-fueled writers’ room. So what are we doing?

New episode with messaging maven Anat Shenker-Osorio on messaging that matches the moment—and moves people to action.

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Ghislaine Maxwell should not be able to take classes, watch tv, or play sports in prison, but she can, now that Trump mover her to a minimum security prison camp.

I love the framing - wind farms are a middle finger to climate pollution - terrific!

Hermm

Just to reiterate: What this administration is doing right now is orders of magnitude more dangerous for academic freedom and free speech than anything the right has spent the last 30 years complaining about.

So the offer is that a thousand victims of the Epstein-Maxwell child rape ring and trafficking operation should have the only shred of accountability for the horrors inflicted upon them taken away so MAGA forgets they want the files? With a BS claim of Trump's innocence on the side, no doubt.

In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide

Netanyahu is a monster, perfectly comfortable starving children, women and men to perpetuate the conflict protecting him from accountability. Clearing a people out by starving them to death is genocide.

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