Perhaps it is time to get republicans to do a Jim Jeffords

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

Here's the next nationwide protest on Saturday, April 5. Check out 50501, they're good folks.
www.fiftyfifty.one

Nice gathering of pissed off vets at Vermont’s capital today.

As Donald Trump turns the United States into one of the closest allies Russia has worldwide, it's worth revisiting the news item below, which came out immediately after Trump won a surprising victory in November:

@godpod.bsky.social could you shed some light on this?

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Woke up to this this morning. Snow rollers! A rare occurrence when the snow is the right temp and strong winds happen.
Nature never ceases to blow my mind.❤️

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.

100% of his salary is paid by WA state.

Elon fired him. Share his story.

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

From my favorite Vermont poet.

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’

Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.

The Nature of Our Power: A Conversation with political scientist Erica Chenoweth By Rebecca Solnit • 8 Feb 2025 View in browser "The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term than relying on institutional checks and balances alone." That's what political scientist Erica Chenoweth told me when I asked them if we could have a conversation (by email, below in full) about the current constitutional crisis/coup attempt and what we can do about it. Chenoweth is a hugely influential scholar of nonviolent social change, best known for their empirical research that not only documents what makes civil resistance work but demonstrates that it works, often extremely effectively. They direct the Nonviolent Action Lab, which studies how people have built movements and developed strategies to resist authoritarianism successfully and documents how nonviolence can be effective. There's no one I wanted to hear from more in this constitutional crisis, and I'm grateful I can share their insights with all of you.

"The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term..." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...

If my grandkid said this about me it would be normal

She's not wrong......

I think this needs to be my new morning mantra

Where’s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It? I’ve made this point a few times in passing in other posts....

There's one plausible way Democrats could shut down the DOGE crime spree/constitutional crisis in the short term. And I'm pretty sure this is it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where...

Thank you!

This is terrible.

The Trump administration not only fired Coast Guard Admiral Linda Fagan, but a Trump official told her she had only three hours to vacate her house.

Don’t ever tell me Republicans support the military.

This is murder.

What do folks think about the potential protests planned for Wednesday 50 protests in 50 state capitals? Some think it is a scary scam and others not. Anyone going to Montpelier?

Another way to put it: bsky.app/profile/pete...

so let's remember it extra hard.

Sometimes the wood is just so unique you have to take a picture before you load the stove!

YouTube video by Vic Meyers Old White Guy Oh Well, Americas response to J6 pardons

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P428... Most irritating by far.