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🚨 BREAKING: Homeland Security Secretary **Kristi Noem has been remove from her role. 🔊

Trump announced she will be replaced by Markwayne Mullin, marking the first major cabinet shake-up of his second term.

More details are still emerging.

On March 28th, millions of Americans will take to the streets in what will be the largest nationwide protest in US history.

No Kings. No Wars of Aggression. No Terrorizing Our Communities.

Find your protest: NoKings.org
Tag people you want standing beside you in person or in spirit. See you there!

No ICE, No War, NO KINGS. On March 28th, hit the streets at a No Kings protest near you. Stand against the Trump regime’s fascist take over of our country and for a future where democracy thrives in America. Visit nokings.org to find a protest near you, and make sure to follow these tips.

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The Trump administration has escalated attacks on trans Americans, launched a war, pushed legislation that could strip 69 million women of their right to vote, and told us despite evidence to the contrary that operations in Minnesota is over and that our soldiers are safe.
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Iran’s official media is now reporting that dozens of students have been killed and many more wounded when the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school was flattened. These were children 6 to 12 years old.

Reporters should be allowed in the room to hear former President Bill Clinton’s deposition!

Sunday, protesters flooded Home Depots all across Southern California. At this one, a massive caravan took over the lot and forced them to pay attention. HOME DEPOT people are being hunted in your parking lots. Say something! 🔊
#Boycott #HomeDepot

Don't Look Away From Minnesota Main stream media moved on. 96 court-order violations. $259 million in frozen healthcare. A contempt ruling. And a drawdown that wasn't what they said it was.

96 court-order violations remain on the record.

A judge held a government attorney in contempt.

ICE agents remain in MN.

The administration just froze $259.5 million in Medicaid funding to MN.

A new lawsuit alleges observers are being labeled "domestic terrorists".

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This should absolutely be MUCH, MUCH bigger news than it is.

I know we have A LOT going on, but this is super duper scary behind the Epstein Cover up.

This is our Government demanding to be allowed to use private tools for mass surveillance.

Hogwash & Bullshit!

We can save the Internet thru Enforcement of existing anti-trust laws, Giving us comprehensive data privacy laws, Regulating algorithm transparency & more user control!

Understand and LEARN what Section 230 is, and how it protects YOU!

Fuck the Oligarchy! Stay Salty!

J.D. Vance just announced the federal government is pausing roughly $259 million in Medicaid reimbursements to Minnesota over alleged fraud concerns.

Withholding hundreds of millions in healthcare funding during an already tense federal-state clash functions is obviously being used as leverage.

SOTU Was Heavy on Spectacle, Light on Truth A record-length address leaned on stagecraft, selective math, and constitutional defiance.

A partial DHS shutdown is still ongoing, with core services disrupted and funding lapsed.

Many economic claims were fact-checked as selective or misleading (e.g., gas price data).

Is our economy as great as Trump claimed it is? Have you felt financial relief in your household? 🧐

bit.ly/4tTNTXp

🐸 State of the Swamp TONIGHT 🐸

Tues, Feb 24 | Washington, D.C. | Streaming LIVE | TUNE IN at 6:45pm ET

More slides in the comments!

#PortlandFrogs #Portland #SOTU

State of the Union tonight:

Expect selective statistics, exaggerated accomplishments, and partisan framing. If you watch, watch critically and fact-check.

If you’d rather skip it, turn to PBS or stream the People’s State of the Union at MoveOn.org/Live.

Choose your attention intentionally.

#SOTU

MeidasTouch and MoveOn are putting on the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall | February 24th at 8:30PM EST

The event will spotlight lawmakers, federal workers, immigrants, and everyday Americans affected by Trump’s policies.

Stream it live on the MeidasTouch YouTube.

ICE agents can’t even holster a gun without shooting themselves in the leg. Three of them did it in less than 48 hours during “routine training.”

Source: www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-k...

ICE shot and killed 23-year-old, Ruben Ray Martinez, a U.S. citizen in Texas.

We’re finding out a year later.

Records obtained via FOIA request show an ICE agent fired the shots in the March 2025 killing of Ruben.

This shouldn’t have taken a year to surface.

Organizers nationwide stand with students peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights. Some call walkouts disruptive. We call civic engagement educational. What truly disrupts learning is fear, families living under ICE raids, intimidation, and detention.

Susan Collins just became the 50th Senate supporter of the SAVE Act.

Giving Republicans enough votes to try advancing a bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections. It still faces the filibuster hurdle.

Call your Senators.

Article on creative resistance with ideas that might inspire you 💝

open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...

#50501Movement #Indivisible #NoKings3

$45B on "detention" centers SCREAMS “holding,” not “sending.”

💔 Protest Art

Juan Nicolás is 2 months old.

He was detained at the Dilley family detention center, hospitalized with bronchitis and breathing issues, returned to custody, then deported with his family, according to Rep. Joaquin Castro.

This is what immigration enforcement looks like for infants.

Spread the word online, it’s up to all of us to make this the largest No Kings yet!

FIND a No Kings protest: bit.ly/nokings328

****Events are still being registered. Please check back in the following weeks if you don’t see one near you yet.****

HOST a No Kings protest: bit.ly/nokingshost

NEXT NO KINGS: MARCH 28TH 2026

How to Lobby Your Representative’s District Office | A Field Guide What to say, what to bring, and how to document your visit

Today is a coordinated National Day of Lobbying focused on demanding congressional impeachment action against Trump.

This guide provides scripts and talking points for visiting your rep's district office.

open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...

One of the ways Civil Resistance works is by peeling off regime defectors. We only need a handful of Republican Senators and a handful of Republican Representatives to defect in order to impeach and convict.
Direct pressure through their offices has the potential to really build towards defections.

After walking 2,300 miles over 109 days, Buddhist monks leading the Walk for Peace arrived in Washington, DC.

They marched for nonviolence, compassion, interfaith unity, and peace in a deeply divided time, walking city to city, praying, meeting communities, and calling for healing instead of hate.

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵: