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I love America. I love Portland.

History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way”

Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”

History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.

They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.

Don't fall for it.

Thousands showing up in downtown Portland to protest the unconstitutional power grab that’s underway under the wilting fig leaf of “efficiency”. #50501

At least 2000 ppl, probably more. March from city hall stretching up naito. Very encouraged by the turnout #portland #50501 #stopthecoup

Social Security to close hearing office in New York The decision to shutter the busy White Plains Office of Hearings Operations when its lease expires in May comes amid Elon Musk’s effort to cancel thousands of government leases.

www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

50501 — 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement Join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day: #50501.

They actually have a website now too!

www.fiftyfifty.one

Salem and Portland, OR
#fiftyfiftyone #50501

I have news for you - we aren’t taking over Gaza.

But the media and the chattering class will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have succeeded in distracting everyone from the real story - the billionaires seizing government to steal from regular people.

Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny:

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

The most important thing I can tell everyone that I've learned from being a YouTuber who explains how stuff works is that each and every time I thought "this is common knowledge and doesn't need to be explained" I was wrong.

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This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.