Ezra Levin ❌👑

I generally agree with the piece, including the kicker, but the Freedom Caucus didn't exist until 2015 - 4+ years after the 2010 shellacking. Between now and the midterms we have a funding fight and primary season. Let's see what materializes.

fascinating! I did not know this - thanks for sharing.

👏👏👏 More ostracism of fascist collaborators.👏👏👏

Yes! This is very good blowback.

I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible

THIS! Democracy 🗽needs more of THIS! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... AmIrite @ezralevin.bsky.social ?

Negotiating With Terrorists, Unsuccessfully How to lose ideological battles by believing in nothing.

An easy prediction is "the Trump administration will keep harassing universities even after they sign extortionate agreements with the government."

The schools have zero ability to enforce their own agreements. And they have no ideological red lines to stop themselves from giving up more.

We need widescale blowback against Columbia and Brown. Not just because they deserve it, but because we need to send a message to other universities about what reputational risk comes with caving to authoritarians.

more and more people are saying this

yeah it's an interesting political moment because it's not exactly ideological. Rank and file Dems of all stripes are just pissed at "roll over and play dead" Dems.

The fight back faction of the Dem Party is ascendent. Get with it or get out.

One of the best things that could happen for Dem prospects of taking the House next year would be a wave a primary challenges to "roll over and play dead" Dems to make clear we are cleaning house and there's a new fight-back party in charge.

i did not know this

Authoritarianism is ugly. Here's something beautiful. Let me try something a bit different this week.

I am about to zonk out on this redeye flight back home but didn’t want to miss posting the Indivisible newsletter with action items for the week! open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...

In a safe blue district, you're gonna have a Dem win in the general election. The question is whether that Dem believes we're in a crisis and acts like it, or if they're playing politics as usual. Primaries are the time to make a choice between those options!

Especially for those of you in safe blue districts with "roll over and play dead" Dem representation, now's the time to start looking for new leadership. Exciting opportunity to turn the party into a real unified opposition party!

"I have never, ever, ever seen an issue that unites Americans like this." @ezralevin.bsky.social reacts to the fact that 90% of Americans want the Epstein files released.

It's hard to process the historic level of horror and heartbreak here. That the U.S. is complicit in accelerating this genocide is a mix of depressing, infuriating, and shameful.

I've got capitulation, cowardice, and courage on my mind. I want to talk about CBS, Colbert, and Columbia - and what we can do to buck up waffling institutions. What do you want to talk about? Come raise it with us today at 3pm ET!

Specific tactics are a hot topic right now but the basic idea here is what we're covering in our 1m rising trainings on strategic noncooperation. This isn't just about Columbia - it's about the lesson *other* institutions learn. And I tend to think we should make an example out of them.

"Ultimately, we had to make the decision that was the right decision for Columbia."

This is how authoritarians bully weak leaders into submission. Fighting back is risky. Better to prioritize your own short-term gain. That's the "smart" move by the university that buckled to fascism first.

This man spouts the most unfathomably vile, genocidal rhetoric without a peep from his colleagues, meanwhile the only Palestinian-American in Congress was censured for "promoting false narratives" about Gaza

Colbert, courage, and cowardice Last week, in response to Trump’s escalating authoritarian overreach, Indivisible launched the first of a three-part training series on strategic non-cooperation.

Weekly newsletter is up! Learning from the CBS/Paramount debacle. ezralevin.substack.com/p/colbert-co...

An amazing way to end the week. So happy I’ll be speaking with history professor @hcrichardson.bsky.social and Indivisible’s @ezralevin.bsky.social today at 4p ET / 1p PT on Substack and later on YouTube. See you soon!

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

Let’s be clear: This is political censorship. Just as CBS’ parent company handed Trump $16 million to settle a spurious lawsuit, this decision is about preemptively bowing to a regime that demands obedience.

We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced.

No joke.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Shoutout to my rep, @repdean.bsky.social, for voting against it.

I suspect most of these people skate by, but some of them are going to have trouble explaining to their constituents why their biggest accomplishment in Trump 2.0 was voting for his crypto scam bill.

LIVE: UPDATE on Protests and What YOU CAN DO!!! YouTube video by MeidasTouch

If you missed the first One Million Rising training on strategic non-cooperation last night, the fine folks at @meidastouch.com are streaming it now! youtube.com/live/QCIcT9u...

Looking forward to joining @indivisible.org's @leahgreenberg.bsky.social & @ezralevin.bsky.social in conversation today.

This is our first time having a guest on these weekly calls, and what a guest! Got a question about the 3.5%? About authoritarianism? About effective strategies for fighting back? Join us in about an hour for live Q&A!