And this. This is how algorithms control us, divide us, set us against one another, and brainwash the impressionable.

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

I've lived under martial law before. Not in the U.S.-in Thailand, after a coup. And I've walked Tiananmen Square, too. So what I'm watching in LA right now? It hits different. Because I've seen how authoritarianism takes hold-and how America's resistance isn't following the script. 1/7 In Thailand, I taught at a private school after the military coup. One of my coworkers had lived through the actual lockdown in Bangkok. He remembered hearing gunfire and realizing: they're killing people in the street. That fear settled into daily life. You complied. You stayed quiet. You survived. 2/7

The man who led the coup? He became a monk-because in Thailand, becoming a monk makes you untouchable. I was literally teaching his grandkids. People worried if the military would come for them, too. That's the weight of real martial law. It changes how you move through the world. 3/7 In China, I visited Tiananmen Square. My Chinese teacher's mother was pregnant with her when she stood in that square. That history was personal. But it was also erased. Because in authoritarian regimes, memory itself becomes dangerous. What we're not allowed to remember gets rewritten. 4/7

So watching protests erupt in LA right now-protesters shutting down freeways, standing off against SWAT, refusing to move-I'm struck by what's different. Yes, there's fear. But there's also volume. America isn't going quiet. And that matters. Because martial law requires submission. It relies on people staying home. It needs us to believe we're outnumbered. But in every major U.S. city right now, people are standing up. Not just resisting. Refusing to disappear. 5/7

They want us to believe there's no choice. But that's a lie authoritarianism always tells. And America-messy, loud, imperfect America-still hasn't bought into that lie. So yes, l'm scared. But I also have something I didn't have in Thailand or China. Thave hope. Not because everything will work out on its own. But because people are choosing to show up. Because we're not done yet. 6/7 Hope isn't a mood. It's a decision. And if you're struggling to find it-borrow mine. I've lived through a coup. I've lived under martial law. And I'm telling you right now: This moment isn't over. We're still writing the ending. 7/7

“hope isn’t a mood. it’s a decision.” (via confettitactics on threads: www.threads.com/@confettitac...)

@governor.pa.gov @lgaustindavis.bsky.social

April 11, 2025 press release from the Election Truth Alliance calling for hand audits for paper voting records in Pennsylvania (page 1 of 2). Full press release available on Election Truth Alliance dot org under 'Media' -> 'Statements/Press Releases'.

April 11, 2025 press release from the Election Truth Alliance calling for hand audits for paper voting records in Pennsylvania (page 2 of 2). Full press release available on Election Truth Alliance dot org under 'Media' -> 'Statements/Press Releases'.

The ETA is now formally urging state/local officials to hand audit paper voting records in Pennsylvania.

This escalation from our initial call for transparency in Feb 2025 is based on our findings from independent analysis of election result data.

Full April 11 press release:
tinyurl.com/mrzvz2ss

"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News

There we go.

Protest signs for this weekend! #fifty501 #indivisible #resist

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Dereliction of duty by MSM: @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @cnn.com @msnbc.com

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"the Trump regime is a Cybertruck, meant to look aggressive and intimidating, a bully car, but also one sloppily made to low standards, one that falls apart as it goes, with pieces that can be yanked off by hand. It shouts that it's strong, but it's weak." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Resistance is alive and well in the United States Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches in 2017, but they're far more numerous and frequent — and also becoming more strategic.

Resistance is alive and well in the United States wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...

A BlueSky thread by Beatrice Adler-Bolton on Skyview This classic shallow argument runs cover for real ways that the response to the Covid pandemic has been all out class warfare, and is the perfect example of lazy, superficial “class analysis” that ign...

And Macedo and Lee want to wrap themselves as champions of the working class over the laptop class. As @reallandsend.bsky.social describes in a searing critique, that dog won't hunt. 13/ skyview.social?url=https%3A...

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order." Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."

Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist

AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.

I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense

I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...

AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person.

I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person

I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...

The image is a screenshot of a social media profile from Bluesky. The profile belongs to “House Democrats” with the handle @housedemocrats.bsky.social. The account has 26.4K followers, follows 2 accounts, and has 0 posts. The bio states: “We are the Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives.” The banner at the top features the text “HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS” and includes the names “Pete Aguilar, Chair” and “Ted Lieu, Vice Chair.” The banner also displays an image of individuals in suits standing in front of American flags. Below the profile information, the “Posts” section is visible, but it shows a message stating “No posts yet,” accompanied by an icon of a small plant sprout.

Express yourself. Your nation has fallen under the grip of tyranny. Your silence is morbid.

#3E #Resist #Canada #US #Trump #FelonInChief

Before you get all worked up, just know that THIS is who you are probably arguing with on social media.

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.

The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.

It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

This is your rallying cry? What the fuck man? People who are paying attention understand the cuts and tax plans but were mostly concerned with the fact that democracy at its core is burning down all around us.

The message isn’t policy anymore. It’s existential. Get with it.

Seeing a lot of “But they don’t deserve…” And no, of course they don’t. What the fuck does that have to do with anything? The house is on fire. Pass a bucket to whoever wants to put it out. You can remind them what an ass they’ve been later.

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

To be clear, I’d still be concerned about and fighting for other issues like police reform, trans rights, inflation, and immigration.

But with the exception of SOME immigration policy, those issues are systemic problems that can’t be actioned by the President alone.