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FACT FOCUS: Trump highlights familiar false claims as he reviews his first year back in office — The Associated Press A look at false and misleading claims made as President Donald Trump marks his first year back in office by highlighting accomplishments at Davos and at a White House briefing. He falsely claimed the ...

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This is leadership and bravery.

Do not obey

💯!

…and they laugh (at the rest of us)!

🙄 they’ll say it’s lack of morals; I’m sure.

Masters of War Contemplating injustice, December 30, 2023

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Grateful for music and art that reminds us, even after the news has gotten to be too much to bear.

“Living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead” is a gasp-worthy concept with far-reaching potential applications.

They see the bigger picture

They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.

Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.

Elon Musk’s Role in Dismantling USAID Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds It appears to be the first time a federal judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to President Trump. The judge also ordered agency functions be partially restored, though that relief co...

The court found that Mr. Musk had personally, and unlawfully, overseen the dismantling of USAID. In a sternly worded order, Judge Chuang warned that any skirting of its requirements could result in his holding Mr. Musk or members of his team in contempt.
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Because it's obscene.

Greenlanders Reject Trump’s Overtures at the Ballot Box — The Wall Street Journal In a sign many in Greenland also want to wrest more power from Denmark, voters put a strongly pro-independence party second place for first time

They’ve chosen strengthening their country against us, over their efforts to gain national independence.

North Dakota Senate rejects resolution asking US Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling The North Dakota Senate on Thursday rejected a measure that would have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

North Dakota has rejected a resolution to ask the Supreme Court to overturn same-gender marriages. Yes, North Dakota.

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YouTube video by Derek Sivers First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

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Grievances

Outrageously unconstitutional BS

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

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Thank you for this!

You think they’re being put up in hotels, in Panama?

Human trafficking

Panama

How efficient!

They removed the T and then they removed the Q and what letter are they coming for next?

Nobody wants an emergency, but perhaps we should want some of the remarkable things that can happen during them. On the top of my list of those things is how in the immediate aftermath of a hurricane, a fire, an earthquake,  people take care of each other and work together without the kind of vetting and fretting whether they agree entirely about politics or religion or other matters. We are in an unprecedented emergency in the United States with fallout that poses threats to environments, economies, human rights and even survival beyond our borders, and we could use some of that energy. As political scientist Erica Chenoweth said in Saturday's Meditations in an Emergency interview, "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."  Right now the courts are doing important business as they render verdict after verdict against Trump and Musk thanks to lawsuits brought by states, federal employees, and others with standing. Some of the Democrats in office are being amazing, and others in the opposition party are being waffles, milquetoasts, cookies that crumble, and other  refined-carbohydrate items. As is now clear, the administrative branch of the federal government of the United States is engaging in a coup attempt against the legislative and judicial branches, against the law and constitution itself, and against your rights and mine and the security and stability of the world. They can be defeated and at a minimum held in check, and the sooner they are the more limited the damage. But as Chenoweth points out, it's up to us. Are we up to it?

In this emergency, I think it likely that we are going to need to pitch a very big tent and invite everyone in who doesn't want to live in a dictatorship... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/big-tents-an...