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I didn't know about this media outlet. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Journalists, photographers, activists, legal observers, medics. Protect your head. If you’re unconvinced, ask the internets about: Alexis Benhumea, Byron Guatatuca, Hassan Nabil Ahmad Nofal, Berkin Elvan, Mustafa Tamimi. Tip of the iceberg.
#protest #resist #teargas #riot #march #LA

I'm trending: 👀💩🤷🏻‍♀️💔🤬

YouTube video by Cascade PBS What's in a name? | Deeply Rooted

It's Tahoma.

I'm having fun returning to snail mail and using mail art as analog art therapy. Great way to keep in touch, and the feds aren't looking in our mailboxes the way they're looking at everything else (including our activity on Meta). 👀

Study history. Economic and societal chaos provide the conditions that can be used to justify a national emergency, suspended elections, martial law, etc. American prosperity isn't their goal. Personal prosperity is. But you know, keep wringing your hands and sending fundraising emails.

When organizers with years of movement building experience said "voting is about choosing your enemy," this is what they meant. How much harder is it to fight for anyone's liberation when we're being dragged from our homes and when they've stripped us of the entire social safety net?

Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s war

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I debated with folks, before the election, about whether or not a Trump regime would mean community organizers & activists getting dragged from their homes in the middle of the night. Welp, it only took six weeks to get here.

Changing the name of the Gulf creates a legal loophole around Endangered Species protections.

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species

This is how we never come back from this. Whether we ever have an election again is a moot point once we seal the deal on climate collapse. We are all going to have to step up in ways that will be very uncomfortable and terrifying.

Do you know if the four T46s have been sighted together since?

They're asking us to narc on educators. Have fun spamming their form by reporting the actual criminals.
enddei.ed.gov

Outline of USA and Northern Mexico. In the United States outline, it says Old Mexico. Above the map it says Mexico renames USA.

Accurate.

Dear Funders: Your Endowments Will Be Worthless in a Fascist State Hi everyone, this post will be disorganized and will possibly piss off some people. The kids didn’t have school today,...

“If democracy falls, all the billions left in your endowments will be worthless, a symbol of your cowardice.”

Thank you! I've been screaming this from the rooftops for the last month. Lower the barriers. Give it all away. Especially all you big foundations who talk so much about equity and justice (Mellon, Ford, Knight, Mackenzie Scott, etc). Give. It. Away.

Is it all the T46s and T46Bs?

Adam. We know how bad it is. It's so bad that you should be doing more than "speaking out" and telling your constituents how bad it is. You all have access to spaces the rest of us do not. Bring things to a standstill with civil disobedience until the illegal shenanigans stop.

Do you expect your constituents to put their butts on the line, with acts of civil disobedience, while you follow the rules & "speak out?" It's gonna take more than voting "no" on this budget. Chain yourselves to the chamber doors. Use your bodies to prevent a vote until the illegal takeover stops.

“It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic...When the 5-alarm fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control." Gov. Pritzker

questions for the advice column at the end of the republic:
-will there still be a flu vaccine next year?
-should i even bother doing my taxes?
-should i take all my money out of the banks?
-is it safe to fly anymore?

Over a dozen DoE employees were fired from Hanford nuclear-waste-disaster-waiting-to-happen-superfund-site. What could go wrong?

Are the Girl Scouts D.E.I? Does that mean eating Girl Scout cookies is an act of resistance?👀😂

I made a film in 2006 about the entire state of Oaxaca shutting everything down for 6 months because their governor was corrupt. One strategy was to occupy and operate radio stations. Women schoolteachers occupied the state TV station! Inspiring to witness but hard knowing it wouldn't happen here.

The Ruby Crowned Kinglet that has been one of the few sources of beauty & goodness around here lately. Today a neighbor's cat killed it. What if I let my dog roam the neighborhood killing people's cats and then said "it's in their nature." Please selfish humans, keep your fucking cats indoors.

Insist that your reps not cooperate on the creation of the new budget. Like now.

www.substack.com/@brianbeutler

I got one as a birthday present to myself (bday was on inauguration day so 😭) but haven't set it up yet. Can't wait!

The worst thing about press/tv/media knuckling under like beaten dogs is that there is a massive potential market for content that tells Trump or Musk to go fuck themselves.

You want clicks? Engagement? Views?

Step the fuck up, put on your big boy pants, and do your fucking job. You will make $.

The illegality of pausing funds already allocated by Congress is not "questionable." It's not a matter of opinion. It's right there in the Impoundment Control Act. I'll help you: "White House illegally pauses federal funds without congressional approval."
@npr.org @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com

Remember that time Trump designated Seattle an "anarchist jurisdiction," but it was really only 5 square blocks? I think it's time this city actually becomes an anarchist jurisdiction. When we stand up for immigrants, trans people, & abortion care, we'll only have each other. Mutual aid or bust!