YouTube video by NBC Chicago Gov. Pritzker blasts Republicans and ‘do-nothing Democrats' in fiery speech (FULL)

Powerful speech. Resist, raise your voice, and support those who are doing so.
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Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

Here's a link to the ACLU's immigrant rights page. Well organized, concise, many different languages available.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.

The last time I checked, weather and climate affect all without regard to political affiliation or world view.
Resist however you can, support those who are resisting.
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Pretty much sums up last night. What we are living through is NOT normal. Kudos to @repstansbury.bsky.social

Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts. Current and former agency officials and lawmakers said the cuts could have major impacts on Americans and the economy, compromising important functions.

"Jobs were also eliminated at the National Hurricane Center and Storm Prediction Center... and the tsunami warning centers in Alaska and Hawaii..."

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FDA cancels advisory committee meeting on flu vaccine strain selection

Yet another decision that affects us all at scale:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

February 23, 2025 Something is shifting,” scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday.

February 23, 2025
For the first time in weeks, my news sources are trending towards reports of resistance. Here's Heather Cox Richardson, detailing slippage from the Right in this chaos.
Apply pressure where you can, support those who are doing so as well.
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The superstitions and misinformation of the new HHS Secretary are not up for the challenges ahead...

YouTube video by MSNBC New reporting exposes shocking extent of Musk's conflicts as he dismantles U.S. government

Maddow on conflicts of interest in this oligarchic coup:
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Inconsequential act of resistance on my part for sure, but I'm hoping to submit this correction to Google on a daily basis:

Opinion | This Isn’t the Donald Trump America Elected He is making us a corrupted, brittle superpower.

"When the richest man in the world can so easily undermine our place on the global stage, it is, quite simply, a harbinger of decline: a sign of a corrupted superpower so brittle that its sources of influence can be taken apart from within." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...

NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA Lee esta historia en español aquí

This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake

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AG Pam Bondi shutters the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force Pam Bondi is the first attorney in history to have been a lobbyist for foreign governments. She also just disbanded the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force.

The noise and chaos obscure damage at many levels - the newly appointed Attorney General, who was herself a registered agent of Qatar, just disbanded the nation's foreign influence taskforce, which tracks and protects us from foreign election interference.
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Of course it’s a coup Miss the obvious, lose your republic

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YouTube video by The Bulwark Elon's Takeover Is in Full Swing & It's Terrifying (w/ Anne Applebaum) | Bulwark Podcast

A lengthy interview, worth your time, with author Anne Applebaum on the extra-judicial evisceration of our democracy specifically by Musk's activity. We are at a precipice (one of many) and Elon is wielding a jackhammer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNi...

YouTube video by MSNBC Maddow: Trump's dismantling of independent news media is happening before our eyes

An important segment about the elimination of the 4th Estate. Behind the noise and theatrics, true harm is happening at a colossal scale throughout our democratic system.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i29J...

From Anand Giridharadas: "As we speak, an unelected billionaire, born in South Africa, is staging an unconstitutional coup in the United States, shutting down an agency that happened to fight the apartheid regime he and his family thrived under as rich whites...All the drills are behind us now."

Don't Believe Him Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 02/02/2025 · 14m

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The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

Timothy Snyder:
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"The logic of “move fast and break things,” ... is to gain quick dramatic successes that deter and demoralize... Nothing is inevitable. Do not be alone and do not be dismayed. Find someone who is doing something you admire and join them."

Some preparedness links for people at risk of detention in coming days/weeks/months:
www.ilrc.org/resources/st...

Some preparedness links for people at risk of detention in coming days/weeks/months:
www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/know-your-ri...

5 Things You Need to Know About Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s Pick for National Intelligence Director Gabbard isn’t “anti-war,” obsesses over “radical Islam,” and has backed Assad, Netanyahu, and Modi.

“5 Things You Need to Know About Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s Pick for National Intelligence Director”

From me, for Zeteo, on Gabbard’s views on foreign wars, Assad, Modi, Israel, Muslims, and more, ahead of her confirmation hearings this week.

YouTube video by Pod Save America Rachel Maddow on Surviving Trump's Second Presidency

Rare to get a long-form sit-down interview with Rachel Maddow. Here she is with Crooked Media's Jon Favreau...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c6-...

YouTube video by MSNBC Judge excoriates Trump for pardoning January 6 'poor losers' as debacle grows

Maddow on 1/6 pardons, and extraordinary rebuke of them from a federal judge.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=idyy...

Who is Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop who angered Trump with inaugural sermon? Budde, 65, asked president to ‘have mercy’ on immigrants and LGBTQ+ people in prayer service on Tuesday

Our first hero of this era: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Here's What You Can Do to Keep Democracy Alive During Trump's Second Term Authoritarians thrive on fear and hopelessness. Here are 17 things you can do to not give into such negativity.

"Here's What You Can Do to Keep Democracy Alive During Trump's Second Term"

Authoritarians thrive on fear and hopelessness.
For Zeteo, George Lakoff & Gil Duran outline 17 important and useful things you can do to *not* give into such negativity.

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Twenty Lessons On Tyranny From the Twentieth Century

Be vigilant, stay safe.
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Hope going into the dark The wisdom of Rebecca Solnit

Scroll to the words below Rebecca Solnit's photo:
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