Refusing to obey in advance.
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Defeating authoritarianism isn't a cinematic moment — it's thousands of individual, community and institutional actions. https://10stepscampaign.org
To understand the impact of the internet on culture, society, and the world, read Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (1985). It relates the evolution of communication, from the spoken and written word to telegraphy, photography & TV. It perfectly describes today’s scrambled world.
September 26, 2026 at 4:44 AM
To understand the impact of the internet on culture, society, and the world, read Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (1985). It relates the evolution of communication, from the spoken and written word to telegraphy, photography & TV. It perfectly describes today’s scrambled world.
Steven Miller's evil empire is on wheels now. Concentration camps on wheels. DHS lost the warehouses. So they put them in vans.
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Concentration camps on wheels. DHS lost the warehouses. So they put them in vans.
Investigative Report on ICE Mobile Detention Units
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September 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Steven Miller's evil empire is on wheels now. Concentration camps on wheels. DHS lost the warehouses. So they put them in vans.
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"Mussolini and Hitler were nothing new. Fascism and Nazisim provided a political vocabulary that took the blinders off and revealed the American caste system for what it really was." The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism 1818-1915 by Joseph Kelly
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The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915
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September 22, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"Mussolini and Hitler were nothing new. Fascism and Nazisim provided a political vocabulary that took the blinders off and revealed the American caste system for what it really was." The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism 1818-1915 by Joseph Kelly
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September 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Get fired up to vote the bums out! VOTE EARLY. Live with Indivisible's Ezra Levin
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Live with Indivisible's Ezra Levin
A recording from Joyce Vance's live video
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September 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Get fired up to vote the bums out! VOTE EARLY. Live with Indivisible's Ezra Levin
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E.M. Forsters 1909 "The Machine Stops" features an iPhone-like device complete with Zoom meeting functionality and a lot more from the future.
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‘The Machine Stops’ (1909) by E. M. Forster – a prescient science fiction short story.
A thought-provoking and prescient short story that envisions a future society entirely dependent on an intricate machine for all aspects of life. As the machine starts to falter, the story follows …
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September 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
E.M. Forsters 1909 "The Machine Stops" features an iPhone-like device complete with Zoom meeting functionality and a lot more from the future.
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Well worth 20 minutes of your time.
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Two Democrats Walk Into Fox News
My conversation with Fox News co-host Jessica Tarlov on going into conservative spaces and the power of productive disagreement
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September 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Well worth 20 minutes of your time.
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Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too. Gisela Salim-Peyer in The Atlantic Sept 9, 2025.
September 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too. Gisela Salim-Peyer in The Atlantic Sept 9, 2025.
Uprisings like the one in Kenya are rewriting how movements organize, and how states fight back. Here was proof that social-media-native organizing could match or surpass the power of parties, unions, and formal civil society.
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What “Leaderless” Actually Means | Journal of Democracy
Gen Z protests are about more than a generation. Uprisings like the one we helped lead in Kenya are rewriting how movements organize, and how states fight back.
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September 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Uprisings like the one in Kenya are rewriting how movements organize, and how states fight back. Here was proof that social-media-native organizing could match or surpass the power of parties, unions, and formal civil society.
www.journalofdemocracy.org/the-frontlin...
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"The many CAN beat the money." Celinda Lake.
Renowned for her groundbreaking research on single women voters in conjunction with the Voter Participation Center and has helped elect numerous female candidates, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Renowned for her groundbreaking research on single women voters in conjunction with the Voter Participation Center and has helped elect numerous female candidates, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Celinda Lake - President, Lake Research Partners
Lake Research President - Celinda Lake
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September 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
"The many CAN beat the money." Celinda Lake.
Renowned for her groundbreaking research on single women voters in conjunction with the Voter Participation Center and has helped elect numerous female candidates, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
www.lakeresearch.com/celinda-lake
Renowned for her groundbreaking research on single women voters in conjunction with the Voter Participation Center and has helped elect numerous female candidates, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
www.lakeresearch.com/celinda-lake
Our democracy won’t be saved by strongly worded criticisms, viral videos, news clips, frustrated screeds from public figures or even court decisions. It will thrive only when people decide, our democracy belongs to us, our leaders are elected by us, & we are responsible for building & defending it.
The Future of Democracy
Young Americans across the country were invited to share their vision for the future of U.S. democracy. 11 winners brought their ideas to life.
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September 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Our democracy won’t be saved by strongly worded criticisms, viral videos, news clips, frustrated screeds from public figures or even court decisions. It will thrive only when people decide, our democracy belongs to us, our leaders are elected by us, & we are responsible for building & defending it.
Skip the first 32 minutes of Hunter Biden and jump to the Ruth Ben-Ghiat interview AND catch Jim’s powerful closing. www.jimacosta.com/p/hunter-bid...
Hunter Biden on Mobilizing for Midterms and Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Stopping Trump’s Corruption
Plus Jim tells us why Trump, Vance and GOP won’t be able to steal the midterms.
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September 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Skip the first 32 minutes of Hunter Biden and jump to the Ruth Ben-Ghiat interview AND catch Jim’s powerful closing. www.jimacosta.com/p/hunter-bid...
In the 2024 U.S. presidential election 90 million people eligible to vote sat out the election, which is more people than those who voted for either Trump or Harris. Skye Perryman from Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times. ordinarypeopleaction.com
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times
How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy
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September 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
In the 2024 U.S. presidential election 90 million people eligible to vote sat out the election, which is more people than those who voted for either Trump or Harris. Skye Perryman from Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times. ordinarypeopleaction.com
Vote like America's Democracy depends on it! Democracy depends on the votes of the people to survive and thrive. Now and always.
September 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Vote like America's Democracy depends on it! Democracy depends on the votes of the people to survive and thrive. Now and always.
"As a first step, we must restore our belief in ourselves....Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us." Barbara Jordan
September 1, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"As a first step, we must restore our belief in ourselves....Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us." Barbara Jordan
“Evil usually enters the world unrecognized by the people who open the door and let it in. Most people who perpetrate evil do not see what they are doing as evil. Evil exists primarily in the eye of the beholder, especially in the eye of the victim.” Roy Baumeister
August 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
“Evil usually enters the world unrecognized by the people who open the door and let it in. Most people who perpetrate evil do not see what they are doing as evil. Evil exists primarily in the eye of the beholder, especially in the eye of the victim.” Roy Baumeister
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Was My Ballot Counted?
If you voted with a mail-in or absentee ballot, many states have tools available for voters to check the status of their ballot. To see if your state does, you can check out our State Ballot Tracking ...
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August 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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A book/movie for our times: Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth which advocates for the return of Rhyme & Reason. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pha...
The Phantom Tollbooth - Wikipedia
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August 28, 2026 at 11:26 PM
A book/movie for our times: Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth which advocates for the return of Rhyme & Reason. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pha...
The decision approve the confirmation of Todd Blanche as Attorney General and his middle-of-the-night confirmation by the full Republican-controlled Senate is the surest and most devastating signal that the rule of law has collapsed in this country.
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Republican Senate Confirms Trump As Attorney General
The Vote to Confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General is Catastrophic
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August 23, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The decision approve the confirmation of Todd Blanche as Attorney General and his middle-of-the-night confirmation by the full Republican-controlled Senate is the surest and most devastating signal that the rule of law has collapsed in this country.
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The Christian Right continues its creeping assault on schools. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Ruse In Texas, I Can Tell …
Supporters of a law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools might be itching for a fight.
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August 23, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The Christian Right continues its creeping assault on schools. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Get ready for November 4th
August 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Get ready for November 4th
Make sure you can vote.
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Check Your Voter Registration
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August 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Make sure you can vote.
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