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Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States. https://choosedemocracy.us/resist-list/

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · Feb 20

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.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 17h

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 1d

From the Nobel Committee today:

“Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.”

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19h

NYC: Let’s show up later today to support Tish James. Attorney General James stands up to bullies, and that’s exactly why she was indicted by a prosecutor handpicked by Trump. AG James has always had New York's back and New Yorkers will always have hers. 👇

Hands OFF Tish James Rally · New York Working Families Party

## **CALL TO ACTION** **FRIDAY 10/10 at FOLEY SQUARE** ### On the evening of October 9th, Attorney General Tish James was indicted by a prosecutor handpicked by Trump. Attorney General James has lon...

www.mobilize.us

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 18h

"Fellow veterans and others gathered Thursday at the same spot in Broadview to speak out against ICE’s increased presence in the Chicago"

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 19h

www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy

Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, fellow veterans and others gathered at t...

www.military.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting.

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 1d

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 2d

Dont forget DC and Go-Go music.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 2d

Now: Hundreds assembling in the Chicago Loop for a march and rally to demand the National Guard leave town. Folks chanting "Donald Trump you racist clown! You're not welcome in this town!"

A photo of a large group of protesters gathering in downtown Chicago near Michigan Ave. Skyscrapers are behind the crowd in the background.

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Chicago

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

Priest is going to walk from Pope’s childhood home in Chicago to Statue of Liberty to protest ICE www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMBC7kMB/

TikTok video by Miguel Puente

www.tiktok.com

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3d

I was completely unprepared for the threat posed by the Antifa super soldiers.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 3d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issues an executive order
prohibiting ICE from using any city-owned property

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ptklein @ptklein.com · 4d

Some context on what this might mean: last weekend Zach Bryan played the largest ticketed concert in US history, selling 112,408 seats at Michigan Stadium.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 4d

Country singer Zach Bryan condemns ICE raids in new song teaser, “Bad News”:

“ICE is gonna come bust down your door / Try to build a house, no bills no more, well I got a telephone / Kids are all scared and all alone […] The fading of the red, white and blue.”

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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 3d

Sunday's Bay Resistance mass training got some great coverage in SF Chronicle. The final line from one of the neighborhood pod leaders speaks for all of us:

“We want to protect our neighbors,” she said. “And if they come for any of us, they come for all of us.” #NoKings

archive.is/202510060326...

Screenshot of SF Chron headline:

Bay Area trainings provides 'concrete skills' to defy Trump on deportations.

Below is a picture one one of the speakers at the training, Oakland's Congressional rep Lateefah Simon standing infront of a slide about mass noncooperation referencing the recent South Korean mass uprising to stop a coup. The slide headline reads "South Koreans turn K-Pop light sticks into political protest tools"

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 4d

Country singers now bashing ICE

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 4d

Conservatives weren’t happy about a teaser for a new Zach Bryan song.

MAGA Melts Down as Country Star Bashes ICE in New Song

Conservatives weren’t happy about a teaser for a new Zach Bryan song.

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Axios @axios.com · 4d

JUST IN: Hundreds of ex-DOJ staffers demand oversight ahead of Pam Bondi hearing, amid widespread questions about the department's decisions to target Trump's political foes such as former FBI director James Comey.

Hundreds of ex-DOJ staffers accuse Pam Bondi of putting Trump over the constitution

The former staffers warn that the Justice Department is failing its mission in an open letter released Monday.

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 4d

"As the Trump administration cracks down on both environmental policies and progressive activism, the Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate justice organization that popularized calls for a Green New Deal, is widening its mission to fight authoritarianism."

Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism

Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities

www.theguardian.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, faces the recurring judicial dilemma of the Trump era: how to deal with a president who lies about the conditions he claims justify his power. trib.al/e0AmwST

Courage doesn’t require rhetoric or defiance—only the quiet insistence that facts still matter.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 4d

🚨It feels like things are getting darker faster. Now, more than ever, we need to show the Trump regime, ourselves, and each other that we can and will fight back.

📣See you October 18. 🚫👑https://www.nokings.org/

thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/weekly-map...

#weekinprotest

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 5d

Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.

We’re also seeing posts about restaurants denying service to ICE.

Scary Werewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 5d

Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

www.rawstory.com

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 5d

Late tonight, a federal judge issued a sweeping new order prohibiting the president from deploying any National Guard forces—from any state or DC—to Oregon.

The president cannot keep playing whack-a-mole with different states’ Guard units to get around court orders and the rule of law.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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