Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
Founder, The Gaia Leadership Project & The Ripple Effect Institute; political/leadership consultant; recovering Wall Street civil/human rights atty; ex-Columbia Law adjunct; NYer 4ever; Host, ResistanceLive on YT https://www.youtube.com/@resistanceliveecm
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TRUMP BURNOUT: Proven Tools for Social Justice Leaders to Stay Strong in the Trump Era
YouTube video by The Ripple Effect Institute
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If you're feeling totally burnt out on the violence, trauma and bullshit, you're not alone.
This week, I'm talking about how to survive it and keep going so you can make a difference.
youtu.be/NySM9fs7rpI
This week, I'm talking about how to survive it and keep going so you can make a difference.
youtu.be/NySM9fs7rpI
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Pinning this one, by popular demand
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
January 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Pinning this one, by popular demand
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Right now, Congress is working on an appropriations bill to fund these guys
by @democraticwins.bsky.social CNN just aired a devastating compilation of all the times ICE brutally attacked Americans. Remember, Donald Trump sponsored this. This is done at his command.
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Right now, Congress is working on an appropriations bill to fund these guys
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We're going to win.
January 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
We're going to win.
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(father giving CPR to an infant who stopped breathing after an ICE agent detonated a flashbang in their car)
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
January 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
(father giving CPR to an infant who stopped breathing after an ICE agent detonated a flashbang in their car)
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
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It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
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They won't actually invoke the insurrection act. They know it would go badly. All of this flailing around is weakness. We will win.
NEW: As the chaotic scenes from Minnesota play out around the clock, Axios has learned that some Trump advisers quietly are talking about "recalibrating" the White House's approach.
Trump's team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling.
Trump's team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling.
Trump's immigration erosion worries his team
Some Trump advisers quietly are talking about "recalibrating" the White House's approach — though it's unclear what changes Trump would embrace, if any.
www.axios.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
They won't actually invoke the insurrection act. They know it would go badly. All of this flailing around is weakness. We will win.
Listen up: solidarity over hopelessness.
We need to choose now. I know which one I pick.
We need to choose now. I know which one I pick.
OMG, you have no idea how important that message is to us here. We don’t need hopelessness as we navigate the fact that kids from my son’s class are missing because their parents were stolen.
What we need is solidarity, and my thanks to you for all you’ve done to make that happen.
What we need is solidarity, and my thanks to you for all you’ve done to make that happen.
January 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Listen up: solidarity over hopelessness.
We need to choose now. I know which one I pick.
We need to choose now. I know which one I pick.
One thing I've been thinking about this week is the flat-out public addiction to the adrenaline and cortisol spike of bad news.
Watching the non-stop circulation of the recent (unreliable) story of the guy claiming Clarence Thomas, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, and Trump were killing people with Epstein=
Watching the non-stop circulation of the recent (unreliable) story of the guy claiming Clarence Thomas, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, and Trump were killing people with Epstein=
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
One thing I've been thinking about this week is the flat-out public addiction to the adrenaline and cortisol spike of bad news.
Watching the non-stop circulation of the recent (unreliable) story of the guy claiming Clarence Thomas, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, and Trump were killing people with Epstein=
Watching the non-stop circulation of the recent (unreliable) story of the guy claiming Clarence Thomas, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, and Trump were killing people with Epstein=
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I would like to underscore this part: "People are in the streets in greater numbers than the first Trump term." Elite pundits and opinion are extremely resistant to this fact and it has trickled down to regular people. But it is demonstrably TRUE. Ask why they are so resistant? Who does it serve?
People are in the streets in greater numbers than the first Trump term and party ID is shifting more significantly, and yet the Democratic Party has been considerably more accommodationist
New party identification polling from Gallup this week shows Americans are moving against Trump faster than they did in his first term. Adults were R+4 in 2024, now D+8. That 12-pt drop is 3x the change in the first year of his first term.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
January 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I would like to underscore this part: "People are in the streets in greater numbers than the first Trump term." Elite pundits and opinion are extremely resistant to this fact and it has trickled down to regular people. But it is demonstrably TRUE. Ask why they are so resistant? Who does it serve?
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the people who got everyone here including the tv lawyers, pathetic pundits & consultants, and feckless elected officials are the sources of "don't take the bait." So maybe don't listen to them about anything.
January 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
the people who got everyone here including the tv lawyers, pathetic pundits & consultants, and feckless elected officials are the sources of "don't take the bait." So maybe don't listen to them about anything.
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I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS
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Imagine standing on a freezing corner in broad daylight in a high visibility vest while paramilitary goons cruise by you in droves. It's terrifying. We're alone out there. SPPD officers passed me yesterday- refused to make eye contact.
I have a colleague telling me he and his neighbors have had to form volunteer patrol squads to protect children as they go to and from school with zero assistance from anyone in authority?
Surely there's options between all out war with the federal government and "play nice out there!"
Surely there's options between all out war with the federal government and "play nice out there!"
January 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Imagine standing on a freezing corner in broad daylight in a high visibility vest while paramilitary goons cruise by you in droves. It's terrifying. We're alone out there. SPPD officers passed me yesterday- refused to make eye contact.
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Speedrunning toward the absolute worst of Jim Crow.
This video shows ICE holding children hostage to bait parents out of their homes.
Just unspeakable levels of cruelty and inhumanity.
Just unspeakable levels of cruelty and inhumanity.
January 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Speedrunning toward the absolute worst of Jim Crow.
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They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Abolish ICE
This video shows ICE holding children hostage to bait parents out of their homes.
Just unspeakable levels of cruelty and inhumanity.
Just unspeakable levels of cruelty and inhumanity.
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Abolish ICE
I didn't think this story could get worse. I was wrong.
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I didn't think this story could get worse. I was wrong.
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“Now is the time”: Minnesota calls for general strike on January 23 to drive ICE out
Faith groups, labor unions, community organizations, businesses, and more have come together to mobilize millions to withdraw from the economy on the day of action.
peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/n...
Faith groups, labor unions, community organizations, businesses, and more have come together to mobilize millions to withdraw from the economy on the day of action.
peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/n...
“Now is the time”: Minnesota calls for general strike on January 23 to drive ICE out : Peoples Dispatch
Faith groups, labor unions, community organizations, businesses, and more have come together to mobilize millions to withdraw from the economy on the day of action.
peoplesdispatch.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“Now is the time”: Minnesota calls for general strike on January 23 to drive ICE out
Faith groups, labor unions, community organizations, businesses, and more have come together to mobilize millions to withdraw from the economy on the day of action.
peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/n...
Faith groups, labor unions, community organizations, businesses, and more have come together to mobilize millions to withdraw from the economy on the day of action.
peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/n...
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This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
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Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
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“One of the bombs rolled under our truck, and within seconds our truck lifted up off the ground, and the airbags deployed, the car doors locked themselves, and the car began to fill with the powerful tear gas. We fought hard to get the doors open and get all of the kids out. Bystanders had to help.”
Infant needs CPR after feds unleash flash-bangs on family van with 6 kids inside
The father of three children who were hospitalized in Minneapolis on Wednesday night accused federal agents of launching flash-bang munitions and tear gas into their family van after they were caught ...
www.rawstory.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:46 AM
“One of the bombs rolled under our truck, and within seconds our truck lifted up off the ground, and the airbags deployed, the car doors locked themselves, and the car began to fill with the powerful tear gas. We fought hard to get the doors open and get all of the kids out. Bystanders had to help.”
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Have had the unfortunate experience of watching broadcast all day. Insanity inducing to watch the coverage of last night ("they threw water bottles!").
Heavily armed men attacked an entire neighborhood. People only smashed cars *after* feds had left the area and poisoned blocks of family homes.
Heavily armed men attacked an entire neighborhood. People only smashed cars *after* feds had left the area and poisoned blocks of family homes.
January 16, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Have had the unfortunate experience of watching broadcast all day. Insanity inducing to watch the coverage of last night ("they threw water bottles!").
Heavily armed men attacked an entire neighborhood. People only smashed cars *after* feds had left the area and poisoned blocks of family homes.
Heavily armed men attacked an entire neighborhood. People only smashed cars *after* feds had left the area and poisoned blocks of family homes.
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it just doesn't seem to me like you can make a lot of hay out of vulgarity when the "exculpatory" video you released of your guy murdering someone has him on tape calling her a "fucking bitch" right afterwards
Leavitt complains that protesters are pointing their middle fingers at ICE vehicles
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 AM
it just doesn't seem to me like you can make a lot of hay out of vulgarity when the "exculpatory" video you released of your guy murdering someone has him on tape calling her a "fucking bitch" right afterwards
HARD SAME. I have such disgust for him. There’s a moral rot at his core and it is on full display.
i think gavin newsom fucking sucks and if you ever try to guilt me into voting for him i’ll scream
very cool!
January 16, 2026 at 10:16 AM
HARD SAME. I have such disgust for him. There’s a moral rot at his core and it is on full display.
Yup.
If I were a Democrat who wanted to run in 2028 and had even a shred of moral clarity and understanding of where we are at this time in history I'd be salivating at the prospect of running against the podcasting governor who's hosting ben shapiro in the year 2026
very cool!
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Yup.
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I mean I *knew* that the whole plan was for Machado to go to the White House and physically give Trump her Nobel Prize and yet I still feel like I’m disassociating that it happened.
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 AM
I mean I *knew* that the whole plan was for Machado to go to the White House and physically give Trump her Nobel Prize and yet I still feel like I’m disassociating that it happened.