Steve Semick
@newarsenalofdemocracy.org
NewArsenalOfDemocracy.org
I love We the People. I hate fascism.
You with me? You and me, LFG!
The New Minutemen We resist econo.
Aspiring Happy Warrior.
Non-violent protest for the win
(he/him)
I love We the People. I hate fascism.
You with me? You and me, LFG!
The New Minutemen We resist econo.
Aspiring Happy Warrior.
Non-violent protest for the win
(he/him)
For everyone in the South Shore MA or Cape Cod areas (or anyone who wants to travel):
The next planned large stand out in front of Plymouth County Correctional Facility to demand that Sheriff McDonald end the Services Agreement with ICE to house detainees is December 13, 2025 from 2pm to 3:30pm.
The next planned large stand out in front of Plymouth County Correctional Facility to demand that Sheriff McDonald end the Services Agreement with ICE to house detainees is December 13, 2025 from 2pm to 3:30pm.
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
For everyone in the South Shore MA or Cape Cod areas (or anyone who wants to travel):
The next planned large stand out in front of Plymouth County Correctional Facility to demand that Sheriff McDonald end the Services Agreement with ICE to house detainees is December 13, 2025 from 2pm to 3:30pm.
The next planned large stand out in front of Plymouth County Correctional Facility to demand that Sheriff McDonald end the Services Agreement with ICE to house detainees is December 13, 2025 from 2pm to 3:30pm.
As Kathryn Monet said, we must do right by veterans and their families—many of whom rely on SNAP and the ACA to get by. Supporting them isn’t charity; it’s a promise this nation is morally bound to keep. It’s time to deliver on it. Happy Veterans Day!
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As Kathryn Monet said, we must do right by veterans and their families—many of whom rely on SNAP and the ACA to get by. Supporting them isn’t charity; it’s a promise this nation is morally bound to keep. It’s time to deliver on it. Happy Veterans Day!
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Corporate layoffs are exploding with over 1 million jobs slashed this year. October alone saw 153,000 cuts, the worst since 2003. That’s 100,000 more than last month, and 100,000 more than last year.
Remember this the next time Republicans brag about their “booming economy.”
Remember this the next time Republicans brag about their “booming economy.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Corporate layoffs are exploding with over 1 million jobs slashed this year. October alone saw 153,000 cuts, the worst since 2003. That’s 100,000 more than last month, and 100,000 more than last year.
Remember this the next time Republicans brag about their “booming economy.”
Remember this the next time Republicans brag about their “booming economy.”
The MAGA administration has set a very low number of refugees to be allowed into the US in 2026. And they've made their racial bias clear by prioritizing white Afrikaners over everyone else.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The MAGA administration has set a very low number of refugees to be allowed into the US in 2026. And they've made their racial bias clear by prioritizing white Afrikaners over everyone else.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Speaker of thr House Johnson is showing up in the media, but hr and his GOP colleagues aren't showimg up for work.
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Speaker of thr House Johnson is showing up in the media, but hr and his GOP colleagues aren't showimg up for work.
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
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Are you participating in a nokings.org rally on Saturday, 10/18? Here are some helpful tips to get your messages across in safe, peaceful, and joyous ways.
October 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Are you participating in a nokings.org rally on Saturday, 10/18? Here are some helpful tips to get your messages across in safe, peaceful, and joyous ways.
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This is a good read, w great tips on how to stay grounded & confident in our purpose & journey as we come together to exercise our First Amendment right this Saturday (& beyond).
(Join us Sat Oct 18 as we send a LOUD message: there are #NoKings in America.
Find an event near you: nokings.org )
(Join us Sat Oct 18 as we send a LOUD message: there are #NoKings in America.
Find an event near you: nokings.org )
No Kings Field Kit: Staying Human Under Occupation (October, 2025)
They want fear to keep you home—or make you so reactive you play into their hands. This field kit helps you choose your stance, pace yourself, and refuse to let occupation break you.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is a good read, w great tips on how to stay grounded & confident in our purpose & journey as we come together to exercise our First Amendment right this Saturday (& beyond).
(Join us Sat Oct 18 as we send a LOUD message: there are #NoKings in America.
Find an event near you: nokings.org )
(Join us Sat Oct 18 as we send a LOUD message: there are #NoKings in America.
Find an event near you: nokings.org )
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Project 2025 was the plan all along
The fever dream of Stephen Miller
Fire as many government employees as possible
Roll back regulations so billionaires can exploit ALL of our resources-including US workers
End anything that promotes equity
Destroy the rule of law
Burn down American democracy
The fever dream of Stephen Miller
Fire as many government employees as possible
Roll back regulations so billionaires can exploit ALL of our resources-including US workers
End anything that promotes equity
Destroy the rule of law
Burn down American democracy
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Project 2025 was the plan all along
The fever dream of Stephen Miller
Fire as many government employees as possible
Roll back regulations so billionaires can exploit ALL of our resources-including US workers
End anything that promotes equity
Destroy the rule of law
Burn down American democracy
The fever dream of Stephen Miller
Fire as many government employees as possible
Roll back regulations so billionaires can exploit ALL of our resources-including US workers
End anything that promotes equity
Destroy the rule of law
Burn down American democracy
Pennsylvania: a critical Supreme Court retention election is on the ballot in Nov. GOP billionaires want to flip the court & gut worker rights, abortion rights, & voter access. Most voters don’t even know it’s happening: spread the word! #PACourtsMatter social.demcast.com/s/2la6xwcI
Sign up to phone bank & GOTV🗳️
social.demcast.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Pennsylvania: a critical Supreme Court retention election is on the ballot in Nov. GOP billionaires want to flip the court & gut worker rights, abortion rights, & voter access. Most voters don’t even know it’s happening: spread the word! #PACourtsMatter social.demcast.com/s/2la6xwcI
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🎧 Don’t Let Them Lie to You!
The GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House, and the lives & livelihoods of 15M people are on the line!
If the government shuts down, it's because THEY chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget that serves the American people.
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
The GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House, and the lives & livelihoods of 15M people are on the line!
If the government shuts down, it's because THEY chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget that serves the American people.
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
September 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎧 Don’t Let Them Lie to You!
The GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House, and the lives & livelihoods of 15M people are on the line!
If the government shuts down, it's because THEY chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget that serves the American people.
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
The GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House, and the lives & livelihoods of 15M people are on the line!
If the government shuts down, it's because THEY chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget that serves the American people.
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
The White House is weaponizing a shutdown to hollow out federal agencies gutting services Americans rely on. This crisis is due to Trump’s refusal to negotiate.
A MAGA plan to exploit a crisis they create
With the funding deadline days away, Americans will pay the price
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
A MAGA plan to exploit a crisis they create
With the funding deadline days away, Americans will pay the price
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The White House is weaponizing a shutdown to hollow out federal agencies gutting services Americans rely on. This crisis is due to Trump’s refusal to negotiate.
A MAGA plan to exploit a crisis they create
With the funding deadline days away, Americans will pay the price
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
A MAGA plan to exploit a crisis they create
With the funding deadline days away, Americans will pay the price
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
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The perversity of Stephen Miller channeling Joseph Goebbels cannot be overstated. The descendant of Jewish refugees from Belarus mimicking the words and attitudes of the chief propagandist of Nazi Germany is sickening.
Do not turn away. Remember this. Stand up against this.
Do not turn away. Remember this. Stand up against this.
September 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The perversity of Stephen Miller channeling Joseph Goebbels cannot be overstated. The descendant of Jewish refugees from Belarus mimicking the words and attitudes of the chief propagandist of Nazi Germany is sickening.
Do not turn away. Remember this. Stand up against this.
Do not turn away. Remember this. Stand up against this.
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This woman went to three grocery stores and found produce sections either bare or rotting. That’s #Trumpflation. Trump’s war on immigrants and careless financial policies make him richer while families struggle with higher prices and empty shelves. Seems fair?
September 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This woman went to three grocery stores and found produce sections either bare or rotting. That’s #Trumpflation. Trump’s war on immigrants and careless financial policies make him richer while families struggle with higher prices and empty shelves. Seems fair?
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With the de minimis exemption gone, everything now comes with surprise duties, broker fees, and shipping surcharges.
That hidden tax shows up at checkout and in grocery prices too.
Tariffs pile up, prices soar to outrageous levels. #Trumpflation social.demcast.com/s/TCcAlRJb
That hidden tax shows up at checkout and in grocery prices too.
Tariffs pile up, prices soar to outrageous levels. #Trumpflation social.demcast.com/s/TCcAlRJb
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
With the de minimis exemption gone, everything now comes with surprise duties, broker fees, and shipping surcharges.
That hidden tax shows up at checkout and in grocery prices too.
Tariffs pile up, prices soar to outrageous levels. #Trumpflation social.demcast.com/s/TCcAlRJb
That hidden tax shows up at checkout and in grocery prices too.
Tariffs pile up, prices soar to outrageous levels. #Trumpflation social.demcast.com/s/TCcAlRJb
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The rich keep getting richer while the minimum wage stays stuck. Thanks to inflation, that $7.25 from 2012 in the US barely buys a bag of chips today. #Trumpflation
September 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The rich keep getting richer while the minimum wage stays stuck. Thanks to inflation, that $7.25 from 2012 in the US barely buys a bag of chips today. #Trumpflation
The League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area (MA) are holding a panel discussion on immigration detention in the commonwealth this evening (Mon. Sept 8) at 7pm at Plymouth Town Hall.
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The League of Women Voters of the Plymouth Area (MA) are holding a panel discussion on immigration detention in the commonwealth this evening (Mon. Sept 8) at 7pm at Plymouth Town Hall.
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At a Missouri town hall, farmer Fred Higginbotham said what millions are thinking: enough of GOP politicians bowing to Trump while working people lose farms, health care, & futures.
Farmers aren’t mincing words anymore: this is rebellion from the ground up.
And we are here for it. Stay angry!
Farmers aren’t mincing words anymore: this is rebellion from the ground up.
And we are here for it. Stay angry!
August 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
At a Missouri town hall, farmer Fred Higginbotham said what millions are thinking: enough of GOP politicians bowing to Trump while working people lose farms, health care, & futures.
Farmers aren’t mincing words anymore: this is rebellion from the ground up.
And we are here for it. Stay angry!
Farmers aren’t mincing words anymore: this is rebellion from the ground up.
And we are here for it. Stay angry!
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🤬 this is why he’s trying to normalizing federal troops in blue state cities. 🤯
August 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🤬 this is why he’s trying to normalizing federal troops in blue state cities. 🤯
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Ryan Walters’ PragerU “woke” spot tests are a purge, not education. Teachers are fleeing, programs closing, kids stuck with emergency hires—and Walters, mired in scandals, won’t fix it. Oklahoma is dead last in education.
Sellers nailed it: “Why not focus on being #45 instead of #50?”
Sellers nailed it: “Why not focus on being #45 instead of #50?”
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Ryan Walters’ PragerU “woke” spot tests are a purge, not education. Teachers are fleeing, programs closing, kids stuck with emergency hires—and Walters, mired in scandals, won’t fix it. Oklahoma is dead last in education.
Sellers nailed it: “Why not focus on being #45 instead of #50?”
Sellers nailed it: “Why not focus on being #45 instead of #50?”
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State Rep. Collier is showing us what it means to resist authoritarian overreach, refusing to "sign away [her] dignity."
@thejenniwren.teamlh.social walks us through Collier's stand at the TX State Capital and shares a timely Call to Action. #WeveHadEnough
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/weve-had-e...
@thejenniwren.teamlh.social walks us through Collier's stand at the TX State Capital and shares a timely Call to Action. #WeveHadEnough
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/weve-had-e...
“We’ve Had Enough”
Nicole Collier’s Revolt Against GOP Control
www.digitaldrumbeat.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
State Rep. Collier is showing us what it means to resist authoritarian overreach, refusing to "sign away [her] dignity."
@thejenniwren.teamlh.social walks us through Collier's stand at the TX State Capital and shares a timely Call to Action. #WeveHadEnough
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/weve-had-e...
@thejenniwren.teamlh.social walks us through Collier's stand at the TX State Capital and shares a timely Call to Action. #WeveHadEnough
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/weve-had-e...
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DC residents are frozen out while Trump and Bondi control every aspect of law enforcement. The DEA chief runs the police, local leaders are sidelined, National Guard deployed, Congress ignored. The city is no longer self-governing.
This is federal overreach and attempted soft coup. 😡
This is federal overreach and attempted soft coup. 😡
🧵1/2
Last night Pam Bondi told DC Police Chief Pamela Smith to turn over control of MPD to a federal administrator.
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb swiftly told Smith that this order is unlawful, & she doesn't have to follow it. It’s EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for Chief Smith to refuse this order.
Last night Pam Bondi told DC Police Chief Pamela Smith to turn over control of MPD to a federal administrator.
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb swiftly told Smith that this order is unlawful, & she doesn't have to follow it. It’s EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for Chief Smith to refuse this order.
August 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
DC residents are frozen out while Trump and Bondi control every aspect of law enforcement. The DEA chief runs the police, local leaders are sidelined, National Guard deployed, Congress ignored. The city is no longer self-governing.
This is federal overreach and attempted soft coup. 😡
This is federal overreach and attempted soft coup. 😡
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Soliman faces torture or worse in Egypt.
Save this brave chaplain and former independent journalist.
“If the U.S. can revoke asylum years later on dubious grounds, every refugee lives at the mercy of political whims.”
open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
Save this brave chaplain and former independent journalist.
“If the U.S. can revoke asylum years later on dubious grounds, every refugee lives at the mercy of political whims.”
open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
Ayman Soliman's Deportation is a Death Sentence
In an Ohio courtroom, a beloved chaplain’s life hangs in the balance, exposing the cruelty and collapse of U.S. asylum protections.
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Soliman faces torture or worse in Egypt.
Save this brave chaplain and former independent journalist.
“If the U.S. can revoke asylum years later on dubious grounds, every refugee lives at the mercy of political whims.”
open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
Save this brave chaplain and former independent journalist.
“If the U.S. can revoke asylum years later on dubious grounds, every refugee lives at the mercy of political whims.”
open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
Here's a montage of Trump talking about cutting Social Security and Medicare.
It would be a shame if everybody shared this on Social Security's 90th birthday, today!
#HandsOffOurSocialSecurity
It would be a shame if everybody shared this on Social Security's 90th birthday, today!
#HandsOffOurSocialSecurity
August 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Here's a montage of Trump talking about cutting Social Security and Medicare.
It would be a shame if everybody shared this on Social Security's 90th birthday, today!
#HandsOffOurSocialSecurity
It would be a shame if everybody shared this on Social Security's 90th birthday, today!
#HandsOffOurSocialSecurity
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D.C.’s violent crime is at a 30-year low. The population is diverse: 45% Black, 40% white, 11% Hispanic.
Trump’s response? Send troops and spread lies to distract from Epstein’s mess.
Classic authoritarian gaslighting.
#Epstein #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Trump’s response? Send troops and spread lies to distract from Epstein’s mess.
Classic authoritarian gaslighting.
#Epstein #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
August 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
D.C.’s violent crime is at a 30-year low. The population is diverse: 45% Black, 40% white, 11% Hispanic.
Trump’s response? Send troops and spread lies to distract from Epstein’s mess.
Classic authoritarian gaslighting.
#Epstein #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Trump’s response? Send troops and spread lies to distract from Epstein’s mess.
Classic authoritarian gaslighting.
#Epstein #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
The Guardian does well with this headline:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
POTUS's next authoritarian escalation, coupled with another attack on vulnerable folks, is bad in and of itself, but also meant to be a distraction from declining popularity because of his incompetence and Epstein
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
POTUS's next authoritarian escalation, coupled with another attack on vulnerable folks, is bad in and of itself, but also meant to be a distraction from declining popularity because of his incompetence and Epstein
Trump orders homeless he passed en route to golf course to leave Washington DC
President demands unhoused residents leave US capital or face eviction and vowed to use officers to make arrests
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Guardian does well with this headline:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
POTUS's next authoritarian escalation, coupled with another attack on vulnerable folks, is bad in and of itself, but also meant to be a distraction from declining popularity because of his incompetence and Epstein
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
POTUS's next authoritarian escalation, coupled with another attack on vulnerable folks, is bad in and of itself, but also meant to be a distraction from declining popularity because of his incompetence and Epstein