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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · 23d

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There are moments in history when nations are tested—not by war or disaster, but by whether they can remain faithful to their ideals.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
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No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · 24d

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Amy King (@poemz)

Dr. Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025, with the understanding that it would be released only after her death. #drjanegoodall

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Micah / Symphony @enchantedpencil.bsky.social · Jun 24

So I guess I've gone and drawn a political comic!

I didn't like the discussion happening around the recent protest so I wrote a minicomic about it.

There might be more. I have ideas for more.

You can download a printable version for free here: enchantedpencil.itch.io/activism-com...

Title: Watch your language! Keeping morale up in the fight against facism.

Character A: That protest wasn't enough! We need to do more!
B: Stop! This kind of talk actually hurts our cause. I know what you're trying to do. You think if you say:
A: We need to do more than we did!
Group, looking motivated: Ok! Let's do more!
or,
A: That action made a big difference.
Group, walking away: Well, we did it! Everyone go home.

B: People are the most motivated when they can see their actions causing an immediate change and positive effect. And they won't want to repeat actions they think didn't have a big effect.
A simple graph shows a stick figure getting demotivated when the time to reach their result is too long.
So this is the real effect of your words:
A: We need to do more than we did!
Group, concerned: That didn't do anything? Maybe my actions don't really matter...
A: That action made a big difference.
Group, celebrating: Maybe my actions really matter! What should we do next?

The fascists WIN by making us think we are POWERLESS.

It's natural to think that the perfect event, if BIG and STRONG enough, will solve everything overnight.

Panel of a simple illustration of an X-Wing from Star Wars flying away from the exploding Death Star.

But this is a myth. One person alone has a small skillset, a small sphere of influence, and a small impact. The event that finally tips the scale may feel like a special event that finally did something different. But it isn't special.

An illustration of a scale with two piles of sand, the pile of gray sand on the left is larger and tips the scale.

Change WILL come from the sum total of all our small actions added together.

In the next panel the pile of rainbow sand on the right has become larger and tips the scale in the opposite direction.

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · Jun 22

This is a defining moment for the Democratic party. We need to stand against war with Iran. I am sending a Dear Colleague letter tonight asking every House member to sponsor my & Rep. Thomas Massie WPR to stop this war.

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · Jun 22

It’s now or never. Congressional leaders need to find their collective spines NOW!

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Jun 22

I am looking for congressional leaders to come out quickly and forcefully against this. We need unequivocal opposition. We need theatric demonstrations of defiance. We need to see leadership. Trump will steamroll us all if we display weakness. Where are our leaders?

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Jun 22

An act of war weeks in planning but unauthorized by Congress against a country that Trump's own director of intelligence testified under oath was not close to getting a nuclear weapon.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jun 13

It’s not a game, dipshit.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Jun 12

Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · Jun 9

The Republican bill is a disaster—for American families, for the environment, for the average family’s budget, and for our global leadership in clean energy.

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · Jun 9

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Sunday thought

Time for nonviolent civil disobedience

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · Jun 9

Or pirated and kidnapped

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · Jun 9

Diverted? Truly soulless, AP.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jun 9

BREAKING: A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel, Israel's Foreign Ministry says.

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel

Israel’s Foreign Ministry says a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jun 9

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Statement from Democratic Governors on Donald Trump’s Use of California's National Guard - DGA

Statement from Democratic Governors on Donald Trump’s Use of California’s National Guard DGA Chair Governor Laura Kelly, DGA Vice Chair Governor Andy Beshear, Governor Tony Evers, Governor Bob Ferguso...

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · Jun 9

It could have been so very different 😢

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · Jun 8

My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.

A statement from Kamala D. Harris:

Los Angeles is my home. And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city. Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos. In addition to the recent ICE raids in Southern California and across our nation, it is part of the Trump Administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.

This Administration’s actions are not about public safety —they’re about stoking fear. Fear of a community demanding dignity and due process.

Protest is a powerful tool — essential in the fight for justice. And as the LAPD, Mayor, and Governor have noted, demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors have been overwhelmingly peaceful.

I continue to support the millions of Americans who are standing up to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms.

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · Jun 9

We saw it tonight - that’s some fantastic art. What a great festival!

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thinking of Greta Thunberg and the other brave people aboard the relief ship Madleen. And of course the starving kids they’re trying to help
Justice is justice is justice

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · Jun 9

Stand firm, and support others who do the same. Our democracy depends on it. #NoKings #AmericaForEveryone

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Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance | David Kirp

US institutions have been doing Trump’s bidding before he even comes after them. Here’s the counterstrategy

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · May 24

What does it do to us as human beings to know that this is happening and feel powerless to stop it? #gaza #children

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As Gaza's children are bombed and starved, we watch - powerless. What is it doing to us as a society? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

I thought we all believed in a collective responsibility towards children. This terrible conflict has made me question that, says Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · May 24

This weekend
Find a protest near you

Don't just sit there and complain on the internet.
The most important thing we can do today is visible protest.

www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

Indivisible National · Indivisible on Mobilize

We’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 24

“What Vladimir Putin did to Ukraine, that’s an invasion,” Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University, explained. “On the other hand, illegal migration, or drug smuggling, or ordinary crime — that’s not an invasion.”

The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy

The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the…

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · May 24

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What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi

When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · Apr 29

Way to go, @jbpritzker.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov !!!

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April 28, 2025

There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party for a while now as its leaders shift from trying to find common ground with Republicans to standing firmly against MAGAs and articulating their ow...

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suefromstpaul.bsky.social @suefromstpaul.bsky.social · Apr 26

Gather together and BE COURAGEOUS!
#AmericaForEveryone

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 21

It isn't that America lacks courage. It's that we’ve become so cut off from one another that many of us feel alone, which makes us feel afraid.

But when we are surrounded by courageous people, all of us become more courageous.

Courage is contagious.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · Apr 24

No matter where you go in this beautiful country, people tend to want the same basic things out of an American life:

Security. Opportunity. Freedom. I hear it everywhere I go.

And every time I do, I find myself feeling proud of Minnesota.

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