Sam
@wndudhej.bsky.social
I like to go places. I like democracy.
Looked like about 1000 to me in Rockford, IL
April 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Looked like about 1000 to me in Rockford, IL
“Redeem the dream!” Sen. Cory Booker
April 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
“Redeem the dream!” Sen. Cory Booker
Timothy Snyder’s book is an important easy read. But this 8 minute video is an even easier to consume summary.
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Timothy Snyder’s book is an important easy read. But this 8 minute video is an even easier to consume summary.
I generally dislike Ezra Klein, and I haven’t read his new book yet, but I’m intrigued by this abundance idea. I think the PSA guys did a good job of making him talk about the criticisms from the Bernie / AOC folks.
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson on How Democrats Can Build Their Way Back to Power
Podcast Episode · Pod Save America · 03/30/2025 · 56m
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March 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I generally dislike Ezra Klein, and I haven’t read his new book yet, but I’m intrigued by this abundance idea. I think the PSA guys did a good job of making him talk about the criticisms from the Bernie / AOC folks.
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
open.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Jesus
NEW BOMBSHELL REPORTING FROM DER SPIEGEL
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
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March 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Jesus
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Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.
March 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.
@durbin.senate.gov do you have an opinion on the Atlantic story? Perhaps you could take action like I’ve been asking for and get in front of a microphone to call for resignations and investigations?
March 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
@durbin.senate.gov do you have an opinion on the Atlantic story? Perhaps you could take action like I’ve been asking for and get in front of a microphone to call for resignations and investigations?
I think everyone should go test drive a Tesla then email him 5 things he could do this week to improve his cars.
February 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I think everyone should go test drive a Tesla then email him 5 things he could do this week to improve his cars.
If AI takes all the jobs, who will be our customers?
February 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If AI takes all the jobs, who will be our customers?
On another note, I’d like the media to start pinning down Republicans on whether or not they intend to run for President in the open primary in 2028.
February 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
On another note, I’d like the media to start pinning down Republicans on whether or not they intend to run for President in the open primary in 2028.
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Super important. A description of the problem and some strategies and actions that can be started now.
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Super important. A description of the problem and some strategies and actions that can be started now.
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Mexico is Texas' largest trading partner.
Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business.
Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...
Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business.
Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...
Trump’s tariffs loom and even his supporters in Texas are nervous
Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.
www.texastribune.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Mexico is Texas' largest trading partner.
Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business.
Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...
Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business.
Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...
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If you’ve got 16 minutes on this MLK day, here’s one of my favorite of his speeches. “Where do we go from here.” If you don’t have 16 minutes, the last 4 are particularly relevant this year.
“Let us be dissatisfied until…”
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“Let us be dissatisfied until…”
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Martin Luther King - Where Do We Go From Here? (Conclusion)
The concluding 16 minutes of King's speech to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 16th, 1967.
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January 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you’ve got 16 minutes on this MLK day, here’s one of my favorite of his speeches. “Where do we go from here.” If you don’t have 16 minutes, the last 4 are particularly relevant this year.
“Let us be dissatisfied until…”
vimeo.com/mlkspeeches/...
“Let us be dissatisfied until…”
vimeo.com/mlkspeeches/...
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The saddest thing about this list is that most of the things listed as signs of an authoritarian government happened in this country years ago.
Starting Monday January 20th 2025 we will be living in an authoritarian regime
Be prepared
Stay engaged
The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide – Verfassungsblog search.app/gZoSFQkAwKR2...
Be prepared
Stay engaged
The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide – Verfassungsblog search.app/gZoSFQkAwKR2...
The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide
This text was published in social media in January 2017 in a series of improvised, spontaneous tweets, which reached 3 million views within one month. Their common element was their trademark signatur...
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January 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The saddest thing about this list is that most of the things listed as signs of an authoritarian government happened in this country years ago.