Cecilia Muñoz
@ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
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Serial policy nerd: led President Obama's Domestic Policy Council after 20 years at Unidos US; now growing new NGOs. On way too many boards. Author: More Than Ready.
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ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
Civic Nation is an impact hub for the ideas, leaders, and initiatives we need to strengthen our civic culture, power, and participation. I’m so proud of their five-year strategic plan: @CivicNation 2030 — we all have to meet this moment.

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Civic Nation 2030: Five-Year Strategic Plan
We are an impact hub for ideas, leaders, and initiatives that strengthen civic culture, power, and participation. Together, we can build a more Civic Nation.
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alondra.bsky.social
"The best defense against this weapon is solidarity among groups who disagree ferociously on many questions, but who agree on the need to keep America democratic and rebuild institutions and social connections to make democracy more robust."
himself.bsky.social
"It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.
www.nytimes.com
ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
It's #LatinaEqualPay day today. On average, we earn 54 cents for every dollar earned by a non-Hispanic white man. And we're under attack in all kinds of other ways - some of us fear leaving our homes, some carry passports just to go about our business in our own country. America relies on our work.
Drawing of a brown-skinned woman with her brown hair in a bun, carrying a megaphone that says (in Spanish) "10 Years Fighting."   There is a banner surrounded by flowers below her that says (in English) "...And you still owe us."
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raders.bsky.social
The @newyorker.com daily cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson.
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akalhan.bsky.social
"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
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citizencohn.bsky.social
Every time you hear Trump, Vance or a GOP leader talk about “illegal aliens” getting health care, remember they are trying desperately to dodge blame for an insurance premium jump about to hit 20M+ Americans

Also they are lying www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
The Republican Shutdown Argument is a Giant Lie
No, Democrats aren’t trying to fund health care for “illegal aliens.”
www.thebulwark.com
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ianbassin.bsky.social
Former federal and state judges warned that the “rights and liberties of every American are in grave danger today," as Trump "corruptly abuses the power of his office by directing DOJ and the FBI to target his critics ... for investigation and criminal prosecution.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
James Comey case jeopardizes Americans' free speech rights, retired judges warn
A group of retired judges said Trump "continues to corruptly abuse the power of his office" by directing the Justice Department to target "his critics and his perceived political enemies."
www.nbcnews.com
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jaredmcclain.bsky.social
NEW CASE: We just sued DHS to stop the immigration raids on construction sites.

Our client, Leo García Venegas, has been arrested twice just for working in construction while Latino—despite being a US citizen with a Real ID.

Here’s a short video explaining the case:

youtu.be/rYSfX9Wxs3M
Innocent CITIZEN Arrested TWICE by ICE
YouTube video by Institute for Justice
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.

He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
PARTIES3. Plaintiff José Escobar Molina is a 47-year-old man who has lived in D.C. for 25 years. He has maintained valid Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for El Salvador since 2001. On August 21, 2025, Mr. Escobar Molina was walking from his apartment building in Northwest D.C.to his work truck, about to start his workday, when two cars pulled up next to him. As he was about to get into his truck, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents exited the cars and—without conducting any inquiry—seized Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbing him by the arms and legs and immediately handcuffing him. The agents arrested him without a warrant and without asking for his name, his identification, or anything about his immigration status. The agents also did not ask him where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community prior to arresting him. After ICE detained Mr. Escobar Molina overnight at its processing center in Chantilly, Virginia, the next day an ICE supervisor finally realized that he had valid TPS, which statutorily prohibits ICE from detaining him, and released him. Due tohis Latino ethnicity, Mr. Escobar Molina fears being arrested and detained again while going about his daily life in D.C.
ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
Every governor and Congressmember who supports this administration should have to explain to the largest minority in the country why they think it's ok that we are constantly under attack by our own government. Many of us carry passports now in the hope of safety.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
www.nytimes.com
ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
Please understand that the reason for holding a Passport Fair is not so much because Rep. Castro's constituents are planning foreign travel.
It's because they need to prove that they belong in their own country.
It's because they're in danger if they don't carry a passport.
joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
SAVE THE DAY: My office is hosting a Passport Fair on Saturday, October 11th from 7AM to 3PM at the San Antonio Food Bank.

To reserve your spot, please call my district office at (210) 348-8216.
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britannica.com
Harriet Tubman was born while John Adams was alive and died when Ronald Reagan was alive.

Adams: 1735-1826
Tubman: 1822-1913
Reagan: 1911-2004

When Adams was born, Hydrogen had yet to be identified.

When Ronald died, he could’ve been listening to Hoobastank.
ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
President Obama’s remarks in Erie PA:
“And there are no ifs, ands or buts about it, the central premise of our democratic system is that we have to be able to disagree and have sometimes really contentious debates without resort to violence.”

Lots more well worth the read
medium.com/@barackobama...
My Conversation at the Jefferson Educational Society
Full remarks from the conversation between President Barack Obama and Steve Scully on Tuesday, September 16 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
medium.com
ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
Foundation Presidents speak out on political
violence and the fundamental freedom of speech: “We reject attempts to exploit political violence to mischaracterize our good work or restrict our fundamental freedoms, like freedom of speech and the freedom to give.”
medium.com/@uniteinadva...
Statement on the Fundamental Freedom of Speech
“Acts of political violence — from the recent murder of Charlie Kirk to the murder of Speaker Emeritus Melissa Hortman of Minnesota — have…
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ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."

Sonia Sotomayor
Official portrait of Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor in her judicial robe
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arneduncan.bsky.social
We are no where near where we want to be yet here in Chicago, in terms of reducing violence and making our city safer.
But, we also just completed our safest summer in 60 years- hugely important progress!

What is different?
We are starting to scale CVI across our city.
@chicagocred.bsky.social
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protectdemocracy.org
There is no question we are being tested but moments of seeming hopelessness can be the prelude to a breakthrough.
@ianbassin.bsky.social offers a framework for how to situate ourselves and endure in defense of our democracy. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-hard-w...
The hard-won hope of the long defeat
A mindset for a dark time
By Ian Bassin
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csfrayer.bsky.social
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
ceciliamunoz.bsky.social
I usually feel a sense of hope and new beginnings this time of year, because school starts this week. But the national guard in DC is newly armed, and I mostly feel a sense of foreboding.
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ianbassin.bsky.social
If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, he’d likely:

1. Purge govt of non loyalists
2. Weaponize law against opponents
3. Use military to police opposition strongholds
4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel
5. Change election rules in his favor.
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protectdemocracy.org
State and local leaders can stop President Trump’s militarized intimidation tactic from expanding into more communities — but they need to hear from you. Here are 5 ways to start. Read and share: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-to-stop-trumps-national-guard
How to stop Trump’s National Guard weaponization
State and local leaders hold the keys
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protectdemocracy.org
Every settlement dollar paid to Trump — Harvard, ABC News, Paramount etc— greenlights the next round of terms. By paying a political ransom, America's elite institutions are funding the authoritarian operation. Here’s how to stop it. https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/trumps-ransomware-model
Trump's ransomware model
How elite institutions are funding the next attack
www.ifyoucankeepit.org