@pam-porter.bsky.social
Tree hugging democracy champion (and now dedicated dissident). Pie baker. Adult piano student. Gay married. Everything is better with dogs.
Giant crowd of patriots who love America and are fighting for her here in Madison, WI.
October 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Giant crowd of patriots who love America and are fighting for her here in Madison, WI.
“These district court rulings are less judicial outcomes than distress signals. Every one of these rulings faces appeal to a Supreme Court that has already chosen power over principle. District courts can delay, but the Supreme Court can decide.“
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The 96% Rebellion: District Courts Mount Historic Resistance, But the Supreme Court Looms
GOP-appointed judges join an unprecedented judicial pushback against executive overreach. The data is stunning—but will it matter when cases reach higher courts?
open.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“These district court rulings are less judicial outcomes than distress signals. Every one of these rulings faces appeal to a Supreme Court that has already chosen power over principle. District courts can delay, but the Supreme Court can decide.“
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
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Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
May 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
Hello Senators?? More wreckage coming means much more fight back needed from coequal branch of power @baldwin.senate.gov and ronjohnsonwi.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Pauses Trump Plans for Mass Layoffs
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hello Senators?? More wreckage coming means much more fight back needed from coequal branch of power @baldwin.senate.gov and ronjohnsonwi.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
“This budget sets the stage for the largest deficit increase in history – an unprecedented bill that requires just $4 billion in savings to offset up to $5.8 trillion in deficits. What an absolute disgrace.”
www.crfb.org/press-releas...
www.crfb.org/press-releas...
CRFB Reaction to Budget Resolution Adoption | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
The House of Representatives just voted to adopt the Senate-amended Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 concurrent budget resolution, making it a concurrent resolution that unlocks fast-track reconciliation
www.crfb.org
April 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“This budget sets the stage for the largest deficit increase in history – an unprecedented bill that requires just $4 billion in savings to offset up to $5.8 trillion in deficits. What an absolute disgrace.”
www.crfb.org/press-releas...
www.crfb.org/press-releas...
April 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
God bless @booker.senate.gov Booker. Thank you for your patriotism, passion, civility and moral conviction.
April 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
God bless @booker.senate.gov Booker. Thank you for your patriotism, passion, civility and moral conviction.
Defiance can be beautiful.
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www.thehandbasket.co/p/guster-fin...
EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest
Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Defiance can be beautiful.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/guster-fin...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/guster-fin...
Glad Dems are now finally saying Musk paying voters is actually a felony. @wisdems.bsky.social
Elon Musk has committed a blatant felony by offering money for votes in order to help Brad Schimel. This is a chainsaw attack on democracy and the rule of law. Musk should be brought to justice immediately. 🧵
March 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Glad Dems are now finally saying Musk paying voters is actually a felony. @wisdems.bsky.social
Finally. But can’t Elon Musk just be arrested for breaking WI law?
BREAKING: a bipartisan mostly conservative coalition is demanding a criminal investigation of the Musk election related lottery in WI
Here’s our letter to the authorities 👇 & here’s an AP article with more: statedemocracydefenders.org/wp-content/u...
Here’s our letter to the authorities 👇 & here’s an AP article with more: statedemocracydefenders.org/wp-content/u...
Wisconsin attorney general sues Elon Musk to block $1 million payment offers
Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general has asked a court to block billionaire Elon Musk from handing out $1 million checks to voters this weekend.
apnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Finally. But can’t Elon Musk just be arrested for breaking WI law?
“This is an extraordinary moment and it requires extraordinary vision and actions. We must stop viewing political life through the lens of American politics as we have known it, and adopt the viewpoint of dissident movements in autocratic states.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
www.thebulwark.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“This is an extraordinary moment and it requires extraordinary vision and actions. We must stop viewing political life through the lens of American politics as we have known it, and adopt the viewpoint of dissident movements in autocratic states.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...
“But I also think we desperately need a more hopeful and unifying moral vision that taps into our deepest civic and religious values…moral visions have the power to tell a deeper story and tap into something greater…“
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
I Underestimated the Religious Right
And other realizations after writing a book about faith and democracy.
sojo.net
March 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“But I also think we desperately need a more hopeful and unifying moral vision that taps into our deepest civic and religious values…moral visions have the power to tell a deeper story and tap into something greater…“
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
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Today would be a great day for Rep. Derrick Van Orden to RSVP he will attend a community organized open public town hall in his district in Viroqua tomorrow, March 18th.
I’m attending.
Hoping he won’t be hiding in his basement playing war video games.
I’m attending.
Hoping he won’t be hiding in his basement playing war video games.
March 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today would be a great day for Rep. Derrick Van Orden to RSVP he will attend a community organized open public town hall in his district in Viroqua tomorrow, March 18th.
I’m attending.
Hoping he won’t be hiding in his basement playing war video games.
I’m attending.
Hoping he won’t be hiding in his basement playing war video games.
Beautiful message! Grateful to be represented in Congress by Mark Pocan, a terrific leader and progressive superstar @pocan.house.gov
As Co-Chair of the Equality Caucus, I’d like to take a moment to speak directly to the LGBTQI+ community. @Equality.House.Gov.
March 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Beautiful message! Grateful to be represented in Congress by Mark Pocan, a terrific leader and progressive superstar @pocan.house.gov
Time for moral courage and fierce opposition. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Time for moral courage and fierce opposition. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
@baldwin.senate.gov
@johnson.senate.gov
@johnson.senate.gov
March 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@baldwin.senate.gov
@johnson.senate.gov
@johnson.senate.gov
Letter published in journal Science calling fir immeduate and urgent action. substack.com/@sarscov2cov...
SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) on Substack
BREAKING: Experts Warn World Must Prepare Now for Potential H5N1 Flu Pandemic.
https://cepi.net/world-should-prepare-now-potential-h5n1-flu-pandemic-experts-warn
substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Letter published in journal Science calling fir immeduate and urgent action. substack.com/@sarscov2cov...
@pocan.house.gov I’m grateful for your leadership in Congress! Let’s have monthly town halls!
March 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@pocan.house.gov I’m grateful for your leadership in Congress! Let’s have monthly town halls!
No. Elon Musk should not be running DOGE. And he certainly shouldn’t be getting a FAA contract. It’s an obscene conflict of interest. www.theverge.com/news/620777/...
Starlink poised to take over $2.4 billion contract to overhaul air traffic control communication
Cronyism, anyone?
www.theverge.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
No. Elon Musk should not be running DOGE. And he certainly shouldn’t be getting a FAA contract. It’s an obscene conflict of interest. www.theverge.com/news/620777/...
Frim Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse. “Yosemite National Park employees put out an upside-down American flag, a symbol of distress, on El Capitan.”
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The Week Ahead
February 23, 2025
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February 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Frim Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse. “Yosemite National Park employees put out an upside-down American flag, a symbol of distress, on El Capitan.”
substack.com/redirect/769...
substack.com/redirect/769...
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🚨ATTENTION! 🚨If you or someone you know is on Medicaid, you might want to tune into my press conference. STARTING SOON 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
www.youtube.com/live/JRsKg5p...
www.youtube.com/live/JRsKg5p...
Baldwin Leads Press Conference to Stop Cuts to Medicaid
YouTube video by Senator Tammy Baldwin
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚨ATTENTION! 🚨If you or someone you know is on Medicaid, you might want to tune into my press conference. STARTING SOON 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
www.youtube.com/live/JRsKg5p...
www.youtube.com/live/JRsKg5p...
Proud citizens protesting in Panama City, Fl
February 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Proud citizens protesting in Panama City, Fl
Some inspiration on courageous opposition. www.themarginalian.org/2025/02/06/v...
The Stubborn Art of Turning Suffering into Strength: Václav Havel’s Extraordinary Letters from Prison
“I have got to make everything that has happened to me good for me,” Oscar Wilde wrote from prison. “There is not a single degradation of the body which I must not try and make in…
www.themarginalian.org
February 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Some inspiration on courageous opposition. www.themarginalian.org/2025/02/06/v...