Dr. Danielle Lupton
@proflupton.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. Come for the politics, stay for the pop culture and dog photos. She/Her. All views are my own.
www.daniellelupton.com
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7. Register to vote and make a plan. Help your friends and family make one, too.
Be sure you are registered to vote and make an action plan for how you will vote. Even if you registered before, make sure you check that you are still registered.
www.vote411.org/make-your-plan
Be sure you are registered to vote and make an action plan for how you will vote. Even if you registered before, make sure you check that you are still registered.
www.vote411.org/make-your-plan
Make a Voting Plan
www.vote411.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
7. Register to vote and make a plan. Help your friends and family make one, too.
Be sure you are registered to vote and make an action plan for how you will vote. Even if you registered before, make sure you check that you are still registered.
www.vote411.org/make-your-plan
Be sure you are registered to vote and make an action plan for how you will vote. Even if you registered before, make sure you check that you are still registered.
www.vote411.org/make-your-plan
6. Make sure you and your neighbors know your rights.
Information is power. Share it.
immigrantjustice.org/for-immigran...
Information is power. Share it.
immigrantjustice.org/for-immigran...
Know Your Rights: If You Encounter ICE - National Immigrant Justice Center
All individuals in the United States have rights, regardless of immigration status. The following information can help you protect yourself and your
immigrantjustice.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
6. Make sure you and your neighbors know your rights.
Information is power. Share it.
immigrantjustice.org/for-immigran...
Information is power. Share it.
immigrantjustice.org/for-immigran...
5. Call your senator and representative. And your state representatives too!
Yes, it can feel futile, but we have to keep up the pressure. @5calls.org (5calls.org) has easy to read scripts you can call in with.
Yes, it can feel futile, but we have to keep up the pressure. @5calls.org (5calls.org) has easy to read scripts you can call in with.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
5. Call your senator and representative. And your state representatives too!
Yes, it can feel futile, but we have to keep up the pressure. @5calls.org (5calls.org) has easy to read scripts you can call in with.
Yes, it can feel futile, but we have to keep up the pressure. @5calls.org (5calls.org) has easy to read scripts you can call in with.
4. Attend a protest.
You don't have to make a sign. You don't have to chant if you don't want to. Just be there. It will connect you with like minded people and the more people who show up, the more visibility pro-democracy movements have.
You don't have to make a sign. You don't have to chant if you don't want to. Just be there. It will connect you with like minded people and the more people who show up, the more visibility pro-democracy movements have.
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
4. Attend a protest.
You don't have to make a sign. You don't have to chant if you don't want to. Just be there. It will connect you with like minded people and the more people who show up, the more visibility pro-democracy movements have.
You don't have to make a sign. You don't have to chant if you don't want to. Just be there. It will connect you with like minded people and the more people who show up, the more visibility pro-democracy movements have.
3. Join your local @indivisible.org group and show up to meetings.
Maintaining civil society is one of the best ways to combat authoritarianism. And indivisible is doing incredible work.
Maintaining civil society is one of the best ways to combat authoritarianism. And indivisible is doing incredible work.
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
3. Join your local @indivisible.org group and show up to meetings.
Maintaining civil society is one of the best ways to combat authoritarianism. And indivisible is doing incredible work.
Maintaining civil society is one of the best ways to combat authoritarianism. And indivisible is doing incredible work.
2. Become a poll watcher (www.eac.gov/election-off...) or volunteer to serve as a poll worker.
Free and fair elections are one of the cornerstones of democracy, and they are under threat in the US. How the midterms playout & the extent to which we are able to combat voter intimidation is critical.
Free and fair elections are one of the cornerstones of democracy, and they are under threat in the US. How the midterms playout & the extent to which we are able to combat voter intimidation is critical.
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
2. Become a poll watcher (www.eac.gov/election-off...) or volunteer to serve as a poll worker.
Free and fair elections are one of the cornerstones of democracy, and they are under threat in the US. How the midterms playout & the extent to which we are able to combat voter intimidation is critical.
Free and fair elections are one of the cornerstones of democracy, and they are under threat in the US. How the midterms playout & the extent to which we are able to combat voter intimidation is critical.
Please stop spreading fake news. As others have commented, this footage is from Moscow 4 years ago.
December 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Please stop spreading fake news. As others have commented, this footage is from Moscow 4 years ago.
She maintains that she is Luke pretending to be a Stormtrooper...
December 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
She maintains that she is Luke pretending to be a Stormtrooper...
In her full glory
December 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In her full glory
This is peak kitsch and I love it every year
December 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is peak kitsch and I love it every year
We will need photographic evidence of his embarrassment.
December 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We will need photographic evidence of his embarrassment.