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“It has been so inspiring to see the way that people are like, ‘OK, I'm not just gonna sit by. I'm gonna do something. We're gonna do something in Congress. ... We're gonna do something in the streets. And we're going to continue to be here."
—Frankie Seabron, @harrietsdreams.bsky.social
—Frankie Seabron, @harrietsdreams.bsky.social
D.C. residents fought Trump's attacks in 2025
Life in the District was turned upside down by the Trump Administration this year. Here’s how residents responded.
51st.news
December 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“It has been so inspiring to see the way that people are like, ‘OK, I'm not just gonna sit by. I'm gonna do something. We're gonna do something in Congress. ... We're gonna do something in the streets. And we're going to continue to be here."
—Frankie Seabron, @harrietsdreams.bsky.social
—Frankie Seabron, @harrietsdreams.bsky.social
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"Trump will live forever, but only as a cautionary tale, one we tell successive generations to demonstrate that sustaining a democracy against the corrupt and the malevolent requires vigilance and determination." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.
www.publicnotice.co
December 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Trump will live forever, but only as a cautionary tale, one we tell successive generations to demonstrate that sustaining a democracy against the corrupt and the malevolent requires vigilance and determination." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
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NEW DATA: in November, the unemployment rate rose to the highest level since September 2021. That’s Trump’s economy.
December 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
NEW DATA: in November, the unemployment rate rose to the highest level since September 2021. That’s Trump’s economy.
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He and his people have decimated our ability to adequately defend this country. One well-placed strike and our country, possibly the whole world, is over in a couple of hours.
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He and his people have decimated our ability to adequately defend this country. One well-placed strike and our country, possibly the whole world, is over in a couple of hours.
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The Indiana House of Representatives is expected to vote this morning on the redistricting bill backed by Trump. If it passes, the state Senate is expected to take up the measure next week. If you live in Indiana, please call your representative and let them know you oppose this.
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Indiana House of Representatives is expected to vote this morning on the redistricting bill backed by Trump. If it passes, the state Senate is expected to take up the measure next week. If you live in Indiana, please call your representative and let them know you oppose this.
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Are you paying attention? MAGA Republicans are stealing from you! The vote to reopen the government includes a multi-million dollar payoff a QUID PRO QUO to 8 senator conspirators who colluded with Trump during the January 6th insurrection.
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Are you paying attention? MAGA Republicans are stealing from you! The vote to reopen the government includes a multi-million dollar payoff a QUID PRO QUO to 8 senator conspirators who colluded with Trump during the January 6th insurrection.
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The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.
www.theatlantic.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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One year of publishing The 51st
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Vaccines are one of the great public health success stories.
They’ve saved millions of lives around the world.
We cannot allow conspiracy theorists to undermine proven science.
They’ve saved millions of lives around the world.
We cannot allow conspiracy theorists to undermine proven science.
September 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Vaccines are one of the great public health success stories.
They’ve saved millions of lives around the world.
We cannot allow conspiracy theorists to undermine proven science.
They’ve saved millions of lives around the world.
We cannot allow conspiracy theorists to undermine proven science.
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“There is no separation of sports and politics, and for too long we have let people who don’t like people like me have sports.They have used sports for nationalism and displays of masculinity. We are taking it back.” 51st.news/dc-spirit-tr...
Washington Spirit games provide a field for Trump resistance
Women's soccer fans have taken to the stands with banners, flags, and pro-D.C. chants.
51st.news
September 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“There is no separation of sports and politics, and for too long we have let people who don’t like people like me have sports.They have used sports for nationalism and displays of masculinity. We are taking it back.” 51st.news/dc-spirit-tr...
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• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one
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• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
September 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Feeling energized to take action?
Check out different ways to resist:
• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold by joining protests:
maydaystrong.org
• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
Check out different ways to resist:
• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold by joining protests:
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• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
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Rockville, MD: I-270 Gude Drive Overpass #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day
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September 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Rockville, MD: I-270 Gude Drive Overpass #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day
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3️⃣ Fly DC flags, post #FreeDC signs, & MAKE NOISE until this hostile takeover is over.
1️⃣ Ask your reps to support the termination resolution (freedcproject.org/termination).
2️⃣ Pressure governors from WV, OH, SC, MS, LA, AL & TN to not send troops.
3️⃣ Fly DC flags, post #FreeDC signs, & MAKE NOISE until this hostile takeover is over.
August 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Help us hire Christina and Martin Full-Time!
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Steel yourself and then read. WaPo went to Khartoum to meet the moms who, thanks to Trump and Musk’s brutal actions, are now watching their little children starve to death or die of cholera
I couldn't make it through this story yesterday, but everyone needs to read it.
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Steel yourself and then read. WaPo went to Khartoum to meet the moms who, thanks to Trump and Musk’s brutal actions, are now watching their little children starve to death or die of cholera
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
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The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive was about to launch an exhibition of historic quilts, when federal funding earmarked to conserve them had been canceled.
These fragile quilts by Black craftspeople need to be preserved — but the federal government has pulled the funds
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive was about to launch an exhibition of historic quilts, when federal funding earmarked to conserve them had been canceled.
n.pr
June 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive was about to launch an exhibition of historic quilts, when federal funding earmarked to conserve them had been canceled.
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Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
By @rhersher.bsky.social
By @rhersher.bsky.social
Where does your weather forecast come from?
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
By @rhersher.bsky.social
By @rhersher.bsky.social
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We are DEFINITELY still outraged about this! How about you?
Two months have passed and over 200 people are still unlawfully imprisoned in an El Salvadoran concentration camp.
Kidnapped and trafficked to another country. No due process. Court orders blatantly ignored.
We must not forget, they must be returned, and those responsible must be held accountable.
Kidnapped and trafficked to another country. No due process. Court orders blatantly ignored.
We must not forget, they must be returned, and those responsible must be held accountable.
May 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are DEFINITELY still outraged about this! How about you?
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The war in Gaza has killed or injured 170,000.
Children are starving to death.
Trump is encouraging the ethnic cleansing of 2.2 million people.
Why is there no discussion in the US government about why we are spending billions of taxpayer dollars starving children in Gaza?
Children are starving to death.
Trump is encouraging the ethnic cleansing of 2.2 million people.
Why is there no discussion in the US government about why we are spending billions of taxpayer dollars starving children in Gaza?
May 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The war in Gaza has killed or injured 170,000.
Children are starving to death.
Trump is encouraging the ethnic cleansing of 2.2 million people.
Why is there no discussion in the US government about why we are spending billions of taxpayer dollars starving children in Gaza?
Children are starving to death.
Trump is encouraging the ethnic cleansing of 2.2 million people.
Why is there no discussion in the US government about why we are spending billions of taxpayer dollars starving children in Gaza?
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The Donald Trump administration’s gutting of the National Weather Services (NWS) has left major metropolitan centers without a top meteorologist.
Hurricane season is around the corner.
Hurricane season is around the corner.
Trump Leaves Major Cities Without Top Meteorologists Ahead of Hurricane Season
Thirty National Weather Service offices currently lack a chief meteorologist, according to a Thursday report from CNN.
www.rollingstone.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Donald Trump administration’s gutting of the National Weather Services (NWS) has left major metropolitan centers without a top meteorologist.
Hurricane season is around the corner.
Hurricane season is around the corner.