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National network of lawyers and non-lawyers, all genders, protecting and defending democracy, equality and equal opportunity for all.
Pledge to walkout, help coordinate a local action, or find other ways to participate here:
www.freeameri.ca
This will be a protest, and a promise.
We walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great.
6/6
www.freeameri.ca
This will be a protest, and a promise.
We walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great.
6/6
FREE AMERICA WALKOUT Jan 20, 2026
On Jan 20, 2026 we will walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great.
www.freeameri.ca
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Pledge to walkout, help coordinate a local action, or find other ways to participate here:
www.freeameri.ca
This will be a protest, and a promise.
We walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great.
6/6
www.freeameri.ca
This will be a protest, and a promise.
We walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great.
6/6
What to do:
★ Walk out at 2 PM local time
★ Gather for rallies, marches, town halls, or creative local actions
★ Keep it peaceful, public, and organized
There is a big need right now for hosts and organizers—the movement needs activists to anchor their communities.
5/6
★ Walk out at 2 PM local time
★ Gather for rallies, marches, town halls, or creative local actions
★ Keep it peaceful, public, and organized
There is a big need right now for hosts and organizers—the movement needs activists to anchor their communities.
5/6
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
What to do:
★ Walk out at 2 PM local time
★ Gather for rallies, marches, town halls, or creative local actions
★ Keep it peaceful, public, and organized
There is a big need right now for hosts and organizers—the movement needs activists to anchor their communities.
5/6
★ Walk out at 2 PM local time
★ Gather for rallies, marches, town halls, or creative local actions
★ Keep it peaceful, public, and organized
There is a big need right now for hosts and organizers—the movement needs activists to anchor their communities.
5/6
★ We walk away from fascism★
★ We walk towards a free America★
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all★
★ Everybody in, nobody out★
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout ★
4/6
★ We walk towards a free America★
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all★
★ Everybody in, nobody out★
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout ★
4/6
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
★ We walk away from fascism★
★ We walk towards a free America★
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all★
★ Everybody in, nobody out★
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout ★
4/6
★ We walk towards a free America★
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all★
★ Everybody in, nobody out★
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout ★
4/6
On January 20 at 2 PM local time (or whenever your community can safely coordinate), we walk out together—from workplaces, schools, and homes—and stop and gather.
3/6
3/6
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
On January 20 at 2 PM local time (or whenever your community can safely coordinate), we walk out together—from workplaces, schools, and homes—and stop and gather.
3/6
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Women lawyers: our work is rooted in due process, equal protection, and the rule of law—and this is a moment to show up for the country we're building.
#Resistance #Protest
2/6
#Resistance #Protest
2/6
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Women lawyers: our work is rooted in due process, equal protection, and the rule of law—and this is a moment to show up for the country we're building.
#Resistance #Protest
2/6
#Resistance #Protest
2/6
Ready to shift your messaging? This research provides tools to communicate with optimism and inspire collective action.
Dive into the Metropolitan Group's "A New Narrative to Promote Democracy in the United States" report to strengthen your advocacy:
prodemocracynarrativeplaybook.org/guide/
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Dive into the Metropolitan Group's "A New Narrative to Promote Democracy in the United States" report to strengthen your advocacy:
prodemocracynarrativeplaybook.org/guide/
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U.S. Pro-Democracy Narrative and Message Guide – Pro-Democracy Narrative Playbook
prodemocracynarrativeplaybook.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ready to shift your messaging? This research provides tools to communicate with optimism and inspire collective action.
Dive into the Metropolitan Group's "A New Narrative to Promote Democracy in the United States" report to strengthen your advocacy:
prodemocracynarrativeplaybook.org/guide/
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Dive into the Metropolitan Group's "A New Narrative to Promote Democracy in the United States" report to strengthen your advocacy:
prodemocracynarrativeplaybook.org/guide/
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One example:
Instead of saying "democracy is messy," highlight how a strong democracy protecting freedoms ensures a trusted justice system & empowers us to control our lives.
It also shows compromise as strength.
#Justice
5/6
Instead of saying "democracy is messy," highlight how a strong democracy protecting freedoms ensures a trusted justice system & empowers us to control our lives.
It also shows compromise as strength.
#Justice
5/6
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One example:
Instead of saying "democracy is messy," highlight how a strong democracy protecting freedoms ensures a trusted justice system & empowers us to control our lives.
It also shows compromise as strength.
#Justice
5/6
Instead of saying "democracy is messy," highlight how a strong democracy protecting freedoms ensures a trusted justice system & empowers us to control our lives.
It also shows compromise as strength.
#Justice
5/6
They cover the "Freedom Matters" approach:
Research champions this narrative, linking democracy to fundamental freedoms like having our voices heard, making our own decisions, & a fair justice system.
This garners high agreement & engagement.
#FreedomMatters
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Research champions this narrative, linking democracy to fundamental freedoms like having our voices heard, making our own decisions, & a fair justice system.
This garners high agreement & engagement.
#FreedomMatters
4/6
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
They cover the "Freedom Matters" approach:
Research champions this narrative, linking democracy to fundamental freedoms like having our voices heard, making our own decisions, & a fair justice system.
This garners high agreement & engagement.
#FreedomMatters
4/6
Research champions this narrative, linking democracy to fundamental freedoms like having our voices heard, making our own decisions, & a fair justice system.
This garners high agreement & engagement.
#FreedomMatters
4/6
It's an evidence-based strategy to talk about democracy in ways that resonate and inspire action, connecting with people's daily lives beyond just elections.
#Stories
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#Stories
3/6
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It's an evidence-based strategy to talk about democracy in ways that resonate and inspire action, connecting with people's daily lives beyond just elections.
#Stories
3/6
#Stories
3/6
Why this matters now:
Much pro-democracy messaging is defensive.
This study offers a powerful, positive alternative to move beyond defensiveness.
#Democracy
2/6
Much pro-democracy messaging is defensive.
This study offers a powerful, positive alternative to move beyond defensiveness.
#Democracy
2/6
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Why this matters now:
Much pro-democracy messaging is defensive.
This study offers a powerful, positive alternative to move beyond defensiveness.
#Democracy
2/6
Much pro-democracy messaging is defensive.
This study offers a powerful, positive alternative to move beyond defensiveness.
#Democracy
2/6
Imagine losing $100K+ in loan access for your graduate degree.
This economic punishment impacts mothers, first-gen students, & will devastate our healthcare system.
It's misogyny with a bureaucratic mask.
Read the full analysis: msmagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
#Misogyny
2/2
This economic punishment impacts mothers, first-gen students, & will devastate our healthcare system.
It's misogyny with a bureaucratic mask.
Read the full analysis: msmagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
#Misogyny
2/2
They Came for Nurses. What They’re Really Coming for Is Women’s Power—and Your Healthcare
Trump and Republicans' move to downgrade nursing degrees shows women’s expertise is still treated as expendable and unprofessional.
msmagazine.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Imagine losing $100K+ in loan access for your graduate degree.
This economic punishment impacts mothers, first-gen students, & will devastate our healthcare system.
It's misogyny with a bureaucratic mask.
Read the full analysis: msmagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
#Misogyny
2/2
This economic punishment impacts mothers, first-gen students, & will devastate our healthcare system.
It's misogyny with a bureaucratic mask.
Read the full analysis: msmagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
#Misogyny
2/2
If you share these concerns, please take action:
• Add your name to LDAD's message of thanks to our federal judiciary: tinyurl.com/4xjv2jts
• Repost to amplify the message.
7/7
• Add your name to LDAD's message of thanks to our federal judiciary: tinyurl.com/4xjv2jts
• Repost to amplify the message.
7/7
Join LDAD in Thanking Judges
tinyurl.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you share these concerns, please take action:
• Add your name to LDAD's message of thanks to our federal judiciary: tinyurl.com/4xjv2jts
• Repost to amplify the message.
7/7
• Add your name to LDAD's message of thanks to our federal judiciary: tinyurl.com/4xjv2jts
• Repost to amplify the message.
7/7
We at Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network are proud to support Lawyers Defending American Democracy (ldadorg.bsky.social) in sending a different message to the federal courts:
gratitude and support for judges who continue to build full records and issue reasoned opinions.
#PublicService
6/7
gratitude and support for judges who continue to build full records and issue reasoned opinions.
#PublicService
6/7
Lawyers Defending American Democracy (@ldadorg.bsky.social)
Lawyers Defending American Democracy is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization devoted to protecting democracy and the rule of law and standing up for the constitutional norms and principles that are f...
ldadorg.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We at Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network are proud to support Lawyers Defending American Democracy (ldadorg.bsky.social) in sending a different message to the federal courts:
gratitude and support for judges who continue to build full records and issue reasoned opinions.
#PublicService
6/7
gratitude and support for judges who continue to build full records and issue reasoned opinions.
#PublicService
6/7
If you share these concerns, please take action:
• Add your name to LDAD's message of thanks to our federal judiciary: tinyurl.com/4xjv2jts
• Repost to amplify this message
7/7
• Add your name to LDAD's message of thanks to our federal judiciary: tinyurl.com/4xjv2jts
• Repost to amplify this message
7/7
Join LDAD in Thanking Judges
tinyurl.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If you share these concerns, please take action:
• Add your name to LDAD's message of thanks to our federal judiciary: tinyurl.com/4xjv2jts
• Repost to amplify this message
7/7
• Add your name to LDAD's message of thanks to our federal judiciary: tinyurl.com/4xjv2jts
• Repost to amplify this message
7/7
In dissent, Justice Kagan (joined by Justices Sotomayor & Jackson) said the Court's order "disrespects" the work of a District Court that did everything it could to "carry out its charge" & "disserves the millions of Texans" in districts drawn based on race: tinyurl.com/4de9ju7t
#VotingRights
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#VotingRights
5/7
thehill.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In dissent, Justice Kagan (joined by Justices Sotomayor & Jackson) said the Court's order "disrespects" the work of a District Court that did everything it could to "carry out its charge" & "disserves the millions of Texans" in districts drawn based on race: tinyurl.com/4de9ju7t
#VotingRights
5/7
#VotingRights
5/7
Over a holiday weekend, the Supreme Court set that decision aside in a brief unsigned emergency order.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
#ShadowDocket
4/7
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
#ShadowDocket
4/7
Supreme Court lets Texas use gerrymandered map that could give GOP 5 more House seats
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Texas congressional map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional.
www.npr.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Over a holiday weekend, the Supreme Court set that decision aside in a brief unsigned emergency order.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
#ShadowDocket
4/7
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
#ShadowDocket
4/7
In a recent Texas redistricting case, a federal district court held a nine-day hearing, reviewed thousands of exhibits, and issued a 160-page opinion finding that the map intentionally manipulated racial lines in violation of the Constitution.
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
#Redistricting
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www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
#Redistricting
3/7
Texas court blocks Trump-backed redistricting plan
A federal court has blocked the Republican-led redistricting of the congressional map in Texas, dealing a blow to President Trump's effort to shape the landscape for next year's midterm elections.
www.npr.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In a recent Texas redistricting case, a federal district court held a nine-day hearing, reviewed thousands of exhibits, and issued a 160-page opinion finding that the map intentionally manipulated racial lines in violation of the Constitution.
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
#Redistricting
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www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
#Redistricting
3/7
As lawyers, we can't be silent. We have to speak up through our actions.
#RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence #Resistance
2/7
#RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence #Resistance
2/7
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As lawyers, we can't be silent. We have to speak up through our actions.
#RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence #Resistance
2/7
#RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence #Resistance
2/7
Speak out against these alarming impeachment efforts! Use #FreeCourts and #DefendBoasberg, and urge your representatives to reject these attacks, defend judicial independence, and protect the rule of law.
#RuleOfLaw
#RuleOfLaw
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Speak out against these alarming impeachment efforts! Use #FreeCourts and #DefendBoasberg, and urge your representatives to reject these attacks, defend judicial independence, and protect the rule of law.
#RuleOfLaw
#RuleOfLaw
It's a clear warning sign for the impartiality and independence of every court in America.
Learn more about this critical threat to our judiciary: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Learn more about this critical threat to our judiciary: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Escalating Trump’s War on Judiciary, GOP Senators Ask DC Circuit to Suspend Judge Boasberg
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It's a clear warning sign for the impartiality and independence of every court in America.
Learn more about this critical threat to our judiciary: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Learn more about this critical threat to our judiciary: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...