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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The history of U.S. executive power follows a dangerous mathematical trend: emergency powers expand during crises, but they almost never contract. 1861: Habeas corpus suspended 1917: Industrial control normalized 2001: AUMF & Patriot Act 2026: 120+ statutory powers available 🧵

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

If you don't have time to read the full 26-page policy blueprint I published on Monday, I put together this 2-minute video summarizing exactly how we execute 'Muscular Constitutionalism' and Operational Withdrawal. The math behind the #NoKings3 protests requires a backend strategy. Watch here 👇

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Record crowd sizes at #NoKings3 are inspiring, but presence alone won't stop executive overreach. We need to shift to Operational Withdrawal and Collective Federalism. The following is a just published a 26-page blueprint on how we do it. open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The Jeffrey Epstein saga is a powerful tale of human abuse at an unimaginable scale. It is a story of privilege that shows the extent to which wealth has become a driving force in eroding liberty, justice, & freedom in the U.S. My take on it can be found here: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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THE MIRAGE OF MERITOCRACY

What the Epstein Files Reveal About the Decay of American Democracy, the Complicity of Power, and the Question of Presidential Accountability

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It is disgusting that Jacob Helberg contributed to MAGA. I grew up in Toledo with Jacob's uncle, Sandy (whose son is actor Simon Helberg). Jacob's grandparents, Sam & Tonia Helberg, were concentration camp survivors & friends of my parents (also camp survivors). bsky.app/profile/wake...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We all need to be fighting the good fight to remove Jim McDonald. Every city needs the kind of city leadership like the leadership of the City of Minneapolis. bsky.app/profile/eddy...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The existence of Trump teaches us a very important lesson...even God can make mistakes. So if you happened to vote for Trump, that mistake is dwarfed by the mistake that God made in bringing Trump to life. We need to forgive those who voted for Trump and give them some grace.

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Although the following is about Los Angeles, it is relevant to many cities across the U.S....Although the various facts are changed, they do not protect the innocent...they expose the culpable. bsky.app/profile/aida...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

As the federal government devolves into cruelty & chaos, local governments increasingly become the defense for their citizens. Therefore, now, more than ever, who hold local office really matters. If you are in Los Angeles, please make time this Friday to attend this fundraiser for Aida Ashouri:

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

In honor or Martin Luther King Day and in honor of our country: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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The Sign on the Inn

Waking Up to the Ashes of 2026

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

What is happening with the Los Angeles Police Department is emblematic of what is happening with many police departments across the country: 50501ca.substack.com/p/3ff3ff02-3...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

No Kings 2 is over. 50501ca.substack.com/p/millions-m... Trump says that he doesn't care about millions of protesters. Making an autocrat care about people is a struggle for power, requiring citizens to overcome fear, build broad-based movements, & exert ongoing pressure. We must be up to it.

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Millions March in ‘No Kings 2’ Protests Across America

The Power of the People

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

It is now the day before we have a unique opportunity to have our voices heard en masse...as citizens who love our country and who do not want to have our freedom, liberty, civil rights, and Constitution taken away: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/... NO KINGS, NO TYRANTS, NO DICTATORS, NO AUTOCRATS

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Autocracy

Trump's Shared Hobby with Other Global Dictators

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We are at a tipping point. We are in the midst of an escalating crisis. The changes that have occurred in the U.S. over the past nine months are not subtle. We the people are the force needed to stop autocracy from over taking the country that we love. open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/... No Kings

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As 'No Kings 2' Looms, a Nation Grapples with Its Democratic Soul

A burgeoning movement prepares for a second wave of nationwide demonstrations on October 18, 2025, framed as a fight for the core principles of American democracy.

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

With a half a trillion dollars missing: zorhasbsfreezone.substack.com/p/in-the-sha... We are on a perilous march from democracy to dictatorship: 50501ca.substack.com/p/the-perilo... We need to make our voices heard loud and clear...No Kings! drive.google.com/file/d/1h17F... Join us, won't you?

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The Missing Half-Trillion

Where Did the Money Go? The Shutdown’s Half-Trillion-Dollar Black Hole. Billions in taxpayer dollars vanish under the 2025 shutdown. Inside the regime’s quiet laundering of public funds and collapse o...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

California Holds the Line Against Attacks on the State’s Communities 50501 SoCal sponsors the most beautiful stretch of the Westside LA segment of "Hold the Line:" Ocean Ave in Santa Monica, between the CA incline & Palisades Ave. Sign up as an individual or as a team. castrongholdtheline.org

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

People want their votes to count. We do not want our votes to be weighted in such a way that our votes to not accurately reflect the collective will of the people, but rather represent some manifestation of political control. Gerrymandering does the latter. 50501ca.substack.com/p/gerrymande...

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GERRYMANDERING AND PROPOSITION 50

A FIGHT FOR FAIR REPRESENTATION – A MORAL IMPERATIVE

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Free speech is important. It is why it is the first amendment. Trump has made no secret of the fact that he wants to control the truth you hear. His latest attack on Jimmy Kimmel is more proof that of this. If you are in Los Angeles, please join us tomorrow: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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Late-Night Comedy Faces Unprecedented Pressure Amid Government Scrutiny

The Suspension of the Kimmel Show is the Latest Chapter in the Trump Censorship Story

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Last week we saw well-trained professional scientists lose their jobs at the CDC because those scientists were not willing to compromise scientific truth to support the narrative of their ultimate boss, Trump. This has been going on for years in the private sector: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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"Loyalty Is a One-Way Street"

A Chilling Warning About the Future of American Labor

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

For those of you in the Los Angeles, CA area...tomorrow is a day in which workers, labor, and citizens are being brought together to recognize the valuable contributions that have been made by employees of all kinds and to stop the abuses of the Trump administration on those who work. Join us!

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Making up reasons to get away with bad things started in the private sector involving things like providing cover for wrongfully firing people. Now this has come to the public sector where it is being used to wrongfully fire people & to put military in our streets: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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The Politics of Pretense

From City Streets to the American Workplace

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Each day as a bit more of Project 2025 comes to life, a bit more of democracy dies. What is left of our country now is almost unrecognizable, but still alive. Now, heroics are required to resuscitate this country. The alternative is unthinkable: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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The Blueprint for an American Autocracy

A Personal Look at Project 2025

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Increasingly I have heard people say that it does not make sense to bring a knife to a gun fight. I am encouraged to see that Democrats are finally acting in a way that shows that they know the meaning of that adage. open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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The High Road Forsaken

Newsom's Gambit and the Dawn of a New Political Calculus

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Conscientious objectors played an important role in ending the Viet Nam war. Today, the military has been called to do something arguably more objectionable than fighting an unpopular war in a foreign country...fight an unpopular war in our own streets: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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A Nation at a Crossroads

Military Conscience in an Age of Domestic Deployment

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Trump is the crook who wants to be king. I, among others, are on the side of the BlueSky butterfly and the monarch butterfly: www.instagram.com/reel/DNdqGqO... This is what democracy looks like!

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Deploying soldiers in Washington, DC is another step by Trump to consolidate power so that it can be used against anyone Trump perceives to be an enemy. Viewed in isolation, it is only a distraction. Viewed in the context of testing limits, it is a clear danger. open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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A Nation on Edge

Trump's National Guard Deployments and the Echoes of a Darker Past

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Voting is the cornerstone of democracy when citizens are able to choose the politicians who represent them rather than when politicians act to choose who represents citizens. An autocratic dictator can only win "elections" by controlling elections: open.substack.com/pub/zorhasbs...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

We need the military to be on the side of the people, not on the side of a despot: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

It's time to turn up the heat for justice. 🔥 Join SURJ in Studio City on August 23rd at 11 AM for a mass meeting to challenge fascism and fight for racial equity. Connect with a community dedicated to creating a just world and building our collective strength. www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Trump is vested in censorship & having control of the media. Eliminating freedom of speech makes it easier for Trump to use ICE to implement his eugenic policies. Fighting for freedom of speech goes hand-in-hand with fighting Trump's tyranny against immigrants: open.substack.com/pub/50501ca/...

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The Silencing of Satire

How the Cancellation of "The Late Show" and a Crackdown on Dissent Could Embolden ICE

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Yesterday was another volley in the fight for free speech, calling out Paramount for selling out: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... ...a demonstration of 50501 coast-to-coast solidarity and unity.

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Don't take my word for it...the actions of the Trump administration against CBS have far reaching affects that are already in play: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... Please protest this type of government overreach: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

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“This Is a Dangerous Thing”: Why One FCC Commissioner Is Sounding the Alarm on Paramount’s Deal

"We cannot allow this perversion of our authority to continue," Anna M. Gomez told THR.

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Now is the time for us to make our voices heard, before our voices cannot be heard. Now is the time for us to fight for our freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. Do not be silent lest you be silenced forever: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

To me, of all of the troubling things that emanate from the dictator in chief, the most troubling by far is his cruel and inhuman abuse of immigrants...the totally disproportional force used on human beings, even children, who are unarmed and are not criminals: 50501ca.substack.com/p/exposing-t...

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Exposing the “Worst of the Worst”

A Personal Look at ICE's Arrests and the Push for Immigration Reform

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Heartfelt thanks to the people at March, Walk, Repeat and 50501 who provided me with an opportunity to speak my truth to honor the memory of John Lewis on July 17, 2025 in Los Angeles. Good Trouble Lives On!

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

We need to stop Trump's intimidation of the media & his actions to stifle the truth like pulling support for NPR & PBS. Ending the Colbert Late Night show is emblematic of an autocrat's censorship. We cannot go down this slippery slope. Sign the petition please: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...

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Keep Colbert on Air!

We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition t...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I gave this speech live at the "Good Trouble Lives On" rally in Los Angeles on July 17, 2025. Thanks to my colleagues at 50501 and to the folks at "March, Walk, Repeat" for providing me with the privilege of being part of an amazing event. www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

No matter how you voted, we are now all in this together and the only way we will get out of this is together.... 50501ca.substack.com/p/an-open-le...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It has gotten to the point where what ICE is doing has gone from feeling like something from Nazi Germany to being like something from Nazi Germany. It has to do with things like dispensing with due process. I wrote something about this: 50501ca.substack.com/p/due-proces...

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Due Process and Treatment of Apprehended Individuals

The Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), the Gestapo, and Trump’s ICE

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

What the U.S. is doing in the Middle East is inappropriate and dangerous. How we got ourselves into this mess is even more disconcerting. This is the United States of America, not the United States of Trump: 50501ca.substack.com/p/from-jcpoa...

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From JCPOA to Unilateralism

A Personal and Political Struggle

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

It is awful to have to post this, but the need is unfortunately here, so I am going to post this. Please repost and pass it on: bsky.app/profile/rhut...

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I want to share an article which captures some of the events of the last week and their implications for our democracy: 50501ca.substack.com/p/the-handcu...

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The Handcuffs of Dissent and the Echoes of “No Kings”

An American Crossroads

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I used to make decisions based upon "what would Jesus do." I now make decisions based upon "what wouldn't Trump do."

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Today, members of SoCal 50501 went beyond being lawful & peaceful demonstrators by cleaning graffiti off of the JANM. The graffiti had been put there by individuals not associated with 50501 over the course of the past several days of demonstrations near the museum.

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

The events of the past several days in Los Angeles show the desperation of people who deserve to be treated with decency and respect when confronting the consequences of orders by a criminal President that are dedicated to ignoring, if not fighting against, human rights: cryptpad.fr/doc/#/2/doc/...

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Encrypted Document

CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite

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ASG_AKN @alexgerwer.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

It is always good when you can make lemonade out of lemons: 50501ca.substack.com/p/how-ventur... The summer of 1967 was dubbed "the long, hot summer" because of intense racial unrest across the U.S. Arguably, there was not enough lemonade that year. Let's make lots of lemonade this summer.

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How Ventura County Turned Hate into a Pride Celebration in 72 Hours

A Blueprint for LGBTQ+ Resistance and Grassroots Power

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