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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I’m keeping my 2nd grader home on Friday and am heading to SF at 1p with her, just in case you want join us in a town near you. ✊🏻
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Im pretty sure I might have been the only @vermontstateu.bsky.social student to participate in any form of silent demonstration at my graduation this weekend. There were hundreds and hundreds of us. The silence is deafening. This is Vermont. #JewsAgainstGenocide #NeverAgain
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Are you graduating in a couple of weeks like me? Class of 2025, Don’t Be Silent! #ResistFascism #EndGenocide #JewsForPeace
Picture of a cap and gown hanging on a door  with gold lettering across the top of the cap that spells: RESIST FACISM.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“What if you woke up one morning in a place where famine had claimed hundreds of thousands of children and adults without warning? Without USAID and the United States' membership in the WHO, this is what we will soon see.” —Sometimes I write and share things at Substack:
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Feeding Earth's Children
While the Ground is Crumbling Beneath Them
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
600-700 Strong Against Fascism in Rutland, Vermont! #indivisible #handsoff #resist #
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Next nationwide protest is 4/5 at noon in DC and all State Capitols EVERYWHERE. See you THERE. Please fucking SHARE.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The Trump admin will close 4 fed buildings in VT: the only passport center in VT, Social Security Services in Montpelier. Lake Champlain’s wildlife conservation office, and offices for the Dept of Ag and the Dept of State. Just in case you wanted to know when your egg prices are going to go down.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
What the fuck is this, Rutland Herald? Did the defense attorney pay you to tun this? #Rutland #Vermont
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Poultney man held in alleged assault
A Poultney gun-shop owner was ordered held without bail Thursday on a domestic assault charge stemming from an incident in which his lawyer says he was the true victim.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
VERMONT! CALL PETER WELCH RIGHT NOW. HERE IS THE NUMBER, HERE IS YOUR SCRIPT.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
DONALD TRUMP IS A LITERAL FUCKING FASCIST! Happy International Women’s Day! Vermont Shows Up! -1* #IWD2025 #Vermont
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Weather (and our fingers) said it felt like NEGATIVE ONE DEGREES with that gusty snowy wind today, but no matter the weather: “Vermont Shows Up!” #BeccaBalint #InternationalWomensDay #Montpelier #Vermont #RESIST
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
#Resist
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
#Rutland #Vermont #Resistance Join me on Friday, 2/28, from 1-2p for the #RutlandResistsRally! Main St. & West St. #EconomicBoycott #IgnitedResistance
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Today is #NotMyPresidentsDay #MyPresidentWouldntBeFascist #Resist #IgnitedResistance #Resistance
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dan @amerkincynic.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Valentine’s Day vibe 😘
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls
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5 Calls Newsletter
The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls
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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
On Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Should we all get in boats and make a water world somewhere?
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
“I am a third-generation self-proclaimed feminist activist from Berkeley, California…” Read my latest: open.substack.com/pub/radicalr...
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I’m writing over at Substack now and I’d love for you to read and subscribe for free if you’re inclined: radicalrn.substack.com/p/utopia-hos...
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/02/2025
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🚨🚨🚨 The House Introduces Bill to Ban Abortion Nationwide. Remember when Trump said he wasn’t going to implement a total abortion ban? Yeah, well here’s the bill proposing a nationwide abortion ban. Just another egregious LIE to add to the long list of lies from this corrupt administration.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 01/02/2025
That looks like a federal ban on abortion. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
CALL YOUR REPS. LIKE NOW.
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Fight Against Elon Musk’s Government Takeover ⭑ 5 Calls
After spending $288 million to help elect Trump, billionaire and Nazi sympathizer Elon Musk has begun to influence various parts of the federal …
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/02/2025
Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit
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Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit
But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks like All those lists and instructions and editorials on how to resist authoritarianism and stand up for human rights, the rule of law and climate are good, and I both wholly support them…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2025
Did you know? In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine. The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Same. We can do it.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
1. ONE #RESISTANCE ACTION EVERY DAY. DONT GET COMPLACENT. DO ONE THING. 2. ONE THING TO LOOK FORWARD TO ON THE CALENDAR. 3. ONE ORDER OF ABORTION MEDS STAT.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I’d fully trust my six-year-old daughter over this deadly clown show any day. GIVE HER THE CODES INSTEAD.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.
Hey friends! We're seeing a lot of terrible things. We're not able to cover all of them, but we felt this latest one is a really big deal and needs much more awareness.

Our summary is this: It's an administrative coup. Trump has ordered tens of billions (maybe up to $3 trillion) of budget halted indefinitely in a blatantly illegal move. He's claiming power to halt and potentially redirect funding that's already been authorized by Congress — a classic authoritarian move.

Here's what we know. And we're doing our best to catch up with this story, because it's moving fast.

There's a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget. (That's the same government entity who set-up the DEI "snitch" line, that's now been spammed by tens of thousands of our fellow residents.)

In typical Trump-style, the memo gets its facts wrong. It claims in FY2024 the US government spent $10 trillion (actually it was $6.8 trillion). It says money should be used for the administration's priorities — "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve." (Again, it's very fact deficient.)

The memo says a pause will begin at 5pm on January 28th where, "Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal."

Anyone promised federal grants might have their money at risk, even states. This is Congressional directed spending and Trump is ordering people to not do it. This funding includes universities for education and research programs, nonprofits, local and tribal governments, disaster relief aid, e…So what can we do?

It's been a lot. And the shock approach of this administration is to overwhelm us with nonsense and a state of paralysis. We continue to believe the best thing is to stay grounded and keep yourself sane amidst insanity.

At this juncture, three actions we suggest that make sense to us:

1) Urge media to cover this story properly

This is not "possibly illegal" — it's "patently illegal." You can read notes on that here.

It's not "temporary" — it's "indefinite." There's no timetable for ending it.

It's not just a memo — it's an administrative coup.

2) Urge your Representatives to act like this is a big deal

If you know us, this isn't a knee-jerk action we suggest. We think this is a strategic because it's Congress that's being violated — their power is being directly undermined.

3) Continue to support ACLU and Democracy Forward

These groups have been preparing litigation for some time. Unless Trump revokes this, this will certainly make its way through the courts. Our read is even the biased courts will have trouble swallowing this — so it may end up being shut down.



Keep breathing. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again," Nelson Mandela.

Warmly,

- Choose Democracy
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/01/2025
Hello I am now a Democracy Docket contributor
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
An analysis by TIME found that nearly two-thirds of the executive actions Trump has issued so far mirror or partially mirror proposals from the 900-page document, ranging from sweeping deregulation measures to aggressive immigration reform.
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Trump's Early Actions Mirror Project 2025
A TIME analysis found that nearly two-thirds of the executive actions Trump has issued mirror or partially mirror proposals from Project 2025.
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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/01/2025
These women didn’t sit down, stay quiet, or ask for permission—they broke the rules and changed the world. Role models. We should add Bishop Mariann Budde to the list.
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I’m in my final semester of my BSN program. NO ONE at my university or in this nursing program is talking about the nursing implications or public health nightmares to-come. Students are “focused on graduating.” I’m the radical leftie in the class of Trumpies. I can’t/ won’t stay quiet. ADVICE PLS!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈
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Tamara Winfrey-Harris @twinfreyharris.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I wrote this eight years ago. Being an ally requires action. Many folks who claim to support marginalized people emphatically do not. www.thecut.com/2017/01/the-...
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The Real Work of Being an Ally
Supporting the people who need it most.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on ALL purchasing — including supplies for their ongoing research to treat cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and many infectious diseases.
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Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...
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Donie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
A database detailing Jan 6 crimes and convictions has disappeared from the Department of Justice website. “This is a huge victory for J6ers..." www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/p...
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Trump wiped January 6 convicts’ records clean. Now his DOJ is wiping evidence of rioters’ crimes from the internet | CNN Politics
As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions of Jan...
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gwi @gwi1785.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
after the felon gagged the cdc @felicea.bsky.social creared a list with public health information resources from inside and outside the USA #magaresistance
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Public Health Information Resources | Notion
Further Information
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
This purge is bone-chilling and unprecedented. It’s straight out of the authoritarian’s playbook. Inspectors General are a vital, independent check on misconduct and abuse within the executive branch. Trump is ousting them so he can break the law with zero oversight. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
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Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
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Eva Zimm @evazimm.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The First Resistance Failed. The Next One Can’t. newrepublic.com/article/1903... via @newrepublic.com
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The First Resistance Failed. The Next One Can’t.
Democrats are wallowing in their failure to stop a second Trump presidency, which looks to be even more damaging than his first one. Snap out of it!
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Don’t ever be lulled into thinking that ‘pro-choice’ states are immune from doing scary shit. And boy oh boy is this story scary. Excerpted from my newsletter:
 A new lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Vermont and Pregnancy Justice alleges that Vermont’s Department for Children and Families keeps a secret calendar tracking the pregnancies of women they deem “high risk” and “unfit parents” in order to take custody of their newborns.

In fact, the suit lays out how DCF took steps to obtain custody of one Vermont women’s baby by declaring her mentally unfit before she even gave birth and without a formal mental health evaluation. The woman, identified in the suit as A.V., wasn’t evaluated until after they took her newborn away. What’s more, DCF—without her knowledge—even tried to get a court order to force A.V. into a c-section while she was in labor.

From the Associated Press:

“She had no idea that while she was in labor, hospital officials were relaying updates to the state—including details of her cervix dilation—and had won temporary custody of the fetus.”

A.V. had her baby taken from her upon birth, before she was allowed to hold or even touch her child.

ACLU senior staff attorney Harrison Stark says, “This case is so egregious in so many ways that it should really shock the conscience of any Vermonter who cares about personal autonomy or reproductive liberty.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/01/2025
‘We’re watching mass delusion happen’: Trump’s return to White House brings cascade of lies
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‘We’re watching mass delusion happen’: Trump’s return to White House brings cascade of lies
In first week in office, president has made false claims on topics from immigration and economy to Panama canal Donald Trump had been US president again for less than 15 minutes when he made his first factually dubious claim. “The vicious, violent and…
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 26/01/2025
One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯
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