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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This is brilliant and on point. This is exactly it - the Democrats who will internalize these points and lead accordingly will emerge as the real leaders for the time we live in www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...

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“The rough roadmap for how to proceed goes like this:

Demonstrate popular power in the provinces through large-scale rallies.
Use these events to organize the resistance into a mass movement that can be called into action.
Direct the mass movement into targeted political strikes: Getting blowout wins in special elections; boycotts of Tesla; etc.
Politicize everything: Attack the authoritarians for every bad thing that happens, anywhere in the world. Flood the zone.
Elevate the corruption/graft in a way that pits the billionaire insiders against the “forgotten man.”
When the moment is right, bring this movement to the Capital for a show of strength.
Use this demonstration as a slingshot to take back legislative power in the 2026 elections.
More importantly, use it to send a message to the institutional actors that people will have their back if they show courage.”

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“Find a leader. Bring people together in person, far away from the capital’s control. Build momentum. Organize your supporters. Harness the power of their mass. Build toward an explicit show of strength. Take back control of Congress.

And then, if we’re lucky, we can start thinking about an endgame.

In the meantime, fight the authoritarians on everything. If the stock market drops, scream about it. Because it’s their fault. When a kid dies of measles—their fault. Attack them every day, on whatever the latest thing is. Turn “flood the zone” against them by not needing to cling to any one outrage for weeks. Embrace the idea of snapping up new outrages every day.

Get hot about them. Be passionate about them. And for the love of all that’s holy, talk like a normal human being, not a canned politician going through the motions.

Let’s get to work.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/03/2025

i honestly have never seen a political leader so thoroughly destroy their credibility so quickly and, on the other side, it is abundantly clear that if anyone can claim a genuine leadership of large parts of the democratic party, it is AOC.

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actioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 13/02/2025

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

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Carolannie @carolannie.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Simple and straightforward "It almost feels rude to our adversaries who’ve spent millions, untold resources... with the goal of pwning the United States only to watch us do it to ourselves like a deranged child gleefully licking a light socket." #Cybersecurity #FeralMusk medium.com/@violetblue/...

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America’s unfolding cybersecurity catastrophe

In which the United States has been compromised by a domestic adversary and faces a future where no Five Eyes nation with an ounce of…

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 10/02/2025

[1/3] The Trump Administration’s Attacks on International Law and Institutions: Public Statement by 16 US Human Rights Experts, Current and Former Members of UN Bodies www.justsecurity.org/107687/state...

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The Trump Administration's Attacks on International Law and Institutions: Public Statement of American Human Rights Experts, Current and Former Members of UN Bodies

High-level US human rights experts express concern about the Trump administration's turn away from of international law and institutions.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2025

this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

USAID’s inspector general—presumably operating from a remote base in the mountains—has just released a report on the staggering effect of the Trump Administration’s assault on the agency. oig.usaid.gov/sites/defaul...

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

gritty has seized control of the federal government

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

True.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Trump's CFPB, now under the command of billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, has halted the Biden admin's rule to ban medical bills from credit reports. It's been estimated that the rule would help improve the credit scores of 15 million people. Some populist, huh?

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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

UPDATE: Lawsuit filed seeking injunctive relief on behalf of USAID workers! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Would be terrible if millions scheduled test drives at Tesla dealers & didn't show up. Sort of like Saul-Alinsky-trained organizers who shut down banks in Chicago in late 1960s by opening bank accounts w/thousands of pennies. Schedule a test-drive here: www.tesla.com/findus/list/...

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.”

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Our Litigation Tracker is now souped up with interactive Table. ⬇️ Now tracking 23 cases and expecting more to drop soon. Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/02/2025

also, knowing that USAID does democracy promotion abroad, to what extent is Elon sending sensitive information about American workers abroad to rival governments and right-wing political movements?

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

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The Logic of Destruction

And how to resist it

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency. (Photos shared with me)

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Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Many friends are cautious and saying, "let's see where this goes" - but you are at your most powerful right now. Every day you do not act normalizes impunity and makes you and the people you serve weaker.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 03/02/2025

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.): "Elon Musk makes billions of dollars based on his business with China, and China is cheering" the shutting of USAID. It's "self-interest." They want to kill USAID but "pass a giant tax cut" for billionaires and corporations. "We are not going to let them."

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 02/02/2025

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/02/2025

is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

This NYT piece describes the devastation being wrought in the global health sector by the foreign assistance freeze. Let me say a few words about what this looks like in the sector I work in, often called democracy and governance (DRG). 🧵

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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.

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Laura Schwartz-Henderson @oncethought.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I am actually losing my mind. WHY IS NO ONE ACTING LIKE THIS IS A BIG DEAL

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

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Laura Schwartz-Henderson @oncethought.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I did not expect Monty python to be so prominent in my bluesky presence

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

USAID official tells me that in addition to DEI materials, the agency’s anti-corruption webpage has been taken down See for yourself: usaid.gov/anti-corrupt...

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Laura Schwartz-Henderson @oncethought.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hello BSKY. Give me your hot hot hot takes on the end of times!

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