history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
The UN Speech that should have been covered wall to wall
Started a 12-day series for showcasing all the little things you are, probably, doing that is assisting the authoritarians harm you and others. Posts will be done two a day, one English 🇺🇸 and one Spanish 🇲🇽🇪🇸. We want to stop the fascists, not make it easier for them. Newsletter.governyourself.org
Created vintage propaganda-style videos challenging our addiction to posting vs. organizing.
‘POSTING ISN’T POWER’
‘Los hashtags no votan’
25-sec bilingual reality check for everyone who thinks tweeting = activism.
Watch/share/then close this app and organize.
#RealWork #Organízate #SíSePuede
478 likes won't change laws. 1M retweets won't build community. Democracy isn't a spectator sport - it needs you OFF your phone and IN the room. Time to transform clicks into real change. governyourself.org #CivicEngagement #RealChange #ICE #ICERaid #ClicksToCommunity
#ActivismWorks
Things To Do THIS WEEK While Democracy Burns in Texas Forget the shares and likes. Here's how to turn your political rage into real local action before the redistricting wildfire spreads to your state. 50+ Texas Democrats fled their state to stop a democracy heist. Your state could be next. Stop doom-scrolling. Start doing. 5 concrete actions you can take THIS WEEK to defend democracy locally Texas Dems paying $500/DAY in fines to defend democracy. What are YOU doing for free? From clicktivist to activist: 5 things to do THIS WEEK before the redistricting fire spreads to your state.
50+ Texas Democrats fled their state to stop a democracy heist. Your state could be next.
Stop doom-scrolling. Start doing.
5 concrete actions you can take THIS WEEK to defend democracy locally for your community👇
#TexasDemocrats #VotingRights #CivicAction #TexasWalkout #SaveDemocracy #LocalAction
This is technology serving its highest purpose: helping us understand and protect our shared home.
Not algorithms designed to separate us, but tools to unite us around our survival.
Climate science + community action = hope 🌍
#TechForGood #ClimateAction #CommunityPower #ClickToCommunity
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that it will begin phasing out its operations, following Congress’s recent decision to revoke previously allocated federal funding. CPB said it is initiating an “orderly wind-down” after nearly six decades.
“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell
🏛️ World Court just ruled: countries LEGALLY required to fight climate change.
But international law means nothing without local organizing to enforce it.
Your city council meeting > UN declarations
Time to make global rulings local reality 💪
Substack for more:
open.substack.com/pub/governyo...
This ICJ ruling proves what we’ve been saying: democracy and climate are one fight. Nations have a legal obligation to act. Now we organize to make them honor it. From international law to local power. 🌍⚖️ #ClimateAction #Democracy #CommunityPower #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice
Reading is rebellious. Thinking is critical.
From Rage-Tweeting to Real Change: Why We Built GovernYourself.org A new resource for anyone exhausted by performative activism and ready for community power. Substack post.
2AM realization: my years of online activism changed nothing.
Just wrote about why we built GovernYourself.org and how to break free from performative activism.
Your revolution might start at Tuesday's city council meeting: governyourselforg.substack.com/p/from-rage-...
#ClicktoCommunity #RealChange
Palantir employees spill the tea.
Thirteen former Palantir staffers signed a letter urging the company to cut ties with the Trump administration.
Is it just me? Or does it seem like USA is poising to claim bankruptcy. Sovereign Debt Restructuring. #NoKings2.0
They don’t care. That’s their goal.
What even is this headline? who is writing these articles? "BP's $10B Castrol Sale Draws Global Interest Despite Shell Merger Denial" makes much more sense and easily understood at a glance
| **TOTAL** | **~16,000,000** | **338** |
*Sources: Congressional Budget Office, KFF, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Center for American Progress*
| Tennessee | 290,000* | 13 |
| Texas | 770,000 | 19 |
| Utah | 110,000* | 6 |
| Vermont | 20,000* | 0 |
| Virginia | 320,000* | 9 |
| Washington | 420,000* | 12 |
| West Virginia | 120,000* | 10 |
| Wisconsin | 220,000* | 8 |
| Wyoming | 20,000* | 4 |
| North Dakota | 30,000* | 6 |
| Ohio | 480,000* | 14 |
| Oklahoma | 200,000* | 21 |
| Oregon | 250,000* | 10 |
| Pennsylvania | 510,000* | 16 |
| Rhode Island | 40,000* | 0 |
| South Carolina | 230,000* | 11 |
| South Dakota | 35,000* | 8 |
| Missouri | 270,000* | 18 |
| Montana | 40,000* | 7 |
| Nebraska | 70,000* | 8 |
| Nevada | 170,000* | 3 |
| New Hampshire | 50,000* | 2 |
| New Jersey | 320,000* | 0 |
| New Mexico | 150,000* | 9 |
| New York | 920,000 | 12 |
| North Carolina | 450,000* | 5 |
| Iowa | 120,000* | 8 |
| Kansas | 110,000* | 9 |
| Kentucky | 350,000* | 35 |
| Louisiana | 400,000* | 33 |
| Maine | 60,000* | 4 |
| Maryland | 220,000* | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 250,000* | 3 |
| Michigan | 420,000* | 12 |
| Minnesota | 200,000* | 6 |
| Mississippi | 180,000* | 15 |
| California | 1,700,000 | 28 |
| Colorado | 360,000* | 7 |
| Connecticut | 150,000* | 5 |
| Delaware | 30,000* | 1 |
| Florida | 990,000 | 17 |
| Georgia | 750,000 | 14 |
| Hawaii | 40,000* | 2 |
| Idaho | 80,000* | 5 |
| Illinois | 500,000 | 16 |
| Indiana | 280,000* | 11 |
Healthcare Coverage Losses and Hospital Closures by State
Impact of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
| State | People Who Will Lose Coverage | Hospitals at Risk of Closure |
| Alabama | 210,000* | 13 |
| Alaska | 40,000* | 4 |
| Arizona | 600,000* | 8 |
| Arkansas | 230,000* | 14 |
VANCE: "Our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change."
HEGSETH: "This mission was not and has not been about regime change."
RUBIO: Regime change is "certainly not the goal of what we're working on here."
TRUMP:
SCOOP: Details about Saturday’s “No Kings” protest are under watch by domestic intelligence centers, where analysts regularly distribute speculative threat assessments among federal, state, and local agencies, according to an internal alert obtained by WIRED.
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