https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-us-can-survive-without-almost #news #politics #trump #donaldtrump #elonmusk #musk #us #usa #eu #europe #america #china #russia #ukraine #canada #video #tech #uk #writing #ai #tv #fascism #france #democracy #germany #substack #cliffsedge #blueamp #cliffschecter #davidhuster #briankarem #cliffsnote
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Stop using Big Tech to organize your protests! They're part of the authoritarian surveillance and oppression as well.
✊ Replace Meetup/Facebook Groups with Mobilizon:
https://mobilizon.org
📄 Replace Google Docs with CryptPad:
https://cryptpad.fr
📍 Replace Google Map with Organic Maps:
https://organicmaps.app
🎞️ Replace YouTube with PeerTube:
https://joinpeertube.org
📧 Replace Gmail and Google Calendar with Proton or Tuta:
https://proton.me
https://tuta.com
🕸️ Create a simple html website with no tracking and no cookies, and post links to it everywhere, including paper posters and stickers.
We can organize without Big Tech. We have done it for centuries before! 
#Protest #Democracy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #MassSurveillance
"3 mos ago 325,000 Serbians took Belgrade (some estimates had many more). That’s 5% of the pop taking on Serbian Pres Vučić's autocracy
If we show up similarly to protest our rubber-chicken #fascist, that's 17MM. How about 15MM of us do this? 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍"
READ/TURN OUT! https://www.blueamp.co/p/15-million-vs-one-wannabe-king-america #protest #usa #nokings #la #losangeles #donaldtrump #trump #california #us #nato #america #unitedstates #canada #uk #ai #france #germany #tech #immigration #eu #tv #fascism #democracy #video #writing
Even as late as 1912 A.D., the great mass of the people still persisted in the belief that they ruled the country by virtue of their ballots. In reality, the country was ruled by what were called 'political machines'. At first the machine bosses charged the master capitalists extortionate tolls for legislation; but in short time the master capitalists found it cheaper to own the political machines themselves and to hire the machine bosses. - Jack London, The Iron Heel
From @jackhutton
"It’s always right wing violence. It is always attacks on Democrats—the right wing, Fox, OAN, Murdoch, Musk are terrorists. "
Me: Add the so called leader to the list of terrorists as well as all GOP lawmakers and admin secretaries like #KristiNoem who paint Dems as the enemy.
Jamie Raskin, a leading Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, stated that the bill seeks to strip courts of their power to hold the administration in contempt when the President violates court orders.
#fascism #constitution #trump #meme #democracy
Here's our issues for today! Call your reps and do more at: https://www.5calls.org/
* Oppose Trump Attorney Emil Bove for Federal Court Judge.
* We still need to reign in Trump's war powers [if calling Senate: S.J.Res. 59 / if calling House: H.Con.Res. 38]
* Condemn Trump and Miller's attack on immigrants, California - and block every action they can.
* RFK and Kristi Noem must resign for their incompetence and cruelty.
* (House) Oppose the GENIUS crypto scam act.
* (Senate) Oppose HR the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act.
For your rep here: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
For your Senators:
Senator Schiff: 202-224-3841
Senator Padilla: 202-224-3553 (Fresno 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787)
Governor Newsom: 916-445-2841
#politics #democrats #democracy #california #santaclara #USPol #CAPol
Donating to @ProPublica supports a newsroom full of investigative journalists intent on bringing about real change through reporting on abuses of power in the public interest. They've done incredible work this year. And if you donate on #GivingNewsDay your donation is matched dollar for dollar. https://give.propublica.org/campaign/748664/donate?c_src=ben #givingtuesday #journalism #democracy
More than fifty of us took our protest of the Trump regime to the streets today in Galloway, New Jersey, USA. So glad to see many young people, even children, participating.
#USPol #Resist #Protest #Indivisible #Mobilize #Solidarity #Demonstration #Democracy #Peace #Pax #AntiFascism #IndivisibleNJ #NoKings
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This year, @ProPublica reported on ICE splitting up families, the people behind DOGE and their impact, the backroom dealings of Trump and others in his administration, and more. I'm proud to work with these journalists - and they need your support.
As always, I want to prove that the #fediverse is an important source of support for nonprofits like ours. We're here, we're engaged, and we care.
If you have the means, please consider a donation:
https://give.propublica.org/campaign/748664/donate?c_src=ben
🇨🇦 Our Shared Future 🇨🇦
Upholding Canadian Values in the 2025 Federal Election
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bmrrFxNnX6YhDsgo_44Roq-Qgdjd3UxueaGTqIAYcVw/edit?usp=sharing
CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate
#CalPol #CanadaVotes #2025CdnElection #democracy #CanadianValues #diversity #multiculturalism
#ElbowsUp #never51
#populism #conservatism #housing #FoodSecurity #inflation #unions #solidarity
![🇨🇦 Our Shared Future 🇨🇦
Upholding Canadian Values in the 2025 Federal Election
All Canadians are encouraged to participate in the 2025 Canadian federal election on Monday April 28, 2025.
Protect core Canadian values
Equality & inclusion
Accessible healthcare
Affordable housing
Food security
Truth & reconciliation
Climate action
Accountability, transparency, responsibility
Research candidate platforms thoroughly
Attend local candidate debates
Understand how proposed policies may impact our community
Consider long-term societal implications, not just short-term promise
Make an informed choice based on evidence,
fairness, and the future you want to see.
Non-partisan voting resources
[1] https://www.elections.ca
[2] https://egale.ca/votewithpride/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Canadian_federal_election
[4] http://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions.html
[4.1] https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions/services/protecting-democratic-institutions.html
[4.2] https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions/services/protecting-canada-general-election-2025/resisting-disinformation-during-election.html
[5] CBC News Election Coverage: Comprehensive, balanced reporting
[6] Apathy is Boring: Youth & senior voter engagement
[7] Canadian Anti-Hate Network: Countering misinformation & extremism](/proxy/post_attachment/86396/0491fa8a04.png "🇨🇦 Our Shared Future 🇨🇦
Upholding Canadian Values in the 2025 Federal Election
All Canadians are encouraged to participate in the 2025 Canadian federal election on Monday April 28, 2025.
Protect core Canadian values
Equality & inclusion
Accessible healthcare
Affordable housing
Food security
Truth & reconciliation
Climate action
Accountability, transparency, responsibility
Research candidate platforms thoroughly
Attend local candidate debates
Understand how proposed policies may impact our community
Consider long-term societal implications, not just short-term promise
Make an informed choice based on evidence,
fairness, and the future you want to see.
Non-partisan voting resources
[1] https://www.elections.ca
[2] https://egale.ca/votewithpride/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Canadian_federal_election
[4] http://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions.html
[4.1] https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions/services/protecting-democratic-institutions.html
[4.2] https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions/services/protecting-canada-general-election-2025/resisting-disinformation-during-election.html
[5] CBC News Election Coverage: Comprehensive, balanced reporting
[6] Apathy is Boring: Youth & senior voter engagement
[7] Canadian Anti-Hate Network: Countering misinformation & extremism")
Speaking of weak Democrats, you have no idea how much trouble I've had getting Democrats in #Maine to introduce or otherwise advocate for gun reform legislation. I've written multiple times to the chair of the Democratic Senate Committee, the Executive Director of the Maine Democratic Party, Senate President Mattie Daughtry (my state senator), the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, and more. All of them refuse to answer me. What cowardice. #Politics #Democrats #Guns #GunReform #Democracy #US #USpol
![Headline in the New York Times: "Democrats Must 'Toughen Up' Against [the guy currently in the White House], Obama Tells Donors"](/proxy/post_attachment/126531/49f00e57ab.png "Headline in the New York Times: \"Democrats Must 'Toughen Up' Against [the guy currently in the White House], Obama Tells Donors\"")
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Urge your Congressmember to stand firm against the assaults on our #democracy, the #judiciary & the rule of #law by rejecting the #JUDGES Act, the #PEPPER Act, the #NORRA Act & The #NIAP Act today.
https://resist.bot/petitions/PDVYDP
#ResistBot #resist #coup #Trump #Musk #StephenMiller #Vought #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #POTUS #TeslaTakedown #FAFO #NAFO #Putin #MBS #Xi #Modi #SaudiArabia #GCC #UAE #Dubai #Oman #Qatar #Bahrain #Kuwait #PetroState #climate #ClimateChange @resistbot @[email protected]
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
— Howard Zinn
https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/
#HowardZinn #Resist #Protest #USPol #Democracy #Trump #Musk #DOGE #GOP #ICE
After 13 yrs on Twitter, @bikemonterey stopped posting on that platform in Nov 2022.
We are also no longer posting on Meta platforms; we do have a @bikemonterey Instagram account, but it refers people to this Mastodon account.
Although we set up a @bikemonterey BlueSky acct, it likewise refers to this Mastodon acct.
When we did some updates today to Summer Bike Buzz https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2025-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html, we pointed out what a chief information officer of a Monterey County transportation agency posted on Mastodon on July 6, 2025:
“Change isn’t easy. And transformational change requires perseverance and dedication. It doesn’t have to be fanatical. Honestly medium-level relentless will do.” https://mastodon.world/@NoRomBasic/114808599939418491
#SystemsChange #SocialMedia #Mastodon #democracy #PowerToThePeople
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New #blog post: Libraries are awesome
https://rldane.space/libraries-are-awesome.html
285 words
Getting back in the swing of things!
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @twizzay @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @solusspider @clayton
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots in a key judicial election, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes.
#News #NorthCarolina #Election #Voting #Law #SupremeCourt #Democracy
Dozens of towns in Massachusetts, we're coming up to an important election. It can be argued that local government is just as important - and possibly more important - than who sits in the Oval Office. So please make sure you are registered!
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistrationSearch/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx
I hope for everyone's sake that you check NOW, because the deadline is upon us ⬆️
The arrests of #media member Don Lemon, a Democratic political candidate, and activists demand an immediate national response. Read my letter here... and let's take action!
https://www.blueamp.co/p/an-open-letter-to-journalists-and #politics #news #press #usa #unitedstates #socialmedia #ice #murder #dhs #trump #us #russia #eu #nato #us #america #tech #fascism #democracy #minneapolis #minnesota
"Taiwan’s vibrant and competitive democratic system has allowed for regular peaceful transfers of power since 2000, and protections for civil liberties are generally robust. Ongoing concerns include inadequate safeguards against the exploitation of migrant workers and the Chinese government’s efforts to influence policymaking, media, and the democratic infrastructure."
Just out from @josephinelee and Joelle DiPaolo: After three decades of fighting back against #vouchers, the governor enlisted the help of the president to destroy the last vestiges of Republican resistance this week. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump-house-vouchers-pass/
#education #schools #Trump #GregAbbott #politics #USpol #news #TXlege #Texas #Republicans #democracy
"The #monopoly #media morons for whom he’s entertained tens of millions of ad-viewing viewers deemed it so, and I’m sure it has nothing to do w Stephen #Colbert using his brilliant timing and razor-sharp wit to disembowel Don-Don on the regular"
CONT-> https://www.blueamp.co/publish/post/168652683 #writing #humor #funny #tv #ai #usa #america #unitedstates #fascism #us #russia #democracy #tech #news #politics #press #entertainment
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
— Howard Zinn
Full text: https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/
#HowardZinn #Resist #Protest #USPol #Democracy #Trump #Musk #DOGE #GOP #ICE
