@georgetakei

Elbows up. You do not need to be Canadian.

In the process of downloading the National Archives' youtube channel - 2914 videos. You know the fascists will start deleting these. I will have a shiny new torrent! #datahoarder #datapreservation #preservation #uspol #usgovernment #data #DataRescue #torrent #antifa #resistance #resist

It's worth noting that their plan isn't to stop having #elections. Their plan is to have phony elections where Trump happens to win 80% of the vote every time, as has happened with Putin and Russia for the last 20 years. This is an important distinction because they will be spending the next few years weakening democratic institutions (essentially anything that offers #resistance) and strengthening far-right institutions, all while playing wordgames about being defenders of freedom and #democracy (deny, redirect, ad hominem), just as Russia does with its own state owned media. Or course, most mainstream media will continue to play the 'just reporting both sides' game, to Trump's advantage.

It's essential right now though, despite all its flaws, that we don't abandon #journalism. Autocrats gain and maintain power by silencing critical voices in the media and keeping the public in the dark and checked out. Their most hated democratic tool is a free press, and so it has never been more important to support good journalism and to closely follow press freedom. Yes, the NYT institution is a dumpster fire. But Trump still hates their journalists and would love to see them in jail. The moment he starts jailing journalists is the moment we HAVE to be in the streets, because that is the five alarm fire bell: the point of no return. Once journalists are afraid to speak, he will have zero levers of accountability to restrain him. A free press and a knowledgeable public is the last line of defense. #uspol

#Appeasement Is Failing: Why Fighting Back Against #Trump Is The Only Option

If there’s any lesson so far in Trump’s second term, it’s that playing nice isn’t just bad optics — it’s a losing strategy.

"Justin Hansford, a Howard Law professor and founder of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, argued that #capitulation had only emboldened Trump. 'The more that they cave in, the more damage that gets done,' said Hansford."

by Jessica Washington, March 15 2025

"Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., capitulated to President Donald Trump and the GOP over the budget this week, sacrificing one of Democrats’ last pieces of leverage as Trump bulldozes the federal government and jails activists. Schumer defended voting yes on the GOP budget that would neuter the legislative branch, arguing that he had no choice but to give in or face a government shutdown. He’s not the first to make that kind of decision.

"Leaders of businesses, universities, and nations across the globe face the same question: Should they fight Trump, or hope that by giving him what he wants he’ll somehow do less harm?

"Far too often, these leaders have chosen appeasement over #resistance — and, in return, gotten nothing."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/15/appeasing-trump-doesnt-work/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/j1U1P
#ResistFascism #ResistTrump #Authoritarianism #CorporateFascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

Via Quasim Rashid:
Call These Senators & Demand They Vote NO on the GOP’s Funding Bill:
Each number starts with (202) 224-
Schumer - 6542
Hassan - 3324
Peters - 6221
Durbin - 2152
Schatz - 3934
King - 5344
Shaheen - 2841
Fetterman - 4254
Cortez Masto - 3542
Gillibrand - 4451

Sample script, Part 1:

Hi, my name is [Your Name], and I’m calling to demand Senator [Name] VOTE NO on the GOP funding bill.

Live video from Washington DC Veteran’s March to stop Donald Trump

https://www.youtube.com/live/5wOZEEARFbc
#live #breaking #demonstration #washington #usa #resistance #veterans

"Democracy will be preserved or lost in the next three months. And democracy will be won or lost via a nonpartisan political fight over whether enough Americans want to preserve their way of life to fight back, in a coalition that includes far more than Democrats."

~ Marcy Wheeler

#Musk #Trump #destruction #democracy #resistance
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https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/democrats-have-to-stop-making-political-decisions-with-an-eye-towards-2026/

1/x OK-doke, Mastodon #resistance peeps. Several morning to-dos in the face of the CR shitstorm and *certain* spinless Dem capitulation.#USpol #Democracy

First up:

Good (and early) “Fridays in Trumpland” post from The Newsletter with ECM with phone numbers of all Dem Senators and script too: https://open.substack.com/pub/newsletterwithecm/p/fridays-in-trumpland-3132025

Russia orders voluntary food donations to the army destroyed.

Because some of those donations were poisoned.

See how well the home front is going for Putin?

Tomorrow is the Veterans' March! DC, all 50 state capitals, and many other cities-- check https://fiftyfifty.one and your city hall's events calendar if you're outside a state capital!

Vent your anger, find community, and support our veterans!

Nobody is going to save us but we can still show up for for each other.

“As Jews, we’re here today mere hours before the holiday of Purim begins – a holiday where we honor Esther who used her voice to speak out and demand that the king not commit genocide,” the woman said in the video. “Today we are using her same courage to speak out.”

#protest #genocide #gaza #palestine #resistance #GoodTrouble #JewishVoiceForPeace

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/us/mahmoud-khalil-protesters-arrested-trump-tower/index.html

Original Art from Canada is still tariff free. And Canadian dollar makes things cheaper. Buy original art from #Canadian #artists

Commission yourself a high quality oil painting portrait of a loved one…human or animal from me!

Pricelist on my website joblakely.com

#tariffs
#art #artwork #Canada #us #resistance #support