• Culture • Democracy • Disinformation • Fascism • White Supremacy

    When (or Will) MAGA Ever See the Light?

    Cassidy Steele Dale

    Think Future

    An imperfect explanation that might make sense.

  • Disinformation • Social Media • Technology

    Why the Internet is Turning to Shit

    Alex Skopic

    Current Affairs

    Cory Doctorow’s new book is an insightful diagnosis of how Big Tech is making every app and website worse—even if his solutions leave something to be desired.

  • Democracy • Democratic Party • Elections • Resistance

    Keep Calm and Protect Democracy

    Micah L. Sifry

    The Connector

    Instead of "catastrophizing" ourselves into despair, pay attention to the regime's weaknesses, including among the MAGA base.

  • Corruption • Democracy • Democratic Party • Disinformation • Economy • Executive Power • Fascism • Financial • Human Rights

    America Tips Into Fascism

    Garrett Graff

    Doomsday Scenario

    Whether we can come back from this moment is a story yet unknown. But it’s clear today America is different and, even if we fight our way back, it will never be the same again.

  • Democracy • Disinformation • Fascism • Human Rights • Resistance • Social Justice and Equity • Violence • White Supremacy

    Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad

    Clint Smith

    The Atlantic

    We must make a record of those forces that seek to erase us and erase our histories so that future generations know we did not simply accept it. Our ancestors’ words remind us that we never have.

  • Democracy • Democratic Party • Economy • Elections • Resistance

    Establishment Democrats Are Going to Torpedo the 2026 Midterms

    Aaron Regunberg

    The New Republic

    Having failed to learn the key lesson from last year’s defeat, party leaders are promoting moderate candidates to run against populist progressives in next year’s elections.

  • Democracy • Fascism • Health • Human Rights • Personal Resilience • Safety

    We Each Have a Nazi in Us

    Gabor Mate

    The Guardian

    We need to understand the psychological roots of authoritarianism

  • Democracy • Economy • Elections • Executive Power • Fascism • Human Rights • Resistance • Safety • Social Justice and Equity • Threat Management

    It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”

    Chris Armitage

    The Existential Republic

    Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.

  • Exile • Human Rights • Legal • Safety • Threat Management

    Asylum for Trans Brits and Americans: We Need to Talk

    Jenny List

    https://transrescue.org/asylum-for-trans-brits-and-americans-we-need-to-talk

    There are still plenty of options for leaving the USA or the UK which do not involve asylum, and we believe at the time of writing that they represent a far better choice.

  • Democracy • Fascism • Human Rights • Legal • Threat Management

    New Detention Camp at Fort Bliss Marks Dangerous Expansion of Militarized Immigration Enforcement

    Haddy Gassama

    ACLU

    An immigration detention site at Fort Bliss will hold thousands. It could be the largest immigration detention site in the country.

  • Cyber Security • Legal • Surveillance • Technology • Threat Management

    ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network

    Jason Koebler, Joseph Cox

    404 Media

    Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance • Social Justice and Equity • Surveillance • Technology

    What Bob McChesney Taught Me

    Craig Aaron

    Pressing Issues

    “If you act like change for the better is impossible, you guarantee it will be impossible.”

  • Democracy • Executive Power • Fascism • Personal Resilience • Resistance

    On Not Surrendering in Advance Or At Any Point Thereafter

    Rebecca Solnit

    Meditations in an Emergency

    There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context.

  • Democracy • Resistance • Safety • Surveillance • Threat Management

    45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People

    How to Resist

    How to Resist

    One of the strengths of non-compliance is its accessibility. You don’t need a permit, a megaphone, or a lawyer. You simply need the courage and the conviction to say NO.

  • Democracy • Elections • Executive Power • Fascism • Legal

    Trump Plans To Steal the Midterms

    The Big Picture and Jay Kuo

    The Big Picture

    Trump intends to undo the will of the voters in next year’s midterm elections. But there’s still time and a way to stop him.

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