• Corruption • Democracy • Executive Power

    Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams

    Paul Waldman

    Public Notice

    Turns out they're not in it for Trump, they're in it for themselves.

  • Artificial Intelligence • Disinformation • Social Media • Technology

    Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation

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    The Guardian

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  • Democracy • Executive Power • Resistance • Social Justice and Equity

    Revolutionary Weather (and the Baboon in the Ruins)

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  • Democracy • Europe • Fascism • Human Rights • Legal • Resistance

    My Afternoon With The Last Living Prosecutor of Nazi War Criminals

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    Michael Moore

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  • Disinformation • Elections • Executive Power

    Majorie Taylor Greene No Longer Trusts the Plan

    Anna Merlan

    Mother Jones

    After feuding with Trump, the congresswoman resigns and casts doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted on her way out the door.

  • Artificial Intelligence • Corruption • Democracy • Disinformation • Global • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance • Safety • Surveillance • Technology

    Maria Ressa Calls for ‘Radical Collaboration’ to Combat Misinformation and Preserve Press Freedom

    Rowan Philp

    Global Investigative Journalism Network

    “Everything we knew as an industry has been destroyed. So we don’t stand still. This is a time for radical collaboration.”

  • Corruption • Disinformation • Fascism • Financial • White Supremacy

    Suddenly, Steve Bannon isn’t interested in transparency around Epstein anymore

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    Media Matters

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  • Artificial Intelligence • Corruption • Democracy • Financial • Global • Social Media • Surveillance • Technology

    The Authoritarian Stack

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  • Exile • Health • Human Rights • Personal Resilience • Safety

    Trans Relocation Guide: Finding Trans Asylum and Safe Havens

    Kai Proschan

    TransLash (January 22, 2025)

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  • Health • Personal Resilience • Resistance

    Stay Human: 80 Tiny Moves for Everyday Resistance in the Authoritarian Harm Complex

    Paul T Shattuck

    Progressive Strategy Now (April 12, 2025)

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  • Environment • Health • Personal Resilience • Safety

    On Staying Grounded

    Krista Tippett

    The Pause

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  • Fascism • Safety • Threat Management • Violence • White Supremacy

    The Next Terrorist Attack

    Timothy Snyder

    Thinking About (November 1, 2025)

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  • Financial • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom

    The Right Funds Its Media. Can Progressive Philanthropy Meet the Moment?

    Lara Witt & Maya Schenwar

    Truthout

    Anger and bigotry are profitable models if you rewire people’s brains to be driven by fear.

  • Environment • Global • Health • Science

    Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths

    Sharon Lerner

    ProPublica

    Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.

  • Disinformation • Executive Power • Global • Human Rights • Violence

    Dark Clouds Over Venezuela

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    TRANSFORM w/ Marianne Williamson

    The next Vietnam or Iraq could be lurking in the Caribbean…

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