Democracy • 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.
Published On: 08/20/2025
Democracy • Human Rights • Legal
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.
Published On: 08/18/2025
Democracy • Disinformation • Journalism • Resistance
The Right Built a Media Empire. Rob Stein Warned Us.
Will Robinson
Will Robinson's Newsletter
A for-profit disinformation ecosystem — from Fox News to Breitbart to localized digital outlets — now aggregates 40–50 million loyal consumers, shaping narratives and fueling authoritarian populism.
Published On: 08/18/2025
Democracy
The Strongman’s Test Run, and Why the Next Deployment Will Be Bigger, Longer & Deadlier
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
Deploying troops without police training, defying the courts, and threatening the media, Trump is importing dictator tactics in plain sight and daring Americans to stop him...
Published On: 08/13/2025
Democracy • 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.
Published On: 08/13/2025
Democracy • Legal
Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats’ last tool of resistance
Eleanor Klibanoff
The Texas Tribune
“To one degree or another, to be successful as a Republican, you have to emulate Trump’s speech, his attitude and take directions from the White House.”
Published On: 08/12/2025
Culture • Democracy • Global • Human Rights • Recommended
Hostile Takeover
Kenny Ausubel
Bioneers
At this hinge moment when the climate emergency demands an immediate systemic civilizational overhaul, this retrograde counter-revolution is working to drill, baby, drill, make feudalism great again, and colonize Mars.
Published On: 08/06/2025