• 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 • Resistance

    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.

    Published On: 08/17/2025

  • Democracy • 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.

    Published On: 08/14/2025

  • 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

  • Democracy • Resistance

    Think Democrats Couldn’t Have Done Anything To Stop Trump’s DC Takeover? Think Again

    Sam Rosenthal

    Progressive Hub

    Democrats could have protected DC by granting statehood when they had the chance.

    Published On: 08/12/2025

  • Culture • Recommended • Technology • Threat Management

    Why Are Silicon Valley’s Utopians Prepping for Collapse?

    Gil Duran

    The Nerd Reich

    Silicon Valley billionaires say tech will create a better future. So, why are many of them quietly preparing luxury doomsday bunkers?

    Published On: 08/09/2025

  • Democracy • Economy • Resistance

    A new generation of populists is showing Democrats how to defeat Trump

    Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara

    The Guardian

    In difficult races, Democrats are leaning into economic populism with promising results

    Published On: 08/07/2025

  • 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

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance

    Let’s Make the End of CPB the Start of Public Media’s Revival

    Craig Aaron

    Pressing Issues

    When one door closes, they say, sometimes you have to bring a lot of people to push another one open. Let’s make a plan and meet on the sidewalk. 

    Published On: 08/05/2025

  • Democracy • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Will journalism become impossible in the U.S.?

    Mark Jacob

    Stop the Presses

    Trump’s war on the free press follows foreign dictators’ playbook.

    Published On: 08/04/2025

  • Democracy • Disinformation

    Trump is Getting Desperate

    Paul Krugman

    Paul Krugman

    We're in an extremely dangerous moment.

    Published On: 08/04/2025

  • Legal • White Supremacy

    Supreme Court poised to permanently entrench Republican rule

    Brian Tyler Cohen

    Brian Tyler Cohen

    The latest move by SCOTUS is a "five alarm fire"

    Published On: 08/03/2025

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