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Jim Ryan's avatar

This is a fantastic summary of the people power revolution we’re living through

Deepak Puri's avatar

Another important resource is the newsletters (like The Cause) that help get the facts out. I created this free app which lists over 120 progressive newsletters.

https://newsletters.glide.page/dl/a400f7

Search by author, blog or area of focus. For instance there are a dozen newsletters with a focus on the 'Epstein files'. I keep adding more sources as I learn of them, so if you know of any that are missing, let me know.

David's avatar

This is a hopeful summation of “the resistance” but a few points. The resistance could be even bigger if the information about upcoming protests wasn’t spattered across many different websites. There must be a unified clearinghouse of information. Why do I have to scour the web to find protests in my area (my area is nyc by the way).

And if you think that this Mass resistance movement of the American people will accept going back to the “liberal” Corporate Democrats idea of government, which I am sure Chuck Schumer and that crowd are hoping for, you are mistaken. The eyes of ordinary Americans have been opened to what they represent, the Oligarchs. Wolves in sheep’s clothing. That is not to say that I will not go out to vote for Democrats (although I will try to defeat them in the primaries.) as everybody should. But I have not given a cent to them because, as you say their constant, harassing texts and Emails ring false. But if they win, despite the extreme rigging being attempted by the Repugnant party, I will continue to go out to protests, to hold their feet to the fire, so we can bring about a true Democracy, that actually represents the American people. Something this country has never seen. So long live the resistance! Long live the American people! Down with oligarchy in all its forms!

Josie Esquivel's avatar

They, the rich bastards, believe they can buy everyone. We must prove them wrong!

Frantz Rantz's avatar

This information fanned the tiny last dying ember of hope in the ashes of my heart and soul into a flickering little flame...

Thank you.

SPI Maker's avatar

Thank you for writing this comprehensive look at how the resistance is winning in so many ways and what we need to do to keep winning. What has been proven, as has been effectively pointed out here, is that the one thing that can destroy authoritarian attacks on society is society fighting back en masse.

Pegster53's avatar

There are more of us than them and it’s up to us to help stop them.

Saralyn Fosnight's avatar

I think this is an excellent summary; I only have one reservation. Did Kamala Harris really lose the election? There are a bunch of question being brought up about exactly how much did Elon Musk meddle in the election results in the six the swing areas. We should have a hand recount there and if there is evidence of tampering, all of the ballots cast should be checked and verified.

As for the midterms, there can be no doubt that Trump and his minions are going to try to disqualify Democratic votes. They are already talking about it (check out Heather Cox Richardson’s column in today’s Substack). We must have plans to prevent such disenfranchisement from occurring. Cell phones won’t help there. We will need actions. We need to plan for every kind of intimidation and dirty trick they can generate.

So those are my two cents’ worth. Everything else you said was encouraging to read.

FDD's avatar

Lobby your state legislators and governors to act now to protect the midterms and other elections!!!

RagsAndRuches's avatar

Thank you for an optimistic view of our resistance. It was good to visually see and read the good that is happening and we must not lose sight of the long game. Because they’re playing the slow burn.

L O L G O P's avatar

Excellent point that I will address. That's why money tends to win. Needs no sleep.

Karen Lightfoot's avatar

I love your logo so keep up the good work and get us all in good trouble

Kelly Thompson TNWWY's avatar

I love this overview. Isn’t the attack on Iran a way to seize the narrative and airwaves again?

L O L G O P's avatar

Yep. Out of weakness. But it's Trump using the biggest medium he can to stake his claims. We'll see how that works out, but history tells us it probably won't be great for anyone.

MochiMeow510829's avatar

We’ll see how many soldiers has to die for his War b4 his MAGA base says Enough of this BS. Who knows. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe Never. The abomination runs deep. When they share the same racist pedo disease.

Publius's avatar

Progressive media or mainstream media is good at reporting facts but they need opinion celebrities that know how to talk to the middle class. A beer drinking crowd that can relate.

Their ideas, for the most part, should be much more attractive to middle class folks. But the spokespersons we have are often intellectuals and seem to focus more on civil rights than on kitchen table issues. I personally enjoy listening to these folks, like Ari Melber and Jen Psaki. But there needs to be one or more that can relate to different audiences. I can’t even think of an example of someone like that. The closest I can come is Robert Reich and Elizabeth Warren, but they are both extremely intelligent and can be perceived as to intellectual. And those two are not really media folks.

Maybe John Stewart and Stephen Colbert would be closer type personality that I envision.

It’s a conundrum. Smart people obviously have the better ideas. But they are often not the best communicators to the middle class.

George's avatar

Something just hit me while reading this article. They didn’t rig 2020 for Trump because the rest of the mechanism (project 2025) wasn’t ready. They allowed a free and fair election to happen but they plan to NEVER allow that again. Don’t doubt it and don’t forget it. With the state of EVERYFUCKINGTHING as it is now republicans should and will lose in a massive blue wave.

That won’t happen. Something/one will intervene just like in 2024. I’m not a conspiracy theorist. Trump and Musk have openly admitted this on multiple occasions but America simply is not ready to believe it possible. Well my friends please believe it and watch as it happens again.

Karen Lightfoot's avatar

Let’s do the bluenami wave together

Kayo's avatar

Thank you. This gives me hope, that people really are making a difference, with or without MSM.

Every time I go to a No Kings or other event, I notice that the reaction from passing traffic is 90% positive. My mission is to get more of those supporters to move out of their cars and into the street!

L.C. DORBACOPOULOS's avatar

Thom Hartmann is a great source for accurate reporting and reality-based commentary and talk radio/tv. He broadcasts on Free Speech TV and is carried on various radio stations across the country. He’s on the internet. I watch MSNOW, but rely on Thom Hartmann to get more variety and in-depth, historically contextualized news.

Debra's avatar

We can turn this ship around, we can end the corruption and hate, we can do it and we have no other choice.

J. David's avatar

There are at least 180 million Americans who are not on board with trump’s insanity.