Tell Congress: Stop Trump's wasteful and authoritarian birthday military parade

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-stop-trumps-wasteful-and-authoritarian-birthday-military-parade?source=twitter& via @TheDemCoalition

The growing threat to U.S. democracy will literally cost lives
#Trump #USA #Democracy #USPolitics #Autocracy #CivilRights #HumanRights #PublicHealth #PoliticalCorruption #GlobalImpact #ResistTrump #ImmigrationCrisis #JudicialCrisis #SocialMovements
https://the-14.com/the-growing-threat-to-u-s-democracy-will-literally-cost-lives/

Interview: "Abuse of Power”: Trump Admin’s “Bizarre” Arrest of Milwaukee judge

FBI agents charged Judge Hannah Dugan with "obstructing justice & concealing an individual from arrest."

After learning that ICE agents were waiting to arrest her defendent, Flores-Ruiz, Dugan told the agents they needed a judicial warrant.

She directed Flores-Ruiz to leave her courtroom into a public hallway. ICE then arrested him outside the court.

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/28/judge_hannah_dugan_arrest_ice

#resisttrump #uspol #ICE #fascism .

Tell Congress: Demand the resignation of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-demand-the-resignation-of-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth?source=twitter& via @TheDemCoalition

Anti-Trump resistance sees another leader in Van Hollen as Democrats’ leadership carousel turns

"Ezra Levin, co-founder of the #resistance group #Indivisible, said the growing protest movement is directed both at #Trump and 'the Schumers of the world, those who want us to roll over and play dead.' "

By STEVE PEOPLES, April 20, 2025

"Now, it’s Chris Van Hollen’s turn.

"The mild-mannered Maryland senator has suddenly emerged as a leading figure in the resistance to Donald Trump’s norm-busting presidency, becoming the latest in a small but growing collection of Democratic officials testing the strength of their political power in a weakened party with no clear leader.

"Van Hollen’s rise follows his decision to travel 2,000 miles to El Salvador last week to meet with #KilmarAbregoGarcia, who was wrongly deported and federal courts have said should be returned.

"Van Hollen did not secure the release of the Salvadoran citizen who had been living in Maryland. But simply by meeting with him, in defiance of Trump and his ally El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, Van Hollen created a new sense of hope and momentum for Abrego Garcia’s family and the anti-Trump resistance.

" 'Sen. Van Hollen’s leadership in this moment is exactly how Democrats should be pushing back against a wannabe dictator like Donald Trump — calling for law and order over chaos and adhering to the Constitution instead of a tyrant,' Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin told The Associated Press."

https://apnews.com/article/van-hollen-democrats-trump-resistance-abrego-garcia-084ab2c9691accd1e79b3c956f68d058

My sign for today's protests

Tell Congress: Demand the resignation of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-demand-the-resignation-of-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth @TheDemCoalition

Tell Congress: Demand the resignation of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-demand-the-resignation-of-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth?source=twitter& via @TheDemCoalition

#TeamCanada! #elbowsup
#ResistTrump #Trump #ResistanceIsNotFutile #TradeWar #Tariffs #BorderTraffic

#resist #resistance #ResistTyranny #ResistTrump #resistfascism #protest #protests

https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/c/hands-off/event/create/

Yesterday I joined my Poulsbo WA friends in little Norway. #resisttrump #project2025willfail #pnw #NoKingsinAmerica #goptraitors #nonazis #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike

#PortlandME - Another #ProtestOfOne (the 11am one had a few more folks I hear). I mostly received support, some raised fists and horns -- also "Traitor!" and some not nice things that I won't repeat. But I'm glad I was out there!
#FreeMahmoudKhalil #FreeMahmoud #resistance #ResistFascism #ResistTrump #MaineResists

#Appeasement Is Failing: Why Fighting Back Against #Trump Is The Only Option

If there’s any lesson so far in Trump’s second term, it’s that playing nice isn’t just bad optics — it’s a losing strategy.

"Justin Hansford, a Howard Law professor and founder of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, argued that #capitulation had only emboldened Trump. 'The more that they cave in, the more damage that gets done,' said Hansford."

by Jessica Washington, March 15 2025

"Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., capitulated to President Donald Trump and the GOP over the budget this week, sacrificing one of Democrats’ last pieces of leverage as Trump bulldozes the federal government and jails activists. Schumer defended voting yes on the GOP budget that would neuter the legislative branch, arguing that he had no choice but to give in or face a government shutdown. He’s not the first to make that kind of decision.

"Leaders of businesses, universities, and nations across the globe face the same question: Should they fight Trump, or hope that by giving him what he wants he’ll somehow do less harm?

"Far too often, these leaders have chosen appeasement over #resistance — and, in return, gotten nothing."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/15/appeasing-trump-doesnt-work/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/j1U1P
#ResistFascism #ResistTrump #Authoritarianism #CorporateFascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

#resisttrump #greenland #canada #canpol #canpolitics #uspol #uspolitics #never51 #elbowsup

https://globalnews.ca/news/11080463/trump-nato-rutte-canada-greenland/

Arctic defence: The Canadian military is training for potential conflicts in the North. Here's what that looks like in Eeyou Istchee

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-2067-d4ee-b416-2a0750617516