This is fascism. This is a dictatorship.
#DefeatTrump #StandUpToTyranny #AbolishICE

1/ “On the heels of last weekend’s special election in Texas, President Donald J. Trump has called for his administration to take over the polls before the 2026 midterm elections. On Saturday, Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a state Senate seat in Texas that had been held by a Republican since the early 1990s, and he did so by a margin of 14.4 points in a district Trump won in 2024 by 17 points. The 32-point flip has Republicans “in full-out panic mode”.

Trump ally Steve Bannon said yesterday on his podcast: “You’re damn right, we’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November.

MAGA leaders’ solution is to reject the results of any election that doesn’t put them in charge.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-4-2026?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

Hint: We are there. Except for the last point. #StandUpToTyranny #DefeatTrump.
“How will you know that America has become a dictatorship? I can tell you.
-The Government Uses Law and Legal Institutions to Intimidate Critics and Silence Free Speech
-The Courts Are “Captured” by the Government and Operate First and Foremost as Tools of the Government
-Corruption Becomes Ordinary and Accepted
-Law Enforcement Operates With Impunity
-Everyone Is Afraid

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/is-america-a-dictatorship-king-trump.html

Catsup bottles are flying. #StandUpToTyranny
“Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting dictatorship in the country, receiving the award despite U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated insistence he deserved it.
Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer, was blocked in 2024 by Venezuela's courts from running for president and thus challenging President Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power since 2013.”

"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its citation.

https://www.reuters.com/world/nobel-peace-prize-winner-be-announced-year-overshadowed-by-trump-2025-10-10/

Sometimes it’s as simple as that with “would be” bullies. The news groups, law firms, universities and government agencies rolling over apparently were already set to bend a knee.
#StandUpToTyranny
DOGE tried assigning a team to the Government Accountability Office. It refused
“the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s rebuff of an encroaching DOGE team shows those interested in maintaining the separation of powers how it's done”

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/16/nx-s1-5401008/doge-gao-congress?utm_medium=email&utm_source=substack

#StandUpToTyranny #StandUpToTrump #DefeatMusk
“Undaunted officials smack down bullies
Wisconsin governor punctures autocrats’ aura of omnipotence; similar support for the rule of law was delivered by bipartisan judges

Democratic Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin is a mild-mannered man, a former teacher and school superintendent, and increasingly in the thick of the fight against Donald Trump’s dictatorial ambitions.

After the FBI recklessly arrested state Judge Hannah C. Dugan on a frivolous charge of impeding ICE agents’ arrest of a suspected undocumented person, Evers issued a written statement: “In this country, people who are suspected of criminal wrongdoing are innocent until their guilt is proven beyond reasonable doubt.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/undaunted-officials-smack-down-bullies?r=ce00&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Philly clergy build an altar outside of ICE headquarters, demanding return of church protection from immigration arrests

Philadelphia clergy held a prayerful protest Thursday against the Trump administration’s move to let agents make immigration arrests in churches.
#OurHeroesWillBeLocal #StandUpToTyranny #DefeatTrump #DefeatMusk
https://www.inquirer.com/news/clergy-builds-altar-ice-protest-deportation-20250403.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=ios&utm_campaign=app_ios_article_share&utm_content=KU5RVOG7URFERHRBNX5E3LP64U

10 rules for dealing with Trump’s demands for capitulation, including
5. Each capitulation encourages him and his goons to engage in even more bullying of more institutions and countries.
#StandUpToTyranny #FightFascism #DefeatTrump #MuskMustGo

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-deal-with-trumps-demands-for?publication_id=365422&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=ce00