Sumathy Kumar joins @lauraflanders to discuss how mass movements and local governance can protect our communities and build a dignified future for all. 🌊
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Think "states’ rights" is only for the right? Think again. 🛡️
@lauraflanders and I explore how we can use local power to protect reproductive rights and healthcare. It’s time to stop ceding our best tools and start using them to win. ✊
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Sumathy Kumar explores a bold proposal: using a "tax strike" to protect our polling places. It’s a rational, non-violent response to uphold the Constitution when it’s under fire. ✊
#SoftSeccession #TheExistentialistRepublic #Minneapolis #ICE
What happens if the federal government tries to cancel an election? 🗳️
@lauraflanders and I explore a bold proposal: using a "tax strike" to protect our polling places. It’s a rational, non-violent response to uphold the Constitution when it’s under fire. ✊
#SoftSeccession #TheExistentialistRepublic #Minneapolis #ICE
"We have an abuser in the federal government and we are trying to intercede." ✊
@lauraflanders breaks down the urgent need to outmaneuver the push for single-party rule and reclaim our local power. A masterclass in political strategy and resistance.
#Democracy #LauraFlanders #TheExistentialistRepublic #SoftSeccession
By modeling state laws after New York’s powerful Martin Act, local governments can investigate and prosecute billionaire "oligarch" spending as criminal corruption without needing to prove intent.
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Inspired by the resilience in Minneapolis, where a community stands in total solidarity to protect its most vulnerable against what they describe as a hostile invasion.
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Journalist Ken Klippenstein reports that ICE is building databases of protesters and reportedly conducting armed, masked home visits in Maine to intimidate individuals filmed at demonstrations.
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