Dave Troy 
📄NEW: "What To Do When There Is Nothing To Be Done"
Understanding our reality can feel immobilizing, but it doesn't have to be. Here are strategies you can use to fight for the future you want — even when it seems like there is nothing you can do.
https://america2.news/what-to-do-when-there-is-nothing-to-be-done/
What To Do When There Is Nothing To Be Done

Understanding our reality can feel immobilizing, but it doesn't have to be. Here are strategies you can use to fight for the future you want — even when it seems there is nothing you can do.

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Dec 23, 2024 at 12:50amWeb
Show threadSordid Amok!Dec 23, 2024
@davetroy Boosted and sent to a few folx who aren't on Mastodon.
Show threadDave Troy Dec 23, 2024
@SordidAmok thank you!
Show threadMarina Ormes Dec 23, 2024
@davetroy this is so helpful. Sharing it with friends and family. Thanks for the approachable words of practical wisdom.
Show threadDave Troy Dec 23, 2024
@marinao sure thing, thank you!
Show threadGrassroots JoeDec 23, 2024

@davetroy

Good stuff, thanks for posting. I hope you won't mind my adding an addendum to #5 Recognize That Ideas Are Weapons.

For people doing larger scale organizing, I highly recommend signing up for the Freedom Over Fascism Movement Briefings that are presented on a regular basis by ASO Communications, https://www.asocommunications.com, The Research Collaborative, https://researchcollaborative.org/, and a few others.
Please DM me for a link to sign up.

For everyone, the same folks regularly update their ...

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Show threadGrassroots JoeDec 23, 2024

@davetroy

Freedom Over Fascism toolkit, https://bit.ly/FreedomOverFascism, with material produced for the briefings that they also use in trainings they do for activust and advocate organizations.

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Freedom Over Fascism Toolkit Quick Links & Table of Contents: Messaging Best Practices The MAGA Agenda MAGA, Trump and Musk Power Grab Reversal: Halt to Federal Funds MAGA’s Anti-DEI Efforts, En Español MAGA’s Anti-Trans Attacks Reproductive Freedoms Executive Orders Immigration Guidance / Immi...

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Show threadMastodon MigrationDec 23, 2024

@davetroy

Folks, read and follow investigative reporter Dave Troy @davetroy ☝️

Dave is the best and one of the few who actually demonstrates the courage of his convictions.

Thanks Dave for your clear eyed and searing assessments. We need you more than ever right now.

Show threadKrystynaDec 23, 2024

@davetroy

Thanks for "#7: Turn Off the News and Read Books" . Depth is needed. We need to understand history. There are also good docuseries (for non- readers); some dramatizations too.

Show threadSergioDec 23, 2024

@davetroy This is a must read for all who believe in our democracy and plan on pushing back against the dictator wanna-be who assumes power this next month!

#democracy #fighton

Show threadBeggar MidasDec 23, 2024
@davetroy Turning over a new leaf, Dave? Or more accurately returning to what made you good before you lost yourself down that Bircher rabbit hole. More aligned to the 2014 you that excelled at humanizing the costs of technological overreach. I'm willing to let past bygones be bygones if you are. As a peace offering hit me up in DM's. Think I have some leads on the juciest story of the year. Just make sure to credit me. Deal?
Show threadJessiDec 24, 2024
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Thanks for providing Toad.