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Resistance: We're Just Getting Started - April 8 GNR [1]

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Date: 2025-04-08

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”- Winston Churchill

Good Day, Good Newsies!

I’ve noticed (and shared in) disappointment that there seemed to be tepid media coverage of the Hands Off protests last weekend. I want to remind everyone that this was to be expected. We have known for years now that the MSM will not cover liberal or Democratic causes, events or speeches in any way comparable to the blanket coverage given to conservatives and trumpists. So, let’s not allow ourselves to be punched anew by this old old story.

What we need to do instead is redouble our efforts and just not. fucking. go. away.

We will have to be relentless and focused in our protests and refusal to accept the regime’s lawless actions.

MSM can ignore or minimize a one-off day of protests, no matter how large (see: Women’s March). But they won’t be able to ignore repeated, increasing protests. We need to understand that there is no quick and easy way out of this mess that has been creeping over the country for decades. As we gather momentum and strength in growing numbers (and the numbers will grow, if we sustain and build this movement), the media will cover it more. They will have to because our protest activity will be everywhere all the time.

Last Saturday was a fine start. We can and must continue. Below you’ll find some guidance from people much smarter than I am!

The Way Forward

The Real Power of This Weekend’s Anti-Trump Protests, Jill Filipovic, Slate, April 7, 2025.

The point of mass protest is not to stage a perfectly organized, fully realized one-time event. More than 1,200 demonstrations were held nationwide, to say, “Hands Off!”: Hands off the government, hands off our rights, hands off our freedoms. The protests were against shadow president Elon Musk as much as they were actual President Donald Trump. And while the protests didn’t get as much coverage as they deserved, and while they are not going to change the nation overnight, they were nevertheless phenomenally successful. We should take heart. And even if nothing changes right away—and nothing will change right away—we must get out and do it again and again. Because the point is not an immediate result from the White House on down. It’s to galvanize from the ground up—to put pressure on the powerful, and to forge a pathway for the public to collectively say “no” to this devastating regime.✂️ The protests will not change this administration overnight. But that’s not the point. Pressure is the point. Changing the social climate is the point. Creating a sense of social obligation to resist tyranny is the point—in a functional democracy, that’s a basic obligation. Liberals are about as well-positioned here as we can be. This is not a case of an authoritarian leader grabbing power and then maintaining it because, well, at least the trains run on time. This is an authoritarian leader who has managed to make life worse for Americans by nearly every measure: losing them their money, taking away many of the basic services they rely on, making many of the basics they buy more expensive. Trump’s agenda is a radically unpopular one, rivaled only by its implementation. At their best, protests give voice to those fighting the powerful and nefarious—and in this case, the anti-Trump protests gave voice to a majority that had previously been cowed into stunned silence. Whatever dam of despair that kept so many Americans quiet or despondent has now broken. People flooded the streets with a popular and reasonable demand: Stop destroying the country. Trump is unlikely to listen. But the many powerful people who have folded or stayed silent or supported him? They might. Trump stands in the Oval Office only because so many are propping him up. This weekend’s protests were the first big strikes at that scaffolding

The Resistance Must Be Loud and Clear, Steven Beschloss, America, America, April 7, 2025.

None of that is surprising, but it’s no reason to indulge in despair or be overwhelmed by anger. Saturday’s demonstration tells us that the pent-up feelings can be organized. The next step is to expand the resistance and target our efforts to force the regime to respond. That will take millions more Americans joining the fight, sustaining their commitment for the long haul and helping the movement formulate concrete and achievable demands and goals.✂️ But the coming phases of mass protest will require being more precise. Elon Musk must be removed, for example. We will not permit the demolition of Social Security and Medicare, for another example, a demand that will likely crystalize if the current efforts to break the system lead to millions of recipients failing to receive their payments. So many of Trump’s illegal actions are attempts to deny free speech. If the regime begins kidnapping and removing American citizens or if Trump calls in the National Guard against peaceful public protests, our First Amendment rights should also become a central purpose of protest. They can’t arrest 12 million Americans expressing their right to peacefully assemble, demanding due process for migrants and the right of non-citizens to speak out, or speaking in one voice against a regime rejecting the constitutionally protected right of free speech. As I’ve previously noted, that 12 million figure represents 3.5 percent of the nation’s population, the number that Harvard public policy researcher Erica Chenoweth has found is required for nonviolent public protests to have the collective power to demand redress and drive governments to accommodate a movement’s demands or even face dissolution.

2024 Changed Everything? Nonsense. Stuart Stevens, Lincoln Square, April 3, 2025.

“Sooner or later in politics, it’s good to be for what people like.” On that score, Democrats are way ahead of Republicans. Turns out, Americans actually like the constellation of basic social net programs that ketamine-fueled weirdo Elon Musk is trying to slash. Nearly four in five Americans (79%) oppose any reductions to Social Security benefits. For all the hate MAGA piles on the Americans who depend on SNAP, Medicaid, and housing assistance, 41% say that the government should do more to help those in need; 27% say the government does too much. How about those tax cuts? Guess what, cut taxes for billionaires sort of sucks as a political rallying cry. This isn’t some Bernie Sanders niche “eat the rich” issue. In 2017, only a quarter of voters thought the Trump tax cuts were positive. A recent Navigator survey found, “By a 10-point margin, Americans believe that Trump’s tax plan will “hurt people like me.”✂️ In 2020, Trump’s coalition was 85% white. Sure, he did better with the non-white vote in 2024. This time, only 84% of his vote was white. In a country that is 59% white. Republicans are celebrating that only 86% of African Americans voted against them; that only 63% of Asians and 54% of Hispanics voted Democratic. The base of Trump’s support is still non-college-educated whites. In 2000, that was 60% of the electorate. Now, it’s 38% and is the fastest-declining large demographic in America. In political campaigns, you wake up every day asking yourself, “Would I rather be my guy or the other guy.” The odds are far greater that Trump will be the last Republican elected president until 2036 than for this Republican Party, which has won the popular vote only twice since 1988, is now destined for a long run. It’s not going to happen. November 2024 was the Pickett’s Charge of MAGA. They were given the keys to the kingdom controlling three branches of government and squandered the opportunity with a train wreck of nutty policies implemented by a Star Wars bar of unlikeable freaks. Sooner or later, in politics, you have to be for something that people like. My bet is on the Democratic Party.

Even some MAGA are saying “Hands Off!”

Not what I voted for': Trump voter attending anti-Trump protest talks to MSNBC reporter, David McAfee, Raw Story, April 5, 2025.

According to the reporter, the Trump voter said he was specifically concerned with the Trump administration's potential to change Social Security. "This is not what I voted for," the man said, according to MSNBC's reporting, which said he mainly voted for prices to come down. "Times have changed," the reporter said on Saturday. "It's not just Democrats and liberals that are frustrated with the current administration." x At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs. — Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM

🎶 Music Time 🎶

🦁 💗 Courage and Inspiration 🦁 💗

This is courage and also inspiration! They tried to intimidate her into silence, but she would not be cowed!

x NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony. Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.



[image or embed] — Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) April 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM

Sen. Cory Booker Breaks Segregationist Strom Thurmond’s Record With Marathon Speech Against Trump Policies, Mississippi Free Press, April 1, 2025.

It was a remarkable show of stamina as Democrats try to show their frustrated supporters that they are doing everything possible to contest Trump’s agenda. Yet Booker also provided a moment of historical solace for a party searching for its way forward: By standing on the Senate floor for more than a night and day and refusing to leave, he had broken a record set 68 years ago by then Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist, to filibuster the advance of the Civil Rights Act in 1957.

“I’m here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful,” said Booker, who spoke openly on the Senate floor of his roots as the descendant of both slaves and slave-owners.✂️ Throughout his determined performance, Booker repeatedly invoked the civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis of Georgia on Tuesday, arguing that overcoming opponents like Thurmond would require more than just talking.

“You think we got civil rights one day because Strom Thurmond—after filibustering for 24 hours—you think we got civil rights because he came to the floor one day and said, ‘I’ve seen the light,'” Booker said. “No, we got civil rights because people marched for it, sweat for it and John Lewis bled for it.”

⚖️ Law and Courts ⚖️

Just going to link to these stories. The first one had a late-breaking update last night that was too disheartening to include. I am sure you will find it elsewhere. But Barrett voted with the liberal justices — which is notable and encouraging — and people are perhaps shocked enough to get even more exercised about this extreme SCOTUS.

x BREAKING: The federal appeals court in DC has *unfired* members of the NLRB and MSPB that Donald Trump has been trying to remove despite laws protecting them from removal without cause. Panel was divided 7-4. Supreme Court could be next. Details TK www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...



[image or embed] — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM

The NCSC case that never ends… thankfully, Justice Riggs and Democrats are not accepting the disenfranchisement of 65k voters without putting up a fight!

x UPDATE: Justice Allison Riggs and the North Carolina State Board of Elections appeal last Friday’s appellate court ruling, which effectively disenfranchised over 65k votes, to the state Supreme Court.



[image or embed] — Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) April 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM

x The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge to New York's recently enacted gun restrictions. The court's decision not to intervene means most provisions of the law — including a ban on carrying concealed firearms in "sensitive places" — remain in effect. — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM

🇺🇸 Good News from States 🇺🇸

New York

Gnusie Stonykill probably loves this!

South Dakota

South Dakota and Louisiana Voters Let Lawmakers Have It, Gabrielle Gurley, The American Prospect, April 7, 2025.

At the beginning of South Dakota’s short legislative year, which runs from January to March, state lawmakers voted to add the most extreme geographic requirement in the country, which would make it incredibly difficult to qualify constitutional amendments.✂️ South Dakota Republicans outnumber Democrats by about 2-to-1, but that doesn’t mean that conservative voters won’t vote for progressive initiatives. So once voters passed heresies like Medicaid expansion in 2022 and medical marijuana in 2020, the initiative became anathema for the legislature’s far-right conservative faction, who saw their cherished goal of maintaining a permanent Republican majority devoted to the most conservative policies eroding.✂️ After hearing from outraged voters, South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden got the message. Even though he thought the bill was a “worthy goal,” he also surmised that it wouldn’t stand up to an inevitable court challenge, and he vetoed it. Last Monday, in the final meeting of the 2025 session, the members of the state House voted to overturn the decision, but the state Senate sustained the governor’s veto.

Louisiana

Compared to South Dakota, the constitutional amendment landscape in Louisiana is a minefield. The constitutional amendments that Pelican State lawmakers send to voters would be passed as statutes elsewhere. “The Louisiana Constitution is notoriously lengthy and just riddled with amendments,” says Brian Brox, an associate professor of political science at Tulane University. “Something comes up and lawmakers want to pass a bill, but it’s constitutionally protected, so they have to amend [the state constitution] to make the normal legislative process possible.” Lists of amendments delivered to voters with complex “explainers” are a feature, not a bug, of Louisiana elections. The summaries of the four amendments provided by the secretary of state did not offer plain-English information about the purpose of the amendments; links to the bills do not help laymen unaccustomed to reading legislative proposals. Two of the measures dealt with state courts: One would have established new regional and statewide specialized courts and given the state Supreme Court the power to discipline out-of-state lawyers cited for unethical conduct. The second would have created new timetables for judicial special elections.✂️ All four amendments finally ended up being lumped together and slammed with the slogan “No on All.” They nose-dived by supermajorities of 64 percent or more statewide, and encountered significant opposition in both Democratic and Republican strongholds.

Kansas, Montana and Mississippi

x Maybe people starting to get that 'school choice' is mostly a plan to supplement wealthy people who want a non-public education for their kids while screwing the public school system that educate 85% of kids.



[image or embed] — Jeff Bryant (@jeffbinnc.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Illinois

Illinois still tops nationally in nuclear energy, No. 3 in carbon-free electricity, Dan Gearino, Chicago Sun✶Times, April 6, 2025.

Thanks to generating more nuclear power than any other state, Illinois ranks third nationally in producing carbon-free electricity, according to analysis by Inside Climate News of data from the Energy Information Administration.✂️ While nuclear power isn’t renewable, governments and the energy industry usually describe it as “carbon-free” because it doesn’t release carbon when producing electricity. But keep in mind that all forms of electricity have at least some emissions when viewed on a lifecycle basis, which includes the energy used to make the components and continues until disposal at the end of life. The national leader in carbon-free electricity should be no surprise: Texas, thanks to a huge lead in renewables, followed by California. Illinois ranks third, thanks to generating more electricity from nuclear than any other state, followed by Pennsylvania, which ranks second in nuclear generation. New Hampshire gets the highest share of its electricity from nuclear, 56%, followed by South Carolina, 54%, and Illinois, 53%.

x YouTube Video

⚡️ Lightning RoundUp ⚡️

⚡️ The Week Ahead, Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, April 6, 2025.

⚡️ Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance, Timothy Noah, The New Republic, April 7, 2025.

⚡️ Obama’s Blistering New Takedown of Trump Gives Dems a Way Forward, Greg Sargent, The New Republic, April 4, 2025.

⚡️ We are All in this Together, Jennifer Rubin, The Contrarian, April 7, 2025.

⚡️ The Right-Wing Media Machine Is What’s Saving Donald Trump—for Now, Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, April 7, 2025.

⚡️ Will Trump’s Intent to Destroy the Economy Wake Up Congress? Jim Newell, Slate, April 5, 2025.

⚡️ Why America’s Oligarchs May Regret Their Obedience, Anastasia Adel, the Atlantic, April 2025.

⚡️ One About The Atmosphere, A.R.Moxon, The Reframe, April 6, 2025.

⚡️ Elon Musk Can’t Take the Heat Tim Murphy, Mother Jones, April 2, 2025.

⚡️ Donald Trump Really Is a Lot Dumber Than We Thought. Like, a Lot! Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, April 4, 2025.

⚡️ Where is our Tiananmen square ‘Tank Man’ who can stand up to Trump? Corey Robin, the Guardian, April 4, 2025.

⚡️ The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it, Timothy Snyder, Thinking About…, February 2, 2025.

⚡️ Evergreen: THE PERKS OF BEING A PROFESSIONAL PROTESTER, Colin Stokes, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, November 16, 2016.

⚡️🎧 Lightning Podcast/Video Roundup 🎧⚡️

🎧 How State Attorneys General are Taking the Fight to Trump, Aaron Ross Powell, April 7, 2025.

🎧 It's Bad, Bad News For Trump, But Don't Spike The Ball | That Trippi Show, Lincoln Square, April 4, 2025.

🎧 Even MAGA Can’t Defend Trump’s Economic Dumpster Fire | The Bulwark Podcast, April 7, 2025.

🎧 Opinion | Voting Rights and Young Voices May Be Key to Maintaining Democracy, Duvalier Malone with Rep. Bennie Johnson, April 3, 2025.

🎧 Video: A Psychiatrist Explores The Mindset Of Trump's Enablers, Dr. Russell Razzaque, YouTube, April 7, 2025.

🎧 Video: The Roman Empire Reveals How Russia Will Collapse, Paul Warburg, YouTube, April 7, 2025.

🐩 💙 CG’s Picks 💙 🐩

Hello Everybody, it’s me, CurlyGirl!

I have stories about dogs, cats and BEARS today, plus a story about a very strange but interesting creature!

Let’s get down to business!

🐻 Helping Bears behave Helps Town

I hope you remember that I am a little bit nervous about bears. But this story is really interesting and the picture of the town in the Italian mountains was really pretty! And the humans and bears figured out how to live nicely together, so this is a happy story!

‘We made everything bear-proof’: the Italian village that learned to love its bears, Phoebe Weston, the Guardian, April 7, 2025.

So in 2015, Pettorano sul Gizio became the first “bear-smart” community in Italy. Electric fences were erected around more than 100 properties to protect bees, chickens and other farm animals; gates and bear-proof bins were installed; and manuals on how best to live alongside bears were distributed around Pettorano sul Gizio and the neighbouring town of Rocca Pia.✂️ This is a picture of a brown bear, similar to the brown bears in Italy. “The amount of damage has almost been eradicated,” says Cipollone. “We made everything bear-proof.”✂️ Other European countries are taking note. There are now 18 bear-smart communities across Europe, funded by the EU’s Life environmental programme. While depopulation may have drawn bears to the region, in Pettorano sul Gizio bears are now bringing back people.✂️ In the evenings, dozens of people can be found outside La Pizzicheria Di Costantino, which sells large hunks of local cheeses and hams, alongside bear-themed beer. The owner, Massimiliano del Signore, who runs it with his wife, says they moved here for the nature, tranquility and people. “We fell in love and decided to invest in the area,” he says. “It is not just about tourism. It’s about making people believe they can remain here and have a very good life.”

🐶 Top Ten Dogs!

And also tips for keeping pets safe and healthy in springtime!

6 Spring Pet Safety Tips You Need for an Easy Breezy Season, Leah Lopez Cardenas, Daily Paws, April 5, 2025.

Spring has sprung and we're all ready to welcome some warmer weather, sunnier skies, and more outdoor playtime with our pets. To make sure this season stays sunny, keep these six spring pet safety tips in mind when you have your next dog's day out. 1. Fleas, Ticks, and Other Parasites 2. Seasonal Allergies 3. Unpredictable Weather 4. Spring Cleaning 5. Plants 6. Spring Holiday Chocolate x YouTube Video

🐈 Understanding Cats

We don’t have any cats living with us, but if we did I am sure me and Mama would figure out what they need right quick! This article would help us.

Is Your Cat Meowing at Night? What Evening Chit Chat Means, Tracey L. Kelley, Daily Paws, July 1, 2024.

So why is your cat meowing at night? Leslie Sinn, DVM, DACVB, CPDT-KA, is a specialist in animal behavior, owner of Behavior Solutions, and a member of the Daily Paws Advisory Board. She says, quite simply, they need you. "Cats meow for a variety of reasons but they're basically seeking attention food , or play from their owners," she tells Daily Paws. "They also do it if they're distressed, confused, or otherwise worried."✂️ So perk up your cat antenna the next time your cat won't stop meowing at night, and tune in to their signals: Hungry: Does kitty run to the food or treat cabinet as soon as they see you? "Use a timed feeder for a midnight snack if the cat is disturbing you because it wants food," Sinn says. "Or provide a food puzzle that will last through the night."

Feeling playful: When you switch on the light, do they get the zoomiesor flip-flop about? It's playtime! "Arrange for a 15-minute play session an hour or so before bedtime," Sinn says. Some ideas might be to run a feather up and down their cat tree, throw a wadded ball of paper across the floor, or use an interactive toy for fun bonding.

Wants company: If your fuzzball simply blinks at you or seeks immediate lap space, they might be bored and want company. "Give your cat attention when it's quiet during the day, and reward quiet behavior," Sinn says. "And make sure their environment is appropriately enriched." This might include better exercise options and stimulating games. Sinn adds that as a general rule, a second pet is never recommended to help solve the issue of your cat meowing at night. "However, if it's a young, active cat and the owner just can't meet their exercise and interaction needs, a compatible playmate may be an option."

🏆 Congratulations to tardigrades!

It’s heroic, hardy and less than a millimetre long: meet the 2025 invertebrate of the year, Patrick Barkham, the Guardian, April 7, 2025.

Many of these animals perform vital functions for our habitable planet. Invertebrates supply the vast majority of pollination that enables us to grow food, and enjoy flowers. Invertebrates make soil, and keep it fertile. They clean water and tidy land, devouring poo or decomposing animals, repelling everything from bad smells to deadly diseases. Of course, some also spread diseases, and may swarm, pest or plague human life. But were invertebrates to completely disappear – and in human-dominated places, they are irrefutably disappearing – sapiens would swiftly follow. I found this funny picture of tardigrades in the DK library! Somehow, however, stressing their importance to human prosperity diminishes these animals. They are not simply dull little butlers dutifully scurrying in the service of their human masters. They are gloriously independent animals. They don’t need us half as much as we need them. They also embody ways of life that look extraordinarily exotic to our eyes. Among the 10 shortlisted animals – all nominated by the global community of Guardian readers – is the tongue-biting louse, a tiny crustacean that burrows into a fish’s gills and clings to its tongue, eating what the fish eats and sharing enough so the fish stays alive – for years. Then there’s the fen raft spider: it runs on land, walks on water and even dives beneath it in search of prey – small fish and dragonflies – larger than itself. The winner, one of the tardigrades, is particularly impressive. Milnesium tardigradum has endured all five previous planetary extinction events. Given that, it was a doddle for some individuals to survive being chucked into outer space as an experiment. Its victory might show we are drawn to tiny but resilient animals in times of global political turmoil. When we feel small and powerless, the mighty, microscopic tardigrades give us hope.

That’s all I have for this Tuesday! Thanks for reading! Luv, CG 💙🐾

🚧 🩷 ❣️ How Can You Help Build a Better World? ❣️ 🩷 🚧

I’m going to share some of the excellent links and suggestions from GoodNewsRoundup and chloris creator. Repetition is good!

🎩 GOODNEWSROUNDUP:

There are many ways to get involved. Everyone can find something that works for them.

Here are some ideas.

🎩 CHLORIS CREATOR:

I know it’s tough to see the path forward. And I can’t guarantee that there is a path forward. But people who are smarter and braver than I have seen ways to move ahead.

Their plans really are dark, but many of them are also dumb, in the sense that they don’t make sense. So many of them cannot succeed. Here are some quick hits. Stay involved. Yeah, that’s tough. I want to look away too, but by taking simple actions you can make a difference. Keep contacting your representatives, both in DC and at home.

Support causes that will fight. Send money if you can. Also, spread their news with clicks and conversation.

Slow them down. Oppose and block at every turn.

Make tRump unpopular. Doing this weakens him. And it should not be that difficult. The GOP made a lot out of Biden is old and eggs cost too much. Well, tRump is older than Biden was at the beginning of his term and tRump has no policies that are going to bring down inflation. And a host of other problems, like he’s a convicted felon.

Divide the GOP from each other. They are a coalition based on contradictory promises, so there’s plenty to work with.

Keep telling the truth and showing love.

Make sure to pace yourselves in this marathon and to practice self-care.

Other Actions

‼️ Check your voter registration ‼️ ← Seems obvious, but super important.

Postcards I have written for Wisconsin SC election 📞 Call your Congress critters and register your concerns!

(202) 224-3121 is the main switchboard number for Congress. They will ask for your city and state or your zip code and connect you with your representatives. It’s easy and it does make a difference.

Jessica Craven at Chop Wood, Carry Water provides scripts to help you if you worry about what to say.

📪 Write postcards to help Democratic candidates and progressive judges get elected: Postcards to Voters

3️⃣ Check out Third Act Actions page — there might be something there that you can do.

⚖️ Support the ACLU! 🧵 Share your favorite news sites, podcasts or vloggers in the comments! The GNR comments section is a bonus reason to read GNR every day!!

💙 RoundUp WindDown 💙

That’s it from me and CG for another Tuesday.

As always, I encourage you to look after yourself with gentleness and compassion. Eat nutritious food, get some rest and do your very best to get outdoors every day for at least a few breaths of fresh air.

Hold on to the things that make life worth living — and remember we are fighting to protect them for ourselves and for future generations. It’s terrible and exhausting but oh so worth it.

Happy Tuesday, Gnuville!

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