Resistance is alive and well in the United States

I thought you might enjoy this article from Waging Nonviolence: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resistance-alive-well-us/

***** Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos
Paul Krugman 1 Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos And what the hell was Scott Bessent doing briefing Morgan clients? Hitting the road today, but I have time for a note on the news that moved markets yesterday. Bloomberg reports: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a closed-door investor summit Tuesday that the tariff standoff with […]
************ $$$$$$$$$$$ NYTimes.com: Trump Is Insatiable
Trump Is Insatiable The president is trying to pick off institutions (and people) one by one. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/opinion/trump-harvard.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes: Trump Is Insatiable
Trump Is Insatiable www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/opinion/trump-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent from my U.S.Cellular© Smartphone
You’ve Probably Already Met Your Next Best Friend
Millions of dollars are being thrown at loneliness. But many of these start-ups aren’t even targeting the right problem, @fhill_official writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/04/friendship-start-ups-success/682518/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXSd7_iUfHFaQPFeNW1RTX8&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Confessions of a Republican Exile
“These days I find myself rooting for the Democrats about 70 percent of the time,” @nytdavidbrooks writes of his migration to a new political party. “But my new suit is ill-fitting. I’m still not fully comfortable as a Democrat.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/trumpism-republican-party-exile-david-brooks/680243/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYVSMb20N-h1f1oV-6FVTD9g&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
****** We’re About to Find Out What Mass Deportation Really Looks Like
“Republican lawmakers are now preparing to lavish ICE with a colossal funding increase,” writes @NickMiroff. It will fund the “social and demographic transformation of the United States that immigration hard-liners have long fantasized about achieving”: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/ice-deportation-funding-increase/682480/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYUoM36PZ1Iy2R7WyJS7MUjo&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
********** NYTimes.com: Another Group the Democrats Should Stop Taking for Granted
Another Group the Democrats Should Stop Taking for Granted Trump didn’t just defy the assumption that his demonization of immigrants would cost him Hispanic voters; he turned those expectations upside down. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/opinion/trump-latino-hispanic-vote.html?smid=em-share Thomas B. Edsall By Thomas B. Edsall Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. During the […]
NYTimes: A Lot About Trump Doesn’t Add Up
A Lot About Trump Doesn’t Add Up https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/opinion/trump-presidency-multitasking.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
******* [The Washington Post] Trump’s tariffs were rash. But the reckoning was inevitable.
Trump’s tariffs were rash. But the reckoning was inevitable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/11/trump-tariffs-global-imbalance/
***** The Kleptocracy Presidency
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-kleptocracy-autocracy-inc/682281/

***** Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos
Paul Krugman 1 Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos And what the hell was Scott Bessent doing briefing Morgan clients? Hitting the road today, but I have time for a note on the news that moved markets yesterday. Bloomberg reports: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a closed-door investor summit Tuesday that the tariff standoff with […]
************ $$$$$$$$$$$ NYTimes.com: Trump Is Insatiable
Trump Is Insatiable The president is trying to pick off institutions (and people) one by one. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/opinion/trump-harvard.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes: Trump Is Insatiable
Trump Is Insatiable www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/opinion/trump-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Sent from my U.S.Cellular© Smartphone
You’ve Probably Already Met Your Next Best Friend
Millions of dollars are being thrown at loneliness. But many of these start-ups aren’t even targeting the right problem, @fhill_official writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/04/friendship-start-ups-success/682518/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXSd7_iUfHFaQPFeNW1RTX8&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Confessions of a Republican Exile
“These days I find myself rooting for the Democrats about 70 percent of the time,” @nytdavidbrooks writes of his migration to a new political party. “But my new suit is ill-fitting. I’m still not fully comfortable as a Democrat.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/trumpism-republican-party-exile-david-brooks/680243/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYVSMb20N-h1f1oV-6FVTD9g&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
****** We’re About to Find Out What Mass Deportation Really Looks Like
“Republican lawmakers are now preparing to lavish ICE with a colossal funding increase,” writes @NickMiroff. It will fund the “social and demographic transformation of the United States that immigration hard-liners have long fantasized about achieving”: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/ice-deportation-funding-increase/682480/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYUoM36PZ1Iy2R7WyJS7MUjo&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
********** NYTimes.com: Another Group the Democrats Should Stop Taking for Granted
Another Group the Democrats Should Stop Taking for Granted Trump didn’t just defy the assumption that his demonization of immigrants would cost him Hispanic voters; he turned those expectations upside down. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/opinion/trump-latino-hispanic-vote.html?smid=em-share Thomas B. Edsall By Thomas B. Edsall Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. During the […]
NYTimes: A Lot About Trump Doesn’t Add Up
A Lot About Trump Doesn’t Add Up https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/opinion/trump-presidency-multitasking.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
******* [The Washington Post] Trump’s tariffs were rash. But the reckoning was inevitable.
Trump’s tariffs were rash. But the reckoning was inevitable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/11/trump-tariffs-global-imbalance/
***** The Kleptocracy Presidency
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-kleptocracy-autocracy-inc/682281/