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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Jun 27

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CNP #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Obama

Articles of Confederation would have remained as American model if effort to change had not been covert

Presidential secrets have shaped U.S. history

If the Constitutional Convention had not been held behind closed doors, it’s unlikely that delegates would have agreed on the Constitution, says author Mary Graham of “Presidents’ Secrets: The Use and...

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DarrenHumanity @darrenhumanity.bsky.social · Feb 28

The battle is clear: greed vs. shared prosperity, control vs. true freedom, privatization for profit vs. government that serves all, democracy vs. autocracy, and humanity at its best vs. pure depravity. Trump stands on the wrong side of each. We must unite, organize, and fight for our future.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Jun 26

www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Newsom #California #ABAG

Public interest public policy like #climate protection and human #wellbeing?

First build real #democracy

Map: These wild California forests could open to logging under Trump plan

The Trump administration is seeking to undo a rule that shields large swaths of California from roads and logging, including areas near Lake Tahoe, Yosemite and Giant Sequoia National Monument.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Feb 6

#democracy

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Apr 28

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... #HandsOff #Resist #FightOligarchy #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CNP #CALexit #CALeg

The USA hasn't been a #democracy since 1789

It's time to build a real one

The American democratic republic has died. It was 236 years old

The U.S. is survived by a country of the same name, the United States of America, now a presidential dictatorship.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 14d

www.insidernj.com/brennan-call... #Pritzker #Newsom #Kotek #Ferguson #Cox #Hobbs #Grisham #Lombardo #Polis #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #CNP #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Obama #taxrevolt

"Withhold federal taxes"

Brennan Calls for New Jersey to Withhold Federal Taxes, Seize Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course - Insider NJ

Earlier today, the Trump administration announced it was freezing billions of dollars in already approved federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel project and the Second Ave. subway to punish New Jersey...

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Jun 20

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CNP #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #GavinNewsom #California #ABAG #CWAG #boycott #taxrevolt

This is a fraught moment

It's a call for big, systemic change

Fiery Padilla calls Trump’s tactics ‘a threat to everyone in every state’

In emotional speech on Senate floor, Sen. Alea Padilla said the incident at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference should serve as a wake-up call for the country.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Feb 8

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u... #GavinNewsom #governors #Kotek #Ferguson #Lombardo #Polis #Grisham #Hobbs #Seattle #Portland #SanFrancisco #LA #LasVegas #Denver #Calexit #CALeg #CNP

People should not put their heads in the sand

Get out and build a new decentralized political system

Will a Time Magazine Cover Drive a Wedge Between Trump and Musk?

The cover of the venerable newsweekly, long an object of fixation for the president, put Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Jun 22

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #Bernie #GavinNewsom #California #ABAG #CWAG #BarbaraLee

Dissolve the cities, states, and federal government

Keep a confederation of counties

Oakland, a city desperate for improvement, looks to charter reform for help

The Oakland Charter Reform Project, led by a veteran city administrator, wants to change the city’s structure so it can be more nimble in responding to problems.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Apr 20

apnews.com/article/lexi... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #WeAreTheFlood #StrongerTogether #PeoplesMovement #NoKings #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #NoKings #CNP

It's time to update the #AmericanRevolution

A new confederation of independent counties

250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy

With Saturday’s anniversary, the United States is looking back to its war of independence and asking where its legacy stands today.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · May 14

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-unqu... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #WeAreTheFlood #StrongerTogether #PeoplesMovement #NoKings #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #NoKings #CNP

"Greed"

Trump’s Unquenchable, Unconstitutional Greed Is Deforming America

From Qatari jets to memecoin dinners, a perverse masterclass in profiting from the presidency.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Nov 15

calmatters.org/newsletter/c... #California #SanFrancisco #LA #Newsom #GavinNewsom #Calexit #CALeg #Kotek #Ferguson #Alameda #SantaClara #Sonoma #Marin #Napa #SanMateo #Berkeley #Oakland #ContraCosta #ABAG #ElCerrito

Hold referenda at the county level to secede from the US federation

What messages did California voters send

Republicans promote a tougher policy on crime, but progressives say the California election results show an unfair economy.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Jun 27

#HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CNP #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Obama

Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · Jun 26

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Jun 15

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CNP #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #GavinNewsom #California #ABAG #CWAG #boycott #taxrevolt

"Fly a county flag"

Create a new confederation of independent counties

Forget the American flag. These are the flags to fly on July 4 to celebrate liberty

OPINION: “If you want to celebrate your independence this July 4, put your American flags away. Instead, fly a California flag. Or, even better, run up the banner of your county,” Joe Mathews...

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · May 25

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CNP #CALexit #CALeg #BayArea #SanFrancisco #Portland #Seattle #LasVegas #Denver #LA

The #westcoast should secede from the US federation

Create a new confederation of independent counties

How Donald Trump Has Remade America’s Political Landscape

The steady march to the right across a vast number of counties reveals the extent of the nation's transformation in the Trump era, and the seriousness of the Democrats' problems.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Jun 10

www.newsweek.com/map-list-ant... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #Jeffries #Buttigieg #LARiots #protests

A resident of #Seattle #Portland #SanFrancisco #LasVegas #LA or #Denver has 5 governments - municipal, county, state, federal, #UN

One is enough

Map and list of anti-ICE protests nationwide following LA riots

Anti-ICE demonstrations spread to several cities including New York, Boston and Chicago following days of unrest in Los Angeles

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 16d

www.politico.com/news/2025/09... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Newsom #California #ABAG #Kotek #Ferguson #Polis #Lombardo #Cox #Grisham #Hobbs

"Oregon mayors condemn plan to send troops to #Portland"

Oregon mayors condemn Trump’s plan to send troops to Portland

Mayors say there’s no need to use the military against relatively small demonstrations.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #CNP #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Obama

Why do people tolerate living in a police state?

Secede

Armed troops in US streets? For many, Trump makes that seem normal.

Armed troops patrol streets in the nation’s capital, and many residents shrug their shoulders. President Trump’s ability to normalize such dramatic actions is at play – but isn’t the end of the story.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 16d

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #Kotek #Ferguson #Cox #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Newsom #California #ABAG

Secede from the federal and state governments

Form a new confederation of independent counties

Newsom stakes claim as U.S. climate leader. Some back home no longer buy it

Environmental justice advocates say California missed an opportunity to advance its clean air goals against a hostile Trump administration and resurgent oil industry.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 2d

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #Kotek #Ferguson #Cox #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Newsom #California #ABAG

Who should have the power? Feds, states, or counties?

Vote

At stake in the National Guard battle: States’ rights — and reality

As some judges challenge the Trump administration’s representation of conditions on the ground, the legal and political stakes of the debate are multiplying.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 18h

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art... #Salesforce #Tesla #Twitter #UCSF #CALexit #CALeg #Newsom #GavinNewsom #Lurie #SanFrancisco #westcoast #ABAG #Fightoligarchy #nokings #democracy #greed #Resist

The oligarchs run the #BayArea?

Benioff and Musk want Trump to send troops to S.F. to fight crime. The law is not on their side

Gov. Gavin Newsom once sent the California National Guard to the city. But any attempt by the president to dispatch troops for law enforcement purposes would collide with a 147-year-old federal law.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 2d

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Indivisible #MoveOn #NoKings #50501movement #Kotek #Ferguson #Cox #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Newsom #California #ABAG

Who should have the power? Feds, states, or counties?

Vote

At stake in the National Guard battle: States’ rights — and reality

As some judges challenge the Trump administration’s representation of conditions on the ground, the legal and political stakes of the debate are multiplying.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 8d

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art... #governors #states #counties #GavinNewsom #CALeg #CALexit #CNP #westcoast #BayArea #ABAG #CWAG #NGA #FightOligarchy #NoKings #OurRevolution #Kotek #Ferguson #JoshGreen #Cox #Hobbs #Grisham #Little

#California to withdraw from the National Governors Association"

Newsom says he’ll pull California from governors group if it won’t condemn Trump deployments

Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote to the National Governors Association that if the group can’t unite to condemn President Donald Trump’s actions, he will withdraw California’s membership.

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 13d

www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics... #HandsOff #FightOligarchy #Resist #Ferguson #MoveOn #NoKings #CALexit #CALeg #Jeffries #Buttigieg #AOC #Bernie #Newsom #California #ABAG #Kotek

Why do Americans put up with a police state?

Secede

From LA to Portland: Tracking Trump’s expansive use of the National Guard

Portland, Oregon, is the latest city where President Donald Trump is activating National Guard troops for novel use in a fight against crime and illegal immigration. Here’s a big-picture look at how t...

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 3d

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... #ICE #NoKings #FightOligarchy #OurRevolution #Resist #FEDS #insurrection

Western #governors fight back against the federal government

Oregon’s Governor Didn't Ask for a Fight. She Got One Anyway.

With a federal appeals court hearing taking place yesterday, the people of Portland, Oregon, could soon get a clearer idea of whether they will join Los Angeles and Chicago and in having the National ...

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The Global Spring @theglobalspring.bsky.social · 4d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p... #governors #states #counties #GavinNewsom #CALeg #CALexit #CNP #westcoast #BayArea #ABAG #CWAG #FightOligarchy #NoKings #OurRevolution #Kotek #Ferguson #JoshGreen #Cox #Hobbs #Grisham #Little

"Qatar to build an Air Force facility in Idaho"

US announces it will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility in Idaho | CNN Politics

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the US will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, which will host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and...