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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 18h

Indeed. Pay attention and act.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, you do.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 1d

The major story is not Zelensky meets Trump on Friday to "discuss" Tomahawks. The major story is not even that Europe can't fill the gap with purchases of US weapons. The major story is "U.S. Under Trump & Republican Congress Abandon Ukraine."

Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 2d

Europe has to ramp up its military aid again. Ukraine is starting to regain territory and that progress needs to be accelerated.
kyivindependent.com/military-aid...

Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

kyivindependent.com

Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 1d

Be there or be square.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com

Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 1d

Extrajudicial killing is the term used in international law. It generally is applied to practices of authoritarian governments.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 1d

One did encounter such attitudes hidden among some of the Young Republican/College Republican faithful back in my day---but their ego & superego knew never to express them in public or written form. With Telegraph chats, you get the whole id expressed, now for all to see.

Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 2d

Holy f*ck: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat. Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders gleefully about gas chambers, slavery and rape. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 1d

This is the opinion page supposedly focused on "personal liberties and free markets." Truly, there are issues one might focus on in such categories (denial of due process, govt. taking stakes in companies, etc.). Simply, one can't believe billionaires promising to return the public's trust in media.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 3d

For those who don’t intimately understand how news works and why Bari Weiss’s unearned elevation to head of CBS News matters, I’d recommend watching this in entirety. Also, will forever point out irony of how an admitted DEI hire thinks her hire was meritorious while Black people’s aren’t.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 1d

Germany's head of BND is doing what the head of America's CIA/DNI should be doing---alerting Western nations to Russian & Chinese intentions & capabilities. But that's not what Trump's CIA or DNI chief are doing. Instead, Ratcliffe & Gabbard concoct conspiracies of "enemies from within." Ask "Why?"

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

Russia is determined to test European borders&could turn a "frosty peace" in Europe into a "hot confrontation",Martin Jäger,head of the Germany's BND intelligence service,said

He said that Moscow believes it has a realistic chance of expanding its sphere of influence westward

Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 4d

A remarkable coalition mobilized against Trump's authoritarian threat to deploy troops to New York & against ICE's ramp up of militarized attacks on immigrants.

❌👑 Target Majority NYC: An Indivisible & Swing Left Group @targetmajoritynyc.bsky.social · 6d

www.amny.com/new-york/han...

‘Hands Off NYC’ coalition forms to resist potential Trump crackdown on city | amNewYork

The Hands Off NYC campaign — backed by the city’s largest labor unions and civic groups, including 1199SEIU, 32BJ SEIU, the New York Civil Liberties Union and

www.amny.com

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 4d

Relatedly, be informed and know your rights. Pass this easy guide from the Bread and Puppet Theater from Vermont.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPkKmso...

nowthisimpact on Instagram

www.instagram.com

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 4d

An essential source of knowledge.
Knowledge is the basis for action (so fight back against these efforts & counter them: oppose rule changes burdening voters; uplift election workers & officials upholding the safety & security of our elections; don't let election deniers ever have the last word).

Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 4d

The Trump administration is attempting to undermine elections. Efforts have included rewriting election rules to burden voters, threatening to prosecute election officials, and supporting election deniers. Keep track and learn more with our new interactive timeline: bit.ly/3IZMSdG

Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Undermine Elections

Together, these actions form a concerted strategy to interfere with elections.

www.brennancenter.org

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 4d

An essential action. See below.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

Trump’s “Loyalty Oath” would let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our colleges and universities. We must demand that our schools reject the regime’s blackmail attempts by committing to uphold freedom of speech and provide an affordable, safe education for all. 👇

University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...

actionnetwork.org

Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 4d

Preach.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 4d

True.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 12d

Remember #Georgia (the country). The resilience of its society gives hope, even as the regime tries to quash it.

Gypsy Guillén Kaiser @gypsyrights.bsky.social · 12d

Georgia (the country) is on the frontlines of resisting Russian style repression. Aggressive tactics targeting the independent media have continued escalating, including the case of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli (see thread).

cpj.org/2025/10/geor...

Georgian authorities probe press organizations under foreign funding laws - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, October 3, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Georgian authorities to repeal restrictive new laws covering foreign donor grants as Georgian authorities open investigations in...

cpj.org

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 25d

A very good suggestion.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 25d

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 25d

The latter.
(By the way, it doesn't need to be a deep dive. There are easily obtainable facts to challenge Trump's wild claims even in shallow waters.)

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25d

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · 27d

Some Dems are figuring out the politics of gerrymandering. (All 212 should be out there and Jeffries should be leading.)

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27d

NEW: More than a dozen congressional Democrats gathered outside the Capitol steps to announce a new bill that would ban mid-decade redraws and require states to adopt nonpartisan redistricting committees.

From: @jimsaksa.com

Amid GOP’s National Gerrymander, Democrats Push to Require Fair Maps

www.democracydocket.com

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · Sep 8

Well done Forest Hills Indivisible!

Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · Sep 7

Standing ovation 👏👏 for brand new group Forest Hills Indivisible for slaying highway visibility by the US Open & hells yes the motorcade went RIGHT UNDER IT.

You love to see it ❤️🎾

@indivisible.org @marisakabas.bsky.social @elizaorlins.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · Sep 2

Justice delayed is justice denied.
This SCOTUS specializes in denying justice.

Politico @politico.com · Sep 2

Lawmakers have waited all year for the Supreme Court to save them from Trump’s unprecedented refusal to spend federal cash that Congress already approved.

They may not get closure anytime soon.

Trump’s cash-grab faces meandering path to SCOTUS as Congress writhes

The Supreme Court may not rule on the legality of the Trump administration’s refusal to spend federal cash until next year — if at all.

www.politico.com

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · Sep 2

cc: all the foreign policy realists arguing for the US to form an entente with Russia in order to break Russia from its alliance with China.

Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · Sep 2

Putin scores an apparent diplomatic win, reportedly securing a massive pipeline deal that would tie Russia & China together for decades, maybe redefining global gas trade. Yet, China has yet to comment on deal’s details, & Chinese media reports on the Putin–Xi meeting don’t mention the pipeline.

Xi, Putin Tighten Ties in Beijing With Apparent Gas Breakthrough

President Vladimir Putin appears to have secured a diplomatic win he has sought for years, with a massive pipeline deal that would tie Russia and China together for decades and could redefine the glob...

www.bloomberg.com

Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ditto that.

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · Aug 29

I guess today is about shoring up the resistance. I'm exhausted, and I'm hearing it a lot from others. But it's working, even if we can't see the results yet. YET.

The study found, first, that it’s peaceful persistence that makes movements succeed. Peaceful — because when a movement stays nonviolent, it invites solidarity at home and abroad. Here’s the interesting part: Chenoweth found that regimes with foreign eyes on them are less likely to massacre their own people, because they know they’ll one day answer to the world. And now we’ve met that criteria, too: the world is watching.

Rule two: keep going.
Here’s where the sh*t hits the fan. The final requirement is Sustained Resistance — because this only works if we keep going. I hear people say, “We keep protesting and protesting and nothing helps. Why do we even bother?”

But it is helping. It’s doing exactly what it’s supposed to: straining the regime, denying them silence, building pressure step by step. That’s how dictatorships crack. Not in one glorious burst, but in the grind of steady, relentless resistance.

There are no guarantees in this battle to keep our country from sinking into authoritarianism. I’m not offering them either. I’m just offering hope where I see it. And I do see it.

I know it doesn’t feel like enough. People are exhausted. The signs of fatigue are everywhere. The daily atrocities are an affront to the senses of everyone with a conscience. The urgency of the situation makes its way into our dreams, turning them to nightmares.

The fantasy of Trump frog-marched out in cuffs tomorrow is delicious, but it was never real. This was never going to be a quick revolution. It was always going to be an ugly marathon. And the truth about marathons is that they hurt. They grind you down. But if you keep putting one foot in front of the other, you win.

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 25

Most rational people could have come to this conclusion ahead of time. The problem with 95% of companies is they operate on "exuberant irrationality" as a late-stage mode of capitalism. Happily, they look at profit margins and returns.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 25

An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.

The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History

Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.

www.newyorker.com

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Eric Chenoweth @ericdchenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 25

True. It applies to many in the administration.

But expand to see J.D. Vance be evil in the stupidest way possible for the purpose of selling out Ukraine to Russia.

Danny Miller @danielmilleresq.bsky.social · Aug 24

To lie like this. To propagandize at this scale. To lie about history in such a brazen way. Without seemingly any moral compunction. Is a sign of great evil.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 24

JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

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