@danapolson.bsky.social
Anti-racism/anti-oppression facilitator and consultant. Baltimore Green Party. Cats chickens violin gardening baking knitting.
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Lot of replies saying MAGA’s nothing but astroturf. There is astroturf—O’Keefe’s part of it—but no, it’s not limited to that. I’ve been reporting on it 10 years. Let’s not respond to MAGA’s delusions w/ our own. The fascist threat is real & big; the truth is everyday people democracy can be bigger.
January 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Lot of replies saying MAGA’s nothing but astroturf. There is astroturf—O’Keefe’s part of it—but no, it’s not limited to that. I’ve been reporting on it 10 years. Let’s not respond to MAGA’s delusions w/ our own. The fascist threat is real & big; the truth is everyday people democracy can be bigger.
i forgot there was a Threads 😅
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
i forgot there was a Threads 😅
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Part of what's great about Eric Foner's scholarship on this, for our purposes, is that it's about responding to kidnappings in an urban environment!
We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
Gateway to Freedom
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom., Gateway to Freedom, The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, Eric Foner, 9780...
wwnorton.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Part of what's great about Eric Foner's scholarship on this, for our purposes, is that it's about responding to kidnappings in an urban environment!
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FWIW I do think it's still important to show up to vote in overwhelming numbers & to clog up the courts as much as possible, but y'all, it's the state that's doing all this stuff. The state will not willingly provide a remedy for its own lawlessness. That's not a legitimate exit strategy.
January 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
FWIW I do think it's still important to show up to vote in overwhelming numbers & to clog up the courts as much as possible, but y'all, it's the state that's doing all this stuff. The state will not willingly provide a remedy for its own lawlessness. That's not a legitimate exit strategy.
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And like I get it, people want a return to "normal" but if your normal is a police state that doesn't target white people and leaves everything else the same? You aren't actually interested in progress or liberation
January 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
And like I get it, people want a return to "normal" but if your normal is a police state that doesn't target white people and leaves everything else the same? You aren't actually interested in progress or liberation