This Is Not Normal
Seth Moulton at Rockport Democratic Town Committee
Congressman Seth Moulton joined the Rockport Democratic Town Committee meeting via Zoom on 12 April 2025.
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Every American Should Reject This
If ANYONE can be picked off the street and sent away without due process, EVERYONE can be picked off the street and sent away without due process…
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Pramila Jayal: The Resistance Lab
Pramila knew we need a way to turn our anger, fear, and frustration into action and progress. That’s exactly why she launched The Resistance Lab, an in-depth organizing training to build our movement and give you the tools you need in this moment.
The Resistance Lab is a series of trainings that are developed specifically for this moment. We look at how non-violent movements around the world have responded to leaders who seize power in authoritarian ways and the most effective tools and tactics to utilize in these moments. We offer frameworks to understand this moment at home and incorporate interactive conversation with others to help create community and build our resistance movement.
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Paul Gauguin, 1897
For commentary on where we are, where we have been, and suggestions on how to proceed, go to:
STATE OF THE UNION
We Are a Nation of Immigrants
The New Colossus
by Emma Lazarus, 1883
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Immigrants Have Rights
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Donald Trump's War on the Media
While he preaches about free speech, Donald Trump is constantly calling for journalists and media members to be fired or prosecuted. Steve Schmidt looks at Trump's latest battle with Nicolle Wallace and explains the hypocrisy behind it all.
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Steve Schmidt on Substack.
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Independent journalism is a cornerstone of democracy.
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The Lincoln Project
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MSNBC
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Substack
Substack writers usually provide free as well as paid subscriptions.
A sampling of writers on Substack include:
- Glenn Kirschner: Justice Matters
- Jim Acosta: The Jim Acosta Show
- Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen: The Contrarian
- Simon Rosenberg: Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg
- Joe Walsh: The Social Contract with Joe Walsh
- Rick Wilson: Rick Wilson’s Intel and Observations
- Lincoln Square Media
- Mehdi Hasan: Zeteo
- Anne Applebaum: Open Letters
- Heather Cox Richardson: Letter From an American
- Steve Schmidt: The Warning with Steve Schmidt
- Charlie Sykes: To the Contrary
- Joyce Vance: Civil Discourse
- Paul Krugman: Notes on Economics and More
- Robert Reich
- Pete Buttigieg: Pete Buttigieg’s Substack
- Ann Telnaes: Open Windows
- Jessica Valenti: Abortion, Every Day
- Timothy Snyder: Thinking about…
Definitions For These Times*
Authoritarianism: a government favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people
Autocracy: government in which one person possesses unlimited power
Oligarchhy: a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes
Kleptocracy: government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the expense of the governed
Tyranny: a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler
Narcissist: an extremely self-centered person who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Psychopath: a mentally unstable person; especially : a person having an egocentric and antisocial personality marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions, an absence of empathy for others, and often criminal tendencies