Resistance is Everywhere
Hundreds of stories, one message: resistance is everywhere you look.
Resistance is elected officials
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Senate rejects yet another GOP push to revive SAVE America Act - Democracy Docket
The amendment, offered by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), failed in a 48-50 vote. The vote showed Republicans didn’t even have a simple majority for the proposal, even before reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome procedural…
Resistance is in the courts
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Judge tosses breach of contract lawsuit against Chuck Redd
Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd say a D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Donald Trump’s…
Resistance is speaking out
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Kentucky student goes off script in viral graduation speech
A Kentucky student denounced homophobia and racism during a speech at his 8th-grade graduation. The words rapidly went viral as he left behind the campus he called an oppressive environment. “Apparently, this school doesn’t know better…
Resistance is in the courts
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‘Outright theft’: legal experts decry $1.8bn Trump anti-weaponization fund
Legal challenges to the fund and its addendum have been growing. A bipartisan group of 35 ex-federal judges on 27 May filed a motion appealing to a federal judge in Miami who oversaw Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS to reopen the case, and…
Resistance is elected officials
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NY State Legislature passes one-year data center moratorium
On Thursday night the New York State Legislature passed a one-year moratorium on data centers that would pause permits for the facilities. The law would also require new data center rules on utilities, energy efficiency goals, community…
Resistance is protests
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Pro-democracy protest photos
Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Santa Cruz, CA; Iowa City, IA; Petaluma, CA; Kansas City, MO; San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Keene, NH; Missoula, MT; Peterborough, NH; Baltimore, MD; Oakland, CA; Chapel…
Resistance is oversight
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US senator says he was pepper-sprayed by federal agents during protest at ICE facility
Kim, a senator from New Jersey, had joined the state’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, also a Democrat, at the protest to speak with relatives of some of those detained. He told USA Today that the incident in which he was sprayed by a chemical…
Resistance is elected Democrats
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Democrats oppose Trump officials’ effort to include crypto in 401(k) plans
Congressional Democrats are strongly opposing a US Department of Labor proposal that would allow 401(k) investments to include cryptocurrency, private credit and private equity assets, arguing the change will expose workers to riskier and…
Resistance is professional organizations
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S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic
SpaceX has requested unusually swift entry into several leading stock market indexes as a condition of its historic stock market debut. But the S&P 500 stock market index representing many of the largest profitable US companies has…
Resistance is grassroots
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‘What you see here is a wetland without water’: how the datacentre boom is exacerbating Chile’s mega-drought
Quilicura’s experience with datacentres has raised the alarm in other parts of the Santiago region. In 2024, residents in the district of Cerrillos succeeded in halting plans for a second Google datacentre. “In 2019, we learned about the…
Resistance is voters
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In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters
Residents in Monterey Park, California, became the first in the US to vote on a permanent ban on datacenters on Tuesday, and early results indicate a resounding victory for the prohibition. While many cities and counties have already…
Resistance is in the courts
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Lawsuit seeks to stop the UFC fight at the White House for Trump's birthday
The filing Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of two Virginia residents contends the Trump administration’s authorization of the June 14 event was unlawful. The lawsuit says such approval violated National Park Service…
Resistance is standing up for your rights
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Don Lemon cites US Justice Department misconduct in other cases as he seeks grand jury records
Attorneys for former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon argued in a court filing Wednesday that recent examples of grand jury misconduct by the U.S. Department of Justice across the country warrant the release of transcripts…
Resistance is speaking out
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Read Scott Pelley’s full statement on firing from CBS News’ ‘60 Minutes’
For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions…
Resistance is protests
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Pro-democracy protest photos
Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Los Angeles, CA; West Hartford, CT; Bothell, WA; Raleigh, NC; Pasadena, CA; Walnut Creek, CA; Holyoke, MA; San Dimas, CA; Albany, OR; Providence, RI
Resistance is speaking out
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35 former judges ask court to investigate Trump's deal with IRS
WASHINGTON ‒ A bipartisan group of 35 federal judges asked a federal court in Florida to reopen the legal case between President Donald Trump and the IRS and investigate whether the two parties' out-of-court settlement was an act of fraud…
Resistance is states taking action
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Democratic-led states sue to block student loan caps by Trump administration
While the Trump administration has argued that new restrictions on the size of federal student loans will lower tuition costs, public health officials and Democrats say the measures will exacerbate the country’s serious nursing shortage.…
Resistance is states taking action
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NY to light up state landmarks for Pride Month
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proclaimed June 2026 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in New York and directed state buildings and landmarks to raise Pride flags and illuminate in Pride colors throughout the month. Pride Month proclamation Hochul announced the…
Resistance is speaking out
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‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin
Accoladed director Andrey Zvyagintsev has sent a direct message to Vladimir Putin urging him to start listening to the Russian people and end the “senseless” war in Ukraine, continuing a war of words between Russia’s most revered living…
Resistance is elected officials
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House passes bill to provide more Ukraine aid and impose new sanctions on Russia
The 226-195 vote is a sign of impatience with President Donald Trump's approach to the war and represents the House's second major foreign policy break with Trump this week. The day before, the House, for the first time, approved…
October 17 - Vote Early Day
Join in a national day of voter participation on October 17 - join your neighbors in helping eligible voters understand their options and make a voting plan.
- Check your voter registration
- Make a plan to vote early
- Help your friends and neighbors make a plan to vote early
Other things you can do:
- Connect with Indivisible - join a local group or take action on your own or with friends
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- Check out Mobilize to find protests, postcard-writing parties, virtual events, and volunteer opportunities.
Now is a great time to take action.
Take Action
You can make a difference.
It's okay to start small.
- Connect with Indivisible. They have groups all over the country and actions you can take on your own or with others.
- Use 5calls to call your legislators about whatever matters most to you.
- Check out Mobilize to find protests, postcard-writing parties, virtual events, and volunteer opportunities.
Action is the antidote to fear and despair.
Even doing small things - learning more about how we can strengthen our democracy, sharing what you know with others, making a phone call - can make a difference.
Right now is a great time to take action.