Resistance is Everywhere
Hundreds of stories, one message: resistance is everywhere you look.
Resistance is standing up for your rights
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Woman successfully nabs religious exemption from using AI at work
In what feels like it could be the first little rolling pebble of a rockslide that’s about to slam a torrent of boulders down around Silicon Valley HR departments’ heads, a software engineer has successfully received a religious exemption…
Resistance is Republican pushback
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Bill Frist Wants to Take Politics Out of Climate Change
Bill Frist, the former Republican Senate majority leader, racked up a slew of notable medical successes during his years as one of the country’s top heart and lung surgeons.He founded one of the country’s busiest transplant centers. But…
Resistance is helping each other
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These church members disagree on politics. Together they're wiping out medical debt
Yet moved by the sense that the medical debts their neighbors faced were deeply unfair, members of Trinity Moravian, no matter their politics, rushed to write $25 or $50 checks to pay off the bills. They helped advance a movement by…
Resistance is state laws
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Gov. JB Pritzker signs first-in-nation Illinois law requiring third-party safety audits for AI giants
“Where the federal government is unwilling to step up, states must venture once more unto the breach,” Pritzker said at a news conference in Chicago. “History has shown time and again that thoughtful regulation is a requirement for…
Resistance is standing up for your rights
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Yessenia Ruano returns to the U.S. after ICE forced her to leave | Exclusive
“This is a great nation. We can’t be divided or destroyed by hate,” she said. As she and her daughters posed for a picture with their suitcases at the airport, Ruano called out, putting a twist on the classic protest chant, “Sí se puede,”…
Resistance is protests
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Pro-democracy protest photos
Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Townsend, TN; Boulder, CO; Superior/Louisville, CO; Twisp, WA; Chattanooga, TN; Pittsfield, MA; Key Biscayne, FL; Sister Bay, WI; San Anselmo, CA; Oakland, CA; Lakewood, CA…
Resistance is states taking action
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These states just made it easier to build wildlife crossings in bipartisan blueprint
And lastly, Oregon has a new approach to funding its wildlife corridors: An increase of the state’s lodging tax by 1.25% beginning in January 2027. The tax increase will benefit nine conservation programs. These programs will fund and…
Resistance is standing up for your rights
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Trump loses appeals court bid to delay paying E. Jean Carroll $5M in damages
“A jury unanimously concluded that he sexually abused and defamed plaintiff and awarded her damages accordingly,” Kaplan wrote. “The judgment on that verdict has been upheld on appeal. En banc rehearing has been denied. The Supreme Court…
Resistance is in Hungary
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Hungary to join European Prosecutor's Office, allowing probes into Orbán-era corruption allegations
"Today brings good news for Hungary," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement. "This is a welcome step in the fight against fraud and corruption. The people of Hungary will now have a safeguard in place to…
Resistance is speaking out
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‘Why take those jobs away?’: the unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind
In June, the Trump administration abandoned an effort to try to halt all wind projects and leases across the US, giving up a challenge in court to a judge tossing Trump’s executive order to freeze all permitting and leasing for wind…
Resistance is in the courts
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DHS citizenship database must remain suspended, federal judge says in scathing opinion - Democracy Docket
In a blistering 23-page opinion Wednesday, District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan berated the federal government’s attorneys for failing to notify her about a related case in Florida. A federal judge in that litigation issued an order…
Resistance is protests
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Pro-democracy protest photos
Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Arroyo Grande, CA; Algoma, WI; La Verne, CA; Lebanon, NH; Key Biscayne, FL; Marin County, CA; Hardwick, VT; Raleigh, NC; Bend, OR; Santa Rosa, CA
Resistance is standing up for your rights
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McGonigle v. Curran – Free Speech at Government Events - ACLU of Maine
The government cannot ban people from public events just because elected officials can't handle their jokes. We’re suing the federal government for retaliating against our client by blocking her from an official, taxpayer-funded public…
Resistance is states taking action
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Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water
Public opposition to the Project Cosmo mega datacenter was already growing before the bacteria incident. The Cowboy State Daily reported in May on pushback to projects in Cheyenne and elsewhere in Wyoming, including environmental questions…
Resistance is public pressure
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LAPD ending deal with company operating license plate-reading cameras
The cameras have drawn mixed reactions from residents. Some support the surveillance technology, while others argue it violates privacy rights. LAPD officials said those concerns influenced the department's decision not to renew the…
Resistance is speaking out
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1,200+ Former DOJ Employees Oppose Todd Blanche’s Nomination
While many will discuss the corruption and abuses at the Justice Department under Blanche’s leadership — and rightly so — this letter highlights the dangerous degradation of DOJ’s apolitical career workforce. Under Blanche’s watch, over 16…
Resistance is oversight
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Dem lawmakers want Kash Patel to answer for his spending — but this time they’re not alone
“This is not the conduct of a committed and faithful public servant, especially one entrusted with ensuring the safety of almost 350 million Americans,” the Democrats wrote. They added: “Your lack of judiciousness regarding your personal…
Resistance is protests
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Pro-democracy protest photos
Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: San Jose, CA; Corte Madera, CA; Berkshire; Providence, RI; Cloverdale, CA; Park City, UT; Eagan, MN; West Los Angeles, CA; Bend, OR; Traverse City, MI; Enfield, NH; Tolland…
Resistance is local pushback
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How a rural Michigan community stopped a proposed 1.4-gigawatt power plant | News From The States
Residents of Lima Township and surrounding areas who opposed a proposed Consumers Energy power plant celebrated a victory last week when the utility announced it had withdrawn plans for a 1.4-gigawatt power plant on a 120-acre parcel of…
Resistance is standing up for your rights
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The Washington Post joins Trump’s growing list of media lawsuit losses
Another media outlet has prevailed in court against President Donald Trump. A federal judge in Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday threw out a $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the Post in 2023 by Trump Media and Technology Group.
