Grassroots resist­ance:

Largest protest in U.S. history

“Local organizing. 8 million people. Community based. No Kings.

And it’s because of you. Saturday, you showed up and turned streets, beaches, parks, and even weddings into the largest single-day nonviolent protest in modern American history

Since our last nonviolent day of action in October, we’ve watched President Tr*mp escalate his attempts to rule through repression – deploying ICE agents, starting an illegal war, and raising the costs of everyday necessities.

But yesterday, our message cut through the noise: power belongs to the people.”
 —Indivisible.org

ICE's bloody assaults

... to punish voters and distract from the Epstein files

Black journalists 'arrested'

... to punish voters and distract from the Epstein files

Upcoming community events

Days of Action, Protests, more...

• Abolish ICE Please sign the petition at Action Network to Abolish ICE and reform immigration (new tab/window)
• 50501 “50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement. Join us in the fight to defend democracy against fascism and the billionaire class.” Details at 50501 (new tab/window)
• Seven Days In June “Last year, lawmakers approved more than $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, public health & rural hospitals, delaying implementation until later this year [2026]. Over 15 million Americans are losing their health coverage—the largest coverage loss in U.S. history.” Details at Seven Days In June (new tab/window)
• What's the max leverage to grab the attention of billionaires? $285M loss in market cap, so far. Details at Resist and Unsubscribe (new tab/window)
• “Mapping liberation spaces, moving resources through mutual aid, and sharing tools for organizing. Find who is near you. Learn from each other. Strengthen the work already in motion.” Details at Radical Guide website
• Third Act: “Send an immediate letter to the consumer-facing companies—Amazon, AT&T, Dell, FedEx, ComCast, Marriott, and Hilton—who are profiting off of ICE and CBP telling them why you no longer want or need their blood-stained services.” Send a letter to these CEOs
• Ways to take action! (Common Cause) [recommended by H.C. Richardson]
• “Goal: passage of the For Our Freedom constitutional amendment to restore reasonable limits on money in our campaigns and elections.” (American Promise) [recommended by H.C. Richardson]
• “How do we win?” (Impeach. Convict. Remove.)
• Workers Over Billionaires
• Events (50501)
• Take action now (Indivisible) ★
• Events/Rally (Mobilize.us)
• Indivisible (Mobilize.us) ★
• Gather—Organize—Mobilize (pol-rev.com)
• Rage Against The Regime — Nationwide... -Resisting the 47^th federal administration!
• One Million Rising — Wednesdays - Virtual event!

Protesting Big Media:

1. Stop Watching Their Stations
This is the most direct way to hit the companies where it hurts—their viewership numbers. A decrease in viewership can lead to lower ratings, which in turn makes advertising on those stations less valuable. You can identify which stations in your area are owned by Sinclair or Nexstar and simply stop tuning in, including for local news.

Sinclair: Owns or operates a large number of stations across the country, often with a hard-right slant. A list of their stations is publicly available on sites like Wikipedia.

Nexstar: As one of the largest station owners, they operate a huge number of affiliates for major networks like ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. They also own national media properties like The CW and NewsNation.

2. Contact Advertisers
This is often considered the most effective form of a boycott. Television stations make their money from advertisers. If enough people contact the companies that advertise on Sinclair or Nexstar-owned stations, it can create a powerful incentive for those advertisers to pull their business.

How to do it: Watch the local news or other programming on a Sinclair or Nexstar station and take note of the companies that are advertising. Then, contact those companies directly via email, phone, or social media. A simple message explaining that you will not be purchasing their products or services as long as they advertise on a station you're boycotting can be very impactful.

Examples of advertisers: Advertising can vary by market, but national brands like car dealerships (e.g., Toyota, Hyundai, Jeep), insurance companies (e.g., Liberty Mutual), and fast-food chains often advertise on local TV.

3. Public Protest and Awareness Campaigns
Organizing and participating in protests or online campaigns can draw media attention and encourage more people to join the boycott.

Online campaigns: Using hashtags like #BoycottSinclair or #BoycottNexstar on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) can help spread the word and create a sense of collective action.

Petitions: Signing and sharing online petitions that call on the companies to change their practices or that call on advertisers to pull their ads can be another way to show support.

Protests: Physically protesting outside of the companies' headquarters or local station studios can be a way to show direct opposition and get local media to cover the issue.

4. Support Alternative Media
To truly boycott a company, find an alternative. People can choose to support and get their news from independent, non-corporate news sources, local newspapers, or public media outlets like PBS and NPR. This strengthens the media ecosystem outside of large broadcast groups.

⇒ USA Indivisible Events ⇐

Resistance for shy people

Alternative ideas from 50501

For your day of action, come together and do community actions. That can look like:

• Donating to a local organization that feeds/clothes/ helps local people, especially underserved areas.
• Hosting a picnic where everyone brings a few items that are in good condition to swap out for something they might need from someone else.
• Do a clothing drive during a park day or community cook out.
• Meet up at the library to discuss different actions or start a book club.
• You don't have to reinvent the wheel, if there's an organization locally that has been doing the good work (especially if it is run by a minority group!) ask how you can help! Maybe they need extra hands, or maybe they need certain supplies or any number of things.

We need to think about the America we want to see, where we have empathy and help each other, and just become that.

That's just as important as protesting.

This administration is taking away our social support webs, it is actively hurting people and will harm even more people day by day.

It's time to become the social support web.

Big national protest pushes will come, no worries, but we need to do more than just protest if we're going to get through this.

MLK's daughter on the higher ground

The daughter of human rights leaders—Bernice King—is dedicated to that mission. On Facebook, the CEO of the King Center shared valuable advice as we try to navigate the “47” presidential era.

1. Use his name sparingly so as not to detract from the issues. I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name. However, this is a strategic tactic. While we are so focused on him we are prone to neglect the questionable policies that threaten freedom, justice and fairness advanced by the administration.
2. Remember this is a regime and he’s not acting alone
3. Do not argue with those who support him—it doesn’t work
4. Focus on his policies, not his appearance and mental state
5. Keep your message positive; those who oppose peace and justice want the country to be angry and fearful because this is the soil from which their darkest policies will grow
6. No more helpless/hopeless talk
7. Support artists and the arts
8. Be careful not to spread fake news. Check it
9. Take care of yourselves; and
10. Resist!
11. source: Facebook

Links:

• Understanding wealth inequality, and oligarchy, and billionaires... Extreme wealth line
• WagingNonviolence asks what comes next?
• Big-box retailer Target faces consequences after dropping DEI
• Corporations abandoned after moves against diversity, equity, and inclusion

Targeted concerns how the wealthy and well-connected target regular people, and how people are pushing back.

Opinion:  'Cleansing the Temple'

Sacred space is a pan-cultural theme

The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, and the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.

He told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a market-place!" (John 2:13-16)

“It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”

Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him; but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were spellbound by what they heard. (Luke 19:45-48)

Many non-Christian religious and philosophical traditions offer teachings that parallel the themes of the Cleansing of the Temple—especially ideas about purifying sacred spaces, rejecting materialism, or confronting corruption in spiritual institutions.

Across cultures, the theme of rejecting corruption and restoring purity to sacred spaces is a common motif. It often reflects broader ethical concerns about justice and the rejection of materialism in spiritual life. These parallels highlight universal values shared among diverse traditions.

Generally speaking, our most sacred space is the healthy planet from which we sprang. We have a unique role. We could be stewards but have yoked ourselves to a small group of financially-motivated plunderers. The destruction of our lifestyle may come about for as trivial a reason as greed. Time is short, but there is hope.

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