The Trump regime wants us to live in despair and give up. But in cities, suburbs, and small towns all across the country, people are coming together to protect our freedoms, our families, and our futures. Here's some recent stories you may have missed ⬇️

Let's be clear: We should not call this a "government shutdown." This is our leaders saying ❌ No to the hostile takeover of our government. ❌ No to funding a war against Americans. ❌ No funding for fascism. ❌ No dollars for dictatorship. ❌ No bankrolling billionaires.

As hurricane season arrives in Florida, Central Florida Jobs with Justice started a campaign to organize people with a clear demand: 📣 Federal disaster dollars should fund building sustainable, permanently affordable housing with union labor.

Thrilled to see growing consensus that Dems must step up in the Continuing Resolution fight. Key to doing so? Refuse to frame this as "shutting down government." Instead, call it what it is - refusing to be an accomplice to turning the government into a weapon against the American people.

Americans across races and places value our freedoms – but MAGA is declaring war against Americans. They are: 🪖 invading our cities 🏥 stealing healthcare from seniors 🍽️ taking food from kids We must come together to protect our freedoms, our families, and our futures.

Check out Fold's new release 'Resistance, Refusal, Ridicule' featuring the one and only @anatosaurus.bsky.social! "This isn't just a protest song; it's a masterclass in musical and linguistic strategy, a grooving blueprint for pushing back against dominant narratives."

You are also basically guaranteed to never be heard because that rhetoric is Charlie Brown adults. Sounds like everything else. Instead, you must frame flip to centering evils of regime: No dollars for dictatorship No funding for fascism No payout for pedophile protectors (to go ALL the way there)

If you're talking about "Republicans are going to shutdown the government" "Republicans are the ones responsible for shutting down the government" then you're already conceding to the let's figure out who to blame shutdown frame. That's a process conversation that eclipses people harmed from view.

Sinclair, Nexstar and Disney walking back their capitulation to the regime has clearly incensed that extraordinarily thin orange skin. Double down - more refusal, more ridicule, more resistance. Not by might, not by power, by spirit alone shall we all live in peace.

Across races, backgrounds, and parties, we value our freedoms. But this MAGA regime of the bullies for the billionaires is occupying our communities, forcing the military and law enforcement on our families, and turning our government into a weapon against our people so they can seize more power.

Portlanders are joining together to stop the MAGA regime from turning our government into a weapon against our people.

As soon as Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by Disney, groups like @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social gave people concrete ways to take action across colors & cultures to boycott and fight back. It took only a few days of people-powered pressure for Disney to reinstate Kimmel. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Check out this powerful statement from @tnimmigrant.bsky.social in response to the Trump regime sending the military into Memphis. The statement calls out the Trump regime's lies and fear-mongering, and how they want to use federal troops to seize more power in our cities.

MAGA Republicans peddle propaganda and fan flames of violence. One fact is absolutely clear about America. There is a reason we live in fear for our lives: ready access to guns. There is a massively popular solution that the politicians collecting cash from armsmakers keep blocking: gun laws.

Allowing anyone to buy a gun and massacre people is a choice we don’t need to keep making.

As students, families, and educators head back to school, the MAGA regime continues to ramp up attacks on public education — rewriting curricula and attempting to censor our stories. This #MessagingMonday, here are some tips on how you can defend the freedom to learn. ⬇️

As the new school year starts, @aclutx.bsky.social participated in 10 back-to-school drives across Texas to talk to families about students' rights and protecting the freedom to learn. They also distributed Know Your Rights materials that connected folks to their Students' Rights Hub.

🏛️Whose house? OUR HOUSE! Several THOUSAND #MOworkers and allies flooded the state Capitol on Wednesday and marched outside the House and Senate chambers to demand an end to Trump’s authoritarian power grab!

Corporations and the MAGA regime are taking in record profits while denying our freedom to make a good living. This #MessagingMonday, we have some tips to help you fight their attacks and mobilize people toward a future where we can all care for our families.

“When I talk about freedom, I mean freedom for ALL Missourians to live whole lives. Gov. Kehoe means freedom for billionaires and racists to divide us by what we look like, or how much is in our wallets.” Fran Marion, Wendy’s worker and #StandUpKC leader

Are you looking for research-backed messaging tips around these topics? 🌍 Climate 📚 Education 🦋 Immigration 💵 Economic Issues 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Rights 🏘️ Public Safety Check out our new Guide to Messaging our Freedoms: www.wemakethefutureaction.us/resources-do...

Studies from public health show that talking about vaccine hesitancy increases vaccine hesitancy. People do the thing they think people like them do. As we fight RFK's efforts to kill more Americans, let's also use social proof for and not against our aims.

As our children go back to school, we need to fight back against the MAGA regime's attacks on our freedom to learn. For #MessagingMonday, here are some research-backed messaging tips. Check out more resources here: www.wemakethefutureaction.us/projects/fre...

No matter what we look like or where we are from, we should all have the freedom to live in a safe and stable home. A home that has everything we need so that our families have the freedom to thrive. ❤️ 🏠 🎨 @justseeds.bsky.social @werdmvmnt.bsky.social

All of us deserve to shine as our true selves. But the MAGA regime is trying to dim our light, bullying us so they can put themselves on top. Together, we can 💡 the way to a better future, where people of all races, genders & backgrounds are free to be ourselves and thrive.

Allowing anyone to buy a gun & massacre our neighbors is a choice we don't need to keep making. But the MAGA regime, paid by gun lobbyists, blocks the common sense gun safety laws most of us support. Then the MAGA regime tries to divide us by blaming the people & communities harmed by gun violence.

"If you'd like to know who has taken your money - here's a hint: it's the people with all the money." @anatosaurus.bsky.social and @mikepod.bsky.social on Weekend Reading. #Unions #LaborDay

Yes, it's true. Someone did take your job. And your healthcare, pension, wage hikes and life off a single income. It just wasn't immigrants, welfare recipients, queer people or women having abortions. If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.

Happy #LaborDay! All of us across race and place should have the freedom to: ✅ join together in union ✅ negotiate a fair return on our work so we can provide for our families Our "Guide to Messaging Our Freedoms" has more narrative tips: www.wemakethefutureaction.us/resources-do...

What is in a person's hands is what allows them to kill with this ferocity and rapidity - nothing else. Politicians and arms dealers are allowing weapons that belong on battlefields into our communities -- profiting off murder -- and hoping we'll blame anyone but them.

All of us want to send our kids off to school knowing they'll come home safe. But certain politicians & gun makers that pay them block gun laws Americans favor. Allowing anyone to buy a gun and massacre our children is a choice we don't need to keep making.

NYC says Free DC. Let’s be clear: this is a white supremacist power grab to seize more control over our lives, to distract from the MAGA regime’s crimes, and to enforce their Jim Crow agenda. None of us are free until we all get free. Take action at our link in bio.

The MAGA regime is stoking violence against our families and our communities in Washington, D.C. Many people are refuting their claims by talking about the crime rate being down. While true, we should avoid taking their bait. Check out this example from @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social.

Have you been feeling dizzy keeping up with the news? This is what the MAGA regime and their billionaire backers want. We cannot let them succeed in throwing us off course. Check out our ✨NEW✨ "Guide to Messaging Our Freedoms" today: www.wemakethefutureaction.us/resources-do...

No matter our race or background, we want leaders who will fight for us, not steal from us to line their pockets. But corporations and the MAGA regime take in record profits by denying our freedom to make a good living. Real freedom means being able to care for our families.

"D.C. is a place where we know what keeps us safe." @anatosaurus.bsky.social on #The.Ink with @mivanberk.bsky.social

"The only way to stop a bully is to face them and make clear WE draw the line. That's why California voters are taking power into our own hands to ensure that our elections allow the will of the people to prevail." @anatosaurus.bsky.social and @mikepod.bsky.social on #WeekendReading

MAGA’s Murder Law robs our families of everything we’ve created to care for each other to finance: ⛓️ abducting our neighbors 💔 tearing apart families 💰 lining the pockets of MAGA's billionaire backers We must #FreeAmerica of this regime of the bullies, for the billionaires.

"If your words don't spread, they don't work." @anatosaurus.bsky.social on A Moment with Erik Fleming podcast @momenterik.bsky.social

Most of us believe voters pick our leaders – politicians should not pick which voters to heed and which to silence. But this MAGA regime of the bullies for the billionaires is attempting to silence Americans by carving our country up into districts that allow them to seize permanent power.

The attack on DC is not merely an attempt to intimidate, silence & control this vibrant, Black led city. That alone merits our collective outrage. It is also an attack on dissent itself - as DC is the center of protest, of people exercising our freedoms to speak against this regime.

“The siren song of the far right, whether we call them authoritarian or fascist, is to foment a counterrevolution against a revolution that never was.” @anatosaurus.bsky.social in @cnn.com today

This fascist power grab serves multiple purposes: to silence not merely DC residents but protest itself as DC is where we go to speak out; to stoke fear in order to have people self-censor in word & deed; to advance narrative of lawless, POC-led cities that must be brought to heel.

The only way to stop a bully is to face them and make clear: we draw the line. That’s why California voters are taking power back into our own hands to ensure that our elections allow the will of the people to prevail.

Most of us believe voters pick our leaders – politicians should not pick which voters to heed and which to silence. But this MAGA regime of the bullies for the billionaires is attempting to silence Americans by carving our country up into districts that allow them to seize permanent power.

Trump is telling Abbott to silence Texans. Newsom is giving voters the means to fight back and ensure the will of the people prevails against the fascist power grab.

"Today the most dangerous place in D.C. is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." @anatosaurus.bsky.social and @mikepod.bsky.social talking this week about the MAGA regime's hostile takeover attempt of D.C.

People across races & backgrounds value our freedoms. That's why we are joining together to #FreeDC from the MAGA regime's attempts to turn our government into a weapon against our people. We must stop this assault on our freedoms, our families and our futures. 📷 @gwen-corvid.bsky.social

📺 WATCH: This is a great example of the Race Class Narrative in action from @kanielaing.bsky.social. He describes how all of us — regardless of our races, backgrounds, or location — are bound together by our love for the land.

In partnership with MECA Houston and artist Kill Joy, @aclutx.bsky.social hosted a large-scale puppet show in Houston called Raices (roots) to engage communities living near the southern border with stories of immigration.