Voters reward convictions rather than concessions.

“The difference between movements that change history and those that become footnotes isn’t passion or righteousness. It’s strategic competence. And strategy can be learned.” @carmitage.bsky.social @baptistnews.com baptistnews.com/article/the-...

Ever notice how the media constantly reports on courts ordering trump to do something and then rarely reports him entirely ignoring those courts without consequence?

Or what will happen? The enforcement mechanism of the courts being held within the executive branch is a huge oversight by the framers of the U.S. Constitution. They're essentially toothless against a rogue executive. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...

@vtattorneygeneral.bsky.social do you follow @carmitage.bsky.social ? You should be interested in his ways for state AGs to resist federal fascism. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

Maybe we could do a "thoughts and prayers" protest where everyone on earth spends one full minute thinking about how much they can't stand him. If something happens then we know the force is real or something idk.

Resistance without results is motion without movement. Political theater and symbolic actions just calm the herd when what's needed is a STAMPEDE.

Pollsters are estimating that Mamdani could get 1,000,000 votes, for perspective, his predecessor won with 750,000 out of 1.2 million ballots cast. Who knew that staying on message with a bold but simple package of reforms to make life more affordable would be popular?

Question for AGs: At what point does failure to act against fascism become complicity itself? Tag your AG so they can answer.

Experts say the US is a competitive authoritarian regime. Thoughts? Read More: cmarmitage.substack.com/p/b... @carmitage.bsky.social

The Biden administration failed to hold Trump accountable and we are paying the price now. States currently have the same opportunity and are following the same path as Biden. Right and wrong matter more than decorum and civility. Contact your AG & demand they prosecute corruption

Understanding the difference between opposition activity and opposition success determines whether resistance efforts deploy where they can actually constrain power.

Terrific piece by @carmitage.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

Levitsky’s test is simple and measurable: is there a cost to opposing the government? When the answer becomes yes, democracy ends. The answer is yes. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita... @carmitage.bsky.social

We are going to need a lot more “extremists" to have any chance at democracy, SNAP, Medicaid, etc.

BREAKING: ICE Now Issuing Calico Cut Pants @timrobinson81.bsky.social

How are things going in the US? This about sums it up 👇

If the baddies want to win more than the goodies then we will all be destroyed.

The only orange king I recognize

The strike threatens the one thing that matters most to those at the top: their ability to extract profit from other people’s labor. @carmitage.bsky.social How do we make it happen? #generalstrike

"We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless ― if the left allows it to be." -- Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, July 2024

Defund Fasicsm

Soft Secession becomes the only hope when the federal government exists to facilitate Republican power grabs. Fascists control all three branches of the federal government and have a blank check to do anything they want to retain power.

It's mathematically impossible for democrats to win a gerrymandering battle federally, based on red/blue state numbers plus voter disenfranchisement and zero accountability for blatantly criminal activities from state voting officials.

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Your AG and Govenor have some explaining to do.”

It'd be hilarious if every time people in Chicago see a National Guard member, they'd say "thanks for coming here to protect us from ICE, those guys are getting out of hand."

Mother Jones mentioned my work, so I guess I have that going for me 🌲🌲🌲 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Bending the knee has never stopped autocrats. Not once.

Letting law enforcement become a right-wing monoculture, then allowing that monoculture to radicalize, will be remembered as a critical American failure in the run-up to our current disaster.

Defund Fasicsm

Corrupt SCOTUS members belong in a cell.

Anti-Consumption is Anti-Fascist

Imagine a casino where the house edge grows through invisible changes: parking shrinks near transit, ATMs vanish, bet minimums rise unpredictably, IDs demanded selectively, windows close early. No signs announce changes. Each justified as "operational efficiency" or "security enhancements.

Simple fix to corruption: If you take corporate money, you don't get on the ballot. Period. Want corporate donors? Fine. Run as a write-in. Let voters decide if they care enough about corporate-backed candidates to literally write their names.

If you live anywhere in Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, or Oklahoma, you can amend your state constitution. Your legislature is irrelevant. Pick your issue.

The most powerful message you can tell a politician: "If you don’t take this seriously then expect us to begin contacting all of your donors to ask if they are aware of your compliance.”

It's the people’s duty to create a political environment where failure to comply with the public will is untenable.

Bending the knee has never once stopped an autocrat.

Republican states have ignored federal authority for years without consequence. Democratic states must be equally willing to act first and litigate later. We must dare the federal government to try enforcing its unconstitutional will against half the country at once.

GOP controls the House. GOP controls the Senate. GOP controls the White House. If the gov't shuts down, every missed paycheck, every closed office, every crisis? That's their fault. Every bit of it.

On tariffs…. This idiot cited “national security” as the legal justification for tariffs on kitchen cabinets, faucets, furniture, and bathroom vanities. FFS y’all, is he at war with Ikea? #FDT

States must act NOW. If Trump attempts a 3rd term or cancels elections, your state needs laws ready that automatically ban any party nominating constitutionally ineligible candidates from the ballot.

Republican states have ignored federal authority for years without consequence. Democratic states must be equally willing to act first and litigate later. We must dare the federal government to try enforcing its unconstitutional will against half the country at once.

Bending the knee has never once stopped an autocrat.