This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

No Kings 2 is today! We're teaming up with Ypsilanti Indivisible to hold a march starting at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti at 1 pm. Kids' sign-making starts at noon. sites.google.com/view/annarbo...

ICE took a mother from our school today. She went to support her son at hearing. ICE took her for good measure. The bus driver knew mom was kidnapped. She always picked up the kids. Mom used her one phone call to beg Principal to save her children from ICE. We are a country run by a cruelty cult.

Catch up on what happened this week at Ann Arbor City Council-- A2 Council Update is posted! youtu.be/O7wmVNZ_XeY?...

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

Learn about how priorities in Ann Arbor shifted away from affordable housing-- plans for affordable housing and public investment have been stripped away while the City leans into the market, selling assets to investors. youtu.be/hIw3Ze-g5PQ?...

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband. Today they attacked two journalists. We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

How Democracies Fall - Federal Staff that Follow the Law are Fired and All that is Left are People Without Ethics www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Any bets on whether Trump backs speculative debt holders or the people of Puerto Rico. God forbid that risk taking finance is held accountable for destroying key infrastructure. I hope PR has a strategy to return power to the people; leaving debt holders high and dry. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Call Attorney General @dananessel.bsky.social at 517-335-7622 to thank her for standing up for trans kids! @umich.edu doctors must care for all children. (1/3)

If Trump can use the military to perform extra judicial killing of suspected drug smugglers returning to their country of origin, then he can certainly kill a much more imminent threat of drug smugglers and dealers on U.S soil. The Military had shown its True colors. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

Here is the link to the Epstein Birthday Book, its the first PDF that comes up - time for conversations with all of the bawdy supporters of the sexual preditor drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mo...

Just a reminder that the fuss about confederate monuments is all about whites hoping for a return to white nationalism where this statement is normal : IN APPRECIATION OF OUR FAITHFUL SLAVES

The beautiful waters of Torch Lake. When I look at you, I feel all right. #puremichigan #lakelife #timetoretire

How democracies die - history is rewritten, know facts are hidden, institutions that are supposed to ground our knowledge in facts become propaganda machines. The demise does not come immediately, but on the foundation of incremental losses no one stopped.

Great piece by my friend @alexbirnel.bsky.social

Fight fire with fire.

Fight fire with fire. Blue states need to step up, break the glass and act like democracy matters. Force a national bill that lets voters not politicians pick election districts. MI has a good template to start from. apple.news/ADbkg8aBdQ1a...

See what Ann Arbor City Council is voting on this Thursday! Newsletter is posted-- a2elnel.com/post/ann-arb...

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles theonion.com/trump-s...

How do democracies fall? One capitulating institution at a time. The President shook down the largest law firms for hundreds of millions. But the true target was regional large and midsized firms. Message received. They complied without threats just hoping to avoid ire of the dictator.

Fight fire with fire. Trump will run the Mid-terms like Putin and other dictators, ensuring the desired outcome if we don’t act NOW. Bring Republicans to their knees. Force passage of legislation that lets voters, not politicians create election districts. MI has a good template.

The judiciary is the only institution holding back the authoritarian flood waters at this point. apple.news/AFFFBavnOTlq...

Suprise Suprise - Restaurant Owners put up fake servers to demand they don’t want decent hourly wages, they want lower wages so they can avoid tax on tips and they oppose higher wages with tips….because they want to nake less money…. apple.news/Amj-DKRXlTq-...

"We continue to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza." -- Indivisible

For Mamdani to create the space for a new vision for how to build safe, resilient communities not built around the role of violence workers, he will need a clear strategy for both managing the NYPD and organizing the Department of Community Safety. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

It is important to note that the police did NOTHING to prevent or stop the mass shooting in Manhattan. We need other strategies than sending SWAT teams after everyone (including the shooter) is already dead.

My latest w support from @economichardship.bsky.social

Mafia boss continues shake down of major American institutions. So far, only a few of the large law firms have not kissed the ring. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

Where do you imagine yourself in this story of our times? Hero’s Journeys are better with friends. Join Ann Arbor Indivisible and BE the plot twist. We are the heroes we are waiting for.

Catch up on what happened at Ann Arbor City Council this week! A2 Council Update is posted! youtu.be/iwjeLKI1QgI?...

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We're trying to play by one set of rules. And these folks on the other side play by a completely different set of rules. So much so that the president United States called Greg Abbott and told him, in essence, find 5 additional seats so he can rig the election next year."

The power of ranked choice voting - there was never a scenario Cuomo could have won NYC primary and results show why he will fail as independent - 54% of voters did not rank him www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Everytime establishment Democrats waste our time on legislative proposals for making ICE/police more transparent/accountable insert the quote below.

Cities are reducing policing and crime is falling to historic lows. We need community based safety investments, not more police. www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

The impunity of policing is a fundamental feature of policing, backed by political power that needs an unaccountable force of violence workers.

I'm attending “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! Come build community while we rise to facedown the threats to our democracy. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Check out what Ann Arbor City Council is voting on tomorrow-- newsletter is posted! a2elnel.com/post/ann-arb...

Brooklyn Folks. Check this out:

When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

Linked is summary of City Council efforts to dupe Ann Arbor voters to give away the parkland they approved in 2018 vote to market rate housing developers and their seemingly never ending use of public resources to pad the pockets of developers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=daNo...

Looking forward to this tonight.

Lower courts have been the lone branch of government holding back tidal wave of illegality from Republicans, until undermined by Supreme Court. They can’t impeach federal judges, but they can fire Immigration Judges not willing to feed Republican’s detention camps. apple.news/AYb7HUcaHSnO...

Catch up on what happened at the last Ann Arbor City Council meeting! A2 Council Update is posted! youtu.be/fPn_QnGEbpE?...

Supreme Court undermines lower courts again allowing President to ignore the laws and budgets passed by Congress. Agencies formed by Acts of Congress and funded in budget can be destroyed by President. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

The only thing standing between the end of democracy in America are federal judges, until they are undermined by the Supreme Court. Hopefully it is enough time for the grassroots to mobilize and save democracy. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A pause on roving bands of federal thugs kidnapping people in CA but who believes the Supreme Court will agree that rounding up people that have brown skin, denying them lawyers, and shipping them to private prisons or foreign countries violates the Constitution? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...

Our democracy is crumbling before our eyes and the Supreme Court is leading the way. It should keep us all up at night. Justice Jackson Says ‘the State of Our Democracy’ Keeps Her Up at Night www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

Prepping for the formal coup. Federal Agents March Through L.A. Park, Spurring Local Outrage www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...