As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.

Pretty much always right on target, this time the New York Times Pitchbot got an actual LOL from me.

The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.

"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."

The rise in local, distributed protests, from #TeslaTakedowns to GOP town halls, is encouraging, writes @joanwalsh.bsky.social, but participants also need tools, ideas, inspiration and the sense that “you don’t need to do anything alone," as Erica Chenoweth put it. bit.ly/42oQjS5

"use creative tactics, stay active for long periods of time, and retain public support by eschewing violence even when facing government repression..." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

About 90 people yesterday at Tesla Corte Madera. Similar number on Saturday. @teslatakedown.com #teslatakedown

Had about 80 people protesting today at Tesla Marin. Not as many as last week, BUT there was another protest there yesterday so that feels good to me! @teslatakedown.com #teslatakedown

Well over 120 peaceful protesters outside the Tesla dealership in Marin County today. #TeslaTakedown