The Coming Storm: Secret Police and Concentration Camps are Here The Big Horrible Bill was passed by both the House and Senate, and Trump signed it into law on July 4, an ironic date considering the devastation this bill will wreak on our democracy. Much of the conversation around the […]
Susan Douglas
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Washington DC—Reflections on July 4, 2025. After the very disappointing but not unexpected passage of the big, ridiculous bill on July 3, I was in little mood to celebrate the 4th of July. Our democracy is being dismantled, and what we see before us is unmistakably fascism. The suffering this […]
Arlington, VA— For over five months on consecutive weekends and Tuesdays, the Tesla Takedown boycott line has been taking on Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, diminishing his wealth in terms of Tesla stock value, exposing his illegal Doge takedown of federal government agencies, and the firing of tens of […]
Washington, DC—Something almost as strange as the discovery of dark matter itself happened outside the NASA headquarters building in Washington, DC on Monday morning. NASA scientists, engineers, technicians, and supporters protested ongoing government cutbacks outside their headquarters office in Washington, DC. They wanted to make the public aware of the […]
Washington DC—William Barber III led scores of clergy in a Moral Monday action with a walk to the Supreme Court in opposition to the spending bill presently being considered in the Senate. He warned Congress that they would be inextricably tied to “policy murder” if they passed their “morally corrupt” […]
Washington DC—Former employees of the Department of State assembled outside the diplomatic headquarters on Friday, warning that reductions in force (RIFs) under Marco Rubio will imperil, if not fundamentally eliminate, U.S. diplomatic capabilities abroad. The assembled group was unmistakably striking in that it included active federal employees and federal employees […]
Washington DC—An anonymous artist has set up untitled installation art near the U.S. Capitol revealing their interpretation of the state of the U.S. presidency. The prop consists of a golden gilded television, a golden gilded eagle atop it with its wings spread, and golden laurel, resting on a grey column. […]
Washington DC—If the “No Kings Day” mass mobilization proved anything, it was that many Americans are very unhappy about Trump’s policies and his ICE roundups of migrants and green card holders across the country. Millions came out last Saturday in towns and cities across the country to take part in […]
Northern Virginia—Over 50 bridges staffed by thousands of volunteers on Saturday for a day-long action upstaged Trump’s birthday parade by raining messages unfit for a king. The Visibility Brigades targeted freeway overpasses in the nation’s capital focused on rejecting his Red Square styled military parade. Tanks, Humvees, and armored vehicles […]
Washington DC—Local grassroots groups have been rehearsing their measured response to Trump’s Stalinesque military ruck march slated for June 14. The military parade will tear up DC streets with Army tank squadrons, heavy military trucks, and Humvee vehicles, but the grassroots groups will be nowhere near it. Anyone traveling to […]
Arlington, VA—-On World Pride Day the Tesla Takedown boycott line spun resistance twirling rainbow parasols, wearing rainbow lei necklaces, and dancing to a resistance line-up of music over two synchronized speakers. If not for the commitment of the core team of rotating organizers and the continued zeal of the line, […]