"When you have a popular-resistance strategy and an effective legislative strategy, it wins more than two-thirds of the time.": https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/trump-hands-off-protest

the Guardian · Apr 5Anti-Trump protests hit cities worldwide – in picturesThousands of ‘Hands Off’ protesters – in the US and across major European cities – took to the streets on Saturday in a show of defiance

#DemocracyMatters #resist #protests

**Mathias Darmell** @mathiasdarmell@mastodon.social · Apr 6

Apr 6

Mathias Darmell @mathiasdarmell@mastodon.social

The question is whether Europe will learn from the US. We have darkness here too, in every member state. We see how easy it is to undermine democracy and the rule of law if they only get the little finger. #europe #Sweden #EU #UK #DemocracyMatters

Continued thread

**yarko** @yarkot@mastodon.social · Apr 5 *

Apr 5 *

yarko @yarkot@mastodon.social

Compare:

How Putin is wrong about everything & why his story brings war, genocide, and fascism:
https://snyder.substack.com/p/putins-genocidal-myth?r=f9j4c

Power Psychosis:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-five-percent/201408/mad-power

Firehouse of Falsehood:
https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html

Media Control:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/04/how-the-media-became-putins-most-powerful-weapon/391062/

#DemocracyMatters
Liberty, Truth, Justice, Trustworthiness Matter

Awareness Matters - thinking, speaking for yourself requires archives of history, reliable data.

Stand Up.
Be Heard.
Seek Awareness.
Share Awareness.
https://AwarenessWheel.com

Thinking about... · Feb 11, 2024Putin's genocidal mythBy Timothy Snyder

**yarko** @yarkot@mastodon.social · Apr 5 *

Apr 5 *

yarko @yarkot@mastodon.social

“This is not a cost-cutting mechanism. This slide toward secrecy and lack of transparency is an erosion of democratic norms.”

Dangerous.
Akin to Putin’s:
• Firehose of Falshoods
• Media Control
and resulting:
• Power Psychosis

#DemocracyMatters
Liberty, Truth, Justice, Trustworthiness Matter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/technology/trump-history-websites.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U4.HsZw.ri0cmiI4XDFC&smid=nytcore-android-share

The head of the National Archives, which has been described as “the custodian of America’s collective memory,” was fired by President Trump in February.

The New York Times · Apr 5The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of ItBy Tiffany Hsu

**Patrick** @blackhawkphoto.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 5

Apr 5

Patrick @blackhawkphoto.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Bluesky SocialBluesky

**Democrats Abroad** @democratsabroad@mastodon.social · Apr 4

Apr 4

Democrats Abroad @democratsabroad@mastodon.social

Checks and balances exist for a reason—yet Speaker Johnson seems to think the rule of law is just getting in the way.

Democracy only works if we protect it. Stay informed and take action: www.democratsabroad.org/take_action

#RuleOfLaw #DemocracyMatters #TakeAction

**yarko** @yarkot@mastodon.social · Apr 4

Apr 4

yarko @yarkot@mastodon.social

Trump circumvented Congress on tariffs by declaring a Fentanyl emergency.

Congress can stop the tariffs.
#DemocracyMatters

Call your representatives and tell them.

https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

**Petra van Cronenburg** @NatureMC@mastodon.online · Apr 4

Apr 4

Petra van Cronenburg @NatureMC@mastodon.online

If super-bullies conquer the headlines with absurd crap, imagine a world without bullies in power.
It's on us to counter their #narratives with how we would like the future to be. It is up to all of us to fight for this future. Not tomorrow but now!
Write *your* plot of humanity and cooperation.
https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/fbdd3658-8415-466b-98d8-100a923820a0

SteadyEverything Is Possible!I used to think I was a tough journalist who could easily recognise when something couldn't possibly be real. When I saw the first penguin picture in the morning, I…

#future #solarpunk #hopepunk