Fascism Having A Tough Week, Sources Say

Coordinated resistance forces regime’s retreat from Minneapolis, Tucson schools block ICE intruders, and court rejects Hegseth’s pathetic retaliation scheme

Thanks for being here and for refusing to back down. The resistance is building real power—and the stories I bring you today prove it. From Tennessee factories to the streets of Minneapolis to Tucson schools, people are organizing, winning, and forcing the Trump regime to retreat in shame.

Let’s jump in.

WORKERS WIN IN TENNESSEE

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, just won their first union contract, becoming the first unionized foreign-owned auto plant in the Southern US. It took two years of organizing and threats of a strike, but they got it done.

They’ll now get a 20% raise over four years, lower health care costs, stronger job protections, and more. Republicans said it could never be done. Southern workers proved them wrong.

RESISTANCE FORCES TRUMP TO RETREAT

After weeks of protests against the Trump regime, border czar Tom Homan announced they’re ending their invasion of Minneapolis.

This is what coordinated resistance looks like. Protesters in the streets, county officials refusing to coordinate with ICE, and Senate Democrats blocking DHS funding—which will trigger a shutdown of the department starting at midnight tonight.

Mayor Jacob Frey said: “We’ll believe Operation Metro Surge is coming to an end when we see it, but let’s give it up for the people of Minneapolis and everyone who has stood with them. You are great neighbors, and great Americans.”

Frey also made it clear that ending the operation isn’t enough: “The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There’s going to be accountability.”

TUCSON SCHOOLS WILL LOCK DOWN

Minnesota is inspiring resistance across the country. The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) in Arizona announced that any law enforcement officers who show up on campus without proper identification will be treated as “intruders,” and force schools to initiate lockdown procedures.

“If they will not identify themselves, if they will not show a badge, no matter what uniform they’re wearing or what paper they’re waving around, they are an unidentified intruder,” Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo said. “At that point, the protocol is to lock the campus down.” As it should be.

The policy applies not only to school buildings, but also to buses, parking lots, and even field trips. TUSD will not honor anything less than a judicial warrant, declaring all schools “immigration enforcement-free zones.” This is something every school district in America needs to implement.

HEGSETH RETALIATION BLOCKED BY JUDGE

The Trump regime suffered two stunning defeats this week to prosecute lawmakers for speaking the truth. A DC grand jury refused to indict six members of Congress—all military Veterans—for simply reminding troops not to follow illegal orders.

Then yesterday, a judge blocked failing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from reducing Dem Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement benefits or rank. “Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees,” the judge wrote.

In his response, Kelly didn’t hold back: “This is Donald Trump trying to break a system ... trying to weaponize the DOJ against sitting members of Congress. He wants me and Elissa Slotkin and four House members to go to prison because we restated what was in the uniform code of military justice.” He added: “Has that ever happened in our country’s history? We’re a separate branch of government.”

Institutions only hold when we force them to. None of this is an accident—it happened because people like us refused to let Trump’s authoritarianism win. But we can’t stop now.

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Onward!

Scott

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