We also can't have a repeat of 2024 when millions of voters were purged from the voting rolls, their ballots thrown out, or their votes for Democrats electronically switched to Republicans. Nor a repeat of 2024 when suspicious election results full of anomalies went unchallenged & unaudited.
I rather suspect that as the evil deeds pile up, the apathy will continue to diminish. What we need most of all is to stop voter suppression and the hacking of voting and counting machines. Comrade Krasnov cannot and WILL NOT allow a blue Congress to happen.
⬆️"We cannot have a repeat of 2024 where huge numbers stayed away from the voting booths, and by default, elected trump."
The best ways to get people to the polls is through conversations with people they know and respect (i.e., relational organizing) or through what is called deep canvassing where the volunteers who are canvassing spend more time listening than promoting a specific candidate. (in many cases this starts before the Primaries, so the Democratic candidate may be unknown at that point. The audience is much broader too - including voters who may not have voted for Democrats before.
Indivisible (www.indivisble.org) does relational organizing under the banner "Neighbor2Neighbor" and Red Wine and Blue (https://redwine.blue/) as "Rally Your Squad".
Also check out Swing Left's new deep canvassing initiative, Ground Truth: ourgroundtruth.org
There are also versions of persuasion postcards - Activate America (www.activateamerica.vote) has "accountability campaigns" in districts with a GOP incumbent early in the election year and then switches to GOTV postcards closer to the election.
Postcards to Swing States (https://turnoutpac.org/postcards/) volunteers are currently writing persuasion postcards with their News Boosting campaigns in GA, IA, ME, MI, and NC. Later in the spring they will have their traditional write-and-hold GOTV postcard campaigns in a wider variety of swing states and districts.
Newsom passed the state law in California, that became effective January 1st 2026, called the "No Secret Police Act", that prevents border patrol and ICE Thugz from wearing masks when they are beating people up snatching then off the streets. These agents will face lawsuits for civil rights violations and the minimum fine for defying this law is $10,000! Of course, Trump's DOJ has appealed this decision, so until this lawsuit makes its way through the courts, nothing will change. ONWARD!!!🇺🇸
Has anyone with power considered taking the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 to court for violating the Constitution? They do not have immunity like Frumpy does
Scott, please add an action about Trump's illegal war in Venezuela.
In the meantime, everybody please consider sending out this Resist.bot from prolific Restist.bot author Coleman (who Jess Craven often features in "Chop Wood, Carry Water"):
He is not going to distract the CALL FOR THE EPSTEIN FILES, by invading another country. IT WON'T GO AWAY UNTIL ITS HAD ITS DAY. He might as well abolish
the sun from rising, and is mentally capable of doing that, too. I wonder if the tanks
ever got their treads oiled after his fearless leader parade of (un)power?
He said not releasing the Epstein files. Fuck Marjorie Taylor Green. I don’t care what you do start a fucking war. just don’t let them get out. if I go down, I’m bringing all of you down with me. I don’t care if the whole country starves
Sam, tRumPutin has just made a huge mistake. If he paid any attention to what really happens in global politics or in the history of regime change, he'd know that it never works and usually backfires spectacularly. Today I'm praying that no troops are deployed, and that he stops at Venezuelan oil recapture. Both Canada and Mexico are very worried, as they should be. The same with Greenland. We have a Putinest for president.
Meanwhile, in the healthcare realm, the insurance realm, the housing realm, the childcare realm, the public educational realm, back here in the good ole USA, the country the current potus detests......
He takes one 325mg tablet of aspirin. He clams he takes 4X the amount his dr recommends (low dose 81mg). So does he just take one 325mg tablet of aspirin? He must take more than that bc his minions say he’s popping aspirin all day long. What’s the true story?
First of all, Giuliani, a certified criminal, expects an invite to a high position inauguration! What damn audacity! Secondly, how will we ensure the elections are not scammed? We can turn out in massive numbers but the level of their desperation is off the charts, meaning, they will do ANYTHING!! Just to distract from Epstein Files, they illegally kidnapped a president of another country and his wife!!! And illegally bombed that country. So our military is perfectly willing to do illegal acts. Where does that leave us?!
Holy crap! I hadn't settled in to read my morning news, and didn't know that TRump had invaded Venezuela and kidnapped Maduro and his wife! This is not good! Thanks for the heads up. Wow.😳
Off topic, but I’m currently watching the “news conference” on our illegal foray into Venezuela by the “president” who is so off the teleprompter it’s just head shaking. He’s clearly mentally incapacitated! Somewhere his handlers must be crapping their pants thinking “where’s the stage hook to get him off the stage”! The delusion is insane! This man belongs in a mental hospital!
Congressman Robert Garcia has become a national treasure and the ranking member of the oversight committee in January 2027 things will get real for Trump and his cronies. This will lead to crucial investigations into corruption, misuse of taxpayer dollars, provide increased transparency into the Trump regime for the impeachment and criminal investigations of which there will be no shortage of.
I will say that my doctor wants to see me twice a year for a checkup. That does not include a CT scan or MRI. Also I do not need to take a cognitive test. We all know he is a chronic liar so why would he tell the truth now,.
Has anyone but the orange monster fallen further? Bondi is a candidate but she was always in his orbit. The other candidate is little Marco or even Mike (has no) Johnson.
I will be interested to see races in normally red states. They, rather than the close races will show just how far the orange monster has fallen. Trust me, I would love to see the Dems will every seat.
trumpy has obvious signs of dementia and he has been a world class liar for most of his life so 1. I don’t listen to him and 2. If I hear something he says, I assume it’s a lie and 3. He surrounds himself with people who lie for him. I just hope the medical news is correct and we can remove him from office before he starts another world war! Rudy is pretty pathetic but they all are so I can’t rate them. I will be watching EVERY state race this year. It is imperative that we get our democracy restored. It won’t be easy if JD takes over but if Congress steps up, we should regain some control.
JA - I can understand why you feel that way. I am anxious for things to get done, too. I do however see things a bit differently. The GOP has control of both the House and Senate by their majority of seats. This does make it hard for the Dems to make successful campaigns of change to anything. Add to that, that Mike Johnson has kept the GOP away from the capitol as much as he can to avoid any possible GOP voting with the Dems on things like healthcare Insurance provisions and votes related to dealing with release of the Epstein files. It is maddening to say the least. I do see some strong Dems continuously speaking out. They include Jamie Ruskin, Elizbeth Warren, AOC and Bernie Sanders among others. It is another reminder of why we must take back Congress next November!!!! Possibly even sooner with many GOP congressional members bailing in the next few weeks. Meantime DJT will play strongman for no one but himself and foolishly spread our military around the globe. You can be sure other authoritarian types know exactly where all of our military are and how we have weaken their leadership with Hegseth's dumping of anyone he felt would try to speak sense with him. Thus we are vulnerable in a way we have never been in my lifetime of 70+ years.
Please see my reply to JA above L. Best not to refer to Congress in that way without realizing that the Dems are in a compromised position until they can once again have the majority in either or both houses. It is why we must insure they do that in November!!!
There is no question in my mind what caused DT's bruise on his hand. It comes from an IV needle not hitting the vein the first time the nurse tries and causing bruising into the hand. I have had a bruise exactly like his from that situation.
So he invades Venezuela illegally and he'll play Soldier for a couple days while the world looks on in horror, thinking he can bury Epstein files from us.
Is anyone watching his press conference or are you playing Candy Crush, like me?
Scott, I watched 9/11 from my office window and luckily got out of the city because my friend drove in from Jersey that day. Giuliani was magnificent, he was "America's Mayor", remember? WTF happened to him?? Remember the Concert for NYC at the Garden and every band in the world showed up? How Giuliani came on stage with Bernard Kerik to cheers? Unreal.
How can we be AT WAR with Venezuela overnight????? Where is congress???? How many innocent civilians have been murdered by trumpseth so far? Add together USAID elimination, bombing fishing boats, now bombing the capital of Venezuela (all we want is the oil - that’s IT), the inhumane treatment and neglect of detainees in concentration camps, American families unable to make ends meet, children going hungry and unable to focus in school because their tummies are empty, millions of Americans now unable to afford healthcare, thousands of fired federal workers suddenly without income…. Hundreds of thousands dead and suffering due to this regime…!!
We are a murderous, illegal, third world dictatorship with the might and power of the being the richest country in the world, with the hugest military and THE MEANEST, MOST CORRUPT, BATSHIT CRAZY “leader” in modern history, who is responsible for every single hateful thing America has done.
Hitler must hate that his crown as the most evil “king” of the most evil empire ever has been usurped by a pissy, angry little man with the morals of Satan.
He needed a MRI before starting Kisunia. I'm thinking another MRI to see if plaque formations slowed since his first dose. IV in hand. Just a Nurse diagnosis.
Scott, I am sure the illegal bombing done in Caracas, Venezuela by the Dumpster’s request to the military was from his talk with Putin! Taking the President and his wife to the US is trying keep the Epstein files out of the picture and working with Russia to gain Oil from the largest Oil Country in the World! When will this Monster be taken out of office with all of his unfit sycophants committing murder for coverups?
HAPPY BLUE YEAR! I see a big blue wave building!
Our main focuses today:
NEW: Demand AG Bondi release ALL of the Epstein files now: https://tinyurl.com/yzm32ams
Demand Congress vote on ACA subsidies: https://tinyurl.com/sv7ddnm3
And these 2 other actions:
Pass bill on unmasking ICE and displaying clear ID: https://tinyurl.com/bp8cau82
Demand answers about Trump’s visibly deteriorating health: https://tinyurl.com/sk9xm38v
We absolutely need to highlight the Dems running for Congress, especially in purple & red districts.
We cannot have a repeat of 2024 where huge numbers stayed away from the voting booths, and by default, elected trump.
Fl-13,Anna Paulina Luna-tic’s seat is considered most flippable.
https://livefromtheresistance.substack.com/p/anna-paulina-lunas-in-trouble-meet
Also the despicable Randy Fine’s district….he underperformed in the recent special election.He needs to GO !
https://open.substack.com/pub/livefromtheresistance/p/hes-the-gops-next-big-star-unless?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Yesssss! Florida needs to be redeemed to the state that has some good! Get the young people to vote!
Desantis has ruined this state and these Republicans in Congress and the Senate are destroying our country!!!
This is great!
We also can't have a repeat of 2024 when millions of voters were purged from the voting rolls, their ballots thrown out, or their votes for Democrats electronically switched to Republicans. Nor a repeat of 2024 when suspicious election results full of anomalies went unchallenged & unaudited.
This was the highlighted topic at Indivisible meeting last night! It is imperative!
I rather suspect that as the evil deeds pile up, the apathy will continue to diminish. What we need most of all is to stop voter suppression and the hacking of voting and counting machines. Comrade Krasnov cannot and WILL NOT allow a blue Congress to happen.
⬆️"We cannot have a repeat of 2024 where huge numbers stayed away from the voting booths, and by default, elected trump."
The best ways to get people to the polls is through conversations with people they know and respect (i.e., relational organizing) or through what is called deep canvassing where the volunteers who are canvassing spend more time listening than promoting a specific candidate. (in many cases this starts before the Primaries, so the Democratic candidate may be unknown at that point. The audience is much broader too - including voters who may not have voted for Democrats before.
Indivisible (www.indivisble.org) does relational organizing under the banner "Neighbor2Neighbor" and Red Wine and Blue (https://redwine.blue/) as "Rally Your Squad".
Also check out Swing Left's new deep canvassing initiative, Ground Truth: ourgroundtruth.org
There are also versions of persuasion postcards - Activate America (www.activateamerica.vote) has "accountability campaigns" in districts with a GOP incumbent early in the election year and then switches to GOTV postcards closer to the election.
Postcards to Swing States (https://turnoutpac.org/postcards/) volunteers are currently writing persuasion postcards with their News Boosting campaigns in GA, IA, ME, MI, and NC. Later in the spring they will have their traditional write-and-hold GOTV postcard campaigns in a wider variety of swing states and districts.
Newsom passed the state law in California, that became effective January 1st 2026, called the "No Secret Police Act", that prevents border patrol and ICE Thugz from wearing masks when they are beating people up snatching then off the streets. These agents will face lawsuits for civil rights violations and the minimum fine for defying this law is $10,000! Of course, Trump's DOJ has appealed this decision, so until this lawsuit makes its way through the courts, nothing will change. ONWARD!!!🇺🇸
Has anyone with power considered taking the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 to court for violating the Constitution? They do not have immunity like Frumpy does
I made a mistake. The Morgan Freeman quote”you have to look for what you can’t see” is from the Rob Reiner movie, The Magic of Belle Isle.
Right in front of our eyes! “Always look for what you can’t see.” Morgan Freeman in ‘Change in the Air’
Scott, please add an action about Trump's illegal war in Venezuela.
In the meantime, everybody please consider sending out this Resist.bot from prolific Restist.bot author Coleman (who Jess Craven often features in "Chop Wood, Carry Water"):
https;//resist.bot/petitions/PZWETF
For instructions on using Resist.bot: https://resist.bot/ and https://chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/about-resistbot
I was going to say, that will probably be Scott's added action next time.
While Trump is “busy” with regime change in Venezuela, we are leading the resistance to free America from his tyranny.
He is not going to distract the CALL FOR THE EPSTEIN FILES, by invading another country. IT WON'T GO AWAY UNTIL ITS HAD ITS DAY. He might as well abolish
the sun from rising, and is mentally capable of doing that, too. I wonder if the tanks
ever got their treads oiled after his fearless leader parade of (un)power?
He said he would burn the country down before he let those files out
Good grief. You don't talk about your secret battle plans or they're not secret anymore. How is this even happening?
Did he actually say that? He's deliberately burning the country down regardless.
That slipshod parade was fun to watch and all those empty seats!
He said not releasing the Epstein files. Fuck Marjorie Taylor Green. I don’t care what you do start a fucking war. just don’t let them get out. if I go down, I’m bringing all of you down with me. I don’t care if the whole country starves
Don't forget the Jack Smith testimony too.
Sam, tRumPutin has just made a huge mistake. If he paid any attention to what really happens in global politics or in the history of regime change, he'd know that it never works and usually backfires spectacularly. Today I'm praying that no troops are deployed, and that he stops at Venezuelan oil recapture. Both Canada and Mexico are very worried, as they should be. The same with Greenland. We have a Putinest for president.
At least Greenland and Canada are part of NATO !!
And Venezuela is a member of OPEC. OPEC can cut off “our” oil.
Meanwhile, in the healthcare realm, the insurance realm, the housing realm, the childcare realm, the public educational realm, back here in the good ole USA, the country the current potus detests......
How I hope!!
He’s mental
Normally I want your post to be the very first thing I see. But today I’m glad I read it after all of the terrible news out there.
Thank you!
💯
With his diet, he may need to go to 1500mg aspirin.
I wish he would.
He takes one 325mg tablet of aspirin. He clams he takes 4X the amount his dr recommends (low dose 81mg). So does he just take one 325mg tablet of aspirin? He must take more than that bc his minions say he’s popping aspirin all day long. What’s the true story?
First of all, Giuliani, a certified criminal, expects an invite to a high position inauguration! What damn audacity! Secondly, how will we ensure the elections are not scammed? We can turn out in massive numbers but the level of their desperation is off the charts, meaning, they will do ANYTHING!! Just to distract from Epstein Files, they illegally kidnapped a president of another country and his wife!!! And illegally bombed that country. So our military is perfectly willing to do illegal acts. Where does that leave us?!
I fear for Mark Kelly with this administration!
Holy crap! I hadn't settled in to read my morning news, and didn't know that TRump had invaded Venezuela and kidnapped Maduro and his wife! This is not good! Thanks for the heads up. Wow.😳
Off topic, but I’m currently watching the “news conference” on our illegal foray into Venezuela by the “president” who is so off the teleprompter it’s just head shaking. He’s clearly mentally incapacitated! Somewhere his handlers must be crapping their pants thinking “where’s the stage hook to get him off the stage”! The delusion is insane! This man belongs in a mental hospital!
Absolutely, Claire!
Congressman Robert Garcia has become a national treasure and the ranking member of the oversight committee in January 2027 things will get real for Trump and his cronies. This will lead to crucial investigations into corruption, misuse of taxpayer dollars, provide increased transparency into the Trump regime for the impeachment and criminal investigations of which there will be no shortage of.
And let’s outlaw gold paint!
I will say that my doctor wants to see me twice a year for a checkup. That does not include a CT scan or MRI. Also I do not need to take a cognitive test. We all know he is a chronic liar so why would he tell the truth now,.
Has anyone but the orange monster fallen further? Bondi is a candidate but she was always in his orbit. The other candidate is little Marco or even Mike (has no) Johnson.
I will be interested to see races in normally red states. They, rather than the close races will show just how far the orange monster has fallen. Trust me, I would love to see the Dems will every seat.
trumpy has obvious signs of dementia and he has been a world class liar for most of his life so 1. I don’t listen to him and 2. If I hear something he says, I assume it’s a lie and 3. He surrounds himself with people who lie for him. I just hope the medical news is correct and we can remove him from office before he starts another world war! Rudy is pretty pathetic but they all are so I can’t rate them. I will be watching EVERY state race this year. It is imperative that we get our democracy restored. It won’t be easy if JD takes over but if Congress steps up, we should regain some control.
I think it is a riot our president is saying he will be running Venezuela for the immediate future!
trump is failing the citizens of his own country!
Make America Great Again seems to be involved with all this foreign intrusion….not America at all!
When will our Government say enough is enough? Will Greenland be next?
Will another country consider “kidnapping” trump, if this is our new world?
Why did our military knuckle under to this travesty? You realize without a military…our country has become lawless….just like trump!
I don't get what has happened with our military either!?! Why have the Dems allowed Hegseth to go unchallenged about his part in the boat strikes??
The Democrats have allowed any and everything to go UNchallenged!
Does anyone ever work on the Hill? These guys are never in Town!
JA - I can understand why you feel that way. I am anxious for things to get done, too. I do however see things a bit differently. The GOP has control of both the House and Senate by their majority of seats. This does make it hard for the Dems to make successful campaigns of change to anything. Add to that, that Mike Johnson has kept the GOP away from the capitol as much as he can to avoid any possible GOP voting with the Dems on things like healthcare Insurance provisions and votes related to dealing with release of the Epstein files. It is maddening to say the least. I do see some strong Dems continuously speaking out. They include Jamie Ruskin, Elizbeth Warren, AOC and Bernie Sanders among others. It is another reminder of why we must take back Congress next November!!!! Possibly even sooner with many GOP congressional members bailing in the next few weeks. Meantime DJT will play strongman for no one but himself and foolishly spread our military around the globe. You can be sure other authoritarian types know exactly where all of our military are and how we have weaken their leadership with Hegseth's dumping of anyone he felt would try to speak sense with him. Thus we are vulnerable in a way we have never been in my lifetime of 70+ years.
Very well stated. I could not agree more in your overview.
Hoping the Dems in Congress are doing much more than we can see or know about. Knowing that we have three long years ahead is so painful!
Congress is impotent. They will posture and complain but do NOTHING because they are all profiting from this takeover for oil.
Mexico is next. He is already threatening them.
Please see my reply to JA above L. Best not to refer to Congress in that way without realizing that the Dems are in a compromised position until they can once again have the majority in either or both houses. It is why we must insure they do that in November!!!
Pretty bad when you can’t even expect elected officials to put their constituents ahead of their piggy banks!!!!!
Don't worry, he is turning the Venezuela operation over to his sidekicks, Rubio and Hegseth. That oughta make us all sleep easier at night, right?
Oh well , look at the bright side when the deal starts to go sour, DJT may send JD Vance down to run Venezuela! :-)
Now you just came up with a great idea... kidnapping Trump (take Vance, too, while you're at it).
Every hour of every day is MAGA HELL! The people in this administration and every republican in Congress are beyond evil.
Looking forward to more protests, postcard writing, and supporting every Democrat to defeat all of these monsters! 🇺🇸
There is no question in my mind what caused DT's bruise on his hand. It comes from an IV needle not hitting the vein the first time the nurse tries and causing bruising into the hand. I have had a bruise exactly like his from that situation.
So he invades Venezuela illegally and he'll play Soldier for a couple days while the world looks on in horror, thinking he can bury Epstein files from us.
Is anyone watching his press conference or are you playing Candy Crush, like me?
Scott, I watched 9/11 from my office window and luckily got out of the city because my friend drove in from Jersey that day. Giuliani was magnificent, he was "America's Mayor", remember? WTF happened to him?? Remember the Concert for NYC at the Garden and every band in the world showed up? How Giuliani came on stage with Bernard Kerik to cheers? Unreal.
How can we be AT WAR with Venezuela overnight????? Where is congress???? How many innocent civilians have been murdered by trumpseth so far? Add together USAID elimination, bombing fishing boats, now bombing the capital of Venezuela (all we want is the oil - that’s IT), the inhumane treatment and neglect of detainees in concentration camps, American families unable to make ends meet, children going hungry and unable to focus in school because their tummies are empty, millions of Americans now unable to afford healthcare, thousands of fired federal workers suddenly without income…. Hundreds of thousands dead and suffering due to this regime…!!
We are a murderous, illegal, third world dictatorship with the might and power of the being the richest country in the world, with the hugest military and THE MEANEST, MOST CORRUPT, BATSHIT CRAZY “leader” in modern history, who is responsible for every single hateful thing America has done.
Hitler must hate that his crown as the most evil “king” of the most evil empire ever has been usurped by a pissy, angry little man with the morals of Satan.
CT scans are usually the next step after MRI's for Alzheimers. So they must have seen something on the MRI to move to CT scan.
If he even had a CT. They lie so much it’s pathetic!
He needed a MRI before starting Kisunia. I'm thinking another MRI to see if plaque formations slowed since his first dose. IV in hand. Just a Nurse diagnosis.
Scott, I am sure the illegal bombing done in Caracas, Venezuela by the Dumpster’s request to the military was from his talk with Putin! Taking the President and his wife to the US is trying keep the Epstein files out of the picture and working with Russia to gain Oil from the largest Oil Country in the World! When will this Monster be taken out of office with all of his unfit sycophants committing murder for coverups?