Calls made, ResistBot sent. Jess, please enjoy your time in the saner nation to our north, and do continue to spread the word when you can that no, we're not all okay down here with our abhorrent regime.
I have supported World Central Kitchen for years. And then, after the Eaton Canyon fire, here they were. Right up the street in Sierra Madre, giving free meals to my friends and neighbors. Please give to support them to help people in Gaza and after disasters around the world.
Done done done! Efraín Perez was kidnapped in the city where I live - Glendale. It sickens me. Our handyman/ contractor has been with us 30 years and he has his green card but told us he hides in stores and in his truck trying to avoid ICE. It broke my heart. This is sheer insanity. 🥺😭
Get this, I'm from NJ, traveling in Malta, a tiny island nation and each time my accent's betrayed me, I've heard questions and comments, begging for an understanding, an explanation, what the HELL is going on in the States? And all I can say is, "I'm sorry." They get it, they all get it.
We have a biweekly Bridge Brigade posting. Messages with 4 or less letters in a word and six words maximum work best. Would love suggestions from creative people. We are not using profanity. Example: BEAT THE HEAT. MELT ICE!
We have to begin supporting candidates in as many districts as we can afford, even in red states. Every campaign has to be blaming EVERY Republican for protecting and enabling a raging pedophile
This isn’t just about Trump, it’s about how the Republicans know how dangerous and deranged he is but they are subservient and enable him.
What Trump literally did to ruin the lives of innocent 14 year-old girls, is a metaphor for what he is doing to the country.
His rage will increase as the pressure increases. He is a disgrace on the world stage. America will be forever diminished unless we can contain the beast, humiliate him, and drive him into hiding. Keep up the pressure!
I received the following email from Postcards4VA (https://postcards4va.com/) about an opportunity to write postcards for the upcoming special election to fill Gerry Connolly's seat:
Write for CD11 Special Election
Hi There! We'll keep this short and to the point.
There is a special election on September 9 in CD11 due to the passing of our dear friend Gerry Connolly.
James Walkinshaw, Connolly's long time Chief of Staff, won the primary and is the candidate for this district.
We know we have several postcard campaigns going on right now, but people have been asking us when we will have addresses for CD11. We have addresses available now.
We invite you to write postcards to voters in CD11 to make sure this district stays in good hands.
As we all know well, special elections are won and lost by turnout.
Early voting started on July 28 (Virginia has 45 days of early voting) with the election date of Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
The purpose of these postcards is as follows:
*Alert strong Democratic voters that there is a special election to fill Connolly's seat.
Provide name recognition for candidate James Walkingshaw.
A friend just shared yesterday that while she was recently vacationing in Africa she conversed with someone who said they, too, have the right to protest. They just won't have any rights after they protest. It was a good reminder that here in the states those of us who are able to safely speak out against injustice should do so at every possible opportunity - assuming we are taking good care of our mental & physical health needs. Thanks for all you do, Jess. We need each other more than ever.
Since the Epstein issue isn't going away and shouldn't, Joe Trippi suggested recently that the next protest should emphasize child trafficking as related to Epstein and Trump. Do it for those children who were damaged by those two pedophiles and those who are still being hurt today.
I'm disgusted by the amount of those in the Republican party in all levels of government who we are now finding out are pedophiles. It's a disease in their party and we need to call it out loudly.
We cannot let Trump and the media let this issue slip into the ether.
I am so happy to see you include the link to Efrain’s support. It would be great if you could remind people that no one – no person – need to answer questioning by ICE or other law enforcement. Every person in the US is covered by the constitutional right to remain silent – every person, not just citizens. Efrain was not the target of the enforcement action but was swept up anyway. No one needs to respond to questioning (unless they are named in a valid warrant signed by a judge). Anyone can take this small and effective action, any person inside the US. Everyone should know this right and use it, and help all others in our communities know it and use it too.
I just posted the following on Senator Schiffs contact page. I also called and left a similar message at one of his offices. Others are welcome to use any part of it in contacting their own Senators about the deafening silence on the Gaza famine that is coming from the United States Senate.
" I’ve been following Schiff Notes on Substack since they first started. You have covered many topics in these episodes including the firing of Steven Colbert, the Epstein files and the Big Bad Bill. What you have never mentioned is the horrific situation in Gaza. Why is that?
Is Steven Colbert, Jeffrey Epstein and the Big Bad Bill more important than the starving of women and children in a man made famine perpetrated by one of our so called allies?
I am aware of your support of Israel. I am aware that you posed for a recent photo with the notorious war criminal, Bibi Netanyahu during his recent visit to this country. But do you have any concern for the victims of his and his government's genocidal policies?
How much longer must your constituents wait for you to address this issue?"
The executive branch has amassed tremendous power, challenging the constitutional balance among branches of government. This year alone, the president has ignored the laws passed by Congress to fire leaders of independent agencies without cause, freeze the spending of appropriated funds, and deploy the military as a domestic police force.
Supporters of vast presidential power have a name for this: the unitary executive. It’s the idea that the Constitution gives the president full personal control over the executive branch and wide latitude to act unilaterally. While legal scholars debate its scope, the theory in its most expansive form envisions a king-like president largely unconstrained by Congress or the courts. An embrace of this theory by the executive branch and the Supreme Court could carry far-reaching consequences for American democracy.
Join us for a virtual event on Tuesday, August 5, at 3 p.m. ET with historians and legal experts. The conversation will examine the modern presidency, the origins of the unitary executive theory, and its implications for the future of checks and balances.
Speakers: Samuel Breidbart, Counsel, Brennan Center Democracy Program // Jane Manners, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law // Julian Davis Mortenson, James G. Phillipp Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School // Cristina Rodríguez, Deputy Dean, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School // Moderator: Wilfred U. Codrington III, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
I have attended a couple of their events and they have been excellent! The Brennan Center is one of the pro-democracy groups I support - they do great work!
Calls made, ResistBot sent. Jess, please enjoy your time in the saner nation to our north, and do continue to spread the word when you can that no, we're not all okay down here with our abhorrent regime.
hey guys, keep up the pressure on the king with no pants.
🍁 We can do this, Elbows UP!
the next nation wide protest is being organized by 50501:
Saturday August 2nd 2025
RAGE against the REGIME
https://www.rageagainsttheregime.org/
THATS IN SIX DAYS!
We are the freight train.
🚂🇨🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇯🇵🇦🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦🇸🇳🇳🇱🇰🇷🇵🇱🏴🇻🇦
Nationwide 'Rage Against the Regime' Protest Planned for August 2
https://www.newsweek.com/rage-against-regime-protest-jeffrey-epstein-trump-2104497
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
Happy - Pharrell Williams (on 10 Different Musical Instruments Cover) (ft. Gunhild Carling)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uqeRQCwEhJA
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
Keep protests peaceful.
Don't kill anyone.
Here are resistance related guides from around the world:
🇺🇸 Fundamentals of physical surveillance: a guide for uniformed and plainclothes personnel
https://archive.org/details/fundamentalsofph0000silj
The RCMP has its own publications including:
🇨🇦 GCPSG-022 (2025) - Threat and Risk Assessment Guide
GCPSG-010 (2022) - Operational Physical Security Guide
🇨🇦 GCPSG-019 (2023) - Protection, Detection, Response, and Recovery Guide
https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/physec-secmat/pubs/index-eng.htm
The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation also has excellent guides on:
🇺🇸 Street Level Surveillance
https://sls.eff.org
🇺🇸 Surveillance Self-Defense
https://ssd.eff.org/
🇪🇺 🇸🇪⚠️ Resistance Operating Concept
https://jsou.edu/Press/PublicationDashboard/25
🇺🇦 🇺🇲 Radio Free Ukraine Resistance Manual
https://radiofreeukraine.com/3d-flip-book/resistance-manual/
⚠️ John Hopkins University:
Assessing Revolutionary And Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Studies
This one is used a lot by ICE, so the Trump Regime keeps suppressing it. Here are alternate links as it keeps getting moved around by the good guys:
Small Wars Journal
Assessing Revolutionary and Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Project
https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/blog/assessing-revolutionary-and-insurgent-strategies-aris-project
Author's website:
On Resistance, Revolutions, and Insurgencies
https://zimmerer.typepad.com/resistance/
Free PDF download of the book from the original author:
Casebook on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare, Volume II 1962 - 2009
http://zimmerer.typepad.com/Documents/ARIS%20Casebook%20Vol%202%202012%20s.pdf
⚠️ Civilian-Based Defense: A Post-Military Weapons System
https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/civilian-based-defense-a-post-military-weapons-system/
🏁 Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States Office of Strategic Services
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184?ref=404media.co
⚠️ Library of Congress
Revelations from the Russian archives: documents in English translation
https://www.loc.gov/item/96024752
🏁 Robert Reich/Resistance School
Communicating Across Difference
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaT8gjnOmQl3dguy0_E0vVCL5ZYEyCTzu
🏁 Bernie Sanders:
https://m.youtube.com/@BernieSanders
🏁 CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists:
Safety Kit
https://cpj.org/safety-kit/
🏁 Activist Handbook:
https://activisthandbook.org/introduction
(⚠️ These are USA sponsered websites. Some publications may have been removed by the Trump regime)
Thanks for the info! There's an event at the Idaho Capitol, yay!
I have supported World Central Kitchen for years. And then, after the Eaton Canyon fire, here they were. Right up the street in Sierra Madre, giving free meals to my friends and neighbors. Please give to support them to help people in Gaza and after disasters around the world.
They really are incredible.
Done done done! Efraín Perez was kidnapped in the city where I live - Glendale. It sickens me. Our handyman/ contractor has been with us 30 years and he has his green card but told us he hides in stores and in his truck trying to avoid ICE. It broke my heart. This is sheer insanity. 🥺😭
Ugh 😭
So excited, I got a live person at Senator Ron Johnson’s office for only the second time in the two years. I’ve been calling.!
Wow! Congrats!
Get this, I'm from NJ, traveling in Malta, a tiny island nation and each time my accent's betrayed me, I've heard questions and comments, begging for an understanding, an explanation, what the HELL is going on in the States? And all I can say is, "I'm sorry." They get it, they all get it.
Yeah the world is truly baffled
We have a biweekly Bridge Brigade posting. Messages with 4 or less letters in a word and six words maximum work best. Would love suggestions from creative people. We are not using profanity. Example: BEAT THE HEAT. MELT ICE!
47 ❤️ pedos?
SCOTUS IS BOGUS, UNMASK ICE, STOP THE CAMPS, SAVE MEDICAID, NO KINGS IN USA, STOP THE CUTS, HANDS OFF ____, GOP STEALS FROM POOR, HONK 4 ____.
We have to begin supporting candidates in as many districts as we can afford, even in red states. Every campaign has to be blaming EVERY Republican for protecting and enabling a raging pedophile
This isn’t just about Trump, it’s about how the Republicans know how dangerous and deranged he is but they are subservient and enable him.
The message should alway be:
Pedophile + Subservient = Abuse
https://oldandintheway45.substack.com/p/pedophile-subservient-enablers-abuse?r=3qbw9
What Trump literally did to ruin the lives of innocent 14 year-old girls, is a metaphor for what he is doing to the country.
His rage will increase as the pressure increases. He is a disgrace on the world stage. America will be forever diminished unless we can contain the beast, humiliate him, and drive him into hiding. Keep up the pressure!
I received the following email from Postcards4VA (https://postcards4va.com/) about an opportunity to write postcards for the upcoming special election to fill Gerry Connolly's seat:
Write for CD11 Special Election
Hi There! We'll keep this short and to the point.
There is a special election on September 9 in CD11 due to the passing of our dear friend Gerry Connolly.
James Walkinshaw, Connolly's long time Chief of Staff, won the primary and is the candidate for this district.
We know we have several postcard campaigns going on right now, but people have been asking us when we will have addresses for CD11. We have addresses available now.
We invite you to write postcards to voters in CD11 to make sure this district stays in good hands.
As we all know well, special elections are won and lost by turnout.
Early voting started on July 28 (Virginia has 45 days of early voting) with the election date of Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
The purpose of these postcards is as follows:
*Alert strong Democratic voters that there is a special election to fill Connolly's seat.
Provide name recognition for candidate James Walkingshaw.
*Alert them that early voting has begun
* Let them know how to find early voting location
*You will get the suggested script and instructions when you download addresses. You can preview it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10PAAnzomZP_TXRj2Uhyty7WzZf1OzJu3SOzC7GKRyiA/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.2hd1r36z2dpv
Let's make Connolly proud by making sure CD11 stays in good hands.
It's up to us,
Robbin, Michelle & Finale
Postcards4VA
Thank you!
I checked this morning and there are less that 1000 names and addresses left out of over 5000 just yesterday. Yay!
A friend just shared yesterday that while she was recently vacationing in Africa she conversed with someone who said they, too, have the right to protest. They just won't have any rights after they protest. It was a good reminder that here in the states those of us who are able to safely speak out against injustice should do so at every possible opportunity - assuming we are taking good care of our mental & physical health needs. Thanks for all you do, Jess. We need each other more than ever.
💯
Since the Epstein issue isn't going away and shouldn't, Joe Trippi suggested recently that the next protest should emphasize child trafficking as related to Epstein and Trump. Do it for those children who were damaged by those two pedophiles and those who are still being hurt today.
I'm disgusted by the amount of those in the Republican party in all levels of government who we are now finding out are pedophiles. It's a disease in their party and we need to call it out loudly.
We cannot let Trump and the media let this issue slip into the ether.
Thank you, Jessica!
I am so happy to see you include the link to Efrain’s support. It would be great if you could remind people that no one – no person – need to answer questioning by ICE or other law enforcement. Every person in the US is covered by the constitutional right to remain silent – every person, not just citizens. Efrain was not the target of the enforcement action but was swept up anyway. No one needs to respond to questioning (unless they are named in a valid warrant signed by a judge). Anyone can take this small and effective action, any person inside the US. Everyone should know this right and use it, and help all others in our communities know it and use it too.
Thank you for this reminder.
You're welcome. And I misspoke - you don't need to answer questions EVEN IF you are named in a valid warrant.
I just posted the following on Senator Schiffs contact page. I also called and left a similar message at one of his offices. Others are welcome to use any part of it in contacting their own Senators about the deafening silence on the Gaza famine that is coming from the United States Senate.
" I’ve been following Schiff Notes on Substack since they first started. You have covered many topics in these episodes including the firing of Steven Colbert, the Epstein files and the Big Bad Bill. What you have never mentioned is the horrific situation in Gaza. Why is that?
Is Steven Colbert, Jeffrey Epstein and the Big Bad Bill more important than the starving of women and children in a man made famine perpetrated by one of our so called allies?
I am aware of your support of Israel. I am aware that you posed for a recent photo with the notorious war criminal, Bibi Netanyahu during his recent visit to this country. But do you have any concern for the victims of his and his government's genocidal policies?
How much longer must your constituents wait for you to address this issue?"
That’s excellent.
I asked Schiff's staffer if they knew how much money Schiff has gotten from AIPAC.
They didn't.
It's $6,234,034
Over 6 MILLION dollars
Here's a place to look up your reps
https://www.trackaipac.com/congress
Whoa. I knew it was a lot but not that much.
Thanks, Trina. Good to know.
People’s Action Live Stream July 30th at 8pm conflicts with the One Million Rising Training.
I am seeing this happen more and more. All these wonderful groups need to try to coordinate so everything isn’t happening at the exact same time.
Oh whoops! I’d say go to the one million rising. The PA event will be recorded.
I received this in my inbox this afternnon:
The Rise of the Imperial Presidency
Tuesday, August 5, 3–4 p.m. ET
RSVP for this free virtual event: https://brennan.swoogo.com/unitaryexecutivetheory/begin?i=7IPmTQW30dbxduUTWEshHI9x2v3IHwwd
The executive branch has amassed tremendous power, challenging the constitutional balance among branches of government. This year alone, the president has ignored the laws passed by Congress to fire leaders of independent agencies without cause, freeze the spending of appropriated funds, and deploy the military as a domestic police force.
Supporters of vast presidential power have a name for this: the unitary executive. It’s the idea that the Constitution gives the president full personal control over the executive branch and wide latitude to act unilaterally. While legal scholars debate its scope, the theory in its most expansive form envisions a king-like president largely unconstrained by Congress or the courts. An embrace of this theory by the executive branch and the Supreme Court could carry far-reaching consequences for American democracy.
Join us for a virtual event on Tuesday, August 5, at 3 p.m. ET with historians and legal experts. The conversation will examine the modern presidency, the origins of the unitary executive theory, and its implications for the future of checks and balances.
Speakers: Samuel Breidbart, Counsel, Brennan Center Democracy Program // Jane Manners, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law // Julian Davis Mortenson, James G. Phillipp Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School // Cristina Rodríguez, Deputy Dean, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School // Moderator: Wilfred U. Codrington III, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Sounds amazing!
I have attended a couple of their events and they have been excellent! The Brennan Center is one of the pro-democracy groups I support - they do great work!