Read & Resist

Letters from an American – January 6, 2025: “Democracy stood in the sense that its norms were honored today as they were not four years ago, which is no small thing. But it is a blow indeed that the man who shattered those norms by trying to overturn the will of the American voters and seize the government will soon be leading it again.”

Remembering January 6th, turning anger into action, what we’re doing for inauguration weekend, and more…“If you feel furious today about the fact that people who made a mockery of our democracy have skirted accountability for their actions and are set to retake power — we’re right there with you. If you feel dejected seeing how badly the system has failed us — we understand. But instead of giving in to despair, let’s put our anger to use. Let’s let it fuel us.”

Community is Resistance: “When we start to see others as part of our tribe, or even our family, we build the inner reserves to fight for them. To see our own safety as a secondary concern to the group’s safety.”
Courts Are the Last Guardrail: “Our Constitution was born out of a revolution against a tyrannical king. It was intended to prevent the concentration of power in the hands of any one person.”
Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss: “There’s a fine line between one person and 10 people with H5N1,” Rick Bright, an immunologist who served on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board, told Tufekci at the time. “By the time we’ve detected 10, it’s probably too late.
‘A very, very small number’ of teens receive gender-affirming care, study finds: “In other words, the study found that less than 0.1% of teenagers with private insurance in the U.S. are transgender and receive gender-related medicines.”

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