Resistance is Everywhere
Hundreds of stories, one message: resistance is everywhere you look.
Resistance is in the courts
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Federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS
Citing the first amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting…
Resistance is faith leaders
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‘God does not bless any conflict’: pope issues new rebuke over Iran war
Pope Leo XIV on Friday offered a new criticism of war, in a social media post that named no names but appeared to hint at the Trump administration leadership harnessing Christian nationalism to glorify the US and Israel’s war against Iran.
Resistance is organizations
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Human rights groups decry US plan for Guantánamo camp for Cuban migrants
Dozens of US and international human rights organizations are decrying the Trump administration’s plans to establish a migrant “camp” for fleeing Cubans at the Guantánamo Bay military base if the island nation’s crisis worsens under…
Resistance is elected officials
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US Senate to vote on resolution to curb Trump's Iran war powers
In a press conference in New York today, Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, said Democrats in the upper chamber would force a vote on a war powers resolution to limit the administration’s military campaign in Iran when Congress…
Resistance is elected officials
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Republicans silent as Democrats call on US cabinet to oust Trump over Iran
By Tuesday afternoon, more than 20 Democratic members of Congress had called for Trump’s cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment to the constitution to remove a president who is deemed unfit for office.
Resistance is elected officials
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Republican senators McConnell and Tillis break with Trump on Nato withdrawal
A second Republican senator spoke out in defense of Nato on Thursday, joining Mitch McConnell and the Democrats, after Donald Trump said that he was “absolutely” considering withdrawing from the alliance after it refused to take part in…
Resistance is protests
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Third No Kings protest draws millions from across US to push back on Trump administration
More than 3,000 No Kings protests against the Trump administration were held nationwide and in more than a dozen countries on Saturday, according to a coalition of organizers that includes “anti-authoritarian” groups Indivisible and 50501…
Resistance is in the courts
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Four men deported by US to Eswatini have right to see lawyer, court rules
Four men deported by the US to Eswatini and denied in-person legal counsel for nine months while detained in a maximum security prison have the right to see a local lawyer, Eswatini’s supreme court ruled.
Resistance is in the courts
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Judge deals Trump setback in civil suits over Capitol riot
A federal judge delivered a serious setback to President Donald Trump Tuesday in long-running civil lawsuits seeking to hold him liable for the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Resistance is in the courts
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US judge rules Pentagon has violated his order in press access case
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Pentagon has not complied with an order last month that undid much of a restrictive new press pass policy implemented by the Department of Defense, and ordered the return of credentials to seven…
Resistance is in the courts
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Ex-FBI agents who worked on Trump cases sue agency and DoJ over firings
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington DC, seeks to represent all employees fired by the FBI since 1 January 2025, as well as those who may be terminated in the future, “on the basis of perceived political affiliation, without…
Resistance is in the courts
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Civil rights groups sue Trump administration over order to limit mail-in voting
The plaintiffs in the case include the national and Massachusetts chapters of the League of Women Voters, as well as advocacy groups for Americans living abroad. OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are…
Resistance is in the courts
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US judge rules against deporting man whose murder conviction was overturned after 44 years in prison
A judge has cleared the way for the potential release of an Indian citizen who was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody last year after his Pennsylvania murder conviction was overturned following four decades in…
Resistance is in the courts
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San Diego County sues ICE after it blocked health inspection at detention center
The complaint seeks a court order requiring the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private prison contractor CoreCivic to allow county health officials inside to conduct a full inspection.…
Resistance is in the courts
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Court Rules Trump-Vance Administration Cannot Block Members of Congress From Conducting Oversight at Federal Immigration Detention Facilities
A federal court temporarily stopped the Trump-Vance administration’s policy blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to federal immigration detention facilities today. The decision restores Congress’s ability to…
Resistance is in the courts
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Trump DOJ now 0 for 4 on voter roll cases as court rejects Massachusetts lawsuit - Democracy Docket
A federal judge dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit demanding Massachusetts’ unredacted voter registration rolls Thursday, marking the fourth loss for the agency, with zero wins, out of 30 active cases.
Resistance is in the courts
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade - Democracy Docket
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct…
Resistance is volunteering
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Citizens protecting history - Letters from an American
But a funny thing happened on the way to the erasure of American history in favor of a whitewashed authoritarianism. The American people began to preserve the truth of who we have been. Volunteers worried at the potential loss of National…
Resistance is in the courts
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Judge temporarily blocks key parts of RFK, Jr.’s effort to overhaul U.S. childhood vaccines
A federal judge on Monday blocked major parts of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s broad overhaul of U.S. vaccine policy in a decision that sides with six medical groups, including the American Academy of…
Resistance is refusing immoral demands
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US veteran charged with ‘conspiracy’ over ICE protest refuses to plead guilty
But Barker also worried about his ability to act ethically if he stayed on the job. When he learned members of his office were preparing a conspiracy indictment against Mavalwalla and eight others, he decided to resign. “I didn’t feel in…
