Our First Push Back Round-Up

Andrea Dooley

29 Jan 2025 — 1 min read

Welcome to the first Pushback-Rebuild post. As a reminder The Pushback is a news and information aggregator (for now) that aims to share information about the people and organizations who are opposing Trump's authoritarianism and, just as importantly, proposing a new and better social contract after he's gone. If you have some news, you would like to share, use this form.

Without further ado, here's the news:

LGBTQ+

Inmate Sues Trump Administration Over Transgender Executive Order

Target booted from Pride parade after rolling back DEI

Government

Federal Judge Blocks Trumps Freeze of Federal Grant Funds

NTEU files lawsuit to protect merit-based civil service

Immigration

Federal Judge Blocks birthright citizenship EO

Opinion

Jared Sexton thinks The Backlash is Coming: A Key Moment in the Fight Against Authoritarianism

Misrepresentation

Some outlets in the mainstream media are reporting on efforts to cooperate with the Trump administration as "pushback" when they are not. Here are a couple from today.

ACTION ALERT: When Trump Tried to Freeze Federal Funds, WaPo Saw Not Illegality But ‘Determination’

As Trump Targets Universities, Schools Plan a Counteroffensive - The universities are hiring lobbyists and cancelling DEI activities, not "planning a counteroffensive." They are figuring out how to comply in advance.

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Pushback Women's Day

Pushback Women's Day

Thirty years ago, on a cold and overcast day in Chicago, I convinced my then-roommate, now-husband, to head downtown for the International Women's Day march and rally. He was promptly assigned to pull a wagon with a speaker on it at the end of the march crowd, behind

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Pushback 32

The story today is how sad and disappointed Dem leadership is that certain members spoke out against Trump during his not-the-state-of-the-union speech. Ten Democrats even voted with the Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green, who was among the most vocal critics of Trump. This wouldn't be a story,

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Pushback 31

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Pushback 50501.2

Before I get into today's protest recaps, I wanted to highlight a couple of stories that are worth noting. But first, tonight Trump is giving a speech in a joint session of Congress. I've been very critical of the Democratic leadership for their failure to act