Pushback 10
Welcome to all of our new readers! So glad you found us. The purpose of this newsletter is to present news as it should be - highlighting the people and organizations challenging Trump and his minions - and not as the media currently presents it.
Democratic Party leaders in Congress started to get their sea legs this week, which means that a strategy may be forming. The presence of elected leaders in this fight has brought some needed media attention, which is good. More people know they are not alone than did before. Same goes for all the protests: people are meeting, organizing, planning. I hope The Pushback helps you find opportunities to make your own good trouble. Putting this newsletter together buoys my soul; we will win, or at least fight to a draw.
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Action Items
This week, I canceled my Amazon Prime account. I encourage you to do the same. We need to stop feeding the billionaires. Jeff Bezos is getting a pass this week because he isn't destroying the government (as far as we know). Don't feed him.
Also, don't use Tubi to watch TV. Tubi is owned by Fox/Rupert Murdoch and its ad sales support Fox News.
Education
Sacramento high school students protest Trump policies
Student groups sue DOGE over US Department of Education data access
UC students sue feds over Elon Musk’s access to student loan data
Foreign Affairs
Ireland among 79 states united in condemning Trump sanctions on International Criminal Court
Gov. Pritzker jokes he's renaming Lake Michigan, annexing Green Bay
Government
Former GOP Director Of FBI, CIA Urges Chuck Grassley To Stop Kash Patel’s Nomination
Trump tries to fire chair of Federal Election Commission. Why she's refusing to leave.
“Authoritarian Rampage”: Trump/Musk Sued to Block DOGE Access to Confidential Info of Millions
A fourth federal agency locks its doors to Democratic lawmakers
"Resist, Obstruct, Protect Our People": Maxwell Frost Has a Plan for Taking on Trump
Health and Medicine
American chaos: standing up for health and medicine
Immigration
US border czar blames leaks for hindering immigration raids in Colorado suburb spotlighted by Trump
Episcopal Church leader says migrants, trans individuals at 'center of the Gospel story'
San Francisco is suing Trump administration for targeting sanctuary cities
Justice
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/07/amy-berman-jackson-michael-fanones-heroism-will-never-be-moot/
LGBTQ+
Washington AG leads lawsuit against Trump order on gender-affirming care for trans minors
Transgender Americans Challenge Trump’s Passport Policy in Court