Author Archives: Trish Nelson

On Tyranny Lesson 20: Be As Courageous As You Can

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Trish Nelson

From the On Tyranny series by Timothy Snyder, Lesson #20 of twenty. This will be the final post of the series posted here every Monday for the last twenty weeks.  You can find them all on YouTube.  They are all … Continue reading →

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No One Else

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Here is a letter our friend Laura posted on Facebook. She gave permission to share in order to help others.  She is a lawyer and a dog trainer and an all around good human being.  This is one of the … Continue reading →

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Cory Booker Joins Rachel Maddow After Record Breaking Filibuster

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Trish Nelson

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Hands Off! Mass Call For Mobilizing Against Trump Power Grab

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Trish Nelson

  Check out our updated list of Iowa events for Saturday, April 5th national call to action. ICYMI – this live mass call for mobilization happened on Tuesday, April 1, to make sense of the Trump administration’s unprecedented power grab, … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready For #HandsOff Saturday April 5th

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Trish Nelson

If you prefer to read instead of watching a video,  a written version of the Indivisible Guide can be found here: https://indivisible.org/resource/guide If you are already on board and ready to take action click here for our list of Iowa … Continue reading →

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Tim Walz Holds Raucous Texas Town Hall With Beto O’Rourke

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Trish Nelson

This event was A-MA-ZING.  An incredible amount of fired up energy for fighting back against oligarchy and taking on Trump and Elon. It went on for almost two hours so it may be too long to just sit and watch. … Continue reading →

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On Tyranny Lesson 19: Be A Patriot

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Trish Nelson

From the On Tyranny series by Timothy Snyder, Lesson #19 of twenty. Check here for a lesson every Monday or you can find them on YouTube.  They are all short videos, no ads. In his explanation of this lesson he … Continue reading →

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Thom Hartmann On America’s Trump Tragedy

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Here is an excerpt from Thom Hartmann’s most righteous rant, leaving nothing out about the Republican party’s historical sins – none comparing to Trumpism.  Can’t post the whole article here but the entire rant is required reading.  Check it out … Continue reading →

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Iowa First District Organizing Call With Team Bernie

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Trish Nelson

From Team Bernie Sanders: Bernie Sanders has hired an organizer in Iowa to coordinate and assist efforts to spread the word about the radical Republican agenda. We’re kicking things off with a First District organizing call next Wednesday, April 2, … Continue reading →

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“Engaged Citizens And Principled Leaders”

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Elissa Slotkin delivered the Democratic response to DT’s SOTU address. I didn’t watch at the time, but Simon Rosenberg of Hopium Chronicles whose political opinions I greatly respect has mentioned on several occasions what a remarkable speech it was. It’s … Continue reading →

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