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Saturday’s Great News That’s Horrible for Musk and Trump Onward! Scott Dworkin Apr 5 Today marks a historic moment, with more than 1,200 “Hands Off!” protests being held all across America. It’s shaping up to   be the largest day of anti-Trump demonstrations this year. We’ll cover it tomorrow, but for now I’m glad to share more good news with you today. Let’s start with fmr. President Barack Obama, who blasted Republican hypocrisy during a speech at a Hamilton College event. “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps,” Obama said. “It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me or a whole bunch of my predecessors.” Obama also offered some much-needed comfort and hope, reminding us all that even in turbulent times, we have the power to steer the course of our destiny. “History zigs and zags and there are times of conflict and there are times of stupidity and there are times of danger,...

  The Week Ahead March 30, 2025 Joyce Vance Mar 31 Even though it’s almost a week out, it’s time to think ahead to   April 5 , a national day of protest, and what that could mean. So far, fiery town halls, some with empty seats for absent Republican representatives, have been building momentum and visibility to propel us into a moment of outrage. The motto for the day is “Hands Off.” Hands off our Medicaid, our libraries, our Social Security, our freedom of the press, our jobs. Our liberty. Free and fair elections are the most important marker for democracy Engaged citizens are the line that separates democracies that survive challenges from those that succumb to autocracy. We need look no further back than South Korea, where an elected official   scaled a wall   and others broke through police lines to get back into parliament to vote against martial law while outraged people gathered on the streets in protest. Democracies survive because enough people get involved ...