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Leaders of the No Kings movement are already gearing up for the next major grassroots campaign: Making sure congressional Democrats don’t wimp out. My first piece at @newrepublic!
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Link: newrepublic.com/article/2168…

The No Kings Movement Is Already Planning for 2026

The leaders of the groups massing under the banner of “the resistance” have an audacious agenda for a Democratic Congress—and they tell The New Republic that they are ready to fight for it.

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NEW: Depraved Ramaswamy ad is being normalized by news-speak (link below)
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Depraved Ramaswamy ad is being normalized by news-speak | Press Watch

Campaign Coverage The Trumpian era demands an expanded lexicon from political journalists

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My Heads Up News newsletter is out, with observations about No Kings Day, what's next, a terrifying Trump memo, Springfield and Memphis feeling under siege, and a flurry of lawsuits over DOJ's pitiful attempt to make some sort of point. headsupnews.org/p/a-quieter-…

A quieter No Kings Day sends protesters to the polls

Saturday’s “No Kings: Vote Early” events were certainly impressive in their breadth – more than 3,000 events in all 50 states.

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GET READY! Saturday’s No Kings Day aims to spur massive voter turnout for the midterms headsupnews.org/p/saturdays-… #nokingsvoteearly

Saturday’s No Kings Day aims to spur massive voter turnout for the midterms

‘‘The point of No Kings on October 17th is not to send a message,’ says Indivisible’s Ezra Levin. ‘The point is to prevent an authoritarian from consolidating power.’

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NEW: Marco Rubio’s ethnonationalist speech gets no pushback in the New York Times presswatchers.org/2026/10/ma…

Marco Rubio’s ethnonationalist speech gets no pushback in the New York Times | Press Watch

Stenography is no way to report on dangerously divisive and retrograde pronouncements from this government

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If Stephen Miller wants to find a domestic terror conspiracy, maybe he should look in the mirror headsupnews.org/p/if-stephen… NEW on Heads Up News.

If Stephen Miller wants to find a domestic terror conspiracy, maybe he should look in the mirror

A lawsuit filed by Renee Good’s family describes a coordinated effort to deprive Somalis, Latinos, and protesters of their civil rights

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"We are losing our soul as a nation," warns Cardinal McElroy, as he urges us all to rise up against Trump’s "evil" immigration policies. headsupnews.org/p/we-are-los… New on Heads Up News.

‘We are losing our soul as a nation’

Catholic clergy call for action against Trump’s ‘evil’ immigration policies

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After Democrats beat Trump in the midterms, here’s how they finish him salon.com/2026/09/24/the-dem…

The Democrats' post-midterm playbook

The party will have many tools to hold the administration accountable — if it uses them

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NEW! Part Two of my essay on how Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him. presswatchers.org/2026/09/wh…

What’s the opposite of ‘very stable genius’? | Press Watch

Part Two of my essay on how Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him

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NEW: ICE is barreling ahead. What can a Democratic congress do to stop it? headsupnews.org/p/ice-is-bar… In Heads Up News: The ICE week in review, Democratic bills, Kennedy Center, a year after Broadview, and court rulings that embody resistance.

ICE is barreling ahead. What can a Democratic congress do to stop it?

They shoot people, disappear people, and build more cages. Democrats need a plan to rein them in.

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The antiwar movement grows in Congress, if not on the streets headsupnews.org/p/the-antiwa… Also in Heads Up News: Failed Prosecutions of Protesters Get Quantified; In Washington, Federal Agents Are Arresting Black Men for Minor Offenses; and my summary of The Week in the Courts!

The antiwar movement grows in Congress, if not on the streets

The public hates the war, but the mobilization isn’t there

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NEW: Trump’s phony $5,000 promise gets him the headlines he wanted. presswatchers.org/2026/09/tr… Every journalist there knew it was a desperate, meaningless gambit. But most didn’t even give their audience a hint. I give out grades.

Trump’s phony $5,000 promise gets him the headlines he wanted | Press Watch

Every journalist there knew it was a desperate, meaningless gambit. But most didn’t even give their audience a hint. I give out grades.

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The next No Kings event will be a big push for early voting. Given all the chaos Trump is creating, the more people vote early the better. headsupnews.org/p/the-next-n… NEW on Heads Up News

The next No Kings event will be a big push for early voting

Given all the chaos Trump is creating, the more people vote early the better

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York Times editors don’t get how close we are to autocracy. presswatchers.org/2026/09/ne… NEW on Press Watch.

New York Times editors don’t get how close we are to autocracy | Press Watch

On a 10-point scale, how close are we to autocracy? More than a 4, that’s for sure.

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DOJ and DHS break the law in their hopeless quest to prove that peaceful protesters are actually antifa terrorists. This time, it’s using a statute intended for customs violations to spy on journalists. headsupnews.org/p/doj-and-dh… NEW on Heads Up News

DOJ and DHS break the law in their hopeless quest to prove that peaceful protesters are actually...

This time, it’s using a statute intended for customs violations to spy on journalists

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My Heads Up News newsletter is out! March to defend the vote on Friday. The latest on the New Red Scare. And all sorts of momentous legal action. headsupnews.org/p/march-on-w…

March on Washington to defend the vote on Friday

It’s 63 years since the March of ‘63 — and less than 10 weeks until the midterms

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Normalizing Trump doesn't just fail readers — it jeopardizes our future presswatchers.org/2026/08/no… NEW on Press Watch.

Normalizing Trump doesn't just fail readers — it jeopardizes our future | Press Watch

If voters aren’t sufficiently alarmed, they may not recognize the need for emergency action once he is gone. I have some suggestions.

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Just published. Includes my riposte to the moronic meme that the resistance is dead. Pundits. Feh. headsupnews.org/p/where-are-…

‘Where are the arrests? Where is the trial? Where is the justice?’

A joint editorial from newspapers in Houston and Maine poses fundamental questions after ICE brought chaos and death to their communities

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