This is an indexed score based on news activity.
100 = our permanent historical baseline.
Today is 44% above normal.
Recent trend: 6% above the long-term baseline.
7 Day Trending Topics: DHS, ICE, Tariffs
Yesterday’s Most Popular Story
RESOURCE: Dr. Paul Shattuck published this viral list of 80 small moves to help you resist authoritarianism while staying human. (It was inadvertently omitted from yesterday’s email but was popular enough on the website and in social media to best the others. It’s very good.)
⚖️ The institutions are fighting back against authoritarian moves more than ever.
Federal judges block Trump’s mass layoffs and union-busting while governors demand answers about ICE targeting honor students. Corporate America abandons law firms that bent the knee, students walk out in protest, and congressional Democrats call the administration “fascist” as senior federal workers resign rather than stay silent. When judges, governors, businesses, workers, and students all refuse to comply, authoritarianism starts to crack, but only if we back them up.
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