Evening Roundup, July 17, A Day of Good Trouble
Featuring a link to our Good Trouble Live Special; "The Tea" with April Ryan; Brenda Jones; Elaine Weiss; Olivia Julianna; The Democracy Movement; RJ Matson; and Jen Rubin
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GOOD TROUBLE LIVE SPECIAL
If there's ever been a time to make good trouble, it's now. We honor John Lewis’ legacy of resistance to oppression on this national day of action, Good Trouble Lives On.
The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Karen Attiah & Arne Duncan
Karen Attiah and Arne Duncan tipped over the pot with April tonight. Join her and special guests every Thursday at 5:00pm ET!
Good trouble is protest rooted in philosophy
By Brenda Jones
Rallies today are following the example of the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.
Standing up in Congress
By Elaine Weiss
There was a time when our elected officials didn't cower in fear at the thought of having to campaign harder to retain their own jobs.
How Many More Have to Die Before Texas Gets Serious About Preparedness?
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been told, “Don’t make this about politics” after disaster strikes—especially here in Texas. In this state, preventable, politically driven catastrophes might be one of our biggest industries.
The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement
Every weekday, we’ll update this space with protests, signs, and other public demonstrations against the actions of the administration. Keep checking in to see how Americans across the country are protecting and defending democracy.
The Official Trump Black Box
RJ draws several editorial cartoons each week for his substack, e pluribus cartoonum, and for Roll Call, the newspaper of Congress and Capitol Hill. His work is widely syndicated to print newspapers by Cagle Cartoons.
John Lewis’s Enduring Example
Over 1500 “Good Trouble” events have been organized for today, commemorating the 5th anniversary of John Lewis’s passing. A courageous civil rights activist who endured horrific, life-threatening beatings, and an eloquent advocate for nonviolent action in pursuit of social justice, Lewis—we can imagine—would express sorrow today, witnessing decades of c…
I just came from a John Lewis good trouble lives on stand out and Trump protest. An enthusiastic greeting from all the cars driving by. We are in Canton Massachusetts and there are probably only approximately 75 of us but we had great signs and we showed up. And we got many many many honks and only a couple of birds ha ha ha. Much enthusiasm from all, all ages and all colors. It was about 85° and the sun had not set yet but as old as we all were, we were enthusiastic and yelled our thanks to all the honkers. I think we should be able to count honkers in our attendance! We had pick up truck honkers and fancy car honkers and little car honkers. All good!
Our Good Trouble and Support Democracy rally in Carlinville, Illinois just concluded. Great spirits, good music, and a lot of people showed up for a relatively small and heavily red town (the count was over 300). There were a lot of very imaginative signs and a spirit of unity. A fine experience.