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Fight Fascism #RESIST<p>Your kids are inheriting this democracy. Are you teaching them how it works? | Your Turn</p><p>Some good advice here. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/05/26/how-to-talk-politics-with-kids-just-start-opinion/83744608007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/opinion/voi</span><span class="invisible">ces/2025/05/26/how-to-talk-politics-with-kids-just-start-opinion/83744608007/</span></a></p>
Alice Stollmeyer<p>“The supposed leader of the democratic world order has decided that's no longer the game to play.</p><p>The quest for [Artificial General Intelligence] is oiling the wheels for this to happen faster and faster.”</p><p>US Empire props up Big Tech autocracies and vice versa.</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techpolicy.press/decolonizing-the-future-karen-hao-on-resisting-the-empire-of-ai" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techpolicy.press/decolonizing-</span><span class="invisible">the-future-karen-hao-on-resisting-the-empire-of-ai</span></a></p>
Defend Democracy<p>Greetings from Poland, where we discussed how the European <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DemocracyShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DemocracyShield</span></a> can truly support democratic resilience.</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> was honoured to join this important foresight session.</p><p>📸 (c) Michał Kisiel; thank you Visegrad Insight</p>
Alice Stollmeyer<p>Forget Greenland, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> is the European island the U.S. already owns. </p><p>And when it comes to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a>, Dublin is Trump’s Trojan horse.</p><p>High time for a centralised <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> agency to police all European tech laws, including the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GDPR</span></a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMA</span></a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DSA</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EUpol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-donald-trump-fines-white-house-washington-uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/ireland-do</span><span class="invisible">nald-trump-fines-white-house-washington-uk/</span></a></p>
Grassroots Joe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span></p><p>There is nothing wrong with a righteous rant, rant on.</p><p>I hope we will all use this and other similar outrageous fascist actions to drive massive participation in the June 14th <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> protests.</p><p>If you have any doubt of the import of massive protests, please listen to Chris Hayes's 05/06 podcast with Erica Chenoweth one of the authors of the 3.5% rule.</p><p>She is clear, massive protests are critical to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ProtectOurFreedoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectOurFreedoms</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/why-is-this/protests-political-violence-mWCVK7oknSs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">listennotes.com/podcasts/why-i</span><span class="invisible">s-this/protests-political-violence-mWCVK7oknSs/</span></a></p>
Defend Democracy<p>Here is <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a>'s May newsletter!</p><p>📰 Read this edition: <a href="https://crm.defenddemocracy.eu/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fmailing%2Fview&reset=1&id=96&cid=2&cs=041c18bac63ba630c4c3be69723eb7fb_1747648357_168" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crm.defenddemocracy.eu/civicrm</span><span class="invisible">/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fmailing%2Fview&reset=1&id=96&cid=2&cs=041c18bac63ba630c4c3be69723eb7fb_1747648357_168</span></a></p><p>✏️ Sign up for future editions: <a href="https://defenddemocracy.eu/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">defenddemocracy.eu/newsletters</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>✅ Join our democracy defenders & stay tuned!</p>
Grassroots Joe<p>Go to <a href="https://www.nokings.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">nokings.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> to sign up for a protest near you.</p><p>If you are in striking distance of Philadelphia and can go to the protest rally there, please do. There will be busses to Philly from many places to facilitate.</p><p>Let's fill Ben Franklin Parkway with true American patriots. Come to Philly to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ProtectOurFreedoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectOurFreedoms</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a>.</p>
Alice Stollmeyer<p>It is not too late for free Europe to defend democracy.</p><p>We can still avoid the worst case if we face the brutal truth together.</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NAFO</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.epc.eu/en/Publications/Europe-can-defend-its-liberal-democracy-if-it-reclaims-common-ground~64ff78" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">epc.eu/en/Publications/Europe-</span><span class="invisible">can-defend-its-liberal-democracy-if-it-reclaims-common-ground~64ff78</span></a></p>
Baerbel Heide Uhl<p>Ein Podcast mit mir zu transnationaler Repression und warum Diaspora communities 'Avantgarde' sind:</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GcjrfboTPhYX6ycnFl7v0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/5Gcjr</span><span class="invisible">fboTPhYX6ycnFl7v0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TransnationalRepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransnationalRepression</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/FreeBelarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBelarus</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a></p>
Alice Stollmeyer<p>EU Commission’s most powerful department is set for shake-up this Friday.</p><p>Among other changes, the Secretariat General gets two new units: ‘External Economic Policies’ and ‘Tech Sovereignty’ 👍🇪🇺💫</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EuroStack</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/exclusive-european-commissions-most-powerful-department-set-for-shake-up/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/politics/</span><span class="invisible">news/exclusive-european-commissions-most-powerful-department-set-for-shake-up/</span></a></p>
Democrats Abroad<p>Congratulations to Allison Riggs, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina! This hard won victory is thanks to the voters of North Carolina (especially those from abroad) who kept fighting to make sure their votes were heard, counted, and not tossed out. A big win for small-d democracy. Finally, the 2024 election season is behind us. <a href="https://www.democratsabroad.org/congratulations_judge_riggs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democratsabroad.org/congratula</span><span class="invisible">tions_judge_riggs</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthCarolinaDems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolinaDems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a></p>
Wigbert B 🎻🏛🎭🎤🗞🎥📚<p>reminder: <br>👇🏾<br>"Do not obey in advance!" </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OnTyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnTyranny</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a></p>
Alice Stollmeyer<p>How many more dominoes can the EU afford to fall?</p><p>* <a href="https://dctransparency.com/e1-5m-us-lobbying-controversy-embroils-far-right-romanian-leader-george-simion/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dctransparency.com/e1-5m-us-lo</span><span class="invisible">bbying-controversy-embroils-far-right-romanian-leader-george-simion/</span></a></p><p>* <a href="https://vsquare.org/heritage-foundation-mcc-ordo-iuris-russia-european-union-european-court-of-justice/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vsquare.org/heritage-foundatio</span><span class="invisible">n-mcc-ordo-iuris-russia-european-union-european-court-of-justice/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a></p>
Alice Stollmeyer<p>“The most dangerous dance in European politics.”</p><p>“A dangerous game where the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EPP</span></a> risks undermining the democratic fabric it claims to defend.”</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EPlenary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EPlenary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/european-peoples-party-epp-ngo-funding-civil-society-far-right/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/european-p</span><span class="invisible">eoples-party-epp-ngo-funding-civil-society-far-right/</span></a></p>
Alice Stollmeyer<p>EU Commission VP <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TeresaRibera" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TeresaRibera</span></a>:</p><p>"We are now at a time in history where the power of certain corporations, especially in the digital realm, might be the largest ever in history at the expense of our social cohesion, our mental health and our democracies." </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_1122" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc</span><span class="invisible">orner/detail/en/speech_25_1122</span></a></p>
Wigbert B 🎻🏛🎭🎤🗞🎥📚<p>„This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.“</p><p>(official answer of the German Foreign Office to some whining posts of some US gov. officials) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a></p>
Democrats Abroad<p>American democracy is in crisis—but we’re not alone. From Trafalgar Square, Sarah reminds us: those in power want us scared and silent. We won’t give them that. Now’s the time to rise up. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandTogether</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericansAbroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericansAbroad</span></a></p>
Alice Stollmeyer<p>EUrope could lose what makes it great.</p><p>Don't trade away or "simplify" the EU's leverage as a global regulatory superpower! </p><p>"Do not obey in advance."</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EUlaw</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EUpol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europe-could-lose-what-makes-it-great" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignaffairs.com/europe/euro</span><span class="invisible">pe-could-lose-what-makes-it-great</span></a></p>
Alice Stollmeyer<p>BREAKING: <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> (via Ireland) hits <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TikTok</span></a> with €530M fine for illegally sending users’ personal data to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>China</span></a>. </p><p>"TikTok fails to adequately assess the implications of Chinese surveillance laws on Europeans’ data." </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EUlaw</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GDPR</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-hit-with-e530m-privacy-fine-ireland-china-data/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/tiktok-hit</span><span class="invisible">-with-e530m-privacy-fine-ireland-china-data/</span></a></p>
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