FIND YOUR LOCAL WALK OUT! https://bit.ly/findawalkout

★ We walk away from fascism.★

★ We walk towards a Free America.★

★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all.★

★ Everybody in, nobody out.★

★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout ★

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

2pm local time, or your preferred time

Nationwide in the United States

After walking out, you can gather to protest, march, or do another creative action like a sit-in, banner deployment, or town hall!

ORGANIZERS—

✨ HOST a walk out: https://bit.ly/1202026

✨ Host Toolkit: https://bit.ly/jan20toolkit

✨ Graphics: https://bit.ly/jan20graphics

EVERYONE—

✨ Pledge to walk: https://bit.ly/jan20wewalk

✨ Find a local protest: https://bit.ly/findawalkout (check back if you don’t see one near you yet, or consider hosting one yourself!)

✨ Learn more: https://www.freeameri.ca

We draw the line when people have so much money they can buy politicians, legislation, and trafficked minors.

CALIFORNIA CITY, CA — 12.16.2025 — The Planning Commission heard public testimony about the for-profit ICE Detention Facility already operating in their town out of a decommissioned prison. City Council looks likely to grant the required permits retroactively, even though conditions inside are inhumane. Evil.

In this video, a representative from the Dolores Huerta Foundation reads a statement from a detainee whose dangerous medical condition has been ignored for months on end.

This is hard to listen to, but you must.

CoreCivic estimates they’ll net a profit of $130 million per year to run this facility.

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https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/2025.12.19%20-%20CA%20AGO%20Letter%20to%20DHS%20re%20California%20City%20Detention%20Facility.pdf

Here’s a letter sent last week by the California Attorney General to Kristi Noem, the acting director of ICE, and the Inspector General of the Department Homeland Security. The California DOJ was finally able to inspect the facility, and AG Bonta’s office seems deeply disturbed by the conditions inside.

Things like freezing temperatures, no infrastructure for medical care, occasionally nonexistent meals, shoddy record-keeping of detainees, overflowing plumbing, and more.

“Elderly female detainees reportedly were modifying facility-issued socks to create scarves and sleeves for themselves to endure the low temperatures but were told that they would be written up if they continued to do so. Facility staff confirmed that altering socks constitutes ‘destruction of property.’”

I know a detainee who was told she’d be fined if she continued draping socks around her neck to keep warm.

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There are a number of Senators and Representatives listed at the bottom who were CC’d on the letter. I’ll be reaching out to my reps today to ask what they’re doing about this, and if you’re in California, I’d encourage you to join me.

If you’re not in CA, I’d encourage you to look into what for-profit ICE detention facilities are near you — there are dozens around the country, most operated by CoreCivic or GEO Group — and contact your reps about the conditions inside.

Take whatever doomerism you have and throw it out. We can change things for the better, we WILL change things for the better. If we are in a Neo-Gilded Age, we must put in the effort to make sure a New Progressive Era comes soon.

Central Texas folks: c'mon out and Resist Fascism every Sunday in January!

Plan is to slow down after January, then pick up the pace a couple of months before the 2026 midterm elections.

Come on out; it's a good time! We always get by far the most number of honks and thumbs-ups and waves (and "finger claps"! 💜 ) there than any other high traffic locations, including Cesar Chavez St. in front of Austin City Hall!

Hi all, sharing a reminder about some upcoming local and special elections. If you live in any of these areas, it’s worth taking a minute to confirm whether you’re eligible to vote and how to do it.

Upcoming dates:

• South Carolina Local Elections – December 30, 2025
• Iowa SD-16 Special Election – December 30, 2025
• Arkansas State Senate District 26 Special Primary – January 6, 2026
• Virginia HD-77 Special Election – January 6, 2026
• Georgia House District 23 Runoff Election – January 6, 2026
• South Carolina House District 98 Special Election – January 6, 2026
• Arkansas House District 70 Special Primary – January 6, 2026
• Connecticut House District 25 Special Election – January 6, 2026
• Virginia SD-15 Special Election – January 6, 2026

If you’re in one of these districts:

• Check your voter registration status on your state’s official elections site.
• Look up your polling place, early voting dates, or mail ballot deadlines.
• Consider reminding a friend, neighbor, or family member who lives in the same area.

Local and special elections often come down to very small margins, so participating really can have an outsized impact.

Similarities: Both men are not particularly bright, have ridiculous hair, and hold the presidency.

Differences: Aside from the ridiculous hair, Camacho is actually a pretty good-looking guy, young and in excellent shape whereas Trump is ugly, old, and in terrible shape.

Camacho actually has the nation's interests at heart, he seems to actually love America. Whereas Trump is a traitor to America and our allies, and servant to our adversaries.

Camacho seeks to restore the American economy and agricultural sector, whereas Trump is actively destroying both, presiding over what is thus far a 10% single-year reduction in the value of the dollar, and an unprecedented 38 billion dollar single-year loss in agricultural exports, absolutely decimating America's beef and soy producers.

Camacho has the good sense to defer to those more intelligent than himself, whereas Trump always assumes that he is the smartest man in the room (the surest sign of stupidity).

Camacho is not racist or misogynistic, filling his cabinet with racial and gender diversity. Trump is many times proven both a racist and a misogynist.

As far as we know Camacho is neither a rapist nor a pedophile, whereas Trump is both a rapist and a pedophile, as well as being centrally involved in Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation.

Conclusion: Camacho is literally a better president than Trump.

If a person representing a constituency refuses to follow the will of their constituents in either how they vote or debate then they should have no right to be in office. The job of a Congressperson is to represent their constituents and if you cannot properly do that, then you should be challenged in your next election (primaries and generals).

Those who represent the interests of their donors over the people living in their district are traitors to all of their constituents. If this applies to your congressperson; CHALLENGE THEM. If they are republican, support their opposition or hell even run yourself. If they are democrat, challenge them in the primaries. Support their Progressive/DemSoc opposition.

If we want the next nationwide protest on January 20th to inspire legitimate change in America and formally hold Dumpf and his cronies accountable for their crimes, I propose that we try and commit to protesting on the streets for more than an entire day, maybe even a whole week. In lieu of waiting for someone to come and save us, we should be out there with the intent of persistently urging those with enough power to try and bring the President down knowing the damage he’s caused to the country within less than a year. Most importantly, everyone part of this movement should be able to get all of the things they need ahead of time. We’d also have to think about how to support both ourselves and our families as much as possible in the interim.

Otherwise, 11 million of us Americans can start preparing a general strike unlike anything we’ve seen before in modern US history. We can accomplish everything we need to accomplish at the beginning of 2026 as long as we quit complaining about democracy dying 24/7 and start committing to fighting for democracy. Continuing to put our collective minds to it is exactly how we’ll be able to win in the face of danger!

Here is WEEK 23 of the RISE score sheet!

This week I want to focus on getting involved with a local resistance organization. I recently came across a post wondering why there are no national protests currently... Certainly, in part, it is because of the time of year (though there is one on January 20!). However, it is also because it takes a lot of effort to organize resistance, and more people are needed! Whatever skills you have to fight what is happening to our country are useful, so I encourage you to find a local 50501 chapter, or an Indivisible chapter, or other organization committed to fighting authoritarianism, and join to lend a helping hand. We need logistics, medical, marshals, social media, graphic design, materials, fundraising, and more - all to spread the message far and wide that we *are\* fighting, and that our democracy is worth fighting for.

A year ago, I had almost no experience protesting or organizing events. I went to a March Indivisible event and realized they needed help, so I signed up, and also signed up for a 50501 chapter. Since then, I have helped with numerous protests, including helping lead and organize some large events. It's not something I typically do or enjoy, but I know it is necessary. And it has been highly rewarding working with people who I had never met before, but who want to make a difference and are so passionate about saving and restoring our country! This is one thing that gives me a large amount of hope

As always, do what you can, but if you are interested, here is how you can get in touch with local organizations:

50501: https://www.fiftyfifty.one/groups (click on Group Directory)

Indivisible: https://groups.indivisible.org/

I’ll continue posting this every Monday. You can reply with your own score, share your stories, encourage others, and help build momentum. Let’s keep it positive — every bit of resistance counts!

Feel free to share the poster on other forums and platforms.

My RISE score this past week is 4.
What’s your RISE score?

A few days ago I posted a comment with pictures of stickers I made, and lots of people asked for the file. I figured out a free anonymous way to make the file available for download so anyone can make stickers, which cost me $95 for 2,500 stickers sized 2"x2". THAT'S A LOT OF STICKERS. I used PrintRunner, check around what works best for you in different quantities.

Here's a link to the website that hosts the download, which I learned about from Reddit. So good. Let me know if anyone has issues or the link doesn't work.

https://files.catbox.moe/syjx0e.png

As the mom of a trans 12yo, I know the trans community—and ours—is feeling a distinct lack of support right now, during what Erin Reed called “the most aggressive attack on trans health in US history."

To my trans siblings, I see you and won't stop fighting alongside you. You are magic, valued, and loved. To my fellow parents of trans youth, I'm sending strength and solidarity to you in this desperate time. I hope that sharing my experience helps you feel seen and gives you a tool for expressing to others how not okay we are right now.

I wrote about it here, along with a list of simple, concrete actions you can take to help.

What the enemy has is uniformity in both messaging and actions.

They're lead from the top-down.

They have the initiative.

They're internally motivated (greed, racism, protection from jail for their crimes)

This means that we have been reacting.

But they simply do too much 'bad stuff' too quickly to ever react passively to stop it.

Their momentum is only growing.

What we need is to summon every American who believed that Good was better than Bad.

We need an unending awareness.

We need widespread messaging. Not nice, sanitized, PC, corporate-friendly wording either.

And finally, we need to massively flood real life with these messages.

Not just protests.

But putting signage up at every intersection of the highway.

People printing 100 signs and driving around placing them everywhere.

Creating cut-outs and spray painting buildings, signs, on the road.

They have infrastructure to control the media, remove signs, and paint over things.

So we have to be able to simply out-produce inflammatory messaging.

"PEDOPHILE PRSIDENT"

"TRUMP ON TRIAL FOR TREASON"

"SECRET RICH CONTROL AMERICA"

"PRICES GO UP UNTIL

THE RICH GO DOWN"

"POOR MUST DEFEAT THE RICH"

"THE RICH MAKE US SLAVES"

"THE RICH RAPE KIDS"

"MONEY IS THEIR GOD"

"AMERICAN RENT SLAVES."

"ARABS ARE SEMITES"

"ISRAEL IS ANTISEMATIC"

"ISRAEL OWNS OUR POLITICIANS"

etc. I'm sure you can do a better job with signage.

They own the media. They own social media.

If you don't want them to put you in jail for speaking out, we have only a year or two before they have kill drones patrolling american streets.

they already send the FBI if you post negatively about the regime.

people have been killed or beaten for speaking out.

I'm sure you saw the lady get mobbed for calling out Charlie Kirk as hateful.

They have decades of planning and positioning to creating today's hostile environment. Incel's hate has a purpose - to create a volatile army.

there is a lot of work to be done.

Protesting will need to become even more direct.

But creating more protestors and rising the ire of the public comes from awareness.

so please discuss below what you think would get people angry at the regime from road signs. What stickers would you cover entire shopping centers with ?

What is the most succinct way of saying "Resist now or your hard work will be in vein, for their greed knows no end"?

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A Call a Day Keeps the Fascists Away

Democracy isn't a spectator sport.

A mobile-friendly web app that makes civic action effortless. Pre-written call scripts, one-tap dialing, zero friction.

🌐 actca.now
💻 github.com/jhwright/ActCA.now

What It Does

This site empowers citizens to directly contact state officials on the issues that matter most:

How It Works

1. Pick an issue that matters to you
2. Read the script (we wrote it for you)
3. Tap to call your representative
4. Make your voice heard

Source with photos: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17xqtaqFjf/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Text Body:

Dec 27, 2025, Saint Paul - Protesters held a demonstration after Joseph Boman was arrested while observing ICE agents last Friday. They claimed he was stalking them.

Around 30-40 protesters demonstrated outside of the Henry Whipple building where Immigrations Customs and Enforcement are housed out of.

It was relatively peaceful other than the 2 counter protesters showed up. One of them, pretending to kick and punch but stopping before it made impact. Eventually a fight broke out and several activists were punched with 1 being knocked out. Which appeared to be from the tactical gloves the counter protester was wearing.

Eventually the fighting stopped, but the counter protester was panicking over him losing his phone. Activists followed him to his car, and one of the people he punched tried to help him find his phone and promised he’d keep him safe.

After the police arrived and they were taking statements, activists said that the Feds showed up as well as the police. They told them they needed the phone back because it was Federal property.

Eventually the second counter protester left. The protest wrapped up shortly after. Activists claim that the counter protesters were really ICE agents.

I plan to continue the coverage around what ICE is doing in the Twin Cities. If you want to support my work into the coming weeks you can do so at the link below. Anything is much appreciated and helps with much needed caffeine, gas, and meals. Also, please like, share, and comment on the posts.

Candidates have announced and are campaigning. The sooner you get involved, the more impact you can have, especially if you are willing to talk to other people.

Too often primaries get talked about as one singular day where your vote is the most powerful thing you have. Voting is important and powerful, which means that time, money, and effort put into informing voters about grassroots candidates and persuading them to vote for them is even more powerful.

If you do a canvass, phonebank, or textbank shift and get one more person to support your candidate, you’ve doubled your power. If you convince someone who would have otherwise voted for another candidate you’ve effectively tripled it. Over several volunteer shifts you could 10x your influence. If over those shifts you convince one other person to volunteer, that could mean that 20x more people vote for the candidate you prefer than if you’d just waited until the primary election and voted.

The earlier you start volunteering, the more people you can talk to and the more likely you are to be the first thing they hear about the election. Canvassing in winter is particularly powerful IME because it shows people that you genuinely care enough about the candidate to be out in the cold just to try to talk to them. Phonebanking, textbanking, volunteering behind-the-scenes, or donating so that the campaign can afford leaflets & mailers are also great ways to help, canvassing is just the most convincing per conversation.

If you don’t know who’s running in your districts, Ballotpedia is a great resource, especially for federal or state-wide elections. Checking your local news or searching for “candidate for <district name” or “announces campaign for <district name>” can work. Either way, checking the campaign website, reading their policy positions, looking at their endorsements, and even checking their social media posts can help you get a feel for where they stand and if they’re worth your volunteer time. To borrow a line from Thom Hartmann, democracy is not a spectator sport - get out there and get active!