🦃Happy Thanksgiving week! Good News and Progress from the Resistance
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🦃Happy Thanksgiving week! Despite the chaos coming out of the Trump administration and the most corrupt, least productive Republican-led Congress in modern history, we still have so much to celebrate. That’s why, instead of our usual once-a-week Good News and Progress from the Resistance, we’re sharing good news and meaningful actions all week long. Even in tough times, our movement is strong, our wins are real, and our collective power is something to be grateful for.
Resist & Rising Together Weekly: Good News and Progress from the Resistance
Each week, Resist & Rising Together Weekly by People Power United shares stories of courage, creativity, and collective power from people pushing back against fascism and building a better future. While authoritarians try to divide and silence us, we rise—community by community, action by action—to defend democracy, demand justice, and celebrate progress. From victories in the courts and wins for workers to breakthroughs in climate action and moments of solidarity, this movement reminds the world that power in America belongs to the people, not to kings, billionaires, or authoritarians.
Because resistance isn’t just about fighting back—it’s about moving forward. Together, we are writing the story of progress, one act of people power at a time.
Today, we honor the strength, resilience, and courage of the American people—those rising together to reject tyranny and defend our democracy.
✊ Rallies & Protests Highlights
We ain’t buying it: Why we boycott Target
A grassroots coalition is urging consumers to avoid buying from Amazon, Target, and Home Depot over Thanksgiving weekend in protest of policies and actions linked to the Trump administration and its corporate supporters. — AFT
🌎 Movement Wins for the Planet
📣 COP30: Environmental activists stage mass protest in Belem
Hundreds of activists, including Indigenous peoples, youth organizers and rural workers, marched through the streets of Belém during the COP30 climate summit to demand urgency and justice in climate action. Symbolic acts such as mourning for fossil fuels, drums, and vibrant banners underscored the energy and solidarity behind grassroots pressure on world leaders. The demonstration highlighted growing discontent with slow institutional diplomacy and the demand for substantive commitments to protect vulnerable communities and ecosystems. — DW News
👷 Movement Wins for Workers
🚻 Transgender Federal Worker Sues Trump-Vance Administration Over Federal Bathroom Ban
A civilian employee of the Illinois National Guard filed a class-action lawsuit challenging a policy that required transgender and intersex federal workers to use restrooms based on “biological sex,” rather than gender identity. The complaint argues the policy is discriminatory under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and bypasses required federal procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act. The lawsuit aims to restore dignity and legal protections to transgender federal employees and hold government agencies accountable for enforcing exclusionary rules. — Democracy Forward
📜 Movement Wins for the Rule of Law and Democracy
📂 Democracy Forward Launches Investigation into Potential Government Payments to Former Trump Officials Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino
A series of FOIA requests were filed by Democracy Forward seeking records from the Justice and Treasury Departments about possible government-funded payments and communications involving Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino amid reports of settlement talks. The inquiry aims to uncover whether taxpayer funds were used improperly to benefit former senior aides and to hold government accountable through transparency. This move exemplifies watchdog groups using legal tools to challenge elite impunity and assert that public money should serve the people, not insiders. — Democracy Forward
🕊️Movement Wins for Human Rights
🚨 Legal Advocates Urge California Prosecutors to Launch Criminal Investigations into Unlawful Immigration Actions Against U.S. Citizens in California
Advocacy groups have called on California prosecutors to open criminal investigations into federal immigration agents accused of violating California laws when targeting U.S. citizens, arguing that immunity cannot shield officers acting outside legal bounds. The letter highlights that the federal government’s refusal to act demands local accountability for harm done to citizens by immigration enforcement operations. It underscores a growing push for state-level oversight of federal immigration tactics and advances the narrative of people-powered justice. — Free Speech For People
People Power Rising
A friendly reminder — we’re a community that believes in the power of change and puts in the work to make it happen. It might not seem like much to spend five minutes signing a petition, writing a letter, or making a call, but when we act together, those small efforts add up. That’s how we hold our leaders accountable to the will of the people.
Today’s Calls to Action
Click here to Tell Congress: Investigate ICE’s “Mass Surveillance Network”
Click here to sign our petition to Congress: Protect the Oath: Reject Presidential Intimidation Now.
Click here to Tell the Six Democrats Trump Threatened: We Have Your Back
Click here to tell Speaker Johnson: Denounce Trump’s Death Threats Against Dems
Click here to donate to Know-Your-Rights billboards for Occupied Cities
Click here to Stop Skyrocketing Costs and Chaos — Pass Medicare for All
Click here to Tell NBC: Stand With Seth Meyers — Don’t Let Trump Kill Free Speech
Click here to Reverse SNAP Cuts
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Thank you 😊 for all you do. Resistance is the foundation of change.
I ask ppl to please click on the links 🔗. We need to make our voices heard! Sign the petitions. Tell the govt. it’s NOT OK!
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