Pushback 118

Andrea Dooley

03 Dec 2025 — 2 min read

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Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans

After ICE took students’ parents, these teachers began rising at dawn to keep watch: ‘We said, hell no’

More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy

The White House is fast-tracking student debt relief for millions of American borrowers. How to see if you qualify

South Florida Haitian community pushes back after Trump administration strips TPS

Trump’s push for more AI data centers faces backlash from his own voters

Sabrina Carpenter Becomes Latest Artist to Push Back Against Trump Admin Co-Opting Music

Is a blue wave headed for Trump, GOP? Tennessee sends 'warning signs'

Anti-Trump protests sweep the country as his approval rating sinks to new lows

One-year anniversary of Trump’s election win memorialized with protest

Hundreds of Hoosiers gather at statehouse to protest redistricting

Kermit the Frog joins the "tactical frivolity" protest movement

KY publishing house ‘proud to be misaligned’ with Trump’s orders on diversity, gender

MAGA country grandmas protest right-wing sheriff's pact with ICE: 'I'm angry!'

Florida Immigrant Coalition blasts Trump's latest immigration crackdown on asylum seekers

Florida House Leader calls Trump plan to redraw congressional map ‘illegal’

Trump’s Eyes Droop During Long Cabinet Meeting Amid Stamina Questions

Latino college students look for support as Alabama DEI programs vanish

Protesters rally in New Orleans as Trump launches immigration sweep

HIV activists block D.C. intersection to protest Donald Trump’s cuts to life-saving programs

Trump’s power in Congress fracturing as GOP lawmakers ‘put their foot down’ against actions

Florida leaders push back against Trump's drilling plan

Several protesters arrested after ICE raid thwarted in New York City

Indiana Republican With Disabled Daughter Revolts on Redistricting After Trump’s Slur: ‘Words Have Consequences’

Trump’s pick to replace DeSantis faces a Republican pile-on in Florida

5 ways Republicans are breaking with Trump

Opinion: How to prevent another Trump (Idaho)

‘This piggy won’t be quiet’: They spent two nights on a bus to protest the president

Nevada representatives fight against potential nuclear testing

‘We think it matters’ Protesters urge Black Friday shoppers to support local businesses

How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE

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The Problem of False Memory

The Problem of False Memory

Why reliance on eyewitnesses alone won't win your case I had a hearing the other day involving a bus operator who was in an accident with a cyclist. "Preventable accident" cases are among the most common cases in transit industries. At the hearing, we all watched

Pushback 117

Pushback 117

Hi folks, this is a highly incomplete list of all the brave and difficult things our friends, neighbors, and (occasionally) leaders are doing to push back against the Trump administration and its cronies. I am grateful to all of them. Happy Thanksgiving! Veterans lead protest and march at Portland ICE

Lazarus species and my anti-polemic polemic

Lazarus species and my anti-polemic polemic

While reading an article about The Incredible Tahakē Story, I learned about Lazarus species, which are species that were believed to be extinct but were later re-discovered. The tahakē is a bird from New Zealand that has the rare distinction of having been declared extinct twice, and then finally re-discovered

Pushback 116

Pushback 116

It's a real fish-in-a-barrel kind of day because there are a lot of people working hard to oppose the administration's authoritarianism. I have a small hope that the height of Trump's power was November 3, and we are already see the speedy decline of