Resistance libs

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A highly partisan faction of Democrats forming the base of support for candidates like Gavin Newsom.


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The "Resistance libs" are a faction within the Democratic Party, heavily supporting Gavin Newsom. This group is contrasted with the progressive left, represented by figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, and the centrist "Abundance libs," associated with Ezra Klein. While Newsom positions himself as an establishment figure, aligning with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden, his polling numbers are reportedly declining, potentially creating opportunities for newer candidates or progressive disruptors. This internal party dynamic is part of a broader trend of political polarization, exacerbated by social media algorithms and economic anxieties stemming from advancements in artificial intelligence and immigration.

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    Richard Hanania

    Richard Hanania (born August 28, 1985) is an American political scientist and right-wing online personality. He is the founder and president of the think tank Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI). He has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Economist. He wrote The Origins of Woke and publishes his newsletter on Substack. Between 2008 and the early 2010s, Hanania wrote for alt-right and white supremacist publications under the pseudonym Richard Hoste. He acknowledged writing under the pseudonym when it was reported in 2023 and has since renounced his past writings. Hanania was a contributor to Project 2025 regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. His advocacy against DEI has been influential among Republican and conservative policy-makers in the United States, and Vox called him "the man whose tweets helped kill DEI". He has since become critical of the second Trump administration, the MAGA movement, and far-right factions within contemporary conservatism.

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    • Librarianship as Resistance | American Libraries Magazine

      Activism, according to its Merriam-Webster definition, is “a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action, especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue.” Resistance, by contrast, is “the inherent ability of an organism to resist harmful influences (such as disease, toxic agents, or infection).” If our colleague is not, by her own interpretation, an activist, then she is certainly part of the resistance when it comes to censorship. And so are we—as a profession, and as members of ALA. [...] It is fitting then, that seven decades later, ALA is the first organization to launch a nationwide public-facing anticensorship campaign, Unite Against Book Bans. We seek to fulfill one of the closing tenets of the Library Bill of Rights: to “cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.” In so doing, we inhabit our full charge—to not just be the resistance but to grow it. TRACIE D. HALL is executive director of the American Library Association. Reach her at thall@ala.org. #### Share #### Tagged Under banned and challenged books censorship executive director intellectual freedom Unite Against Book Bans RELATED ARTICLES: Photo of ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall. Text says [...] Speaking to two dozen librarians and library associations for a recent New York Times article, reporters Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter observed: “As highly visible and politicized book bans have exploded across the country, librarians … have found themselves on the front lines of an acrimonious culture war, with their careers and their personal reputations at risk.”

    • PL#15 - Librarianship and Resistance

      practices of selecting from lists of materials produced by mainstream publishing houses and other organizations that perpetuate these patterns. [...] Libraries were established, at least in part, to counteract these subversive activities. [...] As our global society becomes increasingly based on the commodity of information, power becomes increasingly focused and managed by those with access to information. Those without such access remain marginalized. Librarians have been trained in the management of information. Therefore, I see their role as inherently political. Unfortunately, all too often librarians have rejected the political nature of the work they do. In these times of increased commodification of information librarians have sought to play leading roles in the new "information society." In order to do so, they have uncritically accepted the ideals of professionalization and have embraced the principles of objectivity and neutrality.

    • The Rise and Fall of 'the Resistance'

      brunch the liberals who made up the resistance from 2016 to 2020 seem to primarily dislike Trump because of his crash sexist language and disdain for political Norms but those same liberals ultimately didn't have problems with many of Trump's policies as long as someone from their blue team was enacting them they happily embraced Trump's far-right agenda surrounding immigration covid and funding of Israel's genocide in Gaza when Biden was carrying those things out the entire resistance movement itself was mostly full of reactionary conservatives you can see this very clearly when you dig into the pasts of some of the resistance most well-known influencers Ron filipowski for instance a video aggregator and one of the big resistance voices online worked for Ron de santis until 2020 Muller [...] still online crowing about Trump like it's 2018 many have realized that promoting that sort of liberalism under the current cultural climate is simply not as profitable as it once was Trump won the popular vote their conspiracies aren't panning out so they might as well hop on board with the winning team you see this in figures like Lindy Lee a quintessential resistance influencer Lindy Lee is a millennial political commentator who amassed hundreds of thousands of followers by being a shill for the Democratic Party in the late 2010s she grew an intense and loyal fandom of resistance liberals throughout Trump's first term by posting a Non-Stop stream of anti-trump news when Biden was elected she was relentless in her support of him she backed Biden until the moment that he was forced to [...] truth the march to call for Trump's impeachment and dozens and dozens more the protests underlied what ultimately became known as the resistance a movement of Hillary supporting liberals disaffected conservatives who opposed Trump's agenda and a smattering of progressive activists all of whom banded together to oppose Trump's policies and actions the movement gathered wides spread support on social media platforms through hashtags like # resist and hash the resistance both of which trended multiple times on Instagram and Twitter throughout 2017 the resistance movement was fed by a steady stream of resistance media traditional news organizations like CNN and the Washington Post attempted to ride the resistance wave in February 2017 just one month after Trump took office the Washington Post

    • The Resistance (hashtag activism) - Wikipedia

      The correct title of this article is The #Resistance. The omission of the # is due to technical restrictions#Clashes_with_wiki_markup/HTML_syntax "Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)"). .jpg) Protests against Executive Order 13769 in Washington, D.C. The #Resistance (also known as the Resistance) is an American anti-authoritarian and liberal democratic hashtag and political label which has been used to protest the first and second presidencies of Donald Trump. ## Background [edit&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Background")] [...] 1. ↑ "Wonder who's fighting Trump? Meet the #Resistance". France 24. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2019-06-28. 2. ↑ Smith, Mychal Denzel (2019-02-14). "Passive Resistance". The New Republic. ISSN "ISSN (identifier)") 0028-6583. Retrieved 2019-06-28. 3. ↑ Vogel, Kenneth (October 7, 2017). "The 'Resistance,' Raising Big Money, Upends Liberal Politics". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2019. 4. ↑ Seitz-Wald, Alex (January 19, 2018). "The anti-Trump 'Resistance' turns a year old — and grows up". NBC News. Retrieved March 17, 2019. [...] Generally, the #Resistance symbolizes solidarity against Donald Trump. Its hashtags have also been used alongside other policy-specific hashtags, targeting marginalized groups such as minorities and women. Though its height of popularity occurred during the days following Trump's first inauguration, it resurfaced during times of political controversy and animosity. For instance, there was a notable spike in use throughout the week of Trump's response to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Moreover, in the three days following the announcement of the initial Muslim ban in late January, #Resist appeared in over 2.5 million tweets. Several prominent celebrities have used the hashtag to show opposition to Trump, including Shailene Woodley, Zendaya, Sia, Rosie O'Donnell,

    • Wire Resistance Calculator

      Bridge rectifier Portrait of the calculator's author This wire resistance calculator can quickly compute the electrical properties of a specific wire - its resistance and conductance. Resistance describes how strongly a given cable opposes the flow of an electric current, and conductance measures a wire's ability to conduct it. Two physical quantities are also associated with them - electrical resistivity and electrical conductivity. After reading the text below, you will, for example, learn how to estimate a wire's resistance using the resistance formula (so-called Pouillet's Law). [...] ## Resistivity units and conductivity units Resistivity `ρ`, unlike resistance, is an intrinsic property of a material. It means that it doesn't matter whether the wire is thick or thin, long or short. The resistivity will always be the same for a specific material, and the resistivity units are "ohm meter" (`Ω × m`). The higher the resistivity is, the more difficult it is for the current to flow through a wire. You can check our drift velocity calculator to find out how fast electricity is. `ρ` `Ω × m` [...] Combining the above two equations with the `ρ = 1 / σ` relation, we obtain a similar connection between resistance and conductance: `ρ = 1 / σ` `R = 1 / G` `R = 1 / G` Have you already computed the resistance of your wire? Try our series resistor calculator and parallel resistor calculator to learn how you can calculate the equivalent resistance of various electrical circuits. You can also check out our wheatstone bridge calculator to learn how to measure unknown resistances. ## Conductivity of copper and resistivity of copper