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Donald Trump is signaling that he will attempt a coup before even taking office. It's going to take all of our strategizing and mobilizing to defeat it ... again. Portside will be there every day, and we’re asking you to help. Here’s how.

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Being “the right kind” of progressive or feminist or socialist can easily become its own goal, rather than winning concrete victories that match the values and goals behind these labels. Unfortunately this has been a common response in recent decades

Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.

The president-elect is tapping mega-rich backers for positions that will give them power to cut spending on public services. The gulf between Trump’s taste for the wealthy and his populist everyman rhetoric has not gone unnoticed.

Musk is showing other members of the ultra-wealthy a bold alternative to stealth politics, urged on by a president-elect who has embraced giving billionaires a seat at the table. If you're rich enough, you can grab power in full public view.

Critics argue that these plans will erode social safety nets, undermine public services, and disproportionately benefit corporate interests.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is equal parts asinine and dystopian. We can only hope that, by virtue of how insufferable all involved are, DOGE’s relationship with the Trump administration flames out spectacularly.