I'm a retired attorney/techie who developed the ACLU's "Know Your Rights" app 15 years ago. When I saw that the ACLU is now offering only PDFs and wallet cards (and is sold out of those), I thought it would be useful to put these apps together as a more convenient alternative. They're free (and ad-free) and easy to improve if you have suggestions for improvement.
I'm releasing the "Trump 2.0" version today, which has an overlay showing how authoritarian rule is likely to affect the rights we think we have.
I wonder how many people stop and think before sending in their tax return and payment that they're helping finance an authoritarian regime. What if 50 million of us requested an automatic six-month filing extension this year — wouldn't that send a powerful message that we're not "We the Sheeple" blithely supporting the end of our democracy? Or am I hopelessly naive?
I wish someone with a following would get out in front on tax-minimization and delay as easy and legal vehicles for individual resistance. It's all about money, so we should do everything we can to starve those beasts! At the rate things are going (on track to beat Hitler's record for dismantling a country in 53 days), we may not want to pay ANYTHING by October 15.
Please add these apps to the listed lists:
* Your Rights (for immigrants): https://your-rights.org (in 12 languages)
* Your Rights (for federal workers): https://your-rights.us
* I Resist (a guide for resisters of authoritarianism): https://i-resist.org
* Your Rights under Trump 2.0 (for the rest of us): https://your-rights.com
I'm a retired attorney/techie who developed the ACLU's "Know Your Rights" app 15 years ago. When I saw that the ACLU is now offering only PDFs and wallet cards (and is sold out of those), I thought it would be useful to put these apps together as a more convenient alternative. They're free (and ad-free) and easy to improve if you have suggestions for improvement.
I'm releasing the "Trump 2.0" version today, which has an overlay showing how authoritarian rule is likely to affect the rights we think we have.
Great information, thank you!!!
I wonder how many people stop and think before sending in their tax return and payment that they're helping finance an authoritarian regime. What if 50 million of us requested an automatic six-month filing extension this year — wouldn't that send a powerful message that we're not "We the Sheeple" blithely supporting the end of our democracy? Or am I hopelessly naive?
I wish someone with a following would get out in front on tax-minimization and delay as easy and legal vehicles for individual resistance. It's all about money, so we should do everything we can to starve those beasts! At the rate things are going (on track to beat Hitler's record for dismantling a country in 53 days), we may not want to pay ANYTHING by October 15.
They already have our money through withholding
So, do more of what we've been telling you to do for 25 years that hasn't done a fucking thing, but will this time! /s
I’d add two great coalitions with info & resources re protecting immigrants:
Protecting Immigrant Families https://pifcoalition.org/
And Children Thrive Action Network https://childrenthriveaction.org/