Documenting the resistance in real time. History is being made. https://frayedrepublic.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3mglhak6fyk2o@projectsaltbox.bsky.social is a team of Baltimore volunteers tracking every warehouse ICE is trying to buy and sharing the map with the rest of us. They were first to break the Hagerstown, Md., facility. New Hero Files 👇🏼👇🏼 on why their work matters and what you can do about it. https://frayedrepublic.substack.com/p/the-hero-files-project-salt-box08 Mar 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglhak6fyk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3me5pckbppc25I wrote this after watching cable TV for about five minutes and wanting to vomit in my mouth. https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/dear-politicos-stop-talking-about?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true06 Feb 2026 01:00 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3me5pckbppc25https://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3mdtj32yru22rWhat do you do after escaping a cult? If you're @knittingcultlady.bsky.social , you teach tens of thousands of people to knit as an act of defiance. https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/the-hero-files-the-knitting-cult?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web01 Feb 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtj32yru22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3mcshb65hq22rThe Hero Files: The People of the Twin Cities https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/the-hero-files-the-people-of-the?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web19 Jan 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcshb65hq22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3mak6l3j7zc2sI’m 44 and still writing to Santa. Spoiler: it’s less “all I want for Christmas” and more “please cancel capitalism.” https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-to-be?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web22 Dec 2025 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mak6l3j7zc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3m7gsp6xaks2uMeet the volunteers showing up with umbrellas, bubbles, and Disney songs to shield joy from hate. Thank you to @rainbowdefense.bsky.social for being the heroes we need in this moment. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/the-hero-files-volunteers-fighting?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true@rainbowdefense.bsky.social08 Dec 2025 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7gsp6xaks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3m6dt3hzp6s2sThe federal government is being gutted....Meet the Alt accounts—a shadow rebellion of feds using memes, leaks, and rage to fight back. @altnps.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @altusaid.altgov.info @savevoa.bsky.social @savehealthresearch.bsky.social https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/the-hero-files-the-fed-up-feds-behind?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true24 Nov 2025 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6dt3hzp6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3m5knlaflvc2zhttps://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/the-pro-democracy-holiday-gift-guide?r=5fmj0414 Nov 2025 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5knlaflvc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3m47oz5ivzk2fLatest Hero Files is out!! Another day, another person showing us what courage looks like in the face of fascism. 💪 https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/the-hero-files-dr-devika-bhushan?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true28 Oct 2025 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47oz5ivzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3m2n2l2vmw225Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. https://alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/trump-attacks-9-universities-sign-the-alumni-petition-to-defend-your-school-now?share=e365ed6e-a323-400b-a03c-727244e02d3f&source=bluesky&time=1759868925&utm_source=bluesky07 Oct 2025 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2n2l2vmw225https://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3m2c3ctmnjk2eCourage is contagious. Find out how this doctor is using her medical privilege to protest the Trump administration's deportation machine!!! 💪💪 https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/the-hero-files-dr-kate-sugarman?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false03 Oct 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2c3ctmnjk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3lyoo7rfjw22oWhen action becomes the only way out. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/how-to-become-a-pro-democracy-activist13 Sep 2025 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyoo7rfjw22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3lyb6utmlas2pCurrent mood: I’m tired and angry and tired of being angry. https://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/a-letter-to-my-future-self-from-the07 Sep 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyb6utmlas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3ly57mca5os2rhttps://open.substack.com/pub/frayedrepublic/p/democracy-is-dying-where-the-hell06 Sep 2025 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly57mca5os2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3ly3u7lprkk2pSpotted in DC today. To the clever 💪resisters in DC: Way to bring the message to the streets!! #FreeDC05 Sep 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3u7lprkk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3lxuyam27fc2kCourage is contagious. Spread the word. https://open.substack.com/pub/nikkigamer/p/the-hero-files-the-veterans-taking?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true02 Sep 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuyam27fc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3lxqcaxfhys2bWTF America?! https://open.substack.com/pub/nikkigamer/p/democracy-is-dying-where-the-hell?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false01 Sep 2025 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxqcaxfhys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3lwczof53qc2xThe Handmaids of #Nebraska are doing the Lord's work. And by that I mean they are trolling the Trump-enabler Rep. Mike Flood in the best way possible. https://nikkigamer.substack.com/publish/post/17093435913 Aug 2025 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwczof53qc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3lvvd2kcvws2bStay safe out there. 👀👀👀👀👀👀 https://open.substack.com/pub/nikkigamer/p/i-asked-ai-where-we-are-on-the-authoritarian?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true08 Aug 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvd2kcvws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3lswp3s4tn223If you need a way to feel less helpless today, here is something relatively easy you can do! #immigration #ICE https://open.substack.com/pub/nikkigamer/p/how-to-help-5-ways-to-support-immigrant?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true01 Jul 2025 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lswp3s4tn223https://bsky.app/profile/nikkigwrites.bsky.social/post/3lsrz5qod3s23I write about people defending democracy because courage is contagious. Find your courage by reading about William Marks and his efforts to fight against American book bans. https://open.substack.com/pub/nikkigamer/p/the-hero-files-william-marks?r=5fmj04&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false30 Jun 2025 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:vgjmymi5ibd3o7svx3egzzec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrz5qod3s23