Why we do it:

There is a widespread idea that Americans aren’t doing anything, but in fact we’re everywhere, every day, creatively resisting. It’s up to us to get the word out.

Ridicule and contempt take the wind out of authoritarian sails, and creative spectacle can go viral with a bit of a boost. There are hundreds of creative protests happening, but Portland is taking its unofficial motto “Keep Portland Weird” seriously. If you need a starting point, it’s there.

Find creative spectacle and share it. If you’ve heard of a local effort, get the word out. If there’s someone dressed as baby Trump outside your courthouse, go take a picture and post it. When you see stories online verify them and then share them.

Verifying: we’ll write a guide on this soon, but here are some quick tips for confirming a story is true.

• look for news verification. If all links lead back to social media, it may be fake.
• Look for different angles on an image or multiple (different) reports of the story.
• Look for AI : images have uncanny errors, or stories confuse very simple facts (e.g. someone is a wife, then a fiance.)
• If something is going viral, check snopes, etc.