9/1/25 - 9/8/25

* I am still experiencing physical difficulties. I am out of time, so I'm cutting this here. If I don't, it'll likely be another week. Basically most things after SCOTUS round up are last week.

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* "Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population:" https://archive.ph/FOLo0

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* US Military Bombed a civilian boat in international Waters, Killing 11, and Trump Officials Are Promising to Murder More People Boating in the Caribbean at Random.

* "US builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts, ask why:" https://archive.ph/rIL56

* "Hegseth Signals More to Come After US Strike in Caribbean:" https://archive.ph/wFuPZ

* "Team Trump faces tough questions following strike on boat in international waters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-faces-tough-questions-strike-boat-international-waters-rcna229049?icid=latestpost_bot

* "Outrage after Trump admin vows to 'blow up' more boats:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/outrage-after-trump-admin-vows-to-blow-up-more-boats-246762565849

* "Pentagon Official: Trump Boat Strike Was a Criminal Attack on Civilians:" https://theintercept.com/2025/09/05/pentagon-official-trump-boat-strike-was-a-criminal-attack-on-civilians/

* "Pentagon Official: Trump Boat Strike Was a Criminal Attack on Civilians:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/outrage-after-trump-admin-vows-to-blow-up-more-boats-246762565849

* "Outrage after Trump admin vows to 'blow up' more boats:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/outrage-after-trump-admin-vows-to-blow-up-more-boats-246762565849

* "Rep. Moulton: Trump Gave No Warning Before Venezuela Boat Strike:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/rep-moulton-trump-gave-no-warning-before-venezuela-boat-strike-247029317714

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* "Inside Syria’s Most Fearsome Prison:" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/29/world/middleeast/syria-sednaya-prison-assad.html

* "Japanese lawmakers launch leadership bids after PM resigns, yen sinks:" https://archive.ph/dCpdo

* "What's behind France's political crisis and what could happen next?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4r7dmxgxmo

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* "Trump’s second presidency is ‘most dangerous period’ since second world war, Mitch McConnell says:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/04/trump-dangerous-period-mitch-mcconnell

* "Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules:" https://archive.ph/OTyhI

* "What consumers can expect as de minimis exemption ends:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-consumers-can-expect-as-de-minimis-exemption-ends

* "Do you know where the U.S. gets its goods from?:" https://archive.ph/VbzYU

* "Justice Department probes mortgage fraud claims against Lisa Cook of Federal Reserve, AP source says:" https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-trump-cook-8c81cf9978f5ca33304753e875355a80

* "White House's Hassett says Fed needs to be fully independent from Trump:" https://archive.ph/i4kWA

* "Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud

* "Trump's use of fraud charge as partisan weapon exposed by report on his own Cabinet:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-s-use-of-fraud-charge-as-partisan-weapon-exposed-by-report-on-his-own-cabinet-246780997655

* "‘This is a failing economy’: Sen Alsobrooks on the dismal August jobs report:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-this-is-a-failing-economy-sen-alsobrooks-on-the-dismal-august-jobs-report-246885445606

* "CNBC Reporter: Trump’s economy problem is threatening his entire agenda:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/cnbc-reporter-trump-s-economy-problem-is-threatening-his-entire-agenda-247029317629

* "White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/29/trump-asks-congress-to-claw-back-5b-in-foreign-aid-amid-threat-of-pocket-cancellation-00535396

* "Judge rules White House ‘pocket rescission’ gambit is illegal:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/04/congress/judge-rules-white-house-pocket-rescission-gambit-is-illegal-00544892

* "As drug deaths hit a 5-year low, Trump continues to cite fentanyl as major threat:" https://www.npr.org/2025/08/30/nx-s1-5522046/drugs-deaths-trump-fentanyl

* "Trump Wants to Paint Border Wall Black So It’s Too Hot to Touch:" https://archive.ph/j9Tim

Don't people usually cross at night?

* "1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows:" https://apnews.com/article/labor-day-immigration-trump-9a40f9e371209cc1d145e4a7f157a499

* "Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges:" https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-immigration-judges-trump-pete-hegseth-b07950833591270b926ad86ede8b961f

Wouldn't it have made more sense not to fire so many of the Immigration judges we already had?

* "Appeals court blocks Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans:" https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5526773/trump-alien-enemies-act-venezuela-gangs-ruling

* "San Francisco federal judge again blocks Trump from stripping immigration protections for Venezuelans, Haitians:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/05/tps-ruling-venezuela-haiti-00548420

* "DeSantis Celebrates as Appeals Court Blocks Dismantling of Alligator Alcatraz:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/desantis-celebrates-as-appeals-court-blocks-dismantling-of-alligator-alcatraz/

* "‘Zombie Prisons’: How ICE Detention Is Raising Troubling Facilities From the Dead:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/29/michigan-ice-georgia-louisiana-prison?

* "Illinois ICE facility to be used for 'large-scale' immigration enforcement, mayor of Chicago suburb says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-ice-facility-used-large-scale-immigration-enforcement-mayor-c-rcna229086

* "Latino organizations protest Trump administration, immigration policies at Daley Plaza rally:" https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/latino-organizations-protest-trump-daley-plaza-rally/

* "Protesters demand closure of ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois as Trump plans immigration crackdown in Chicago:" https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protest-ice-facility-in-broadview-illinois-trump-immigration-crackdown-chicago/

* "This transgender boxer is fighting to save his mentor — and unlikely friend — from ICE captivity:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-boxer-asylum-seeker-ice

* "Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics:" https://truthout.org/articles/sex-workers-are-being-abducted-by-ice-and-abandoned-by-respectability-politics/

* "Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/fbi-arrest-us-army-veteran-ice-protest

* Here are some ways to help Immigrants and the anti-ICE Protesters:

Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
Mid-South Immigration Advocates: https://miamemphis.org/
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights

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*** Illegal MILITARY OCCUPATION News ***

* "Judge rules Trump can't act as national police chief:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/02/trump-los-angeles-national-guard-ruling-00539393

* "Trump’s military deployment in Los Angeles cost $120 million, Newsom says:" https://archive.ph/QxDM1

* "DC lawsuit challenges Trump’s National Guard deployment as a forced ‘military occupation’:" https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-trump-federal-takeover-national-guard-lawsuit-f2f76ef685676ee0d3bbd81496c74f2e

* "Federal grand jury in D.C. refuses to indict people accused in Trump’s crime crackdown:" https://www.advocate.com/news/grand-jury-declines-dc-prosecutions

* "With Trump’s Takeover, Washington Finds a Mission to Resist:" https://archive.ph/Zjrto

* "House won’t act to extend Trump’s DC police takeover:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/04/congress/house-vote-trump-dc-police-00545295

* "Trump on Chicago: ‘We’re going in’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/02/trump-chicago-national-guard-00540357

* "As Trump plans to invade Chicago, Illinois Gov J.B. Pritzker implores us to think about ‘What comes next?’:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/pritzker-trump-invading-chicago

* "Why Trump is targeting Boston and its Democratic mayor as part of his ‘immigration enforcement blitz’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/05/boston-ice-trump-michelle-wu

* "How Chicago and Boston officials are readying for Trump’s promise of more immigration raids:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-boston-preparing-immigration-trump-raids-rcna228505

* "Trump floats federal troops to New Orleans, not Chicago:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/03/trump-federal-troops-new-orleans-chicago-00541810?lctg=6050e9874953a53f148e0b97

* "Pritzker readies residents for a Chicago showdown as Trump amasses troops:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/pritzker-readies-residents-for-a-chicago-showdown-as-trump-amasses-troops-246893637862

* "'Declaring war on his own people': Chicago Dem slams Trump's military threat:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-declaring-war-on-his-own-people-chicago-dem-slams-trump-s-military-threat-246958149506

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* "Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America!:" https://archive.ph/feYIy

* "Putin and Xi talk 'hot mic' immortality amid Trump's 'demise' and an emerging new world order:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/putin-xi-hot-mic-moment

* "Trump offers oddly meandering answer to rumors of his death:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-offers-oddly-meandering-answer-to-rumors-of-his-death-246505541999

* "Rumors and 'cankles?’: Trump’s week-long silence fuels health speculation:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rumors-and-cankles-trump-s-week-long-silence-fuels-health-speculation-246498373506

* "Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-giuliani-medal-of-freedom-06457c051711f4a05dc23c2e1a26b123

* "The Anti-Trump Strategy That’s Actually Working:" https://archive.ph/ifqoZ

* "Trump's agenda suffers string of brutal legal losses:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/trump-s-agenda-suffers-string-of-brutal-legal-losses-246953029869

* "Trump agenda being crushed by repeated legal defeats in court:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-agenda-being-crushed-by-repeated-legal-defeats-in-court-246509125539

* "Thousands participate in ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ protests around the country:" https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/09/01/workers-over-billionaires-protests-around-the-country-see-the-photos/85922499007/

* "‘Easier to Pump’: Crypto Coin Backed by Trumps Opens for Trading:" https://archive.ph/XhZlN

* "The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3669627.html

* "Trump announces Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/02/trump-space-command-alabama-00539888

He's doing it because Colorado has free and fair elections, which he hates.

* This is illegal and part of the attempt to fix the 2026 election. "Trump’s DOJ seeks voting equipment in Missouri ahead of 2026 election:" https://archive.ph/NVgLK

* "Senator’s Visit to Spy Agency Was Canceled After Laura Loomer Complained:" https://archive.ph/Z2IVh

* "Leading pediatrician group recommends COVID vaccine for infants, toddlers in contrast with RFK Jr.:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/leading-pediatrician-group-recommends-covid-vaccine-infants-toddlers/story?id=124756899

* I am once again proud of my state Government. "Washington, Oregon and California governors form a health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration:" https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/03/washington-oregon-california-governors-health-alliance-trump-rebuke/

* "N.Y. Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar introduces vaccine access bill 'based on science':" https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2025/09/03/n-y--assemblymember-introduces-vaccine-access-bill

* Meanwhile, Florida's government is going the wrong way. "Florida working to end vaccine mandates:" https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5527093/florida-working-to-end-vaccine-mandates

Depriving children of vaccines will kill them or injure them and also any immune-compromized or medically fragile children around them.

* "States take over where Trump puts public health at risk by supporting RFK Jr.:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/states-take-over-where-trump-puts-public-health-at-risk-by-supporting-rfk-jr-246790725838

* "Dr. Michael Osterholm warns of the 'next big one' amid vaccine chaos and increasing attacks on public health:" https://www.advocate.com/news/michael-osterholm-next-pandemic

* "For families with sick kids, the rise of vaccine hesitancy could be life-threatening:" https://19thnews.org/2025/02/vaccine-hesitancy-rfk-parents-children-concerns/

* "'Vaccination is a form of kindness': Mom of immunocompromised child slams RFK Jr's anti-vaccine agenda:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-vaccination-is-a-form-of-kindness-mom-of-immunocompromised-child-slams-rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-agenda-247031365696

* "Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos in which he criticized Covid vaccines:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/fda-official-youtube-videos

* "Kennedy, in striking turn, accuses ousted CDC director of lying about leadup to her firing:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/1000-current-former-hhs-employees-sign-letter-calling/story?id=125184233

He lied a bunch of times in the hearing, sometimes contradicting himself with sentences less than a minute apart.

* "Kennedy, in striking turn, accuses ousted CDC director of lying about leadup to her firing:" https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/hhs-cdc-rfk-susan-monarez-firing-senate-finance-hearing/

* "Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me:" https://archive.ph/PQvXl

* "Senators from both parties grilled RFK Jr. on vaccines and more:" https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5528966/rfk-kennedy-hearing-covid-vaccines-cdc

* "'You're a charlatan!': Dem senator shreds RFK Jr over anti-science crusade:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-you-re-a-charlatan-dem-senator-shreds-rfk-jr-over-anti-science-crusade-246765125528

* "Lie after lie, Senate committee dismantles RFK Jr., often using his own words against him:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/lie-after-lie-senate-committee-dismantles-rfk-jr-often-using-his-own-words-against-him-246776901904

* "Homophobe Rand Paul says gay CDC official's 'lifestyle' made him unfit to be in government:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/homophobe-rand-paul-slams-daskalakis

This is the level of irrational Republicans are.

* "The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089

* "Major report that tied moderate drinking to disease won’t be released, researchers say:" https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/federal-alcohol-health-study-not-released-dietary-guidelines/

* "More than 1,000 current, former HHS employees sign letter calling on RFK Jr. to resign:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/1000-current-former-hhs-employees-sign-letter-calling/story?id=125184233

* "Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-cancels-679-million-in-funding-for-offshore-wind-projects

* "Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report:" https://www.npr.org/2025/09/02/nx-s1-5521384/energy-report-scientists-climate-change

* "Appeals court sides with EPA in climate grant terminations fight:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/02/appeals-court-epa-climate-grant-00539926

* "'No Public Lands Are Safe': Trump USDA Moves Forward With Gutting Roadless Rule:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/alaska-tongass-national-forest

* "The Federal Farm Policy Trap: Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive:" https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-soy-corn-flooding-subsidies-insurance

* "Trump admin ditches Biden-era plan to make airlines pay compensation for flight disruptions:" https://apnews.com/article/flight-delays-cancellations-compensation-52d65b39d2cf063c43885e71bf88317c

* "A ‘click-to-cancel’ rule, intended to make canceling subscriptions easier, is blocked:" https://apnews.com/article/ftc-click-to-cancel-30db2be07fdcb8aefd0d4835abdb116a

* "Federal judge declares Education Department’s attempt to bar diversity programs unlawful:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/14/federal-judge-declares-education-departments-attempt-to-bar-diversity-programs-unlawful-00510621

* "Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-trump-administration-unfreeze-nearly-22-billion-federal-g-rcna228926

* "Northwestern President Resigns as University Battles White House:" https://archive.ph/7sI0z

* "Judge orders Kari Lake to answer questions about Voice of America under oath:" https://www.npr.org/2025/08/26/nx-s1-5506283/judge-order-kari-lake-sworn-deposition-voice-of-america-oath-usagm

* "Public Media Enables Americans To Trust One Another And Make Decisions Together - Katherine Maher:"

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* "Amy Sherald's trans Statue of Liberty heads to Baltimore after Smithsonian controversy:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/trans-liberty-painting-baltimore-exhibition

* "FBI seized computers, papers labeled ‘Trump’ during Bolton search:" https://archive.ph/4bfg7

**** Trump/Epstein/Maxwell, etc. CW: CSA ****

* "House releases first trove of Epstein files:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/02/house-releases-first-trove-of-epstein-files-00540467

It was about 1% of the information, and mostly stuff already released.

* "‘There is no hoax’: Epstein survivors demand justice and transparency:" https://19thnews.org/2025/09/epstein-survivors-justice-capitol-trump/

* "New Jeffrey Epstein Survivors To Come Forward: What To Know:" https://www.newsweek.com/new-jeffrey-epstein-survivors-come-forward-2113463

* "Column: Epstein survivors threaten to take matters into their own hands:" https://archive.ph/SkK6H

* "I dated Jeffrey Epstein. The files must be released:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/04/jeffrey-epstein-files

* "'Sexual violence has no political party': Epstein's former girlfriend urges release of files:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-sexual-violence-has-no-political-party-epstein-s-former-girlfriend-urges-release-of-files-246958149882

* "Massie implores GOP colleagues to help force vote to release Epstein files:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/03/massie-gop-release-epstein-files-00541753

* "BREAKING: White House leans on GOPers in Congress to withhold Epstein files, says Rep. Robert Garcia:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/robert-garcia-epstein-cover-up

* "MTG, Boebert, Mace to back Epstein files vote, defying Trump White House:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mtg-boebert-mace-to-back-epstein-files-vote-defying-trump-white-house-246487109873

* "'Highly likely' Congress obtains Epstein birthday book:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-highly-likely-congress-obtains-epstein-birthday-book-247032901592

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* "Supreme Court allows Mississippi social media law to go into effect:" https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5482925/scotus-netchoice

* "Our Response to Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law:" https://bsky.social/about/blog/08-22-2025-mississippi-hb1126

* "Amy Coney Barrett, conservative panelists discuss overturning marriage equality:" https://www.advocate.com/news/conservatives-talk-marriage-equality

* "Marriage equality will be banned in these 31 states if Obergefell is overturned :" https://www.advocate.com/news/marriage-equality-trigger-laws-obergefell#rebelltitem32

* "How the Supreme Court’s conversion therapy case could reshape LGBTQ+ protections across America:" https://www.advocate.com/news/chiles-salazar-conversion-therapy-explainer

* "Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/trump-supreme-court-federal-trade-commission-slaughter.html

* "US Supreme Court poised to resolve clashes over Trump's power:" https://archive.ph/9JopT

* ""Calvinball": Judges give rare public rebuke of Supreme Court:" https://www.axios.com/2025/09/04/federal-judges-criticize-supreme-court-trump-calvinball

* "Don’t STEAL Act:" https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5048?s=1&r=1

* "Trump's pick to run Bureau of Labor Statistics has history of anti-LGBTQ+, misogynist tweets:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/bls-nominee-homophobic-sexist-comments

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* Our job for the next year and a half is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.

Please add more below if you have them.

* "Take action with Indivisible:" https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

* Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.  https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

* "Democracy 2025:" https://www.democracy2025.org/?utm_source=df-ad&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=21912407002&utm_content=721373734297&source=df-ad-gs&gad_source=1

* "Resisting Fascism in 2025 and Beyond:" https://www.prideandpagesbookclub.com/resisting-fascism-in-2025-and-beyond

* If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:

Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

And another: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php

Snail Mail Campaigns: https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html

"Congress. gov:" https://www.congress.gov/

White house (Possibly Dangerous): https://www.whitehouse.gov/

ACLU advice for writing to your Critters: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives

This tracks legislation: https://www.govtrack.us/

"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=share

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

"Vote Smart:" https://justfacts.votesmart.org/

Useful organizing links and resources: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=share

Protests: "50501 Events:" https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events

How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf

"How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely

"ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:" https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/

Contains a raid tip hotline amoung other things. "Know Your Rights
LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY:" https://wearecasa.org/know-your-rights/

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* "The Texas redistricting fight has been the backdrop for the Trump administration to test a new legal strategy:" https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/25/texas-redistricting-trump-lawsuits-courts/

* "Fresh off Texas Senate’s approval, new congressional map is target of lawsuits:" https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/23/texas-congressional-map-lawsuit/

* "Texas Republicans assigned troopers to tail this out lawmaker. He dragged them to a gay bar:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-democrat-redistricting-gay-bar

* "Trump says DOJ will sue California over redistricting as he celebrates similar Texas effort:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-california-lawsuit-texas-redistricting-newsom.html

* "Who is Catelin Drey? This Democrat just broke the Republican supermajority in Iowa:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/catelin-drey-breaks-iowa-supermajority

* "Why transgender people are not feeling Gavin Newsom:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/opinion-gavin-newsom-transgender-politics

* "Iowa’s Joni Ernst to retire from Congress, despite pressure from Republican leaders:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/iowas-joni-ernst-retire-congress-pressure-republican-leaders-rcna228056

* "GOP senator who said 'we are all going to die' won't run for re-election:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-senator-who-said-we-are-all-going-to-die-won-t-run-for-re-election-246152773680

* "'A fighter, not a follower': Iowa Democratic State Senator gunning for Senate seat vacated by Joni Ernst.:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-a-fighter-not-a-follower-iowa-democratic-state-senator-gunning-for-senate-seat-vacated-by-joni-ernst-246239813710

* "Virginia GOP’s gubernatorial ticket pairs anti-LGBTQ+ candidate with gay man whose rights she opposes:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/winsome-earle-sears-john-reid

* "A Dem Senate candidate was asked if she'd meet with Benjamin Netanyahu. She had a one-word answer.:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-a-dem-senate-candidate-was-asked-if-she-d-meet-with-benjamin-netanyahu-she-had-a-one-word-answer-247022149543

Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mallory-mcmorrow-for-us-senate

* "Nancy Mace scraps South Carolina campaign stop after nobody showed up to see the ‘proud transphobe':" https://www.advocate.com/news/nancy-mace-scraps-campaign-event

* "Abortion Pill Crackdown, Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill and Discriminatory Maps: Texas GOP Escalates Retaliation After Democratic Walkout:" https://msmagazine.com/2025/08/25/texas-republicans-democrats-walkout-maps-abortion-pills-bathroom-bill/

* "Texas legislature bans transgender people from public bathrooms:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/texas-passes-transgender-bathroom-ban

* "I’m just 16, and I already have too many memories of mass shootings:" https://www.startribune.com/annunciation-church-minneapolis-us-school-shootings/601462657

* "CNN anchor embarrasses White House counterterrorism chief over false transgender mass shooter stats:" https://www.advocate.com/news/brianna-keilar-sebastian-gorka-transgender

* "DOJ weighs firearm restrictions for transgender Americans after Minnesota church shooting:" https://www.advocate.com/news/doj-gun-restrictions-transgender

There have been 2 total trans mass shooters. Most mass shooters in the United states are Cis Straight white men.

Wouldn't it make more sense to pass sensible gun regulations that apply equally than single out a group which is far more likely to be shot than to shoot?

If we are singling out one group for a 2nd Amendment carve out, why isn't it the group most likely to do mass shootings and terrorist attacks?

* "DOJ's possible trans gun ban is cruel, misguided, and dangerous, says a leading gun safety advocate:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/potential-transgender-gun-ban-dangers

* "Lil Nas X breaks silence after 'terrifying last four days':" https://www.advocate.com/news/lil-nas-x-post-arrest-new-video-watch

* "Maine clinics denied Medicaid funds for low-income patients during lawsuit over Trump cuts to abortion providers:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/maine-clinics-denied-medicaid-funds-for-low-income-patients-during-lawsuit-over-trump-cuts-to-abortion-providers

* "Alaska’s medical board moves to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors:" https://www.advocate.com/health/alaskas-gender-affirming-care-board

* "Burkina Faso bans homosexuality, levying fines and up to 5 years in prison:" https://www.advocate.com/world/burkina-faso-bans-homosexuality

* "Two gay men publicly caned in Indonesia after being caught kissing:" https://www.advocate.com/world/indonesia-gay-sex-aceh-caning

* " Moroccan court sentences activist to prison for T-shirt reading Allah 'is lesbian' :" https://www.advocate.com/news/moroccan-activist-sentenced-allah-shirt

* "Ex-police officer pleads not guilty in killing of gay TV reporter and his boyfriend:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/jesse-baird-murder-plea

* "U.K.’s First Trans Judge Files Complaint Over Supreme Court's “Biological Sex” Ruling:" https://www.them.us/story/uk-trans-judge-supreme-court-biological-sex-ruling-victoria-mccloud

* "Fighting for LGBTQ+ youth: The cases challenging conversion therapy bans:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/conversion-therapy

* "Idaho man told police he wrapped child's body in Pride flag after fatally shooting them:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/idaho-teen-shot-by-father

* "Pennsylvania man charged with beating and choking drag artist outside bar:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/york-pennsylvania-queer-friends-assaulted

* "University of Wyoming sorority has the right to admit transgender women, federal judge rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/university-of-wyoming-sorority-transgender

* "Despite claims it's 'too woke,' Cracker Barrel actually has a fraught LGBTQ+ history:" https://www.advocate.com/news/cracker-barrel-lgbtq-history

* "Cracker Barrel returns to original logo in response to conservative whining:" https://www.advocate.com/news/cracker-barrel-returns-original-logo

* "Cracker Barrel quietly removes LGBTQ+ Pride and DEI page from website:" https://www.advocate.com/news/cracker-barrel-removes-pride-page

* "Cracker Barrel proves that the era of the angry, racist, homophobic white man is alive and well:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/cracker-barrel-angry-white-men-opinion

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* "Chile regulator raises bar to restart parts of Codelco mine after collapse:" https://archive.ph/hm1Px

* "Rattlesnake Creek is recovering:" https://ecology.wa.gov/blog/august-2025/rattlesnake-creek-is-recovering

* CW: Suicide. This is egregious. GenAi needs to be illegal."A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.:" https://archive.ph/2bhIV

* "Family accuses ChatGPT of helping their son commit suicide:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/family-accuses-chatgpt-of-helping-their-son-commit-suicide-246166085618

* "Queer as Fact: Romaine-la-Prophétesse :" https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8ga99-18f1c97

* "Iconic gay designer Giorgio Armani dead at 91, fashion house confirms:" https://www.advocate.com/news/giorgio-armani-dead

* "Out Olympic diver Greg Louganis sells medals to leave the U.S.:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/out-olympic-diver-greg-louganis-sells-medal-to-move-out-of-the-us

* "Black queer writer Roxane Gay to receive award for outstanding service to literature:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/roxane-gay-literary-award

* Thursday I had different time dependent errands. I was going to do several other things, including booster shots and blood tests, but I got a call about an hour before I left requiring me to be home by 1PM. Which means I still owe labs and needs my jabs. Sigh. Plus OTC and the cat errand.

I thought, I could go back down and do the medical errands Friday, about mid morning as a bunch of things arrived for me at the library since yesterday. I can time food in case they want fasting levels. Library opens at 10. Pharmacy closes for an hour for lunch. So does the lab, but 10 should be safe.

Then I check my email and Contractors are coming mid morning to do… I think the filter tank and extra grab rail by the toilet. If I still want to do labs and shots and library it'll be later.

In other email, the zoom meeting I missed for too many things happening in early August put off voting to ban my Pride and a bunch of my Halloween decorations. (I'm absolutely the target. We've been at war over it for half a decade).

Digging through the communications they've sent the last few days, it turns out they found yet more things not up to code during all the recent inspections, which is why the front door suddenly became wheel chair accessible a couple of weeks ago. The railing situation that fills me with alarm every time I have to go up that way when the elevator's not in service are in fact illegally unsafe.

The interesting thing was they sent a whole thing about needing an arborist to remove a tree yesterday? the day before? Anyway it turns out in the hidden meeting minutes they didn't publicise and hid in a hard to find folder on the website, that we were overdue on some sort of pipe inspection and unsilting. I imagine this is the same silt that destroys appliances that my contractors discovered independently, which I also suspect is causing serious water pressure issues in the bathroom sinks.

The tree's roots are inextricably involved with the water pipes. O.o Me: they deliberately planted a species of tree over the water pipes that grows to be 3-4 stories high and it never occurred to them that tall trees have deep roots. O.o

Note to self: Warn Squirrel they are getting kicked out of on site parking again, as the people we share the second spot with are using the one that's not getting appropriated for tree removal. I'm camped in dis

* It was nearly 10AM Friday morning and I was about to go drag in the forage boxes to sort, when it occurred to me to double check Email. The assembly went out of stock in the two or so weeks since the city approved the water filter, so they had to order one. They cancelled.

I dragged everything inside and geared up to go out. The window was a tad narrow as Lab lunch is 11AM and i got down there 10:25ish. There was a line, but I got in on time for them to take three big vials and one medium one. I did NOT feel good after between the quantity lost and the abysmal air quality from all the Wildfires. This despite me loading up on water all night in anticipation.

I tried to get my jabs anyway, but the new flu and covid booster formulations are late. Likely because of RFK Jr. deliberately delaying the committee that does things like pick flu strains, though they didn't say that part.

I have the Doctor late next week and I'll check then, but odds are on the week after. Sigh.

I dipped into the library and hit the discount grocery on the way home. It was so hot and humid that the frozen goods were soggy by the time I hit the register. There were delicate things on top of the box, so I left my books in the car on the grounds I couldn't carry them on the little fold out cart and unlike the groceries, the sun wouldn't damage them.

Then I needed food/meds. Then was putting groceries away and sorting forage and putting the perishables away. I needed a bath because of all the particulates in my hair an the way my eyes were itching. Tavy'd gone whole hog on the bed, which meant I needed to do a second load of laundry as I needed those pads to be clean and dry before I got up at night. If not, I'd have to steal from the sofa which would mean taking that apart.

It was a lot, especially given how fast my lungs had gone bad from being outside even masked. At least none on my joints popped out.

I skipped the cat errand because everything was melting. I had done what I could clustering all the frozen things together with the refrigerator stuff outside and then a layer of shelf stable on top of the box, but I was very glad I hadn't bought ice cream.

So I still need to do OTC and cat errand. Sigh. Plus there were things discount grocery doesn't carry, but those can wait. The other two can't.

I had to stay in bed until nearly 3AM. At least I finished my Gideon the Ninth reread.

I still feel terrible, but I expected to.

We still are waiting on three different city contractors to schedule, but that is no one's fault at all.

* I wrote a whole entry, hit the wrong button and lost it. I wish Tumblr's undo button were functional instead of made of glitches.

It is not surprising, but it IS very annoying that I am this laid up right now, between all the blood loss and having to be out in heat and extreme wildfire air pollution.

I did manage to finish my Gideon the Ninth Reread, my Rogue Protocol (Murderbot) reread and a rather meh (dated) ILL. I keep telling myself lying down accomplishments are still accomplishments.

All the lying down and staring at my curtain situation has led me to working out what I think might be the solution to the big gaps the replacement curtain rod is causing at the sides allowing passerby to see me when I move around in there. It involves yarn and a bunch of clips and the pins holding some of the art to my walls.

Unfortunately it also requires dangerous furniture climbing to get the thing down and later back up. Also the cats to not be camped in there. Also for me to not be dizzy. Sigh.

I haven't touched the box stacks in over a week and I really need to clear all those in my room and the living room before decorating season starts.

I had to strip the sofa down to the emergency last resort layer as I was too laid up to properly monitor the sofa in my sleep and thus Tavy went to town on it. This means that later I shall have to put the sofa back together which is an even harder and more exhausting task.

I did manage to do some more bathroom rearranging this morning at least. I also got two of the four cheap Ukiyo-e reproductions that got knocked off there pegs back up. The other two I had to toss as they were ruined. Look, they were small and cheap. I had them in there because I like having something serene and pretty to look at in there but the world didn't end if they were ruined. Still it's sad. I had them since the mid '90's or thereabouts.

I am tired, and so much not done this week. sigh.

* I intended to stay up and force an aggregate out, but my body vetoed that. New Millennial came and did dishes and made dinner and together we changed my bed sheets which is an epic undertaking. (Fitted sheet change is 2-3 spoons all by itself). The Shelf is put off until hopefully Wednesday. New Millennial went home and I had a long lie down while dinner baked.

I did manage to do the curtain adjustment. I decided against the yarn and changing the clips around seems to solve it. We'll see how it wears. I used to clip the ends to the rod, but we never did find the other half of the assembly after the Great HoA Compulsory Contractor Disaster. This rod you can't do that, but lets hope it's sorted.

* A friend in need: https://www.gofundme.com/f/small-business-creating-artistic-solutions?attribution_id=sl%3Ac83a07d3-8543-4aa5-9a29-f7ca8620c897&lang=en_US&ts=1755130502

* Squirrel Needs Help with Bills!

They've been running behind since last autumn because they got scammed, plus all the stuff with the Housing issues, plus the strike this Autumn. Now they had to quarantine for most of a week because of a dangerous exposure at work. They are fine, but it means they have a small paycheck right when all the things are due, including insurance and car payment to get to work, the Internet bill, etc..

If you'd like to help them out and help keep us both online:
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* "Donald Trump Is Alive | Out The White House Window | Rage In The Rose Garden:"

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* "A Scary Time For Chicago | Trump Gets FOMO Over China's Military Parade | Donald's Life Lessons:"

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* "RFK Jr. Sparks Vaccine Chaos | Bad News For Disney Fans | Why Trump Hates Windmills:"

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* "Trump vs. Higher Education: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "THE TOXIC AVENGER To Mop Up Medical Debt With Non-Profit Partnership:" https://www.fangoria.com/the-toxic-avenger-medical-debt-teamup/

* "All Questions Will Be Answered On The Final Season Of "The Late Show":"

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* Humans and Fae: Stray Cat Edition: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/793583653985927168#notes

* "Sunday Sweets: Modern Geometry:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-modern-geometry-2025

* "Sunday Sweets: Taste The Rainbow:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-taste-the-rainbow-2025

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* Call RFK Jr. to complain about him not funding vaccines ph# 202-690-7000

* CW: Suicide "These hotlines are still available for LGBTQ+ youth after Trump kills 988 services:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-hotlines-still-available

* "United States Disappeared Tracker:" https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

* "Introducing Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network:" https://aflcio.org/2025/4/16/introducing-rise-federal-workers-legal-defense-network

* Here are some ways to help Immigrants and the anti-ICE Protesters:

Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigtrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
Mid-South Immigration Advocates: https://miamemphis.org/

* Want to help Nathan Sage against Joni Ernst? https://www.sageforsenate.com/

* Want to help Dr. Annie Andrews beat Lindsey Graham?" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/loc_annie_fr_txt_q22025?refcode=LOC_RTL_FR_2025.05.29_Lindsey-Bad-Job_B1_C1_Pros_N_Peony_RG-T1&amount=5

* Want to help Mike Pruitt in Virginia? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mike-pruitt-1?refcode=directory

* Want to help Roy Cooper in North Carolina against Michael Whatley? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/roy_cooper_email?refcode=directory

* Want to help James Osyf in Virginia Beach? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/james-osyf-1?refcode=directory

* Want to help Omar Fateh in Minneapolis? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/campaign-fund-of-omar-fateh-1?refcode=directory
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