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* News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.




* "Israel expands attacks in Gaza and Yemen as Trump wraps up trip to region:" https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-israel-gaza-hamas-hostages-05-16-2025-fb5e3b08af46a55b6faeead7b8647dc6

* "Israeli bombing wave kills dozens in Gaza including at least 22 children, say reports:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/14/israel-hits-gaza-hospitals-in-deadly-strikes-after-pause-to-allow-release-of-edan-alexander

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* "Russia-Ukraine peace talks end after less than 2 hours with deal to swap POWs but no ceasefire:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-turkey-peace-talks-9a75e2069cea6c73d1276a9e53e7d6e5

* "Russia building major new explosives facility as Ukraine war drags on:" https://www.reuters.com/investigations/russia-building-major-new-explosives-facility-ukraine-war-drags-2025-05-08/?

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* "Kurdish PKK ends 40-year Turkey insurgency, bringing hope of regional stability:" https://archive.ph/EaRb3




* "What Would It Take to Rebuild Syria?:" https://thewalrus.ca/what-would-it-take-to-rebuild-syria

* "Romania’s Election Rerun: What’s at Stake as the Far Right Rises:" https://archive.ph/oC8Lf

* "Romania’s Destiny Rides on Trump Follower Versus Math Prodigy:" https://archive.ph/dyqPS

* "Libyan protesters demand prime minister quit as three ministers resign:" https://archive.ph/dI6bW

* "Workers strike in protest against job cuts at Ford Germany:" https://archive.ph/ZTztC

* "Protesters in Budapest demonstrate against 'Transparency Bill' with banner and red paint:" https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/16/protesters-in-budapest-demonstrate-against-transparency-bill-with-banner-and-red-paint




* "NATO mulls US demand for a big increase in defense spending as some struggle to meet today’s goal:" https://apnews.com/article/nato-rubio-trump-russia-ukraine-turkey-5c8b5ac67a05690635cab5e793a5e97d

* "Iran’s Khamenei Brands Trump a Liar in Escalation of Rhetoric:" https://archive.ph/Tfxv0

* "Dems move to block Middle East arms sales over Qatar plane deal:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/15/congress/dems-block-middle-east-arms-sales-00351865

* "No, You Can't Keep A "Free" Plane:"

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* "‘Hand-me-down’: How Trump got his jet from Qatar:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-hand-me-down-how-trump-got-his-jet-from-qatar-239693381917

* "The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-starlink-state-department-gambia-africa-pressure

* "Walmart says higher prices from tariffs coming as soon as this month:" https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5399154/walmart-higher-prices-tariffs

* "U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs:" https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-trump-media-stock-tariffs

* "Supreme Court halts Trump’s deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under Alien Enemies Act:" https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-stops-deportations

* "Supreme Court leaves Trump disgruntled after rejecting his deportation plans:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-reduced-to-whiny-complaints-on-social-media-after-supreme-court-rejects-his-deportation-plans-239808581906

* "Boo-hoo! A petulant Trump whines about flying on the majestic Air Force One:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-complains-air-force-one

* "D.H.S. Requests 20,000 National Guard Members to Help With Immigration Crackdown:" https://archive.ph/XGvxY

The National Guard dragging people Trump doesn't like out of their houses does not lead anywhere good.

* "Gabbard fires intel officials who oversaw memo contradicting White House claims on Venezuelan gang:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/gabbard-fires-intel-officials-oversaw-memo-contradicting-white-house-c-rcna206918

Remember how cherry picking intelligence at the White house's direction contributed to 9/11? I do.

* "Kirsti Noem won’t say if gay asylum-seeker deported to El Salvador’s ‘hellhole’ prison is still alive:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/robert-garcia-andry-hernandez-romero

* "Trump’s DHS considers reality TV show where immigrants fight for citizenship:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-immigration-reality-show

* "Protesters demand release of Dalton teen from ICE detention outside Rep. Greene's office:" https://newschannel9.com/news/local/right-thing-to-do-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-approves-of-dalton-students-deportation-ximena-arias-cristobal-immigrations-and-customs-enforcement-ice-whitfield-county-immigration-undocumented

* Know your rights and plan ahead. "Reacting To Hasan Piker's CBP Detention:"

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* "DHS Threatens To Arrest Sitting Members Of Congress:"

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* "The rise of end times fascism:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk

* We could be spending this money on keeping Social Security offices open. "Trump, US Army birthday bash plans include 25 Abrams tanks:" https://archive.ph/tF0ne

* This is all Dear Leader type stuff. "The huge banner of a glaring Trump in front of the USDA is a literal sign the U.S. has lost its democracy:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/huge-trump-banner-signals-despotism

* "'Most Transparent’ White House In History Keeps Majority Of Trump’s Remarks Secret:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-secret-transcripts_n_6824fe20e4b021b5064adc84

* Trump also threatened Springsteen's safety and freedom. "After Bruce Springsteen calls Trump "treasonous," the president responds by criticizing the rock star's skin:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bruce-springsteen-land-of-hopes-and-dreams-tour-trump-truth-social-post/

* "How Trump unleashed executive power:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-TRUMP/EXECUTIVE-ORDERS/gdpznealwpw/

* "Stephen Miller re-emerges as an ‘untouchable’ force in Trump’s White House:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/stephen-miller-untouchable-force-trump-white-house-rcna206180

* Anyone surprised the fraud they were using to dismantle the phone system was imaginary? "DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none:" https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/05/doge-went-looking-phone-fraud-ssa-and-found-almost-none/405346/

* "Disabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings:" https://apnews.com/article/disabled-federal-workers-layoffs-trump-77528e68350b62e52bab3455f0a87591

* "Pentagon begins mass removal of transgender troops:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-troops-purge-medical-records

* "NOAA database for extreme weather disasters cancelled:" https://flowingdata.com/2025/05/13/noaa-database-for-extreme-weather-disasters-cancelled/

* "FEMA 'not ready' for hurricane season, internal review finds:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fema-ready-hurricane-season-internal-review-finds/story?id=121837637

* I think we all know why. "Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation:" https://archive.ph/QoBiE

* "RFK Jr. Pledge to Review Abortion Pill Draws Quick Criticism:" https://news.bgov.com/health-law-and-business/rfk-jr-commitment-to-review-abortion-pill-draws-quick-criticism

* A thing on why RFK Jr,'s vaccine placebo studies are unethical: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/783809081015238656/cancer-treatment-studies-rarely-have-placebo?source=share

* "Sen. Sanders presses Secretary Kennedy on cuts to cancer research:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-sanders-presses-secretary-kennedy-on-cuts-to-cancer-research-239647813845




* "Two Supreme Court Justices Invited an All-Out Assault on the Voting Rights Act. Now It’s Here.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/supreme-court-justices-neil-gorsuch-clarence-thomas-voting-rights.html

* "Amy Coney Barrett Tears Into Trump Official to Defend Liberal Justice at Supreme Court:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/amy-coney-barrett-tears-into-trump-official-to-defend-liberal-justice-elena-kagan-at-supreme-court/

* "“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas:" https://www.propublica.org/article/homevestors-fraud-charles-carrier-texas

* "Under ‘Crime-Free Housing’ Laws, Families May Be Evicted for Minor Offenses:" https://archive.ph/pdv8I

* "How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap:" https://archive.ph/OKhcM

* We need to fight the Budget Bill

If this budget passes, people die because they won't be able to afford the copays, especially as Trump economic policies kill jobs and keep causing prices to rise.

They are sacrificing people for the billionaires that bought them.

When you contact your Congress Critter, say what you need to say to keep Republicans split and keep Democratic spines stiff in the House.

* It is working! Every delay helps! The more we can split Republicans, the better!

* "House budget panel rejects GOP megabill amid conservative opposition:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/16/house-budget-panel-approves-gop-megabill-for-floor-action-as-leaders-mull-tweaks-00353326

* Stay Noisy! Flood the Republicans with complaints! "GOP infighting sends Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' off the rails:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-big-brutal-setback-gop-infighting-sends-trump-s-big-beautiful-bill-off-the-rails-239811141510

* RE: SAVE ACT "Do This Today: Call Senators:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2036106.html

If these are your Senators, please stop what you are doing and call now:

KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)

* This one is a super dangerous attack on the judiciary's ability to protect citizen's rights. "H.R. 1526: NORRA of 2025:" https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr1526

* "New Republican House bill bans transgender troops & seeks to strip trans vets of security clearances:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gop-bill-bans-transgender-military




* Our job for the next two years 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/

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/




* "From trauma to triumph, will NYC Councilman Erik Bottcher become the city's first out gay mayor one day?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/erik-bottcher-nyc-city-council

* "Texas House moves toward repealing anti-sodomy law:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-advances-sodomy-law-repeal

* "DeSantis signs bill making Florida second state to ban fluoride from its water system:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/desantis-signs-bill-making-florida-2nd-state-ban-121846716

* "American Dental Association Objects to Florida Surgeon General’s Stance, Reaffirms Strong Support for Community Water Fluoridation:" https://www.ada.org/about/press-releases/american-dental-association-objects-to-florida-surgeon-generals-stance

* "Florida just created a law to ban fluoride in water. What should you do now?:" https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/05/17/florida-just-passed-a-bill-to-ban-fluoride-what-should-you-do-now/

* "Rep. Libby’s rhetoric spoils high school running | Letter:" https://www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/rep-libbys-rhetoric-spoils-high-school-running-letter/

* "Nevada man used antigay slur in death threats to U.S. senator:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/death-threats-senator-nevada

* "How the MAGA 'manosphere' exploits attention to attract eager, young voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/how-the-maga-manosphere-exploits-attention-to-attract-eager-young-voters-239811141612

* "Teen ‘innocent bystander’ fatally shot during a fight near a New York City school:" https://apnews.com/article/girl-killed-stray-bullet-new-york-bronx-2698416723a3afa59705f16513f79a93

* "Judge orders ‘remediation manager’ to oversee Rikers Island jails:" https://gothamist.com/news/judge-orders-remediation-manager-to-oversee-rikers-island-jails

* "What you need to know about the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, & Biphobia (IDAHOBIT):" https://www.advocate.com/news/what-is-idahobit

* "Why June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month:" https://www.advocate.com/news/why-june-lgbtq-pride-month

* "Adolescents of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Sexual Orientation, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Risk Exposure:" https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3210350/

* Sigh. "Pope Leo XIV says marriage is 'between a man and a woman':" https://www.advocate.com/news/pope-leo-heterosexual-marriage

* "MEPs protest Hungary’s Budapest Pride ban:" https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/16/meps-protest-hungarys-budapest-pride-ban

* "NYU withholds degree from gay transgender student over commencement speech:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-student-nyu-speech






* "All of the biggest U.S. cities are sinking:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250508112609.htm

* "A century ago, suspended monorails were serious mass-transit contenders:" https://www.popsci.com/technology/suspended-monorails-history/

* "The Day Grok Told Everyone About ‘White Genocide’:" https://archive.ph/05Wqh

* "Four bad AI futures take root:" https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/four-bad-ai-futures-arrived-this

* "Yes, the Lopez v. Apple lawsuit over Siri allegedly snooping on users is real. Here's how to cash in:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lopez-apple-siri-lawsuit/

* "Scientists Have Just Discovered a New Type of Electricity-Conducting Bacteria:" https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-have-just-discovered-a-new-type-of-electricity-conducting-bacteria/

* "A rare New Zealand snail is filmed for the first time laying an egg from its neck:" https://apnews.com/article/zealand-snail-egg-neck-powelliphanta-augusta-3cb8082547a83b8c47848b6621c06cb0?

* "In Order to Unravel the Many Mysteries of Squids, Scientists Dive Into Their Mating Frenzies:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/in-order-to-unravel-the-many-mysteries-of-squids-scientists-dive-into-their-mating-frenzies-180986551/

* "Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal:" https://theconversation.com/young-bats-learn-to-be-discriminating-when-listening-for-their-next-meal-253321

* "Scientists once thought only humans could bob to music. Ronan the sea lion helped prove them wrong:" https://apnews.com/article/ronan-dancing-sea-lion-boogie-wonderland-ef575607db2f710fe102e2dd7c994049

* "The surprising evolution of the weirdest animals on Earth, according to a new study:" https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/science/platypus-echidna-monotremes-evolution/index.html

* "Antarctica has a huge, completely hidden mountain range. New data reveals its birth over 500 million years ago:" https://theconversation.com/antarctica-has-a-huge-completely-hidden-mountain-range-new-data-reveals-its-birth-over-500-million-years-ago-256231

* "Explore Rome’s Hidden Underworld, Where a City Lurks Beneath a City:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/explore-romes-hidden-underworld-city-beneath-city-180986228/

* "The Cult of Whiteness | How a 17th Century Idea Shaped Modern History:"

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* "The Hell We Raised: How Texas Shaped the Gunfighter Era:" https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/gunfighters-old-west-wilder-bloodier/

* "Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31:"

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* "Carved in Memory: How a family heirloom uncovered the life of a man imprisoned in a First World War internment camp.:" https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/carved-in-memory

* "100 Years Ago: The Man Who Singlehandedly Stopped Thousands of Illegal Deportations:" https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/100-years-ago-the-man-who-singlehandedly-stopped-thousands-of-illegal-deportations/

* "Amaze Yourself With the Unbelievable Story of Bessie Coleman, the Black Aviator Who Wowed the Nation With Her High-Flying Achievements:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amaze-yourself-unbelievable-story-bessie-coleman-black-aviator-wowed-nation-high-flying-achievements-180986564/

* "The Art Spy who Stopped Hitler from Emptying the Louvre:" https://www.messynessychic.com/2025/05/14/the-artful-spy-who-stopped-hitler-from-emptying-the-louvre/

* "The Daring Polish Resistance Fighter Who Volunteered to Be Sent to Auschwitz So He Could Sabotage the Nazi Death Camp From the Inside:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-daring-polish-resistance-fighter-who-volunteered-to-be-sent-to-auschwitz-so-he-could-sabotage-the-nazi-death-camp-from-the-inside-180986559/

* "‘A Priceless Inheritance’: Preserving Memories of Black Life in Memphis:" https://archive.ph/W0q1Q

* "Veteran Crushes Tesla in Protest:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CKnQo5ZyFqA

* "Captivating Classics:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BQPj-DSaZ_U

* "Ruinous Rome:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0YMZBCsC9WE

* "Sizzling Senate Houses:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uORP0eOj7Vc

* "Pernicious Plantagenets:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JSHSEjKsznw

* "Rowdy Robert the Bruce:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KLFouMTMhOc

* "Devilish Dinners:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JlOrGs_1y7Y

* "Terrifying Townton:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HmGMOhDMryY

* "Triumphant Tudors:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I1JK-_XUijE

* "Sulking Samurai:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/woxDfQtNCmE

* "Gilded Fish: Illustrations from Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine (1780) :" https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/chinese-fishes/

* "Sam Stone - Call ACab (Lyrics):"

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* "1953 Lavender Marriage Song:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/En3pf6qGyO8

* I am watching Murderbot with a friend.

We both found them putting Murderbot's bare face in the promotional stuff disturbing. Sec Unit would hate that and really in the books one lives inside Murderbot's head. It's just really jarring to be looking at it like that.

I have thought about it while watching the episodes. I think I would prefer if during the bits where the humans make it retract the helmet, all shots were either Murderbot POV of the other person or via the cameras/drones, whatever, so it's Murderbot's view of Murderbots via the remotes.

I know they'd never have done it that way as Skarsgard is expensive, so odds are they want his face on screen as much as they can justify.

I just, idk. I am so used to thinking of murderbot as genderless and from the inside. Having such a famous face embodying this character is super distracting.

(I have nothing against Mr. Skarsgard. He's beeen great in everything I've seen him in previously and he has a lot of range and a sense of humor about himself. It's not that I think he's doing anything wrong acting wise here, I just think having someone so famous doing this makes sense financially, but not artistically).

I think the rest of the casting is excellent and the characterizations seems good so far. I have some other concerns, but I'm happy with it over all. It's just a bit disorienting.

*****
* 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.

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

* "Nationwide Economic Blackout: Boycott Dates for Target, Amazon, Others:" https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-economic-blackout-boycott-dates-target-amazon-others-2037986

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

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* As has been the case since January, the sort may be a little rough. News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.




* "Israel redraws Gaza map, limiting Palestinians to a third of the enclave:" https://archive.ph/5eN2N

* "Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 12 overnight in Gaza, including kids:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-airstrikes-latest-0f9a737e82458cf2e74259adab530749

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* "Ukraine, US sign minerals deal sought by Trump:" https://archive.ph/WVRyL

* "Russian drone attack kills two, injures 15 in Ukraine's Odesa:" https://archive.ph/7AozJ

* "Russian troops try to advance in Ukraine's Sumy region, governor says:" https://archive.ph/WmIdU

* "Russians fighting more intensely despite ceasefire talk, Ukrainian commander says:" https://archive.ph/3Tsny

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* "More than a dozen killed in sectarian clashes near Syrian capital:" https://archive.ph/Ekp9J




* "Georgian police raid homes of activists providing financing to anti-government protesters:" https://archive.ph/IOumz

* "European court tells Serbia to ‘prevent the use of sonic weapons’ after protesters’ claims at rally:" https://apnews.com/article/serbia-sonic-weapon-human-rights-court-30de60760590703a457a896239e886e9

* "Serbian students, unions join forces six months into mass protest campaign:" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250501-serbian-students-unions-join-forces-for-anti-corruption-protest

* "Black Sea may hold back world wheat supplies into 2026:" https://archive.ph/tDVpb




* "The Senate votes down resolution to block Trump’s global tariffs amid economic turmoil:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-economy-7f81370d120d9529a354d2a4db32a7e5

* "Trump shrugs off shortage fears: Kids may get 'two dolls instead of 30’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-shrugs-off-shortage-fears-kids-may-get-two-dolls-instead-of-30-238666821858

* "Trump claims he 'could' have Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the U.S. His administration has said otherwise.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-claims-kilmar-abrego-garcia-returned-us-administration-said-othe-rcna203734

* "SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison:" https://archive.ph/JgmYi

* "‘Hands off our neighbors’: Protestors gather in Evansville after day of ICE raids:" https://www.14news.com/2025/04/30/hands-off-our-neighbors-protestors-gather-evansville-after-day-ice-raids/

* "Trump Administration’s ICE Immigration Raids Have Dairy Farmers on Edge:" https://buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/trump-administrations-ice-immigration-raids-have-dairy-farmers-on-edge/

* "Active duty military caught in immigration raid at makeshift night club in Colorado Springs, no criminal charges filed:" https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/28/colorado-springs-immigration-raid-no-charges/

* "He was sent to El Salvador; she was sent to Venezuela. Their 2-year-old is still in the US:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/el-salvador-venezuela-2-year-us/story?id=121296196

* "FAMILY SEPARATION upon Deportation; 40,000 Pets Reunified:"

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* "Homeland Security admits Oklahoma raid targeted wrong people:" https://kfor.com/news/local/homeland-security-admits-oklahoma-raid-targeted-wrong-people/

* "Protests erupt as border czar Tom Homan visits Rochester:" https://13wham.com/news/local/protests-erupt-as-white-house-border-czar-tom-homan-visits-rochester-police-locust-club-union-immigration-traffic-stop-trump-administration

* "'I am not afraid of you,' Columbia student says of Trump after release from ICE:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-columbia-student-detained-ice-seek-release-case/story?id=121317902

* "ICE Goes After US-Born Children:"

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* "'Historic debacle': Trump sets new standard for poor presidential performance; Americans displeased:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-historic-debacle-trump-sets-new-standard-for-poor-presidential-performance-americans-displeased-238684229542

* This terrifies me. "‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State:" https://archive.ph/aFMlT

* "Real mission of DOGE seen in new insights on federal data and privacy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/real-mission-of-doge-seen-in-new-insights-on-federal-data-and-privacy-238682181934

* "US CDC cancels science group workshop on preventing human bird flu infections:" https://archive.ph/KmB0Y

* "In visit to Texas, RFK Jr. said autism, diabetes deserve more attention than measles:" https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/29/texas-measles-robert-kennedy-autism/

It would be so much cheaper to just vaccinate people with measles then to let them get measles. It would also cut down on things like long term health effects, measles related disabilities, and children dying.

I'm not against diabetes research. I'm just saying we could have both.

Re Autism Disinformation from RFK Jr.: https://www.tumblr.com/hyperlexichypatia/781765301357379584?source=sha

* "The US has nearly 900 measles cases, and 10 states have active outbreaks. Here's what to know:" https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/measles-outbreaks-what-to-know/507-958f9508-c77b-474e-bae5-d0b1a960e9b6

* "Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US:" https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-mexico-canada-ontario-0956a30c043b030ae79bc9f67c6ce89c

* "‘Insane’: Workers who protect coal miners face termination thanks to DOGE:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-insane-workers-who-protect-coal-miners-face-termination-thanks-to-doge-238668869911

* "Can the Trump administration intervene on Colorado’s new gun-control law? Republicans hope so.:" https://www.denverpost.com/2025/04/17/colorado-gun-control-law-pam-bondi-legislature/

* "US, Kari Lake Must Disburse $12 Million to Radio Free Europe:" https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/us-kari-lake-must-disburse-12-million-to-radio-free-europe




* "List of USA protests today:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3623856.html

I would like to thank all those protesting today!

* "Financial Services Republicans approve CFPB cuts for GOP megabill:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/30/congress/financial-services-republicans-approve-cfpb-cuts-for-gop-megabill-00320143

* RE: SAVE ACT "Do This Today: Call Senators:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2036106.html

If these are your Sewnators, please stop what you are doing and call now:

KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)

* This one is a super dangerous attack on the judiciary's ability to protect citizen's rights. "H.R. 1526: NORRA of 2025:" https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr1526




* Our job for the next two years 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/

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

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

Some semi-organized snail mail campaigns:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html

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

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

Script to complain about Elon Musk/DOGE. I also suggest contacting your AG about data privacy. "Introducing Red State Scripts, Vol. 1:" https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2025/02/10/introducing-red-state-scripts-vol-1/

* 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

* "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

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

* 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

* Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

* "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/

* Free Bystander training amoung other useful things. "Right to Be Training:" https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings/




* " In ‘Partisan Effort to Steal a Seat on the Supreme Court,’ Ruling Gives GOP Control of NC Election Board:" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/north-carolina-court-state-election-board-republican-control/

* "Illinois governor says don’t blame trans kids for losses by ‘do-nothing Democrats’ in fiery speech:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/jb-pritzker-defends-trans-kids

* "Wide-ranging crackdown on abortion pills passes Texas Senate:" https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/29/texas-senate-abortion-pill-bill/

* "Missouri Senate committee advances reinstating statewide abortion ban:" https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-04-30/missouri-senate-committee-advances-reinstating-statewide-abortion-ban

* "Poland's last 'LGBTQ-free zone' is no more:" https://www.advocate.com/news/poland-lgbtq-free-zone-abolished

* "Spokane City Council passes measure protecting LGBTQ+ rights and gender-affirming care:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/spokane-washington-lgbtq-ordinance

* "Bacteria use ancient war trick to outsmart viruses—and it could help us fight superbugs:" https://phys.org/news/2025-04-bacteria-ancient-war-outsmart-viruses.html




* "How 50 years of climate change has changed the face of the 'Blue Marble' from space:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-how-50-years-of-climate-change-has-changed-the-face-of-the-blue-marble

* "Countries agree to global carbon tax on shipping, opposed by Trump:" https://archive.ph/uYefp

* "Almost half of Americans are now exposed to unhealthy air pollution:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/air-quality-climate-change

* "Severe weather brings deadly storms and flash flooding across swath of U.S.:" https://archive.ph/0PMAQ

* "Myanmar quake: Ongoing aftershocks spread fear:" https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1162711

* "Myanmar Earthquake Relief:" https://www.myanmarearthquakehelp.com/en/donate

* "Native Village of Tyonek, 40 miles from Mount Spurr, prepares for potential eruption:" https://alaskapublic.org/news/public-safety/2025-04-29/native-village-of-tyonek-40-miles-from-mount-spurr-prepares-for-potential-eruption




* "Managing Our Forests Better:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JGNEdVhBw3w

* "Your phone isn’t secretly listening to you, but the truth is more disturbing :" https://newatlas.com/computers/smartphone-listening-conversations-ads-facebook/

* "A Researcher Found Hidden Messages on an Obelisk. They Weren’t Meant for Ordinary Eyes.:" https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a64565606/hidden-messages-obelisk/

* "Medieval tapestry’s penis count remains a bone of contention:" https://www.popsci.com/science/medieval-tapestry-controversy/

* "Selling Your Wife At Market: The London History Show:"

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* "The Unhinged Trials of Oscar Wilde:"

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* "The First Cat Memes: History of Cats 3 | World History | Extra History:"

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* "77 Colorized Images That Show The Roaring Twenties As It Truly Was:" https://allthatsinteresting.com/1920s-colorizations

* "These 27 new LGBTQ+ movies & TV shows are heating up May:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/upcoming-movies-tv-shows-lgbtq#rebelltitem1

* "Why Do I Love These VICIOUS Queens?:"

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* "What's the Difference Between Art & Design?:"

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* "Who Gets to Be a "Real" Artist? (Amateur & Outsider Art): Crash Course Art History #13:"

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* "How a Banana Sold for $150,000 : Modern Art:"

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* "Why Is Art So Expensive?:"

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* "True Facts: The Bizarre Magic of Water Walkers:"

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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.

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

* "Nationwide Economic Blackout: Boycott Dates for Target, Amazon, Others:" https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-economic-blackout-boycott-dates-target-amazon-others-2037986

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

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* As has been the case since January, the sort may be a little rough. News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.




* "The US has quietly gotten into another war in the Middle East: With near daily strikes against Yemen’s Houthis, is there an end in sight?:" https://archive.ph/koLeC




* "Militants kill at least 26 tourists at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir:" https://apnews.com/article/kashmir-tourist-attack-dc7067a18899d9e7ff7726d4e05982c3?

* "Inside a City Swept by Roving Gunmen, Deadly Grudges and Fear:" https://archive.ph/ZZtGn

* "A massive explosion at an Iranian port possibly linked to missile fuel kills 25, injures some 800:" https://apnews.com/article/iran-explosion-fire-bandar-abbas-72637c6b3e152a30045275f57ace29ed

* "25 arrested across France after prison attacks:" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/04/28/french-prison-attacks-around-20-arrests-conducted-across-france_6740692_7.html

* "Large areas of Spain and Portugal hit by massive power blackout:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/large-parts-spain-portugal-hit-by-power-outage-2025-04-28/

* "Mark Carney's Liberals win Canada election amid Trump's 51st state comments:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-suggests-canadians-elect-making-country-51st-state/story?id=121241461

* "Full List of Seats Mark Carney's Liberals Flipped in Canada Election Win:" https://www.newsweek.com/list-seats-mark-carney-liberal-party-flipped-canada-election-2065569

* "Peter Dutton claims Aussie renters are ‘more inclined’ to vote Labor before their ‘views mature politically’:" https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/peter-dutton-claims-aussie-renters-are-more-inclined-to-vote-labor-before-their-views-mature-politically/news-story/f89f489a35b4c4be5191ab72fc986285

* Early voting has started in Australia. I wish you the best of luck.

* "Australia's young voters set aside disillusionment to keep out right-wing:" https://archive.ph/oExlt

* "Australia's last vote was all about Indigenous people - now they say it's 'silence':" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2v6zy2nyvo

* "Japan Buys First South Korea Rice in Two Decades As Prices Surge:" https://archive.ph/T7D29




* "Risk of global economic recession surges on US tariff shockwaves: Reuters poll:" https://archive.ph/ebT62

* "Consumer expectations crater to three-decade low amid Trump tariff chaos:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/consumers-confidence-tariffs-economy-inflation-00309521

* "Chris Hughes - “Marketcrafters" & The Art of Shaping the American Economy | The Daily Show:"

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* "Exclusive: US-China fentanyl talks hang by thread amid trade war:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-china-fentanyl-talks-hang-by-thread-amid-trade-war-2025-04-23/

* "Amazon is not planning to break out tariff costs online as White House attacks potential move:" https://apnews.com/article/amazon-tariff-prices-trump-white-house-8598569632263872a6c04f7ef330c0fd

* "White House unveils plan to ease tariff impact on US automakers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/29/white-house-automaker-tariff-relief-00315624

* "Retailers Fear Toy Shortages at Christmas as Tariffs Freeze Supply Chain:" https://archive.ph/ko8B1

* "'People will notice': Trump can’t bully and lie his way out of higher prices and empty shelves, says Hayes:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-people-will-notice-trump-can-t-bully-and-lie-his-way-out-of-higher-prices-and-empty-shelves-says-hayes-238583877642

* "Tariffs may mean more US steel jobs. Will there be workers to fill them?:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/tariffs-may-mean-more-us-steel-jobs-will-there-be-workers-fill-them-2025-04-23/?

* "White House threatens to veto Senate measure nixing Trump’s global tariffs:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/28/congress/trump-tariff-veto-threat-00312199

* "California sues the Trump administration over the president's sweeping tariffs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/california-sues-trump-administration-presidents-sweeping-tariffs-rcna201498

* "Nevada joins a dozen states in suing the Trump administration to stop tariff policy:" https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada-joins-a-dozen-states-in-suing-the-trump-administration-to-stop-tariff-policy

* "Insider Trading From Trump's Tariffs?:"

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* "Many Canadian 'snowbirds' in US looking to pack up and fly north - for good:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/many-canadian-snowbirds-us-looking-pack-up-fly-north-good-2025-04-22/?

* "The Long History of Lawlessness in U.S. Policy Toward Latin America:" https://theintercept.com/2025/04/22/trump-latin-america-bukele-el-salvador-prison/?

* "Airline that struck deal to operate deportation flights faces growing backlash:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5375779/airline-that-struck-deal-to-operate-deportation-flights-faces-growing-backlash

* "‘Give her back’: Family rallies after Tampa mother suddenly deported back to Cuba:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/her-back-family-rallies-tampa-010530636.html

* "Trump staff puts immigrants' mug shots on White House lawn:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/trump-posters-white-house-arrested-immigrants

* "Non-profit says Venezuelan man arrested by federal agents in Whitefish was in U.S. legally:" https://montanafreepress.org/2025/04/28/non-profit-says-venezuelan-man-arrested-by-federal-agents-in-whitefish-was-in-u-s-legally/

* "Trump Readies Orders Targeting Sanctuary Cities, Police Reforms:" https://archive.ph/bBwtr

* "U.S. Citizens Keep Getting Caught Up in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/tracking-us-citizens-children-detained-deported-ice-trump-updates.html

* "Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-immigration-detained-americans-congress-questions-unanswered

* Puerto Ricans are US Citizens. "Trump’s Deportation Dragnet Widens and Puerto Ricans Are Getting Caught in It:" https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-deportation-dragnet-widens-catches-puerto-ricans-american-citizens

* "Lawyers for Deported U.S. Citizen Kids Say Moms Were ‘Coerced’ Into Taking Them:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-rubio-deported-us-citizen-children-mothers-coerced-1235326214/

* "You Can't Deport US Citizens:"

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* "Victims of Trump's irresponsible anti-immigrant crusade include American citizens:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/victims-of-trump-s-irresponsible-anti-immigrant-crusade-include-american-citizens-238599749587

* "‘We’re citizens!’: Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren’t suspects:" https://kfor.com/news/local/were-citizens-oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-after-ice-raids-home-but-they-werent-suspects/

Everything they had was stolen, they were terrorized, they weren't allowed to dress, including the children.

We said this was where it was going. Now it's here.

* "American mother, daughters terrorized by ICE in botched search for immigrants: report:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/american-mother-daughters-terrorized-by-ice-in-botched-search-for-immigrants-report-238599237825

* "Trump exploits loophole to militarize the border; Americans potential targets of military arrests:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-exploits-loophole-to-militarize-the-border-americans-potential-targets-of-military-arrests-238516805772




* "The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide:" https://verfassungsblog.de/the-authoritarian-regime-survival-guide/

* "‘I Run the Country and the World’:" https://archive.ph/0rjX1

* "Trump: ‘I’d like to be pope’:" https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-us-president-pope-francis-catholic-church/

* "Trump’s first 100 days are the worst for the stock market since Nixon:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/trumps-first-100-days-are-the-worst-for-the-stock-market-since-nixon.html

* "Trump’s Polls Decline Near 100-Day Mark, Raising Tax-Plan Stakes:" https://archive.ph/p8dJn

* "Trump Melts Down Over Plummeting Popularity, Says Pollsters Are ‘Criminals’:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-melts-down-poll-numbers-investigations-1235326327/

* "‘The American people are onto Donald Trump’: Van Hollen on Trump’s sinking popularity:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-american-people-are-onto-donald-trump-van-hollen-on-trump-s-sinking-popularity-238582341873

* "Senate Democrats to mark Trump’s ‘100 days from hell’ with marathon speeches:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-crypto-coin-white-house-tour/

* "100 days of erasure: Connecting the dots of Trump’s relentless war on LGBTQ+ lives:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-100-days-lgbtq-erasure

* "Loud, proud, and persistently fabulous: The art of resistance in Trump's transphobic era:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-100-days

* "100 days and 100 of the most hilarious, horrific, and heinous things done by the Trump administration:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/100-days-donald-trump-worst

* "Watch thousands protest President Trump outside Michigan rally:" https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/04/watch-thousands-protest-president-trump-outside-michigan-rally.html

* "Baltimore County senior living facility residents protest Trump administration policies:" https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-county-senior-trump-charlestown-protest-maryland-medicaid/

* "Trump Crypto Coin Buyers Offered VIP Tour of White House:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-crypto-coin-white-house-tour/

* "Memphis environmental justice groups speak out against air pollution caused by Elon Musk's xAI, gas turbines:" https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/memphis-environmental-justice-groups-speak-out-against-air-pollution-caused-by-elon-musks-xai-gas-turbines/522-64a71bd6-3fd1-4717-bf39-d10feaab80c5

* "What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too:" https://archive.ph/nzSW6

* "Local civil rights leaders arrested after protesting in D.C. :" https://www.wral.com/news/state/civil-rights-leaders-arrested-protest-washington-dc-april-2025/

* "Hegseth cancels Pentagon program. It was signed into law by Trump.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/29/hegseth-women-peace-and-security-program-00315226

* "The Trump Administration’s War on Children:" https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse

* "How cuts at the National Institutes of Health could impact Americans' health:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-layoffs-budget-cuts-medical-research-60-minutes/

* "RFK Jr.'s cuts to CDC lead poisoning team bring efforts to help tribes, health departments to a standstill:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-cdc-lead-poisoning/

* "RFK Jr.’s cuts to CDC eliminate labs tracking STIs, hepatitis outbreaks:" https://archive.ph/OVYrE

* "Trump cuts threaten free vaccine program for kids amid measles outbreak:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-cuts-threaten-free-vaccine-program-kids-amid-measles-outbreak-2025-04-23/?lctg=6121ad345013e8587f23974f

* This is hands down the best and most cogent response to RFK Jr.'s attack on Autistic People: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/782258870669180928?source=share

* CW: Suicide. "Advocates and health experts worry Trump's suicide prevention hotline cuts will increase LGBTQ+ youth deaths:" https://www.advocate.com/news/988-crisis-cuts-catastrophic-consequences

* "Activists hold 'die-in' at HHS to protest Trump health care cuts: in photos :" https://www.advocate.com/news/hrc-protests-trump-health-cuts#rebelltitem1

* "White House anti-gender-affirming care post is full of lies:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/white-house-transgender-care-lies

* "Trump's DOJ withdraws support for trans woman incarcerated in Georgia:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-prisoner-georgia-trump-doj

* "Trump's DOE orders University of Pennsylvania to erase trans athletes' records:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/university-pennsylvania-erase-transgender-records

* "Trump May Soon Offer a Motherhood Medal, an Idea Popularized in Nazi Germany:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-motherhood-medal-pronatalist-nazi/

* "US dismisses all authors of National Climate Assessment, email says:" https://archive.ph/3sJmG

* "Trump touts ‘clean coal’ — but cuts programs that protect miners:" https://archive.ph/e5YW4

* "Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5366814/endangered-species-act-change-harm-trump-rule

Here's where to let them know what you think of it: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/17/2025-06746/rescinding-the-definition-of-harm-under-the-endangered-species-act

* "May Day protesters rally in downtown Dallas against Trump policies on labor rights:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2025/04/27/may-day-protesters-rally-in-downtown-dallas-against-trump-policies/

* "Justice Department nixes Biden-era protections for journalists in leak probes:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/justice-depatment-journalists-leaks-investigations-00311515

* "Looking to Trump’s next 100 days: DOJ tees up process for jailing journalists:" https://www.salon.com/2025/04/29/looking-to-trumps-next-100-days-doj-tees-up-process-for-jailing-journalists/

* "'Absolute insanity': Outrage as right-wing activist asks If Trump will suspend Habeas Corpus:" https://www.alternet.org/trump-habeas-corpus/

* "Justice Department Guts Voting Rights Unit: Report:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/justice-department-guts-voting-rights-unit-1235326589/

* "DOJ Inadvertently Files Attorney Client Memo (That Says Their Case Sucks):"

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* "3 federal prosecutors assigned to Eric Adams case resign, say they won't admit to 'wrongdoing':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/3-federal-prosecutors-assigned-eric-adams-case-resign/story?id=121053687?

* "Trump-controlled Kennedy Center cancels all WorldPride events:" https://www.advocate.com/news/worldpride-kennedy-center-events-cancelled




* "Congress Returns from Spring Recess to Draft Sweeping Budget Resolution Slashing Funding for Medicaid and Food Assistance:" https://nlihc.org/resource/congress-returns-spring-recess-draft-sweeping-budget-resolution-slashing-funding-medicaid

* "Fox News’ many justifications for extending Trump’s tax cut for the wealthy:" https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-many-justifications-extending-trumps-tax-cut-wealthy

* Republicans are planning to steal health care and food out of the mouths of children to pay for their tax cuts to the rich and corporations.

* "Katherine Maher - Why America Needs Public Media | The Daily Show:"

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* RE: SAVE ACT "Do This Today: Call Senators:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2036106.html

If these are your Sewnators, please stop what you are doing and call now:

KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)

* This one is a super dangerous attack on the judiciary's ability to protect citizen's rights. "H.R. 1526: NORRA of 2025:" https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr1526

* "A tax on credit unions is a tax on me.:" https://www.donttaxmycreditunion.org/

* "Democrats reintroduce Equality Act as Trump escalates war on LGBTQ+ community:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/democrats-reintroduce-equality-act

* "Some semi-organized snail mail campaigns:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html




* Our job for the next two years 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/

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

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

Some semi-organized snail mail campaigns:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html

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

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

Script to complain about Elon Musk/DOGE. I also suggest contacting your AG about data privacy. "Introducing Red State Scripts, Vol. 1:" https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2025/02/10/introducing-red-state-scripts-vol-1/

* 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

* "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

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

* 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

* Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

* "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/

* Free Bystander training amoung other useful things. "Right to Be Training:" https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings/




* "Lesbian Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig launches historic U.S. Senate bid:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/angie-craig-announces-senate-run

* "Who is John Reid, the gay MAGA Republican that Virginia’s GOP governor wants off the statewide ballot?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gay-maga-republican-john-reid

* "Class emerges as a key factor in who gets sent to prison:" https://phys.org/news/2025-02-class-emerges-key-factor-prison.html

* "An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?

* "Starved in Jail: Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/21/starved-in-jail

* "Bad Behavior: How prison disciplinary policies manufacture misconduct :" https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/discipline.html

* Water is wet studies are useful. "Study: bigots who hate one marginalized group increasingly hate all of them:"https://boingboing.net/2025/04/21/study-bigots-who-hate-one-marginalized-group-increasingly-hate-all-of-them.html

* "It starts with words: Censoring books in schools is the new book burnings:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/it-starts-with-words-opinion

* "University of Louisville caves to anti-LGBTQ+ forces twice this week:" https://www.advocate.com/news/university-caves-anti-lgbtq-forces

* "Their LGBTQ+ book is the most challenged in America. Here's why they aren't giving up :" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/most-banned-book-lgbtq-black

* "Insurer illegally discriminated by denying trans teens coverage for top surgery, court rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/insurer-illegally-discriminated-transgender-teens

* "Abortions are resuming at a Wyoming clinic after judge suspends laws:" https://apnews.com/article/wyoming-abortion-law-court-injunctions-f5f865b9e40b670d72bf7fbb7b83ac1c

* "People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/abortion-bans-death-rates

* "WA budget slashes abortion access funding by $8.5 million, largest cut in state history:" https://komonews.com/news/local/wa-budget-slashes-abortion-access-funding-by-85-million-largest-cut-in-state-history-bortion-pill-laws-rights-washington-idaho-abortion-trafficking-texas-federal-judge-conservative-roe-v-wade-florida-abortion-law-bob-ferguson-fda-approval-department-of-c

* "Hungary's parliament bars opposition lawmakers over protest against Pride ban:" https://archive.ph/mfdHA

* "Baltimore Catholic charity violated gay man's rights by not paying spousal benefits, court rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/catholic-charity-gay-spouse

* "S.C. attorney general tells state's capital city to drop its conversion therapy ban:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/conversion-therapy-sc-columbia-ag

* "Ohio Supreme Court hears pivotal LGBTQ+ parental rights case:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ohio-lgbtq-parental-fertility-rights

* CW: sexual assault. "Police look for suspects in string of vicious hate crimes against 61-year-old trans woman:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/transgender-hate-crime-police-la

* "Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-flu-risk-as-pathogen-spreads-60-minutes-transcript/

* "Scientists Found Bird Flu in Dairy Cows – Here’s Why That’s Terrifying:" https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-found-bird-flu-in-dairy-cows-heres-why-thats-terrifying/

* "The Long Quest for Artificial Blood:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/10/the-long-quest-for-artificial-blood?

* "99% Effective: First Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Enters Human Trials:" https://scitechdaily.com/99-effective-first-hormone-free-male-birth-control-pill-enters-human-trials/

* "New pill is effective against gonorrhea as antibiotic resistance surges, study shows:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-antibiotic-drug-resistant-gonorrhea-treatment-study-rcna201053

* "Why Has America Ignored Its Best Addiction Treatment?:" https://archive.ph/LORHV

* "“Masking Is Life”: Experiences of Masking in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults:" https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8992921/






* "Earth’s landmasses lost trillions of tons of water this century:" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earth-water-loss-21st-century

* "Almost half of Americans are now exposed to unhealthy air pollution:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/air-quality-climate-change

* "“When you design roads, that is public health.”:" https://harvardpublichealth.org/policy-practice/vision-zero-aims-to-reduce-traffic-deaths-through-better-road-design/

* "In Sprawl We Trust:" https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/in-sprawl-we-trust

* "Zuckerberg Doesn't Want you to See This:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cKUR2GEa1pA

* "Meta Oversight Board rules anti-transgender videos don't violate hate speech rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/meta-transgender-hate-speech

* "ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps:" https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/clickfix-how-to-infect-your-pc-in-three-easy-steps/

* "The teeming life of dead trees: Rotting logs turn out to be vital to forest biodiversity and recycling organic matter:" https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2025/rotting-logs-mini-ecosystems-habitat-and-food?

* "Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/lichens-can-survive-almost-anything-and-some-might-survive-mars/

* "The Secret Lives of Moths:" https://nautil.us/the-secret-lives-of-moths-1202648/

* "Bone collector caterpillar adorns itself in insect body parts:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/bone-collector-caterpillar-adorns-itself-in-insect-body-parts/

* "Return of the California condor:" https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/california-condor-reintroduction

* "In research, ignoring female birds harms scientific understanding:" https://phys.org/news/2025-01-female-birds-scientific.html

* "On the Origin of the Pork Taboo:" https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2025/letters-from/on-the-origin-of-the-pork-taboo/

* "Forgery and fiscal fraud: New papyrus from Israel reveals a spectacular criminal case from the Roman empire:" https://phys.org/news/2025-01-forgery-fiscal-fraud-papyrus-israel.html?

* "Why Being a Medieval Priest Wasn’t as Easy as You Think:" https://www.medievalists.net/2025/02/being-medieval-priest/

* "History Check: How Barring Immigrants Backfired in 1880s America:" https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/history-check-how-barring-immigrants-backfired-in-1880s-america

* "When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/10/when-an-american-town-massacred-its-chinese-immigrants

* "44 Photos That Show The Materialism And The Misery Of The Gilded Age In True Color:" https://allthatsinteresting.com/gilded-age-colorizations

* "Before Modern Swimsuits: Vintage Photos of Early 1900s Swimwear Styles:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/swimwear-styles-of-1900s/

* "Inside the renovated Frick museum are intimate remnants of the family (and servants) who lived there:" https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/inside-the-renovated-frick-museum-are-intimate-remnants-of-the-family-and-servants-who-lived-there/

* "The Spy Who Exposed the Secrets of the Black Chamber, One of America’s First Code-Breaking Organizations:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-spy-who-exposed-the-secrets-of-the-black-chamber-one-of-americas-first-code-breaking-organizations-180985947/

* "A painter who lived in Depression-era Williamsburg captured the struggle of the neighborhood around him:" https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/a-painter-who-lived-in-depression-era-williamsburg-captured-the-struggle-of-the-neighborhood-around-him/

* "44 Eye-Opening Colorized Photos That Show The True Extent Of The Damage Done By The Dust Bowl:" https://allthatsinteresting.com/dust-bowl-colorizations?

* "The ‘Exciting Business Opportunity’ That Ruined Our Lives: Amway sold my family a life built on delusion.:" https://archive.ph/WaOa9

* "In the first Italian town hit by Covid five years ago, a lasting trauma and an entire generation lost:" https://archive.ph/AHl1P#selection-2016.0-2016.1

* CW: CSA, Suicide. "Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-giuffre-one-jeffrey-epsteins-prominent-abuse-survivors-dies-s-rcna203027

* "‘America, América' with Greg Grandin:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/america-am%C3%A9rica-with-greg-grandin/id1382983397?i=1000704422834

* "Hunting the Wild Mushrooms of New York City:" https://archive.ph/PbMKb

* "A Guide to the Cardamoms of the World:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-use-cardamom

* "The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance:" https://archive.ph/uInIw

* "RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Jon on Trump's First 100 Days: Destroying America's Reputation, Economy, & Leverage | The Daily Show:"

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* "Our Historically Unpopular President | Trump's Sub Deals | DOGE Done? | Celebrating Pope Francis:"

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* "Trump Hits 100 Days & Canada Celebrates By Electing the Anti-Trump | The Daily Show:"

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* "Meet the DOGE Layoff Victims That Elon Musk Deemed Wasteful | The Daily Show:"

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* "Hidden Sapphic gems: Discover these 20 overlooked lesbian movies:" https://www.advocate.com/film/underrated-lesbian-movies-2671844518

* "Bodacious Bible Tales:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TRROEvTj7Zg

* "Gallivanting Greek Gods:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4LthMetS9yA

* "Roman Rizz:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PcQUbaRe1q0

* "A Case for Pompey Magnus:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EZMtUdCsGl4

* "Clever Cleopatra:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D47zJoU56lk

* "Angry Anglo-Saxons:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ps3W_9QSefo

* "Nefarious Norse Myths:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gQLR1QLsr9s

* "Haughty Henry IV:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pn7FGL-XFzw

* "Graffiti, Street Art & Murals: What We Learn from Public Art:"

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* "Footage Of Trump’s Trade Talks With China’s President:"

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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.

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

* "Nationwide Economic Blackout: Boycott Dates for Target, Amazon, Others:" https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-economic-blackout-boycott-dates-target-amazon-others-2037986

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

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* As has been the case since January, the sort may be a little rough. News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.

I am once again having to cut things off before I'm done. Apologies.




* "Exclusive: Israel still eyeing a limited attack on Iran's nuclear facilities:" https://archive.ph/G1vWp

* "Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 50, Palestinian officials say:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g28g02ng2o

* "Israeli bombardment of Gaza kills 92 in two days: Health Ministry:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/19/israeli-bombardment-kills-92-in-two-days-gaza-government

* "Gazans survive among unexploded bombs:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-ORDNANCE/byvrxbenwve/

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* "Trump says he’s got his ‘own deadline’ for Ukraine talks as tensions flare:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/trump-ukraine-deal-norwegian-leaders-00307891

* This is what Russian promises are worth.

* "'Russian peace in all its glory' — Mass Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 12, injures 87:" https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-heard-in-kyiv-amid-russian-missile-attack/

* "Russia intensifies push in Kursk, Sumy border areas as Ukraine holds line, Syrskyi says:" https://kyivindependent.com/russia-steps-up-assault-on-sumy-oblast-kursk-border-as-ukraine-holds-line-syrskyi-says/

* "Russian attacks during Easter ceasefire killed 3 in Ukraine's Kherson region:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russian-attacks-easter-ceasefire-declared-putin-killed-3-121004572

* "Russian forces stage mass drone attack on Ukraine's Odesa, governor says:" https://archive.ph/kXs2r

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* "Sudan - The Biggest Humanitarian Crisis In The World Today:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2025/04/19/sudanthe-biggest-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-world-today/

* "Haiti’s government adopts a ‘war budget’ as town after town falls to gangs:" https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gangs-violence-war-budget-mirebalais-saut-deau-daa19487d58e9ada1846ad674bca0e54




* "EU to present roadmap in May to phase out all imports of Russian fossil fuels:" https://archive.ph/mDDq1

* "Witchcraft accusations putting hundreds at risk of "physical attacks or even death" in Ghana, Amnesty says:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/witchcraft-accusations-hundreds-risks-ghana-amnesty-international/

* "Europe’s streets are alive with the sound of protests:" https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/16/europes-streets-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-protests

* "Nearly 200 students, journalists go on trial in Turkey over Istanbul protests:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250418-nearly-200-students-journalists-go-trial-in-turkey-over-istanbul-protests-erdogan-crackdown

* "Georgia fired 700 civil servants for supporting pro-EU protests, watchdog says:" https://archive.ph/OZcxV

* "Donald Trump's shadow looms large over Australian and Canadian elections:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/donald-trump-affecting-opposition-in-canada-and-australia/105196740

* "Visions of Solidarity: Lesbian writers on how we save the world from fascism:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/visions-of-solidarity-schulman-vaid




* "Syrian letter delivers response to US conditions for sanctions relief:" https://archive.ph/DIIEK

* "Trump may get a nuclear deal — on Iran’s terms:" https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-may-get-a-nuclear-deal-on-irans-terms/

It seems to me we had a really good deal with Iran that was working. Wouldn't it have been simpler to keep it in place and negotiate changes now instead of ripping it up in Trump's first term because a black man touched it? Because now there is zero trust in any agreement we might make.

Just saying.

* Who are we to demand reforms of anything while we are descending into kleptocracy? Are reforms a good idea? Yes, but not along fascism oligarch lines, but rather progressive ones. "Bessent says US will seek reforms of IMF, World Bank:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/bessent-says-us-will-seek-reforms-of-imf-world-bank-00305728

* "US and global economic outlook deteriorates in Trump trade war, IMF says:" https://apnews.com/article/recession-imf-economy-tariffs-5ec37492c9fac499923c094776b87552

* "Sherrod Brown: What Worries Me Most About Trump’s Failing Economy:" https://archive.ph/AKKS5

* "Stocks, Bonds Sink in Broad Retreat From US Assets: Markets Wrap:" https://archive.ph/wGf6g

* "Why Trump Decided Not to Try to Fire Jerome Powell:" https://archive.ph/mO1eL

Jerome Powell is just about the last thread holding the Trump ravaged economy together.

* "Key House Republican defends Fed against Trump interference:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/trump-powell-fed-lucas

* "Conflicting US-China talks statements add to global trade confusion:" https://archive.ph/WXU0l

* "Trump’s fixation on a tariff battle win against China could cost him the trade war:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/trumps-xi-trade-war-battle-wins-00309223

* "Gamers Nexus out there casually providing the best coverage of tariffs:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2036344.html

* "Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department that would cut staff and bureaus:" https://apnews.com/article/state-department-rubio-reorganization-trump-usaid-3fc186fefddaaa72c3040db9fb380af4

These are essential experts that will be hard to replace.

* "Trump administration denies draft executive order outlining State Department changes:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-draft-executive-order-sweeping-changes-state-department-rcna202047

Notice the racism and the complete lack of understanding of why we need embassies and linguists and diplomats and people who are experts in a particular country.

* "A jungle route once carried hundreds of thousands of migrants. Now the local economy has crashed:" https://apnews.com/article/migration-darien-gap-trump-panama-colombia-ba393b4cf8caecdcf24556f7f84be508?

* "ACLU says Trump officials not complying with Supreme Court in deportation case:" https://archive.ph/YODZ6

* "Trump admin must seek return of another man who was improperly deported to El Salvador, judge rules :" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/trump-el-salvador-deportation-venezuelan-minor-judge-00307336

* "Gay asylum-seeker's lawyer worries for the makeup artist's safety in Salvadoran ‘hellhole’ prison :" https://www.advocate.com/news/andry-romero-attorney-cecot

* "Robert Garcia demands answers in case of gay Venezuelan migrant deported to El Salvador prison:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/robert-garcia-cecot-ice-demand

* "Rep. Garcia on Trump deportations: 'Everyone has a right to due process':" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/rep-garcia-on-trump-deportations-everyone-has-a-right-to-due-process-238412357851

* "Democratic lawmakers fly to El Salvador and demand action on gay man Trump sent to CECOT prison:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/robert-garcia-andry-hernadez

* "He disappeared after detention. Now ICE is silent on the fate of Venezuelan man:" https://archive.ph/XGkmh

* "Administration ordered to more fully respond to discovery requests from Abrego Garcia's lawyers:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/abrego-garcias-attorneys-decry-administrations-failure-comply-court/story?id=121046788

* Doxxing her is state terrorism. "Abrego Garcia’s Wife Moved To Safe House After DHS Exposed Her Address On X:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kilmar-abrego-garcia-wife-dhs-doxx_n_68094822e4b047d19264e2d7

* "Mahmoud Khalil misses son's birth after ICE official denies his request to be there:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371757/mahmoud-khalil-misses-sons-birth-after-ice-official-denies-his-request-to-be-there

* "Lawmakers visit Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk at Louisiana ICE facilities:" https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-04-22/lawmakers-visit-mahmoud-khalil-and-rumeysa-ozturk-at-louisiana-ice-facilities

* "Palestinian student remains detained in Vermont with a hearing set for next week:" https://apnews.com/article/mohsen-mahdawi-columbia-student-detained-ice-vermont-2078326229e424b722e837595a03a042

* "Detained Palestinian activist in Vermont prison says he's 'in good hands':" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/detained-palestinian-activist-vermont-prison-good-hands-focused-121053604

* "New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-detain-kseniia-petrova-protest-harvard-cancer-research-rcna202180

* "Activist who took sanctuary in a church during first Trump term detained:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/21/activist-who-took-sanctuary-in-a-church-during-first-trump-term-detained/83197570007/

* Stay Noisy. It can work. "Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/trump-admin-reverses-termination-foreign-student-visa-registrations-00309407

* "German Teens Try to Visit Hawaii, End Up Deported :" https://ground.news/article/german-teens-try-to-visit-hawaii-end-up-deported

* "Activist who took sanctuary in a church during first Trump term detained:" https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/21/activist-who-took-sanctuary-in-a-church-during-first-trump-term-detained/83197570007/

* "Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant:" https://newrepublic.com/post/194442/trump-doj-memo-ice-arrest-search-warrant

Republicans claim the 4th Amendment doesn't apply if they don't want it to. They are attacking the most vulnerable now, but no one is safe if they can do this.

Stand up now.

* "Tents could soon house more immigrants at Krome Detention Center:" https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/tents-could-soon-house-more-immigrants-at-krome-detention-center/

* "‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza’ with Peter Beinart:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-jewish-after-the-destruction-of-gaza/id1382983397?i=1000703563937

* "How the weaponization of antisemitism is becoming a grave threat to freedom of speech in America:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/how-the-weaponization-of-antisemitism-is-becoming-a-grave-threat-to-freedom-of-speech-in-america-238415941640

* I can't cover all the protests, but here is a small sample.

* "ICE activity at Rhode Island Hospital draws protesters. What we know.:" https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/24/ice-officers-at-rhode-island-hospital-attract-protesters/83254959007/

* "Rally outside New Orleans ICE office draws over 100:" https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/protest-ice-detention-mahmoud-khalil-new-orleans-rally/289-6a6c842a-c15e-433f-8912-2da50e2834bf

* "Protests call for ICE to leave Washington:" https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/protests-call-for-ice-to-leave-washington/article_7f4158f8-b34d-4bbc-b968-2efd8903499b.html

* "Federal raid and arrests in Pomona spark concern, outrage in community:" https://ktla.com/news/local-news/federal-raid-and-arrests-in-pomona-sparks-concern-outrage-in-community/

* "Justice Dept. agrees to let DOGE access sensitive immigration case data:" https://archive.ph/pum5L

* At least a judge is intervening here. "Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities that limit immigration cooperation:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-sanctuary-cities-immigrants-san-francisco-b20f3c9f44e81e2c2cbc248236762ac4

They have started illegally deporting American citizens with no due process, as they promised to do.

* "ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation:" https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/ice-deports-3-u-s-citizen-children-held-incommunicado-prior-to-the-deportation

They were denied access to a lawyer, presumably because a preschooler with cancer is such a danger to society that ICE had to throw out the entire constitution.

* Bet they ignored all evidence, them lied when they got caught. "U.S. citizen DHS detained for 10 days has intellectual disabilities, family claims:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-citizen-detained-border-nogales-arizona-dhs-10-days-intellectual-disabilities/

* "U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false:" https://popular.info/p/us-citizen-wrongly-detained-by-border

* "Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arrest-judge-hannah-dugan-wisconsin-congress

* "Arrest of judge triggers public outrage as Trump escalates his war on the judiciary:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/arrest-of-judge-triggers-public-outrage-as-trump-escalates-his-war-on-the-judiciary-238387781902

* "‘We will find you’: Trump FBI arrests judge in Wisconsin, AG warns more to come:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-will-find-you-trump-fbi-arrests-judge-in-wisconsin-ag-warns-more-to-come-238380101651

* "Trump Is Arresting Judges To Send A Message:"

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* "Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5340753/trump-democracy-authoritarianism-competive-survey-political-scientist

* "‘It Sucks!!!’ Trump Bitterly Rages Against Fox News and Calls for Heads to Roll at The Wall Street Journal in Truth Social Tirade:" https://www.mediaite.com/news/it-sucks-trump-bitterly-rages-against-fox-news-and-calls-for-heads-to-roll-at-the-wall-street-journal-in-truth-social-tirade/

* "Trump's second term already falling apart less than 100 days in, polls show:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-second-term-already-falling-apart-less-than-100-days-in-polls-show-238312517562

* "‘Unpopular’: Trump whines about Fox News poll showing his approval rating cratering:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-unpopular-trump-whines-about-fox-news-poll-showing-his-approval-rating-cratering-238296645722

* "Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US:" https://archive.ph/KK2kF

* "PHOTOS: Anti-Trump protesters rally in cities and towns across the country:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/photos-anti-trump-protesters-rally-in-cities-and-towns-across-the-country

* "Anti-Trump protests sweep the nation, crossing the threshold of mainstream media attention:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/anti-trump-protests-sweep-the-nation-crossing-the-threshold-of-mainstream-media-attention-238047301545

* "Oops!: Trump's first 100 days marked by incompetent screw-ups and frantic walk backs:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/oops-trump-s-first-100-days-marked-by-incompetent-screw-ups-and-frantic-walk-backs-238218821744

* "'Unadulterated disaster': Trump spends first 100 days sabotaging what makes America great:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-unadulterated-disaster-trump-spends-first-100-days-sabotaging-what-makes-america-great-238224453805

* "Trump facing impotence as courts hand him loss after loss; court of public opinion no less harsh:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-facing-impotence-as-courts-hand-him-loss-after-loss-court-of-public-opinion-no-less-harsh-238316101946

* "Trump gets reckless as his agenda tanks and pushback intensifies:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-gets-reckless-as-his-agenda-tanks-and-pushback-intensifies-238390853787

* "Sen. Warren Extended Interview:

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* "Jon Lovett warns Democrats that ‘every inch Trump gets is an inch we don’t get back’:" https://www.advocate.com/news/jon-lovett-warns-trump-authoritarianism

* "'Anyone with a working brain is outraged': Dems react to Trump's first 100 days:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/-anyone-with-a-working-brain-is-outraged-dems-react-to-trump-s-first-100-days-238435909774

* "Rep. Raskin: Trump's first 100 days were 'a horror show,' but Americans are standing up:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/rep-raskin-trump-s-first-100-days-were-a-horror-show-but-americans-are-standing-up-238440517796

* WTF?!? "Trump really showed kids 'assassination trading card' at White House Easter event:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-easter-assasination-card/

* "Trump’s made-for-TV cabinet is backfiring:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/trump-s-made-for-tv-cabinet-is-backfiring-238442053542

* "Judge blocks Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-blocks-trump-administration-requiring-proof-citizenship-register/story?id=121134512

* The bribery is completely in the open now. "Dinner with the president: Trump meme coin surges on offer to top buyers:" https://archive.ph/RiOyC

* "Trump dinner for meme coin buyers prompts senators to demand ethics probe:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/trump-dinner-for-meme-coin-prompts-senators-to-demand-ethics-probe.html

* "Scoop: Musk vs. Bessent dispute erupted into West Wing shouting match:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/musk-bessent-trump-white-house-irs

* "Tesla Stock Dives 6% Ahead Of Possible ‘Code Red’ Earnings For Elon Musk’s Firm:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/04/21/tesla-stock-dives-7-ahead-of-possible-code-red-earnings-for-elon-musks-firm/

* "As Tesla profits plunge 71%, Elon Musk says he'll spend less time on DOGE:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5371552/tesla-earnings-april-2025-elon-musk-doge

Who could have guessed that a mostly left electric car buying demographic would not want to associate them selves with NAZI salutes and the Autocratic horrors of DOGE, except everyone with a working brain?

* "Why Elon Musk is the new Mike 'MyPillow' Lindell:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/elon-musk-new-mike-lindell

* "Polling debunks Musk excuse that his unpopularity, collapse of Tesla, is because of paid protesters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/polling-debunks-musk-excuse-that-his-unpopularity-collapse-of-tesla-is-because-of-paid-protesters-238140485802

* "Musk eyes the exit after humiliating turn in politics: report:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/musk-eyes-the-exit-after-humiliating-turn-in-politics-report-238048325643

* "Trump replaces acting IRS commissioner just days after appointing him:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-replaces-acting-irs-commissioner-days-after-appointing/story?id=120959980

* "Judge blocks mass layoffs at CFPB in the latest twist over the fate of the agency:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5368206/cfpb-layoffs-rif

* "Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program :" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system?

* We warned them and warned them, but most Republican Senators decided to betray their country by putting him in charge of our military.

* "Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer:" https://archive.ph/1HA2P

* "'Mindblowing': Hegseth's phone number found all over web, posing massive security risk:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-mindblowing-hegseth-s-phone-number-found-all-over-web-posing-massive-security-risk-238380613558

* "White House backs Hegseth, Leavitt says ‘entire Pentagon’ is resisting him:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/21/leavitt-trump-stands-strongly-behind-embattled-hegseth-00300749

* "Controversial Hegseth chief of staff to leave Pentagon:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/hegseth-chief-of-staff-pentagon-leaving-00308721

* "Former Pete Hegseth aide in op-ed: 'Total chaos at the Pentagon':" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/john-ullyot-op-ed-pete-hegseth-rcna202071

* "Hegseth says staffers found leaking ‘will be prosecuted’ amid Pentagon chaos:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/pete-hegseth-leaks-investigation-00302506

* "Third top Pentagon official suspended in leak investigation:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/pentagon-official-suspended-leak-investigation-00293473

* "'Purely personal pettiness': Inside the ‘vicious rivalries’ roiling Hegseth’s Pentagon:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-purely-personal-pettiness-inside-the-vicious-rivalries-roiling-hegseth-s-pentagon-238213189802

* "‘Plainly unraveling’: New reporting on chaos at Pentagon under Hegseth:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-plainly-unraveling-new-reporting-on-chaos-at-pentagon-under-hegseth-238125637882

* "Sen. Tammy Duckworth - Veterans Deserve Better than Trump, Hegseth, & DOGE | The Daily Show:"

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* "Veterans Affairs secretary tells employees to report 'anti-Christian discrimination':" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2025/04/23/veterans-affairs-tells-phoenix-workers-to-report-anti-christian-bias/83220624007/

* ""Do Something Group" rallies in downtown Kalamazoo to protest cuts to veterans' benefits:" https://wwmt.com/news/local/do-something-group-rallies-downtown-kalamazoo-protest-cuts-veterans-benefits-trump-doge-va

* "Trump's DOJ struggles defending trans military ban during D.C. appeals court hearing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/dc-circuit-trans-military-ban

* "Is Pete Hegseth violating judges’ orders blocking the Pentagon’s trans military ban? Senators demand answers:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/senators-hegseth-trans-ban-answers

* "Defense Department reinstates gender-affirming care for trans troops:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-troops-care-reinstated

* "Trump AG Pam Bondi falsely compares gender-affirming care for minors as the same as female genital mutilation:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pam-bondi-targets-transgender-care

* "Trump Retaliates by Taking Kids' Lunch Money (Literally) ft. Liz Dye:"

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* "White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children:" https://archive.ph/9MfDh

* "Why the White House wanting women to have more kids will lead to outlawing same-sex relations:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-assaults-bodily-autonom

* "Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-race-to-save-climate-data-before-its-deleted-by-the-trump-administration

* "Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More :" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?

* "A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236

* Censoring facts while promoting conspiracy theories. "'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites:" https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/18/g-s1-61324/lab-leak-white-house-covid-origins

* "Health on Wheels van and COVID-19 programs to see reduced services amid grant loss:" https://krcgtv.com/news/local/health-on-wheels-van-and-covid-19-programs-to-see-reduced-services-amid-grant-loss

* "Trump Cuts Threaten Meals and Services for People With Disabilities and the Aging:" https://archive.ph/hOZtg

* "RFK Jr.’s Wish Is Coming True: Everybody’s Getting Measles:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-wish-is-coming-true-everybodys-getting-measles/

* "CDC Reports 800 Confirmed Measles Cases Across the US, 624 Being in Texas:" https://www.contagionlive.com/view/800-confirmed-measles-cases-in-the-us-by-april-18-2025-across-25-states

* "More Americans exposed to false claims about measles and its vaccines, KFF poll shows:" https://archive.ph/PzOHp

* "Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline:" https://archive.ph/Zk7fq

* "Why ‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ with John Green:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-everything-is-tuberculosis-with-john-green/id1382983397?i=1000701696135

* "US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts:" https://archive.ph/df2sT

* "FDA head falsely claims no scientists laid off, as agency shutters food safety labs:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-head-falsely-claims-no-scientists-laid-off-as-agency-shutters-food-safety-labs/

* "I Know It Seems Impossible to Remember, but There Is Actually a Reason We Had an FDA:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a64555033/us-fda-quality-testing-milk-fired-workforce/

* "In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study:" https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5376473/hhs-restores-funding-for-womens-health-initiative

* Why it's important plus some other things. "‘Who voted for this?’: Trump guts first and largest women’s health study:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-who-voted-for-this-trump-guts-first-and-largest-women-s-health-study-238208581957

* But they were. "Health agencies "not creating an autism registry," official says, contradicting NIH director:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-agencies-not-creating-autism-registry-hhs-nih/

* CW: Suicide "HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/national-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-youth-cuts-rfk-jr-hhs/

* People will die. "Trump Budget Draft Ends Narcan Program and Other Addiction Measures:" https://archive.ph/L4bRd

* "RFK Jr. Is Set to Cut Synthetic Food Dyes From US Food Supply:" https://archive.ph/bX9h5

* "Interior secretary gives DOGE aide sweeping powers to remake department:" https://archive.ph/Bgo1z

* "National Weather Service to resume translating its products for non-English speakers :" https://www.kait8.com/2025/04/25/national-weather-service-resume-translating-its-products-non-english-speakers/

* "Trump’s Most Unhinged Policy May Be Starving MAGA Arkansas of Disaster Relief Snuffing out FEMA is causing some collateral damage.:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-huckabee-sanders-fema-arkansas-disaster-relief-denial.html

* "After Arkansas: The Future Of FEMA And U.S. Disaster Relief:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexanderpuutio/2025/04/25/after-arkansas-the-future-of-fema-and-disaster-relief-in-america/

* "EPA starts layoffs of environmental justice employees:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/epa-starts-layoffs-environmental-justice-employees-rcna202287

* "NWLC Statement on Trump’s Executive Order Seeking to Repeal Core Tenet of Civil Rights Act:" https://nwlc.org/press-release/nwlc-statement-on-trumps-executive-order-seeking-to-repeal-core-tenet-of-civil-rights-act/

* "Trump to target ActBlue in presidential memorandum:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/trump-to-target-actblue-in-presidential-memorandum-00307251

This is the main fundraising vehicle of the Democratic Party. He has no proof. Meanwhile he's using his crypto scam to take direct bribes.

For Republicans, every accusation is a confession.

* "MAGA Is Aiming to Take Over the D.C. Bar. Be Afraid.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/pam-bondi-legal-news-maga-dc-bar.html

* "DOJ Reverses Grant Cancellations For Crime Victim Support:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/doj-reverses-grant-cancelations-for-crime-victim-support/

* "Trump orders revamp of school discipline policies, college accreditation and funding:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/trump-orders-schools-colleges-funding-accreditors-00307055

* "Harvard sues Trump administration over threats to cut funding if demands go unmet:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/harvard-university-sues-trump-administration-threats-cut-funding/story?id=121030309

* "Harvard sues federal government after Trump administration slashed billions in funding:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harvard-sues-trump-administration-funding-rcna202276

* "As Harvard fights Trump, one campus quietly prepares for the worst:" https://archive.ph/3UXOo

If you are going to George Washington University, know anyone who is or has gone, or are an Alumni, now is the time to take action to stiffen their spines.

* ""Shocked and Disgusted." UA Democrats respond to news of President Trump at UA:" https://abc3340.com/news/local/shocked-and-disgusted-ua-democrats-respond-to-news-of-president-trump-at-ua-national-news-politics

* "Trump administration to resume collections on student loan borrowers in default:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371723/trump-administration-collections-on-defaulted-student-loans

* "Judges blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-public-schools-diversity-equality-inclusion-dei-7d7ad707d91565753263a19ebde044e0

* "Two major law firms urge judges to permanently block Trump’s executive orders:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firms-perkins-coie-wilmerhale-7dba5f0c38ac547bf3f2bb1f31a2ef38

* "Are Law Firms Breaking the Law by Caving to Trump?:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/are-law-firms-breaking-the-law-trump-deal.html

* "Federal judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America:" https://apnews.com/article/voice-of-america-trump-f30c48df0c16de622ec5fd99ee6c627c

* "'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372733/60-minutes-bill-owens-cbs-trump-paramount

* "In unintended filing, federal attorneys poke holes in Trump administration’s effort to end NYC toll:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-nyc-toll-congestion-pricing-6a0a3306f8625474d63c39d75b571521




* "BREAKING: Trump Justice Department asks Supreme Court to reinstate trans military ban blocked by courts:" https://www.advocate.com/news/doj-scotus-trans-military-ban

* "Obamacare returns to SCOTUS, with preventive care on the line:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/21/obamacare-scotus-preventive-care-aca-00296631

* "After oral argument, court calls for new briefs in HHS task force case:" https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/after-oral-argument-court-calls-for-new-briefs-in-hhs-task-force-case/

* "The FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear their lawsuit:" https://apnews.com/article/georgia-fbi-raid-supreme-court-lawsuit-9cb55aa6f45bbf02c29d84363c7c9e6f

* "Supreme Court conservatives sympathize with parents objecting to LGBTQ-inclusive books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/conservative-justices-sympathize-religious-objections

* "Compilation of Protests and Actions Against the Supreme Court:" https://whatthetrans.com/compilation-of-protests-against-the-supreme-court/

* "Economic insecurity linked to LGBTQ+ youth mental health issues: Trevor Project report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/economic-insecurity-lgbtq-youth

* The Boycott is working! Keep at it! "Target foot traffic down for 10th consecutive week amid boycott over DEI abandonment:" https://www.advocate.com/news/target-foot-traffic-down-dei

* "Trump, Johnson squelch talk of tax hike for wealthiest Americans:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/johnson-doesnt-expect-tax-hike-on-wealthy-in-gop-budget-plan-00306708

* RE: SAVE ACT "Do This Today: Call Senators:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2036106.html

If these are your Senators, please stop what you are doing and call now:

KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)

* This one is a super dangerous attack on the judiciary's ability to protect citizen's rights. "H.R. 1526: NORRA of 2025:" https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr1526

* "A tax on credit unions is a tax on me.:" https://www.donttaxmycreditunion.org/

* "Nancy Mace calls transgender student a transphobic slur at University of South Carolina event:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/nancy-mace-usc-trans-slur

* "12 batsh*t things Nancy Mace has done in her anti-transgender attention grab :" https://www.advocate.com/voices/nancy-mace-south-carolina-transgender#rebelltitem13

* "Sarah McBride says she won’t let Republicans make her the main character in their anti-trans crusade:" https://www.advocate.com/news/sarah-mcbride-pod-save-america

* "'Welcome to the team': Chris Murphy, Maxwell Frost hold town halls where Republicans won't:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-welcome-to-the-team-chris-murphy-maxwell-frost-hold-town-halls-where-republicans-won-t-238300741912




* Our job for the next two years 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/

"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

Script to complain about Elon Musk/DOGE. I also suggest contacting your AG about data privacy. "Introducing Red State Scripts, Vol. 1:" https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2025/02/10/introducing-red-state-scripts-vol-1/

* 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

* "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

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

* 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

* Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

* "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/

* Free Bystander training amoung other useful things. "Right to Be Training:" https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings/




* "Long-running legal saga over N.C. Supreme Court race could pave way for future election challenges, critics warn:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/legal-saga-north-carolina-supreme-court-future-election-challenges-rcna202634

* "Military and overseas voters at center of challenges in Riggs-Griffin NC Supreme Court race:" https://abc7chicago.com/post/military-overseas-voters-center-challenges-north-carolina-supreme-court-race-between-allison-riggs-jefferson-griffin/16209562/

* "How Process is Killing Progress with Ezra Klein:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-process-is-killing-progress-with-ezra-klein/id1382983397?i=1000702661938

* "In unprecedented move, DNC official to spend big to take down fellow Democrats:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/david-hogg-dnc-vice-chair-to-spend-big-to-take-down-safe-democratic-incumbents-00292535

* "Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026:" https://apnews.com/article/dick-durbin-senate-reelection-majority-02ff2de634c0e6b62842f80eef01f72e

* "The Democract Doing Trump's Dirty Work:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7fv8fZXjsrA

Coloradans! Pressure him not to veto. Unionization is essential.

* "Tennessee pauses bill targeting right to education regardless of immigration status:" https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-immigration-students-bill-9dfe0022df01d5756384cd5a4a942a24

* Stopped clocks. "North Dakota’s GOP governor vetoes library restrictions, school voucher program:" https://apnews.com/article/north-dakota-governor-vetoes-book-bans-vouchers-a5a52e027a37b14acb55ffae7ec828e3

* "Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety:" https://archive.ph/vsdFG

* "George Santos sentenced to prison:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-sentenced-prison

* "Countering DeSantis, $10M Hope Florida donation came from Medicaid, draft shows:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/04/22/desantis-casey-medicaid-settlement-hope-charity-andrade/

* Because of course. "George Santos begs Trump for pardon after judge handed down 7-year sentence:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-trump-pardon-cameo

* "Senate staffer accused of having sex in Capitol building recounts 'horrific' backlash:" https://www.advocate.com/news/senate-staffer-sex-speaks-out

* CW: Mass Murder. "Car plows through Vancouver Filipino festival, killing at least 11:" https://archive.ph/npHP0

* "What is Lapu-Lapu Day? Filipinos shocked by festival tragedy in Vancouver:" https://archive.ph/jUC0y






* "Thailand Plastic Waste Law Challenges Developed Nations’ Waste Practices:" https://happyeconews.com/thailand-plastic-waste-law/

* "Behind Closed Doors: The Secret World of Molly Houses in 18th-Century England:" https://gaylifetoday.com/2025/04/21/behind-closed-doors-the-secret-world-of-molly-houses-in-18th-century-england/

* "Weaponization of the FBI from Hoover to Trump 2.0 with Beverly Gage:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weaponization-of-the-fbi-from-hoover-to-trump-2/id1382983397?i=1000700716486

* "Pope Francis dead at 88: Looking back on his LGBTQ+ rights legacy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pope-francis-dead-lgbtq-rights

* "Pope Francis changed the conversation on LGBTQ+ Catholics—will the next Pontiff hit mute?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/pope-francis-lgbtq

As a trans person who is not a Christian, I was not a fan and I side eye a bunch of things that happened under his watch as far as cover ups and corruption. That said, he was better than I had any hope of him being and so much better than predecessors in so many ways and on so many issues. He DID represent progress, even though he didn't go as far as one would wish. His anti-authoritarian moves were important.

I am really worried about what comes next.

So many things are getting so much worse. I would love for the catholic Church to keep moving forward, even if not as quickly as I would wish, instead of back sliding into horror.

* "'Evil is being defeated': Marjorie Taylor Greene sparks outrage after Pope Francis' death:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/evil-being-defeated-marjorie-taylor-130338336.html

* "Maddow on Pope Francis, advocate for migrants: 'He changed the world, he changed the church':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-on-pope-francis-advocate-for-migrants-he-changed-the-world-he-changed-the-church-238046789972

* "Pope Francis’ Legacy of Compassion for Palestinians:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/pope-francis-legacy-of-compassion-for-palestinians-238414917852

* " Blasphemy is coming to St. Peter’s Square as Trump tries to hijack Pope Francis’s funeral to feed his ego:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/donald-trump-pope-funeral-blasphemy

* "Frito-Lay recall: What to know about the Tostitos tortilla chips pulled from shelves:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/04/09/frito-lay-tostitos-chips-recall/83012547007/

* "Tri-Union Seafoods Issues Recall of Select Genova®, Van Camp’s®, H-E-B and Trader Joe’s® Tuna Cans Due to Clostridium Botulinum Risk:" https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/tri-union-seafoods-issues-recall-select-genovar-van-campsr-h-e-b-and-trader-joesr-tuna-cans-due

* Wednesday, on my way out the door to collect Millennials for group errands, I found a bureaucracy packet. Worryingly, it was not the standard bureaucracy packet. O.o It takes the same documents I already had assembled for the late April or early May bureaucracy, which helps, but also suggests a second, more complicated bureaucracy will arrive soon.

I worked on it the whole time Millennials were here, and finished it, except for the one piece I need someone to print off the computer. Last time I circled and labelled the relevant items on the bank statements and it worked out. It would be better to belt and suspenders it, but in any case I hope to drive the packet and documents up there for copying, stamping, and filing.

I like to turn them in as early as I can just generally, but speed is extra important now, given the givens.

Bonus I have all the items ID number marked so when I have to take them back to the same office within the month that will speed things up a bit on my end. *eye roll*

I did not sort the things assorted people dumped on the floor and shoveled back in the wrong place repeatedly last Summer and Autumn, but I need to. I keep a year of documents out in case there is random surprise bureaucracy in the off season (Which really does happen). I just need to go through them now before boxing them for seven year storage, in case something got in there that shouldn't.

So that's a couple hours, but less urgent.

It did eat my whole evening, alas.

* …And despite the Millennials being told they were cleared to work, they for some reason haven't been reinstated and are not getting paid. Fuckssake!

So phone bureaucracy tomorrow, I guess.

Bonus: I managed to really fuck up my hand about 7 minutes after they left for the night checking if Tavy's pads were dry. Sigh.

* "Jon Stewart on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Deportation and How Trump Fails to Deliver | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump’s Tariffs Ruined America’s Reputation. Does Anyone Still Respect Us? | The Daily Show:"

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* "Meet the Scientists Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth to Fight Climate Change | The Daily Show:"

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* "Harvey Fierstein to Receive Lifetime Achievement Tony Award:" https://www.theatermania.com/news/harvey-fierstein-to-receive-a-lifetime-achievement-tony-award_1773609/

* "Must-see LGBTQ+ films every straight ally should watch :" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/gay-movies-for-straight-allies-watch#rebelltitem12

* "Bernie Rocks Coachella:"

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* "Elmo Drops A Trump Diss Track:"

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* Cool Person in need of help. "So, due to a combination of things hitting at once we're overdue on both the electric and gas bills:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3618944.html

* There's this Evangelical sect that makes creepy ass recruitment ads. They have one that uses Depecge Mode's "Personal Jesus."

Me: do they know?

So every time it comes on, my head snaps up, and then I remember it's an evangelical ad and I chuckle to myself.

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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.

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

* "Nationwide Economic Blackout: Boycott Dates for Target, Amazon, Others:" https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-economic-blackout-boycott-dates-target-amazon-others-2037986

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

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* As has been the case since January, the sort may be a little rough. News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.

I had to cut this one off really, really early. I keep getting bigged down in trying to catch up on things I got behind on during the week from hell.

Similarly, I really didn't have time or energy for world news.




* "Microsoft workers say they’ve been fired after 50th anniversary protest over Israel contract:" https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-protest-employees-fired-israel-gaza-50th-anniversary-c5b3715fa1800450b8d0f639b492495e

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* "Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Sumy during Palm Sunday celebrations, killing more than 30:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-sumy-b034da8f4d83d08e5ea24c6033dbe3cf




* "Jalisco cartel lures recruits with fake jobs through social platforms and kills those who resist:" https://apnews.com/article/mexico-jalisco-cartel-el-mencho-drugs-sinaloa-99f755b7173f101d74e6a1eac333cd38




* "US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated:" https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1115256/us-office-that-counters-foreign-disinformation-is-being-eliminated-say-officials/

* "Activists stack coffins in front of State Department to protest PEPFAR cuts (in photos):" https://www.advocate.com/news/coffins-protest-pepfar-cuts#rebelltitem1

* "Trade Will Move On Without the United States:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/04/trump-tariffs-hegemony-decline/682323/

* "WTO slashes 2025 trade growth forecast, warns of deeper slump:" https://archive.ph/PqmZ6

* Meanwhile, JD Vance goes the extra mile to try to make the world worse: "JD Vance wants the UK to repeal its LGBTQ+ hate speech laws to secure a trade deal:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/us-uk-trade-deal-lgbtq

* "Tariffs to trigger sharp US economic slowdown; chance of recession jumps to 45%: Reuters Poll:" https://archive.ph/vv7pY

* "Fed Chair Powell sounds alarm on tariffs, sending stocks lower:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/fed-chair-powell-sounds-alarm-tariffs-sending-stocks/story?id=120863770

Meanwhile Trump wants to get rid of the fed Chairman for the crime of knowing what he's doing and saying true things.

* "Trump hammers Federal Reserve chief Powell: ‘Termination cannot come fast enough!’:" https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-says-fed-reserve-chief-powells-termination-cant-come-fast-enough/

* "Bessent privately urges caution as Trump attacks Powell:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/trump-powell-fired-fed-00295552

* "California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/california-is-first-state-to-sue-trump-on-tariffs-00292637

* "'Every day, every single customer': Tariffs hit close to home inside Asian grocers:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5352901/tariffs-trump-asian-grocery-stores

* "Tariff-ying Times with Pete Buttigieg:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tariff-ying-times-with-pete-buttigieg/id1583132133?i=1000702978762

* "Anxious Trading Partners Promise to Buy American to Stave Off Trump’s Tariffs:" https://archive.ph/Pbsga

* "The Constitutional Crisis Is Here: Trump’s administration is only pretending to comply with the Supreme Court on the matter of a Maryland man it deported erroneously.:" https://archive.ph/7MuVP

I'm pretty sure it was when they violated a court order to illegally mass deport innocent people without any due process in the first place, but either way, here we are.

* "‘Hair on fire’: Walz says he’s ‘convinced’ Trump will ignore courts:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-hair-on-fire-walz-says-he-s-convinced-trump-will-ignore-courts-237504069634

* "Boasberg finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt over deportation flights:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/trump-deportation-el-salvador-federal-judge-00293076

* "'Criminal contempt' looms over Trump's showdown with courts over deportation fiat:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-criminal-contempt-looms-over-trump-s-showdown-with-courts-over-deportation-fiat-237682245946

* "‘It’s all made up!’: Hayes breaks down ‘sheer lawlessness’ of Trump deportation case:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-it-s-all-made-up-hayes-breaks-down-sheer-lawlessness-of-trump-deportation-case-237646917654

* "Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/g-s1-61385/supreme-court-block-deportations

* This is one of the people they were trying to send to forever prison: "Lawyer Warns Trump Is Moving to Deport Teen to El Salvador for Photo of Water Pistol:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-deport-teenager-water-pistol-1235320693/

Republicans want to remind you that having a friend who owns a water pistol is such absolute proof of gang membership that anyone who knows anyone who has one deserves to be sent abroad to forever prison without any due process or proof of any wrong doing. Yes, that applies to children.

* "Judge blocks administration from deporting noncitizens to 3rd countries without due process:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-blocks-administration-deporting-noncitizens-3rd-countries-due/story?id=120951918

* "Court denies White House appeal of 'shocking' Abrego Garcia deportation case:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g-s1-61118/appeals-court-deportation-abrego-garcia

* "'Shocking': Reagan judge issues ‘stark warning’ in scathing ruling against Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-shocking-reagan-judge-issues-stark-warning-in-scathing-ruling-against-trump-237787205992

* "'They can't hide the ball': Judge cracks the whip on Trump lawyers in deportation case:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-they-can-t-hide-the-ball-judge-cracks-the-whip-on-trump-lawyers-in-deportation-case-237519429580

* The reason they claim they broke the law to deport him in the first place is bullshit. "Another disgraced cop linked to Trump’s authoritarian deportations to El Salvador exposed: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/second-disgraced-cop-trump-deporations

* "Trump Admin’s New Defense For Accidentally Sending Abrego Garcia To Salvadoran Torture Camp: We Meant To Do That :" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/15/trump-admins-new-defense-for-accidentally-sending-abrego-garcia-to-salvadoran-torture-camp-we-meant-to-do-that/

* "‘Chilling’: Hayes on why the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia matters to us all:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-chilling-hayes-on-why-the-fate-of-kilmar-abrego-garcia-matters-to-us-all-237505093763

* "Trump Ordered to Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia:"

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* "This Court Just Put The Trump Regime In Its Place | News You Missed:"

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* "Kilmar Abrego Garcia meets with Maryland senator in El Salvador, weeks after mistaken deportation:" https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-sen-van-hollen-meets-with-mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-in-el-salvador/

* "'I felt afraid': Lawyer who traveled with Van Hollen to El Salvador details trip:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-i-felt-afraid-lawyer-who-traveled-with-van-hollen-to-el-salvador-details-trip-237892677658

* "Protesters gather outside El Salvador’s consulate in St. Paul:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/17/protesters-gather-el-salvador-consulate-st-paul

* "Trump's Deportations to El Salvador Are the Latest Stop on a Long Road:"

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* "Foreign students in US mount court challenges as Trump ends their legal status:" https://archive.ph/kKuMN

* "Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order:" https://archive.ph/c8O1X

Reminder: The Trump Administration is refusing to tell people their visas, permanent residence cards, etc., have been secretly illegally revoked so that people can't contest it, and then sending secret police to kidnap them.

* "There’s a Reason the Trump Administration Is Fighting to Keep Detained International Students in Louisiana:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/donald-trump-immigration-mahmoud-khalil-rumeysa-ozturk-louisiana.html

* "The controversial and obscure law being used against immigrant student protestors:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5360605/mahmoud-khalil-gaza-protests-columbia-university-immigrant

* "A Palestinian activist expecting a US citizenship interview is arrested instead by ICE in Vermont:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-palestine-protest-trump-deportation-columbia-fca7e73fe2cbd616c1eacf3bdececdbe

* We are now also illegally detaining American Citizens now for the crime of being brown against judges orders: "U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-born-citizen-detained-ice-immigration-florida-rcna201800

* Another American Citizen they are trying to illegally Deport: "American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doctor-email-immigration-leave-country-rcna201698

* "Judge orders detained Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk to be transferred back to Vermont :" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-rcna201954

* "Video shows ICE agent smash window to detain man in Massachusetts. Attorney says they have wrong person.:" https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/video-ice-agent-smash-car-window-new-bedford-massachusetts/

It was the wrong man, but they took him anyway.

* "Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/australian-with-us-working-visa-detained-insulted-deported

* "BYU doctorate student’s visa reinstated after unexpected revocation:" https://kslnewsradio.com/breaking-news/visa-byu-student/2204681/

* "Campus activists, misidentified students, a jaywalker. Is this the deportation list the Trump administration is using?:" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/metro/zionist-group-deportation-lists/

* More terrifying shit. "Feds say agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on migrant children:" https://apnews.com/article/schools-immigration-federal-agents-los-angeles-fe4d1d3ba3f6a7afe6b749cd6a7f2fcb

* "Rep. Becca Balint unloads on Trump administration for false claims against detained students:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/rep-becca-balint-unloads-on-trump-administration-for-false-claims-against-detained-students-237925445924

* "Trump Admin Tells Afghan Refugees Who Fled Taliban to Self-Deport—Report:" https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-tells-afghan-refugees-who-fled-taliban-self-deportreport-2061049

* "‘War on tourism’: Trump set to cost U.S. billions as foreign tourists stay clear:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-war-on-tourism-trump-set-to-cost-u-s-billions-as-foreign-tourists-stay-clear-237648453688

* " From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?

* "“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights:" https://www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?

* "UO students rally after visa revocations, urge stronger protections for international peers:" https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/12/university-of-oregon-rally-international-students/

* If you live in Vermont, now is a great time to let your voice be heard. "Vermont Senate leaders urge Gov. Phil Scott to terminate state agreement with federal immigration officials:" https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/15/vermont-senate-leaders-urge-gov-phil-scott-to-terminate-state-agreement-with-federal-immigration-officials/

* "Trump Has a New Target for His Mass Deportations: U.S. Citizens:" https://newrepublic.com/post/193669/donald-trump-target-mass-deportations-us-citizens

* "Trump exposed in 'hot mic' moment planning further abuse of power:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-exposed-in-hot-mic-moment-planning-further-abuse-of-power-237422661695

* "Trump's immigration agenda is not popular:" https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-immigration-agenda-isnt-popular




* "Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the country:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-protests-hands-off-revolutionary-war-anniversary-34218e384bef12bdf3a75a40959f4ede

* "Protesters rally outside White House amid nationwide anti-Trump demonstrations:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/protesters-rally-white-house-nationwide-anti-trump-demonstrations-rcna201993

* I can't show all the protests, but I can show you some to remind people they are ongoing.

* CW: Rape. "Justice Department wants to step in for Trump in E. Jean Carroll appeal:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case-justice-department/

* "Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Nets $25 Million Investment From Firm Suspected of Fraud:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/trump-family-crypto-dwf-1235318209/

* "Busted: Report paints vivid picture of Trump corruption:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/busted-report-paints-vivid-picture-of-trump-corruption-237899333688

* "Nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as Trump’s government downsizing continues:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-doge-cfpb-elon-musk-456b747c367fccbcf3b74d2893cd1a35

* "Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-orders-halt-mass-firings-consumer-financial-protection/story?id=120951391

* "Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performance:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-mass-firings-probationary-workers-e469a427e50f205bb79803a1405dcc3c

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

* I think we found the Government Waste. "US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission:" https://www.wired.com/story/department-of-labor-doge-usds-payment/

* Here's more of it: "DOGE Playas, their DOGE Enforcer Pals And the Security Detail You Need to Be a True DOGE-Banger:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-playas-their-doge-enforcer-pals-and-the-security-detail-you-need-to-be-a-true-doge-banger

* So they likely have been giving Russian Hackers and who knows who else sensitive data. "5 takeaways about NPR's reporting on the whistleblower report about DOGE at the NLRB:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355895/doge-musk-nlrb-takeaways-security

* "DOGE assigns staffers to work at agency where it allegedly removed sensitive data:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366851/doge-nlrb-whistleblower-musk-data

* "Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Getting Audited:" https://www.wired.com/story/gao-audit-elon-musk-doge-government-agencies/

* "Elon Musk’s xAI criticized over unauthorized gas turbines at Memphis facility:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-xai-criticized-over-182837823.html

* I can't begin to post all the protests, but I like to ink some now and then so people see they are still going.

* "‘Tesla Takedown’: Protesters gather outside new London Tesla dealership:" https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/tesla-takedown-protesters-gather-outside-new-london-tesla-dealership/

* "Tesla Protesters' Poster Says "Send Musk To Mars", He Responds:" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-responds-to-tesla-protesters-send-musk-to-mars-demand-8166994

* "Anti-Trump protests this weekend turn focus to community action:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/nx-s1-5369483/anti-trump-protests-50501-tesla-takedown

* "Targeting Tesla: Scenes from anti-Musk protests:" https://archive.ph/SJDEl

* "Simulated Musk, Zuckerberg voices are speaking from hacked crosswalk buttons:" https://www.theverge.com/news/647830/crosswalk-hack-musk-zuckerberg-voices-california

* "Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead:" https://archive.ph/e4zUd

* "The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X:" https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/

* "How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5352470/doge-musk-social-security-voting

* "Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say:" https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab

* "20,000 IRS employees interested in deferred resignation offer as tax deadline looms:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/irs-resignation-treasury-tax-deadline-trump.html

* "DOGE Cuts Update Today: IRS Doesn't 'Have Time' for Tax Cases Amid Layoffs:" https://www.newsweek.com/doge-cuts-update-irs-layoffs-2059957

Remember, the staffing cuts at the IRS are intended to make things harder for ordinary taxpayers and also to prevent any chance of rich tax cheats being audited, which will drive up the debt, which will the justify yet more cuts to social services.

* "DOGE’s IRS cuts will cost the average American a fortune :" https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5248491-irs-doge-taxpayer-impacts/

* "Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts:" https://archive.ph/PPYPV

* "RFK Jr. vowed to upend American health care. It’s happening faster than expected.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/rfk-revamp-health-hhs-00280101

* Food Safety has already been deteriorating because of Trump's attacks on food safety last time. It's about to get so much deadlier. "US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts:" https://archive.ph/df2sT

* "With tractor parade, Maine farmers protest USDA cuts that could leave many in debt:" https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/16/with-tractor-parade-maine-farmers-protest-usda-cuts-that-could-leave-many-in-debt/

* "CDC cruise inspectors laid off as ship arrives in Florida with norovirus outbreak:" https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2025/04/14/norovirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-cdc-layoffs-florida/

* "Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US:" https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-vaccines-funding-cuts-5785985d6b74024b0502f6a2fc1576e2

* "Kennedy draws from misinformation playbook by touting an inhaled steroid to treat measles:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/kennedy-draws-misinformation-playbook-touting-inhaled-steroid-treat-me-rcna200085

* "Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer:" https://apnews.com/article/texas-measles-outbreak-rfk-jr-ben-edwards-2dd7c79d47c64ad2e6d4a4ac3c87ec1f

He was highly contagious. Children are dying and he spreads it as much as he can.

* They are cooking the books, which is terrifying. "Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.:" https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/ex-official-says-he-was-forced-out-of-fda-after-trying-to-protect-vaccine-safety-data-from-rfk-jr/

* "Top NIH scientist speaks out, says research was ‘censored’ under RFK Jr:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/top-nih-scientist-speaks-out-says-research-was-censored-under-rfk-jr-237788229924

* "Autism rate rises in new CDC report that contradicts RFK Jr. on cause:" https://archive.ph/LVthz

* "Trump and Kennedy Spouting Dangerous Autism Misinformation:" https://autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/trump-and-kennedy-spouting-dangerous-autism-misinformation/

* "RFK Jr. said autistic people don’t work or play sports. They say he’s wrong.:" https://archive.ph/YPwuR

* "Staffers Walk Out of RFK Jr.’s Slur-Ridden Speech About Deep State:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/staffers-walk-out-of-rfk-jrs-slur-ridden-speech-about-deep-state/

* "Actress Holly Robinson Peete denounces RFK Jr.'s harmful claims about autism:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/actress-holly-robinson-peete-denounces-rfk-jr-s-harmful-claims-about-autism-237928005844

* "'Just a big slogan and propaganda': Kennedy, Oz and Braun met with swift criticism:" https://www.thestatehousefile.com/politics/just-a-big-slogan-and-propaganda-kennedy-oz-and-braun-met-with-swift-criticism/article_d1953c5c-d5c4-431e-a5ec-48ff240775c1.html

* "Federal government to remove gender dysphoria from protected disabilities list:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gender-dysphoria-removed-protected-disabilities

* "Doctors warn of ‘terrifying’ effects as Trump creates snitch line to report gender-affirming care patients:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-trans-kid-reporting-portal

You know the drill, folks. Try to do credible, but completely false leads they will have to waste their time tracking down. You need things that LLMs/A.I. can't easily weed out.

* "Maine Gov. Janet Mills hits back after Trump sues state for transgender sports policies:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-sues-maine-transgender-sports

* "Federal judge blocks Trump admin's gender-restrictive passport policy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judge-blocks-passport-gender-restrictions

* "Military families sue Trump administration to keep their school system diverse:" https://www.advocate.com/news/military-familes-sue-pentagon-schools

* "Federal appeals court upholds block on Trump's trans military ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-military-ban-block-upheld

* "People protest proposed cuts to VA staffing:" https://www.wkow.com/news/people-protest-proposed-cuts-to-va-staffing-healthcare/article_2ae24486-789e-4b31-9e10-aabab48f0bfb.html

* "H.R. McMaster receives accidental call from President Trump:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcmaster-trump-accidental-call/

The Administration keeps calling the wrong people by accident.

* "Signal War Plans v.s. Hillary's Emails:"

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* "Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-showerheads-appliances-led-lights-regulation-energy-department-chaos?

* "National Weather Service buyouts will leave gaps as storm season ramps up:" https://archive.ph/SwTG8

* "With fewer weather balloons due to government staffing cuts, forecasts may be less accurate:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/weather-balloons-stop-trump-cuts-forecasts-less-accurate-rcna198055

Republicans are doing everything in their power to prevent forewarning of disasters a hamstringing disaster response. Remember, all this is necessary to justify more tax cuts for billionaires.

* "AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits are let go in DOGE cuts:" https://apnews.com/article/americorps-volunteers-fema-doge-05b1d1cd53e0b5b9f64c17eaba7adf95

* "Schools lined up for help getting cleaner school buses. Then came the EPA freeze:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-electric-school-buses-districts-funding-biden-19fe231d30fc8ff606cae9f6987074c8

* "Lost in the sauce: Stories Trump probably hoped you wouldn't notice while he 'flooded the zone':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lost-in-the-sauce-stories-trump-probably-hoped-you-wouldn-t-notice-while-he-flooded-the-zone-237900357720

* "DOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal Status:" https://archive.ph/IBTYR

* "‘A death blow’: Filmmakers, archivists reel as DOGE suddenly cuts their funding:" https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/17/doge-neh-funding-cuts-sf/

* "DOGE cuts at National Endowment for the Humanities hit Carnegie Museums, Phipps and more:" https://www.wesa.fm/arts-culture/2025-04-17/doge-neh-pittsburgh-carnegie-phipps

* "Washington's libraries face 'deep and dramatic' funding cuts as Trump abruptly terminates federal grants:" https://www.kuow.org/stories/washington-libraries-deep-dramatic-cuts-trump-terminates-federal-grants

* "Head Start advocates brace for possibility of Trump eliminating funding:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5368248/president-trump-head-start

Head start is one of the most valuable and effective education programs that exist. It's a long term investment in children that pays off, not "waste."

* "What to Know About Head Start, the Early Childhood Education Program the Trump Administration Is Proposing to Eliminate:" https://time.com/7278480/head-start-history-effectiveness-trump-hhs-budget-funding-elimination-reactions/

* "Trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride just got Trump to reverse himself in victory for Delaware:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-trump-reversal-victory

* "Trump Administration Retreats From White-Collar Criminal Enforcement:" https://archive.ph/cWdzs

* "Noem threatens Harvard’s ability to enroll international students:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/trump-administration-punish-harvard-00295445

* "House GOP probes Harvard over federal funding:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/house-gop-probes-harvard-over-federal-funding-00296742

* "Harvard University Announces It Won’t Surrender to Trump:" https://newrepublic.com/post/193977/harvard-university-wont-surrender-trump

* Harvard is doing the right thing instead of caving like Columbia. Other Universities are signing up to resist.

* "MSU faculty join call for Big Ten 'mutual defense compact' against Trump administration:" https://statenews.com/article/2025/04/msu-faculty-join-call-for-big-ten-mutual-defense-compact-against-trump-administration

* "These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump:" https://www.chronicle.com/article/these-faculty-senates-are-trying-to-band-together-to-stand-up-to-trump

* "'Don't fight alone': Universities band together to defend against Trump attacks:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-don-t-fight-alone-universities-band-together-to-defend-against-trump-attacks-237521477619

* "Judge temporarily blocks Trump from retaliating against firm that sued Fox News for election lies:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firm-susman-godfrey-eada6cc436533ea3b483568c8287600e

* "Trump Enforcer Shaking Down Law Firms for Billions is Unmasked:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-personal-lawyer-boris-epshteyn-is-the-one-shaking-down-big-law-firms/

* "White House shakes up press pool in apparent nod to court ruling:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/white-house-changes-press-pool-00292526

* "Bill Maher Had Dinner With Donald Trump, Because of Course He Did:"

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* "From Roe to woes, the days SCOTUS hit 'undo' on half a century of progress:" https://www.advocate.com/scotus-ruling

* Republicans are hoping the 14th Amendment to the constitution will be declared unconstitutional. "Supreme Court to hear arguments on Trump’s bid to start implementing his plan to end birthright citizenship:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/supreme-court-end-birthright-citizenship-trump-00296984

* "Mahmoud v. Taylor: Everything to know about the Supreme Court case to ban LGBTQ+ books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/mahmoud-v-taylor-lgbtq-books

* "ACLU and LGBTQ+ groups defend Maryland schools' LGBTQ+ curriculum in Supreme Court filing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/school-opt-out-challenged

* I do not want to go back to how it was in my youth. "What to know about the Supreme Court case that could take away your access to PrEP and other care:" https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-prep-case-explained

* "The Cruelty of Medicaid Work Requirements:" https://time.com/7260543/medicaid-work-requirements-disability-essay/

* "White House to send Congress a formal request to nix $9.3B for PBS, NPR, State Department:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/14/white-house-to-send-congress-a-formal-request-to-nix-9-3b-for-pbs-state-department-00289543

Now is the time to hammer your Congress Critters phonelines about why we need NPR and PBS.

* "Lisa Murkowski Says 'We Are All Afraid' Of Retaliation By Donald Trump:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lisa-murkowski-donald-trump_n_6800fb8ae4b027910a15d38f

* "Trump’s pick to lead the IRS raked in donations to pay off campaign debt after he was announced:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/billy-long-irs-campaign-donations-00293051

* "Trump pick to head IRS raises red flags with sketchy ties, disappearing debt:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-pick-to-head-irs-raises-red-flags-with-sketchy-ties-disappearing-debt-237903941510

* "Minimum Wage Increase for 20 Million Proposed Under New Bill:" https://www.newsweek.com/minimum-wage-increase-20-million-americans-proposed-new-bill-2059403?_bhlid=c646c53e777103df2a00a722dd2405c8418f77fd

* "What the SAVE Act could mean for millions of voters, according to a Brennan Center expert:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5361192/house-elections-save-act-voting-rights

* "Trump and Republicans Are Leading an Open Assault on Free Elections:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-republicans-elections-voting-rights-attack-1235316895/

* "In Rural America, the SAVE Act Is a Direct Attack on the Freedom To Vote | Opinion:" https://www.newsweek.com/rural-america-save-act-direct-attack-freedom-vote-opinion-2061138

* "Dem Senators Introduce Logging Bill That Would Hand Over Keys to National Forests to Trump Administration:" https://oregonwild.org/fix-our-forests-senate-antienvironment-bill/

* "The Problems with the Fix Our Forests Act, which Aims to Totally F**k Our Forests:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1LUE2J-ujYs

* I can't remotely post all the rally/town hall stuff, I am sorry.

* "Thousands gather for 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour led by Sanders, AOC in Folsom:" https://www.kcra.com/article/bernie-sanders-aoc-fighting-oligarchy-folsom/64488745

* "‘We got ‘em scared!’: AOC and Bernie draw massive crowds in red states:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-we-got-em-scared-aoc-and-bernie-draw-massive-crowds-in-red-states-237658181542

* "Rep. Dean explains why an anti-Trump town hall moved her to tears:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/rep-dean-explains-why-an-anti-trump-town-hall-moved-her-to-tears-237926469511




* Our job for the next two years 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.


* 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/

"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

Script to complain about Elon Musk/DOGE. I also suggest contacting your AG about data privacy. "Introducing Red State Scripts, Vol. 1:" https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2025/02/10/introducing-red-state-scripts-vol-1/

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

* "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

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

* 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

* Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

* "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/

* Free Bystander training amoung other useful things. "Right to Be Training:" https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings/




* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas AG Ken Paxton announces U.S. Senate bid:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ken-paxton-runs-senate

* " Georgia governor signs religious liberty law, worrying LGBTQ+ advocates who say it'll allow discrimination:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/georgia-religious-freedom-act-signed

* "Alabama House passes 'Don't Say Gay,' drag ban, and Ten Commandments bills all at once:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/alabama-gay-drag-ten-commandments

* "'Andy, that's not true:' Texas Republican mocked after admitting he doesn't know what intersex is:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-republican-doesnt-know-intersex

* "Even in liberal Massachusetts, Republicans are attacking trans athletes:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/massachusetts-transgender-sports-ban-advances

* "Out gay Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs law repealing marriage equality ban:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/colorado-marriage-equality-ban-repealed

* "Budget gets bipartisan support in the Senate: Bill unexpectedly repeals caseload limitations for child protection agency:" https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/15/budget-gets-bipartisan-support-in-the-senate/

* Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey Interview: https://www.advocate.com/politics/pittsburgh-mayor-ed-gainey-interview

* "Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357885/newsmax-dominion-defamation-2020-election

* "U.K. trans groups respond to high court ruling that trans women aren’t considered women under equalities law:" https://www.advocate.com/news/uk-court-definition-woman-cisgender

* "U.S. activists call U.K. anti-trans ruling 'a serious blow' to human rights:" https://www.advocate.com/news/american-activists-british-antitrans-ruling

* "When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead:" https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-therapists-life-coaches-regulation

* "Americans With Food Allergies Are Getting a Bad Deal:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/06/food-allergy-read-fda-warning-label/678731/

* CW: Suicide "A Disaster of the U.S. Military’s Own Making:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/magazine/suicide-military-austin-valley.html




* "Why isn’t extreme heat considered a disaster in the U.S.?:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/18/nx-s1-5003785/extreme-heat-disaster-fema-climate?




* "Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life:" https://www.npr.org/2024/06/09/nx-s1-4942415/disposable-plastic-pollution-waste-single-use-recycling-climate-change-fossil-fuels

* "The world is drowning in plastic.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/delusion-advanced-chemical-plastic-recycling-pyrolysis

* "Traffic engineers build roads that invite crashes because they rely on outdated research and faulty data:" https://theconversation.com/traffic-engineers-build-roads-that-invite-crashes-because-they-rely-on-outdated-research-and-faulty-data-223710

* "The West Coast’s Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind in Jalisco, Mexico:" https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valleys-fanciest-stolen-bikes-trafficked-mastermind-jalisco-mexico/

* "Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing:" https://www.wired.com/story/banks-are-finally-realizing-what-climate-change-will-do-to-housing/

* "Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You’re Eating Them Wrong:" https://www.wired.com/story/potatoes-are-the-perfect-vegetable-but-youre-eating-them-wrong/

* "Inside the Slimy, Smelly, Secretive World of Glass-Eel Fishing:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/24/inside-the-slimy-smelly-secretive-world-of-glass-eel-fishing

* "These oldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years:" https://apnews.com/article/oldest-termite-mounds-africa-climate-eb9b49dbbbb770c739398cef894a99a8

* "Videos Show That Leeches Can Jump in Pursuit of Blood:" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/science/jumping-leeches.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E0.hCBE.hbEw5KUNR8vp&utm_source=DamnInteresting

* "The Koala Paradox: Can Australia find a way to protect its most beloved animal?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/07/australia-koala-crisis-protection/678493/

* "Study shows elephants might call each other by name:" https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/study-shows-elephants-might-call-each-other-by-name-2024-06-10/

* "More Than a Century Ago, Flamingos Disappeared From Florida. Now, They’re Coming Home:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-than-a-century-ago-flamingos-disappeared-from-florida-now-theyre-coming-home-180984492/

* "Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives:" https://theconversation.com/records-of-pompeiis-survivors-have-been-found-and-archaeologists-are-starting-to-understand-how-they-rebuilt-their-lives-230641

* "The Curious Melodic Case of The Regina Music Box :" https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-curious-melodic-case-of-the-regina-music-box/

* "Letters Reveal the Life of a 20-Something in 18th-Century London:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/letters-life-18th-century-london

* "There’s a Better Way to Teach the California Gold Rush:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/theres-a-better-way-to-teach-the-california-gold-rush-180984544/

* "No, President Trump, the Income Tax Wasn’t A Mistake. But It Was an Accident.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/history-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression

* "Bubble Girl: The kidnapping that once riveted the nation:" https://theamericanscholar.org/bubble-girl-1/

* "Worse Than Signalgate:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/04/world-war-i-accidental-leak/682393/

* "What is "Haute Couture"? And why is it French?:"

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* "The Scandalous History of the Tuxedo:"

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* "How the Fridge Changed Flavor:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/how-the-fridge-changed-flavor

* "The Best Actress Oscar Race of 1950:"

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* I want to thank everyone who contributed to the Squirrel Fundraiser. They think they will be all right now.

* One of the things we got out of last week's marathon bureaucracy is Goth Millennial is getting paid to be my aid again. We also carved out eight hours a month for New Millennial. They started getting paid for their work Wednesday.

Let us hope I get to keep my home care aid hours. We should find out soon.

I took them both on Wednesday errands, which was delightful. I used the motorized cart and spent as much time as possible while waiting things in the car with my seat reclined, reading. When we got back I was exhausted, but we also needed to do a full sofa change for the second day in a row because the emperor is being above and beyond destructive just now.

Them: I haven't seen you this exhausted after errands in months.
Me: I kept having to use all the spoons last week. There is a price for that.

This is a reminder for those of you who are not disabled or are recently disabled that this is what pushing through DOES when you are disabled. Yes, the Millennials got their job stuff sorted out and I'm re-certified as still disabled (Every five years I need to prove to various agencies that my spine hasn't spontaneously regenerated to a pristine state, nor my joints, nor my lungs.) and I've shored up my SSI stuff best I can, and we got the cleaning done in time for both inspections, etc., etc. But I'm pretty much going to be fucked physically for a couple of weeks and I got way behind on EVERYTHING last week because there wasn't anything left most days so I kept going to bed hungry and very early and didn't do the stuff I can normally manage.

I am going to be paying and paying and paying.

Tavy did get a nice cuddle nap on me, then go sit on Goth Millennial for a while for pettins until the humans needed to rearrange themselves for dinner.

* Something has gone dramatically wrong with my bank account. I suspect paypal allowed a secret autowithdraw again at exactly the wrong time, which I will need to track down, as a bill I'd scheduled to pay with more than enough money in the account rather suddenly caused an overdraft. (I checked it wasn't Amazon prime randomly reactivating again, but it's a pain in the ass finding the right tab on paypal. I will do that next.) I had some cash I'd socked away at the beginning of the month in case I needed it for inspection cleaning. I put it back in in time to patch the hole, but when Insuarnce auto-withdraws hit, I am fucked. I think $70.00 would cover those plus fees.

Want to help? https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion

* "HP-like LGBT Books (not written by a TERF):" https://www.tumblr.com/profiterole-reads/666484154723090432/hp-like-lgbt-books-not-written-by-a-terf

* "How Tim Burton Butchered Sweeney Todd:"

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* "Hunger Hurts: Cannibals and Why We're Obsessed with Them:"

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* Interview with Chuck Tingle: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3FycrHnScQ9KViVrcbdx4W?go=1&sp_cid=59b2ae97b301ef8280618aec96e6c4e8&nd=1&dlsi=5c5fb47f80f44c34

* "How Do Religions Use Art?: Crash Course Art History #8:"

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* "Why autism portrayal is one-dimensional—and how to change it | Chloé Hayden | TEDxSydney Youth:"

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* "Shop 'til You Drop: Horror's Condemnation of Overconsumption:"

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* "Illustrious Iliad:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M9qW-z39hrk

* "The White Potus - SNL:"

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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.

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

* "Nationwide Economic Blackout: Boycott Dates for Target, Amazon, Others:" https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-economic-blackout-boycott-dates-target-amazon-others-2037986

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

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* "Why Israel's having some of its biggest protests since the war in Gaza began:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339490/israel-protests-netanyahu-hostages-gaza-war

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* "Russian strike kills 14, including six children in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine says:" https://archive.ph/YhVc3




* "Labor accuses Dutton of copying Trump with suggestion children being ‘indoctrinated’ at school:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/01/labor-dutton-trump-comparison-doge-school-curriculum

Please don't follow us into the dark, Australia.

* "Elections watchdog warned AI presents 'high' risk in current campaign: internal documents:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ai-elections-rules-1.7499383

* "Canada election debates will see these 5 party leaders participate:" https://globalnews.ca/news/11110269/canada-election-leaders-debates-lineup-qualify/




* "Iran wants indirect talks with US, warns regional countries over strikes against it:" https://archive.ph/YISOu

* "Rep. Balint: Trump wants to 'flex his muscles as the tough guy' with threats against Iran, Russia:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/rep-balint-trump-wants-to-flex-his-muscles-as-the-tough-guy-with-threats-against-iran-russia-235823685542

* "Exclusive: Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say:" https://archive.ph/8eVEY

* "See Trump’s list: More than 180 countries and territories facing reciprocal tariffs:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-countries-chart-imports-united-states.html

* "US slaps 26% tariff on India amid ongoing bilateral trade talks:" https://archive.ph/7EdpD

* "China urges US to immediately lift tariffs, vows retaliation:" https://archive.ph/AIYKX

* "Trump tariffs pile stress on ailing world economy:" https://archive.ph/WTPAM

* "Dow futures tumble over 800 points on fear Trump’s tariffs will spark trade war: Live updates:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/stock-market-today-live-updates-trump-tariffs.html

* "US Senate passes bill aimed at stopping Trump tariffs on Canada:" https://archive.ph/udQis

Unfortunately, Mike Johnson is blocking it in the House because that is how much Republicans hate America and how much Republicans want to destroy our economy, probably for generations because of all the trading partners (and islands entirely inhabited by penguins) we have burned.

Everyone who ever told you Republicans are good on the economy was LYING to YOU.

That was last true when Nixon was President.

Ever since Reagan, I've watched Republicans crash the economy over and over, and Democrats start to repair the damage, then have Republicans voted in and yet again crash the economy.

It's what they do. They suck money out of the pockets of ordinary people while giving tax cuts to the very richest and making decisions that harm everyone but a handful of billionaires.

This time they broke the economy, the government, and Democracy, things they've been vowing to do since I was born.

They could literally stop the Trump tariff destruction TODAY but backing the Senate on ending Trump's authority to destroy the American economy by rescinding Trump's emergency declaration that gives him the Authority to do this to us.

IF YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE in THE HOUSE, CALL THEM NOW.

Make the phones ring off the hooks. I am begging you. Every hour that passes the harder it is to fix.

Here is a script for calling Congress Critters on tariffs: https://www.tumblr.com/errorschacha/779843646911643648?source=share

* "Top Republican leads bill to reassert Congress’ tariff power amid Trump trade war:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/03/congress/top-republican-leads-bill-to-reassert-congress-tariff-power-amid-trump-trade-war-00268710

There is now one for all the Tariffs in the Senate, so call your Senator NOW!

* "Trump Goes Crazy on Trade:" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-goes-crazy-on-trade

* "Trump's targets for 'reciprocal' tariffs include uninhabited islands but exclude Russia and Iran:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-targets-reciprocal-tariffs-include-uninhabited-islands-exclude/story?id=120445283

* "Launching the Economic Version of the Iraq War.:" https://fallows.substack.com/p/launching-the-economic-version-of

* "Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy?:" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-careless-stupidity-kill-the

* "President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc:" https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/04/03/president-trumps-mindless-tariffs-will-cause-economic-havoc

* "A third global recession in 20 years looms:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-cause-recession

* "It's the end of the world's economic order as we know it:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-canada-europe-allies

* "China hits back at Trump with 34% tariff on U.S. imports:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-hits-back-trump-34-tariff-us-imports-rcna199665

* "‘This Could Get Much Uglier’: The Fatal Flaw in Trump’s Trade War:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-manufacturing-confusion-00267945

* "Dow plunges 2,000 as sell-off for markets slams into a scarier gear following Trump’s tariffs:" https://apnews.com/article/market-rates-trump-tariffs-d86db525c370e9da834e6dfb76e23b86

* "‘Worst case scenario’ Hayes says Trump is waterboarding the U.S. economy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-worst-case-scenario-hayes-says-trump-is-waterboarding-the-u-s-economy-236286533786

* "Needless economic pain from Trump not even worth it if his tariff gambit works: Economist:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/needless-economic-pain-from-trump-not-even-worth-it-if-his-tariff-gambit-works-economist-236488261814

* "Lack of answers from Trump on tariff game plan leaves investors uneasy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lack-of-answers-from-trump-on-tariff-game-plan-leaves-investors-uneasy-236491333583

* And for bonus stupid that explains so much... "Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/critics-suspect-trumps-weird-tariff-math-came-from-chatbots/

* "Trump is 'steering the Titanic towards the iceberg,' says CNBC reporter:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-is-steering-the-titanic-towards-the-iceberg-says-cnbc-reporter-236596805514

* "The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-ridiculous-real-story-behind-the-tariff-plan-that-turned-donald-trump-into-a-global-disaster-236611653893

* "Amazon’s last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-amazon-bytedance-china-us-ban-19f62e2dba637a0d1a0b41102a2f351f

* Trump is openly disrespected our fallen soldiers again. "Trump Skips Honoring Soldiers Killed in Lithuania to Watch Golf:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-skips-transfer-soldiers-killed-lithuania-liv-golf-1235310901/

* "Donald Trump blows off dignified transfer of fallen U.S. soldiers for golf events:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-blows-off-dignified-transfer-of-fallen-u-s-soldiers-for-golf-events-236615749688

* "Appeals Court clears the way for Musk, DOGE to resume cuts to USAID:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/appeals-court-usaid-ruling-doge-00259154

* Cruelty is the point "A USAID worker's pregnant wife was denied an emergency medical evacuation after DOGE fired her:" https://www.advocate.com/news/usaid-pregnant-denied-medical-evacuation

* "Exclusive: Trump administration is pointing spy satellites at US border:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-directs-spy-satellite-agencies-surveil-us-mexico-border-2025-03-27/

* Everything about this is gross. "Donald Trump Reveals $5m Visa Gold Card With His Face On:" https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reveals-5m-visa-gold-card-his-face-2055171

* "The Trump DOJ Is Barreling Toward Contempt of Court. There’s Still One Way Out.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-doj-contempt-boasberg-salvador-prison.html

* "Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing:" https://apnews.com/article/us-institute-peace-trump-doge-mass-firing-746aa4fce9ad35fe17e8e22ce29417e3

They aren't part of the executive branch. I don't understand how any of this is legal.

* "DOGE Staffer Appointed to Lead U.S. Institute of Peace Founded Company That Sells ‘AI Workers’: Nate Cavanaugh, a 28-year-old college dropout, is steeped in the hypercapitalist ideology of Silicon Valley:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/doge-us-institute-of-peace-nate-cavanaugh-1235307495/

* "Trump administration takes $500M US Institute of Peace building for free:" https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/federal-fallout/us-institute-of-peace-usip-500-million-dollar-headquarters-department-of-government-efficiency-trump-administration/65-b32203f0-ec4a-410f-b128-15484a282d3c

* "'This is bananas': DOGE looks to finagle a building the federal government doesn't own:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-bananas-doge-looks-to-finagle-a-building-the-federal-government-doesn-t-own-235941445573

* "Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”:" https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights

* Xenophobic Lies vs. Reality: "Risk Analysis of Mass Shootings Committed by Immigrants and Native-Born Americans:" https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/risk-analysis-mass-shootings-committed-immigrants-native-born-americans#

* "Maryland father sues U.S. officials after being deported to El Salvador prison:" https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-father-deported-el-salvador-abrego-garcia-us-immigration/

* "Wife of man mistakenly sent to El Salvador prison says she fears for his safety: "My husband's not a criminal":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wife-man-error-deported-to-el-salvador-prison/

* "‘Horrific’: Joe Rogan blasts Trump for sending innocent people to El Salvador prison:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-horrific-joe-rogan-blasts-trump-for-sending-innocent-people-to-el-salvador-prison-236093509538

* Now we find out if there is even a shred of rule of law left. "Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5352448/judge-orders-the-trump-administration-to-return-man-who-was-mistakenly-deported-el-salvador

* "ICE agents detain nearly 40 employees during morning raid at Whatcom County businesst:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-government/article303349791.html

* "Protest emerges at Ferndale facility after ICE reportedly detains Whatcom County activist:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article302806399.html

* "The Trump Administration’s War on Activists Is Escalating: ICE’s detention of a Washington state union organizer, alongside other threats to activists, raises the question of how far the Trump team will go to stifle dissent.:" https://newrepublic.com/article/193391/juarez-zeferino-ice-detention-activists

* If it is legitimate, why do it in secret and not tell the students? This prevents them getting due process, so they can be kidnapped. "Visas revoked, records terminated for more students at U of M, MSU Mankato:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/03/5-international-college-students-in-mankato-have-records-terminated-by-dhs

* "Ten Colorado international students – at least half Middle Eastern – have visas revoked:" https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/02/csu-cu-uccs-international-students-visas-revoked/

There were a bunch more of these as other colleges have started checking.

* "Colorado activist Jeanette Vizguerra's hearing delayed as legal team challenges deportation: "She was targeted":" https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/family-legal-team-colorado-activist-jeanette-vizguerra-press-conference-hearing/

* "Judge denies Justice Department's effort to move detained Tufts student's case to Louisiana:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-detained-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-case-vermont/

* I can't cover all the protests in all the places people have been kidnapped from, but I want to thank all of you doing it. Stay noisy.

* "Students walk out at Ballou to demand release of Rümeysa Öztürk:" https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/04/students-walk-out-at-ballou-to-demand-release-of-rumeysa-ozturk

* "WATCH: Video shows Alireza Doroudi being detained by ICE officers at his apartment near the University of Alabama:" https://www.cbs42.com/news/watch-video-shows-alireza-doroudi-being-detained-by-ice-officers-at-his-apartment-near-the-university-of-alabama/

* "University of Alabama students protest to demand ICE release international student Alireza Doroudi:" https://www.wvtm13.com/article/university-alabama-protest-doroudi-student-detained-ice/64342584

* Reminder of how bullshit the claims are that they are renditioning criminals and not innocent asylum seekers: "The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/the-makeup-artist-donald-trump-deported-under-the-alien-enemies-act

* "British Tourist Detained by ICE for 19 Days Warns Against All US Travel:" https://www.newsweek.com/ice-tourist-immigration-detained-2055805

* "‘Inhumane conditions’ and death at Miami’s Krome migrant detention center:" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-01/inhumane-conditions-and-death-at-miamis-krome-migrant-detention-center.html

* "Weekend protests in South Florida over Trump deportation program and Tesla:" https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2025-03-31/weekend-protests-south-florida-trump-deportation-program-tesla-doge

* "Protesters march through downtown Dallas for the Mega March 2025:" https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/thousands-march-through-downtown-dallas-for-the-mega-march-2025/

* I can't cover all the protests, but I like to remind people that they are out there: "Protesters in small New York village march to Trump border czar's home over family's ICE detention:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protesters-small-new-york-village-march-trump-border-czars-home-family-rcna199867

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

* "Huger man accused of posing as ICE officer in viral video excused from court Friday:" https://abcnews4.com/news/local/huger-man-seen-posing-as-ice-officer-in-viral-video-excused-from-court-friday-wciv-abc-news-4-sean-johnson-sullivans-island-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-kidnapping




* "Russian punk band Pussy Riot pops up at Washington Square Park to issue warnings about authoritarianism in America:" https://www.amny.com/news/pussy-riot-washington-square-park-authoritarianism/

* "Hundreds of protests planned as Trump's abuses generate wide array of grievances:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hundreds-of-protests-planned-as-trump-s-abuses-generate-wide-array-of-grievances-236612677727

* "Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-protests-hands-off-472c574303260cbac315367cc808960d

* "Photos: See demonstrators around the country rally in 'Hands Off!' protests:" https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/04/05/g-s1-58479/photos-see-hands-off-protests-trump-musk

* "Anchorage demonstrators join ‘Hands Off!’ rally, part of national protests:"https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2025/04/05/over-1000-join-anchorages-hands-off-rally-part-of-national-protests/

* "Protesters mobilize across region for "Hands Off!" demonstrations:" https://6abc.com/post/protesters-mobilize-region-hands-off-demonstrations/16132025/

* "Demonstrators participate in "Hands Off" protests in South Florida, expressing frustrations with Trump administration:" https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-hands-off-president-trump-protest-elon-musk/

* "Big crowd for ‘Hands Off’ rally in heart of one of the most Trump supporting states in the country:" https://wvmetronews.com/2025/04/05/big-crowd-for-hands-off-rally-in-heart-of-one-of-the-most-trump-supporting-states-in-the-country/

* "See the photos as protesters gather in Eugene for the “Hands Off!” demonstration.:" https://www.registerguard.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/04/05/protesters-gather-in-eugene-for-hands-off-largest-nationwide-demonstrations-in-recent-years-over-110/82888339007/

* "Bellingham turns out for local version of national day of protest against Trump policies:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article303583746.html

* "'Bloodbath': Protesters meet Trump at every step as he butchers U.S. government agencies:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-bloodbath-protesters-meet-trump-at-every-step-as-he-butchers-u-s-government-agencies-236123717533

* "'There's no other savior or option': Resistance to Trump mobilizes as Americans have seen enough:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-there-s-no-other-savior-or-option-resistance-to-trump-mobilizes-as-americans-have-seen-enough-235933765750

* "Chris Kluwe got arrested protesting MAGA. He's still protesting because 'it's the right thing to do':" https://www.advocate.com/news/chris-kluwe-pride-flag-arrest-update

* "Trump voters got exactly what they wanted — so why are people complaining?:" https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/trump-voters-tariffs/

* "We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy: Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, describes how free and fair elections might end in America as soon as 2026.:" https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/senator-chris-murphy-this-is-how-democracy-dies-everybody-just-gets-scared

* "The frog of democracy is nearly boiled. We can still jump out of the pot.:" https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-dictatorship-universities-law-firms-20250323.html

* "Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Actions:" https://www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-related-to-trump-admin-executive-orders

* "Democrats sue Trump administration over elections executive order:" https://archive.ph/Zcelw

* "Satire Won’t Save Us: Power, Masculinity, and the Cult of Trump:"

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* "Trump moves to strip unionization rights from most federal workers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/union-rights-federal-workers-donald-trump-00257010

* "Trump Just Pardoned … a Corporation?:" https://theintercept.com/2025/04/02/trump-pardons-corporation-bitmex-crypto/

* "Several federal agencies launch a 'deferred resignation' effort to encourage workers to leave their jobs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/federal-agencies-launch-new-deferred-resignation-effort-encourage-work-rcna199069

* "Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784

* "Musk might be on his way out, but what happens to all the destruction he wrought on the federal government?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/musk-leaves-destruction

* "Protests against Elon Musk’s purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms:" https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-tesla-doge-protests-a07cb5f20d65d0fb4dcb3547e2b7879c

* "‘He’s a loser’: Tim Walz says Elon Musk’s ‘toxic personality’ repels voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-a-loser-tim-walz-says-elon-musk-s-toxic-personality-repels-voters-236279877905

* "The Tragedy and Comedy of Elon Musk:"

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* "Social Security: How to Prepare for Changes to Benefit Access:" https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-prepare-changes-benefit-access-2052895

* "A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year:" https://apnews.com/article/social-security-offices-closures-doge-trump-b2b1a5b2ba4fb968abc3379bf90715ff

* "Social Security demands that gay activist living with AIDS repay $200k in benefits:" https://www.advocate.com/news/social-security-demands-activist-repay

You know how I've been expressing concerns about targeted attacks on people the administration doesn't like. Do I know it's happening here? No, but I suspect it.

* "Musk's claim Biden administration gave Social Security numbers to millions of noncitizens lacks context: The Enumeration Beyond Entry program grants Social Security numbers to successful applicants for U.S. residency, work permits and citizenship.:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/01/musk-biden-social-security-numbers/

* "Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/janet-mills-social-security-maine-leland-dudek_n_67ed2d99e4b0b937ab8f135c

* "DOGE cuts stall Maine seafood business trying to go green:" https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/19/doge-cuts-stall-maine-seafood-business-trying-to-go-green/

* "Maine DHHS forced to end dozens of contracts due to federal cuts:" https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-dhhs-forced-to-end-dozens-of-contracts-due-to-federal-cuts-cdc-programs-president-donald-trump-doge-elon-musk

* "Children put at risk in Donald Trump's petty vendetta against the state of Maine:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/children-put-at-risk-in-donald-trump-s-petty-vendetta-against-the-state-of-maine-236497989870

* "Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/waltzs-team-set-up-at-least-20-signal-group-chats-for-crises-across-the-world-00266845

* "Report: Waltz used Gmail for official work:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/mike-waltz-signal-gmail-security

* "Pentagon watchdog launches probe into Hegseth use of Signal chat ahead of Houthi airstrike:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-watchdog-launches-probe-signalgate/story?id=120458325

* "Fresh from scandal over group chat attack plans, Hegseth's conduct opens him to ridicule:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fresh-from-scandal-over-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-s-conduct-opens-him-to-ridicule-235934277935

* "One small part of Pete Hegseth's wardrobe is a big tell:" https://www.salon.com/2025/04/06/one-small-part-of-pete-hegseths-wardrobe-is-a-big-tell/

* He's doing another purge, this time based on a Neo-NAZI conspiracy theorist's suggestions. "Trump fires several national security officials over loyalty concerns:" https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04/03/trump-moves-to-fire-several-nsc-officials-over-loyalty-concerns/

* "Laura Loomer Is a Warning: No one else with direct access to the president has been as outwardly bigoted.:" https://archive.ph/jnAjK

* "‘Absurd’: Sen. Kim on MAGA conspiracist Laura Loomer's White House influence:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-absurd-sen-kim-on-maga-conspiracist-laura-loomer-s-white-house-influence-236597829503

* "Pete Hegseth Moves to Replace Military’s Lawyers for Chilling Reason:" https://newrepublic.com/post/192695/pete-hegseth-replace-military-lawyers

Yet more purges of competent and ethical people. It's extra scary because they are essential to ethical conduct of our military

* "Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions:" https://archive.ph/YIl3Z

They are having to censor the naval academy library because the diversity ban bars them from having books about MLK or Jackie Robinson.

* "Appeals court denies Trump DOJ’s request to halt injunction on trans military ban — for now:" https://www.advocate.com/news/appeals-court-trans-military-ban

* "Meet the transgender Army lieutenant who is challenging Donald Trump's military ban \:" https://www.advocate.com/news/nicolas-talbott-transgender-soldier-plaintiff

* "Transgender Army officer Erica Vandal was born into military service. Now, she's suing Trump to stay in :" https://www.advocate.com/news/erica-vandal-decorated-transgender-leader

* "This trans Air Force recruit wants to jump out of planes to save others. He's suing Trump to serve:" https://www.advocate.com/news/clayton-mccallister-transgender-pararescue-recruit

* "Veterans, unions, top Michigan Dems gather to protest Trump VA order in Ann Arbor:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/03/29/veterans-unions-michigan-dems-protest-trump-va-order-in-ann-arbor/82721024007/

* "Thousands laid off as Kennedy and Musk take aim at health agencies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/kennedy-lays-off-thousands-across-the-health-bureaucracy-00262913

* "The CDC Has Been Gutted:" https://www.wired.com/story/cdc-gutted-rif/

* For salt in the wounds of the illegally fired: "Fired health workers were told to contact an employee. She’s dead.:" https://archive.ph/DOKuM

* "Democratic-led states sue to block Trump from $11 billion health funding cut:" https://archive.ph/i9gGl

* "HHS firings undermine federal government’s ability to care for vulnerable Americans:" https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-firings-put-disabled-americans-at-risk/

* "HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled:" https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/01/g-s1-57716/hhs-layoffs-seniors-disabled-liheap-acl

* "Alzheimer’s Association Sounding the Alarm Over the Threat of Elimination of Alzheimer’s Programs at HHS, CDC:" https://www.alz.org/news/2025/threat-of-elimination-of-alzheimers-programs-hhs-cdc

* "Exclusive: Trump health layoffs include staff overseeing bird flu response, source says:" https://archive.ph/PzkLw

* "Measles outbreak in west Texas continues while cuts on health agencies loom:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5343519/measles-outbreak-in-west-texas-continues-while-cuts-on-health-agencies-loom

* "50 canceled measles clinics, and other local impact from HHS cuts:" https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-local-officials-react-rif-impacts-public-health/

* "Another child has died::" https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-rfk-death-vaccine-4e28b0edf5cab47980b40b2d47f0ec50

* "Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH:" https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/

* This will bread more antibiotic resistant strains which is bad for everyone. Infectious disease know no borders. "Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths:" https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/health/tuberculosis-impact-usaid-funding-intl-scli/index.html

* "Trump team guts AIDS-eradication programme and slashes HIV research grants:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00969-5

* "HIV Activists March in NYC to Protest “Death by 1,000 Musk Cuts”:" https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-activists-march-nyc-protest-death-1000-musk-cuts

* Trump admin cuts tens of millions from Planned Parenthood: The Title X funds were earmarked for birth control and other non-abortion services. "Trump admin cuts tens of millions from Planned Parenthood:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-admin-cuts-tens-of-millions-from-planned-parenthood-00261763

It was already illegal to use federal funds for abortion. This is intended to prevent access to birth control and cancer screenings. They are lying when they say they are "Pro-Life."

* "FDA's top tobacco official removed from post in latest blow to agency's leadership:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/fdas-top-tobacco-official-removed-post-latest-blow-120366010

* "Donald Trump fired the man who likely saved his life: Former medical official:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-fired-the-man-who-likely-saved-his-life-former-medical-official-236335685814

* "Entire staff responsible for utility assistance included in HHS cuts, sources say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-admin-fires-staff-liheap-agency-utilities-assistance-program-rcna199177

* "Drugmakers sink after key FDA official ousted as Trump plans health overhaul:" https://archive.ph/JYyC0

* "PHOTOS: Crowd gathers to protest firings, budget cuts at CDC:" https://www.ajc.com/configsection/photos-crowd-gathers-to-protest-firings-budget-cuts-at-cdc/MUC3JE3AKVE4HNYOGESFJCEHGU/

* " In a week, RFK Jr. fat-shames the West Virginia governor, fires 10k HHS workers, and enrages Wall Street:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/rfk-jr-offends-everyone

* "Senate confirms Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/03/senate-confirmation-mehmet-oz-medicare-medicaid-00270913

* "National Park Rangers rebel against queer erasure on Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.advocate.com/news/park-rangers-transgender-stonewall-erasure

* "K-12 schools must sign certification against DEI to receive federal money, administration says:" https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-school-discrimination-federal-funding-7d1025753b9bd924711ace4069fca399

* "Trump administration announces anti-trans investigations team to fight 'gender ideology' in schools:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-anti-transgender-investigations

* "Trump’s Latest Power Grab Threatens Free Expression and LGBTQ+ Voices in Smithsonian Institutions:" https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/trumps-latest-power-grab-threatens-free-expression-and-lgbtq-voices-in-smithsonian-institutions

* "ALA statement on White House assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services :" https://www.ala.org/news/2025/03/ala-statement-white-house-assault-institute-museum-and-library-services

* "The White House press corps just caved to Trump, and that should terrify you:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/white-house-press-caves-trump

* "These universities are in Trump's crosshairs. Many don’t know why.:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/these-universities-are-trumps-crosshairs-many-dont-know-why-2025-03-27/

* "Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University:" https://apnews.com/article/princeton-trump-federal-funding-9c32a996256849ac00792ef50dbdfb0e

* "Trump administration targets billions in funding to Harvard:" https://archive.ph/EP0gd

* "Judge dismisses Eric Adams case, denying DOJ an opportunity to revive it later:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/judge-dismisses-eric-adams-case-00265683

* "The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law: Trump’s actions are an attempt to tilt the scales of justice by using the raw power of government coercion—and they’re working.:" https://archive.ph/gvgpv

* "Another big law firm cuts a deal with White House to avoid sanctions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/law-firm-cuts-deal-avoid-sanctions-00265285

* "Over 500 law firms sign brief backing Perkins Coie suit against Trump:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/500-law-firms-sign-brief-backing-perkins-coie/story?id=120499725

* "On a scale of 1-10, how freaked out is Eric Holder about the Trump admin so far?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/on-a-scale-of-1-10-how-freaked-out-is-eric-holder-about-the-trump-admin-so-far-236290117814

* "Truth Social filing would allow Trump's trust to sell up to $2.3 billion in stock:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-truth-social-stock




* "Trump increasingly asks the Supreme Court to overrule judges blocking key parts of his agenda:" https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportations-birthright-citizenship-0787cdf8bd36b964c7974ed032717ed4?

* "The LGBTQ+ Supreme Court cases to watch this term:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-supreme-court-cases-2025#rebelltitem1

* "What are 'Religious Freedom' laws, and how are they used against LGBTQ+ people?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/religious-freedom-vs-lgbtq-rights

* "Supreme Court wrestles with red state efforts to defund Planned Parenthood:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/scotus-wrestles-with-red-state-efforts-to-defund-planned-parenthood-00266466

* "Activists rally outside Supreme Court in DC ahead of Planned Parenthood funding case:" https://wjla.com/news/local/march-for-life-rally-planned-parenthood-funding-abortion-rights-anti-abortion-supreme-court-pro-life-choose-health-medina-south-atlantic-tax-dollars-washington-dc-motherhood

The one time I was able to go to a big DC protest it was in support of Abortion Rights when there was a case before the Supreme Court (on a date!) in 1989. That time, we won.

I want to thank all of you protesting out there.

* "Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5345607/supreme-court-education-department

* "Some House Republicans voice opposition to the Senate's newly adopted budget for Trump's agenda:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-adopts-new-budget-trumps-agenda-gop-cracks-emerge-rcna199747

They are doing dramatic cuts to Medicaid to pay for tax cuts to Billionaires.

If this passes, people die.

They are sacrificing people for the billionaires that bought them.

It is essential to contact your Reps, especially if they are "Freedom Caucus."

I know this is counter intuitive, but they are challenging from the extreme right. Maybe try something like: the tax cuts are driving up the debt. IDK, I'm bad at working out how they think. You know your Congress Critter best.Seriously, call in to all republican reps. Make whatever argument works if they ask for one. For regular republicans try: cutting medicaid really hurts seniors on Medicare too, as a lot have both, or something similar.

* "Medicaid cuts would decimate Native American programs, tribal health leaders say:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-cuts-native-american-health-programs/

* We'll see, I guess. "Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick Throws President Under Bus in Confirmation Hearing:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-joint-chiefs-pick-dan-caine-calls-him-a-liar-at-confirmation-hearing/

* "A Democratic senator is putting holds on VA nominees to protest Trump’s plans to cut its workforce:" https://apnews.com/article/veterans-congress-gallego-trump-6236bbc77ff1a98f736b1cf134cab609

* "Adam Schiff places hold on Ed Martin's nomination to be D.C. U.S. attorney:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nominee-u-s-attorney-in-d-c-ed-martin-blocked-adam-schiff/

* "Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest 'crisis' he says Trump and Musk created:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/booker-stages-senate-filibuster-protest-crisis-trump-musk/story?id=120365354

* "BREAKING: Sen. Cory Booker gives marathon speech to ‘disrupt’ Senate in protest of Trump, Musk:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/sen-cory-booker-filibusters-on-senate-floor-to-disrupt-the-senate-because-our-nation-is-in-crisis-235914309998

* "Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347318/cory-booker-senate-speech

* "Cory Booker Breaks Senate Speech Record in 25-Hour Rebuke of Trump Administration:" https://time.com/7273417/cory-booker-filibuster-speech-senate/

* "Cory Booker wipes away a racist's record, fires up lost Democrats, and eyes a presidential run in 2028:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/cory-booker-record-speech

* "Cory Booker Broke a Record — Now Let's Fix Democracy!:"

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* "House Democrats open probe into FCC media investigations:" https://archive.ph/DfLAR

* "Elizabeth Warren launches campaign to investigate Department of Education closure: 'I will fight it with everything I've got':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elizabeth-warren-launches-campaign-investigate-department-education-closure/story?id=120388078

* "Face-Off Between Trump Diehards Marjorie Taylor Greene and Anna Paulina Luna Gets Ugly:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/face-off-between-trump-diehards-marjorie-taylor-greene-and-anna-luna-gets-ugly/

* "Democrats introduce bill to expand gender-affirming care access to mark Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/becca-balint-trans-healthcare-bill

* "‘I promise I’ll behave’: Congress’ most mercurial Republican faces DOGE, Signalgate anger:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/29/town-hall-backlash-doge-signalgate-00005579

* "Charges dropped against trans advocate falsely accused of assault by Nancy Mace for giving her a firm handshake:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/nancy-mace-handshake-charges-dropped

* "Sarah McBride: Trans visibility and proximity have never been more important than now:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/sarah-mcbride-opinion-tdov




* Our job for the next two years 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.


* 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/

"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

Script to complain about Elon Musk/DOGE. I also suggest contacting your AG about data privacy. "Introducing Red State Scripts, Vol. 1:" https://homewiththearmadillo.blog/2025/02/10/introducing-red-state-scripts-vol-1/

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

* "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

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

* 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

* Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

* "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/

* Free Bystander training amoung other useful things. "Right to Be Training:" https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings/




* "Trans and wanting to run for office? Danica Roem will help lead a training for transgender candidates:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/victory-institute-transgender-training

* "PSA: If you or people you know voted in North Carolina:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3612905.html

They are trying to invalidate ballots from last November to overthrow an important election. Please check and cure your ballot if it's one of the ones in the court case.

* Democracy held in Wisconsin. "Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk:" https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-81f71cdda271827ae281a77072a26bad

* "Jill Underly reelected as Wisconsin superintendent of schools:" https://www.wpr.org/news/april-election-dpi-state-superintendent-jill-underly-reelected-kinser

This is also a relief. I want to thank all of you who voted the whole ballot.

* "GOP retains two House seats in Florida, as Democrats claim 'historic' improvement:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5348089/florida-congressional-results-gop-patronis-fine

* "Louisiana voters reject constitutional amendments championed by Republican governor:" https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-constitutional-amendments-landry-c9a48606790251bdddb84978eea382ea

* "In Tuesday election, Aurora City Council incumbents appear to stay, except alderman at-large:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/02/aurora-alderman-at-large-election/

* Minnesotans! Don't Forget to Vote April 8! "Referendums on the April 8 special election ballot:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/01/minnesota-special-election-referendums-april-8

* "Minnesota Governor Walz Calls Special Election for Senate District 6 :" https://www.nfib.com/news/news/minnesota-governor-walz-calls-special-election-for-senate-district-6/

* "Gay U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas announces Senate bid:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/chris-pappas-runs-us-senate

* "Can Democrats win Michigan's 2026 U.S. Senate seat? Mallory McMorrow says yes. | Opinion:" https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/nancy-kaffer/2025/04/06/u-s-senate-mallory-mcmorrow-democrat-dnc-michigan-elissa-slotkin-gary-peters/82797095007/

* "Protester carried out after undocumented student bill passes TN committee:" https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/protester-carried-out-after-undocumented-student-bill-passes-committee/

* "Florida Senate pushes ahead with 'don't say gay at work' bill after seemingly brushing it aside:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-dont-say-gay-work

* "Utah becomes first state to ban fluoride in public water:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-bans-fluoride-public-water-rcna193917

* "Utah bans Pride flags after “cowardly” governor avoids veto:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/utah-bans-pride-flags-after-cowardly-governor-avoids-veto/

* "Prosecutors seek 7-year prison sentence for George Santos in sweeping fraud case:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-sentencing-recommendation

* "FBI raids leader of gay furry hacking group that went after the organization behind Project 2025:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/project-2025-gay-furry-hackers

* "Everyone Loved a Colorado Prison’s VFW Post—Until a Popular YouTuber Heard About It:" https://www.5280.com/everyone-loved-a-colorado-prisons-vfw-post-until-a-popular-youtuber-heard-about-it/

* "a promise, a threat, and a proportional response:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2033252.html

* "Here are 11 major companies standing up for DEI :" https://www.advocate.com/news/companies-keeping-dei#rebelltitem13

* "Alabama community saves library after funding cut over LGBTQ+ books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/alabama-town-saves-library

* "Iowa State students hold 'funeral' for LGBTQ+ center shut down by anti-DEI bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/iowa-state-lgbtq-center-closes-dei

* "Goth Is White: Pallor, Prejudice and Purity:"

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* "Lesbian former police officer wins $10 million in sexual harassment lawsuit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ashley-cummins-lesbian-harassment-lawsuit

* "A Disturbing Advance in Fetal Personhood:" https://www.thecut.com/article/why-a-georgia-womans-arrest-after-miscarriage-is-disturbing.html

* "Georgia's War on Reproductive Freedom:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpN99TQPs8Y

* "If a Fetus is a Baby...:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9x0SnANrjEI

* "A Win for Repro Rights: Alabama Can’t Charge Activists Helping Patients Get Out-of-State Abortions:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/alabama-cant-charge-abortion-groups-for-helping-patients-out-of-state-criminal-conspiracy/

* "Hormones and surgery improve transgender men's quality of life: study:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-men-surgery-hormones-benefits

Water is wet studies are essential for things like persuading people and the courts.

* "World Athletics to require DNA testing of athletes in women's track and field:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/world-athletics-dna-testing

* "Montana judge blocks anti-trans bathroom law:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/montana-2671627321

* "Parents don’t stop fighting for their LGBTQ+ kids:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/parents-dont-stop-fighting-for-their-lgbtq-kids

* "‘World’s largest transgender flag’ unfurled at Utah State Capitol for Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/inside-utah-politics/utah-largest-trans-flag-visibility/

* "Trump signed away my identity, but forgot biology doesn't follow orders:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/gender-diversity-in-nature

* "Ervianna 'Baydee' Johnson, Black trans woman, found dead in North Carolina:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/ervianna-johnson-transgender-woman-killed

* "Meet the transgender woman arrested for using a Florida Capitol restroom (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-woman-arrested-florida-bathroom

* "Outrage follows after Texas gay campground doubles-down on banning transgender men from property:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-men-banned-texas-campground

* "Transgender girl joins boys' track and field team in Virginia:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/transgender-girl-joins-boys-team

* "‘You picked the wrong one’: Texas transgender teacher resigns after Libs of TikTok prompts far-right harassment campaign:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-teacher-resigns-after-targeting

* "A Mississippi cafe made a discount for straight couples only. Now, other restaurants are hitting back:" https://www.advocate.com/news/mississippi-cafe-discount-straight-only

* "In Memphis, Kayla Gore is building homes — and a future — for Black trans people:" https://www.advocate.com/news/black-transgender-housing-leader-tennessee

* "Autism’s missing women:" https://aeon.co/essays/the-missing-women-of-autism-are-differently-different?

Water is wet studies are essential for things like persuading people and the courts.

* "Bird flu could be heading north this spring with fewer federal health officials working to stop it :" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bird-flu-heading-north-spring-fewer-federal-health-officials-working-s-rcna199607

* "Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk:" https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/03/shingles-vaccination-dementia.html

* "If You're Black, You Have Every Right To Be Paranoid About Where Your Genetic Data Is Going:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/23andme-genetic-discrimination_n_67eab84ce4b0b5d66dcfeb57




* "Air pollution kills millions every year — where does it come from?:" https://ourworldindata.org/air-pollution-sources

* "Without USAID, Myanmar Is Struggling to Recover From Its Massive Earthquake: “We have the capacity to save lives, and the choice has been not to use it,” said the former head of the agency’s Myanmar mission.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-usaid-myanmar-earthquake-response-aid/

* "Myanmar images reveal scale of quake destruction as death toll climbs more than 2,700:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-images-reveal-scale-quake-destruction-death-toll-climbs-2700-rcna199005

* "Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated:" https://kfor.com/science/ap-science/ap-authorities-in-iceland-evacuate-southwestern-town-and-blue-lagoon-spa-over-fear-of-volcanic-eruption/

* "Amidst signs of possible eruption, Alaska Volcano Observatory updates Upper Valley residents on Mt. Spurr:" https://ktna.org/2025/04/amidst-signs-of-possible-eruption-alaska-volcano-observatory-updates-upper-valley-residents-on-mt-spurr/




* "Advocates cry foul after YouTube quietly removes ‘gender identity’ from hate speech policy:" https://www.advocate.com/business/youtube-scraps-gender-identity-protection

* "The Town That Went Crazy for Crypto: In San Pedro, Argentina, 16,000 people, a fifth of the population, signed up for a cryptocurrency exchange where everyone won. Until they didn’t.:" https://archive.ph/FCrti

* "Dora Richter: Lacemaker & Trans Pioneer:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FlgQhdOrT6c

* "These three gay men began dating in 1970. Here are 50 Polaroid photos from their lives:" https://www.advocate.com/news/polaroid-images-polyamory-gay-men#rebelltitem51

* "Zine Archives Preserve Trans Survival and Storytelling:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/queer-trans-zine-archives

* "Actor Val Kilmer has died — a look back at his most notable roles:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/val-kilmer-death-film-role-retrospective/105129062

* "ACT UP member Nanette Kazaoka, a fierce activist for marginalized people, is dead at 83:" https://www.advocate.com/news/nanette-kazaoka-aids-activist-obituary

* Social Security call back last Monday was an obviously exhausted and beaten down sounding woman. I'm sure it's absolutely terrible over there with terrified and likely furious Seniors calling all day. I apologized for bothering her because the phone tree was gone. I was polite as it was possible to be and I also laced in appreciation for her hard work and all the hard work they do over there, sincerely meant.

At one point I gave a little cough as I was doing the thing where I slowly lower chest elevation in preparation for sleep. She started apologizing like I'd yelled. I felt terrible and told her she needn't apologize and it was just a cough. I reiterated that I new how slammed they must be and how difficult it all is. It really made me wonder how rough other callers were being with people who's livelihoods were threatened through no fault of their own, that she be so alarmed by a cough.

By the time I was thanking her for her public service and wishing her the best of luck at the end of the call there were a tiny bit of life in her voice.

It was a small thing, a tiny drop of the bucket, done in the same spirit that leads me to apologize to a customer service worker when the person ahead of me has been a dick because someone owes them a damned apology, and then crank up my politeness to eleven. Nobody deserves to be treated like that by a single asshole customer, let alone by their own government. I can't really fix that, but I can least do my best to convey that I see the other person as a human being and think they deserve better.

The treatment of government workers in this country makes me furious.

All I can do is signal boost and hope people keep fighting for them and for all of us.

* Tuesday I had one of my periodic mega torso muscle spasm things, which ate a couple hour until I could get it under control. Luckily is was after I ran a couple essential, time sensitive errands.

Wednesday I was still aftershocky, but at the minor inconvenience level. I did errands by myself as two Millennials were making their homemade lasagna on the grand scale. The lasagna was magical.

In other news, My Social Security didn't arrive. On two previous occasions when Republicans were dicking around with Social Security, it came a day or two late, but under the current circumstances it is extra concerning. Have I been declared dead? Deleted from the roles by a teenager who decided I was disabled enough? Or are payments just delayed by assholery, but not gone, gone? I actually have some hope it's just delay as I checked in with a friend on SSI who did get theirs.

Still, there is no way to fix it until my in person appointment and that will be too late for Housing auto-withdraw.

Let's all cross our fingers, shall we?

Update: Tim Walz's mom's check was late too.

Update 2: Check arrives.

* My sleep schedule is still messed up, but luckily the meds disruption was only one day. (On time is ideal, but I don't have to be the kind of strict a lot of people do. Approximate works okay with most of my stuff. That said, three hours off on an anti-nausea medication is a special kind of unpleasant.)

Saturday, we did errands in the morning, because I'm not the only one dramatically sleep disrupted. They are no longer shopping like a hurricane is coming, but the drivers are dangerous and there is a different kind of panicky going on at the grocery store, which is hard to categorize. We were at the big ethical grocery (The Employee owned one), and I noticed they had way more people on shift than is usual for even the first weekend of the month, which suggests they've adjusted to the panic buying and anticipated both in ordering staple foods and staffing how people were going to react to Trump crashing the economy this week.

I still need to hit two more stores this week for things about to be in short supply that are important and necessary. I am exhausted.

We did do a little errand each for me and Goth Millennial for which the other stayed in the car because we were exhausted. We were supposed to go downtown, but had very little left and both had groceries to put away. (Goth Millennial is being jerked around again and hasn't been paid in almost a month for aid work. Things are getting pretty gnarly here at the Cat Asylum, but nothing can be done just yet as we have to wait on things out of our hands. *gestures at Trump and Musk setting the government on fire*).

There was a big demo with thousands of people downtown proper near the courthouse/city hall, but we weren't up to it. There has been a regular Friday demonstration more central downtown for decades. We get a lot of other demonstrations on different days generally as well. This is a very left wing town. It's a small city, but we do love to demonstrate.

We did pass a small, separate demonstration on the was home, but they had hands off signs, so I waved and beeped.

I am double booked Tuesday for two time sensitive things that protect my benefits. (I tried to get wait listed. I tried to move the theoretically more moveable one. It is impossible, which doesn't surprise me. *gestures to the government being on fire* The appointments are 40 minutes apart on check in and about fifteen minutes apart for space. I am terrified I won't make it. My plan is to try to go very early for appointment one in hopes somebody cancels. I have already gathered the paperwork.

I am FUCKED if I miss either.

Then I get inspected on the 11th, a thing I am in no way prepared for, and can't get anyone to help with. *See Goth Millennial being not paid.* I have tried calling around for other help. No joy.

* "Tasers & Excited Delirium: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "MAGA Becomes TIT | Why Trump Wants A Third Term | J.D.'s Stupid Greenland Trip:"

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* "Trump's Tariff Spectacle | Good Climate Change? | Everyone Is At Risk Of Being Sent To El Salvador:"

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* "Trump Risks Historic Economic Damage | Musk Crushed In Wisconsin | Sen. Booker's Marathon Speech:"

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* "Trump Jets Off To Watch Golf After Triggering Global Market Meltdown | No Tariffs On Russia:"

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* "7 lesbian-coded characters who made history in Hollywood's pre-Code era:" https://www.advocate.com/lesbian/7-lesbian-coded-early-characters

* "A Liberation Carol:"

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* "Jury Duty - SNL:"

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* "Planning New York - An SNL Animated Short:"

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* "The World Reacts To Trump's Tariffs:"

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* "The New Students- Woody Guthrie Cover - All You Fascists Bound To Lose:"

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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.

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

* "Nationwide Economic Blackout: Boycott Dates for Target, Amazon, Others:" https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-economic-blackout-boycott-dates-target-amazon-others-2037986

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