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* Still Catching Up.

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* "After trading missile fire, Israel and Iran pull back — for now:" https://www.npr.org/2026/06/08/g-s1-126844/iran-war-updates

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* "Trump threatens consequences after Iran shoots down US helicopter:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/09/trump-iran-helicopter-shot-down-00954576

* "Trump says he never promised ‘no new wars’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/07/trump-says-never-promised-no-new-wars-00952870

* "Iran targets US bases in Jordan and the Gulf after Trump orders strikes near Hormuz:" https://archive.ph/a5F0I

* "US and Iran exchange strikes for second day, as ceasefire appears close to collapse:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/10/middle-east-peace-talks-iran-strikes

* "Hayes: Trump is chasing good press with bombs:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/hayes-trump-is-chasing-good-press-with-bombs-2503375939910

* "Trump calls off planned Thursday evening strikes on Iran:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/trump-kharg-island-iran-oil-00958380

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* "‘The Death Zone’: How Russia Is Luring Africans to Ukraine:" https://archive.ph/RQWFK#selection-4479.0-4483.181

* "African prisoners of war in Ukraine:" https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0nqt08r

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* "Inside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as military forces men into army:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20y6966xqzo

* "Tortured, humiliated and killed: the women who disappear into Myanmar’s prisons:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/11/tortured-humiliated-and-killed-the-women-who-disappear-into-myanmars-prisons

* "A Thai woman faces murder charges in Myanmar in the killing of a US diplomat:" https://apnews.com/article/american-diplomat-death-myanmar-1d366a63cb02a01a07e48a79fecc496b

* "'It was either killed or be killed' - ongoing nightmares of an ex-child soldier in Somalia:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98r7zxdxe7o#0

* "Deadly Sudan drone strike targets funeral procession:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70yeee2jvqo

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* "Pope tells traffickers of migrants in the Canary Islands: Stop, repent or face God’s wrath:" https://apnews.com/article/spain-pope-migration-trafficking-c57eb42a62a602b6fec69633bae9db94

* "Armed forces minister quits after Healey exit as defence funding row deepens:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gyp8n7g3go

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* "Look at the protests Jared Kushner has caused in Albania. This could be a shining light for Europe:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/08/albania-jared-kushner-protests-europe

* "Why a luxury resort plan by Trump’s son-in-law sparked mass protests in Albania:" https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/kushner-luxury-resort-plan-protests-albania-rcna348612

* "Albania's Rama vows to push on with Kushner-linked luxury resort despite protests:" https://archive.ph/koL8Y

* "EU warns Albania over Kushner-linked project:" https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-warns-albania-membership-bid-jared-kushner-project-protests/

*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/*** Most items are a little older below this point because I've been swamped.

* "Trump Administration Moves to Revoke Naturalized Citizenship From 17 People:" https://www.notus.org/immigration/trump-moves-to-revoke-naturalized-citizenship-from-17

* "US judge strikes down Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries:" https://archive.ph/8iNGs

* "Judge blocks Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee:" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/08/trump-h1b-visa-fee-blocks.html

* "Why the US population boom became a bust:" https://archive.ph/iTTa6

* "'A World Cup for them not us': Fans' anger at US travel bans and visa restrictions:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx212p8r28eo

* "Somali World Cup referee denied U.S. entry, hailed as hero at home:" https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5853075/somali-world-cup-referee-denied-u-s-entry-hailed-as-hero-at-home

This is utterly disgraceful.

They should be holding neither the World Cup or the Olympics here.

* "ICE will stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees.:" https://www.metafilter.com/213428/ICE-will-stop-reporting-deaths-of-newly-released-detainees

* "ICE detains wife of US veteran in latest detention of military spouse:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwglled85xo

* "L.A. public defenders are on a win streak as Trump’s Justice Department charges activists:" https://archive.ph/37IFW

* "DOJ Corruption Ends Broadview Prosecutions:"

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

"Project Salt Box:" https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/
Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share
"When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers
Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

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* Some items are older as I'm trying to catch up.

* "Plan to put Trump on US$250 bill tickles China as number means ‘stubborn idiot’ in slang:" https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3300586/us-plan-put-trump-250-bill-tickles-china-number-means-stubborn-idiot-slang

* "The ‘thunderous’ boos tell the story of Trump’s politics of hate:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/trump-knicks-booed-hate

* "Maddow: Trump ‘lustily booed’ in New York City attending NBA Finals:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-is-lustily-booed-in-new-york-city-attending-nba-finals-2503001155519

* "US authorities investigate huge '8647' marking on grounds of National Mall in Washington:" https://archive.ph/pKEBo

* "Lockheed, Palantir, and Amazon helped fund Trump’s White House ballroom. They also share more than $50 billion in federal contracts:" https://fortune.com/2026/06/09/white-house-ballroom-contracts-donors-lockheed-martin-amazon-palantir-booz-allen/

* "Trump spent thousands on TKO stock while promoting White House UFC event:" https://archive.ph/05QcQ

* "Judge rejects lawsuit to stop UFC Freedom 250 fight at the White House:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/12/judge-blocks-ufc-event-lawsuit-00960727

* "Maddow reacts to White House UFC stage as a monument to Trump corruption:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-reacts-to-white-house-ufc-stage-as-a-monument-to-trump-corruption-2503001155866

* "Trump family got about $500M from crypto venture — but investors saw steep losses:" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/trump-world-liberty-financial-crypto-alt5-sigma.html

* "Scoop: Trump appoints Bondi to White House AI panel:" https://www.axios.com/2026/05/27/pam-bondi-white-house-ai

* "Trump continues defense of 'Anti-Weaponization Fund':" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/07/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-00952988

* "Top DOJ official planned to make a claim with Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/doj-official-sought-weaponization-fund-patrick-davis-00955341

* "Judge extends block on Trump's $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund':" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-extends-block-on-trumps-1-8-billion-anti-weaponization-fund

* "‘Don’t play possum with this court’: Trump pressed over mixed messages on $1.776B fund:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/don-t-play-possum-with-this-court-trump-pressed-over-mixed-messages-on-1-776b-fund-2503511107886

* "Trump urges pick for top intelligence official to fire ‘a lot of people’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/05/senate-blocks-surveillance-program-trump-bill-pulte

* "Trump orders ‘less shackled’ new spy chief to GUT intelligence agencies:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/trump-orders-less-shackled-new-spy-chief-to-gut-intelligence-agencies-2502731843976

* "Being Black in Pete Hegseth’s Military:" https://archive.ph/NNyQC

* "Trans troops ask judge to protect everyone targeted by Pete Hegseth's military ban:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trans-military-ban-class-filing

* "Trump admin eliminates health care programs for LGBTQ+ veterans:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-abandons-lgbtq-veterans

* "RFK Jr. Halts Ban on Minors Using Tanning Beds, Cites 'Personal Choice' and 'Parental Decision-Making':" https://people.com/rfk-jr-hals-proposed-ban-minors-tanning-beds-11969258

* "After the FDA spent years rejecting over flavored vape products, Trump reportedly pressed his FDA commissioner to allow mango and blueberry flavors:" https://fortune.com/2026/05/07/fda-authorizes-fruit-flavored-vapes-mango-blueberry-trump-administration-american-politics-tobacco-companies/

* "'This is probably illegal': CDC quietly erases mpox guidance tied to Pride events:" https://www.advocate.com/health/sexual-health/cdc-mpox-information-erased

* "Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/judge-calls-rfk-unserious

* "Doctors ask judge to halt Trump policy targeting trans people living with HIV:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/transgender-hiv-care-lawsuit

* "Activists mark 45 years since the start of the AIDS crisis with rally against Trump's health cuts:" https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv/nyc-aids-memorial-vigil-2026

* "Wisconsin families demand hospitals resume trans youth care after federal court ruling:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/wisconsin-trans-youth-health-letter

* "Trump DOJ forces major Texas children’s hospital to stop trans care & open ‘detransition’ clinic:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/texas-childrens-hospital-detransition-clinic

* "Second major U.S. hospital agrees to fund detransition services under settlement with Trump DOJ:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/cleveland-clinic-detransition-settlement

* "Trump administration confirms it’s restoring LGBTQ+ youth crisis line it eliminated last year:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-restoring-988-lgbtq-crisis

* "Trump administration seeks transgender patient records from NYU Langone:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/nyu-langone-trans-youth-records

* "New Yorkers urge noncompliance with DOJ’s criminal subpoenas for NYU Langone’s trans medical records:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nyc-trans-youth-subpoena-rally

* "Civil rights leaders stress we must protect medical privacy of trans youth, after DOJ subpoena:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/doj-subpoenas-nyu-hrc

* "Trump-appointed judge says DOJ ‘proven unworthy’ of trust in blistering trans care case ruling:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/rhode-island-judge-torches-doj

* "He did what? MAGA judge allows himself to view trans kids’ hospital records:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/maga-judge-views-trans-kids-medical-records

* "Crazy Texas Judge Claims Jurisdiction Over Rhode Island:"

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* "California families sue to stop Trump DOJ from obtaining trans kids’ records via Texas grand jury:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/lawsuit-stanford-transgender-care-subpoena

* "Federal judge declines to block DOJ efforts nationwide to obtain trans youth medical records:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/judge-denies-trans-class-action

* "Court rules Trump can’t move transgender women to men’s prisons:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-transgender-women-mens-prisons

* "Soon after massive honeybee deaths, Trump moves to close the nation's premier bee lab:" https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-04-06/usda-bee-lab-closing

* "Federal employees sue USDA secretary over Christian messaging:" https://religionnews.com/2026/05/13/agriculture-secretary-sued-over-christian-messaging-by-federal-employees/

* "White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants:" https://archive.ph/S84dL

* "Trump officials plan to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/trump-administration-epa-pfas-water

* "Trump Offers Funds for First New U.S. Coal Plants in 13 Years:" https://archive.ph/uovt5

* "Trump administration aims to roll back limits on toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-coal-wastewater-epa-artificial-intelligence-5889bbddc821275731eabb6687ba9e6e

* "New York sues over the Trump administration’s deal to end an offshore wind project:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climate-totalenergies-burgum-b5b42711c949bf4718b9fe92905163e6

We are wasting all this money to prevent seven states from getting cheap clean energy.

* "Trump’s EPA to roll back refrigerant rule for grocery stores in push it claims will lower prices:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/21/trump-epa-refrigerant-rule-grocery-costs

* "Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a use of public lands:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-public-lands-conservation-rule-4fbe822476225ac525e185b0c74c13c1

* "Trump Administration Lifts Ban on ‘Cyanide Bombs’ on Public Lands:" https://archive.ph/5BnPw

* "We Are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/roundup-glyphosate-spraying-forests-monsanto-science-retraction-cancer-health-concerns-maha-trump-executive-order-supreme-court-bayer-lawsuits/

* "Environmentalists sue feds over redefinition of grizzly habitat in Montana:" https://www.courthousenews.com/environmentalists-sue-feds-over-redefinition-of-grizzly-habitat-in-montana/

* "The Trump administration is removing bison herds from public land in Montana:" https://westernpriorities.org/2026/05/the-trump-administration-is-removing-bison-herds-from-public-land-in-montana/

* "Trump admin is terminating a vast network of ocean monitors:" https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-admin-is-terminating-a-vast-network-of-ocean-monitors/

* "Trump's FCC is eyeing warnings for trans TV content. Civil rights groups are pushing back:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-fcc-transgender-warnings

* "Anderson Cooper’s 60 Minutes farewell intensifies scrutiny of Bari Weiss at CBS:" https://www.advocate.com/news/anderson-cooper-bari-weiss-cbs

* "Inside the growing backlash to Bari Weiss's 60 Minutes takeover at CBS News:" https://www.advocate.com/news/bari-weiss-cbs-news-turmoil

* "Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says CBS told him to inject ‘falsehoods’ into reporting:" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/03/60-minutes-scott-pelley-cbs-accusations

* "Trump name removal at Kennedy Center draws growing attention after last-minute court loss:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-name-removal-kennedy-center

* "Legal smackdown as millions await Trump’s name RIPPED from Kennedy Center:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/legal-smackdown-as-millions-await-trump-s-name-ripped-from-kennedy-center-2503519299937

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* "Wisconsin conservatives push to undo ‘conversion therapy’ ban:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/wisconsin-conversion-therapy-lawsuit

* "‘The Damage Is Massive’: How the Justice Department Dismantled Its Voting Rights Section:" https://www.wired.com/story/the-justice-department-has-destroyed-its-voting-rights-section/

* "Trump Justice Department recruits transphobes with law degrees using $25,000 bonuses:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/doj-transgender-case-bonuses

* "Ex-national security adviser John Bolton will plead guilty in classified information case: AP source:" https://apnews.com/article/bolton-justice-department-trump-classified-information-3a92a8f87521cee9a7627db53a75e9c1

* "E Jean Carroll inquiry is Trump’s latest attempt to use justice department to punish rivals:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/28/e-jean-carroll-doj-trump-reid-hoffman

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ activist to testify before Congress against Southern Poverty Law Center:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/tyler-oneil-daily-signal-splc

* "Southern Poverty Law Center indicted for fraud, money laundering:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/21/southern-poverty-law-center-justice-department-investigation-00885376

* "Trump's Stupidest Indictment:"

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

* "Epstein’s possible suicide note hidden by court for years, report says:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/epstein-s-possible-suicide-note-hidden-by-court-for-years-report-says-2498585667870

* "Epstein’s purported suicide note released:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/epstein-s-purported-suicide-note-released-2499126339549

* "‘Really embarrassing’: Trump’s commerce secretary confronted over Epstein ties:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/really-embarrassing-trump-s-commerce-secretary-confronted-over-epstein-ties-2499147331821

* "Trump Files Fresh $10 Billion Suit Over WSJ’s Epstein Story:" https://archive.ph/IYmiO

* "Bondi shifts responsibility for Epstein files’ release to Todd Blanche, making him Democrats’ next target:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/29/pam-bondi-epstein-files-congress-testimony-00942272

* "‘Ask Todd’: Bondi throws Trump lawyer-turned-acting A.G. Blanche under the bus on the Epstein files:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/ask-todd-bondi-throws-trump-lawyer-turned-acting-a-g-blanche-under-the-bus-on-the-epstein-files-2501905987559

* "‘Cover-up’: Report pulls back the curtain on Trump team’s Epstein files ‘freakout’:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/cover-up-report-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-trump-team-s-epstein-files-freakout-2503275075740

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* "S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/sp-500-blocks-fast-spacex-entry-wont-waive-rule-for-unprofitable-ai-firms/

* Good! "SpaceX rejected in attempt to get listed in the S&P 500 index! Bodes ill for AI IPOs...:" https://thewayne.dreamwidth.org/1516460.html

* "Inflation surges to 3-year high as Iran fighting drags on:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/iran-war-inflation-energy-oil-fed-00955658?oref=csny_firstreadtonight_nl

* "Trump says ‘I love the inflation’ after consumer price index hits 3-year high:" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/10/trump-inflation-cpi-iran-oil.html

* "‘Having your butt handed to you’: Energy secretary made to answer for Trump:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/having-your-butt-handed-to-you-energy-secretary-made-to-answer-for-trump-2503282243521

* "Mike Johnson attempts to defend Trump after president says ‘I love the inflation’ – as it happened:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jun/10/graham-platner-maine-democrats-senate-primary-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news-updates

* "More people are going hungry now than at the height of the pandemic:" https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5836441/food-insecurity-economy-new-york-fed?

* "Trump’s failed policies, broken promises drive supporters away:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-s-failed-policies-broken-promises-drive-supporters-away-2503402051520

* "Democrats see support grow with voters who feel conned by Trump:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/democrats-see-support-grow-with-voters-who-feel-conned-by-trump-2503402051705

* "Soon-to-be trillionaire Elon Musk's wealth grew by over $1 million per minute in the last year :" https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/soon-be-trillionaire-elon-musks-wealth-grew-over-1-million-minute-last-year

* "Why trillionaire Elon Musk’s investment relies on you:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/why-trillionaire-elon-musk-s-investment-relies-on-you-2503525443975

* "Millions lose SNAP benefits as One Big Beautiful Bill's stricter requirements kick in:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/millions-lose-snap-benefits-as-one-big-beautiful-bills-stricter-requirements-kick-in

Remember, all these people are going hungry because Republicans wanted yet another tax cut for billionaires.

* "Millions of Children, Mothers Could Face Food Aid Cut Under Bill:" https://www.newsweek.com/millions-of-children-mothers-could-face-food-aid-cut-under-bill-12036794

The goal of this is to induce malnutrition in pregnant and nursing people and young children for the sheer pleasure of harming to poor. at a time when Republican policies are cause food prices to rise ahead of the projected skyrocketing prices this summer.

These Democrats are the quislings who voted for it:

Don Davis of North Carolina, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Adam Gray of California and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington.

Please tell them what you think of their vote.

These Republicans voted with Democrats to keep feeding people:

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. of Pennsylvania, Brian K. Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Tom McClintock of California and Gregory Steube of Florida.

Please thank them. We need to reward people showing spine and doing the right thing.

I also beg of you to contact your senators!

We can't let this pass, it is incredibly harmful and yet another hit to the economy.

* "Trump signs measure into law to fund immigration agencies until the end of his term:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/trump-signs-measure-into-law-to-fund-immigration-agencies-until-the-end-of-his-term-00956298

* "House passes Ukraine aid bill in another GOP rebuke of Trump’s foreign policy:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-passes-ukraine-aid-bill-another-gop-rebuke-trumps-foreign-policy-rcna348589

* "Spy law on track to lapse after Congress rejects extension:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/spy-law-on-track-to-lapse-after-house-rejects-extension-00958420

* "Trump nominates US Attorney Jay Clayton to be director of national intelligence:" https://apnews.com/article/jay-clayton-pulte-trump-national-intelligence-director-b9a89bd3f1cb9c70fcca79de4c42cc99

* "Congress wants to tie the United States to Israel with this new legislation. It’s a trap:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/05/congress-us-israel-legislation

* "Rising anti-LGBTQ+ censorship efforts pull directly from the playbooks of modern authoritarian leaders:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/anti-lgbtq-censorship-authoritarian-playbook

* "House Republicans accuse leaders of trans-inclusive school systems of ‘child abuse’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/house-republicans-trans-inclusive-abuse

* "My trans daughter found safety at school—Congress wants to take that away :" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/chicago-trans-student-protections

* "Hakeem Jeffries vows that House Democrats will stand with trans Americans ‘always and forever’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/equality-pac-gala-hakeem-jeffreis

* "Republicans derail women’s history museum with anti-trans rule:" https://www.tumblr.com/new/link?name=gwydionmisha

* "Do Your Phone Calls and Emails Matter? :" https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/do-your-phone-calls-and-emails-matter

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* Our until Midterms 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

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

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

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

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

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

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* "The States That Could Clash With USPS Over Mail-In Ballots:" https://www.newsweek.com/states-clash-usps-mail-in-ballots-12064715

This is blatantly unconstitutional and a huge burden Postal Workers don't need.

* "Trump ends NBC interview over discussion of ‘crooked’ elections:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/07/trump-ends-nbc-interview-crooked-elections-00953046

* "Top DOJ prosecutor is latest to spread lies about California vote counting:" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/jay-clayton-sdny-us-attorney-california-election-conspiracy-theories/

* "Maddow: What Trump hopes you don’t understand about California:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-what-trump-hopes-you-don-t-understand-about-california-2503003715580

* "Hayes: MAGA’s California fraud lie falls apart instantly:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/hayes-maga-s-california-fraud-lie-falls-apart-instantly-2503117379506

* "'Tens of thousands' of mail-in ballots for Spencer Pratt weren't rejected in LA. Here's the proof:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spencer-pratt-la-ballots-rejected/

* "Colorado Gov. Jared Polis grants clemency to Trump election denier Tina Peters:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/jared-polis-tina-peters-clemency

* "'The report's so stupid': The DNC 2024 autopsy is roiling Democrats:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/21/democratic-party-2024-autopsy-00931754

* "Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger talks with Jen Psaki:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/full-extended-video-virginia-governor-abigail-spanberger-talks-with-jen-psaki

* We are in primary season. States vote at different times, so I beg ALL of you to check when your state is voting. If you are in an in-person vote state, research ahead of time so you can vote for the candidate with views closest to your own. If you vote by mail, take the time to look them up when your ballot comes.

THIS is how you move the party further LEFT.

PLAN YOUR VOTE!!!

Primary schedule here:

* "2026 Statewide Primary Calendar:" https://www.270towin.com/2026-state-primary-calendar/

I don't know where you live, so I can't link this for you, but I find the Progressive Voter Guide online very helpful in narrowing down candidates in the often packed primaries where I live.

I also suggest looking at things like volunteer work and endorsements, because it really, really helps with things like sheriff and judicial elections, but can be useful in all sorts of primaries when you have multiple good options.

REMEMBER: Don't just vote for the big things like US Congress. Vote in every State and local race down to the smallest and on all the referendums.

State and local elections have a massive impact on your quality of life.

* Alabama (Runoffs), District of Columbia (Primaries), Georgia (Runoffs), Oklahoma (Primaries)! Don't forget to vote June 16!

* Maryland (Primaries), New York (Primaries), South Carolina (Runoffs), Utah (Primaries)! Don't forget to vote June 23!

* "Republican Steve Hilton advances in tight California governor’s race:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/steve-hilton-california-governor-primary-election-result

* "Progressive Nithya Raman advances to November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass:" https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-mayor-2026-election-e0ef2b83cd8f94556d1c532227bb49dd

* "Lombardo, Ford declared winners in Nevada governor's race:" https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/06/09/nevada-primary-election-results-updates--live/90466130007/

* "Platner wins Maine primary to challenge Collins:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79yzzvddnlo

* "Sen. Lindsey Graham wins primary over ‘America First’ challenger:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/09/congress/graham-wins-south-carolina-senate-primary-00955482

* "Nancy Mace loses GOP primary for South Carolina governor:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/09/mace-loses-south-carolina-governor-primary-00955489

This is likely because of her vocal opposition to CSA, which Republicans are now broadly in favour of because Trump is.

* "Sarah McBride gets last laugh after Nancy Mace’s devastating election loss: ‘Happy Pride, Nancy’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/sarah-mcbride-humiliates-nancy-mace

* "North Dakota voters favor single-subject rule for constitutional measures in early results:" https://northdakotamonitor.com/briefs/north-dakota-voters-favor-single-subject-rule-for-constitutional-measures-in-early-results/

* "Virginia is asking voters to finish the work of marriage equality:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/virginia-marriage-equality-amendment-campaign

* "Republicans run bizarre AI deepfake ad showing James Talarico singing about trans kids:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/james-talarico-gop-deepfake-ai

* "Ken Paxton accuses James Talarico of flip-flopping on trans issues:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/ken-paxton-james-talarico-trans-issues

* "New York Republican governor candidate faces questions over the antigay company he keeps:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/bruce-blakeman-new-york-antigay

* "Zohran Mamdani’s Pride Month message to LGBTQ+ New Yorkers: We’ll protect you from Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/zohran-mamdani-pride-celebration-2026

* "Maine judge upholds block of anti-trans initiative on November ballot:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/maine-judge-blocks-anti-trans-initiative

* "Tennessee Joins States Requiring Data Center Owners to Pay Full Electricity, Infrastructure Costs:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tennessee-joins-states-requiring-data-center-owners-to-pay-full-electricity-infrastructure-costs/

* "Delaware strengthens legal protections for LGBTQ+ families as other states move the opposite way:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/lgbtq-families-delaware-parentage

* "Conservatives are turning to American voters to target trans rights:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/war-on-trans-rights-continues

* "Missouri Republicans introduced 58 anti-LGBTQ+ bills. One anti-trans measure became law:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/anti-lgbtq-bills-fail-missouri

* "‘I’m livid’: Republicans called out for denying Arizona town funds over library drag events:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/grijalva-republicans-library-drag-defunded

* "I left San Francisco for Colorado Springs. It changed how I see democracy​:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/moving-home-taught-me-democracy

* "Exclusive leaked documents expose growing White supremacist group:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/03/exclusive-patriot-front-leaked-documents/90351663007/

* CW: CSA, Rape. "Michael Jackson’s repulsive legacy should carry the same condemnation as Jeffrey Epstein’s:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/michael-jackson-jeffrey-epstein-same

* CW: CSA. "Former leader of 'ex-gay' Christian ministry arrested for soliciting sex from a minor:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/exodus-international

* CW: Rape. "Football regulator contacts West Ham over 'serious allegations' against Sullivan:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ky7gndnlyo

* "Idaho says it can use DNA testing to enforce anti-trans bathroom ban:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/idaho-dna-trans-bathroom

It's warrantless, because, of course.

* "City-run gender-affirming care clinic for trans patients coming to New York City:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/trans-health-clinic-nyc-queens

* "Charges dropped against Budapest's Mayor for organising Pride:" https://gcn.ie/budapest-mayor-hungary-budapest-pride/

* "America is renormalizing violence against queer people:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/america-queer-violence-normalize

* "American laws are normalizing discrimination against transgender people. Who’s next?:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/transgender-kansas-legal-scapegoats

* "Transgender Americans are fleeing hostile red states. Seattle says it’s overwhelmed:" https://www.advocate.com/news/seattle-trans-refugee-crisis

* "Seattle advocates seek emergency support for transgender newcomers displaced from red states:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/seattle-emergency-transgender-support

* "Lawsuit challenging Idaho’s bathroom bill dismissed after student plaintiff dies by suicide:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lawsuit-challenging-idahos-bathroom-bill-dismissed-after-student-plaintiff-dies-by-suicide

* "Federal appeals court weighs whether schools must out trans students during trips:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/transgender-student-trips-colorado

* "Man convicted of hate crime in fatal stabbing of gay New York City dancer O’Shae Sibley:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/dmitriy-popov-guilty-oseah-sibley

* "Ohio man sentenced for killing beloved Cincinnati trans woman:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/trans-woman-killed-ohio

* "Virginia school accused of failing to protect trans teen from planned attack:" https://www.advocate.com/news/virginia-trans-student-sues

* "For some parents of trans kids, leaving America no longer feels unthinkable:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/dwyane-wade-film-the-dads

* "Harley-Davidson ditched DEI. The right is attacking it as ‘woke’ anyway:" https://www.advocate.com/news/harley-davidson-woke-lgbtq-riders

* "Mississippi school allegedly edited transgender salutatorian’s face after deadnaming him online:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/mississipi-school-transgender-salutatorian

* "Elon Musk’s ex, Ashley St. Clair, says his posts 'endanger the life' of Vivian Wilson:" https://www.advocate.com/news/culture/elon-musk-children

* "Congo's Ebola outbreak spreads to new health zones:" https://archive.ph/xVP7k

* "White House response to hantavirus and Ebola contrasts with COVID criticisms:" https://www.npr.org/2026/06/11/nx-s1-5854492/hantavirus-ebola-health-freedom

* "Scientists Race to Test Treatments as Ebola Outbreak Widens:" https://archive.ph/vAkNR#selection-4731.0-4735.140

* "More than 500 children have died in an outbreak that the world is virtually ignoring:" https://www.npr.org/2026/05/24/g-s1-123661/measles-outbreak-bangladesh-deadline-vaccine

* "Anguished Parents, Crying Doctors: Life Amid Utah’s Measles Outbreak:" https://www.wired.com/story/anguished-parents-crying-doctors-life-amid-utahs-measles-outbreak/

* "CDC and Florida at odds over hantavirus cruise ship passenger’s quarantine :" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hantavirus-cruise-passenger-quarantine-cdc-florida-health-officials-rcna349594

* "FDA issues emergency use authorization to treat dogs, cats with screwworm:" https://www.ktsm.com/news/national-news/fda-issues-emergency-use-authorization-to-treat-dogs-cats-with-screwworm/

* "Musk’s ‘chainsaw’ meets the flesh-eating bug crisis:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/musk-s-chainsaw-meets-the-flesh-eating-bug-crisis-2503373379775

* "Target Recalls Up & Up Fragrance Free and Fresh Cucumber Scented Baby Wipes Due to Potential Microbial Contamination:" https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/target-recalls-fragrance-free-and-fresh-cucumber-scented-baby-wipes-due-potential-microbial

* "Fentanyl, meth and cocaine identified in home that sent first responders to hospital:" https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/fentanyl-meth-and-cocaine-identified-in-home-that-sent-first-responders-to-hospital/

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* "NOAA Officially Declares El Niño Is Here and Flashing Danger Signs:" https://archive.ph/4Siwu

* "Severe storms down trees, knock out power to thousands across Minnesota:" https://web.archive.org/web/20260610124149/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/10/severe-storms-power-out-minnesota

* "A 7.8 magnitude quake in the Philippines kills at least 35, collapses buildings and sparks tsunami:" https://apnews.com/article/philippines-earthquake-mindanao-6e489739402863eaf40cbfd30a1b1cc7

* "Terrifying Tsunami Footage Emerges After Deadly 7.8 Earthquake in Philippines:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/terrifying-tsunami-footage-emerges-deadly-151414599.html

* "Map: 6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes in the Gulf of Mexico Near Cuba:" https://archive.ph/ehVuv

* "California's tectonic stress has reached record level, earthquake model reveals:" https://phys.org/news/2026-06-california-tectonic-stress-earthquake-reveals.html

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* "Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers:" https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/

* "Free Tool Says it Can Bypass Discord's Age Verification Check With a 3D Model:" https://archive.is/20260211212534/https://www.404media.co/free-tool-says-it-can-bypass-discords-age-verification-check-with-a-3d-model/

* "Canada’s teen social media ban comes with a Big Tech off-ramp:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/canadas-teen-social-media-ban-comes-with-a-big-tech-off-ramp-00957470

* "Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users:" https://apnews.com/article/visa-chatgpt-openai-shopping-mastercard-d769dec86344cb4977c98789e8ec492f

* "Elon Musk & America’s Tech Oligarchy | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart:"

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* "Argentina Moves to Legalize “Non-Human Corporations” Run by AI:" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/argentina-legalize-non-human-corporations-ai

* "Christian mobile network will block LGBTQ+ content from users:" https://www.advocate.com/business/radiant-mobile-christian-phone-network

* "David Hockney, revolutionary British artist, dies aged 88:" https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/12/artist-david-hockney-dies

* "Jane Yolen, Author of 450 Books Including The Devil's Arithmetic, Dies at 87:" https://people.com/jane-yolen-author-of-450-childrens-books-dies-at-87-11996432

* "Ten years after Pulse shooting, survivors continue turning unimaginable grief into action:" https://www.advocate.com/news/people/pulse-survivors-10-years-later

* "Canada Post just debuted four new stamps honouring queer historic sites:" https://xtramagazine.com/video/canada-post-queer-history-stamps-282430

* "Lion’s aid: blood ice lollies keep big cats cool at London zoo:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/24/london-zoo-big-cats-keep-cool-in-the-heat-with-blood-lollies?

* The kittens are again trading intestinal distress off, but Clawdia doesn't get it as badly as Saffy and Saffy did pretty well of the nutrisource. Too bad we are out of it with no prospect for more this month. I am implementing my program of using the Livia safe kibble samples in flavours Livia doesn't like and see if I can get them both settled at once.

In other news, Saffy hasn't knocked books off the high shelf with her butt in days. I have hopes the alarming clatter last time scared her off doing that. I remember the trouble Livia had when she was growing this fast because she kept losing track of exactly where her butt was in space, and I think this was a similar problem where Saffy was miscalculating her new turn radius.

The Nice Refugee Lady was cleared to work as of Tuesday so as I write this at too early in the morning on Tuesday she is in my kitchen sorting things out. She has met the kittens. After some thought Livia has tentatively decided she's familiar enough not to properly hide from and so has left her secure hide for my bedroom. Brave girl ,Livia!

* Tuesday morning, the Young caregiver came for four hours. She needs to get all eight hours in before being away for a family thing later in the month and we are desperate. This ate my morning. Amoung the really helpful things was she took me across town for my glasses and to ethical grocery. I told her it was all right to wait in the car if she wanted or shop for herself if she needed anything. she opted for the car. This is hugely helpful as that's about as far as my car can go in a trip these days and the hotter it is, the more dangerous for the car.

This basically took like two days of spoons and really fucked me up, even wth the grocery store scooter thingie. It was incredibly helpful to have someone to bring in groceries and put them away for me again. This is literally one of the things I am supposed to have an aide for. *glares hard at the Asshole Agency*

I was already getting ready for bed as she left as I was struggling to do things like stand and breath at the same time at that point.

The glasses seemed fine at that point. Seemed. So I've got progressive lenses and have have for a while. (For those of you who have good eyesight and/or are under 50, progressive lenses are like bifocals, only instead of a sharp cut between far vision and reading vision, it's more gradual). I have a very extreme prescription, plus astigmatism. I can not function without glasses and they are expensive because of things like bifocals not being covered, nor ultra light lenses, which I need because no modern lens grinder will make my prescription in anything but ultra light. Medicare thinks bifocals are unnecessary frills for some reason, also ultra lights and scratch resistance even though pretty much any senior needing glasses likely needs all three and so do a lot of people with disabilities needing glasses. (glares hard at Medicare.) Like yes, it's nice they cover most frames, but I wish they'd let me apply the part of the frame benefit i don't use towards necessary modifications to the lens. Sigh.

Anyway, what m I using for riding in a car and grocery shopping and navigating my apartment? The top part of the lenses which is for far vision. So when i get up i have cat and fish maintenance and cat messes to deal with. I need to make and eat food, etc.. Glasses are fine. They are also a really pretty green and gold like they are from the emerald city and they are very sturdy, something government frames weren't back in the day. (You used to get six choices of frame. you got glasses every two years. The glasses would break a year or less in. It was a Problem). Now you get an allowance for normal people frames, which used to be tiny and cheap, so the frames would break a year or a year and a half in and one was always patching them waiting for the two year benefit roll over. Now it's a generous frame allowance every year, but you still have to pay for most of the lenses. The glasses seemed fine. Seemed.

Then I sat down at the computer to play with my friends. It was exhausting. The blurriness and double vision gave me terrible eyestrain. i know adjustment takes time, but my vision was just so much worse. I have never had new glasses where the vision was dramatically worse than the old glasses. The headache and eyestrain were so bad I had to switch back.

Glasses aren't returnable. The money is spent. They said I should come back and they'd see what they can do.

Wednesday I dragged myself out to the optometrist despite worries about the car. The glasses re too bi. Neither she nor I noticed when we picked them out. Like literally too big for my head. So whenever there is money for Amazon again, I need to find some sort of sticky nose thing to hold glasses on? IDK. I overdrew my bank account for glasses i may not even be able to use. I got her to bend the ear thingies some more, but I'm not sanguine. I'm supposed to keep trying over the weekend and see if this is enough adjustment to make them feasible.

The old ones are blurry also for reading, but not as bad.

Fuck!

The good news is they are fine for driving as I still needed to do my library run and hit the coop on the way back for veggie burgers and tomatoes. I ended up finding four starts as well. Another tomato varietal, a marigold (I accidentally killed mine two springs ago and last year's didn't take.), another thai basil as I like to have them planted three places in case one fails (I use a LOT of fresh basil), and a lettuce start, because none of the lettuce I planted in May sprouted for some reason and the other lettuce is close to picked over. It is infuriating to be buying starts this late in season. I usually have staggered crops going gang busters at this point. IDK. The tomatoes all look to be growing well at least.

In other news, Saffy is so bright! We were given an intermediate level puzzle feeder last Wednesday. The directions said leave it open and put treats in there so they get used to treats in the feeder. Two days ago I introduced them to the idea that the central fish thingies have a treat under the cover and Saffy worked out how to knock the little fish domes out of the way, and was smooth by last night with it. So there are four flip top compartments and if you slide them over after knocking the fish domes off, you can find extra compartments underneath. I'd been hiding treats in the under compartments to use as refills. Today with zero hints, never having seen me slide anything, she broke into the underneath compartments. I left her working out how to use a hinged flip top.

She flipped them both! This one is harder or her, as you have to get your paw in at the correct angle, but she has solved the puzzle feeder entirely now. She did it in three days, clever girl.

I do not want to imply anything wrong with Clawdia. She's just way more interested in finding toys. She likes treats, but she's also really happy with he current kibble samples.

Clawdia will be playing nearby for a lot of this, watching her sister safe crack the puzzle feeder. They are social learners as a species, and I have hopes of her picking it up, either from her sister or hints from me.

Also, Saffy is growing really, really fast and is hungry all the time the way Livia was, so getting all the treats out of the puzzle is more exciting for her. When I say growing fast, she's approaching Livia's length, though not her height or solidity. (Livia is very muscular and sturdy. Saffy is currently the cat equivalent of an Afghan hound).

Meanwhile, Clawdia is a little bigger than Tavy was, but not by much. She is also a big fan of cuddle naps during lung time, which is one of the many things I've been missing.

* A friend gave me some of the sticky glasses things and they do work. I no longer thing of them as "The Torture Glasses." I am now doing a test patch on either side of my nose where I treat one with anti-acne cream and one with benadryl to see if I am allergic to the sticky nose things. (If I am, it's likely the adhesive.

When I came out of my room Saturday three of the other four mammals I live with had made So many Messes. so many. It took about an hour to clean and had to be done before I could make food. None of the messes were malicious, but most were collaborative.

* "New College of Florida: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Knicks Fans Brand Elmo a Traitor & Trump Storms Out of "Meet the Press" Interview | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Goes Ocean’s Eleven on Iran’s Oil & Knicks Put Off Winning to the Last Second | The Daily Show:"

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* "Why Katy O’Brian Wants to be Protein Powder After She Dies | Grave Conversations:"

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* "Juliette Binoche/ Antigone at the Barbican 2015:"

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* (That we know of counting only white people) "America's First Non-binary Person:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rpSKNLQX2bQ

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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.

* The public comment period is open now through May 22, 2026: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/docket-detail/19-41

* "Transcontinental Pipeline:" https://tcpipeline.org/steps/

* "Project Salt Box:" https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/

* "When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers

* Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share

* "Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

* "2026 Statewide Primary Calendar:" https://www.270towin.com/2026-state-primary-calendar/

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* "The deadliest 10 minutes in decades: Lebanese reel from Israeli strikes that killed hundreds:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/09/lebanon-beirut-israel-strikes-hundreds-killed

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* "Trump 'optimistic' about Iran peace deal even as ceasefire appears strained:" https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/trump-optimistic-iran-peace-deal-even-ceasefire-appears-strained-rcna267428

* "Trump says U.S. ready for ‘next conquest,’ warns military will remain near Iran until ‘real agreement’ is honored:" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/trump-military-troops-iran-conflict-middle-east-hormuz.html

* "Trump lashes NATO after ‘frank and open’ Rutte meeting:" https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-lashes-nato-mark-rutte-meeting/

* "‘A very dangerous moment’: Kerry schools Trump on dealing with Iran:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/a-very-dangerous-moment-kerry-schools-trump-on-dealing-with-iran-2495845955552

* "Pentagon misleading public about deadly Kuwait base attack:" https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/pentagon-misleading-public-kuwait-base/

* "Iran maintains firm grip on Hormuz traffic:" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/09/2026/tehran-pauses-traffic-through-hormuz-strait-over-israels-lebanon-attacks

* "Keir Starmer: ‘I’m fed up’ with Trump and Putin affecting UK energy costs:" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/keir-starmer-fed-up-trump-putin-uk-energy-costs.html

* "Manila’s transport workers struggle to make ends meet as Philippines feels force of oil crisis:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/manilas-transport-workers-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-as-philippines-feels-force-of-oil-crisis

* "Photos show the effects of the Iran war on global energy worldwide:" https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/iran-war-global-energy-crisis-0e48cb06f3e04e18bc7c80444fff7664?

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* "Ukraine violence ‘worse than ever’, Security Council hears :" https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/1167186

* "US senators aim to sanction Hungary over obstructing Ukraine aid :" https://archive.ph/pF7oz

* "Ukraine signs deal with Saudi Arabia offering drone expertise:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2r4wxdw3no

* "Putin sends Ukraine’s stolen children to military training at special camps:" https://inews.co.uk/news/kremlin-abduction-ukraine-children-russian-energy-companies-4318629

* "Russia plans to send second oil tanker to Cuba:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-cuba-oil-tanker-us-energy-blockade-cfbe8565b665fa99117b449112621dfd

The lifting of Russian sanctions means Russian can use that money to fight Ukraine.

* I'm also including this here as it feels relevant. "Borderline war:" https://border-line-war.longlead.com/?

* "How Russia's threat has seen Germany become Europe's most important army:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge7r31989o?

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* "They were under siege by a Mexican cartel. Now these civilians fight back with AK-47s and grenades:" https://apnews.com/article/mexico-civilian-selfdefense-guerrero-cartels-sheinbaum-vigilantes-83d58237ca428ddcd0ad0e8c73c8ea4c?

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* "Trump lauds Viktor Orbán as Europe’s far-right leaders gather in Budapest:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/trump-lauds-viktor-orban-far-right-leaders-gather-budapest

* "JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/jd-vance-eu-interference-hungary-election-viktor-orban

* "Trump stumps for Viktor Orbán in phone call during Vance’s rally:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/07/trump-viktor-orban-vance-00861898

* "Orban's Hungarian government accused of mass voter intimidation ahead of election:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36r0068xp2o

* "MEPs raise alarm about possible Russian meddling in Hungary elections:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/09/meps-alarm-possible-russian-interference-hungary-elections

* "Pro-Kremlin bots cry ‘murder’ ahead of Hungary vote:" https://www.politico.eu/article/pro-kremlin-bots-cry-murder-ahead-of-hungary-vote/

* "Hungary's election could end Orban era and reshape its place in Europe:" https://archive.ph/N2oTw

* "French municipal elections hit with foreign interference allegations:" https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/02/french-municipal-elections-hit-with-foreign-interference-allegations

* "A new generation of politicians of colour is emerging in France. The backlash speaks volumes:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/08/politicians-colour-france-backlash-elections-racism

* "Switzerland: Voters Overwhelmingly Choose to Protect Cash Use in the Constitution:" https://cashessentials.org/switzerland-voters-overwhelmingly-choose-to-protect-cash-use-in-the-constitution/

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* "Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show:" https://archive.ph/86wlY

* "With US aid slashed, Nigerian HIV volunteers went door‑to‑door to keep patients alive:" https://archive.ph/VRZhd

*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News (Sort likely a little rough)***

* Some items below this point may be older.

* "Supreme Court considers a historic case about who is — and isn't — born a citizen:" https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5732437/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump

* "The Supreme Court Has Heard This One Before:" https://archive.ph/46NTV

* "Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American man:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-native-american-rcna263223

* "Trump rails against birthright citizenship, courts after attending Supreme Court arguments:" https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-historic-attends-supreme-court-arguments-birthright-citizenship/story?id=131610905

* "The birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court hits close to home for this immigrant mother:" https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump-immigration-constitution-e51d13b21b4240f6b8625700abe6030e

* "Trump shows up to Supreme Court as birthright citizenship case gets picked apart:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/trump-shows-up-to-supreme-court-as-birthright-citizenship-case-gets-picked-apart-2494793283580

* "The IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times, judge says:" https://apnews.com/article/irs-breaks-law-judge-finds-2dbe472e46121091a32309bdab6795d7

* "The Justice Department plans to share sensitive voter data with Homeland Security:" https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/nx-s1-5764266/voter-data-trump-doj-dhs

* "Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown:" https://www.wired.com/story/border-patrol-bortac-borstar-use-of-force-midway-blitz/

* "State Troopers Laughed at the Suffering of People They Detained:" https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/opinion-nashville-banner-ice-thp-footage/article_c40d3f44-2b56-4a38-97e4-1984b3d3a55b.html

* "Lawyers alarmed by immigration judge's 'atrocious' questions for gay asylum seekers:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/bias-new-mexico-immigration-judge

* "US deports eight people 'of African origin' to Uganda:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ej43z8yw4o

* "Some Marines graduate without their parents present amid ICE fears:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/marines-graduation-ice-fears-parris-island-rcna266019

I.C.E. was planning to send ICE to deport the families of marines, many about to deploy to the Middle East for Trump's illegal war, in order to punish the marines and their families.

Cruelty is the point and so is absolutely demoralizing and hollowing out our military.

They pretended it was miscommunication rather than a plan because of all the outcry.

* "ICE agents reportedly detain wife of US soldier just days after their marriage :" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/ice-agents-detain-wife-of-us-soldier

She is a legal immigrant who committed no crimes and is working on a bio-chemistry degree.

How much do Republicans hate our troops? This much. They voted for this. They knew what Trump is like and how much he hates military members, their families and any one not white.

* "Newlywed wife of US soldier freed by ICE after detention at military base:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98kn1k3nreo

Stay noisy! Sometimes the protests work.

* "‘Don’t take me to the hospital’: Undocumented immigrants in Texas are delaying medical care:" https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2026/03/30/547445/texas-undocumented-immigrants-health-care-hospitals/

* "‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September :" https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/02/09/absolute-hell-irish-man-with-valid-us-work-permit-held-by-ice-since-september/

* "‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks :" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

* "Delta transported a 5-year-old boy detained by ICE to Texas immigration facility:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/liam-conejo-damos-dilley-texas-immigration-detention-center-delta-airlines

* "Immigration judge denies asylum claim for Liam Conejo Ramos and his family:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/liam-ramos-denied-asylum-ruling

* "14 ICE detainees have died so far in 2026 :" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/14-ice-detainees-died-far-2026-rcna265843

* "DHS pauses new immigrant warehouse purchases amid review of Noem-era contracts:" https://apnews.com/article/mullin-noem-immigration-ice-warehouse-detention-warhouses-0141f54a48a47b1a6753aeaecc1b640b

* "ICE spent $200 million on two Georgia warehouses. Did the feds overpay?:" https://www.ajc.com/news/2026/03/ice-spent-200-million-on-two-georgia-warehouses-did-the-feds-overpay/

* "‘Smells like corruption’: Maddow points out bizarre pattern of overpayments for warehouses by DHS:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/smells-like-corruption-maddow-points-out-bizarre-pattern-of-overpayments-for-warehouses-by-dhs-2494444611572

* "Michigan ICE detention center owner reports $254 million profit, record new business in 2025:" https://www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2026-02-13/michigan-ice-detention-center-owner-reports-254-million-profit-record-new-business-in-2025

* CW: Rape. "‘Immensely Invisible:’ Women Fighting ICE’s Inaction on Sexual Abuses:" https://futuroinvestigates.org/investigative-stories/immensely-invisible/immensely-invisible-women-fighting-ices-inaction-on-sexual-abuses/

* "Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-family-deportations-ice-citizen-kids

* "How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown:" https://www.propublica.org/article/american-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation

* "‘Babies in detention’: Stacey Abrams sounds alarm on Texas ICE site holding children:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/babies-in-detention-stacey-abrams-sounds-alarm-on-texas-ice-site-holding-children-2494974019808

* "Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-immigration-bondi-declinations-criminal-investigations

* "The Frightening, Very Real Tool ICE Agents Have to Add You to a “Nice Little Database” if You Attend a Protest:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-ice-should-have-learned-from-the-fugitive-slave-act

* "What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-ice-should-have-learned-from-the-fugitive-slave-act

* "What Counts As Domestic Terrorism in Trump’s America?:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/prairieland-domestic-terrorism.html

* "Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/texas-terrorism-trial

* "How the Trump Administration Has Turned Left-Wing Activism Into Terrorism:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/how-the-trump-administration-has-turned-left-wing-activism-into-terrorism

* "Army veteran faces conspiracy charges after participating in anti-ICE protest:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/army-veteran-faces-conspiracy-charges-after-participating-in-anti-ice-protest

* "DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/doj-protesters-federal-agents-cases

* "The Crime of Witness:" https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/26/the-crime-of-witness-fintan-otoole/

* "A federal judge is forcing the Trump administration to answer for Renee Good’s killing :" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/judge-demands-renee-good-records

* "Radiohead tells Trump's ICE to take down a video using their song:" https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/radiohead-tells-trumps-ice-take-video-using-song-rcna261010

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

"Project Salt Box:" https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/
"MASTER LIST OF WAYS TO HELP IN MINNEAPOLIS:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807223113540599808?source=share
"Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations:" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-mutual-aid-groups-ice
Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share
"How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota:" https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
"Support minnesotans defending their communities from ICE:" https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
"When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers
Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

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* "Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/no-kings-general-strike

**** Corruption of the Justice System, Pushback, and Related ****

* "DOJ Lawyer Ejected From Courtroom:"

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* "Republicans block effort to halt Trump's war with Iran after 'civilization' threat:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-block-effort-halt-trumps-war-iran-civilization-threat-rcna267345

In the House Republicans are delaying to let the carnage continue. Tell them what you think of this, and how you want them to vote after recess!

* Meanwhile, in the Senate: "Democrats to force Iran vote next week:" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/08/2026/democrats-to-force-iran-vote-next-week

The vote is next week! Tell your senators what you want them to do!

* "Trump’s gay ‘special envoy’ Ric Grenell eyes ambassador to Russia position:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/ric-grenell-russia-ambassador

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* Our until Midterms 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

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

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

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

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

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

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* We are in primary season now. States vote at different times, so I beg ALL of you to check when your state is voting. If you are in an in-person vote state, research ahead of time so you can vote for the candidate with views closest to your own. If you vote by mail, take the time to look them up when your ballot comes.

THIS is how you move the party further LEFT.

PLAN YOUR VOTE!!!

Primary schedule here:

* "2026 Statewide Primary Calendar:" https://www.270towin.com/2026-state-primary-calendar/

I don't know where you live, so I can't link this for you, but I find the Progressive Voter Guide online very helpful in narrowing down candidates in the often packed primaries where I live.

I also suggest looking at things like volunteer work and endorsements, because it really, really helps with things like sheriff and judicial elections, but can be useful in all sorts of primaries when you have multiple good options.

REMEMBER: Don't just vote for the big things like US Congress. Vote in every State and local race down to the smallest and on all the referendums.

State and local elections have a massive impact on your quality of life.

* Indiana! Ohio! Don't forget to vote in the Primaries May 5!

* "How a Democrat's House win in Nebraska could erase the ‘blue dot’ & harm LGBTQ+ rights:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/nebraska-democrats-blue-dot

* "Mississippi passes restrictive transgender driver’s license law:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/mississippi-transgender-drivers-licenses

* "Nebraska lawmaker fails again to revive anti-trans bills after repeated attempts:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/nebraska-anti-trans-measures-fail

* "Kalshi Criminally Indicted:"

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* "Iowa can enforce previously blocked ‘don’t say gay’ law, appeals court rules:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/iowa-lgbtq-restrictions-appeals-court

* "Attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care are inextricably linked:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/abortion-trans-care-attacks

* "how “trans panic” took over the world:"

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* "Britain Still Has Conversion Therapists. Here’s Why.:"

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* "Don't fall for WSJ's 'normal gay' whitewashing of queer life:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/wall-street-journal-normal-gay

* "Maryland protects trans students. Stephen Miller’s group is coming for those protections:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/stephen-miller-trans-kids-maryland

Proud Neo-NAZI wants to harm vulnerable children in Maryland, would be another way to put it.

* "TV judge slams homophobic father who sued his gay son for conversion therapy costs:" https://www.advocate.com/news/eboni-k-williams-conversion-therapy

* "Day of Silence marks 30 years as anti-LGBTQ+ school battles intensify nationwide:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/day-of-silence-30-years

* "As Day of Silence turns 30, LGBTQ+ students are stuck in 1996:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/day-of-silence-2026-lgbtq

* "Beyond awareness: How youth leadership is reshaping the HIV response:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/youth-hiv-leadership-op-ed

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* "The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess:" https://aphyr.com/posts/411-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess

* "Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green:" https://bethmathews.substack.com/p/why-so-many-control-rooms-were-seafoam

* Fucking hell! Waterfox updated and scrambled stuff. Which is better than deleting it outright. (I'm glaring at you firefox), but this is at least the second update in a row to do that, and now I get to waste time unfucking it.

In other news, Livia likes Open Window Time enough to sit on the living room sill, but not lounge in her window box. It is essential to pretend she's not doing it.

I have reason to think this month is going to work out financially. I should know by the end of next week if we are going to mostly catch up or not. Let us hope.

We are waiting to here about Squirrel's ACL situation yet again as they just had to go to a review thingie. Medical side says it's still borked and more time is needed to decide if surgery or not. The workman's comp people from squirrel's work want them to either get back to work or to stop having to cover medical and partial pay. Sigh.

I still have the shakes from being pushed way to far physically and keep having to lie down. It is annoying. I think I may have finally blocked enough autodialers from the Insurance harasser scams to knock two of them out. One hasn't called this week, and it's been a couple days on the other. Those are the you might lose your medicare if you don't switch to our shitty insurance and the softer sell one.

The one that's left calls from 5:55AM to before 8PM, and they are the ones I hate the most, because they are so clearly trying to trick people with dementia. It's so calculated to play on the way people with dementia tend to react to prompts it just fills me with white hot center of a sun fury. They are basically implying the person who they are spamming called them yesterday and they got cut off. "Do you remember we talked about death benefits yesterday? Do you remember the card I sent you about it?" There is no card and Our conversation yesterday consisted of them ignoring my do not call list statement in favour of talking over me and me hanging up, then blocking them. If I believed in hell I'd be betting every single person involved in this scam belonged in hell.

* "*The Pitt* Fans Aren't Happy With Journalists. We Need Real Etiquette When Reporting on Fandom:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/journalists-need-real-etiquette-when-reporting-on-fandom

* "Stoney Start:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FmcfVv805J8

* "Gangster Gods:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u4Ww2OEsJ4I

* "Sarrisa Spears:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EocmLvnLrKE

* "Groovy Germanic Gangs:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-medzZd16P0

* "Titus Trifles:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9bITaLVVE_o

* "Erratic Eddas:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v53zqZVXqgY

* "Medieval Marriage Madness:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iSU74rCneUg

* "Crusader Cavalcade:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YHMRLOP8MW8

* "Lionheart Letters:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LjbuvFaTtQc

* "Horrendous Hutts:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/leFtiiz_o2M

* Abbot Elementrary and the Homework Debate, A response I wrote on Tumblr:

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* "A world in bloom: Spring flowers unfold from Tokyo to Mexico, in photos:" https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/spring-blossoms-photos-peach-cherry-flowers-5ed75828a5a87378dc478163611b28df

* It is Poetry Month again. I post them here if you are interested: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/tagged/Poetry

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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.

* "Transcontinental Pipeline:" https://tcpipeline.org/steps/

* "Donate to Kansas ACLU:" https://action.aclu.org/give/support-aclu-kansas

* "Project Salt Box:" https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/

* "When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers

* "MASTER LIST OF WAYS TO HELP IN MINNEAPOLIS:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807223113540599808?source=share

* "Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations:" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-mutual-aid-groups-ice

* Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share

* "Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

* Contains link to trans girl sales pages. "Trans Girl Scouts On Cookie List Sell 71,000 Boxes Of Cookies And Growing:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-girl-scouts-on-cookie-list

* "2026 Statewide Primary Calendar:" https://www.270towin.com/2026-state-primary-calendar/

* "The List of Shame: People frequently ask us about whether their specific US state is trying to enact a social media age verification law so they can call their state representatives and yell at them about it!:" https://dw-advocacy.dreamwidth.org/1493.html

* "Keep Android Open:" https://keepandroidopen.org/

* "Taking action against AI harms:" https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/23/taking-action-ai-harms/

* "Resist and Unsubscribe:" https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/

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* Physio is kicking my butt. Sorry to cut off with so little of last weeks news.

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* "Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-gaza-military-plan

* "Trump gets his Board of Peace, even as bigger countries steer clear:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/trump-gets-his-board-of-peace-even-as-bigger-countries-steer-clear-00789617

* "With a Golden Gavel and a Threat to Iran, Trump Launches His Board of Peace:" https://archive.ph/Pq6Ut#selection-515.0-515.117

* "Trump to name Jared Kushner envoy for peace:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/trump-jared-kushner-peace-envoy-00788606

* "‘A huge heist from the American taxpayers’: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ seen as new vehicle for grift:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/a-huge-heist-from-the-american-taxpayers-trump-s-board-of-peace-seen-as-new-vehicle-for-grift-2488249924000

* "US, Iran offer contradictory accounts of nuclear talks:" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/18/2026/us-iran-offer-contradictory-accounts-of-nuclear-talks

* "2nd US carrier group heads toward Middle East amid Iran tensions:" https://abcnews.com/International/2nd-us-carrier-group-heads-middle-east-amid/story?id=130292386

* Our Military keeps practicing terrorism my murdering random fisherman for Dear Leader's pleasure. "Trump administration strikes three more alleged drug boats in the Pacific and Caribbean:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-military-strikes-three-alleged-drug-boats-pacific-caribbean-rcna259364

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* "Brisbane synagogue targeted in antisemitic hate crime, suspect arrested:" https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-887387

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* "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by deadly 'dart frog' toxin, Europeans say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-poisoned-deadly-dart-frog-rcna259064

* "South Korea's ex-president Yoon receives life sentence for imposing martial law:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yoon-suk-yeol-life-sentence-9.7096907

* CW: CSA "‘Nobody above law,’ says DPP amid claims against Andrew:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/15/uks-top-prosecutor-says-nobody-above-law-as-detectives-investigate-andrews-epstein-links

* CW: CSA "U.K.'s ex-Prince Andrew is released after his arrest over Epstein revelations:" https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5719098/former-prince-andrew-arrested-on-suspicion-of-misconduct-in-public-office-reports

* "Tale of two nations: Andrew’s UK arrest highlights US passivity on Epstein files:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/21/andrew-epstein-files-us-uk

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* The report is accurate, you see, which republicans believe should be illegal. "Hassett says Fed staff should be 'disciplined' for reporting the US pays tariff costs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/18/hassett-says-fed-staff-should-be-disciplined-for-reporting-the-u-s-pays-tariff-costs-00786562

* "Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827

* "6 Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Tariff Decision:" https://archive.ph/rEEhI

Steel and Aluminum tariffs remain under a separate authority, and no words on how, when, and if there will be refunds of the illegal taxes on American Citizens.

* Trump through a long embarrassing public tantrum and is trying to impose another round of illegal tariffs, because Of Course. "Trump brings in new 10% tariff as Supreme Court rejects his global import taxes:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8146l0n55o

* "‘Like a baby’: Schumer blasts Trump’s tantrum over tariff defeat:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/like-a-baby-schumer-blasts-trump-s-tantrum-over-tariff-defeat-2488437827770

* "Trump SPIRALS through five stages of grief after Supreme Court rejects his tariffs scheme:"

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* "Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's CORRUPTION at taxpayers' expense:"

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* "Pritzker demands $8.6 billion for Illinois residents after Supreme Court strikes Trump tariffs:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2026/02/20/pritzker-illinois-refund-trump-tariffs-supreme-court-ruling

* "Pritzker demands REFUNDS for taxpayers who paid for Trump's unconstitutional tariffs:"

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*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News (Sort likely a little rough)***

* "DHS spokesperson to leave Trump administration amid agency turmoil:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/17/dhs-spokesperson-tricia-mclaughlin-to-leave-trump-administration-00783378

* "‘On thin ice’: Kristi Noem under fire as DHS faces shutdown fallout:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/on-thin-ice-kristi-noem-under-fire-as-dhs-faces-shutdown-fallout-2487748675858

* "Inside the $70M jet Kristi Noem wants to buy for ‘deportations’:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/inside-the-70m-jet-kristi-noem-wants-to-buy-for-deportations-2488221763867

* "White House grants ICE power to detain refugees for aggressive ‘rescreening’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-administration-memo-ice-dhs-refugees-screening

These are Refugees who are doing everything legally and have open asylum cases. They are likely using them not having green cards yet as a pretext to send them back to be murdered.

* "Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.:" https://archive.ph/uNDJX

* "Federal judge accuses White House of ‘terror’ against immigrants in US:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/trump-administration-immigration-ice-judge-decision

* "ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/17/ice-officials-use-of-force-00782501

* "Several ICE agents were arrested in recent months, showing risk of misconduct:" https://apnews.com/article/ice-agents-arrested-misconduct-crimes-abuse-corruption-45b0d2248c0add9523e0bf5a953faaea

* "Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities:" https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-immigration-ice-ec79dc6e073493ec8a8284fa32c7a2fb

* "Florida couple detained despite documentation freed after month in ICE custody:" https://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-couple-detained-despite-documentation-freed-after-month-in-ice-custody-florida-ice-detention-fadya-conderas-de-rondon-johnny-rondon-rodrguez-orlando-federal-courthouse-us-district-judge-john-antoon-phillip-arroyo-orange-county-jail-asyl

* "St. Peter police chief intervened and got federal agents to release resident, sources say:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/st-peter-police-chief-intervenes-prevents-federal-agents-from-arresting-resident

* "Sheriff Says ICE Zip-Tying Teenage Girl Who Is US Citizen ‘Not Evil’:" https://www.newsweek.com/sheriff-says-ice-zip-tying-teenage-girl-who-is-us-citizen-not-evil-11506656

* "Body camera video and texts reveal details of Border Patrol agent's shooting of Chicago woman:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/marimar-martinez-border-patrol-exum-body-cam-texts-released-rcna258549

* "She Honked at ICE. They Shot Her Five Times.:"

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* CW: Child Abuse "Trump's ICE imprisons family with sick toddler; denies her medicine:"

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* "Gay man says ICE is keeping his husband jailed even though they’ve agreed to leave the U.S.:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/immigration/gay-couple-ice-detention-azerbaijan

* "Seattle tries to bar information disclosure to ICE:" https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/feb/19/seattle-tries-to-bar-information-disclosure-to-ice/

* "Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts:" https://archive.ph/06vlm

* "The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics:" https://futurism.com/future-society/homeland-security-google

* "Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics:" https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics/

* "Our Zine About ICE Surveillance Is Here:" https://www.404media.co/icezine/

* "Protesters Are Trump's Next Target:"

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* "Protestors gather in Belvidere to speak out against ICE:" https://www.wifr.com/2026/02/16/protestors-gather-belvidere-speak-out-against-ice/

* "Thousands gathered at State Capitol after civil rights reverend led 50-mile march for peace, love:" https://www.wral.com/news/local/reverend-william-barber-love-forward-together-march-feb-2026/

* "How to tear gas children:" https://www.theverge.com/policy/872783/tear-gas-children-portland-ice-labor

* "ICE and Disabled Immigrants: ADA Violations and Civil Rights Abuse:" https://www.lawfirm4immigrants.com/ada-violations-ice-abuse-against-disabled-immigrants/

* "When community care became a threat:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/minnesota-community-care

* "Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests:" https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/twin-cities-tow-truck-driver-returns-abandoned-vehicles-ice-arrests/

* "Stepping up for ICE detainees who need winter coats:" https://www.startribune.com/stepping-up-for-ice-detainees-who-need-winter-coats/601571358

* "Protests, skepticism continue in Minnesota following announcement that federal surge is ending:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/15/protests-skepticism-continue-minnesota-following-announcement-federal-surge-ending

* "Mayor Jacob Frey - 435,000 Residents Pushed ICE Out of Minneapolis | The Daily Show:"

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* "The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/15/defeat-trump-mass-non-cooperation

* "Neighborhood, Loop protests are part of nationwide ‘spring surge to melt ICE’:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/13/immigration-ice-trump-administration-protest-students-walkouts

* "Judge Orders ICE to Let Clergy Give Communion to Detained Migrants on Ash Wednesday:" https://archive.ph/6jweT

* "Minnesotans Just Won a Huge Court Victory Against ICE:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/02/minnesota-court-victory-against-ice-detention.html

* "Department of Homeland Security must provide ‘constitutionally adequate healthcare’ at ICE detention center, judge rules:" https://archive.ph/mMRxP

* "Democrats hold community meeting to discuss proposed ICE facility in Merrimack:" https://www.wmur.com/article/community-meeting-merrimack-ice-facility-nh-021526/70373512

* "Orange County leaders to discuss blocking new ICE facility in Orlando:" https://www.wesh.com/article/orange-county-leaders-discuss-blocking-ice-facility-orlando/70299748

* "Raskin calls Baltimore ICE facility 'inhumane' after visit, whistleblower reveals abuses:" https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/ice-kristi-noem-baltimore-detention-facility-jamie-raskin-overcrowding-trump/65-4245187b-db2d-4a2c-b204-7abe9c02093d

* "Protests lead owner not to sell Texas warehouse to ICE:" https://baptistnews.com/article/protests-lead-owner-not-to-sell-texas-warehouse-to-ice/

* "Roxbury Protesters Want to Put Federal Agency on ICE:" https://www.insidernj.com/roxbury-protesters-want-to-put-federal-agency-on-ice/

* "Political catastrophe: Republican governor botches ICE prison decision:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/political-catastrophe-republican-governor-botches-ice-prison-decision-2487581251846

* "Journalist vows to fight federal charges connected to St. Paul church protest:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/17/journalist-georgia-fort-vows-to-fight-federal-charges-connected-to-cities-church

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

"Project Salt Box:" https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/
"MASTER LIST OF WAYS TO HELP IN MINNEAPOLIS:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807223113540599808?source=share
"Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations:" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-mutual-aid-groups-ice
Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share
"How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota:" https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
"Support minnesotans defending their communities from ICE:" https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
"When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers
Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

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* "Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia:" https://apnews.com/article/george-washington-slavery-exhibit-restored-trump-2a32236320f280ba3e647d900c1301b4

* "‘Ignorance is strength’: Judge shuts down Trump’s attempt to rewrite history in blistering ruling:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/ignorance-is-strength-judge-shuts-down-trump-s-history-re-write-in-devastating-ruling-2487578691543

* "Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico:"

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* "Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature:"

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* "Censorship Comes for the TV Talk Show:" https://archive.ph/seVnS

* "CBS Didn’t Want Colbert to Talk to This Democratic Candidate. He Did It Anyway.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/cbs-didnt-want-colbert-to-talk-to-this-democratic-candidate-he-did-it-anyway/

* "Rep. Crockett SPEAKS OUT on CBS Colbert controversy with her opponent:"

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* "Why Everyone's Talking About Stephen Colbert, CBS, The FCC And James Talarico:"

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* "Stephen Colbert Says CBS Released Statement About Pulled James Talarico Interview ‘Without Ever Talking to Me’: ‘I Really Don’t Want an Adversarial Relationship With the Network’:" https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stephen-colbert-cbs-james-talarico-interview-fcc-1236666083/

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* "Democrats send counteroffer on to White House on DHS funding as partial shutdown continues:" https://abcnews.com/Politics/democrats-send-counteroffer-white-house-dhs-funding-partial/story?id=130231108

Please call your Senators and encourage them to stay firm.

* "Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes, but Democrats could still block it:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trumps-election-bill-save-america-act-50-senate-votes-democrats-block-rcna259351

* Meanwhile, Trump pisses on the constitution again. "Trump pushes voter ID ‘whether approved by Congress or not!’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/13/trump-voter-id-congress-00782094

The goal of this legislation is to make it illegal on a federal level for married women and trans people to vote.

Please tell Quisling Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar exactly what you think of his decision to vote to permanently disenfranchise so many American citizens if he is your Congress Critter.

Please contact your US Senators to tell them to vote AGAINST the SAVE ACT

* Here is a model email: https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2767709.html

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* Our until Midterms 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

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

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

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

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

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

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* We are entering primary season just generally. States vote at different times, so I beg ALL of you to check when your state is voting. If you are in an in-person vote state, research ahead of time so you can vote for the candidate with views closest to your own. If you vote by mail, take the time to look them up when your ballot comes.

THIS is how you move the party further LEFT.

Primary schedule here:

* "2026 Statewide Primary Calendar:" https://www.270towin.com/2026-state-primary-calendar/

I don't know where you live, so I can't link this for you, but I find the Progressive Voter Guide online very helpful in narrowing down candidates in the often packed primaries where I live.

I also suggest looking at things like volunteer work and endorsements, because it really, really helps with things like sheriff and judicial elections, but can be useful in all sorts of primaries when you have multiple good options.

REMEMBER: Don't just vote for the big things like US Congress. Vote in every State and local race down to the smallest and on all the referendums.

State and local elections have a massive impact on your quality of life.

* "Early voting begins for high-stakes Texas primary elections:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/texas-early-voting-primaries

* "Trump endorses self-described ‘Nazi-ish’ Texas Republican as Peter Thiel backs his bid for Congress:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/jace-yarbrough-extremist-texas-candidate

* "Kansas lawmakers override governor's veto of anti-trans 'bathroom bounty' bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/kansas-overrides-bathroom-bill-veto

* "Rhode Island hockey mass shooting leaves family shattered and shooter’s identity in the spotlight:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/rhode-island-hockey-shooter-transgender

* "Debunking chart that falsely suggests transgender people are more likely to commit mass shootings:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/transgender-people-mass-shootings/

* "Police arrest man who ran toward the US Capitol building holding a shotgun:" https://apnews.com/article/capitol-arrest-shotgun-congress-e4c2233b957ca6ab4ae780006cd75081

* "Pulse nightclub demolition set for March to make way for memorial:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pulse-nightclub-demolition-march

* "Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years:" https://capitalbnews.org/georgia-railroad-eminent-domain-black-landowners/

* "Not in Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community:" https://notinourname.org.uk/

* "He was diagnosed with prostate cancer while homeless. A simple screening likely saved his life:" https://www.advocate.com/health/prostate-cancer-screening-important

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* "'Near impossible' travel conditions in New York as 22 inches of snow falls on US east coast:" https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy7jnjz75e8t

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* "Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web:" https://www.therage.co/persona-age-verification/

* "Let the good times roll: the queer history of Mardi Gras in New Orleans:" https://www.advocate.com/history/queer-history-mardi-gras

* "How Black communities protected each other during the early days of the AIDS crisis:" https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv/black-communiites-hiv-aids-crisis

* "Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-icon-dies

* "Remembering Jesse Jackson's longtime advocacy for LGBTQ+ equality:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/jesse-jackson-lgbtq-rights-record

* I am really struggling with the physio upgrades. A couple things are now much harder, and we've added some new things. I broke the fragile toe Saturday night doing one of the upgraded exercises. I foolishly had prioritized fall risk over space and my leg was not precise enough so SNAP. I still had to do three sets of one of the new ones after I had a cry and recomposed myself. Sunday I managed not to hurt myself doing the exercises, but I was in quite a bit of pain later. Not good pain either.

I think I'm forgetting one. IDK.

* I had surprise physio Friday. I was on the wait list, as there weren't any openings until she got back from vacation. It was good I went. The one I half remembered turned out to be an upgrade, but there wasn't a picture of that one, so I kept doing the upgraded version, which is fine given how badly thrashed I've been from the rest of it. The one I suspected I wasn't doing quite right, I was not doing quite right. (It's fine. I was only activating half the muscles, but it worked fine that way as a sort of stepping stone.) The one I thought fucked up a major tendon likely did fuck up a major tendon and was likely to hard for me, so we are doing something slower and safer.

I am still utterly thrashed. I also left the paper in the car, but it's probably fine, as I'm clear on what's changed and I can likely work off the old sheet with the substitutions. (I really needed the sheet last week as it was A LOT).

Forage sent me another Field Roast last week, which I had the foresight to defrost. I was ravenous and Done Standing Up and also had this week's pitiful forage to put away, so it was fortuitous.

I was forced to sacrifice the special frozen gravy, as I was out of lesser premade and there was no way from scratch was happening. I was lucky I had it, as I'd started prep before checking. Field roast is very dry if one hasn't any gravy; it's fine with.

The housing tax bill has come. The car tax has not. I am still fascinated to discover how I will pay them with food prices so high.

* I'm in the mode where nearly half my waking time approximately is being used up with physio or resting up after physio. I also really have very little say in when I sleep. I'll just get into the flow of something, then have to go sleep. I'm often too tired to read.

The current set is strenuous, but I think manageable in the way the previous weeks weren't. I hate the new replacement exercise, but it is safe and manageable if extremely unpleasant. (Me, out load: Ah! More barre work! And it's a dance step! Me, in my head: Shit this is exhausting and physically unpleasant).

Every time I do these terrible things to myself, I think about how fundamentally we are trying to undo all those years of dance training and to a lesser extent assorted martial arts training. We are up against a lot of things that I was praised for being good at and many of the ways my body reshaped itself in response to a couple decades of strenuous training. (Not the bones of course. Bones are forever.

Everything is so hard right now, and on top of all of it, I broke the little heater I was using to heat the main area of the apartment. Wall heat is right out as I have bookshelves and until the last couple of years I only needed an hour or two of heat and only occasionally, but the weather patterns are fucked now. I'm not without heat entirely as I have the third hand heater I don't trust, but I think it's to dangerous to leave the bathroom/ kitchen area because fire risk. We have to turn it off to use the microwave as I no longer have electricity in my bathroom and have to run everything in there of kitchen current.

March is going to be a nightmare financially. I'm probably going to have to not pay most of the bills except for housing to cover car and housing tax. Maybe next year on replacing the heater.

I've no idea how I am getting the aggregate out. All this prep keeps piling up and when I go to work on it, I start preliminaries and then have to go back to bed. Or deal with a surprise thing happening in the apartment. Or have to go to an appointment.

I love my bedroom. I have done everything in my power to make it beautiful and comfortable and relaxing. It's started to feel like a prison.

* "Condom shortage hits Winter Olympics as supplies vanish in just 3 days:" https://www.nbcboston.com/olympics/2026-milan-cortina/condom-shortage-hits-winter-olympics-supplies-vanish-3-days/3897660/

* "Kristi Noem: A Boss With Benefits | Obama's Alien Coverup | How Not To Eat Your Food:"

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* "The Fire Horse Arrives | Optimism Hits A New Low | Epstein Pals Face Consequences | Erotic Poetry:"

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* "Pope Leo XIV Won't Join The Board Of Peace | Record Disapproval | The MAHA Workout | Monkey Update:"

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* "Epstein Crony Andrew Faces Consequences | Trump's A-List Peace Board | Did Obama Leak Alien Intel?:"

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* "ICE & DHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Meanwhile... Fast-Casual Fatigue | Logan Paul's Pokémon Haul | Hidden Kissing Room | Ice Volcano:"

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* "Ten Titles to Read for Aromantic Awareness Week:" https://duckprintspress.dreamwidth.org/241433.html

* "Steve Agee REVEALS Secret Funeral Prank:"

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* "Secret Queer Valentine’s Traditions You’ve Never Heard Of:"

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* "Antony Anathema:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SiNCNo0NCIU

* "Ludicrous Lionhearts:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p6l0wOYkdts

* "Knighthood Knowledge:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3iAUe6Fc46o

* "Sengoku Silliness:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/758hG4JzS8Y

* "Rowdy Rambling Roses:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x-3kvaMtK2I

* "Silly Shakespeare Sumary:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S4-5bAl_4L0

* Pirates in Fiction vs. History: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UucSPmimZ54

* "Horrendously Honest Hamilton:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VP8rMXbZ6QQ

* "Goofy Grandiose Gandalf:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sk5lF6iE8KQ

* "Raucous Romantasy Revisited:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/viTPxnwhEPs

* "This Presidents' Day, Forget All Your Worries:"

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* Zomvivor ate my brain. So good, so good. In related news, I really need to watch more Thai Horror.

* Starfleet Academy Really needs an episode with Kyle and Darem having to work together on something. Kyle needs fleshing out anyway and it would be an interesting way to do it while shifting the dynamic.

* "One of those animal bridegroom stories told from the prince's perspective where an evil witch kidnaps "him" and disguises her as a milkmaid or something but she's actually an egg and kind of a freak.:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/809354528998686720?source=share

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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.

* "Project Salt Box:" https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/

* "When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers

* "MASTER LIST OF WAYS TO HELP IN MINNEAPOLIS:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807223113540599808?source=share

* "Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations:" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-mutual-aid-groups-ice

* Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share

* "Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

* Contains link to trans girl sales pages. "Trans Girl Scouts On Cookie List Sell 71,000 Boxes Of Cookies And Growing:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-girl-scouts-on-cookie-list

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* "Trump says he won’t extend nuclear arms treaty with Russia:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/trump-nuclear-arms-treaty-russia-00767497

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*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News (Sort likely a little rough)***

* "THE DILDO DISTRIBUTION DELEGATION:" https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

* "The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building:" https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua

Isn't moving squatters a job for Chicago PD at best and not an excuse for a violent military raid that involved ICE dragging naked children from their beds and zip tying them and parading them outside for their own personal pleasure?

* "ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive:" https://theconversation.com/ice-and-border-patrol-in-minnesota-accused-of-violating-1st-2nd-4th-and-10th-amendment-rights-are-testing-whether-the-constitution-can-survive-274613

* "Trump administration will pull 700 immigration officers from Minneapolis:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/04/trump-administration-will-pull-700-immigration-officers-from-minneapolis-00763994

2000 remain. Trump has already announced plans to violently invade Ohio.

* "Government lawyer yanked from immigration detail in Minnesota after telling judge ‘this job sucks’:" https://apnews.com/article/julie-le-job-sucks-minnesota-dhs-ice-b0affbb6c394c39184a813c8f597d5a2

* "‘We Know Where You Live.’ Protesters Say ICE Agents Retaliate With Threats, Investigations:" https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/04/ice-immigration-intimidation-tactics-protesters

* "Educators Sue Over ICE Activity on School Grounds and Nearby:" https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/educators-sue-over-ice-activity-on-school-grounds-and-nearby/2026/02

* "US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/us-immigration-two-year-old-minnesota-girl

* "Two Venezuelans, charged with assaulting agents in ICE shooting, re-detained despite judge’s orders:" https://www.startribune.com/mn-venezuelans-released-ice-shooting/601576035

ICE lied that he was attacking them, when they were actually shooting wildly through an apartment door nearly hitting a crib.

* "Don Lemon Arrested For Journalism:"

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* "‘For what?’: JD Vance refuses to apologize for smearing Alex Pretti:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/for-what-jd-vance-refuses-to-apologize-for-smearing-alex-pretti-2485410371683

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

"MASTER LIST OF WAYS TO HELP IN MINNEAPOLIS:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807223113540599808?source=share
"Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations:" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-mutual-aid-groups-ice
Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share
"How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota:" https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
"Support minnesotans defending their communities from ICE:" https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
"When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers
Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

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* "Trump wants to be paid $10 billion taxpayer dollars but says he’ll give it to charity:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-wants-to-be-paid-10-billion-taxpayer-dollars-but-says-he-ll-give-it-to-charity-2485698627610

* "Steve Bannon: “You're damn right we're gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.” :" https://www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon/steve-bannon-youre-damn-right-were-gonna-have-ice-surround-polls-come-november

We need to be prepared to get out the vote in the face of voter intimidation.

* "‘Surround the polls’: Trump ally admits voter intimidation plan using ICE:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/surround-the-polls-trump-ally-admits-voter-intimidation-plan-using-ice-2485406275948

* "Gabbard's office examined voting machines in Puerto Rico:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/tulsi-gabbards-office-says-examined-electronic-voting-systems-puerto-r-rcna257602

* If they did nothing wrong why does the story keep changing? "Trump shifts explanation of why DNI Gabbard was at FBI Georgia election office raid:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-shifts-explanation-dni-gabbard-fbi-georgia-election/story?id=129890577

* "Trump resorts to the ridiculous, desperate to reverse engineer the 2020 election:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-resorts-to-the-ridiculous-desperate-to-reverse-engineer-the-2020-election-2485691459927

* "Trump administration makes it easier to fire thousands of federal employees:" https://www.axios.com/2026/02/05/trump-federal-employees-at-will

* "Trump administration's denial of gender-affirming care to federal employees is unlawful, says LGBTQ+ group:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/eeoc-complaint-transgender-care-denial

* "The End of Free Speech:"

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* "Plummeting popularity sets Trump on a war against the truth:"

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* "Washington Post to make ‘significant’ cuts:" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/04/2026/washington-post-to-make-significant-cuts

* "‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers:" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/04/washington-post-layoffs

* "Mass layoffs fuel fears of ‘death spiral’ at Washington Post:" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/05/mass-layoffs-washington-post

* "Fear of Trump pushed Bezos to gut Washington Post, says fmr. executive editor:"

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**** Corruption of the Justice System, Pushback, and Related ****

* "Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics:" https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics/

* "‘Going on offense’: Slotkin will not cooperate with Trump DOJ probe:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/going-on-offense-slotkin-will-not-cooperate-with-trump-doj-probe-2485670979917

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

* CW: CSA "Feminism Versus Trump and Epstein:" https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/feminism-versus-trump-and-epstein/

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* "Supreme Court won’t disturb new California congressional map:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/04/supreme-court-california-prop-50-map-00764862

* "Job openings plummet in warning sign for Trump's economy:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/job-openings-plummet-trump-economy-00767201

* "Ditching DEI is bad for employees and employers: HRC report :" https://www.advocate.com/news/ditching-dei-bad-business

* "Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats’ ICE demands:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-special-elections/new-jersey-house-results

* "‘This shouldn’t be that complicated’: Jeffries draws hard line on DHS funding:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/this-shouldn-t-be-that-complicated-jeffries-draws-hard-line-on-dhs-funding-2485668931822

They have a week to negotiate.

It is very important to call them and ask them to keep fighting to curb the abuses.

Here is a model email if you would like one to look at:

* "Emailing my legislators:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2762264.html

* " Scott Bessent struggles under questioning by New York Rep. Ritchie Torres during explosive House hearing:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/scott-bessent-ritchie-torres-clash

* "Bessent refuses to say the administration will not sue the next Fed chair:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/05/congress/bessent-fed-chair-lawsuit-00767130

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* Our until Midterms 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Failed anti-LGBTQ+ immigrant MAGA influencer banned from Texas Republican Party events:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/valentina-gomez-expelled-texas-gop

* "On anniversary of Los Angeles wildfires, Bass and Newsom lay low:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/on-anniversary-of-l-a-wildfires-newsom-bass-nowhere-to-be-seen-00713275

* "Indiana advances bill that would 'mandate discrimination' against trans people, ACLU warns:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/indiana-transgender-bathroom-birth-certificate

* "Man who tried to shoot Trump at a Florida golf course gets life in prison:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-shooting-attempt-florida-ryan-routh-4bcddb2544bc127d6acf59b8311c458b

* "The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country:" https://archive.ph/MZg9m

* "‘She looks like a baby’: Why do kids as young as 5 or 6 still get arrested at schools?:" https://publicintegrity.org/education/criminalizing-kids/young-kids-arrested-at-schools/

This is child abuse. It's also racism and ableism.

* "The Two Faces of Lummie Jenkins:" https://magazine.atavist.com/2025/lummie-jenkins-alabama-racism

* "Nine men busted for drugs while trying to board massive Atlantis gay cruise in Miami:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/atlantis-cruise-drug-arrests

* "Texas A&M eliminates women’s and gender studies degree program:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-am-women-gender-studies

* "Texas A&M fired a professor for teaching about gender identity. Now, she's suing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/texas-am-melissa-mccoul-lawsuit

* CW: Sexual Harassment "Manager of women’s football club banned for 12 years after bombarding players with indecent images:" https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/17/manager-of-womens-football-club-banned-for-12-years-after-bombarding-players-with-indecent-images

* "California doctor first to face lawsuit under Texas' bounty hunter abortion pill ban:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/california-doctor-texas-abortion-pill

* "Two medical associations update their recommendations on gender-affirming care for trans youth:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/ama-asps-backtrack-transgender-care

* "Parents of transgender kids sue Children’s Hospital Colorado for pausing gender-affirming care:" https://www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/21/childrens-hospital-colorado-sued-transgender-gender-affirming/

* "New York jury finds psychologist and surgeon didn't follow best practices in gender-affirming care case:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/jury-rules-malpractice-transgender-treatment

* "Maryland school district didn't violate teacher's rights by requiring chosen pronoun use, appeals court rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/education/court-upholds-inclusive-pronoun-policy

* "Nicki Minaj attacks trans kids—again:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/nicki-minaj-trans-kids-2675087040

Ironically, Gavin Newsom is also a transphobe.

* "No, trans women don't have inherent advantage over cis women in sports: new study:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-women-athletes-no-advantage

* "HIV drug's Medicare costs under negotiation:" https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv-drug-medicare-negotiations

* "13 Black community organizations fighting HIV in the U.S. you should know:" https://www.advocate.com/health/black-hiv-organizations

* "The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It:" https://archive.ph/eN1Ex

* "Researchers Expose WHILL Wheelchair Safety Risks via Remote Hacking:" https://www.securityweek.com/researchers-expose-whill-wheelchair-safety-risks-via-remote-hacking/

* "The pandemic’s hidden toll: millions of chronic conditions left undiagnosed:" https://theconversation.com/the-pandemics-hidden-toll-millions-of-chronic-conditions-left-undiagnosed-273418

* "California becomes first state to join WHO disease network after US exit:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5703447-who-gavin-newsom-california/

* "Researchers begin trial of nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine:" https://www.kpwhri.org/news-and-events/recent-news/news-2026/researchers-begin-trial-nasal-spray-COVID-19-vaccine

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* Items below this point may be a little older.

* "The Impact Fee Illusion:" https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026-2-4-the-impact-fee-illusion

* "New filtration technology could be gamechanger in removal of Pfas ‘forever chemicals’:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/23/pfas-forever-chemicals-filtration

* "AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

* CW: CSAM "Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it:" https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/867874/stripe-visa-mastercard-amex-csam-grok

* "GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners:" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/github_charge_dev_own_hardware/

* "Astronomers Find the First Compelling Evidence of "Monster Stars" in the Early Universe:" https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-the-first-compelling-evidence-of-monster-stars-in-the-early-universe

* "Ancient Martian beach discovered, providing new clues to red planet's habitability:" https://phys.org/news/2026-01-ancient-martian-beach-clues-red.html

* "The Moon’s Far Side Tells a Very Different Story Than the One We See From Earth:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-moons-far-side-tells-a-very-different-story-than-the-one-we-see-from-earth/

* "This strange form of water may power giant planets’ magnetic fields:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260112214308.htm

* "NASA’s Webb telescope just discovered one of the weirdest planets ever:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251227004146.htm

* "Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu:" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01838-6

* "Hidden dimensions could explain where mass comes from:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251215084222.htm

* "Marvelous Mold and Fabulous Fungus:" https://mossandfog.com/marvelous-mold-and-fabulous-fungus/

* "These Animals Are Expertly Adapted to the Cold:" https://nautil.us/these-animals-are-expertly-adapted-to-the-cold-1264317/

* "Missing for 200 Years, the Galapagos Rail Reappears Following Floreana Island Restoration:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/missing-for-200-years-the-galapagos-rail-reappears-following-floreana-island-restoration/

* "'Beautiful' rare octopus spotted on popular Welsh beach:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5yqnej8ejo

* "Gray wolves are hunting sea otters and no one knows how:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260129080446.htm

* "Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/11/orca-killer-whale-dolphin-hunt-salmon-study-british-columbia-canada?

* "Some polar bears are getting fatter despite a warming Arctic:" https://www.earth.com/news/some-polar-bears-are-getting-fatter-despite-a-warming-arctic/

* "Monkeys With Smaller Testicles Scream Louder to Compensate:" https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/monkey-small-testicle-screams-rep/

* "The deep ocean has a missing link and scientists finally found it:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251228074505.htm

* "Mysterious Giants Could Be a Whole New Kind of Life That No Longer Exists:" https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-giants-could-be-a-whole-new-kind-of-life-that-no-longer-exists

* "Why Earth’s earliest animals left little trace behind:" https://www.earth.com/news/why-earths-earliest-animals-left-little-trace-behind/

* "Ancient oceans were ruled by super predators unlike anything today:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251218060611.htm

* "18,000 dinosaur tracks discovered along ancient Bolivian coastline — and they set a new record:" https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/18-000-dinosaur-tracks-discovered-along-ancient-bolivian-coastline-and-they-set-a-new-record

* "Italy makes a surprising discovery ahead of the Winter Olympics: dinosaur tracks:" https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5647391/dinosaur-tracks-italy-olympics

* "Fossilized Bee Nests Inside Skeletons Are Unlike Anything We’ve Seen Before:" https://gizmodo.com/fossilized-bee-nests-inside-skeletons-are-unlike-anything-weve-seen-before-2000700261?

* "This ancient fossil could rewrite the story of human origins:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260103155024.htm

* "1.5-million-year-old fossil face is forcing a rethink of human origins:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251216081935.htm

* "'It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career': Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England:" https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/it-is-the-most-exciting-discovery-in-my-40-year-career-archaeologists-uncover-evidence-that-neanderthals-made-fire-400-000-years-ago-in-england

* "Discovery shows early humans were much more advanced hunters than previously believed:" https://www.earth.com/news/discovery-shows-early-humans-were-much-more-advanced-hunters-than-previously-believed/

* "Exposure to burn injuries played key role in shaping human evolution, study suggests:" https://phys.org/news/2026-02-exposure-injuries-played-key-role.html

* "Why You Should Study History (Now More Than Ever):"

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* "Ancient people carried a wild potato across the American Southwest:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260125081143.htm

* "This 8,000-year-old art shows math before numbers existed:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251216081937.htm

* "Digital scans unveil new love notes and sketches on ancient Pompeii wall:" https://www.reuters.com/science/digital-scans-unveil-new-love-notes-sketches-ancient-pompeii-wall-2026-01-19/

* "Can You Decode the Roman Dodecahedron?:" https://artsandculture.google.com/story/can-you-decode-the-roman-dodecahedron/5wVh18uEpJuMnA?hl=en

* "What Do Native Cultures Have in Common?: Ep 6 of Crash Course Native American History:"

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* "The Real Impacts of Archaeology on Native Americans: Ep 7 of Crash Course Native American History:"

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* "The Truth About Columbus’s “First Contact”: Ep 10 of Crash Course Native American History:"

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* "There are no pure cultures:" https://aeon.co/essays/there-are-no-pure-cultures-we-have-always-been-global

* "Discover Michelangelo’s First Painting, Created When He Was Only 12 or 13 Years Old:" https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/discover-michelangelos-first-painting.html?

* "500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works:" https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a69676907/da-vinci-bridge-design/

* "What the Tudors REALLY ate – and why it was healthier than you think:"

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* "Inside the Tudor bedroom: love and marriage in the 16th-century:"

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* "How did the Tudors have FUN? Ruth Goodman on maypoles, ale and deadly jousts:"

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* "What did ordinary Tudors do for work? Inside the 16th-century daily grind:"

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* "We Didn't Start The Class War: The Tudor Homelessness Crisis:"

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* "How Caravaggio Painted Class and Clothes:" https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/caravaggio-class-clothes-street-style-elizabeth-currie-1234751231/

* "British soldier’s long-lost memoir rediscovered in Cleveland:" https://www.popsci.com/science/british-soldier-memoir-cleveland/

* "National Portrait Gallery buys rare photographs of Ada Lovelace for the nation:" https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/national-portrait-gallery-saves-rare-photographs-of-ada-lovelace-for-the-uk-86284/

* "The Gay Scottish Lord Who Became A Mountain Man:"

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* "From the Trail of Tears to Wounded Knee: Ep 11 of Crash Course Native American History:"

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* "I Tested Different Victorian Menstruation Products:"

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* "The History of America’s Indian Boarding Schools: Ep 12 of Crash Course Native American History:"

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* "The Victorian Mystic who "Traveled to Other Planets":"

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* CW: Child Death "The Worst Fluid to Drown In:"

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* "The 1918 Flu Pandemic | World History | Extra History Complete:"

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* "Unhinged Amendments That Almost Passed:"

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* "American “Heritage” vs. American History | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart:"

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* "The World's Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old:" https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-longest-running-lab-experiment-is-almost-100-years-old

* "The Indian Reorganization Act Explained: Ep 13 of Crash Course Native American History:"

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* "Found in the Archives, Seldom Seen Photos From World War II:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/found-in-the-archives-seldom-seen-photos-from-world-war-2?rid=9B8A108C20E98ED9C1E55C1A2BD40635

* "Vintage Photographs of People Reading Newspapers Before the Invention of That Grossly Antisocial Device: The Smartphone:" https://www.vintag.es/2018/12/people-reading-newspapers.html

* "What are the Fish Wars and Why Do They Matter?: Ep 9 of Crash Course Native American History:"

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* "The Termination Act Explained: Ep 14 of Crash Course Native American History:"

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* "Alain Bombard: The Biologist Who Shipwrecked Himself to Prove a Point :" https://www.amusingplanet.com/2025/12/alain-bombard-biologist-who-shipwrecked.html

* "The haunting story of Mary Doefour and one man’s quest to give her back her real name:" https://thartribune.com/the-haunting-story-of-mary-doefour-and-one-mans-quest-to-give-her-back-her-real-name/

* "The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes:" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/arts/music/iron-mountain-audio-tape-preservation.html

* "The Native Civil Rights Movement: Ep 15 of Crash Course Native American History:"

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* "A 1970s History of Food:"

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* Re: '70's Food:

Food from the '70's wasn't that good really. We were poor and grew most of our own vegetables in the summer so when we had to switch in the Autumn to supermarket it was always disappointing. Here in the 21st century, better quality more flavourful vegetables are in the supermarkets, even the discount ones.

When we had a babysitter we'd get to pick a frozen dinner which was super exciting because we actually got to chose what we ate and the packaging was cute. Rareness + choice made it a special treat. Libbyland tasted better than the other frozen dinners, but like them, the texture was distinctly off. I can get far better microwave dinners at literally any store now in a far wider variety.

For the record, I first saw my first micro-wave when I was six and never used one myself until I had my first restaurant job, and didn't live anywhere with one until I was an adult.. As you noted the price point was really high relative to wages. My parents worked three jobs between them and were always struggling. Microwaves were strange exotic rich people things. When I was a teen my dad got my mom a toaster oven for Christmas and it was super exciting.

I do desperately miss a few things like Aspen Soda, but if I want to splurge there are higher end brands I can buy now that I Know are better. It's just Aspen was one of like Four regular priced sodas you could by in half gallon/2 liter plastic bottles. (I remember how angry we were when they used metric conversion as an excuse to do what we now call shrinkflation, but I forget when it happened relative to Aspen soda availability.). The issue here is price point. Aspen was way better than say seven up or rootbeer for the same price, and like birch beer, was a rare treat for special occasions. If you offered me Jones, or Weinhards, or that imported orange soda with real juice and sugar, I'd take that over aspen, but I'd take aspen over any normal priced two liter.

For real, food is SO MUCH better now. The variety is better. The quality is usually better. There are so many good vegetarian and other special diet options that didn't exist yet in the 20th Century. The ground work for a lot of the things I eat now was started in the '70's with both the adoption of more natural foods (often considered hippy foods then) and food varieties from so many other cultures as you mention in your video. Seriously, I am grateful. I am old enough to have had to hand make my veggie burgers as a young adult. I spent the first couple decades I was alive having to eat things that made me some degree of ill because that was all that was available that we could afford. I miss a handful of discontinued foods, but I wouldn't trade all I have now to go back to my options in the '70's.

* "Challenger: The disaster five people saw coming:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-01-28/space-shuttle-challenger-disaster-nasa-explosion-video-engineers/106162902

* "I Survived Canada’s Deadliest Mass Shooter. Then I Had to Prove It:" https://thewalrus.ca/lisa-banfield-portapique/?

* "He called himself an ‘untouchable hacker god’. But who was behind the biggest crime Finland has ever known?:" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/17/vastaamo-hack-finland-therapy-notes

* "I Was Kidnapped by Idiots:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/kidnapped-baghdad/685470/?gift=9UtyZb3mDuj0SBI8F16FpwE-BYovnJIiA7dUXQGglGg

* "How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/customers-pay-more-rising-dollar-store-costs

* "Archive reveals hidden stories of Queer Norfolk:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c301d1np9jjo

* "A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/a-very-big-fight-over-a-very-small-language

* "Can Jollibee Beat American Fast Food at Its Own Game?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/01/jollibee-fried-chicken-american-fast-food/684949/

* "104 Year Old Eddy Goldfarb Has Invented Over 800 Iconic Toys:" https://mossandfog.com/104-year-old-eddy-goldfarb-has-invented-over-800-iconic-toys/

* CW: Abuse "I Investigated Dr Phil:"

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* "Shelter pets rescued by the revitalized Seuk’s Army in photos:" https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/animal-rescue-flight-crash-volunteers-seuks-army-316372de52885f3eadaaa5af7e9dd64b

* "Police recover $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by NZ man:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qedglzpwo#0

* "Not Into Bad Bunny? MAGA Halftime Has Kid Rock | Gen Z Olympic Mascots | Help Coldbert Plow Chicago:"

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* "Trump: Republicans Should Nationalize The Elections | "Not A Crime To Party With Epstein":"

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* "Reproductive Horror (On-Screen and Off):"

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* "Nazis Have the Dumbest Star Trek Opinions:"

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* "What Does Star Trek Actually Tell Us About Fascism?:"

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* "The Problem With Saying “Bury Your Gays” Now:"

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* "V For Vendetta ~ Lost in Adaptation:"

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* "Does Tough Love Make Strong Men — or Broken Ones? | Therapist Reacts! (Peacemaker):"

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* "Interview With The Vampire ~ Lost in Adaptation:"

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* "Weird Al Yankovic Talks Comedy Legacy, eBay, and Dying On Stage:"

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* "Did Regency Women ACTUALLY Wear Wet Dresses?:"

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* "Why is everything boring? (hint: it's not Capitalism):"

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* "Notably Nasty Normans:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uNVNoKZRkCE

* "Gilded Galas:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hD0o31T0RcM

* "Vain Versailles:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jav929QRcFk

* "French Fencing Fighting Fits:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FM9etqwoO98

* "Dramatic Deutsch Duelists:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DYaVI564_uc

* "That 1 Immortal Friend 🙄:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1zV3egiy73w

* "Single On Valentine's Day?:"

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* "Discovering Hilda:" https://www.toilgirls.com/hilda

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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.

* "When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers

* "MASTER LIST OF WAYS TO HELP IN MINNEAPOLIS:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807223113540599808?source=share

* "Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations:" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-mutual-aid-groups-ice

* Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share

* "Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

* Contains link to trans girl sales pages. "Trans Girl Scouts On Cookie List Sell 71,000 Boxes Of Cookies And Growing:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-girl-scouts-on-cookie-list

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* I didn't even finish scaffolding the ICE Protests, but there are so many action items, I had to post.

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* "Trump's Greenland War Faceplants:"

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* "Jason Rezaian - Amplifying the Iranian Experience Amid Protests & Media Blackouts | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump raises US tariffs on South Korea imports to 25%:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyw3ynwe37o

* "China says Canada deal does not target the US after Trump tariff threat:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8r4kxgpx6o

*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News (Sort likely a little rough)***

* "Trump administration is potentially sending two gay men to their death by preparing to deport them to Iran:" https://www.advocate.com/news/iranian-men-deportation-danger

* "Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino and some of his masked agents will leave Minneapolis:" https://www.advocate.com/news/greg-bovino-leaving-minneapolis

Stay noisy! It's not remotely over, but resist hard enough we can move the needle.

* "Greg Bovino Loses His Job:" https://archive.ph/aYe22

* "Critics slam Pam Bondi’s demand for Minnesota voter rolls amid ICE surge:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/pam-bondi-minnesota-voter-rolls-ice-surge

There is no legal basis for them having access to these records, and this is clearly extortion designed to get records they can they weaponize to steal yet more basic rights from Minnesotans.

* "ICE says its officers can forcibly enter homes during immigration operations without judicial warrants: 2025 memo:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-policy-officers-enter-homes-immigration-without-judicial-warrant-rcna255305

This is blatantly unconstitutional. Let us see if SCOTUS will declare the 4th and 10th Amendments unconstitutional.

* "Unbelievable ICE Memo Just Leaked:"

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* "ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them :" https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making-list-of-anyone-who-films

* "Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents:" https://stateline.org/2026/01/23/footage-documents-at-odds-with-dhs-accounts-of-immigration-enforcement-incidents/

* "Court records raise doubts that ICE is detaining the ‘worst of the worst’ in Maine:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/court-records-raise-doubts-ice-detaining-worst-worst-129513568

* "Federal immigration agents are a modern-day ‘slave patrol,’ says former Minneapolis City Council president:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/andrea-jenkins-minneapolis-ice-terrorization

* "They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.:" https://archive.ph/Kuyq1

* Yet more child Abuse from ICE. "Border Patrol detained family seeking care for 7-year-old child at Portland hospital:" https://www.koin.com/news/portland/border-patrol-detained-family-of-3-seeking-care-for-7-year-old-child-at-portland-hospital/

* "Witnesses say they begged ICE agents not to detain Minnesota 5-year-old after father's arrest:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/23/witnesses-say-they-begged-ice-agents-not-to-detain-minnesota-5yearold-after-fathers-arrest

* "Immigrant families protest inside Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota:" https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/24/immigration-facility-protest-texas-liam-conejo-ramos/

* Stay noisy! "Morale is plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-agents-morale-reports-minneapolis-shooting-b2907742.html

* "ICE vs. Everyone: Minneapolis learned a lot from the George Floyd protests and it shows.:" https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/ice-vs-everyone/

* "I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.:" https://www.ms.now/opinion/minneapolis-ice-watch-protesters-violence-research

* "Your rights, explained: What to do if you encounter ICE or DHS agents:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/immigration/ice-immigration-rights-protesters

* "Minnesotans strike in protest against ICE surge: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/minnesota-economic-blackout-ice-protests

* "Photos: Clergy, activists protest ICE at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/23/clergy-and-protesters-gather-at-msp-airport-to-demonstrate-against-ice

* "Americans grow more outraged as Trump’s ICE grows more outrageous:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/americans-grow-more-outraged-as-trump-s-ice-grows-more-outrageous-2483191363788

* "‘State law applies’: No ‘absolute immunity’ for Trump’s ICE henchmen, prosecutor says:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/state-law-applies-no-absolute-immunity-for-trump-s-ice-henchmen-prosecutor-says-2483201603544

* "Exclusive: DOJ sought criminal probe of Renee Good after her death, sources say:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/exclusive-doj-sought-criminal-probe-of-renee-good-after-her-death-sources-say-2483160643705

* "Appeals court declines to reimpose restrictions on agents at Minnesota protests:" https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5707439-trump-administration-wins-appeal/

* "Judge orders Trump administration to address motives behind ICE's Minnesota operation:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-hears-arguments-state-minnesota-seeks-temporarily-halt/story?id=129567914

* "Federal agents kill another person in Minneapolis:" https://www.advocate.com/news/federal-agents-kill-minneapolis-man

* "Alex Pretti's killing was recorded on body-camera videos, DHS says:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dhs-says-body-worn-camera-video-fatal-shooting-alex-pretti-rcna255978

* "The Execution of Alex Pretti Broke Me:"

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* "Minnesotans mourn Alex Pretti, man killed by Border Patrol agents:" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesotans-mourn-alex-pretti-ice

* "Pritzker, Johnson call for ICE to be abolished after second fatal shooting by feds in Minneapolis:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/24/pritzker-johnson-call-for-ice-to-be-abolished-after-second-fatal-shooting-by-federal-agents-in-minneapolis

* "Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota:" https://www.startribune.com/chris-madel-ends-gop-bid-for-governor-says-he-cant-support-federal-retribution-against-minnesota/601570793

* "Nurses Union Calls ICE Agents “Public Health Threat” After Alex Pretti Killing:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/nurses-union-calls-ice-agents-public-health-threat-after-alex-pretti-killing/

* "Queer lawmakers call for ICE to be reined in after killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-pols-condemn-minneapolis-killing

* "‘State law applies’: No ‘absolute immunity’ for Trump’s ICE henchmen, prosecutor says:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/state-law-applies-no-absolute-immunity-for-trump-s-ice-henchmen-prosecutor-says-2483201603544

* "Large protests spread across US after Alex Pretti fatally shot by federal agents:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/protests-alex-pretti-killing-federal-agents-ice

* "'My heart just dropped': Protestors rally demanding accountability for shooting of Pretti:" https://abcnews4.com/news/local/my-heart-just-dropped-protestors-rally-demanding-accountability-in-shooting-of-alex-pretti

* "Over a Thousand Protesters in New York Denounce ICE After Latest Killing:" https://archive.ph/tZsC6

* "‘We must stand up’: Hundreds of S.F. protesters demand end to ICE:" https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/ice-protest-embarcadero-minneapolis-21313251.php

* "Protesters in Los Angeles mourn another person killed by federal agents:" https://ktla.com/news/local-news/protesters-in-los-angeles-mourn-another-person-killed-by-federal-agents/

* "Killing of man in Minneapolis by federal agent fuels Seattle protests:" https://www.seattletimes.com/news/killing-of-man-in-minneapolis-by-federal-agents-fuels-seattle-protests/

* "Anchorage protestors gather to remember Minnesota man killed by immigration officials as Minneapolis ICE crackdown continues:" https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/01/26/anchorage-protestors-gather-remember-minnesota-man-killed-by-immigration-officials-minneapolis-ice-crackdown-continues/

* "A city-by-city look at anti-ICE protests planned in Florida this week:" https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2026/01/26/see-where-anti-ice-protests-held-this-week-florida-trump-immigration-minnesota/88359072007/

* "US citizen detained by ICE amid multiple brawls at Phoenix protest:" https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2026/01/24/emily-despain-detained-ice-phoenix-protest/88324706007/

* "ICE protest in Park City at Sundance Film Festival after Minnesota killing, Utah leaders react:" https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/park-city-ice-protest-sundance/

* "Maddow: Americans flexing democratic muscles are stronger than Trump:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-americans-flexing-democratic-muscles-are-stronger-than-trump-2483596355901

* "Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-in-retreat-as-disastrous-anti-immigrant-campaign-becomes-political-catastrophe-2483596355613

* Extended Josh Shapiro Interview:

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* "Minneapolis Is Just The Beginning (How To Prepare Your City For ICE):"

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* "Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.:" https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/

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

"Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations:" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-mutual-aid-groups-ice
"How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota:" https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
"Support minnesotans defending their communities from ICE:" https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
"When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers
Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

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* "Funding deal begins to unravel as Senate Democrats vow to oppose DHS bill over Alex Pretti shooting in Minnesota:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/funding-deal-begins-to-unravel-as-senate-democrats-vow-to-oppose-dhs-bill-over-alex-pretti-shooting-in-minnesota

* "Senate Democrats urged to demand ‘real reforms’ over ICE funding bill:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/senate-democrats-ice-dhs-funding-bill

* "Ban on deporting U.S. citizens removed from DHS funding bill, congresswoman warns:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/ban-on-deporting-u-s-citizens-removed-from-dhs-funding-bill-congresswoman-warns-2483600963726

* It is essential that all Democrats stay firm. Contact them so they don't betray America like those 7 Quislings in the House.

Model Script:
"Senator script about defunding DHS, helping from outside Minnesota, and resources for new activists:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/322553.html

Contact your Republican Senators too.
For Republican Senators: "Call your senators to oppose ICE funding:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/322615.html

* "Padilla, Booker Announce Legislation Cracking Down on Cruel ICE Detention Facilities and Practices:" https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/padilla-booker-announce-legislation-cracking-down-on-cruel-ice-detention-facilities-and-practices/

* "Powerful House Oversight Democrat calls for Kristi Noem’s impeachment & ICE abolishment:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/robert-garcia-kristi-noem-impeachment

* "Kristi Noem Impeachment: 140 Lawmakers Sign On—Full List:" https://www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-impeachment-lawmakers-sign-on-full-list-11417711

If your rep hasn't signed on yet, please contact them:

* "Trump calls on Congress to pass legislation ending sanctuary policies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/25/trump-congress-legislation-end-sanctuary-policies-00745836

* "Trump’s ‘unqualified insurrectionist’ pick to be Wyoming U.S. attorney under fire for anti-LGBTQ+ record:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/wyoming-us-attorney-problematic-history

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* Our until Midterms 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

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

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

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

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

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

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* "RAM Shortage Killed My Business:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RVnQbfHUDLA

* "How 'don't ask, don't tell' came to be, what it did, and how it ended:" https://www.advocate.com/history/dont-ask-dont-tell-history

* "AIDS took Ross Laycock 35 years ago. His legacy lives on:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/ross-laycock-legacy

* "Errant bus driver takes passengers for unwanted ride to Vienna Metro station:" https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/01/20/errant-bus-driver-takes-passengers-for-unwanted-ride-to-vienna-metro-station/

* I had food poisoning, but have recovered. It's been so cold here I had to scrape my car for a library run a little before ten the other day. I hope my perennials survive, as it usually isn't this kind of prolonged cold here in our weird little micro-climate.

Monday, I had the dentist. I cleverly left a lot of extra time to scrape as it was extremely cold all night still, but it wasn't as bad, particularly inside the windows, so possibly I am making headway on the damage from the incompetent thieves letting it rain inside the car. (It is way harder to get the inside ice off).

It seems the fillings that crumbled during the trying to weather strip the window in the rain emergency aren't high risk for real damage, though they do need mending, which is scheduled. I've a not covered previously scheduled cleaning coming up. February is going to be a bear financially for all the usual reasons, but that's a next month problem and I'm in the danger zone on my teeth now. (My dad's family had genetically bad teeth caused by naturally thin enamel, plus he and my mom had bad born during WWII teeth which is a thing caused by uneven nutrition due to shortages in an era before fluoride). I've seen how bad and labour intensive Periodontal disease can get in my dad's case. (Yes we all brushed and flossed and got regular check ups and cleaning, but I basically couldn't afford it after the one poverty place closed for half a decade as an adult before poverty clinic opened to all their medical patients, and my teeth have never really recovered). so I need to cover sliding scale cleaning, plus housing tax, plus car tax, which usually is January, but the bill is late. I am fascinated to see how I juggle it all.

My sliding scale lapsed, so I drove home and got the essential paper to make that happen, got gas, then drove back to turn it in, dropped off the weekend library books as it's right there, stopped at the pharmacy. I dragged home bedraggled and exhausted and over heated as I was dressed for the finger freezing cold of morning, but the cold font noticeably moved on between 8 and 9AM. Finally.

I should definitely not been spending money, but I gave in and bought a thing I'm hoping will help with the inside the car damp on the way home because it's really concerning and interfering with safe driving. We'll see.

Physio is still hogging all the spoons, so if I have to do anything much else it really lays me up. Between assorted errands and food poisoning and having to function outside in the cold, I just keep falling asleep and needing to lie still a lot when awake. Hence me not managing a Monday aggregate and the now massive backlog of news I didn't get to last week. Sorry.

* "Jon on Alex Pretti's Killing, DHS vs. Video Evidence & MAGA's Gun Rights Surrender | The Daily Show:"

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* "Masked Secret Police Are Not Victims | The Truth About Alex Pretti | What Would The Founders Do?:"

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* "Meanwhile... Deadly Space Junk | Pre-Columbian Syphilis | Mushroom Magic | Gym Germs:"

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* "Oscars 2026 nominations live updates: 'Sinners' sets new Oscar record with 16 nominations:" https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/live-blog/oscar-nominations-2026-live-updates-rcna254762

* This! "Problematic Praetorian Pomposity:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ip0R4jVA-RI

* "Chronic Chivalry:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LgyrjITmrAo

I have often found myself trying to tell people real chivalry wasn't like what the Victorians pretended it was.

* "Swordmaster Simplicity:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BgWZYULfQgg

* "Dramatic Dynamic Declarations:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X9Qv8P_3nCc

* "Kind-hearted Kids:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KwhfYqMCEy8

* "Kind-hearted Kids 2:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TvcHm-Xk1XM

* "Kind-hearted Kids 3 (Birthdays):" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m0DHG855AuY

* "Kind-hearted Kids 4 (school days):" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0sDJ1SyB7dI

* "Ultra Ubers:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8CVUPRUJ4H4

* "Chess Chronicle:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/42DBVkQRk70

* "That 1 Lore Friend:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9Xh2COyiyc0

* "Trump Awards Cold Open - SNL:"

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* "Backstab Island - SNL:"

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* "Toy Commercial - SNL:"

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* "Nobody Likes Ice:"

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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.

* "When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers

* "Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

* If you need help with chest binders:

* "Free Chest Binders:" https://www.pointofpride.org/free-chest-binders

* "Brother 2 Brother Binder Program:" https://blacktransmen.org/binder-program/

* "Morebinders:" https://www.morebinders.com/about

* "The Queer Trans Project :" https://queertransproject.org/

* "Free Gender Affirming Gear Program:" https://www.ftmessentials.com/pages/ftme-free-youth-binder-program

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