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 News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.

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* I think I need to say this again because of what is going on in my Tumblr notes. I am against the rape, torture, and murder of civilians, especially children REGARDLESS OF WHO IS DOING IT. Yes, that means Hamas. Yes, that means the IDF/Israeli government. It also means the US Military. It means ANYONE doing it.

I can be against it whoever is doing it.

Opposing Netanyahu for his horrific policies does not mean I hate Jewish people. Being against the things that were done to civilians on October 7 doesn't mean I hate all Palestinians, nor that I support genocide. I am very much against genocide whoever is doing it. See also my opinions on the Holocaust, what Russia is doing to Ukraine, the horrific shit my government and Canada's and Australia's did to indigenous people over centuries.

I can be against Netanyahu the way I am against Trump, Putin, and Viktor Orbán.

The Israeli government is a government. It is wrong and antisemitic to blame every Jewish person everywhere in the world for things they may not support and didn't have a say in unless they specifically support and/or voted for Likud or one of the right wing parties they coalition with. Jewish people inside and outside of Israel have been and are protesting war crimes the Israeli government has committed. It is possible to have a nuanced understanding of Israeli politics.

It strikes me as pretty weird to claim all Jewish people only have one opinion about everything and to call me antisemitic for opposing one particular politician for doing things that are harmful.

I do, in fact, want all hostages free, both the ones Hamas have and the ones the Israelis have. It sure looks to me and to a lot of people, including some rather vocal families of hostages, that Netanyahu has deliberately and repeatedly stood in the way of this happening for personal political gain and so that he can stay in power and out of jail for corruption he's credibly accused of.

My holding this opinion is very similar to my opinion of Donald Trump. Just saying.

I want Netanyahu out of power because that is the only way there is a chance of anything getting better in that part of West Asia. Which is the goal. I have been in favour of the two state solution since I was old enough to understand, which is longer than a lot of you have been alive, or at least longer than many of you have been old enough to follow the news. I have seen good and bad Israeli and Palestinian leaders come and go. I've seen Netanyahu break agreement after agreement over for decades whenever he's been in power. I don't trust him to make an agreement he will follow any more than I trust Trump to make one, especially when Netanyahu's personal agenda conflicts with that agreement, because that is how he has behaved over and over, including him not holding up his end of the ceasefire just recently.

My side is not that of one government, not even my own. My side is the greater good and the lets not murder children side. It pretty much always has been.

I'd love for the violence to be over. I'd love for everyone's kids to be safe. That's the side I'm on.

* "Israel fires on Lebanon after rocket attack in the heaviest exchange since the truce with Hezbollah:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-03-22-2025-32ca8fa2c5f6e887e1d51b9ffea6f836

* "Israel returns to war in Gaza with wider aims and almost no constraints:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-trump-iran-protests-bb504392b25e111e11a2ac1ecb8f4fc5

* "At least two people killed, 19 injured in Israeli strikes on Syria's Daraa:" https://archive.ph/u4Pr9

* "Al Jazeera journalist targeted in Gaza: 'If you're reading this, it means I've been killed':" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/03/25/al-jazeera-journalist-targeted-in-gaza-if-you-re-reading-this-it-means-i-ve-been-killed_6739505_4.html

* "Israel Bombs Gaza’s Only Cancer Hospital as Genocide Continues to Escalate:" https://truthout.org/articles/israel-bombs-gazas-only-cancer-hospital-as-genocide-continues-to-escalate/

* "West Bank Palestinians displaced by Israel's military fear they'll never go home again:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/g-s1-54280/west-bank-displaced-palestinians-israel-idf-military

* "Palestinians in Gaza protest against Hamas for a second day:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5340645/palestinians-protest-hamas-rule-in-gaza

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* "EU says 'unconditional withdrawal' of Russia from Ukraine is a precondition to amend sanctions:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-says-unconditional-withdrawal-russia-ukraine-is-precondition-amend-sanctions-2025-03-26/

* Of course there are more conditions. "Kremlin says various conditions must be met before Black Sea security deal can be activated:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-says-various-conditions-must-be-met-before-black-sea-security-deal-can-2025-03-26/

* Putin is playing Trump like a harp as usual and Trump continues to negotiate the cutting up Ukraine without involving Ukraine in the talks.

* "In Ukraine call, Putin furthers his goals and cedes little to Trump, say analysts:" https://archive.ph/KLtTB

* "Russia and US to discuss Black Sea shipping and Ukraine peace in Saudi Arabia:" https://archive.ph/caisN

* "Putin wants Trump to formally recognize all land Russia has taken in Ukraine, Kommersant reports:" https://archive.ph/mFjIy

* "How Trump’s policies have helped Russia and furthered Putin’s goals:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-trump-s-policies-have-helped-russia-and-furthered-putin-s-goals/ar-AA1BHkRP

* "Trump administration halts program to track abducted Ukrainian children, lawmakers say:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/

* "As Trump cuts funding, Ukrainians wonder who will answer for kids abducted in war:" https://archive.ph/Ix1p2

* Things on Putin's wish list. "Musk Calls on US to Quit NATO, Stop Paying for Defense of Europe:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-09/musk-calls-on-us-to-quit-nato-stop-paying-for-defense-of-europe

* "Czech President Pavel was in Odesa as Russia pounded the city with drones:" https://archive.ph/pFgMa

* "3 people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia despite truce talks:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-ceasefire-drones-zaporizhzhia-84dab972755f90ad7592a2a13758ed9c

* "Russian missile attack wounds 88 in Ukraine's Sumy, officials say:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-missile-attack-ukraines-sumy-injures-28-people-local-official-says-2025-03-24/

* "Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. This AP map shows it:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-europe-hybrid-campaign-d61887dd3ec6151adf354c5bd3e6273e

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* "In Syria, Being Wanted Went From Something to Fear to a Badge of Honor:" https://archive.ph/8PVpd

* "Can One Man Hold Syria Together?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/03/syria-assad-downfall-sharaa/682135/

* "Russia ships its Arctic oil to Syria for first time as sanctions limit buyers:" https://archive.ph/ePJe8

* "Erdoğan's endgame: outlawing the Turkish opposition:" https://www.metafilter.com/208141/Erdoans-endgame-outlawing-the-Turkish-opposition

* "Thousands join march in Turkiye’s Istanbul to protest mayor’s arrest:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/21/thousands-join-march-in-turkiyes-istanbul-to-protest-mayors-arrest

* "Huge pro-democracy protests grip Turkey after Erdogan rival is imprisoned: The detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is widely viewed as politically motivated.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/turkey-erdogan-protests-ekrem-imamoglu-prison-istanbul-mayor-rcna197925

* "Ministers unanimously vote no confidence in AG, beginning formal process to dismiss her: Justice minister claims Gali Baharav-Miara caused rift with government by blocking its policies; she says it ‘seeks to be above the law,’ wants unlimited power; demonstrations grow:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-unanimously-vote-no-confidence-in-ag-beginning-formal-process-to-dismiss-her/

* "The ‘ghost reporters’ writing pro-Russian propaganda in West Africa:" https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/3/20/the-ghost-reporters-writing-pro-russian-propaganda-in-west-africa

* "Greenland Solves Political Crisis Hours Before JD Vance Visit:" https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-solves-crisis-before-vance-visit-2051938

* "The Tech CEOs Who Want a DOGE for Canada:" https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/28/Tech-CEOs-DOGE-Canada/

Canadians! Do not follow us into the dark. If you aren't yet registered: https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=reg&document=index&lang=e

* "Canada aims for free internal trade that can offset any US tariffs, Carney says:" https://archive.ph/cGDGZ

* "No One Wants to Work? The Real Reason Boomers Are Wrong:"

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* "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans:" https://archive.ph/xdRkf

* "As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-envoy-steve-witkoff-signal-text-group-chat-russia-putin/

* "Classified material laws and why experts say Signal chat raises concerns:" https://archive.ph/Tbe5c

* "Democrats call Trump intelligence officials' use of group chat "reckless, sloppy and stunning":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-intelligence-committee-worldwide-threats-hearing/

* "Gabbard questioned on participating in Signal chat where war plans allegedly leaked:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-gabbard-questioned-on-participating-in-signal-chat-where-war-plans-allegedly-leaked

* "'Holy crap on steroids!': Top Trump officials exposed in shocking, sloppy military security blunder:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-holy-crap-on-steroids-top-trump-officials-exposed-in-shocking-sloppy-military-security-blunder-235260485849

* "Military plans group chat scandal fits pattern of Trump's embarrassing weakness on information security:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/war-plans-group-chat-scandal-fits-pattern-of-trump-s-embarrassing-weakness-on-information-security-235386437800

* "'Unheard of': Slotkin says Trump war plans breach endangers 'human beings':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-unheard-of-slotkin-says-trump-war-plans-breach-endangers-human-beings-235365957721

* "‘Sheer, unfettered, Olympian incompetence’: Hayes on the Trump war plans breach :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-sheer-unfettered-olympian-incompetence-hayes-on-the-trump-war-plans-breach-235364421753

* "Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal:" https://archive.ph/vWtKn

* "Pete Buttigieg: Trump Cabinet's use of Signal app for military ops is ‘highest level of f**kup imaginable’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-trump-signal-security

* "Trump & Co Blame Journalist For Major National Security Slip Up:"

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* "Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online:" https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pete-hegseth-mike-waltz-tulsi-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7

* "‘Four-alarm fire’: Passwords for Hegseth, Gabbard and Waltz reportedly found online:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-four-alarm-fire-passwords-for-hegseth-gabbard-waltz-reportedly-found-online-235480133798

* "Israel Supplied Intelligence in Airstrike Discussed in Signal Chat, Officials Say:" https://archive.ph/YDDHo

* "Allies wary of Trump admin's incompetence after scandal over military plan group chat:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/allies-wary-of-trump-admin-s-incompetence-after-scandal-over-military-plan-group-chat-235646533990

* "Judge orders government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/g-s1-56821/signal-houthi-strike-chat-judge

* "Mike Waltz Under Fire After Leaving Venmo List Public: What To Know:" https://www.newsweek.com/mike-waltz-venmo-list-public-2051249

* "Trump officials shared military plans on a private app — 10 years after uproar over Hillary Clinton’s private server:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/10-years-hillary-clinton-server-trump-officials-military-plans-rcna197880

Republicans keep claiming Hillary having recipes and social stuff plus some things later designated sensitive on a private server is so much worse than inviting a reporter to a text chat on their private phones using a commercial app instead of a SCIF or the situation room, endangering the lives of military pilots and revealing an information source on the ground in Yemen.

Like, yes, she shouldn't have done that, but this is running a stop sign versus driving drunk at high speed the wrong direction on a highway.

They definitely knew they were doing the wrong thing because several of them attacked Hillary back in 2016 over her server and Matt Walz himself sent out warnings about Signal and threats against leakers days previously.

Why are the recipes "Lock her up" worthy, but this Republican clusterfuck isn't even worth a slap on the wrist?

* "What Rusting Russian Tanks Can Teach Us About the Pete Hegseth Group Chat:" https://archive.ph/GNe7C

* "Military plans group chat scandal fits pattern of Trump's embarrassing weakness on information security:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/war-plans-group-chat-scandal-fits-pattern-of-trump-s-embarrassing-weakness-on-information-security-235386437800

* "‘Where was the president?’: Hayes on Trump’s alarming absence amid war plans group chat:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-where-was-the-president-hayes-on-trump-s-alarming-absence-amid-war-plans-group-chat-235478085667

* "'F---ing liar': Sen. Duckworth rips Pete Hegseth; calls for his resignation over group chat scandal:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-f-ing-liar-sen-duckworth-rips-pete-hegseth-calls-for-his-resignation-over-group-chat-scandal-235500101599

* "‘Sound familiar?’: DHS staffer accidentally added reporter to email about ICE raids:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-sound-familiar-dhs-staffer-accidentally-added-reporter-to-email-about-ice-raids-235620421884

* "The Real Outrage About the Yemen Signal Group Is That It Called for Attack on Civilian Home:" https://theintercept.com/2025/03/26/signal-chat-yemen-strike/?

* "Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Signalgate, Trump’s tariffs, and defending the LGBTQ+ community:" https://www.advocate.com/news/elizabeth-warren-signalgate-trump-musk

* "Texting War Plans = Illegal:"

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* "Scoop: Senate Dems propose sprawling Signal chat probe:" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/senate-democrats-signal-chat-probe

* "Sen. Mark Kelly shreds Hegseth for attack plans breach: ‘He crossed the line’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-mark-kelly-shreds-hegseth-for-attack-plans-breach-he-crossed-the-line-235747909799

* "Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials:" https://archive.ph/615Pj

* "Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen says U.S. Greenland visits meant to cause 'pressure':" https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/03/25/Denmark-Greenland-denounce-Usha-Vance-visit/6201742904783/

* "VP Vance and his wife change up trip to Greenland amid protests:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5338629/vp-vance-and-his-wife-change-up-trip-to-greenland-amid-protests

* "Former Denmark Ambassador Rufus Gifford responds to VP Vance's 'not a good ally' comments:" https://www.advocate.com/news/denmark-rufus-gifford-jd-vance

* They made no friends and influenced people to despise us even more. "JD Vance blasts Denmark in visit to Greenland with wife Usha as Trump administration eyes territory:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-usha-vance-visit-greenland-most-greenlanders-dont-want-to-join-america/

* "'This is shameful': Trump sows animosity and mistrust abroad, degrading Americans in the process:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-shameful-trump-sows-animosity-and-mistrust-abroad-degrading-americans-in-the-process-235758149579

* "Trump threatens a 25 percent tariff on countries that buy oil and gas from Venezuela:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/trump-tariff-venezuela-oil-00244832

How this will work with US companies using Venezuelan oil is a question.

* "Trump Says He Could Cut China Tariffs to Secure TikTok Deal:" https://archive.ph/DNx0x

* "Trump auto tariffs: President slaps 25% duties on car imports to US:" https://archive.ph/IWGvK

* "US decision to limit Canadian access to border-straddling library prompts outpouring of emotion:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-america-library-vermont-quebec-7c4851c705d18e0cc891c3ce085e15e4

* "US to end funding for childhood vaccines in poorest countries, document shows:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-end-funding-child-vaccines-developing-countries-new-york-2025-03-26/

So many people, particularly children will die.

* "Elon Musk won’t receive secret China briefings, Trump says:" https://archive.ph/zXhsc

This is why we need a robust media and why our out cry is helpful.

Stay Noisy.

* "Media reports prompt Trump to end plan to brief Musk on secret potential war plans for China:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/media-reports-prompt-trump-to-end-plan-to-brief-musk-on-secret-potential-war-plans-for-china-235108421909

* "How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China:" https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-allows-china-investment-cayman-islands-secrecy

* "Map Shows Countries With Visa Warnings About US:" https://www.newsweek.com/travel-visas-germany-uk-usa-denmark-finland-2048695

* "Trump's transgender rights rollbacks prompt allies to adjust travel warnings:" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/allies-issue-usa-travel-guidlines-transgender

* "If Trump didn’t sign the Alien Enemies Act proclamation, who — or what — did?:" https://archive.ph/N1ATk#selection-772.0-772.1

* "Trump floats sending Americans to foreign prisons. Civil rights groups say that would be illegal.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/trump-foreign-prison-threats-civil-rights-groups-027162

You know how I said sending Venezuela refugees to El Salvador for 'crimes' like having a soccer team tattoo and being gay by labeling them gang member terrorists was a trial balloon for summary deportation of anyone Trump wants to with zero due process?

It was.

It's the same tactic the right wing always uses to steal civil liberties. Trans people are a tiny percentage of the population, so a lot of people don't know any personally. Trans people = low hanging fruit for the right. So they demonize trans people accusing even our children of being sex predators for just existing, then use the hate they whipped up over lies to ban books and anyone LGBTQIA+ from public spaces and claim anyone who disagrees is a pedophile, so that the people who should be standing up to Christo-facists abandon principle by principle until it's to late and the Right comes for them.

This is the same sort of thing, Round up a bunch of Venezualan refugees and rendition them without legal justification or due process while demonizing them to whip up hate they can use to move the Overton window towards fascist autocracy so they can do this to anyone they want.

Poof all civil liberties are gone. Refugees = low hanging fruit to the right.

Stand up NOW while you still can.

* "US judge blocks Trump administration from fast-tracking deportations:" https://archive.ph/Kj8vX

* "Judge Rejects Trump’s Request to Allow Deportations Under Wartime Law:" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations/

* "Judge smacks down Trump DOJ: This court will not be ‘gaslit’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/judge-smacks-down-trump-doj-this-court-will-not-be-gaslit-235097157508

* "Appeals court denies Trump’s bid to resume deportations under Alien Enemies Act:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/alien-enemies-act-trump-denied-court-00252157

* "Why federal judges have few tools to rein in Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/why-federal-judges-have-few-tools-to-rein-in-trump-235126341779

* "Judge rebukes Justice Dept., raises due process questions in Alien Enemies Act deportation case:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-rebukes-justice-dept-due-process-alien-enemies-act-deportation-case/

* "We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not :" https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/69560/we-will-deport-you-if-we-have-evidence-against-you-and-if-we-do-not

* "Here are the names of the Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to El Salvador:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelans-deported-el-salvador-names/

* "What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced:" https://time.com/7269604/el-salvador-photos-venezuelan-detainees/

* "Venezuelan migrant deported from U.S. to El Salvador has no criminal record, documents show:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuela-migrant-deported-el-salvador-no-criminal-record/

* "Deported soccer player wrongly accused of gang membership over tattoo, lawyer says:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/21/deported-soccer-player-venezuela-tattoo/82589688007/

* " Gay Venezuelan asylum-seeker ‘disappeared’ to Salvadoran mega-prison under Trump order, Maddow reveals :" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-makeup-artist-deported-prison

I know I already posted the interview, but I want to remind people just how bullshit the Republican lies that these are all gang members are. This is WHY everyone needs do process. Yes, even people actually accused of crimes, because accusations aren't convictions. If he'd been allowed to go to his scheduled court hearing, he'd be here, not in mortal peril in a for profit prison with no over sight.

* "What the Hundreds of Venezuelans Trump Sent to El Salvador Are Up Against:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/venezuela-trump-deportation-el-salvador-prison-human-rights-cecot-due-process/

* "Why experts fear the men who were sent to El Salvador's megaprison may never make it out:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/venezuelans-deported-el-salvador-detention-abuses-rcna197125

* "“You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos”: The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers. :" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-el-salvador-venezulea-deportation-prison-cecot-bukele/

* "'Incredible’: Trump admin reportedly deports man over autism awareness tattoo:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-incredible-trump-admin-reportedly-deports-man-over-autism-awareness-tattoo-235625029616

* It also looks like we are sending refugees back to Venezuela where they will be in danger: "Venezuela reaches deal to accept deportation flights from U.S.:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuela-reaches-deal-to-accept-deportation-flights-from-u-s/

* "IRS close to finalizing data-sharing agreement with ICE, sources say:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/irs-close-finalizing-data-sharing-agreement-ice-sources/story?id=120063278

* "Rubio says U.S. may have pulled more than 300 visas:" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/rubio-state-department-more-than-300-visas

* "Columbia University protester Khalil remains jailed while judge weighs case transfer:" https://archive.ph/4jD5z

* "Cornell student activist asked to surrender to ICE:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/momodou-taal-cornell-student-activist-surrender-ice-rcna197604

* "Federal judge orders ICE not to remove immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra:" https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/federal-judge-orders-ice-not-remove-immigration-activist-jeanette-vizguerra/

* "Visa renewal leads to Arizona ICE detention for Canadian actress:" https://www.azfamily.com/2025/03/21/visa-renewal-leads-arizona-ice-detention-canadian-actress/

* "Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her:" https://apnews.com/article/tufts-student-detained-massachusetts-immigration-6c3978da98a8d0f39ab311e092ffd892

* "‘Flatly authoritarian’: New video shows masked agents arresting Tufts student:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-flatly-authoritarian-new-video-shows-masked-agents-arresting-tufts-student-235484229584

The Secret police had their faces covered and grabbed her without identifying themselves. When challenged they eventually said what agency they were from but didn't show proof or give their names.

They did this terrible thing because of her political views in clear violation of her 1st Amendment rights.

* "US judge halts deportation of Turkish student at Tufts:" https://archive.ph/gzNXj

* "‘ICE kidnapped our neighbor’: Outrage at arrest of Tufts student spreads as lawmakers demand answers:" https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/03/28/ice-kidnapped-our-neighbor-outrage-at-arrest-of-tufts-student-spreads-as-lawmakers-demand-answers/

* "'Absolutely unconstitutional': attorney for abducted Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk speaks out on her detainment:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/-absolutely-unconstitutional-attorney-for-abducted-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-speaks-out-on-her-detainment-235779653738

* Rubio's such a horrible person that he's proud of it. "Rubio confirms he revoked Tufts student's visa, says he pulls visas 'every day':" https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/03/27/tufts-student-deportation-court-order

* "Russian medical researcher at Harvard, who protested the Ukraine war, detained by ICE:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/russian-medical-researcher-harvard-protested-ukraine-war-detained-ice-rcna198528

She broke no laws in the United States and will be in danger if returned to Russia because of her opposition to their invasion of Ukraine.

* "ICE detains University of Alabama doctoral student as government's college crackdown continues:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-alabama-doctoral-student-detained-ice-governments-college-c-rcna198320

* "Columbia student protester can’t be detained for now as she fights deportation, judge rules:" https://apnews.com/article/university-protests-palestinian-immigration-2d7bd689b013b8bb6300fd6ab54de933

* "A look at who has been detained or deported in a US crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detainees-students-ozturk-khalil-78f544fb2c8b593c88a0c1f0e0ad9c5f

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

* Shameful that we are doing this. Shameful and Cruel. These are refugees. "They did things ‘the right way.’ Now Trump is turning them into undocumented migrants | Opinion:" https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article302686929.html

* "Judge orders release of Venezuelan couple caught up in Trump gang crackdown:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/venezuelan-couple-release-00258414

Another bullshit illegal deportation attempt based on Government lies.

* "Courts smack down Trump's signature program; Americans instantly outraged over street snatchings:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/courts-smack-down-trump-s-signature-program-americans-instantly-outraged-over-street-snatchings-235756101583

* "Trump Administration Aims to Bring Back Detention Centers for Immigrant Kids:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-21/trump-administration-plans-detention-centers-for-migrant-children

* "DHS shuts down internal watchdog agencies that advocated for immigrants:" https://archive.ph/q7CP9

* CW: CSA. Cruelty is the point. "Legal groups helping immigrant children who survived sex trafficking, abuse sue to regain federal funding:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/hhs-federal-funding-cuts-sex-abuse-child-trafficking-immigrants-rcna198602

* "Immigrant Children as Young as 2 Years Old Are Now Expected to Represent Themselves After Federal Funding Cut, Attorneys Say:" https://www.latintimes.com/immigrant-children-young-2-years-old-are-now-expected-represent-themselves-after-federal-funding-579387

* "Immigrant advocates protest inhumane conditions in Baltimore ICE detention facility:" https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-immigration-ice-detention-facility-conditions/

* "'Soul of democracy': Hundreds protest ICE detaining workers:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/ice-arrests-spark-protest-at-tacoma-immigration-detention-center/

* "Liberals Have Been Waiting for This Moment Since Trump Took Office. They Need to Act Now.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/donald-trump-news-rumeysa-ozturk-arrest-tufts-student-protest.html

* "'Felt like a kidnapping': Wrong turn leads to 5-day detention ordeal:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5335524/wrong-turn-bridge-detention-ordeal

* "Trump Team Claims it Made Billions Off a Gold Card That Doesn’t Exist:" https://newrepublic.com/post/193160/donald-trump-commerce-howard-lutnick-us-residency-gold-cards

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* "Convicted of bilking investors, Nikola founder and Trump donor gets a presidential pardon:" https://apnews.com/article/nikola-trevor-milton-fraud-trump-pardon-3fcebb0a3820cecb205656f2dc3f6764

* "Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-espionage-doge-032d2eb798e4d9d97ea7c5d6dc2ecf93

* "Appeals court refuses to halt an order for the rehiring of thousands of fired federal workers:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-mass-firings-probationary-workers-b96a01e7460321df8b9d500f922ba257

* "Indeed report: Job applications from agencies targeted by DOGE surge:" https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/03/25/federal-work-DOGE-Trump-job/2641742910254/

* "Resistance is alive and well in the United States:" https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resistance-alive-well-us/

* "47 signs spotted at anti-Trump/Musk protests:" https://www.reuters.com/pictures/47-signs-spotted-anti-trumpmusk-protests-2025-03-21/

* "Anti-Elon Musk protests held at Tesla dealerships:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/tesla-elon-musk-anti-trump-protests-rcna198708

* Do I smell desperation? "Musk deploys squandered credibility in desperate bid to hold ailing Tesla together:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/musk-deploys-squandered-credibility-in-desperate-bid-to-hold-ailing-tesla-together-235111493549

* "From Seattle to Miami, anti-Musk protesters gather at hundreds of Tesla locations:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5343986/anti-musk-protests-planned-worldwide

* "Pam Bondi warns Jasmine Crockett to ‘tread very carefully’ in what she says about Elon Musk:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/23/bondi-jasmine-crockett-musk-tesla-protests-00244256

* "The FBI Is Investigating Attacks on Tesla as ‘Domestic Terrorism.’ Here’s Why That Matters:" https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-tesla-arson-domestic-terrorism-protests/

* Unlike protesting Tesla/Musk, this attack is actual terrorism. "Florida man accused of driving toward anti-Musk protesters at Tesla dealership is charged with assault:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-charged-assault-tesla-dealership-driving-car-protesters-rcna197746

* "Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump’s policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk:" https://apnews.com/article/50501-protests-project-2025-trump-state-capitols-ddd341171a54ba9b498cbfe7530e18ab

* "Trump Order Could Disenfranchise Millions of Voters :" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-voting-elections-executive-order/

The details are scary and blatantly unconstitutional, but I don't trust we still have rule of law.

It over rides the constitutionally protected right of states to run their election, throws out millions of legally cast votes, and puts the entire election in the hands of the President.

Basically, it's a way to let Trump and Republican successors finally put an end to free and fair elections while still pretending to hold them, like the other autocrats generally do.

They win this, Democracy is likely finished in the United States for my lifetime.

* "DOGE’s Supposed Savings Are About to Cost the U.S. a Lot of Money:" https://newrepublic.com/post/193093/irs-revenue-elon-musk-doge-cuts

The IRS collects taxes. If you decimate the IRS, they can't go after rich tax cheats, since that takes lots of hours of work by skilled auditors.

To give an idea of how much not collecting taxes from billionaires is going to cost, one of the people recently laid off by billionaire Elon Musk in the name of "efficiency" personally won back more than 8 million dollars over the years. (This isn't from this article, but from Msnbc reporting... last week? Maybe the week before. Anyway, it stuck in my head as illustrative).

Basically, IRS auditors make back way more money than it costs to pay them. The more money we invest in auditors, the more money rich people refuse to pay that they owe goes back into the treasury.

Every time Republicans cut the IRS budget and clain it's for cost saving, they are lying. It is always about the rich, who are already not paying their share getting to illegally pay even less, while people who actually work and pay their taxes get more and more of the social safety net ripped away from them.

* "DOGE stimulus checks: Here's why Americans may not receive the full $5,000 amount:" https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2025/03/28/doge-stimulus-checks-not-full-5000-dollars-amount-musk-trump/82704076007/
The original plan was to only give them to middle class and higher income people, instead of the people who's services are being cut as a result of the cruel and often illegal cuts.

Now they are saying maybe they will have to be smaller because they aren't really saving much money.

I will believe these supposed stimulus checks when I see them. It sounds a lot like lies they told to make killing Social Security go down easier as if a small one time payment most people on social security won't even get will make of for all the people becoming homeless when their rent money doesn't arrive.

* "Exclusive: DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-staffer-big-balls-provided-tech-support-cybercrime-ring-records-show-2025-03-26/?

* Originally, they announced they were shutting it because the judge told them they had to stop mining your private data. Stay noisy. It matters. "Acting Social Security chief now says he won't shut down agency after DOGE ruling:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/acting-social-security-chief-now-shut-agency-after/story?id=120046608

* "Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say:" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/social-security-cuts-doge

They have postponed smashing Social Security until Monday on the grounds they did zero trainings, fired the people that would be writing the program that doesn't exist yet, so... Yeah.

There is a rush to do it as, if the agency is still functional on April 2, they will have to actually send people their money and the Republicans absolutely don't want to do that, hence them aiming for the 1st of the month.

UPDATE: They were forced to postpone until the 14th. Keep complaining.

* "Why DOGE is struggling to find fraud in Social Security:" https://archive.ph/iAMdN

Hint: The fraud rate is less than one percent and the dead people collecting checks are imaginary.

* Ya Think? "The Social Security Administration's many proposed changes are worrying advocates:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5320263/social-security-administration-changes-identity-office

* "10,000 Social Security Administration workers could accept buyout offer, former commissioner says:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-administration-voluntary-separation-incentive-payment/

* "Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says:" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/social-security-lutnick-doge-checks

So the argument is, if you complain because you need your social security money for rent, electricity, etc. and they stole it, you are a fraudster who doesn't deserve it, and if you are rich enough not to need it so you wait and don't complain you doesn't need it and shouldn't get it, therefore no one should get the social security payments they earned and need to survive.

Welcome to Catch 22.

see also, this is why people who have never been actually poor in their lives should be allowed into positions of power where they can do this kind of harm.

I am completely fucked if my check doesn't come. They start assessing late fees for housing after seven days. The Bank fee for this auto-withdraw will likely overdraw my account. No gas, no electricity. My insurance will try to auto-withdraw mid-month causing bank fees to continue to grow exponentially. I am contractually required to have insurance on my apartment. I can't cancel it. I can't drive without gas or car insurance and I am disabled with very limited mobility. A bus pass costs about a months gas an requires lots of walking I can't do or someone else doing a lot of walking pushing my in a chair because my arms are fucked too.

No supplemental food or medical supplies or cleaning stuff or toilet paper or things the cats absolutely need. No credit card or other bill payments.

Not paying any bills for one month would dig me into a hole I could never get out of. With all the staff cuts and closures, how many months would it take to get reinstated? Will I automatically be labelled a fraudster and be denied reinstatement for the crime of being to poor to float all my bills for months?

* "Missed Social Security checks no big deal to Trump commerce secretary as attacks on agency escalate:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/missed-social-security-checks-no-big-deal-to-trump-commerce-secretary-as-attacks-on-agency-escalate-235110981853

* "Trump official doubts seniors would mind if their Social Security checks stopped:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-official-doubts-seniors-would-mind-if-their-social-security-checks-stopped-235096133996

I beg of you complain and/or protest now. People will die.

* Keep complaining. It's slowing them down. "Social Security backs off plan to cut phone services after backlash:" https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/26/social-security-backs-off-plan-to-cut-phone-servic/

* "New Social Security clawback policy starts this week: What to know:" https://thehill.com/homenews/5215878-new-social-security-clawback-policy-starts-this-week-what-to-know/

This is usually mistakes, not fraud, sometimes on the part of the agency. Taking 100% means some people will be homeless.

* "Trump's Social Security check change could affect half a million Americans:" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/trump-social-security-paper-checks-direct-deposit

The change in payment method is designed to harm the poorest and most vulnerable recipients, because of course it is.

* "‘It is wrong’: Warren sounds off on the Trump-Musk attack on Social Security:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-it-is-wrong-warren-sounds-off-on-the-trump-musk-attack-on-social-security-235367493850

* "Social Security official ended program for Maine newborns because he was ‘ticked’ at Mills:" https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/social-security-official-ended-program-for-maine-newborns-because-he-was-ticked-at-mills/

So he decided to not automatically register the social security numbers of newborns, forcing the exhausted parents to go through hoops for something that should be simple because he's a misogynist and transphobe

* ":" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-musk-dismantle-social-security

* "'Cycle of doom': Social Security degradation evident as Trump cuts and changes cause feedback loop:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-cycle-of-doom-social-security-degradation-evident-as-trump-cuts-and-changes-cause-feedback-loop-235384901689

* "Demonstrators rally against plan to cut 7,000 Social Security workers:" https://pix11.com/news/local-news/demonstrators-rally-against-plan-to-cut-7000-social-security-workers/

* "New political leadership: Regular Americans show how to stand up to Trump as political leaders fail:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-political-leadership-regular-americans-show-how-to-stand-up-to-trump-as-political-leaders-fail-235651653560

* Presumably because Republicans feel that they aren't killing women fast enough by denying them life saving health care in some states. "Anti-abortion groups aim to end Planned Parenthood funding and suggest Musk’s DOGE to get it done:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-medicaid-trump-planned-parenthood-supreme-court-c512ec676b99d521d240bedeb7f85574

* "About 200 people rally against potential cuts to Medicaid in downtown Yakima:" https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/about-200-people-rally-against-potential-cuts-to-medicaid-in-downtown-yakima/article_3766b3da-00b7-4df7-ae18-d22d1dae519d.html

* "Federal judge prevents Trump administration from dismantling CFPB:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5315118/cfpb-shuttering-trump-doge

* "Elon Musk throws weight behind merging FTC and DOJ antitrust units:" https://archive.ph/nkuBj

* "Trump's firing of FTC commissioners speaks volumes about his love for billionaires:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/trump-s-firing-of-ftc-commissioners-speaks-volumes-about-his-love-for-billionaires-235159621742

* "Trump's firing of FTC commissioners speaks volumes about his love for billionaires:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/trump-s-firing-of-ftc-commissioners-speaks-volumes-about-his-love-for-billionaires-235159621742

* "‘Elon Musk is playing with fire—but he’ll never get burned’: Michael Lewis:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-elon-musk-is-playing-with-fire-but-he-ll-never-get-burned-michael-lewis-234994245830

* "White House Reveals How Trump Could Buy More Bitcoin—Priming A Price Earthquake:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/03/22/white-house-reveals-how-trump-could-buy-more-bitcoin-priming-a-price-earthquake/

The goal is to drain the treasury of valuable assets to give Trump and a handful of his mega-donors by buying up their scam bitcoin. This will be a massive transfer of taxpayer money directly into the pockets of billionaires.

* This is NOT a coincidence: "Trump family crypto venture to launch a stablecoin:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/trump-family-crypto-venture-to-launch-a-stablecoin-00247455

* Now is a great time to tell your Senator's to oppose Cynthia Lummis' Crypto bill.

* Which was of course the goal. "Civil rights groups say push to dismantle Education Department will undo hard-won gains:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-department-of-education-closure-civil-rights-4c5f4e8347dd3318d2f23ad8632d7b74

* "Trump administration transferring student loan, nutrition programs out of Education Dept:" https://archive.ph/iytkd

The SBA is a lot smaller than the education Department and is already swamped. They have zero experience doing any of this.

Students Loans and Grants are how nearly everyone not born so rich they can pay cash upfront goes to college. Clogging this system to uselessness stops a whole lot of talented and hard working people from getting degrees.

Kids can't learn very well if they are too hungry to con concentrate. starving them of essential nutrients causes long term learning delays and health issues. This is designed to keep the children of the poor sick and poor and combined with strangling the student loan program is a way to deny them a life time of opportunities.

This is the rich pulling up the ladder of success after them to prevent everyone else achieving a decent standard of living.

* Bonus they are dumping this on the SBA while slashing it to ribbons as part of their plan to crush small businesses to help the Billionaires who bought Trump:

"Small Business Administration plans to slash staff by over 40 percent amid agency-wide reorganization:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/small-business-administration-job-cuts-00003736

* How to in post. "hey it's probably a really good idea to download a copy of your Master Promissory Note:" https://www.tumblr.com/becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys/778806373433720832

* "So What Exactly Is Going On With Student Loans?:" https://slate.com/life/2025/03/trump-news-department-of-education-order-means-chaos-for-student-loans.html

* "Latest Trump cuts put summer reading, mobile libraries and local museums in jeopardy:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/20/trump-order-library-museum-federal-employee-leave/82572108007/

* "'Deeply outraged': Mayor Justin Bibb slams Trump administration for cutting 553K pounds of food for Greater Cleveland Food Bank:" https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/greater-cleveland-food-bank-president-donald-trump-administration-cancel-order-mayor-justin-bibb-usda/95-fad2bf18-a66b-4c1f-8859-d3e22694e486

* They are obeying in advance. "Columbia bows to Trump administration, hoping to restore federal funding:" https://gothamist.com/news/columbia-bows-to-trump-administration-hoping-to-restore-federal-funding

* They are obeying in advance. "Legal community shaken by a powerful law firm's decision to give in to Trump's demands:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/legal-community-shaken-powerful-law-firm-paul-weiss-trump-rcna197490

* Perkins Coie is not and they are doing the right thing. If no one stands up now, no law firm is likely to ever stand up to Trump again. "Legal organizations alarmed over Trump’s targeting of Seattle law firm Perkins Coie:" https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/16/seattle-legal-organizations-perkins-coie/

* "DOJ moves to boot federal judge from Perkins Coie case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/doj-federal-judge-perkins-coie-case-00243928

* "One Firm Fights; One Firm Forfeits ft. Liz Dye:"

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* "Trump executive order targets law firm challenging anti-trans policies:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-targets-jenner-block

* This looks illegal on it's face. Apparently judges are agreeing "In back-to-back rulings, federal judges rule against Trump orders targeting law firms:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/g-s1-56890/law-firms-sue-trump

* "Major law firm strikes preemptive deal with White House:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/skadden-arps-trump-law-deal-028324

* ...And another law firm caves so that's 2 fought and won, one still fighting, and two caved in advance.

* "America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State: For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/

* "Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to ‘impugn the integrity’ of US judicial system:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-judiciary-executive-power-lawsuits-547ba740ad8689c8b8bd80291d2f4ad0

* "Trump appoints former personal attorney Alina Habba as US attorney for New Jersey:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-appoints-alina-habba-us-attorney-new-jersey/story?id=120099632

* "USDA halts millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/usda-halts-deliveries-food-banks-trump-00239453

You realize that without this, there will be hardly any protein, right?

Reminder: We have so much extra money that we have wasted 18.2 million dollars on Trump's golf outing as of last week. Why is that a better use of taxpayer money then helping farmers and feeding people?

* "School Lunches Should Be Free:"

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* "Protests Break Out Across US Over Plans To Change Postal Service:" https://www.newsweek.com/protests-plans-change-postal-service-2049406

* "US Postmaster General DeJoy steps down:" https://archive.ph/AGasQ

* Republicans decided we should no longer "waste money" on weather balloons used to track hurricanes in Tornado alley amoung other things. "National Weather Service Suspends Critical Service Again Amid DOGE Cuts:" https://www.newsweek.com/national-weather-service-suspends-critical-service-again-amid-doge-cuts-2048313

* "Fired National Park Service Staff Will Be Reinstated, but Long-Term Threats Loom:" https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21032025/todays-climate-fired-national-parks-workers-reinstated/

* "Protesters descend on Yosemite, Channel Islands and 91 other national parks:" https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/protests-national-parks-budget-20234508.php

* "Mount Rainier rally part of nationwide push to protect parks, federal workers:" https://www.king5.com/article/news/national/mount-rainier-rally-nationwide-push-to-protect-parks-federal-workers-washington/281-9fd675cc-5907-4965-82f2-dda739c1bca2

* "Protesters gathered outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park amid federal cuts:" https://www.wate.com/news/smoky-mountains/protesters-gathered-outside-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-amid-federal-cuts/

* "As Americans Protest Attacks on Public Lands, Trump Signals National Monuments May be Shrunk or Eliminated:" https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18032025/trump-administration-attacks-national-monuments-protests/

* "Kristi Noem to Trump’s Cabinet: I’m ‘Going to Eliminate’ FEMA:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-to-trumps-cabinet-im-going-to-eliminate-fema/

* "Trump wants FEMA gone. But that could be its own kind of disaster.:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kristi-noem-fema-donald-trump-rcna198190

* "“This man is not our boss” — EPA workers rally against DOGE cuts:" https://www.theverge.com/news/635710/doge-musk-trump-environmental-protection-agency-epa

* "EPA employees rally in Denver against President Trump’s job and funding cuts:" https://www.cpr.org/2025/03/26/epa-employees-rally-in-denver-against-president-trumps-job-and-funding-cuts/

* Yet they are purging all these extremely competent people at the top based entirely on skin colour or gender to make room for mediocre or worse white men."Hegseth Brings in Emotional Support Brother as Pentagon Aide:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/hegseth-brings-in-emotional-support-brother-as-pentagon-aide/

* "Protestors outside Neal Dunn’s info session believe that Veterans Association cuts are unjust:" https://www.wjhg.com/2025/03/23/protestors-outside-neal-dunns-info-session-believe-that-verterans-association-cuts-are-unjust/

* "Veterans becoming face of Trump’s government cuts and Democrats’ resistance:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/veterans-becoming-face-of-trumps-government-cuts-and-democrats-resistance

* "Another judge blocks the Pentagon from implementing Trump's transgender military ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-military-ban-injunction

* "BREAKING: Judge reinstates nationwide stop to Trump’s trans military ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-military-ban-injunction-reinstated

* "​Internet drags Pete Hegseth after he mocked judge who blocked Trump's trans military ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pete-hegseth-dragged-mocking-judge#rebelltitem5

* "Congress members denounce VA's end to gender-affirming care, demand answers:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/congress-members-condemn-va

* "Opinion | The DEI Purge Will Weaken Our Military:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/19/dei-pentagon-hegseth-trump-00236799

* "DOD removed pages that referenced the Holocaust, then restored at least one:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dod-pages-dei-holocaust/

* "Trump administration scrubs 'Golden Girls' star's Marine Corps contributions in latest DEI purge:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-bea-arthur-golden-girls-dei

* "These are the US military's diversity photos Trump doesn't want you to see:" https://www.aol.com/us-militarys-diversity-photos-trump-093001345.html

* Nearly all our Domestic Terrorists are Republican, so.... "Trump administration cuts national database tracking domestic terrorism:" https://archive.ph/dArH6#selection-558.0-558.1

* Mine's up in threeish years. "Trump’s Gender Order Won’t Affect Existing Passports — Unless They’re Renewed:" https://www.notus.org/whitehouse/trump-gender-sex-order-passports

* "Trump vs. Maine: State refuses anti-trans sports policies as federal agencies push to cut funding:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-vs-maine-explained

* "DO THIS: Oppose Trump administration move to ban trans health care coverage in the ACA:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2030901.html

Direct Link to Comment: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/19/2025-04083/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability

* NYU Obeyed in advance. "‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation:" https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/climate-of-fear-montreal-doctor-says-nyu-cancelled-her-presentation/

* I may have missed this, so I'm posting it. "CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.:" https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-news-cdc-orders-mass-retraction

* "U.S. health department plans to slash 10,000 jobs as RFK Jr. upends agencies:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/27/rfk-jr-plans-10000-hhs-job-cuts.html

* I know I keep saying this, but so many people are going to die because of RFKJr's policies.

* "US pulls back $12 billion in funding to state health departments:" https://archive.ph/oLqwH

* "$160M in WA health funding axed by Trump administration:" https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/03/27/160m-in-wa-health-funding-axed-by-trump-administration-cuts/

* "CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-pulling-back-11b-covid-funding-sent-health-departments-us-rcna198006

* NOTE: not all the grants. "NIH restores some long COVID grants:" https://cen.acs.org/policy/research-funding/NIH-restores-long-COVID-grants/103/web/2025/03

* RFK Jr.'s disinformation campaign is doing a massive amount of damage. "Growing measles outbreak in Texas pushes U.S. cases above 520:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-grows-us-cases-rcna198557

Not vaccinating children who can be safely vaccinated is child abuse, in my opinion.

* "The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations:" https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report

* Because RFK Jr. lied about vitamin A, people are now damaging their children's livers rather than give the safe vaccines. "West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak:" https://www.tpr.org/public-health/2025-03-27/west-texas-children-treated-for-vitamin-a-toxicity-as-medical-disinformation-spreads-alongside-measles-outbreak

* "Why I left my job leading public health messaging for the CDC: Public health policy must be guided by facts and not fantasy.:" https://archive.ph/rx1KR

* "The top FDA vaccine official is forced out, cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies':" https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5344010/fda-peter-marks-rfk-jr

* "RFK Jr. to shut down HHS Office of Infectious Diseases & HIV Policy:" https://www.advocate.com/health/office-infectious-diseases-hiv-closing

* "The War on Poppers Started Long Before RFK Jr. Took Over HHS :" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/popper-drug-crackdown-rfk-lgbtq-1235299650/

* "POPPERS 101 and HIV/AIDS Dropped by CDC:"

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* And now for some bonus RFK Jr. body shaming and assholery: "RFK Jr. Tells Governor to His Face He Needs to Lose 30 Pounds:" https://www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-west-virginia-governor-patrick-morrisey-weight-2052287

* EBT/SNAP is not HHS, but the Agriculture Department/USDA. "RFK Jr.'s food stamp plan fuels tension with USDA:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/27/rfk-jr-food-stamps-soda-usda-tension-00252045

* "Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism:" https://archive.ph/4nc3I

There is no link. It's been proved over and over.

We are not only wasting time and money on this we could be spending vaccinating kids in the middle of a measles epidemic, but we aren't hiring a scientist to run it, but a propagandist.

* "Voice of America wins in court, for now, as judge blocks Trump administration from firing staff:" https://apnews.com/article/voice-of-america-trump-a1ed0ad37917055a1565da5325bd4fd8

* "Radio Free Europe says Trump administration rescinded its grant termination order:" https://archive.ph/ccFBJ

* "Trump signs order to ‘remove improper ideology’ from Smithsonian museums and zoo:" https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-3-27-2025

* "Critics see Trump attacks on the ‘Black Smithsonian’ as an effort to sanitize racism in US history:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-history-smithsonian-dei-687fd306dc9c6d7611300d74fe49b8aa

* "Trump directs JD Vance to go after ‘woke zoos’ :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-directs-jd-vance-to-go-after-woke-zoos-235744325555

* "Donald Trump's Spiritual Advisor Faces Christian Backlash:" https://www.newsweek.com/paula-white-cain-christians-donald-trump-2050102

* "Trump has big dreams for the Kennedy Center but doesn't seem to know what it does:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-kennedy-center-audience-rcna197179

* "Trump calls on Polis to remove ‘purposefully distorted’ portrait of himself hanging in the Colorado capitol:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/trump-portrait-colorado-polis-00244561

* "Some underreported news and the return of Your Moment of Zen:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2031467.html

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* "Trump asks Supreme Court for OK to cut teacher-training money as part of anti-DEI push:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/trump-supreme-court-teacher-training-00251211

* "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow mass firings of probationary workers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/trump-supreme-court-fired-probationary-workers-00244890

* "Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns:" https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ghost-guns-bf404db1d4ece56203c8748b2544dc02

* "Supreme Court takes up case claiming Obamacare promotes “homosexual behavior”: The Texas plaintiffs say requiring workplace insurers to provide PrEP violates their religious beliefs.:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/supreme-court-takes-up-case-claiming-obamacare-promotes-homosexual-behavior/

Once again Christians are claiming corporations are people have religious convictions and that their right to deny bodily autonomy for religious reasons are more important than mere human type people's right to bodily autonomy.

* "Is America a Kleptocracy?:" https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/25/america-kleptocracy-trump-musk-corruption/

* "Whipsawed by Trump’s tariffs, the US public is getting a lot more nervous about the economy:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-consumer-confidence-tariffs-inflation-849d658cbab7992590a5a3bb3449aa52

* "Everything Owned by Nestlé:" https://wyomingllcattorney.com/Blog/Everything-Owned-by-Nestle

* "US likely to reach debt limit X-date in August or September, Congress’ scorekeeper predicts :" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/26/congress/us-likely-to-reach-debt-limit-x-date-in-august-or-september-congress-scorekeeper-predicts-00250525

* Scary Shit. "US House Speaker Johnson says Congress can 'eliminate' district courts:" https://archive.ph/FUgTk

* "Elon Musk’s Space Business Partner Is Poised to Take Over NASA:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/elon-musk-jared-isaacman-nasa-spacex-business-partner-1235301236/

* "Who Is Frank Bisignano? Democrats Grill Trump’s Social Security Pick At Confirmation Amid DOGE Cuts To Service.:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/03/25/who-is-frank-bisignano-democrats-grill-trumps-social-security-pick-at-confirmation-amid-doge-cuts-to-service/

* "Fallout coming for House GOP over Trump's rug pull on Stefanik:" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/28/elise-stefanik-mike-johnson-trump-un-ambassador

* "Trump yanks Elise Stefanik’s Cabinet nomination, citing ‘very tight’ GOP majority:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-yanks-elise-stefanik-s-cabinet-nomination-citing-very-tight-gop-majority-235623493907

* "Jasmine Crockett mocks sports bans: 'Find the little trans child that is ruining your life':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/jasmine-crockett-transgender-sports-bans

* "Why anger has shifted from Trump's overreach to the Democrats' disunity and apathy:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-overreach-democrats-disunity-opinion

* As always, these are representative samples. There are way more out there.

Pressure both sides. Ask hard questions. Complain. Embarrass them. Keep pushing because we deserve better.

Stay Noisy.

* "Bernie Sanders, AOC rally crowd of 30,000 in Denver’s Civic Center:" https://www.denverpost.com/2025/03/21/bernie-sanders-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-denver-civic-center-trump/

* "Fourth Protest outside Rep. Pete Stauber’s office Demanding answers:" https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2025/03/20/fourth-protest-outside-rep-pete-staubers-office-demanding-answers/

* "Republican Senator Faces Angry Protesters, Questions in Red State:" https://www.newsweek.com/republican-senator-faces-protestors-questions-red-state-2048906

* "Nevada voters pack town hall to voice concerns about Trump policies:" https://knpr.org/politics/2025-03-21/nevada-voters-pack-town-hall-to-voice-concerns-about-trump-policies

* "‘Do your job’: Voters voice frustration after Nancy Mace declines town hall invite:" https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/do-your-job-voters-voice-frustration-after-nancy-mace-declines-town-hall-invite/

* "Protestors gather outside Rep. Buddy Carters’ office:" https://www.wsav.com/news/protestors-gather-outside-rep-buddy-carters-office/

* "Andy Barr knew Lexington town hall was locally organized. He still lied about attendees | Opinion:" https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article302754904.html

* "Democrat Confronted by Angry Protesters at Town Hall:" https://www.newsweek.com/democrat-confronted-angry-protesters-town-hall-2048388

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

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

Please add more below if you have them.

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district:" https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-democratic-party-donald-trump-election-094e907bd9af0d55a3ac76bb5e22d17c

* Voting has started for the April 1 special Election. Republicans have a wafer thin majority in the House of Representatives. "Democrats raise millions for Florida special elections in Trump territory:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-raise-millions-florida-special-elections-trump-territory-rcna197311

* "Josh Weil shocks by raising more than $10M for CD 6 Special Election:" https://floridapolitics.com/archives/727090-josh-weil-shocks-by-raising-more-than-10m-for-cd-6-special-election/

* "Ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court election, Elon Musk PAC offers cash for pledge: The group backing conservative candidate Brad Schimel is offering $100 to people who sign a petition against 'activist judges':" https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-elon-musk-cash-for-pledge

This was wildly illegal last time Musk did it, but he wasn't arrested and laws no longer apply to republicans, so here we are.

* "Wisconsin attorney general sues Elon Musk to block $1 million payment offers:" https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-trump-d75807980ac311b87606fb4ec58cc466

* "Wisconsin appeals court won’t stop Musk’s $1 million payments to voters after attorney general sues:" https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-million-dollar-checks-43fa79215e16c333a1079a86cb9aab08

* "Special election to fill former Sen. Justin Eichorn’s seat set for April 29:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/25/special-election-to-fill-former-sen-justin-eichorns-seat-set-for-april-29

* "Have LGBTQ+ rights in Florida reached a turning point? Advocates have hope:" https://www.advocate.com/florida-lgbtq-hope

* "Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoes anti-DEI bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kentucky-beshear-vetoes-anti-dei-bill

* "NJ Democrats for governor want to amend the constitution for abortion. Legal experts call it ‘unnecessary’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/23/nj-democrats-for-governor-want-to-amend-the-constitution-for-abortion-legal-experts-call-it-unnecessary-00244111

* "How Republican State Lawmakers Are Trying to Have It Both Ways on Lifesaving Abortions:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/abortion-exceptions-republicans-kentucky-texas-fetal-personhood.html

* "After reported deaths, Texas lawmakers file bills to clear confusion over medical exceptions to state's near abortion ban:" https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/deaths-texas-lawmakers-file-bills-clear-confusion-medical-exceptions-near-abortion-ban/

* "How Texas Republicans plan to keep cracking down on abortion:" https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/21/texas-abortion-fight-pills-travel-fund/

* "Transgender Texans refuse to be erased as Republicans try to make their existence illegal:" https://www.advocate.com/news/texas-transgender-community-under-attack

* "Texas Bill Would Require Photo ID to Buy Sex Toys Online, Calling Them 'Obscene Devices':" https://people.com/texas-bill-will-require-id-to-purchase-a-sex-toy-online-11703746

* "Florida bill to allow teens to work overnight hours on school days moves forward:" https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-senate-panel-advances-bill-to-further-roll-back-child-labor-restrictions/

* "Top Florida lawmaker has ‘personal concerns’ about a push to loosen child-labor laws:" https://archive.ph/hP1Wk

They want children to work all night on school nights to make up for all the people being deported.

Florida, please protest!

* "West Virginia lawmakers vote to overturn local protections for LGBTQ+ people:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/wv-gop-vote-overturn-lgbtq-protections

* "Utah becomes the first state to ban Pride and other flags on public schools and government buildings:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/utah-bans-pride-flags-public-buildings

* We are headed to an even scarier place. "GOP lawmakers in 10 states introduce bills to treat abortion as homicide:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-lawmakers-in-10-states-introduce-bills-to-treat-abortion-as-homicide/ar-AA1BPSFB

* "Youngkin vetoes bills that would have raised minimum wage, given paid sick leave to all and more:" https://www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/youngkin-vetoes-minimum-wage-paid-sick-leave-bills/

* "Mayor Michelle Wu - Making Boston A Home For Everyone | The Daily Show:"

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* "Demonstrators rally at site of Patrick Henry’s ‘Liberty or Death’ speech:" https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/demonstrators-rally-at-site-of-patrick-henrys-liberty-or-death-speech/

* "Parents call out school board member for anti-LGBTQ+ posts:" https://www.advocate.com/news/kentucky-school-board-member-homophobia

* "3 killed, 15 injured in shootout at 'unsanctioned car show' in New Mexico park:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3-killed-14-injured-new-mexico-mass-shooting-rcna197615

* " Texas officials demand answers after video shows Austin police slamming transgender woman to ground :" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-woman-manhandled-austin-police

* "Minneapolis to pay $600,000 to settle with woman who says Derek Chauvin knelt on her neck:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minneapolis-pay-600000-settle-woman-says-derek-chauvin-knelt-neck-rcna190312

* "'Ridiculous': George Floyd's girlfriend reacts to far-right effort to pardon Derek Chauvin:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/ridiculous-george-floyd-s-girlfriend-reacts-to-far-right-effort-to-pardon-derek-chauvin-235151429763

* "I’m an Incarcerated Nurse — Women’s Health in Prison Is Hell and Will Only Get Worse Under Trump:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/prison-health-incarcerated-nurse-trump-healthcare-america-1235299298/

* "The Succession Battle For A Prison Empire:" https://archive.ph/rkzWe#selection-736.0-736.1

* "'Nazis are not welcome in Austin' | UT students to protest controversial on-campus conference:" https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/university-of-texas/natal-conference-ut-austin-campus-protest/269-26e25360-d2f7-4558-82e5-d2b7a6ef6e00

* "Texas A&M's drag ban blocked by federal court as judge cites free 'speech rights':" https://www.advocate.com/news/texas-am-drag-ban-blocked

* "Federal judge again blocks Iowa book ban; expected to rule on 'don't say gay' restrictions soon:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judge-blocks-iowa-book-ban

* CW: Rape. "Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia: East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.:" https://archive.ph/avdTi

* Every Republican against us accusation is a confession. CW: CSA "Minnesota anti-trans state senator, who touted Trump derangement syndrome, arrested for soliciting a minor:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/minnesota-justin-eichorn-arrested

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Rebecca Marodi murder: Wife accused of fatally stabbing fire captain detained in Mexico:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/rebecca-marodi-stabbing-wife-detained

* "Texas’ first abortion arrests stem from monthlong attorney general investigation:" https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/17/texas-abortion-midwife-arrested/

* "Notes from a gender clinician:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/gender-clinician-affirming-care

* "Hungarians protest Pride ban; Budapest mayor promises LGBTQ+ support:" https://www.advocate.com/news/hungarians-protest-pride-ban

* "Missing gay Arizona yoga instructor, Marcus Freiberger, found dead after blind date:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/missing-gay-yoga-arizona-dead#toggle-gdpr

* "Gay men's chorus member killed in suspected Texas road rage attack — family and police seek help:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/road-rage-gay-killing-texas

* "Mississippi restaurant gets lambasted for straight-couples-only offer:" https://www.advocate.com/news/mississippi-restaurant-lambasted-for-homophobia

* Gender Policing and Transphobia harm everyone. "Walmart fires 6'4" cisgender woman threatened by man who thought she was trans:" https://www.advocate.com/news/walmart-fires-mistaken-trans-woman

* "Texas is poised to make measles a nationwide epidemic, public health experts say:" https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/21/texas-measles-vaccine-new-mexico-oklahoma-us/

* "2 more cases of measles confirmed in Maryland:" https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2025/03/2-more-cases-of-measles-confirmed-in-maryland/

* "New Mexico measles cases continue to rise in SE corner:" https://sourcenm.com/briefs/new-mexico-measles-cases-continue-to-rise-in-se-corner/

* "An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps:" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/als-outbreak-montchavin-mystery/682096/

* How to fight your insurance company when they insist you take meds that don't work instead of a more expensive one that does: https://steptherapy.com/step-therapy-legislation-by-state/

* "Video: UW-led research links wildfire smoke exposure with increased dementia risk:" https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/11/25/video-uw-led-research-links-wildfire-smoke-exposure-with-increased-dementia-risk/

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* "Over 25 million remain under red flag warnings with heightened risk of wildfires:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wildfire-warnings-continue-parts-country-strong-winds-persist/story?id=120030148

* "Most Texas wildfires are contained Saturday despite elevated threats, forest service says:" https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2025/03/22/most-texas-wildfires-are-contained-saturday-despite-elevated-threats-forest-service-says/

* "Wildfires force mandatory evacuation order in western North Carolina:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wildfires-force-mandatory-evacuation-order-western-north-carolina-120068816

* "Firefighters battle four uncontained wildfires, evacuations in effect:" https://www.wyff4.com/article/polk-county-wnc-wildfires-high-fire-danger/64243054

* "Wildfires in North and South Carolina fueled by drought, wind and fallen trees from Hurricane Helene:" https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-north-south-carolina-evacuations-af970ce0551007bfa0a5940aed58d68a

* "Aid rushes into Myanmar after earthquake kills over 1,600, ravages cities:" https://archive.ph/jsXsV

* "Myanmar junta accused of air strike even after quake:" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250330-myanmar-junta-accused-of-air-strike-even-after-quake

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* "'Magnets for human connection': Why Japanese ‘micro-forests' are transforming our cities:" https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/02/17/the-japanese-micro-forest-method-is-transforming-cities

* "Debunking Garden Watering Myths:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5JAeCFM8H9E

* "Scientists were in Antarctica when a giant iceberg broke free. Here’s what they found in its shadow:" https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/03/23/scientists-were-in-antarctica-when-a-giant-iceberg-broke-free-heres-what-they-found-in-its

* "This Fly Larva’s Butt Looks Like a Termite’s Head—and Termites Are Falling for It:" https://gizmodo.com/this-fly-larvas-butt-looks-like-a-termites-head-and-termites-are-falling-for-it-2000563456

* "This Apex Predator Was ‘King of the Ancient Egyptian Forest’ Then Mysteriously Went Extinct:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-apex-predator-was-king-of-the-ancient-egyptian-forest-then-mysteriously-went-extinct/

* "The Only Black Police Precinct in U.S. History: How Miami Was Policed During Segregation:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/black-police-precinct-history-miami

* "New photo from Pulse shooting shows exit blocked by refrigerator, which may have cost lives:" https://www.advocate.com/news/new-photo-pulse-exit-blocked

* "Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: This Is the Way We Rise:" https://kcts9.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/identity-poetry-activism-video/this-is-the-way-we-rise-american-masters/

* "Scientist’s ‘disturbing’ behavior, death threats at Antarctic base prompts probe:" https://interestingengineering.com/culture/scientist-disturbing-behavior-antarctic-probe-begins

* "TSA stops man with live turtle in his pants:" https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/tsa-stops-man-with-live-turtle-in-his-pants/video_29a3b6d1-67d9-5dfc-a44e-765beb8ebc5d.html

* "Passenger Allegedly Swallowed Rosary Beads and Attacked Crew Members During Mid-Flight Meltdown:" https://people.com/plane-passenger-allegedly-swallowed-rosary-beads-and-attacked-crew-members-11695552

* Thursday a week ago, I had thought I was likely going to crash again 2AMish as I woke up exhausted, headachy, with all my joints screaming at me, but it got better about 2-3, so I soldiered on and got the aggregate out. Friday, I was well enough to do almost bare minimum physio, which I'm counting as a win.

My hopes of being super productive Friday night failed, alas, but for good reasons. The cats were doing Peaceable Kingdom in my bed, so I read most of Tidal Creatures while administering pettins on demand and cuddle naps for cats. I also had a bunch of small things needing doing I'd been in too much pain to handle around the Cat Asylum, which I spaced out in classic chronic pain fashion in between rests. Also I fell down a medieval history rabbit hole for about an hour. <.< >.>

Tonight was I was also migrating another function across to Killian laptop, and inevitably diving in and out of settings as I found things needing tweaking. This is why it generally takes several weeks to get a lap top going right, and this time having to use waterfox classic instead of standard waterfox meant I had to rethink job distributions, since a bunch of extensions don't work on classic. Limited utility means I need to switch some functions for other browsers. It's mostly sorted now, though I may need more tweaks.

Part of why Thursday worked out so well for me is I'm getting better at the new work flow pattern, so certain things can move a little faster.

So progress, basically, even though it feels like running on sand.

* Thursday this week, I had to stay up for painful x-rays and doctor prodding, as well as to have blood taken. The x-rays were incredibky painful as my hip joint are terrible right now and it's a lot of standing in fixed positions. My shoulder joint healed correctly. I have been released in the wild to do more at home physio. I am to focus particularly on inward motion, which means I will need to get creative. Sigh.

* So about a week and a half ago, a friend sent me NasalCrom to see if it could make a dent in my chronic sinus infection/sinusitis situation. It's really impressive, as it turns out. My sinuses have been slowly draining, which is not pleasant, but neither was several years of sinus headaches and the constant need to manually drain them 1-3 times a day depending on how much worse my allergies to Outside are making things. This, at least is progress towards an actual solution.

TMI after this point.
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* New Tavy pics: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/778947425672019968/the-emperor-has-found-a-new-perch-from-which-to?source=share

* "DOGE Protestors Turn Their Focus on Tesla & Delayed NASA Astronauts Make It Home | The Daily Show:"

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* "GOP Pumps Tesla As Trump Admin Flubs JFK File Release & DEI Scrubbing | The Daily Show:"

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* "Jon Stewart on Which Speech Is Free and Which Will Cost You in Trump’s America | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump's Kennedy Center Takeover | Kristi Noem Taunts Canada | Taking Greenland:"

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* "Signalgate: Trump Tries To Dodge Explosive National Security Scandal | All Of Them Should Be Fired:"

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* "Hegseth's Sloppy Security Breach | Mike Waltz: Goldberg's Number Got "Sucked In" To My Phone:"

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* "Blame Mike Waltz | Trump Team's Sloppy Digital Footprints | The Fertilization President:"

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* "How Many Dildos Is Too Many? Texas Offers An Answer:"

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* "Consumer Watch: Delete Your DNA | Toys For Kidults | Tax Prep For Kids:"

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* "Survive the Apocalypse in Luxury at this Doomsday Prepper Ranch | The Daily Show:"

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* "‘Why I’m Misogynistic’ | Are The Straights OK?:"

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* "the idea of odysseus as, like, a military propagandist/PR officer is really fun for me in a fucked up way, given that he Did Not Want To Go To War In The First Place.:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/779357773890732032/to-me-this-also-fits-with-him-taking-neoptolemus

* "Tumultuous 1066:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2XdqjwPHWps

* "Worrisome War Wolves:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1o5nXucddGQ

* "Perilous Pazzis:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G0MaPqF_Cqs

* "Woeful WWI:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gRR2rKDo1IM

* "White House Easter Egg Roll Sponsors:"

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* "Resurrecting The Wooly Mammoth:"

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* "Styling the Whole World:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XDxRiYF-v8s

* "Take a look at the winning images from this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards:" https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/03/19/take-a-look-at-the-winning-images-from-this-years-british-wildlife-photography-awards

* "Sunday Sweets Springs In:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-springs-in-2025

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

* How to fight your insurace company when they insist you take meds that don't work instead of a more expensive one that does: https://steptherapy.com/step-therapy-legislation-by-state/

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*  I had more Millennials at once than we've had in months over Wednesday evening, which was fun.

After they left, I unfortunately left the computer open while I went to do lungs.  When I got back, I discovered the Emperor had done something mind boggling destructive to the aggregate scaffolding formatting, that could only be undone laboriously, by hand.

Luckily, I had taken an impression of the current naked scaffold Right after the Sunday post, so what I'm doing is putting things like the divider lines back in and then posting it without most of the news I have prepped as it will be much simpler to start over with a clean scaffold.

As a result, my plan to spend several hours doing news postings wednesday evening got bumped in favour of dealing with the mess the Emperor made of the Aggregate.

Apologies.

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* "Israel sends tanks into West Bank for first time in decades, says fleeing Palestinians can’t return:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-ceasefire-hostages-02-23-2025-1c2dc86afd2e05888d5d588f462e898b

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* "30 fact checks to mark 3rd anniversary of Russia's invasion in Ukraine:" https://www.snopes.com/collections/ukraine-war-trump-putin-zelenskyy/

* "On the third anniversary of Russian invasion, Ukraine supporters march through Detroit:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2025/02/23/rally-for-ukraine-downtown-detroit-amid-trump-russia-putin-peace-talks/79847462007/

* "Photos: Hundreds rally in Boston to mark 3 years since Russia's invasion in Ukraine:" https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/02/24/boston-ukraine-protest-photos-russia-trump

* "Amid growing Russian, US pressure, world rallies in support of Ukraine:" https://kyivindependent.com/the-world-rallies-in-support-of-ukraine/

* There are plenty more protests and articles about them. I'm just posting a selection.

* This is shameful for my country. "UN passes resolutions condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine despite US opposition:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/united-nations-ukraine-resolutions-00205744

* "5 signs that a U.S.-Europe split is widening:" https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5307012/europe-nato-us-ukraine-russia-eu

* Rightly so. I am not a fan of Macron's just generally, but he is on the right side of history and we are on the wrong one on this issue. "Trump, Macron display stark differences on Ukraine despite friendly veneer:" https://www.reuters.com/world/macron-arrives-white-house-ukraine-talks-with-trump-2025-02-24/

* "A flawed peace deal would not end the war in Ukraine:" https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/2/24/a-flawed-peace-deal-would-not-end-the-war-in-ukraine

* Us asking this is disgusting beyond words. "US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters:" https://kyivindependent.com/us-threatens-to-shut-off-starlink-if-ukraine-wont-sign-minerals-deal-sources-tell-reuters/

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* "Syria's new president invited to emergency Arab League summit in Egypt:" https://www.reuters.com/world/syrias-new-president-invited-emergency-arab-league-summit-egypt-2025-02-23/

* "Merz's conservatives push for quick coalition talks after German election win:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/merzs-conservatives-push-quick-coalition-talks-after-german-election-win-2025-02-24/

* "International reaction to German election:" https://www.reuters.com/world/international-reaction-germanys-election-2025-02-23/

* "German reactions to election result:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-reactions-election-result-2025-02-23/

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* "U.S. slips to new low in international corruption index:" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/11/us-record-low-international-corruption-index

* "Trump says Canada, Mexico tariffs on schedule despite border, fentanyl efforts:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-mexico-step-up-fentanyl-border-talks-this-week-avoid-trumps-tariffs-2025-02-24/

This is an essential step in the Republican plan to destroy the US economy for the pleasure of harming ordinary people. There is no sense or reason for doing this beyond the joy of watching the country burn.

* "How Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum could hit you at the grocery store:" https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5300051/tariffs-steel-aluminum-cans-food-groceries

* "Trump signs order pausing enforcement of foreign bribery ban:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/trump-doj-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-pause.html

* "Trump rescinds order on rights abuses with US-supplied weapons, sources say:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-rescinds-order-rights-abuses-with-us-supplied-weapons-sources-say-2025-02-24/

* "The Trump administration is putting USAID staffers on leave worldwide and firing at least 1,600:" https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-musk-foreign-aid-firings-a3af8ce6ef17878b718c8e2ed3bf98e4

* "How the U.S. is betraying LGBTQ+ communities worldwide:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/foreign-aid-freeze

* "USAID freeze opens door to Russian influence in Eastern Europe:" https://www.politico.eu/article/usaid-freeze-russia-influence-eastern-europe-georgia-ukraine-moldova-belarus-ngo-media/

* "Judge warns Trump administration to comply with court order on foreign aid payments:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/foreign-aid-funding-state-department-022736

* "ICE lets local officials stop immigrants on the streets as task force program is back:" https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/02/24/ice-lets-local-officials-stop-immigrants-on-the-streets-as-task-force-program-is-back/

How do they know who is an immigrant? Sure looks like racial profiling to me.

* "The hidden world of Chicago ICE arrests:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/23/immigration-detentions/

* "Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups:" https://apnews.com/article/dhs-immigration-agents-churches-trump-7c12f2509966dadeba98e920578f24c2
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* I wish it were so. "Tesla Takeover: How the Protests Against Elon Musk Signal a National Turning Point:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/elon-musk-tesla-takeover-protests-1235276235/

* "Anti-Trump activists reach new heights, perform new feats (so to speak):" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-taunted-with-fake-video-of-him-kissing-elon-musk-s-feet-over-cuts-at-hud-232839749894

* "At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk's firing and cutting spree:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/town-halls-republicans-feel-heat-trump-musks-firing-cutting-spree-rcna193164

* "Democrats not immune from voter wrath as pressure to impede Trump mounts:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-not-immune-from-voter-wrath-as-pressure-to-impede-trump-mounts-232839749757

* "Trump says he has directed U.S. Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost :" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-treasury-stop-minting-penny-rcna191421

* "Donald Trump Declines to Endorse JD Vance as 2028 Republican 'Successor':" https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-declines-endorse-jd-vance-2028-successor-2029106

* "The Dunning-Kruger Presidency:"

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* "Trump and Elon Musk are floating 'DOGE dividends.' Low-income Americans might not get the benefits.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/trump-elon-musk-doge-dividends-low-income-americans-rcna192994

* "Mass firings continue across nation’s health agencies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/16/mass-firings-health-agencies-00204570

* "Top FDA food safety official's resignation letter warns firings will backfire on RFK Jr.:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-food-safety-james-jones-resigns-warning-rfk-jr/

* "Can RFK Jr. Really Take Away ADHD Medications?: The Trump administration is calling for a report “assess[ing] the prevalence of and threat" of several drugs, including stimulants like Adderall:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/adderall-adhd-rfk-jr-medication-ban-1235276940/

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* "These little-known bank accounts allow Americans with disabilities to save and invest:" https://apnews.com/article/able-account-disabilities-savings-439fe21204ff443a1c0d907a112b99a0

* "US House Republicans advance Trump's tax cut plan:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republicans-set-vote-trumps-tax-cut-agenda-2025-02-25/

People like me will die. This is the goal, of course.

Republicans want to remind you that this extreme life threatening cruelty is essential to pay for the massive tax cuts they want to give a handful of billionaires.

If you have Democratic Senators, call to stiffen their spines and get them to stand firm in unity. If you have Republican critters focus on how it will harm their base. If you can get your Republican Congress person to vote against this budget, it will be incredibly helpful, as the margin is small. Say whatever you need to say to sway them.

Either way, tell them you will never vote for them again if they pass this budget.

* "House GOP narrowly passes Trump budget blueprint that threatens Medicaid:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/house-gop-narrowly-passes-trump-budget-blueprint-that-threatens-medicaid-232923205765

* "Senate Republicans say House budget won’t fly with them:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/26/senate-republicans-reject-house-budget-00206244

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

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

Please add more below if you have them.

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

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

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

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Gov. Evers: “I want Wisconsin to become the first state in America to start auditing insurance companies over denying healthcare claims”:" https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/gov-evers-i-want-wisconsin-to-become-the-first-state-in-america-to-start-auditing-insurance-companies-over-denying-healthcare-claims/

* I am incandescent with fury. I also notice MSNBC refused to post Rachel Maddow's pointed comments about this. "New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-msnbc-bloodbath-of-non-white-anchors-after-joy-reid-forced-out/

* "Rachel Maddow calls out MSNBC for axing non-white hosts: ‘That feels indefensible’:" https://www.advocate.com/news/maddow-criticizes-msnbc-firing-anchors

* "Don Lemon tells 'racist' Megyn Kelly to 'go f**k yourself' for mocking Joy Reid's firing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/don-lemon-racist-megyn-kelly

* CW: Domestic Violence. "Wife accused of fatally stabbing fire captain was convicted of killing her first husband:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/fire-captain-stabbing-suspect-husband

* On people using small dicks as insults: https://www.tumblr.com/alatheacadabra/776299818992730112?source=share

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* "Fabric And Craft Retailer Joann To Go Out Of Business, Close All Of Its Stores:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joann-stores-closing-out-of-business_n_67bcddf9e4b0086412e16abd

Joann's is irreplaceable. Vulture Capitalism: Why we can't have nice things.

* "Millions of popular granola bars sold across the U.S. recalled due to ‘potential presence of metal':" https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/millions-of-popular-granola-bars-sold-across-the-u-s-recalled-due-to-potential-presence-of-metal/3679069/

* "Colombian police catch a man smuggling packets of cocaine under toupee:" https://apnews.com/article/colombia-cocaine-wig-drug-trafficking-methods-213436a6d8a232058e692c2a1145f5f3

* "Student Sparks Fire While Trying to Hide His 'Inflatable Girlfriend' From His Roommate:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/student-sparks-fire-while-trying-to-hide-his-inflatable-girlfriend-from-his-roommate/ar-AA1zx5Gw

* I was exhausted, but stayed up anyway for phone bureaucracy Monday. It was good I did. I was able to score a cancellation doctor's appointment for a concerning thing that happened with my foot over the weekend. I did in fact need medication and it will be weeks of treatment, but solvable.

While I was waiting to go, I did some other calls and some aggregate stuff. All the people I left messages with actually called back in the course of about an hour in the afternoon, which never happens. I'm used to call backs being an average of three days, but occasionally with a couple weeks as outlier.

Both the appointment and calls were very worth the lack of sleep.

Laundry experiments continue. The human laundry load went without a hitch. I ended up spending Monday evening wearing boxers and a cape as the fifth disability friendly shirt had gone walk about and the rest were in the wash. Tavy had pissed the bed again, possibly as part of his too many things protest and/or upset over me getting ready to go to the Doctor, a thing he is anxious about for the last year. The big bed cover and two sofa pads cleaned up fine. The messier one he complete befouled on the sofa will need to run back through, but we have enough pads that should be viable as long as he doesn't do something outrageous.

I think we can hold out like this for a few months as long as the hot water doesn't start leaking.

The New used laptop is now in Pennsylvania, on it's second attempt. I am still pissed that UPs didn't even attempt to deliver it despite the address being correct. Sigh. I think we've been at this since early January, one way or another. My heart constricts every time the screen on Edward goes randomly black. I worry each time I reboot Klaus that this time he won't wake back up. I am at the batch deleting stuff off Klaus in hopes of getting him to last longer stage as memory shrinks with this kind of hard drive failure. Still, we are hanging on for now.

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

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* I do not approve of the rape "joke," but so much in there is well argued and important, I decided to offer it anyway. Skate at your own risk. "Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily Show:"

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* "Sassy Senators:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vD-xzhKfGss

* "Roman Senate:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RHN9mqPmiUo

* "Roman Emperors:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HayvQJ_tG08

* "Medieval Manliness:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8zNsAAYND1M

* "Medieval Melodrama:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UalUttUnylQ

* "The Hearty Hundred Years War:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kR2KmkJEWms

* "Pirates:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/54ogVscQhBA

* "Interview with a Vampire:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/68MMjU-oAe0

* CW: Rape. "I Did Not Enjoy Reading Wicked:"

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I read this book in the '90's when there was all the buzz, and I had pretty much this same experience. I tried to like it, but things like the tiger scene made that impossible.

Nothing against all the people who love/d it, but I had exactly these problems myself.

* "Macron Knows How To Talk To Trump:"

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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.

* What to do if you are an adult who is losing your gender affirming care from your physician: https://www.tumblr.com/anonymousalchemist/774948824033673217

* Help Lambda Legal Continue their fight: https://support.lambdalegal.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app30130a?df_id=6680&mfc_pref=T&6680.donation=form1&NONCE_TOKEN=D3311163DF16F06EEA5520010BAF90B5&_gl=1*n53ras*_gcl_au*MTMxNDYxNjc0LjE3MzgxODExMzg.*_ga*MTY0NDY4OTM4NC4xNzM4MTgxMTM4*_ga_290ZG8GMP3*MTczODE4MTEzOC4xLjEuMTczODE4MTIwMi41OC4wLjA.

* "Donate to the ACLU:" https://action.aclu.org/give/now

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

* "Resources for California fire victims were scattered. So I created this site to help.:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/california-disaster-recovery-resources

* "Where your donations to L.A. fire victims will do the most good:" https://www.advocate.com/news/donate-los-angeles-fire-victims

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

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

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

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

* "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund:" https://victoryfund.org/

* Where to protest the censoring and erasure of transfolk on the Stonewal Uprising monument if you can't go in person. Select no and leave a comment.: https://www.nps.gov/ston/index.htm

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

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

* 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/

* "The Black Consumer Advisory:" https://naacp.org/campaigns/black-consumer-advisory

* "These little-known bank accounts allow Americans with disabilities to save and invest:" https://apnews.com/article/able-account-disabilities-savings-439fe21204ff443a1c0d907a112b99a0

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* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share

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* "Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza amid stepped up ceasefire push:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-dozens-gaza-us-pushes-ceasefire-2025-01-08/

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* "Why is my life considered more important than a Ukrainian life?:" https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-why-is-my-life-considered-more-important-than-a-ukrainian-life/

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* "Trudeau stepping down as Canada’s PM after rapid decline in public approval:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trudeau-stepping-down-as-canadas-pm-after-rapid-decline-in-public-approval

* "The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/5600-people-killed-haiti-year-gangs-rampage-117418238

* "Key takeaways from Haiti’s multinational mission: progress, setbacks, and future challenges:" https://haitiantimes.com/2025/01/08/key-takeaways-from-haiti-multinational-mission/

* "U.K. leader Starmer slams 'lies and misinformation' after attacks from Elon Musk:" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/g-s1-41296/starmer-attacks-elon-musk

* "Narendra Modi’s Populist Facade Is Cracking:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/modi-nationalism-demagoguery-limitations/681094/?

* "Biden signs bill boosting Social Security payments for millions:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/higher-social-security-payments-coming-millions-people-bill-117343285

Meanwhile, republicans are promising deep cuts to social security to pay for tax cuts for a handful of billionaires who already pay nothing even close to their share.

* "Biden bans new offshore drilling along most of the U.S. coastline:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biden-bans-new-offshore-drilling-us-coastline-atlantic-pacific-trump-rcna186338

* "Trump promises to undo Biden lame-duck drilling ban:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/06/congress/donald-trump-drilling-ban-00196667

Biden should have done this four years ago, but doing it at all adds to things Trump has to remember to undo. Anything that slows Trump even a little is still something, given how lazy he is and the long list of things he has planned.

* "Fed officials are worried about the inflation impacts from Trump’s policies, minutes show:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/08/fed-minutes-january-2025.html

* "Watch Kamala Harris keep her cool on a day of contrasts at U.S. Senate with warm moments and not-so-warm ones:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kamala-harris-swearing-in-senators

* "Speaker Mike Johnson quietly enacts ‘cruel’ anti-transgender bathroom ban in U.S. House of Representatives:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republican-house-transgender-bathrooms

Asshole soaked up the good press for not doing it, then did it quietly, hoping no one would notice.

* "Republican Sen. Tuberville wants to ban trans girls from school sports...again:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gop-tuberville-transgender-sports

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

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

Please add more below if you have them.

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

Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

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

To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* This is some bullshit. The Republican War on free and fair elections continues. They have no proof of fraudulent voting, but they are blocking it anyway because they want to illegally stack the court. "GOP-controlled N.C. Supreme Court blocks certification of Democrat as winner of close high court race:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-supreme-court-blocks-certification-democrat-winner-clos-rcna186662

* "Oregon swears in first LGBTQ+ treasurer, Dr. Elizabeth Steiner:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/oregon-lgbtq-treasurer

* "Idaho Republicans file resolution to repeal marriage equality:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/idaho-republicans-marriage-equality-challenge

* "George Santos wins sentencing delay in fraud case, but less than he asked for:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-wins-sentencing-delay

* "Judge finds Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court in defamation case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rudy-giuliani-resume-testimony-contempt-hearing-defamation-case-rcna186216

* "Why I'm quitting the Washington Post:" https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post

* "Winning coalitions aren't always governing coalitions:" https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/06/how-the-sausage-gets-made/

NOTE: I am moving the Trump section up the page soon, but I'm waiting until the hand over on the 20th.

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* Consequences. "Honduras Threatens US Military Bases Over Trump's Mass Deportations:" https://www.newsweek.com/honduras-threatens-shut-down-us-military-bases-mass-deportations-2009110

* "Trump's anti-immigrant agenda ensures confrontation from day one as opponents prepare:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-anti-immigrant-agenda-ensures-confrontation-from-day-one-as-opponents-prepare-228633669599

* "Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Can he do that?:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-gulf-of-mexico-bc438f4feca1234475a1adef99344da7

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene champions bill on 'Gulf of America' name change:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/marjorie-taylor-greene-champions-bill-on-gulf-of-america-name-change-228830277766

* "Trump Says America Could Use Military to Seize Other Nations:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-america-military-seize-greenland-panama-1235227860/

* "'Obviously ridiculous': Trump veers into bizarre fixation on adding neighboring countries as states:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-obviously-ridiculous-trump-veers-into-bizarre-fixation-on-adding-neighboring-countries-as-states-228743237795

* "'It ain't gonna happen': Himes blasts Trump's empire ambitions as distraction ploy:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/-it-ain-t-gonna-happen-himes-blasts-trump-s-empire-ambitions-as-distraction-ploy-228747845533

* "Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardon Promise Would Put Police-Assaulters Back On The Streets:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-pardons-police-assaulters-jan-6_n_676d685de4b05de1fe06963c

* "After taunting Panama, Trump taps ambassador for the country:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/25/trump-cabrera-panama-ambassador-00196034

* In case you don't know the history and need a Trump panama lie debunking. "Yes, US Used to Own the Panama Canal. Here's the History:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/08/trump-panama-canal-history/

* I don't directly link the Washington Post lightly, but I thought some people might want to read the full text instead of a summary. "Joe Biden: What Americans should remember about Jan. 6:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/05/president-biden-jan-6-democracy/

* "Biden calls on Americans not to forget Jan 6 attack:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-calls-americans-not-forget-jan-6-attack-2025-01-06/

* "Four years later: The unapologetic nature of Trump's political renaissance is an ongoing menace:" https://www.slowboring.com/p/four-years-later

* "As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed':" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/05/nx-s1-5200594/jan-6-attack-capitol-riot-victims-violence

* "Trump’s Propaganda Victory: The Rewriting Of Jan. 6:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-jan-6-lost-cause_n_67786658e4b03c84a28dacd5

* "He Got Away With It: Donald Trump instigated a violent attack on the Capitol. In two weeks, he’ll be sworn in as president at the very same building:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-got-away-with-instigating-jan-6-capitol-attack-1235226493/

* "Maddow: January 6 becomes marker of Trump's degradation of wall between violence and politics:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-january-6-becomes-marker-of-trump-s-degradation-of-wall-between-violence-and-politics-228631621688

* "Our National Day of Shame: Four years later, the shock of that day is replaced by the shock of how that day has become accepted.:" https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-national-day-of-shame

* "The Looming Danger of Trump’s January 6 Pardons:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/trump-pardons-january6-insurrection-congress-security/

* "Statement of Cardinal Robert McElroy on the announcement of his appointment as archbishop of Washington:" https://www.cathstan.org/local/statement-of-cardinal-robert-mcelroy-on-the-announcement-of-his-appointment-as-archbishop-of-washington

* "New D.C. Catholic archbishop is pro-LGBTQ+ and anti-Trump:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pro-lgbtq-dc-archbishop

* "Donald Trump’s endless assault on our nation is exhausting. But complacency is not an option.:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/donald-trumps-endless-assault-on-our-nation-is-exhausting-but-complacency-is-not-an-option/

* "Donald Trump’s “Shock and Awe” Campaign:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trumps-shock-and-awe-campaign

* "Trump invites House Republicans to Mar-a-Lago ahead of inauguration:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-invites-house-republicans-mar-lago-rcna186296

* "Trump mulls economic emergency declaration to back universal tariff plans, CNN reports:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/trump-mulls-national-economic-emergency-declaration-allow-new-tariff-program-cnn-2025-01-08/

* "A Complete Guide to Trump's Cabinet Appointees:" https://www.snopes.com/articles/468475/trump-cabinet-appointees/

* "Donald Trump nominates lesbian Fox News host Tammy Bruce, who said Democrats fund creating 'mutants':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/donald-trump-nominates-tammy-bruce

* The suspicions are true. "Trump's Team Was Fed Questions by Fox News Insider Before Town Hall: Book:" https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-iowa-town-hall-fox-news-2012072

* "Watchdog group accuses RFK Jr. of voter fraud:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/rfk-voter-ny-accusations-00196984

* "Watchdog finds signs politics drove Trump DOJ’s probes of pandemic nursing home deaths:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/07/watchdog-finds-signs-politics-drove-trump-doj-probes-pandemic-nursing-home-deaths-002055

* It isn't her jurisdiction. If we still had rule of law she wouldn't have a say. "Cannon temporarily blocks release of Jack Smith report:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/07/aileen-cannon-blocks-jack-smith-report-release-00196863

* If they don't release it before Trump takes power it will likely disappear, hence the urgency. "Justice Department wants to release only part of its report on Trump cases:" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/g-s1-41562/jack-smith-trump-appeal

* "Trump moves to cancel hush money sentencing on Friday:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/06/trump-moves-to-cancel-hush-money-sentencing-on-friday-00196589

* "Alito, Trump spoke a day before Supreme Court filing in hush-money case:" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/g-s1-41551/trump-supreme-court-hush-money-case-sentencing

* "Trump frantic to slow wheels of justice until he is safe in the White House:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-frantic-to-slow-wheels-of-justice-until-he-is-safe-in-the-white-house-228746309609

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* "New Orleans gay bars feel impact of Bourbon Street terror attack:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/new-orleans-terror-attack

* "McDonald's ends some DEI practices, cites SCOTUS ruling and 'other companies' (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/news/mcdonalds-ends-dei-practices

* "More companies than ever have this DEI practice, despite anti-LGBTQ+ push:" https://www.advocate.com/news/companies-with-dei-hrc-cei

* CW: Child Abuse. "Former Virginia nurse charged with felony child abuse amid probe into NICU babies suffering 'unexplained fractures':" https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-virginia-nurse-charged-felony-child-abuse-amid/story?id=117425169

* "TERFs, Trans Mascs, and Two Steve Feminism:" https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/terfs-trans-mascs-and-two-steve-feminism/

* "Only 0.1 percent of youth receive gender-affirming meds: study:" https://www.advocate.com/health/gender-affirming-care-youth-rare

* "Hayes: The trans population is far smaller than the right would have you believe:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-the-trans-population-is-far-smaller-than-the-right-would-have-you-believe-228830277832

* "Russian man fined for joking that he started international LGBTQ+ movement:" https://www.advocate.com/news/russian-fined-lgbtq-propaganda

* "Defense Dept. reaches settlement with vets discharged under 'don't ask, don't tell' and earlier ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/discharged-troops-settlement-dadt

* "Eight California sheriff's deputies sacked for covering up a fellow officer's attack on trans man:" https://www.advocate.com/news/police-beating-trans-man-coverup

* "New Orleans activists fundraise to replace stolen plaque remembering an arson that killed 32 queer people:" https://www.advocate.com/news/upstairs-lounge-fire-plaque-fundraiser

Fundraiser here: https://www.eservicepayments.com/cgi-bin/Vanco_ver3.vps?appver3=tYgT1GfNxRUldiimjHMvOQ43yt9fYqgnnIoZwKBOirW1q4qJDDuf89STNCYkcYRM2evTpo0mld6BrVzd2nG0p0DFqXx82BKqCdJwvoK-S_8=&ver=3

* "Breaking down barriers in mental health equity:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/lgbtq-youth-mental-health

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* "Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control in and around Los Angeles and homes are destroyed:" https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-b565a3bd043d6444820f1571b2307bf1

* "'So little water': California firefighters struggle as hoses run dry:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-so-little-water-california-firefighters-struggle-as-hoses-run-dry-228842565698

* "Photos capture how wildfires ravaged through Southern California:" https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60

* "It’s not really the right time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?:" https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5

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* "Meet the gay man helping FEMA fight misinformation during natural disasters:" https://www.advocate.com/people/fema-justin-knighten-gay-communication

* "How the Arrival of an Endangered Bird Indicates What’s Possible for the L.A. River:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-the-arrival-of-an-endangered-bird-indicates-whats-possible-for-the-la-river-180985390/

* "Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks:" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/apple_enhanced_visual_search/

* "The danger of Meta’s big fact-checking changes:" https://www.vox.com/politics/393863/meta-mark-zuckerberg-fact-checking-trump

* "What LGBTQ+ people should know about Meta’s new rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/meta-policies-lgbtq-attacks

* "Hayes: Zuckerberg and tech execs cozying up to Trump is chilling—but 'very clarifying':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-zuckerberg-and-tech-execs-cozying-up-to-trump-is-chilling-but-very-clarifying-228723781895

* "Meta blocked teens from seeing LGBTQ+ content on Instagram: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/instagram-blocked-teens-lgbtq

* "The Ocean Teems With Networks of Interconnected Bacteria:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ocean-teems-with-networks-of-interconnected-bacteria-20250106/

* "Inside the hands-on lab of an experimental archaeologist:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/inside-the-hands-on-lab-of-an-experimental-archaeologist/

* "When Picasso Was Arrested for Stealing the “Mona Lisa”:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/13/when-picasso-was-arrested-for-stealing-the-mona-lisa?

* "Women’s Work: Fighting to Serve — Black Nurses in World War II:" https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/12/womens-work-fighting-to-serve-black-nurses-in-world-war-ii/

* Good news! "Jean-Marie Le Pen, French fiery far-right leader, dies at 96:" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251155/jean-marie-le-pen-france-obit

* "Sheldon 'Turner' Freeman, gay D.C. librarian and activist, dead at 64:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-librarian-turner-freeman-obituary

* "How Do Igloos Keep People Warm?:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/how-igloos-stay-warm

* "Cry about it: The tradition of town criers is slowly dwindling in Canada. But those who are left vow to cry to their last breath.:" https://archive.ph/9PCB6#selection-2685.0-2685.115

* I'm really struggling with the physio right now. My body insists it is injured from the eye thing, which is still giving me headaches when I read, etc., plus the weather is the kind of variable that really messes with my AS. I suspect Tavy wanting to sit on my shoulder for hours at a time is not helping.

Monday, Goth Millennial came with me to the eye doctor and the trip back was slow and dramatic because the fog was occasionally a real pea souper. The regular eye doctor is across town from where I live and we stuck to surface streets because the fog was so bad.

While it's nice they give us this big frame allowance rather than make us pick from six government frames as they used to, there is no world in which I'd use the whole frame allowance and if they'd let me use the extra for things like (required) bifocals and (required) ultra lights I absolutely need the glasses would be free instead of a major expense I struggle to cover. On the upside, a benefactor set an end of year gift that should cover them and the car tax this month, plus the stupid HOA fee they charged me because they fucked up payments in December. This is good as not being behind in Housing Tax season is essential and that comes next.

You may notice I posted very little on Monday if you were on Tumblr even by my Monday and Tuesday standards. That's because the headache was so bad I just gave up and went to bed early. I ended up staying there 15-16 hours and still being kind of crap Thursday evening.

On the upside I found the missing library books. It turns out I'd put them in a bag to go back and the one cleaner visit between June and November resulted in them getting moved on top of the cardboard boxes where I keep medium term document storage. (I don't want to move things to long term for a year because periodically a bureaucracy thing will require something and it's better to have it close to hand. Occasionally I need long term storage things, but it's rare. I actually need to clear out long term storage paperwork, but I can't physically do it by myself, so some boxes end up staying longer than seven years. Sigh. Boxes all get dates so I know when things are safe to get rid of).

Anyway, no wonder we couldn't find the missing books despite a couple months of searching. We were looking in logical places, like my car or my bedroom. If you combine camouflage with non-intuitive placement the things might as well have been invisible. I only worked it out because I did the math on when they had to have been lost and realized the could have been moved that one particular week while outgoing instead of incoming or in a reading location. I'd checked them off in my head when I bagged them and put them where I'd grab them on the way out the door, then assumed they were on the way back as i hadn't had time to read them what with everything that had been going on.

Sigh. I didn't make it out when the library was still open, but I did turn them in at the night drop so there's eighty dollars I don't owe after all.

I am so tired and everything hurts so, so much.

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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.

* "We have a right to safety, privacy, and protest. Say no to mask bans.:" https://www.stopmaskbans.com/

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

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

* "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund:" https://victoryfund.org/

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* Disaster Preparedness stuff from the US Government: https://www.ready.gov/publications

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

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

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

( More Links Underneath: )

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* Please tell the Whitehouse anything you want them to do while there is still time: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

* "Resources for helping Gaza, Sudan and Congo:" https://www.tumblr.com/swallowedabug/758070860436439040?source=share

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* "Israel’s move into Golan Heights demilitarised zone:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SYRIA-SECURITY/MAPS/myvmbxdgwpr/#israels-move-into-golan-heights-demilitarised-zone

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* "An elaborate global system exists to prevent famine. It’s failing.:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/famine-response-overview/

* "Hundreds of arrests and mysterious beatings as Georgia cracks down on pro-EU protests:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hundreds-arrests-mysterious-beatings-georgia-cracks-down-pro-eu-protests-2024-12-11/

* "Women despair over Taliban rules, but many Afghan returnees don’t see it:" https://archive.ph/QbWSV#selection-494.0-494.1

* "Ayman: Why did it take this long for Assad’s regime in Syria to collapse?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ayman-why-did-it-take-this-long-for-assad-s-regime-in-syria-to-collapse-226786373533

* "A look at the political storm caused by South Korean president’s martial law decree:" https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-impeachment-turmoil-timeline-336b2e3defa5c4e36221ca08ae75cbc7

* "South Korea opposition leader urges president's party to back impeachment over martial law:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-opposition-leader-lee-says-impeaching-yoon-best-way-restore-order-2024-12-13/

* "K-pop light sticks fire up Yoon's impeachment protests in South Korea:" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/k-pop-light-sticks-fire-up-impeachment-protests-south-korea-2024-12-10/

* These are refugees. "Dominican Republic Is Deporting Haitians In Trucks With Built-in Cages In Immigration Crackdown:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dominican-republic-is-deporting-haitians-in-trucks-with-built-in-cages-in-immigration-crackdown/ar-AA1vCCDL

* "Chinese espionage campaign scooped up data on thousands of US mobile phone users, sources say:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/chinese-espionage-campaign-scooped-data-thousands-us-mobile/story?id=116439853

* "The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back: In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/01/hawaii-monarchy-overthrow-independence/680759/

* "Ex-Judges Join Push for Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences:" https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ex-judges-join-push-for-biden-to-commute-federal-death-sentences

* As of this writing, it's not the death penalty cases yet, so now might be a good time to let Biden know. "Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people. Some say he could do a lot more:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/12/nx-s1-5226683/biden-commutations-pardons

* "Interior Sec. Deb Haaland - Honoring Native American History & Gift to Biden | The Daily Show:"

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* "FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/smirnov-bidens-plea-agreement-00194004

* "US Supreme Court may limit environmental reviews in Utah railway fight:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-examines-utah-railway-environmental-review-fight-2024-12-10/

* "US v Skrmetti is a public health disaster:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/us-v-skrmetti

* "Trans Kids Are On The Chopping Block:"

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* "BREAKING: U.S. House passes defense spending bill with anti-trans provision:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-trans-defense-bill-advances

* "Gay Democrat is lone LGBTQ+ vote in Congress for anti-trans national defense bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/chris-pappas-supports-transphobic-bill

* "40+ senators oppose anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion provisions in spending bills:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/senators-oppose-anti-lgbtq-ndaa

Remember how we spent all last year and the early part of this one fighting this sort of thing where they slip anti-bodily autonomy stuff into must pass funding bills?

Here we are again. Please, call your critters in the Senate, whether Republican or Democrat. Democrats actually had our backs through these fights in the last few years, but it's not guaranteed given the scapegoating in the press, so call Democratic critters too help stiffen their spines. Thank them if they are standing up for bodily autonomy; tell them your opinion if they aren't. Express support for trans healthcare as well as abortion

If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

* Women in the Open misogyny/Women should be subordinate and have no say in anything party shocked SHOCKED that the party is misogynist and won't let them have a say in anything. "Republican women annoyed GOP Congress won't let them run committees: report:" https://www.rawstory.com/republican-women-in-congress/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHISwVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdNfhvGLyRp5kBd98UrRP1ZhVjp2l_prDktsdkOxjaKP2d0ahXu54TmElw_aem_VSofeM4qZMNmHyTXyABnRQ&sfnsn=mo

* "Ocasio-Cortez launches bid for top role on Oversight, as some Dems predict she’ll win:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/06/congress/ocasio-cortez-prepares-oversight-bid-00193010

* "Donald Trump says he won’t debate trans bathroom use affecting ‘very small number of people’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trans-bathroom-ban-donald-trump

One. One person in particular. They singled out Sarah McBride to prevent her peeing safely at work.

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

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

Please add more below if you have them.

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

Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

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

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

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

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* "North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto of bill to strip power from incoming Democratic officials:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-republican-override-veto-democrat-governor-rcna183703

* "Elections board dismisses Republican protests in close North Carolina races:" https://abc11.com/post/elections-board-dismisses-republican-protests-close-north-carolina-races/15642973/

* "Texas City Council that targeted LGBTQ+ people gets voted out — and replaced with first gay member:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-odessa-first-gay-city-council-member

* "Nancy Mace gets prominent foster care activist arrested on assault charges that eyewitnesses dispute:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/nancy-mace-disputed-assault-claims

* "Who is Scott Presler? The gay conservative even the RNC won't employ:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/who-is-scott-presler

* "Court ruling sends jolt through the core of U.S. conservatives, Fox News 'Trump staffing agency':" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/court-ruling-sends-jolt-through-the-core-of-u-s-conservatives-fox-news-trump-staffing-agency-226736197803

* "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Making Government Deliver:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sen-bernie-sanders-on-making-government-deliver/id1583132133?i=1000679319133

* "Free Idea: No Democratic Votes For Loyalty-Tested Republicans:" https://www.offmessage.net/p/no-democratic-votes-for-loyalty-test-republicans

* "‘Enraging’: Hayes slams lawmakers, billionaires for submitting to Trump in advance:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-enraging-hayes-slams-lawmakers-billionaires-for-submitting-to-trump-in-advance-226951749754

* "The triumph of anti-identity-politics identity politics:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-triumph-of-anti-identity-politics-identity-politics/ar-AA1vCC9Z

* "Conservatism in the Trump 2.0 Years with McKay Coppins:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conservatism-in-the-trump-2-0-years-with-mckay-coppins/id1382983397?i=1000678257096

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* "Trump Invited Chinese President Xi Jinping And Other World Leaders To Inauguration—Here’s Why That’s Unprecedented:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/12/13/trump-invited-chinese-president-xi-jinping-and-other-world-leaders-to-inauguration-heres-why-thats-unprecedented/

* "Trump picks China hawk to be top State Department economic policy official: Jacob Helberg was a strong advocate for a bill forcing China’s ByteDance to sell its social media platform TikTok.:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/10/congress/trump-picks-china-hawk-helberg-to-be-top-state-department-economic-policy-official-00193683

* Trump continues to go after our traditional allies, presumably as part of the pivot to make us a Russian puppet state. "Trump calls Trudeau ‘governor’ of ‘the Great State of Canada’ in overnight posts:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/10/congress/trump-calls-trudeau-governor-of-the-great-state-of-canada-in-overnight-posts-00193442

* "Donald Trump Will Need a Police State to Implement His Agenda:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/biden-trump-federal-power-police-state/

* Yet he voted for him anyway. "Mitch McConnell Bashes Trump’s Entire Philosophy in New Interview:" https://newrepublic.com/post/189298/mitch-mcconnell-criticize-trump-america-first

* "Pete Hegseth really doesn’t like LGBTQ+ people in the military:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-hegseth-prefers-dadt

* "Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his:" https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-politics-trump-7e26c829af224a1f9d67c27cea085e68

* "MAGA pressure on GOP senators over Trump Cabinet picks shows signs of paying off:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/maga-pressure-senators-trump-cabinet-picks-shows-early/story?id=116652141

* "Republican Says Trump Is Warning GOP: Don't Get on 'Naughty List':" https://www.newsweek.com/republican-says-trump-warning-gop-dont-get-naughty-list-2000086

* "Trump moves to steamroll Senate Republicans in bid to build 'disruptive' administration:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-moves-to-steamroll-senate-republicans-in-bid-to-build-disruptive-administration-227063365869

* "Homan tells Democrats to ‘get the hell out of the way’ on immigration:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/09/congress/border-czars-tough-talk-00193416

* "Trump plans to scrap policy restricting ICE arrests at churches, schools and hospitals:" https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/trump-scrap-restriction-ice-arrests-churches-schools-rcna183688

* "Trump will use military for deportations up to 'maximum' legal level; pardons for J6 defendants 'in first nine minutes':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-named-time-magazines-person-year/story?id=116719244

Using the military for law enforcement on US soil is very illegal of course, but the Supreme Court officially ended rule of law and made him in essence an absolute monarch, so....

* "FBI Director Wray to resign at end of Biden administration:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/11/g-s1-33710/trump-fbi-wray-resigns

* "Trump's FBI pick to bring 'deep state' paranoia to organization he holds in contempt:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-fbi-pick-to-bring-deep-state-paranoia-to-organization-he-holds-in-contempt-226860101869

* "‘The bureau is in trouble’: J. Edgar Hoover biographer reacts to FBI director resigning:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-bureau-is-in-trouble-j-edgar-hoover-biographer-reacts-to-fbi-director-resigning-226840645845

* "Trump’s attempt to rewrite history of January 6 instead adds new chapter of corruption:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-s-attempt-to-rewrite-history-of-january-6-instead-adds-new-chapter-of-corruption-227066437752

* "Raskin reacts to Trump saying Jan. 6 committee members ‘should go to jail’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/raskin-reacts-to-trump-saying-jan-6-committee-members-should-go-to-jail-226843717556

* "Trump picks Kari Lake to lead Voice of America:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/11/congress/kari-lake-to-voa-00193921

She's spent the last 4 years lying and lying in public and she's going to destroy VOA by changing it from a balanced source of fact based news into a propaganda arm.

* "Trump promises expedited permits for $1 billion US investment:" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/10/trump-expedited-permits-1-billion-environment

* "What to know about Billy Long, the ex-congressman and auctioneer Trump wants to head the IRS:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-irs-billy-long-auctioneer-congressman-werfel-what-to-know/

* "Here’s Trillions in Federal Waste the DOGE Bros Could Actually Target: Because what’s more wasteful than giant tax breaks for people who don’t need them?:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/doge-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-department-government-inefficiency-waste-federal-spending-deficit-reduction/

* This is how you get the next Great Depression. "Trump advisers seek to shrink or eliminate bank regulators, WSJ reports:" https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-advisers-seek-shrink-or-eliminate-bank-regulators-wsj-reports-2024-12-13/

* "Hayes: Trump and his billionaire friends have ‘amnesia’ about this issue:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-trump-and-his-billionaire-friends-have-amnesia-about-this-issue-227057221859

* "Trump Is Starting to Walk Back His Vow to Bring Down Grocery Prices:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-walks-back-vow-grocery-prices-1235202052/

* "Trump already walking back core campaign promise on prices, inflation:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-already-walking-back-core-campaign-promise-on-prices-inflation-226960453535

In fact, he's promised to dismantle Biden's anti-greedflation mission at the FTC and do everything possible to raise prices with his tariffs and other economic policies.

* "Donald Trump Controls a Publicly Traded Company. Now He Will Pick Its Regulator.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-media-truth-social-sec-securities-exchange-commission

* "77 Nobel Prize Winners Write Message To The Senate: Don’t Confirm RFK Jr.:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nobel-laureates-letter-senate_n_6757d39ee4b0012be3fdf074

He is going to kill so many people.

* Who knew Mitch McConnell had a limit? "McConnell decries ‘dangerous’ polio vaccine skeptics amid RFK Jr. report:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mcconnell-decries-dangerous-polio-vaccine-skeptics-amid-rfk-jr-report-227056709560

* "Exclusive: RFK Jr.'s secret push to prove CIA killed uncle:" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/rfk-jr-cia-jfk-kennedy-assassination-amaryllis-fox

* "Tech moguls Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg donate to Trump's inauguration fund:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5227874/trump-bezos-zuckerberg-amazon-facebook-open-ai-meta-inauguration-fund

* "Musk weighs in on Meta after Zuckerberg’s company donates $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/12/congress/musk-and-zuck-00194010

Remember how Trump and his cronies were reported to have pocketed more than they spent on the inauguration last time? These are essentially legal bribes.

* "Billionaires courting Trump paint picture of oligarchy to come:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/billionaires-courting-trump-paint-picture-of-oligarchy-to-come-226975813860

* "A New George Santos Just Dropped. His Name Is Massad Boulos.:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/massad-boulos-trump-mideast-advisor.html

* "Kimberly Guilfoyle is the latest Trump family ally chosen for an ambassadorship:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/11/nx-s1-5225390/trump-kimberly-guilfoyle-ambassador-greece

* "Trump’s energy secretary pick once drank bleach to defend fracking:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-s-energy-secretary-pick-once-drank-bleach-to-defend-fracking-226955845774

* It is so gross to use someone else's image without her permission to sell something, but Trump is notoriously against women having the right to consent. "Trump uses photo of himself with first lady Jill Biden to announce new fragrance line:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fragrance-jill-biden-fight-fight-fight-perfumes-cologne/

* "Donald Trump's lesbian niece Mary Trump slams him as 'deeply ignorant, cruel man':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/mary-trump-donald-trump-birthright-citizenship

* "Manhattan DA urges judge not to toss out guilty verdict in Trump hush money case:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/10/bragg-trump-hush-money-verdict-election-000314

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* "FBI didn’t deploy undercover agents on Jan. 6, watchdog report finds, undercutting conspiracy theories:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/fbi-jan-6-undercover-agents-inspector-general-report-00194036

* "A leaked video of UnitedHealth CEO defending denial practices sparks more online backlash:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/leaked-video-unitedhealth-ceo-defending-183000779.html

* Well, fuck. "Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion's bid for Infowars:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5224170/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion-bankruptcy-judge

* "Warren on UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing: ‘People can only be pushed so far’: The Massachusetts lawmaker condemned the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but added that the visceral reaction online should be a “warning” to the industry.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/11/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-00193776

* "You Don't Need to Be Luigi Mangione to Hate United Healthcare:"

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* I remain furious about this. "Former US Marine found not guilty in fatal New York subway choking:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-marine-found-not-guilty-fatal-new-york-subway-choking-media-report-2024-12-09/
eacher suspended for LGBTQ+ books in her classroom sues school district:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ohio-teacher-lgbtq-books-lawsuit

* "Wisconsin man who killed girlfriend for having sex with another woman will now be tried for attacking guard:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/richard-stoka-wisconsin-new-charges

* "An Oregon teacher was chastised for supporting LGBTQ+ students. She sued and won $90,000:" https://www.advocate.com/news/oregon-steacher-whistleblower-lgbtq-lawsuit

* "Virginia Republicans vote to take control of local library after losing fight to remove LGBTQ+ books:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/samuels-library-front-royal-challenge

* Hint: TERFs are not feminists. They are anti-feminist racists. "JK Rowling Has Done it AGAIN!:"

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* CW: Sexual Misconduct. "PinkNews leaders Benjamin Cohen and his husband, Anthony James, accused of sexual misconduct: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pinknews-bbc-sex

* CW: Rape. "Former Texas park ranger charged with luring and sexually assaulting gay men:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/park-ranger-charged-assault

* Children will die because the UK government decided a biased TERF report biased on bad science over actual science. "U.K. bans puberty blockers for trans youth indefinitely:" https://www.advocate.com/news/uk-bans-puberty-blockers-indefinitel

* "Trans Kids Deserve Better:" https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support

* "Supporting the Crick Kids:" https://chuffed.org/project/115124-supporting-the-crick-kids

* "Montana Supreme Court upholds block on gender-affirming care ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/montana-trans-care-ban-blocked

* "Judge approves settlement in landmark LGBTQ+ fertility case:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-fertility-case-settlement

* "Hospitals Gave Women Medications During Childbirth—Then Reported Them for Using Illicit Drugs:" https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/12/hospitals-gave-women-medications-during-childbirth-then-reported-them-for-using-illicit-drugs/

* "Teenagers are behind a rash of antigay crimes that have been tied to dating apps:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/antigay-crimes-sydney-australia

* "LGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-parents-adopt-children-trump

* "Hate crimes skyrocket in Los Angeles, especially targeting LGBTQ+ people:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/anti-lgbtq-hate-crimes-skyrocket-la

* "Mistrial declared in case of missing Black gay Ole Miss student Jimmie ‘Jay’ Lee:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/jimmie-lee-murder-mistrial

* "A Washington city council cuts a pizza program for LGBTQ+ youth after concerns about turning kids transgender:" https://www.advocate.com/news/washington-community-lgbtq-youth-support

* "An Alabama city banned an LGBTQ+ Pride float from its Christmas parade. It marched anyways:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-pride-float-christmas-parade

* "Poland's first-ever LGBTQ+ museum opens: 'For you and about you':" https://www.advocate.com/world/poland-lgbtq-museum

* "Why LGBTQ+ youth have high rate of mental health struggles and how to address them:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-mental-health-tracker

* "Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV:" https://newrepublic.com/article/188772/big-pharma-greed-hiv-drugs

* "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in Sioux County, Iowa:" https://www.agriculture.com/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-detected-in-sioux-county-8758078

* "Medicare Paid Insurers Billions for Questionable Home Diagnoses, Watchdog Finds:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/insurance/medicare-paid-insurers-billions-for-questionable-home-diagnoses-watchdog-finds/ar-AA1sP5jl

* "Eat What you Kill: Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-st-peters-hospital-oncology

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* "Is climate change lighting a fuse under Iceland's volcanoes?:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-glacier-volcanoes/

* "Death by water, burial by mud. Images of Spain’s floods of the century:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-spain-valencia-photo-gallery-af444afb79ad40dd4a01e9dcfa95d2ba

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* "How a Team of Gophers Restored Mount St. Helens After Its Catastrophic Eruption With Less Than a Day of Digging:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-a-team-of-gophers-restored-mount-st-helens-after-its-catastrophic-eruption-with-less-than-a-day-of-digging-180985459/

* "Appeals court upholds TikTok ban, declining to block law that would force sale:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-ban-appeals-court-congress/

* "Keeping Your Personal Data Safe in the Age of Trump:" https://www.wired.com/story/politics-lab-keeping-your-personal-data-safe/

* "Monarch butterfly proposed for listing under the US Endangered Species Act:" https://xerces.org/press/monarch-butterfly-proposed-for-listing-under-us-endangered-species-act

* "When Songbird Couples Split: A warming climate may cause more bird couples to break up.:" https://nautil.us/when-songbird-couples-split-1168056/?

* "Medieval Daily Life on Birchbark:" https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medieval-daily-life-on-birchbark/

* "Self-Publishing and the Black American Narrative:" https://daily.jstor.org/self-publishing-black-american-narrative/?preview_id=320102

* "All about the nation's first gay rights group, the Society for Human Rights, founded 100 years ago:" https://www.advocate.com/news/first-gay-rights-group

* "Millions are reading a teen’s account of life and war. It’s from 1945.:" https://archive.ph/By0Rr#selection-476.0-476.1

* "The Soul of 1970s Harlem as Seen Through Jack Garofalo’s Camera:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/harlem-photographed-by-jack-garofalo/

* CW: Pedophilia. "Waco Primer:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waco-primer/id1762494071?i=1000676606879

* "How To Lose A Rap Battle:"

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* The fundraiser is over. I want to tank everyone has helped since September. This has been a terrible year for all of us and it means so much to me that you are here.

* Amoung the Too Many Things that maid up my Wednesday, I went to get vaccinated. Yes, I know my Doctor suggested I should wait for February after my September COVID, according to current guidelines, but I am worried that that all vaccines may be banned by that point, if the Republicans fulfill their threats. I don't want to get caught in what I suspect will be a rush for boosters in January by people who are aware of the planned vaccine ban.

Sure, it might not happen, but this is one of the areas where they can move without Congress and there isn't much stopping them, so I decided on caution. I take vaccination seriously and there is a reason I was classed group 1B during initial vaccine roll out. I'm a medically fragile person who had to mask against things like influenza before 2020. I made it four and a half years before catching it, I'd rather not catch it again, as I am still tired from my first bout in September and I'd rather not lose any more function. I'd get an RSV vaccine if they'd let me. I have all my other shots.

So I was down at the poverty clinic pharmacy chatting with the guy giving me my shot, who has been there, I think, a couple decades, so I'm a familiar face. So I mentioned my worries about the public health policy situation to see how they were taking it at Poverty clinic.

He had a lot to say, not surprisingly. They are frightened and furious. They rely on grants and are absolutely essential to the healthcare infrastructure of the city. In my opinion, they are absolutely irreplaceable. They serve the poor and other marginalized communities. They've been essential to providing healthcare to the HIV+ population since the '80's, they are a hub for trans healthcare for several counties, they are queer friendly generally and safe, they have lots of immigrant services and translators, they do a lion's share of health care and dentistry for the homeless population. Him: We save lives here. I don't know what will happen if we lose our grants and close.

Me either, Sir. Me either.

* The asshole agency started sending cleaners again the back half of November. As they only sent one person for a two hour shift, not counting the lady who lied she was going to get gloves and drove away, between early June and then (The time we needed them most), I had a fuckton of hours that go away at the end of the year. I've been scheduling them twice a week and to my absolute shock they've been sending them. O.o I had five extra hours even so, so I scheduled a couple extra Mondays because of the holidays.

One of them is amazing, so I set it up so she gets first shot at my hours. Seriously, she's a delight. She's lonely and has hinted at maybe wanting to be friends outside of work. I'd invite her to join the friend group if she could bubble, but she has kids, so it wouldn't be safe, unfortunately. (Don't worry, we both mask for her visits). I sent her home with three full boxes of food forage sent us that neither we nor the Millennials could use, two boxes of which have been in my car since inspection because we needed to take them to donate. Better they go to a single Mom I know and like, I figure.

Part of why my original standard cleaner day for Friday morning is that the forage boxes usually arrive while cleaners are there and they can haul them inside and I can offer them things like the extra eggs (Squirrel isn't allowed to have them and I can only use whites in a baking context because my body can't handle an egg white omelette even so I never need more than one carton. I am always asking visiting Millennials if they want eggs.), or vegetables we are allergic to, or canned goods we have a surplus of or can't use for medical reasons, etc.. Some take them, some don't. My feeling is people who aren't poor don't take jobs like this. Poor people have to look out for each other.

The thing is, I needed to take a Millennial to a thing to sort out an ongoing thing left over from late last summer. The place closes at five which meant between 3/12- 4 Hours sleep for me. I am exhausted, but it was worth it. I do need to take them back a couple more times, but it is actually sorted out in a satisfactory way. We stopped at the good grocery on the way back and I got good tomatoes for sandwiches, which I had been wanting to do, but was too tired last couple of days what with the HOA drama and the booster shot. As Covid vaccine goes, this wasn't too bad and is noticeably less severe than this years flu shot was. I can live with extra tired, and slightly congested. I frequently do that without any vaccines. It's certainly better than a second bout of Covid would be.

I am not looking forward to figuring out how to get my flu and Covid boosters in Canada next year if they are banned. Sigh. That is next September me's problem, though.

I also had a Firefox crash and they no longer let you have access to a "restore session" button. I spent a couple hours reconstructing, but I suspect some news was lost and it is possible I may repost news items because I can't remember if they went out already. Apologies.

* "Meanwhile... Oregon's Controversial Googly Eyes | Drain Pipe Cat | Krispy Kreme Hacked:"

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* ""TV Ate my Family": Lance Loud & America's First Reality Show:"

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* "Fashion Doesn't Matter (like it used to):"

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* "Horror Queers: Critters (1986):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critters-1986/id1449041559?i=1000666871969

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* "The Anti-Holiday Rom-Com We Deserve After Surviving 2024 | The Daily Show:"

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* "A History of the Infant Christ Being Given Piggy-Back Rides in Western Art:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/a-history-of-the-infant-christ-being?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5&post_id=152664256&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

* "Reelin’ In The Years – DORK TOWER 27.11.24:" http://www.dorktower.com/2024/11/27/19227/

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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.

* "Trans Kids Deserve Better:" https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/support

* "Here are 26 organizations fighting Donald Trump that you can donate to:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-donald-trump-charities

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

* "Buy Native List:" https://www.beyondbuckskin.com/p/buy-native.html?m=1

* Natural fiber fabric sources to buy from for sewing: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/768880596478984192?source=share

* "Palestine Children’s Relief Fund:" https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery

* Disaster Preparedness stuff from the US Government: https://www.ready.gov/publications

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