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* "General Strike to Take Place Nationwide on April 5: Here’s What Is Impacted:" https://www.newsweek.com/general-strike-nationwide-april-5-affected-11767415

* Once again I'm having to cut it off early because Action Items.

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* "Feuding French Socialists leave presidential prospects in disarray:" https://www.politico.eu/article/french-socialists-party-divisions-2027-election/

* "‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far right:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/bally-bagayoko-austerity-politics-french-mayor-tackling-far-right

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* Normally I try to do a big sampling of protests from around the country, but given my situation and just how bad last week was in incredibly time consuming ways, I'm going to have to limit my No Kings Coverage. About 8 million people showed up, and there were huge gains in red parts of the country. Stay strong. Stay noisy!

* "No Kings protests draw large crowds to rally against Donald Trump:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8wy7g1gd1o

* "‘The more they come down on us, the more we come together’: 14 No Kings protesters on where to go from here:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/30/no-kings-protest-crowds

* "'No Kings' rallies draw crowds across U.S. and Europe as Springsteen headlines Minnesota demonstration:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/no-kings-rallies-draw-crowds-across-u-s-and-europe-as-springsteen-headlines-minnesota-demonstration

* "‘No Kings’ protests held to rally against Trump administration, in photos:" https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/no-kings-minnesota-springsteen-immigration-war-b4ce14b0ab16d148f4fdbe642c20fdb2?

* "No Kings: Vast Throngs Say No to Trump:" https://archive.ph/CN0Gh

* "Photos: 'No Kings' protests across the country:" https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/03/28/g-s1-115637/photos-no-kings-protests-across-the-country

* "5 Takeaways From the ‘No Kings’ Rallies as the Midterms Heat Up:" https://archive.ph/L2yAK

* Transgender activists rally in D.C. as nationwide protests bring out millions:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/transgender-support-rally-no-kings

* "Trump Stronghold Holds Largest Ever ‘No Kings’ Protest:" https://www.newsweek.com/trump-stronghold-holds-largest-ever-no-kings-protest-11752730

* "Macon No Kings event ends abruptly when sheriff tries to address concerns about cooperation with ICE:" https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/03/28/macon-no-kings-event-ends-abruptly-when-sheriff-tries-to-address-concerns-about-cooperation-with-ice/

* "Seattle police estimate at least 75K 'No Kings' protesters marched through downtown Seattle:" https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/protests/where-no-kings-protests-are-happening-this-weekend-western-washington/281-7c1c6f6a-0367-43b5-8538-abf637568c88

* "Thousands turn out — again — as third ‘No Kings’ rallies take over Maryland streets:" https://marylandmatters.org/2026/03/28/thousands-turn-out-again-as-third-no-kings-rallies-take-over-maryland-streets/

* "So you went to a No Kings protest. Now what?:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/29/no-kings-protest-next-steps-activism

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

* "Why all campus workers should join the May Day 2026 General Strike:" https://higheredlaborunited.org/2026/03/26/why-all-campus-workers-should-join-the-may-day-2026-general-strike/

* "Trump warns US will hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over next two to three weeks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/01/trump-warns-u-s-will-hit-iran-extremely-hard-over-next-two-to-three-weeks-00855071

* "Trump fails to reassure investors on Iran war:" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/02/2026/trump-fails-to-reassure-investors-on-iran-war

* "‘Massive political failure’: Hayes, Wallace react to Trump prime-time address:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/massive-political-failure-hayes-wallace-react-to-trump-prime-time-address-2494802499623

* "Trump Says There’s No Money for Daycare Because We Have to Fight Wars:" https://newrepublic.com/post/208523/trump-no-money-daycare-medicare-fight-wars-military

* "White House denigrates non-cisgender people on Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/white-house-trans-day-visibility

* "Over her short tenure as Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi terrorized LGBTQ+ Americans:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pam-bondi-lgbtq-attacks-tenure

* "Trump fires staunch defender Pam Bondi:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pam-bondi-fired-attorney-general

* "Once again, a woman takes the fall for an unpopular president:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/pam-bondi-trump-women-trend

* "Thank goodness Pam Bondi’s abhorrent tenure as AG is over:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/pam-bondi-out

* "Top Oversight Democrat says fired AG Pam Bondi ‘must answer’ for Epstein files:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/robert-garcia-pam-bondi-fired

* "Swalwell denies Bondi leaked to him, says Trump is ‘seeing ghosts’:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/trump-seeing-ghosts-swalwell-denies-bondi-was-fired-over-leaks-to-him-2494971971554

* "The Trump Administration Admits to Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons:" https://transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-administration-admits-to

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* CW: Child Abuse. "Kids can be subjected to harmful 'conversion therapy,’ U.S. Supreme Court rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/scotus-rejects-conversion-therapy-bans

Child Abuse is now legal as the 1st Amendment right for adults to harm children all they want trumps the right to life and to not be abused for children.

* CW: Child Abuse. "The Supreme Court just handed conversion therapy a new license for violence:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/conversion-therapy-scotus-violence

* "Kentucky governor condemns Supreme Court conversion therapy ruling:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/andy-beshear-scotus-conversion-therapy

* "Outrage at Stonewall after Supreme Court voids Colorado's conversion therapy ban:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/stonewall-conversion-therapy-protest

* "Republicans Flirt With Kicking Americans Off Health Care to Fund Iran War:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-health-care-cuts-fund-iran-war-1235538768/

* "Congress eyes DHS shutdown endgame:" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/02/2026/congress-eyes-dhs-shutdown-endgame

* "Trump says he’ll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security. His move bypasses Congress:" https://apnews.com/article/senate-funding-homeland-security-shutdown-4a3e4a3e77bd33213b98888e79a81f51

* "Lindsey Graham seen dining at Disney World, as airport lines grow:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/lindsey-graham-disney-shutdown-photographs

Please call your Senators and encourage them to stay firm.

* "Only some driver’s licenses usable for voter registration under the SAVE America Act:" https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-save-act-identification-register-vote-d11d41b59f943bb72bcdca2d781293b7

I beg you to fight hard against the SAVE America Act because it's likely game over for American Democracy and absolutely deadly for trans people if they win this one.

* The goal of the SAVE Act is to make it illegal on a federal level for married women and trans people and people who can't afford expensive ID to vote.

I am really alarmed I am about to be stripped of my right to vote, that a large portion of Americans are about to be stripped of their right to vote.

Resistance in the Senate is Weakening. Please contact your Senators!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIS is how you move the party further LEFT.

PLAN YOUR VOTE!!!

Primary schedule here:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Idaho governor signs law making transgender bathroom use a felony:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/idaho-trans-bathroom-bill-signed

The goal of this is to make it a felony for trans people to exist in public as trans people can't do things like work or go to school as they need to go home every few hours to pee.

* "The Idaho legislature isn’t governing. It’s hunting transgender people:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/idaho-bathoom-hunting-transgender-people

* "The Idaho legislature isn’t governing. It’s hunting transgender people:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/idaho-bathoom-hunting-transgender-people

* "Idaho’s bathroom bill isn’t just about bathrooms. It never was:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/idaho-bathroom-bill-oped

* "Tennessee House passes de facto transgender registry bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/tennessee-house-transgender-registry

There is no non-genocide reason to do this.

* "Rabbi banned from state senate gallery after protesting anti-trans bill: “I’m doing what God wants”:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/rabbi-banned-from-state-gallery-after-protesting-anti-trans-bill-im-doing-what-god-wants/

* "The Real Origins of the Religious Right:" https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/

* CW: CSA. "The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science:" https://www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-billionaires-eugenics-project-harvard-academia-john-brockman

* "Diversity Is Our Strength:" https://campaign-trails.ghost.io/diversity-is-our-strength/

* "The Incredible Shrinking CPAC:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/the-incredible-shrinking-cpac/

* "CPAC crowd humiliates Trump with cheers for impeachment:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/cpac-crowd-humiliates-trump-with-cheers-for-impeachment-2494170691504

* "Shots fired at Myrtle Beach gay nightclub, one detained:" https://www.advocate.com/news/shooting-myrtle-beach-gay-club

* "Prosecutor Reacts to Afroman Trial:"

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* "Hundreds of corrections being issued for Texas’ Bible-infused curriculum:" https://apnews.com/article/bible-texas-school-curriculum-97c62dba31ea9c68e496a24085b60759

They should not be doing this at all.

* "‘BLOCKADE’: The Right Is Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning:" https://www.404media.co/blockade-the-right-is-using-ai-content-scanners-to-try-to-supercharge-book-banning/

They should not be doing this at all.

* "Fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books, Tennessee librarian says she’d do it again:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/fired-tn-library-director-speaks

* "I have major ethical concerns about the Adolescent and Young Adult Gender Dysphoria Outcomes Study (AYAGDOS):" https://queersciencelab.beehiiv.com/p/i-have-major-ethical-concerns-about-the-adolescent-and-young-adult-gender-dysphoria-outcomes-study-a

* "Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/black-trans-women-modern-lynching

* "As gender-affirming care gets harder to access under Trump, trans people turn to GoFundMe:" https://www.advocate.com/news/people/gofundme-transgender-care-tdov

* "This Trans Day of Visibility, help these 5 trans people afford gender-affirming surgery costs:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/transgender-health-gofundme

* Fuck the IOC! "Olympics cave to Trump, banning transgender women from competition:" https://www.advocate.com/news/olympics-ban-transgender-women

They should not be holding games here. It's not safe for the athletes, coaches, and families.

* "The Olympics Has a New Sex Testing Policy. The Evidence Doesn’t Add Up:" https://www.coyotemedia.org/the-olympics-has-a-new-sex-testing-policy-the-evidence-doesnt-add-up/

* "The Ugly History Behind the Olympics’ New Gender Test:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/olympics-gender-testing-anti-trans-genetic-chromosomes-caster-semenya-nazis/

* "A New, Fungal STI Is Quietly Emerging: Everything You Should Know About TMVII:" https://www.them.us/story/new-fungal-sti-quietly-emerging-what-is-tmvii

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* "Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me:" https://www.theverge.com/podcast/898715/superhuman-grammarly-expert-review-shishir-mehrotra-interview-ai-impersonation

* "OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video App; Disney Drops Plans for $1 Billion Investment:" https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/openai-shutting-down-sora-video-disney-1236698277/

* CW: Suicide. "Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in social media harms trial:" https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5746125/meta-youtube-social-media-trial-verdict

* CW: CSA. "Meta must pay $375 million for violating New Mexico law in child exploitation case, jury rules:" https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/03/24/jury-reaches-verdict-in-meta-child-safety-trial-in-new-mexico.html

* "I Decompiled the White House's New App:" https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app?ICID=ref_fark

* "Witness Caught Using Smartglasses in Court Blames it all on ChatGPT:" https://www.404media.co/witness-caught-using-smartglasses-in-court-blames-it-all-on-chatgpt/

* "FCC bans import of new consumer routers made overseas, citing security risks:" https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/fcc-bans-import-of-new-consumer-routers-made-overseas-citing-security-risks/

* "NASA launches Artemis II astronauts on mission around the moon:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/live-blog/nasa-artemis-ii-launch-time-watch-moon-mission-live-updates-rcna257132

* "See the 'amazing' photos of Earth taken on historic Artemis II moon mission:" https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/photos-artemis-moon-earth-space-rcna266665

* "An Artemis 2 astronaut took a 'bath' on camera on the way to the moon. Mission Control's reaction was priceless (video):" https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/an-artemis-2-astronaut-took-a-bath-on-camera-on-the-way-to-the-moon-mission-controls-reaction-was-priceless-video

* I ended up staying up super late last Saturday to finish fixing things after the catastrophic Firefox link loss. Really I should have put it aside for the next day, but it was really annoying me. I have things rough sorted again, and the work I put into fine sorting for Thursday lost. Sigh. Also lost was most of the Weaponized Judiciary/Push back section, the Trump-Epstein, and I think about half of SCOTUS and some things from categories usually lower on the aggregate page. Sigh.

And we are getting biannually inspected again mid April. At least my part of the Apartment is still mostly clean from one of the annual inspections in March. If it feels like I get inspected a lot, you are correct, as multiple agencies do separate annual inspections, plus the two fire/vent/etc. ones..

I still haven't done the stupid housing bureaucracy. I still need to do that one desk that's been a mess and half in boxes since the Great Contractor Disaster. Once fire inspection is over, I need to migrate the things we tucked in my room for annual inspection back out to the main room. The garden needs a big reorganization before things start growing in earnest. We already have some early lettuce and the neighborhood cherry trees are in bud. The ones out where they get the most sun on the street further towards the main road have started blooming. It's time.

I tried putting the scratchy thing Tavy was using as a chaise lounge on the living room window bench off and on for most of the last year of his life (A gift from Art and Techie Millennials) On my bed in hopes of Livia taking an interest in it. It's not her size. she like scratch boxes best, but it likely still has his scent and I was hoping maybe she'd take an interest in scratchy things again. It just upset her, so I took it away again.

* Monday: I finished the Housing paperwork. I am concerned I did it wrong, but there is nothing to do but turn it in and hope.

In related news, I've four errands to do downtown.

Update: Disabled parking was full again, but at least there was something a block away without a slope and I could sit in a chair to wait my turn, the line being literally one guy. I HAD done the paperwork wrong because the directions weren't clear, and they were just as clearly used to it, as she had one of those cool white out rollers right there. Asked several clarifying questions, whited out the wrong answers and write in correct ones herself. You have to be elderly or disabled to be in this program, so I bet most paperwork needs revision given the wording and complete lack of clarifying directions attached.

Anyway, I had inevitably turned up with Dramatically More Documentation than required. I always bring anything they could possibly want to bureaucracy, because if you turn up without something it's a big delay and maybe you can't get benefits or the like as a result. In this case ambiguous wording ended up with me bringing a thick packet when a couple pieces of paper would have done. Better safe than sorry though. (I vaguely remember this happening each re-up. They needed a lot of paper in the beginning when I first applied, but re-up they really only need the application plus a couple of things).

Anyway, I got rubber stamped and it'll be fine most like. This is one of those things, like federal income taxes where my complete lack of taxable income streamlines the shit out of things. It means no special deductions and the like because I'm already at the lowest possible income level so why bother.

I managed the other items fine. I should be able to pay housing tax end of week if nothing monstrous happens to social security and I've a leg up on document organizing for two exhausting bits of expected April bureaucracy.

I hate this. It is exhausting and stressful and time consuming.

In other news, I found a bunch of bad inter-collations after browser recovery. Sigh.

* I have had so much bureaucracy. Phone mostly after I turned Monday's papers in, and I basically had to give up on physio most nights as there were simply not enough spoons. Probably not enough to complete physio in any case, as just bare minimum is taking everything I've got. So many things to do, not enough time or energy to do them, plus bonus connectivity and website issues. I expect two more big bureaucracy packets to arrive this month. *facepalm*

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

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* "Denmark Sweats the Vote, Hittler Runs for Mayor & Kim Jong Un Is a Nuclear Girl Dad | The Daily Show:"

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* "Melania Brings a Robot to the White House & RFK Jr. Did What to a Dead Raccoon? | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Bulls**ts About Iran Negotiations & Throws ICE Into Airport Chaos Mix | The Daily Show:"

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* "No Kings Rallies Can’t Stop CPAC's Trump Glazing & Iran War Hits One Month | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Gets Mystery Gift from Iran & Sends ICE Into Airports to Force the SAVE Act | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Claims Iran War Is Won, But Hegseth’s New Recruitment Standards Say Otherwise | The Daily Show:"

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* "Kristi Noem's Husband Gets Busty & Lindsey Graham Spotted at Disney World | The Daily Show:"

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* "PeaceHealth Recruiting:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qh3FY_7GxG8

* "One Fetish After Another: PTA Exploits Black Women and Averts Revolution:" https://blackgirlwatching.substack.com/p/one-battle-after-another-review

* "Julio Torres - “Color Theories” | The Daily Show:"

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* "Hozier - The Humours of Whiskey (Traditional, a cappella):"

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* I'm still way behind. Sorry.

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* "Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78xxg05w0zo

* "US Says It Will Strike Iran Harder, Tehran Denies Peace Entreaty:" https://archive.ph/gDZ8L

Why would they want to negotiate with us. They were following the treaty they made with Obama, and in Trump's first term he tore it up for no good reason. This time, we pretended to negotiate with them then launched a sneak attack.

* "Pentagon offers no evidence to support claim it attacked Iran in defense:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/01/trump-iran-preparing-attack-no-evidence-00806447

* "Trump admits Iran war could change little in the end:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/03/trump-admits-iran-war-could-change-little-in-the-end-00808889

* "Christian nationalism’s role in the war with Iran — and U.S. LGBTQ+ rights:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/iran-war-christian-nationalism

* "Trump officials consider arming Kurdish opposition against Iran's regime:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-officials-consider-arming-kurdish-opposition-irans-regime-rcna261731

* "Kurdish dissident groups say they are preparing to join the fight against Iran with US support:" https://apnews.com/article/kurdish-dissident-groups-iran-war-iraq-f76efe372becb7d80d3ed026791e67ba

* "Hegseth doesn’t rule out US troops in Iran:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/hegseth-doesnt-rule-out-u-s-troops-in-iran-00806748

* "‘What the hell is going on?’: Trump admin unable to explain attack on Iran:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/what-the-hell-is-going-on-trump-admin-unable-to-explain-attack-on-iran-2490687043690

* "War In the Middle East, Again w/ Christiane Amanpour & Amb. Wendy Sherman | The Weekly Show:"

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* "Why Did We Just Start a War w/ Iran? EXPLAINER:"

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* This sure looks on purpose. "Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran:" https://www.ms.now/news/kash-patels-latest-firings-ousted-agents-with-expertise-in-iran

* "Patel’s petty FBI firing spree guts key Iran unit at worst possible time:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/patel-s-petty-fbi-firing-spree-guts-key-iran-unit-at-worst-possible-time-2490208835979

* "Maddow: Trump’s clown car Cabinet now an alarming liability as threat from Iran spikes:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-s-clown-car-cabinet-now-an-alarming-liability-as-threat-from-iran-spikes-2490208835674

* "Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on the location of U.S. forces, sources say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russia-providing-intelligence-iran-location-us-forces-sources-say-rcna262115

* "Trump’s War:" https://time.com/7382697/trump-iran-war/

* "Trump Says There Will Be No Deal With Iran Except ‘Unconditional Surrender’:" https://time.com/7382878/trump-iran-war-unconditional-surrender-demand/

* "Psaki: Trump flunks wartime president test with disturbing, flippant attitude:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/psaki-trump-flunks-wartime-president-test-with-disturbing-flippant-attitude-2491056195863

* "Psaki: Trump flunks wartime president test with disturbing, flippant attitude:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/psaki-trump-flunks-wartime-president-test-with-disturbing-flippant-attitude-2491056195863

* "Trump snaps at reporter over Iran question, demands football focus:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/trump-snaps-at-reporter-over-iran-question-demands-football-focus-2491029571967

* "Mehdi on Trump’s Iran war: ‘Moral abomination and tactically stupid’:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/mehdi-on-trump-s-iran-war-moral-abomination-and-tactically-stupid-2491036739710

* "The Case Hasn't Been Made To The American People - Brett McGurk On Trump's War In Iran:"

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* "Hegseth’s 'Stupid Rules of Engagement' Line and What ROE Actually Do :" https://www.military.com/feature/2026/03/05/hegseths-stupid-rules-of-engagement-line-and-what-roe-actually-do.html

* "US says Kuwait mistakenly downed 3 American jets during Iranian attacks:" https://apnews.com/article/us-jets-downed-kuwait-friendly-fire-iran-f15-1151e092db4597e93e83c04f3b44bddc

Pete Hegseth didn't bother de-conflicting with Kuwait out of likely incompetence and/or recklessness.

* "Iran Strikes U.S. Military Facilities Across Gulf Region:" https://archive.ph/Dwbg9

* "Residents flee Iran's capital as agency says death toll in Tehran tops 1,000:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/residents-flee-irans-capital-as-agency-says-death-toll-in-tehran-tops-1000

* "At least 13 hospitals and health facilities hit during attacks on Iran, WHO says:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/05/at-least-dozen-hospital-and-health-facilities-in-iran-hit-since-us-israel-attacks-began-who-says

There is no excuse for targeting hospitals.

* "US soldiers who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and reservists:" https://apnews.com/article/us-soldiers-who-died-iran-war-46f54df716fe1c5290363da0a15f99f3

* "Amazon’s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/amazon-bahrain-data-centers-targeted-iran-drone-strike.html

* "US sub sinks Iranian ship by torpedo in Indian Ocean, 1st such attack since WWII:" https://abcnews.com/Politics/us-sinks-iranian-ship-torpedo-indian-ocean-1st/story?id=130752053

* This is a war crime. "US investigators believe strike on Iranian girls’ school probably carried out by US forces:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/06/us-investigators-believe-strike-on-iranian-girls-school-likely-carried-out-by-us-forces

* There is no excuse for this. "Iranian schools, hospital and landmarks among civilian sites hit during US-Israeli strikes:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw004xqxnjo

* This needs to stop. "Use of AI for Iran targeting raises questions amid growing military reliance:" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/09/world/society/ai-tech-iran-strikes/

* " Susie Wiles sounds the alarm on gas prices:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/iran-energy-prices-trump-wiles-00813710

* "What to know about the Strait of Hormuz, a key passageway essential for global energy supply:" https://apnews.com/article/strait-hormuz-iran-energy-war-5b60e82ef2fc68e2b43aa570a32404dd

* "Gas Prices Surge as Qatar Shuts World’s Largest LNG Export Plant:" https://archive.ph/YSG1O

* "Kuwait has begun cutting production at some oil fields, WSJ reports:" https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kuwait-has-begun-cutting-production-some-oil-fields-wsj-reports-2026-03-06/

* "Iran hits more tankers, one leaking oil near Kuwait:" https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/iran-tankers-leaking-kuwait-oil-prices-gulf/

* "‘We’re powerless … and hoping nothing hits us’: trapped on a tanker as Iran war escalates:" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/06/seafarers-trapped-oil-tankers-standed-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-shipping

* "Beyond Oil: The Strait Of Hormuz And The Global Food Risk:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2026/03/01/beyond-oil-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-the-global-food-risk/

* "Senator Helps Officers Forcibly Remove Protesting Veteran From Hearing:" https://archive.ph/IATFq

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* I have concerns. "US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/04/us-military-action-operation-ecuador

* "MAGA Senator Reveals Which Country Trump Will Attack Next:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator-lindsey-graham-says-president-donald-trump-will-target-cuba-next/

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* "Inside the ‘kill zone’: Drones are reshaping Ukraine’s frontline — and the future of warfare:" https://archive.ph/Sled2

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* "Dual Canadian British citizens scrambling under new passport rules:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dual-canadian-british-citizens-scrambling-under-new-passport-rules-9.7099400

If you think there's even a chance you are a dual citizen, best to check.

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* "Greenland says ‘no, thanks’ to Trump’s US hospital boat:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/22/greenland-does-not-need-us-hospital-boat-sent-by-trump-says-denmark

This is so embarrassing. They have a real healthcare system, while ours was not great before the Trump regime started dismantling it.

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

* "Illegal Tariffs Ruled Illegal (Again):"

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* "Trump threatens ‘obnoxious’ tariffs as UK and EU seek clarity on trade deals:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/23/us-stop-collecting-trump-tariffs-supreme-court-dollar-gold-ieepa-refunds

* "Trump continues to attack Supreme Court after tariff ruling:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/23/trump-attack-supreme-court-tariffs-00792746

* "24 states sue over Trump's latest tariffs:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/states-sue-trump-tariffs-00814371

* "Trump's global tariff takes effect at 10%, despite announcement of 15%:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-global-tariff-start-10-percent-despite-announcement-15-percent-rcna260369

* "Federal court rejects Trump administration attempt to slow tariff refund process:" https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-trump-refunds-supreme-court-cc2ace8576e59d10034e7e525737539d

* "A record number of Americans are moving overseas:" https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-migration-citizens-moving-abroad-b2928252.html

"U.S. experienced negative net migration in 2025 for first time in 90 years as more citizens drawn to more affordable life overseas with less political turbulence"

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

* "U.S. military used a laser to shoot down Customs and Border Protection drone, sparking new air closure:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/us-military-used-laser-take-border-protection-drone-lawmakers-say-rcna260887

Yet another own goal for DHS.

* "Trump administration’s ‘third country’ deportation policy is unlawful, judge rules:" https://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-deportation-supreme-court-judge-murphy-148cee2906dc7286b074116d3eec6fd4

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

* "Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders:" https://archive.ph/zrffq

* "CONTEMPT: DOJ is all apologies as judges lose patience with defied orders:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/contempt-doj-is-all-apologies-as-judges-lose-patience-with-defied-orders-2488849987999

* "Judges in a Trump stronghold condemn ICE tactics:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/01/west-virginia-immigration-rulings-00804575

* "Federal judges in San Diego are repeatedly finding ICE arrests and prolonged detention unlawful:"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/03/08/federal-judges-in-san-diego-are-repeatedly-finding-ice-arrests-and-prolonged-detention-unlawful/

* "In Seattle, 9th Circuit judges consider Trump policy of mandatory immigrant detentions:" https://www.kuow.org/stories/in-seattle-9th-circuit-judges-consider-trump-policy-of-mandatory-immigrant-detentions

* "ICE Gets Hammered In Court:"

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* "Trump administration sues New Jersey over executive order banning ICE from some state property:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/24/trump-new-jersey-lawsuit-ice-ban-00794690

* "ICE officer training is 'deficient' and 'broken,' former agency lawyer tells congressional forum:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-officer-training-deficient-broken-former-agency-lawyer-tells-congr-rcna260409

* "ICE Detainees Stuck on Tarmac for Over 12 Hours During Blizzard:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-detainees-stuck-on-tarmac-for-over-12-hours-during-blizzard/

* "Judge: Family disappeared into an 'ICE black hole' for more than two weeks :" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/19/judge-family-disappeared-into-an-ice-black-hole-for-more-than-two-weeks

* "U.S. deports gay asylum seeker to country where homosexuality is illegal:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-immigrants-dangerous-deportations

* "Gay professional gamer detained by ICE fears deportation to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal:" https://www.advocate.com/news/people/maryland-gay-gamer-cameroon

* "“Abandoned By Border Patrol”: Blind Refugee in Buffalo Dies in the Cold; Family Demands Answers:" https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/27/nurul_amin_shah_alam

ICE murdered a blind man by kidnapping him for fun then abandoning him in dangerous winter conditions far from home with no way to get help.

* "Congressman Kennedy calls for investigation after missing man found dead on Perry Street:" https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/missing-man-found-dead-on-perry-street/

* Another murder by ICE in one of their internment Camps. "ICE detainee in Arizona dies after not receiving medical attention for severe tooth pain:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/ice-detainee-arizona-death

* "Columbia student free after Mamdani-Trump meeting as ICE agents accused of 'misrepresentations':" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80j3eg8j7zo

From a Republican perspective illegally impersonating police officers has the added advantage of discouraging people from cooperating with real law enforcement in life and death situations.

* "UK Grandma Warns Against Visiting US for World Cup After 6-Week ICE Ordeal:" https://www.newsweek.com/british-grandma-warns-against-visiting-us-for-world-cup-after-ice-ordeal-11563824

* "Court orders ICE to justify arrest of Nashville journalist :" https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/03/08/court-orders-ice-to-justify-arrest-of-nashville-journalist/

* "Judge nixes latest policy requiring 7 days' notice for Congress members to visit ICE facilities:" https://www.wsbtv.com/news/politics/judge-nixes-latest/7YZQKOOQAM4DLCCOFGOEFF4HT4/

* This is child Abuse. "Worms in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in Texas detention center:" https://apnews.com/article/children-immigration-detention-dilley-trump-administration-ice-8ab12c9357ff3b8d400cfa2b2dbe85ed

* "‘Horror on a shocking scale’: resurgent US movement calls for end to family ICE detention:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/23/protest-movement-family-children-ice-detention-trump

* "ICE plans Romulus detention center in historic floodplain, feds say:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2026/02/27/ice-detention-center-romulus-floodplain-public-comment/88898629007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z113701p002450l004150c002450e1123xxv113701d--45--b--45--&gca-ft=213&gca-ds=sophi

* "Can Michigan block new ICE facilities? How officials are fighting back:" https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/can-michigan-block-new-ice-facilities-how-officials-are-fighting-back/

* "Romulus leaders pass resolution opposing ICE detention facility plan after protest:" https://www.wxyz.com/news/protesters-and-counter-protesters-clash-over-romulus-ice-detention-facility-plan

* "'This became real.' More than 1K people protest ICE in Roxbury:" https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/immigration/2026/02/28/ice-protest-roxbury-nj-detention-center-crowd/88899356007/

* "Maryland sues DHS, Noem over ICE detention facility:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5751540-maryland-challenges-ice-detention/

* "Dozens protest potential ICE detention facility in Cabarrus County:" https://www.charlotteobserver.com/article314794527.html

* "Conservative Georgia town pushes back against ICE detention center: ‘We are Americans after all’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/ice-detention-center-warehouse-georgia

* "Protesters target private prison office over proposed ICE detention facility :" https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/north-carolina-politics/protesters-target-private-prison-office-over-proposed-ice-detention-facility-in-winton/275-d5ea045a-13b7-41c5-8a7e-6c648f5849dd

* "New Hampshire governor says ICE is ditching plan for detention facility in Merrimack:" https://www.vermontpublic.org/nh-news/2026-02-24/ayotte-ice-detention-merrimack-newhampshire

* "Owner of North Texas warehouse says it won't sell or lease to feds for ICE facility. What comes next?:" https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/hutchins-texas-ice-facility-warehouse/287-11ce4a39-65f4-41c5-bb8c-cf5afca83168

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

* Stay Noisy! The more of these we can stop or delay the better!

* "Tennessee Said Yes to ICE—and Turned Into a Deportation State:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/immigrant-ice-raid-nashville-tennessee-highway-patrol-state-police-287g-republicans/

* "Dozens 'dine-in,' rally at immigrant-owned restaurants in northeast Minneapolis to protest ICE:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/01/dine-in-rally-immigrant-owned-restaurants-northeast-minneapolis-protest-ice

* "Rapid responders are mobilizing to fight ICE in red West Virginia:" https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/03/06/rapid-responders-are-mobilizing-to-fight-ice-in-red-west-virginia/

* "Portland protesters say Trump’s immigration crackdown is a repeat of one of America’s darkest chapters:" https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/02/portland-protesters-say-trumps-immigration-crackdown-is-a-repeat-of-one-of-americas-darkest-chapters.html

* "Protesters rally in Little Rock for immigrant rights, end to ICE enforcement actions:" https://katv.com/news/local/protesters-rally-in-little-rock-for-immigrant-rights-end-to-ice-enforcement-actions-immigration-customs-enforcement-community-support-raids-unconstitutional-force

* "WA Japanese Americans rally against ICE on Day of Remembrance:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/wa-japanese-americans-rally-against-ice-on-day-of-remembrance/

* "Bloomfield Barrio Walk Draws Nearly 100 with Andy Kim, Analilia Mejia, and Make the Road Action NJ to Protest ICE and Stand in Solidarity:" https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/bloomfield-barrio-walk-draws-nearly-100-with-andy-kim-analilia-mejia-and-make-the-road-nj-to-protest-ice-and-stand-in-solidarity/

* "Protesters gather in Merrimack for 'Ice Out' protest:" https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-merrimack-ice-out-protest-02212025/70444573

* "Daedalus Aviation to withdraw Wilmington Airport lease application after public outcry over ICE connections:" https://whyy.org/articles/daedalus-aviation-wilmington-airport-lease-application-ice/

* "Woman Charged After Joining Anti-ICE Teen Group Chat:" https://www.newsweek.com/woman-charged-after-joining-anti-ice-teen-group-chat-11544437

* "'Abolish ICE' among winners of Chicago's 'You Name a Snowplow' contest:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/02/23/abolish-ice-among-winners-in-chicagos-you-name-a-snowplow-contest

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

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

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* "Kristi Noem struggles as Republicans & Democrats grill her in fiery Senate hearing:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/kristi-noem-struggles-senate-hearing

* "Canceled contracts, a failed polygraph and personal disputes: Inside the turbulent tenure of Noem’s former cyber czar:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/28/cisa-cyber-leadership-madhu-gottumukkala-00804515

* "House Oversight Dem Robert Garcia celebrates Kristi Noem’s firing: ‘Now we don’t have to impeach her’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-fires-kristi-noem

* "‘We will never forget’: Walz, Minnesota not done with Noem:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/we-will-never-forget-walz-minnesota-not-done-with-noem-pursuing-accountability-2490878531628

* "Hayes: Noem’s tenure is ending in ‘spectacular and humiliating’ fashion:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/hayes-noem-s-tenure-is-ending-in-spectacular-and-humiliating-fashion-2490849859639

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

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* "Senate rejects bid to scale back Iran war:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/senate-rejects-war-powers-trump-00813233

* "Congress declines to halt Iran war:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/congress-declines-to-halt-iran-war-00815284

Tell the Republican Congress Critters and those Quislings John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine, Greg Landsman of Ohio and Juan Vargas of California what you think of this refusal to Stand Up against the illegal war and take their article one powers back.

Please thank Republicans Thomas Massie, Rand Paul, and Warren Davidson for voting to put brakes on Trump bombing random countries for fun.

* "Kristi Noem’s ouster isn’t moving Democrats off their Homeland Security funding demands:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/congress-dhs-funding-shutdown-00814788

It is important to keep the pressure on and also tell them to block Noem's replacement.

Please call your Senators and encourage them to stay firm.

* "Markwayne Mullin, Maga ‘warrior’ and ICE defender, to replace Kristi Noem:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/markwayne-mullin-kristi-noem-dhs

* "What you need to know about Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Trump's new pick to lead DHS:" https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5737554/markwayne-mullin-homeland-security-kristi-noem-trump

* "‘Even more incompetent’: Trump’s pick to replace Noem leaves little hope for agency’s improvement:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/even-more-incompetent-trump-s-pick-to-replace-noem-leaves-little-hope-for-agency-s-improvement-2490884163559

Tell Your Senator to Block Markwayne Mullin from Taking Over I.C.E.. There isn't much chance of permanently blocking him because senators like to rubber stamp other senators no matter how horrible, dangerous, or incompetent they are, but we can try to delay the process.

Tell your Senators to filibuster him until I.C.E. reforms go through.

* The goal of the SAVE ACT is to make it illegal on a federal level for married women and trans people to vote.

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

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

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

* CW: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct "House kills effort to release all congressional sexual misconduct and harassment reports:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-kills-effort-release-congressional-sexual-misconduct-harassment-rcna261679

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Supreme Court blocks redrawing of New York congressional map, dealing a win for GOP:" https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/g-s1-112253/supreme-court-new-york-redistricting

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

THIS is how you move the party further LEFT.

Primary schedule here:

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

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

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

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

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

* Mississippi! Don't forget to vote in the Primary March 10th!

* Illinois! Don't forget to vote in the Primary March 17th!

* "Democrats have flipped 9 seats in state legislative special elections under Trump while Republicans are at zero:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democrats-flipped-9-seats-state-legislative-special-elections-trump-rcna261633

* "5 takeaways from the first primaries of the 2026 midterms:" https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5734357/texas-north-carolina-primaries-talarico-crockett-cornyn-cooper

* "Holladay wins Arkansas special election in key Democratic pickup:" https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5763559-democratic-pickup-arkansas-house-race/

This is why you vote in every election. This win makes it harder for Republicans to do everything they want to harm the people of Arkansas.

* I am worried about the chicken counting in some of the Texas coverage, etc., but I also think it is desperately important people turn out en masse because there is hope and decent people giving up is how the fascists win.

* " John Cornyn, Ken Paxton advance to runoff to be Republican nominee for U.S. Senate :" https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/john-cornyn-ken-paxton-wesley-hunt-runoff-primary-texas-senate-republican/

* "James Talarico defeats fellow LGBTQ+ ally Jasmine Crockett in Texas Democratic primary:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/texas-crockett-talarico-primary

* "‘A perfect storm is lining up for Texas Democrats’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/talarico-won-his-primary-what-happens-next-is-outside-his-control-00811456

* "‘We’re about to take back Texas’: James Talarico gives victory speech:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/we-re-about-to-take-back-texas-james-talarico-gives-victory-speech-2490649155735

* "Texas Latinos turned out in massive numbers for Democrats:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/texas-latinos-turned-out-in-massive-numbers-for-democrats-talarico-00812807

* "Texas Democrats force runoff between pioneering LGBTQ+ current House rep and ex-congressman:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/johnson-allred-texas-democratic-primary

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Congressman Dan Crenshaw ousted by more extreme candidate in Texas GOP primary:"https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/dan-crenshaw-loses-gop-primary

* "Green, Menefee appear headed for runoff in Houston clash of Democratic incumbents :" https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/04/texas-christian-menefee-al-green-congress-district-18-democratic-primary/

* "'Substantial reason to believe' Tony Gonzales had sex with his staffer, House probe finds:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/tony-gonzales-ethics-report-staffer-00812160

* "Husband of Late Congressional Staffer Calls Rep. Tony Gonzales ‘Coward’ for Denying Affair Allegations: 'The Guy's a Predator':" https://people.com/regina-santos-aviles-husband-calls-tony-gonzales-coward-predator-11914902

* "GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas ends reelection bid after admitting to affair with aide:" https://www.npr.org/2026/03/06/nx-s1-5738955/gonzales-texas-ends-reelection-bid-affair-aide

* "Accused Sexual Harasser GOP Candidate Steps Down, An Apparent Neo-Nazi Takes His Place:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gop-candidate-brandon-herrera-mein-kampf-tony-gonzales-1235526685/

* "Democrat under fire over campaign memo implying LGBTQ+ candidates aren’t electable in key California race:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ammar-campa-najjar-lgbtq-electablity

* "Darrell Issa’s retirement opens Palm Springs–area House race for queer Democrats:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/darrell-issa-retirement-lgbtq-candidates

* "Why gay conversion therapy survivor Mathew Shurka says people like him are needed in Congress:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/mathew-shurka-conversion-therapy-congress

* "Roy Cooper, Michael Whatley set to compete for a high-stakes North Carolina U.S. Senate seat:" https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5734513/north-carolina-congress-election-results-cooper-whatley

* "Arkansas man charged with murder wins GOP primary in sheriff's election:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/arkansas-man-charged-murder-wins-gop-primary-sheriff-election-rcna261736

Republicans are not sending their best people.

* "Bucks County natives in custody after ‘improvised explosive' ignited in NYC:" https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/bucks-county-natives-in-custody-after-explosive-ignited-nyc/4365075/

* "Two transgender men sue Kansas government over law voiding driver's licenses:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-kansans-sue-license-law

* "She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway.:" https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/kansas-revokes-license-no-gender-change

* "Sustained Vascular Inflammatory Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein on Human Endothelial Cells:" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10753-024-02208-x

* "Tuberculosis tests reveal 204 latent cases at Riordan High in S.F.:" https://missionlocal.org/2026/02/riordan-high-tuberculosis-latent-cases-san-francisco/

This terrifies me as Republicans have mostly dismantled the public health system.

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* "The incredible story of a gay interracial love affair in the midst of WWII:" https://www.advocate.com/history/wwii-love-affair

* Sunday night to early Monday, I had so much to do, but I did not have twelve hours to do it in. Sigh. Between prep and getting essential things set up for tumblr and added to the aggregate scaffold and the aggregate posted and the scaffold cleaned for next week and assorted other things I need to keep on top of… well, that was the night mostly gone.

Really I should have been trying to speed run a bunch of maintenance and set up for the coming week. Instead I got distracted trying to clean up after the waterfox mess after the upgrade. I'd worked on it a bit right after it happened and since and set up a temporary work around, but we were at the point the separations and inter-collations were wasting a bunch of time constantly in small increments and it was fucking up work flow, which is a problem as I'm already two weeks behind posting and it's just going to get worse, most like.

I bit the bullet and sorted it out properly. Finally. My initial estimate was two hours to fix. I am guessing it was more like an hour and half when you figure in the smaller bits of work with about an hour of it spent very early Monday morning. It was still incredibly annoying.

It is possible that over the next month there may be some duplicate tech/science/climate/history links mixed in with non-dup0licates. I am sorry about that.

I am grateful cleaning up after a waterfox update no longer takes a whole weekend to fix.

Ideally, I should be going to bed as I was writing this. It is Monday and Monday and Tuesday are a lot by themselves, but I need to pick up some food I ordered last month at the co-op. (My Co-op like a lot of Co-ops will give you a discount if you order a case of something they carry or a distributor carries, so it is sometimes very worth it to order a case of something shelf stable that gets used a lot. Also, they take food stamps.) Also, My EBT came in and I am out of a couple things I couldn't afford when I scored the supplement last month, and some of those things I kind of want for dinner tonight. Plus oranges. And juice. I suspect I'm short on vitamin C again.

I should probably also see about paying housing tax and find out WTF with the car tax before I end up blowing it on things like gas, light bulbs, and cat litter like the profligate I am. Sigh.

* Monday night we had that thing where we searched the apartment to try to find the fire, only to discover the smoke was coming from fires outside. This being terrible for my lungs and sinuses, me not having been able to get sleep because so many people calling and errands, plus the general wear and tear of physio meant I spent about twenty hours in bed (not counting bathroom breaks) with Livia. I did manage lying down physio, but the other physio was right out. I ended up just eating bread because I couldn't handle the standing required to dish out leftover lasagna and mike it.

I think the air quality must have been better Tuesday night as I smelled no fires and my lungs gradually improved after the arrival of the night winds from Alaska. I still feel crappy, but at a more bearable level.

* I continue to really struggle with my body. We had a couple days of decent air quality and I got decent rest as a result, but I still need to spend a lot of time lying down and not doing much of anything. Even on the good days I have hardly any time I can spend standing and walking, so I have to be very strategic with it. Mostly I have been trying to do tank, garden, and plant maintenance outside of that one grocery run early in the week to the closest grocery for perishables mostly. I did read most of an ILL. I shall assuredly finish it soon as it's a biography and the subject has turned sixty. (He lived to be old, even by modern standards, which given his period and lifestyle is a bit startling). I have watched a lot of netflix and Tubi and have been having thoughts about impressively political Thai drama (Queer and Horror).

If you have good suggestions for Queer and/or horror shows and movies from Thailand, let me know.

Anyway, the upside of having more than four or at best of functional out of my room time is I have actually accomplished some things. The downside is I have no sleep cycle and must accept whatever random stuff my body is doing. Even my meds cycle has been disrupted. Sigh.

Livia's been getting more and more into sleeping while pressed against me, which I liker. (she will take short naps on me on occasion, but she's very sensitive, and I think small movements I make in my sleep unnerve her if she's on top of me, where as next to me on the support pillow pressed against my leg and/or body and/or arm is companionable while allowing her higher quality sleep. She's out of her room a little more lately, but I still can't get her to curl up in her desk box, like she used to. I can get her to play with her rainbows, but she mostly isn't interested in feather time, and if she's bug hunting at all, it's while I'm lying down.

I worry. She's spent all Winter at Summer weight instead of winter weight, because she wasn't eating much in her early anxiety and grief. She's eating the summer amount now, but it's only stopped being cold at night this week. IDK.

I'm still trying to working out how to juggle bills and housing tax this month. I'm definitely not paying one of the big bills. I think I can partial pay on one of the other big ones and juggle to cover housing tax, but there's almost no margin and a bunch of things are 2 or 3x what they cost before Trump decided to fuck up the economy.

Squirrel's still on partial pay from the work injury. Their physio is going well, but we still don't know if they will need surgery. They absolutely can't help with housing tax or my bills in a pinch. They are drowning in theirs.

* "Police Body Cameras: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Trump Launches War with Iran and Refuses to Explain... Anything | The Daily Show:"

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* "In Too Deep: Josh Johnson Dives Into the BAFTAs Racial Slur Controversy | The Daily Show:"

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* "America At Whaaa? | Seeking Regime Change | Hegseth: No "Stupid" Rules Of Engagement:"

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* "U.S. Abandons Citizens Across Middle East | Trump: The Big One Is Coming | Iran War Is "God's Plan":"

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* "Leslie Jones Fixes Male Loneliness One Toxic Podcast and Toy Girlfriend at a Time | The Daily Show:"

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* "Friendships We Do & DON’T Want: Kid Rock, RFK & The Monkey Punch:"

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* "We Need to Discuss AKOTSK:"

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* ""I'm Not Ready" — Kevin Pollak’s Most Honest Interview Ever:"

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* "Nick Viall Gets Real About Celebrity Life | Grave Conversations:"

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* "Promethean Problems:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o5cJ5LQ8-_M

* "Classic Classy Classis:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MLnGy7KUG5s

* "Dramatic Dynamic Diverse Ditches:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oN0gz-VEHIY

* "Ambitious Alesia:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jz3t_FSGJL8

* "Crassus Cringe:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vlx5G0DgKMw

* "Knavish Knighting:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EbCDKCexwNE

* "Inherited Illegitimacy:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8elC8Kn2Pbc

* "Robust Reeves:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IXJiuZQ1zfg

* "Superfluous Success Stories (Napoleonic edition):" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M9d8b-kkzgs

* " 7 Knights for a Trial of 7 :" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wi8nNhnRq2k

* "The Gentlemen’s Code - SNL:"

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* "Kesha Blasts Trump For Stealing Her Song:"

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* I stand by my belief that a core problem all the modern Star Trek has is the truncated seasons don't give any of the episodes time to breathe. It's hard to flesh out characters properly or fully explore their arcs and also jam in plot, so both end up suffering.

In my opinion, Strange News Worlds suffers from this most and Starfleet Academy handles it best, but they'd be so much better served by the longer seasons classic Trek series got.

I love Starfleet Academy. I think everyone is doing amazing work with the resources they've been given, but I keep wishing they had 20-25 episodes a season to spread out into and enough budget to let Darem and his species mostly wear their real faces, or at least to properly do that for the wedding episode.

* "Of Ice and Men. And Frogs. And Cats. And Minions.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/arts/snowmen-sculptures-brooklyn-park.html

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* *ACTION ITEM: Oppose Offshore Arctic Drilling. We only have to the 23rd to act!

Quick Explainer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XHEseTJnZfM

Official Public Comment link: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-trumps-offshore-drilling-in-alaska/?source=allie

* I'm cutting off early yet again.

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* "US bishops break further with Trump, this time on foreign policy:" https://www.ncronline.org/news/us-bishops-break-further-trump-time-foreign-policy

* "Trump ‘eyeing regime change in Cuba by end of this year’:" https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/trump-us-cuba-regime-change-99fkvkn35?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeT7NpPu54-2Eg1B6w3ypVKBHitdDHRJvUepgpUM91Qld5NvHmqXIf5WRWPyDA%3D&gaa_ts=69735264&gaa_sig=cYhT5i7jQnnHC1y8JDzbHpzToU961j0i-0XEgtTgJyzzzz3GBLiLykUPmUtivPdMt5933GgPWv7DAJavvnmIkw%3D%3D

* "US weighs complete military withdrawal from Syria, WSJ reports:" https://archive.ph/mhD5T

* "Norway’s PM says Trump sent letter tying Nobel prize snub to Greenland ambitions:" https://www.politico.eu/article/norway-pm-store-says-us-trump-peace-prize-snub-for-greenland-ambitions/

This is so humiliating and sad. It is horrendous that this terrible thing may happen for a reason this stupid.

* "Trump says he'll hit Denmark and 7 other countries with new tariffs until there's a deal to buy Greenland:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-denmark-european-tariffs-greenland-deal-rcna254551

* "E.U. halts approval of U.S. trade deal after Trump's Greenland tariff threat:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/eu-trade-deal-trump-greenland-tariff-rcna255199

For the record, I wouldn't make deals with us either and they are better off standing up now then waiting until the invaders arrive.

* Remember that a tariff is a tax on Americans, not a tax on other countries, which obviously you can't do. "Wall Street sinks as Trump threatens 8 European countries with tariffs over Greenland:" https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-trump-greenland-inflation-58a6fed13a1e04afd57f0a22a2c9cfb0

* "Protests in Greenland and Denmark against Trump plans:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c338rm41y88o

* "Greenlandic families ‘frightened’ amid rising tensions over Trump takeover plan, Sarah McBride warns:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-trump-greenland-takeover

* "US allies push back on Greenland at Davos ahead of Trump address:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-allies-push-back-greenland-davos-ahead-trump/story?id=129411091

* "Canadian PM Rips Trump’s Greenland Push: ‘We Are in the Midst of a Rupture’:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mark-carney-criticizes-trump-greenland-davos-1235502210/

* "Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion:" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-military-models-canadian-response-to-hypothetical-american-invasion/

* "Trump Confronted at Davos With Giant ‘No Kings’ Message on Mountain:" https://www.newsweek.com/trump-confronted-at-davos-with-giant-no-kings-message-on-mountain-11391077

* "‘F*** off’: World HITS BACK as Trump’s aggression shocks global leaders:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/f-off-world-hits-back-as-trump-s-aggression-shocks-global-leaders-2482434627692

* "Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland in Davos speech:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-nation-secure-greenland-us-davos-speech/story?id=129417816

* "Greenland says red lines must be respected as Trump says US will have ‘total’ access to island:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/denmark-pm-calls-for-constructive-greenland-negotiation-with-trump

* "Eight wars settled and Chinese windfarms: factchecking Trump’s Davos claims:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/trump-davos-speech-factcheck

* "Trump chides Carney at Davos, says Canada should be 'grateful':" https://archive.ph/FzR4S

* "Trump makes a FOOL of himself on world stage; pretends to solve crisis of his own making:"

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* "Trump’s Greenland speech leaves Europe worried (and confused):" https://www.politico.eu/article/davos-donald-trump-greenland-speech-leaves-europe-worried-and-confused/

* "TACO returns: Trump ‘isolated and humiliated’ by Greenland saga, says Hayes:"

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* "'NAKED IGNORANCE': As Trump shatters U.S. alliances, legislators try to pick up the pieces:"

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* "‘Multi-Layered Bullshit’: Trump’s Push for Greenland Makes No Sense:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-push-take-over-greenland-delights-russia-1235501604/

* "Trump launches Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ at Davos:" https://www.semafor.com/article/01/22/2026/trump-launches-gaza-board-of-peace-at-davos

* "UK holds off joining Trump's Board of Peace over Putin concerns:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9jj1j74ggo

* "LGBTQ+ people are important to global economy, corporate allies say at Davos:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/davos-lgbtq-representation

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* "UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/court-begin-hearings-myanmar-committed-genocide-rohingya-129122831?

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* "Photos leaked to BBC show faces of hundreds killed in Iran's brutal protest crackdown:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro

* "Iran authorities demanding large sums for return of protesters' bodies, BBC told:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5md1n1yxo

* "She set a photo afire, lit a cigarette — and became a symbol of resistance for Iran protesters:" https://apnews.com/article/woman-cigarette-iran-ayatollah-protest-viral-06bc57dd42c0e250a98074f0ee00b555

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* "Photos show daily life along Venezuela’s oil coast after Maduro’s capture:" https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/oil-industry-coast-paraguana-photos-fisherman-salt-flats-569102f029e69fb452ea58a8927feb68

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

* This goes a against black letter law. "Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members' access to ICE facilities:" https://www.king5.com/article/syndication/associatedpress/judge-refuses-to-block-new-dhs-policy-limiting-congress-members-access-to-ice-facilities/616-0569787b-514d-4656-ab55-7780a1237d95

* "Amid ICE clashes, New Hampshire bishop urges clergy to prepare their wills:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/18/nx-s1-5678579/ice-clashes-new-hampshire-bishop-urges-clergy-prepare-wills

* "‘It breaks my heart’: Facing public pressure, SLC officials are adamant about backing immigrants and not cooperating with ICE:" https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01/19/slc-residents-push-city-leaders/

* "Moral principles drive faith leaders to speak out against Trump on immigration, foreign policy:"

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* "'He's not going to be president forever': Pritzker vows accountability for Trump officials:"

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* "For Trump’s opponents, a model for finding their fight to stop him:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/for-trump-s-opponents-a-model-for-finding-their-fight-to-stop-him-2482072131955

* "DHS launches 'Operation Catch of the Day' enforcement action in Maine:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/dhs-launches-operation-catch-day-enforcement-action-maine/story?id=129428764

* "Portland protest doubles in size amid rumors of ICE surge in Maine:" https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/17/portland-protest-doubles-in-size-amid-rumors-of-ice-surge-in-maine/

* "ICE protests continue in Phoenix outside Home Depot:" https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/ice-protests-continue-in-phoenix-outside-home-depot

* "A car ramming, a violent arrest and an emboldened immigration agency:" https://www.ms.now/news/border-patrol-tactics-father-teen-phone

* The US citizen teen was being driven to school when they were attacked by what they thought were car jackers. The Border Patrol rammed their car four times, broke their windows and dragged them out to beat them without identifying themselves or any justification at all. They put the tenth grader in a choke hold to suffocate him so he would stop telling them he was a Us citizen and a minor, similar to the illegal chokehold Minneapolis PD used to assassinate George Floyd.

They detained them both, refusing medical attention, stole the teens phone etc., then pawned it for cash. The family had to take the teen to the ER. He could have died. They are still holding the father.

* "Cities Under Siege: Inside A Violent Immigration Chase and a Shattered Family:" https://www.ms.now/ms-now/watch/cities-under-siege-inside-a-violent-immigration-chase-and-a-shattered-family-2482390595733

* "Cities Under Siege: Inside a Violent Immigration Chase and a Shattered Family pt. 2:" https://www.ms.now/ms-now/watch/cities-under-siege-inside-a-violent-immigration-chase-and-a-shattered-family-2482403907781

* "‘They’re following us’: MS Now report on violent ICE car chase:"

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* "Will Washington see a new or expanded ICE detention facility? :" https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/will-washington-see-new-or-expanded-ice-detention-facility/NM7UUG54KBBPHAGSQL7DZQGDOU/

* "Van Hollen speaks at ‘ICE Out for Good’ protest in D.C.:" https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/01/14/van-hollen-speaks-at-ice-out-for-good-protest-in-d-c/

* "Kansas City, Missouri, passes 5-year ban prohibiting non-municipal detention facilities:" https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kansas-city-missouri-passes-5-year-ban-prohibiting-non-municipal-detention-facilities

* "City of Durant and Choctaw Nation oppose rumored ICE facility:" https://kfor.com/news/local/city-of-durant-and-choctaw-nation-oppose-rumored-ice-facility/

* "Protesters stage demonstration against federal agents outside Broadview ICE facility:" https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-stage-demonstration-against-federal-agents-outside-broadview-ice-facility/3877638/

* "Residents of small Georgia town push back after warehouse eyed for 10,000‑bed ICE detention center:" https://www.wjcl.com/article/social-circle-georgia-ice/70057955

* "Concerns rise over rumored ICE facility in Byhalia, MS:" https://wreg.com/news/concerns-rise-over-rumored-ice-facility-in-byhalia-ms/

* "Towns REJECT ICE as agency looks to place immigrant prisons throughout United States:"

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* "Court lifts restrictions on immigration officers' tactics in Minnesota:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/court-lifts-restrictions-on-immigration-officers-tactics-in-minnesota

* "ICE memo allows agents to enter homes without judicial warrant: Whistleblower complaint:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/ice-memo-allows-agents-enter-homes-judicial-warrant/story?id=129436766

* "Minnesota is the eye of the Trump storm:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/20/trump-minnesota-ice-protests-00738381

* "We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump

* "Trump orders active duty troops to prepare for Minnesota deployment:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/18/trump-active-duty-troop-minnesota-deployment-00735734

* "Sending soldiers to Minneapolis for immigration crackdown would be unconstitutional, mayor says:" https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-crackdown-6c0bb88cb16617b92db1e67dfb30ce3a

* "Minnesota law enforcement raises concerns about ICE agents racially profiling citizens:" https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/ice-agents-racially-profiling-citizens-off-duty-police-officers-minnesota/507-6ab4ec75-b7e3-489b-a2f4-f39f3d7fec30

Hint: the citizens they are worried about are cops. This is a thin blue line thing not a protecting residents or upholding the law.

* "“Protect Our Routes, Get ICE Out”: Postal Workers Rally in Minneapolis:" https://workdaymagazine.org/protect-our-routes-get-ice-out-postal-workers-rally-in-minneapolis/

* "Trump courts rude awakening expressing support for military occupation:"

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* "US citizen says ICE took him at gunpoint in only underwear despite frigid cold and no warrant:" https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-us-citizen-detained-hmong-d009590a491c0c8243ef21ef24db7182

They say their breaking into his house without a warrant and abusing him was entirely justified because one of his relatives borrowed a car from a man who had the same first name, but not last name, of someone they were looking for.

By this logic anyone who has a friend of a friend named, say John, has no rights because somewhere in the country someone named John likely has a warrant out for him.

No one in the house had committed a crime. No one in the house was undocumented. There was no evidence they knew the man ICE claimed to be looking for.

If one person has no rights, nobody has rights.

* "Out Rep. Angie Craig outraged after ICE attacks teacher: “Never seen such an out-of-control agency”:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/out-rep-angie-craig-outraged-after-ice-attacks-teacher-never-seen-such-an-out-of-control-agency/

* "ICE detains 5-year-old Minnesota boy; school leader says agents used him as ‘bait’:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/21/ice-detains-5year-old-minnesota-boy-lawyer-says-agents-used-him-as-bait

* "White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/white-house-ice-protest-arrest-altered-image

* Extended interview Maria J. Stephan:

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* "Economic blackout day planned in Minnesota to protest ICE surge:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/ice-immigrarion-minnesota-economic-protest

* "Justice Department will investigate Renee Good's wife but not the man who killed her:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/doj-investigates-becca-good

* "Renee Good's family shares independent autopsy results, says DOJ is withholding evidence:" https://www.advocate.com/news/renee-good-autopsy-evidence

* "Billie Eilish slams ICE over 'murdered' protesters:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/billie-eilish-ice

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

"How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota:" https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
"Support minnesotans defending their communities from ICE:" https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
"When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers
Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

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* "House approves DHS funding, other final spending bills amid ICE uproar:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/house-approves-homeland-security-funding-amid-ice-uproar-00742402

The U.S Senate Votes next week.

The names of the Democratic pro-ICE Quislings are:

Henry Cuellar (Texas)

Jared Golden (Maine)

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.)

Laura Gillen (N.Y.)

Don Davis (N.C.)

Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)

Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)

Now is a wonderful time to tell them what you think of their vote!

One Republican voted against funding ICE with no guardrails at all.

If this is your critter, please call to thank him as likely he and his staff are getting a lot of screaming from Fascists right now. It is essential we reward people for doing the right thing regardless of party with a thank you.

Thomas Massie (Ky.)

The U.S Senate Votes next week. Now is a great time to tell them what you think about funding ICE while they violently occupy a city and violate the constitutional rights of the residents

* A model letter for contacting your Senators: https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2752971.html

* "Congress clinches $1.2T funding deal for DHS, Pentagon, domestic agencies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/20/congress-clinches-funding-deal-for-dhs-pentagon-domestic-agencies-00735698

* "House Democrats come out en masse against DHS funding bill:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/21/congress/house-democrats-dhs-funding-00738894

* "All anti-transgender provisions stripped from House and Senate funding bills :" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/anti-transgender-provisions-stripped

This is why it's so important to keep talking to your Congress Critters about trans Issues. Complain where it's needed. Thank them when they do the right thing. We need them to keep standing up for us or we are Cooked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema faces $25K lawsuit for allegedly destroying a 14-year marriage:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kyrsten-sinema-homewrecker-lawsuit

* "Musk Endorsed White Nationalism:" https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/09/musk-endorsed-white-nationalism?new=true

* Washingtonians! Here is your chance to stop I.C.E. from using mass surveillance for immigration enforcement in our state!

* "State bill targets law enforcement use of ‘Flock’ surveillance cameras:" https://mybellinghamnow.com/news/297792-state-bill-targets-law-enforcement-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras/

* Text of bill if you want it: "SB 6002 - 2025-26:" https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6002.pdf?q=20260113121331

* Comment here to protect our privacy and our neighbors (contains bill summery): "SB 6002 - 2025-26
Concerning driver privacy protections.:" https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6002&Initiative=false&Year=2025

* "Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error:" https://www.404media.co/police-unmask-millions-of-surveillance-targets-because-of-flock-redaction-error/

* "Cop Used Flock to Wrongfully Accuse a Woman Then Refused to Look at Evidence That Exonerated Her, Body Camera Shows:" https://www.404media.co/cop-used-flock-to-wrongfully-accuse-a-woman-then-refused-to-look-at-evidence-that-exonerated-her-body-camera-shows/

* "Missouri Supreme Court upholds ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/missouri-supreme-court-transgender-medicaid

* "Man attacked on NYC subway for kissing trans woman partner:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/man-attacked-kissing-transgender-partner

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* Stay safe out there! "A Widespread Winter Storm Is Looming, but Where It Hits Is Still Fuzzy:" https://archive.ph/aJcSe

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* "Fashion designer Valentino Garavani dies at 93:" https://www.advocate.com/news/culture/valentino-garavani-dead

* "Remembering Rick Garcia, a leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in Chicago and Illinois:" https://www.advocate.com/news/people/remembering-chicago-activist-rick-garcia

* "Remembering trailblazing trans activist Miss Major:" https://www.advocate.com/remembering-trailblazing-trans-activist-miss-major

* "Detroit heard King’s dream first. These Black women are carrying it forward.:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/advocacy/detroit-martin-luther-king-jr-aka

* It's come to my attention that there is some confusion about the physio. That's because the plan changed after the scans end of 2025. The original plan was to spend a year seeing if physio was enough to avoid hip replacement and to build up all the muscles ahead of surgery. They are now thinking that joint injections and physio could be enough, as they aren't deteriorating nearly as fast as they were in the late oughts-early teens. This looks a lot like what we'd be doing anyway for this whole year, only with comically long needles and slightly different, but overlapping physio.

I'm not the classic sort of hypermobile. I can't bend my fingers backwards, etc., but they changed criteria for hypermobile in the last decade because they discovered that it's a much bigger spectrum, which is why the bodies of dancers and gymnasts and people in other sports that require high flexibility tend to break down so fast. Apparently you pretty much have to be hypermobile to do things like a perfect straddle. <.< >.>

So people at my end of the spectrum still randomly dislocate, etc., but it takes longer for the joint damage to ramp up and no one was looking because what we could do is praised and encourage and people mostly don't think: that person is doing all these cool beautiful things with their body, surely something is wrong there.

I was a dancer with a perfect turnout, a perfect split and straddle. This changes the socket/pelvis permanently if you start as young as I did. I used to have to stick my legs be hind my head to get them stretched properly. I was a distance runner and we mostly ran on cement. That wears away cartilage in things like knees and ankles. I did a lot of things like Wing Chun, and Tai Chi, and Akido (And a family style I got invited into later), after I stopped dancing and distance running.

My joints had a hard life just generally.

My family has autoimmune arthritis in it.

They go back and forth on exact arthritis diagnoses with me as testing protocols and such change. You can easily see the damage to my joints, to my spine on x-rays. Show a layman my x-ray with the right bits circled, or with normal bones and joints for comparison they can see it's clearly not right. And expert can see damage to my spine if I bend over shirtless. It is even easier with modern scanning technology. No one disputes I'm disabled and that it's arthritis, they just move the subspecies around.

So we are doing joint injections and physio with the goal of reducing pain and trying to make the joints more stable. Ironically, a bunch of this will hopeful undo the damage the hospital physio did in the Sling Incident after my shoulder replacement, since the torso muscles, butt, and legs all work together so we are targeting a lot of different muscle groups.

Tuesday, my body flat out noped out of most of my exercises. Honestly one day off after two weeks of working hard is reasonable. Wednesday, I managed most of them after Techie Millennial's visit. I hope to finish the sets I owe across two excercises before bed. I just really needed the rest.

It is funny, the hardest ones are all the lying down ones that mostly look like I'm not doing much of anything. But I persist. I do think it's helping some.

I am still doing arm stretches and things, but I can't intensively work arms too as what I'm doing right now really thrashes me and I need to take advantage of the professional physio while I have it. Physio always feels like being wounded and ill all at once on top of the chronic pain and illness. It pretty much takes everything I have beyond stuff like getting dressed and feeding myself.

I'm still trying to work out what nutrient I'm missing. My body is usually better at suggesting solution foods. It'll have to wait for February EBT now. I've already spent way too much money on food.

* "Nobel Prize Snub Fuels Trump's Greenland Threats & Macron Pushes Back at Davos | The Daily Show:"

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* "The Secret Police Fitness Test | Smoking Diplomacy | Sexualized Human-Dog Hybrids At Mar-a-Lago:"

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* "One Exhausting Year | Americans Pay For Trump's Tariffs | No Obligation To Make Peace:"

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* "Trump Demands Greenland at Davos & Literally Trashes First-Year “Accomplishments” | The Daily Show:"

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* "Will ICE Freeze? | Trump: I'm Helping Europe | Weapons Nobody Knows About | Occupying Canada:"

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* "Trump Delivered on His Campaign Promises, But Only to Himself | The Daily Show:"

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* This does a really good job explaining why the Peace Board is a Con. "Infinitely Greenland | Billion Dollar Peace Board | Chairman For Life | Peace Buddies:"

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* "Late Night TV Crackdown: FCC Goes After Kimmel And Colbert Over Political Candidate Interviews:"

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* "It's Literally ICE vs. Good:"

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* "How to prepare for icy conditions:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vLzu4U6rnIQ

* "Haitian-American Artist Explains His Image Of MLK And President Trump:" https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/01/18/watson-mere-artist-mlk-trump

* "Dastardly Damning Deliberately Diabolical Diogenes:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/egZwVNqxCNE

* "Gargantuan Great Gladiatorial Games:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yRJMSag2BM4

* "Monarch Mortality:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rO6nTtShqlU

* "Kindred Khans:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1UwgQmkSmTw

* "Kindred Khans 2:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vQZlUUCYxAs

* "Kindred Khans 3:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-gcDAYLXvns

* "Kindred Khans 4:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vIdv9YAd-kg

* "Engaging Enlightenment:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fgNQgYKXN3k

* "Gruesome G3stapo:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ghYfcQRHwyw

* "Trump Takes Home The World's Biggest Prize:"

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* "The Swiss Send A Message To President 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.

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

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

* If you need help with chest binders:

* "Free Chest Binders:" https://www.pointofpride.org/free-chest-binders

* "Brother 2 Brother Binder Program:" https://blacktransmen.org/binder-program/

* "Morebinders:" https://www.morebinders.com/about

* "The Queer Trans Project :" https://queertransproject.org/

* "Free Gender Affirming Gear Program:" https://www.ftmessentials.com/pages/ftme-free-youth-binder-program

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* "Gaza death toll tops 70,000, health ministry says:" https://archive.ph/Nlmif

How to Help:
Revive Gaza's farmland: https://apnature.org/en/gaza
PCRF: https://www.pcrf.net/
HEAL Palestine: https://www.healpalestine.org/
The Sameer Project: https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject
Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://gazasoupkitchen.org/

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* This is horrific and embarrassing. "Trump’s $2 Trillion Plan to Cash in on Ukraine ‘Peace’ Leaks:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-2-trillion-plan-to-cash-in-on-ukraine-peace-leaks/

* I really hope Europe can pull together and save Ukraine now we have betrayed them all. "Zelenskiy says 'tough issues' still need to be resolved after Florida talks:" https://archive.ph/jcnHJ

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*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News ***

* "Where things stand 2 months after Trump ordered troops to Portland:" https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/28/donald-trump-national-guard-portland-oregon-ice/

* "Left in the dark’: Dozens protest deportation of Beaverton man:" https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/28/beaverton-protest-deportation-paulino-martin/

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* "Every Illegal Act Trump Committed in 2025 (So Far):"

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* "Authoritarianism Is Here:"

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* "The Red Cup Rebellion Expands :" https://sbworkersunited.org/the-red-cup-rebellion-expands/

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

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

Please add more below if you have them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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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* "Gay NYC councilman running for Congress says America is at a crossroads:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/erik-bottcher-nyc-congressional-candidate

* "21 times Marjorie Taylor Greene was the worst :" https://www.advocate.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-worst-moments#rebelltitem1

* "The Trump administration is choosing silence on World AIDS Day, but we're showing up louder than ever:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/world-aids-day-silence-trump-opinion

* "What the AIDS crisis stole from Black gay men:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/world-aids-day-2026

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* "US-19 Exposes the Failure of Federal Investment in Transportation Infrastructure:" https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025-10-9-us-19-exposes-the-failure-of-federal-investment-in-transportation-infrastructure

* From here down, many items are older.

* "Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom:" https://www.damninteresting.com/lake-peigneur-the-swirling-vortex-of-doom/

* "I was a chess prodigy trapped in a religious cult. It left me with years of fear and self-loathing:" https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/07/chess-prodigy-trapped-religious-cult-danny-rensch

* "How Not to Get Away With Murder:" https://torontolife.com/deep-dives/how-not-to-get-away-with-murder-the-stranger-than-fiction-story-of-the-stoney-creek-killing/

* "The city of 700 languages:" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/new-york-city-700-languages?

* "Istanbul’s porters keep centuries-old trade moving:" https://apnews.com/photo-essay/turkey-istanbul-porters-photo-essay-37447b6100aa7fa7b6246ff06ad669e3?

* "12 Funeral Foods And The Stories Behind Them:" https://www.thetakeout.com/1952528/funeral-foods-stories-behind-them/

* "What is Marshmallow Fluff? A guide to the iconic New England spread.:" https://www.boston.com/community/wickedpedia/2025/09/15/marshmallow-fluff-massachusetts/

* "‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/01/german-museum-grumpy-guide-kunstpalast-dusseldorf?

* "Inside the Very Expensive, Extremely Overwhelming, Engineered Fun of Theme Parks:" https://archive.is/Yhau8#selection-572.0-572.1

* CW: Human Remains. "Is it Time to Bury Vladimir Lenin?:"

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* "Legal Loopholes So Absurd They Work:"

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* I likely wasn't sick, as the symptoms would switch on and off and seemed to be gone by Saturday evening which is too fast for a pathogen, but normal for allergens.

I'm still not really recovered from The Great Furniture Migration, but I was able to do some of the "advanced arm physio," but I very not up to much of anything else and am barely managing bare minimum maintenence.

Livia's still mostly hiding in my room.

* I'm still running the horror movie Tournament poll: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls/tagged/Horror%20Movies

* "Gomez goes gay in Kiss of the Spider Woman?:"

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* "What makes X-Men so gay?:"

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* "Richard Hunt: The Gay Man Behind the Muppets:"

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* "The Messy Politics of Enemies to Lovers:"

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* "The Problem with Fantastical Racism:"

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* "Babylon 5 is the Anti-Fascist Show We Need:"

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* "To Kill A Mockingbird ~ Lost in Adaptation:"

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* "Holes ~ Lost in Adaptation:"

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* "The Count of Monte Cristo ~ Lost in Adaptation:"

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* "12 Movies And TV Shows That Started As Fan Fiction:" https://www.looper.com/1950927/movies-tv-shows-started-fan-fiction/

* "A Nerdy Breakdown of the Costumes in Muppet Treasure Island (y'all asked for this...):"

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* "Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2025:" https://archive.ph/DWo6P#selection-600.0-600.1

* "True Facts: Bats, The Science of The Hunt:"

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* "Horny Bones:"

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* "True Facts: The Science of the Praying Mantis:"

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* "Zany Zeus:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3yn_ZKy8yKs

* "Cheeky Caesar:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/56vCPOthtmw

* "Aggressive Agrippa:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pLPfVwwCNQw

* "Manageable Myths:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_C2FN0njGa0

* "Egregious English Kings:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G30l2-fAkiw

* "Sassy Shakespeare:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kii6g5wMkg8

* "Meanwhile in a Parallel Universe:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hq_0zCCTtns

* "Marauding Mary:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PH6RMlKye2I

* "Sinister Siblings:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qDVyNaB6snI

* "Sunday Sweets: Dark Beauties:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-dark-beauties-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.

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

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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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