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* Still Catching Up.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is utterly disgraceful.

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

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

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

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

* "DOJ Corruption Ends Broadview Prosecutions:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Trump's Stupidest Indictment:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

These Democrats are the quislings who voted for it:

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

Please tell them what you think of their vote.

These Republicans voted with Democrats to keep feeding people:

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

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

I also beg of you to contact your senators!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIS is how you move the party further LEFT.

PLAN YOUR VOTE!!!

Primary schedule here:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's warrantless, because, of course.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fuck!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* Truncated, at least a month and a half behind, and about to get worse. Sigh.

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* "Trump Claims ‘Absolute Right’ to Impose Tariffs as He Rages Against Courts in 950-Word Late Night Truth Social Tirade:" https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-claims-absolute-right-to-impose-tariffs-as-he-rages-against-courts-in-950-word-late-night-truth-social-tirade/

* "Trump is losing one battle after another. Cue the posts.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/16/donald-trump-supreme-court-attacks-00829708

* "Court Blocks Trump-Vance Administration Attempt to Dismantle U.S. African Development Foundation:" https://democracyforward.org/news/press-releases/court-blocks-trump-vance-administration-attempt-to-dismantle-u-s-african-development-foundation/

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

* "“Mass public revulsion” to mass deportation and what Trump’s immigration policy is REALLY doing:"

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* "Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino to retire, sources say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-retire-immigration-enforcement-rcna263751

* "US judge pauses termination of deportation protections for some Somali immigrants:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-somalia-temporary-protected-status-ruling-070706351d139e9ceb1f6031f25ec9a7

* "What Happens Now to Kristi Noem’s Warehouse Jails?:" https://archive.ph/BMoHX

* "How ICE's Largest Detention Facility Unraveled:" https://www.wsj.com/us-news/how-ices-largest-detention-facility-unraveled-faa8d264?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqde_HmoJn3lCzx69FhL7qF022jP77DX47T5CItAFxvX-WLaQOlPrSg6&gaa_ts=69c006ac&gaa_sig=Bh30QT8mwIyvTdYCpLY2O8u3oteOtaLN3ksi3btc1fEg_cN-ZPLpxxNB1AyeQm4lRCzqJK1H6KO6hGIo1t6TFg%3D%3D

* "Judge orders pause on ICE detention center construction in Maryland:" https://archive.ph/geahG

* "A Courthouse Arrest, a Surprise Pregnancy, and One Family’s Shattered Dreams:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/san-francisco-ice-courthouse-arrest-asylum-seekers-family-separation/

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

* "Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed:" https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer

* "Emerald City Comic Con Has Connections to ICE:" https://www.thestranger.com/news/2026/03/05/80506618/emerald-city-comic-con-has-connections-to-ice

* 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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* No Kings March 28! I'd like to thank everyone protesting this weekend!

* "Record-breaking ‘No Kings’ protests expected as nationwide marches near:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/no-kings-protest-march-trump

* "'No Kings' Protests May Draw Biggest—and Most Diverse—Anti-Trump Crowds Ever:" https://time.com/article/2026/03/24/no-kings-protests-march-28-biggest-anti-trump-crowds-ever/

* "One year of No Kings protests against Trump. What have we learned?:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/03/23/no-kings-protest-detroit-michigan-trump/89287749007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115501p116350l003050c116350e1122xxv115501d--50--b--50--&gca-ft=193&gca-ds=sophi

* "50 of the funniest No Kings sign ideas for the March 28 nationwide protest:" https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/no-kings-protest-sign-ideas-funny

* "History-making protests anticipated at Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ events to push back on Trump policies:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/history-making-protests-anticipated-at-saturday-s-no-kings-events-to-push-back-on-trump-policies-2493369411984

* "Bruce Springsteen to perform 'Streets of Minneapolis' at St. Paul No Kings protest this weekend:" https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/bruce-springsteen-no-kings

* "ACT UP marks 39th anniversary with NYC die-in at Palantir over Trump administration contracts:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/advocacy/act-up-palantir-nyc-protest

* "IN PICTURES: ACT UP New York’s march and die-in outside Palantir:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/advocacy/act-up-39-anniversary-protest

* "The United States loses its status as a liberal democracy: ‘Trump is aiming for a dictatorship’:" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-03-18/the-united-states-loses-its-status-as-a-liberal-democracy-trump-is-aiming-for-a-dictatorship.html

* "Discussing Trump’s Power Grab and How to Stop Dictators with Chris Hayes and Zack Beauchamp:"

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* "Trump reveals GOP congressman’s ‘terminal’ medical diagnosis at Kennedy Center meeting:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-kennedy-center-ric-grenell

* "Wiles announces cancer diagnosis, plans to stay in job:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/16/wiles-announces-cancer-diagnosis-plans-to-stay-in-job-00829598

She was right there when he joked about the Congressman's terminal diagnosis after disclosing it without permission. The footage was really unnerving in a way words can't convey.

* "Treasury secretary urges ‘a little empathy’ for Trump, who delighted in Robert Mueller’s death:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/scott-bessent-empathy-trump-mueller

* "Trump’s Handpicked Arts Commission Approves Gold Coin With His Face on It:" https://archive.ph/RZAym

* "Trump Appointee Wants to Overhaul the Front of the White House Next with This Controversial Design Idea:" https://people.com/trump-appointee-wants-to-overhaul-the-front-of-the-white-house-next-with-this-controversial-design-idea-11927747

* "Trump’s DOJ Is Helping a Convicted FBI Informant Tied to Russian Intelligence:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/donald-trump-doj-justice-alexander-smirnov-russia-ukraine-burisma-fbi/

* "Who is the biggest alleged grifter in the Trump administration?:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/who-is-the-biggest-alleged-grifter-in-the-trump-administration-2492907075920

* "Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments:" https://www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-doj-trump

* "Top Disaster Response Official Claims He Teleported to a Waffle House:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fema-official-gragg-phillips-teleported-waffle-house-1235534828/

* "Trump's Insane Plan To Steal Elections Leaked:"

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* "Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms:" https://www.propublica.org/article/election-denier-summit-trump-midterms

* "Trump’s Push for Election Power Raises Fears He Will ‘Subvert’ Midterms:" https://archive.ph/pCYVw

* "New report brings potential Trump election subversion scheme into focus:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/new-report-brings-potential-trump-election-subversion-scheme-into-focus-2489562691975

* "‘Desperate’: Soboroff sounds alarm on Trump’s scramble to tilt midterm math:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/desperate-soboroff-sounds-alarm-on-trump-s-scramble-to-tilt-midterm-math-2487978563539

* "White House directing DHS to hunt for voter fraud by naturalized citizens: Sources:" https://www.ms.now/news/memo-shows-white-house-directing-dhs-to-hunt-for-voter-fraud-by-naturalized-citizens

Naturalized citizens ARE US citizens and have a legal right to vote.

* "‘Not normal’: Trump directs DHS to investigate new citizens for ‘voter fraud’:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/not-normal-trump-directs-dhs-to-investigate-new-citizens-for-voter-fraud-2487979075561

* "Trump blasts Supreme Court for not overturning 2020 election:" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-supreme-court-overturning-2020-presidential-election/

* "Trump administration subpoenaing Arizona 2020 voting records, as Trump pushes to consolidate election power:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/09/donald-trump-arizona-2020-elections-maricopa-subpoena-00819024

* "Kristi Noem was unable to cite single election fraud case during secretive Arizona visit:" https://azmirror.com/2026/02/13/kristi-noem-was-unable-to-cite-single-election-fraud-case-during-secretive-arizona-visit/

* "‘Kind of a dud’: Trump’s election subversion exposed but Noem’s stunt falls flat:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/kind-of-a-dud-trump-s-election-subversion-exposed-but-noem-s-stunt-falls-flat-2487275075586

* "Election Records Handed Over to the FBI in Maricopa County, Arizona, Could Be Fatally Flawed, Experts Say:" https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-election-records-fbi

* "State Election Board won’t take over Fulton County elections for now:" https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/state-election-board-wont-take-over-fulton-county-elections-now/JNG634MSW5HXHFHT4QM5MJXODE/

* "‘All about ‘26 and ‘28’: Stacey Abrams warns FBI raid is ‘test run’ ahead of key races :" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/all-about-26-and-28-stacey-abrams-warns-fbi-raid-is-test-run-ahead-of-key-races-2488223299908

* "Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk:" https://newrepublic.com/post/206857/georgia-voter-fraud-elon-musk

* "FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms:" https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-kash-patel-wyden/

* "Discussing the limits of what we know about AI and Anthropic with Chris Hayes and Gideon Lewis-Kraus:"

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* "Pentagon blocks photographers from Hegseth’s briefings on the Iran war:" https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-pentagon-briefings-photographers-ad0cc21ad17d299c90284788fba62b5a

* "Hegseth Is Said to Have Ordered Pentagon Spokesman’s Firing:" https://archive.ph/MKQ1i

* I think we have found more Government waste: "Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab:" https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab

* "Pentagon spent more on lobster in one month than it did on trans health care all year:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/lavish-pentagon-spending-exposed

* "Trump apparently numb to federal waste as staff burns through taxpayer money:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-apparently-numb-to-federal-waste-as-staff-burns-through-taxpayer-money-2489288771988

* "US judge revives union contract for 320,000 workers at veterans' agency:" https://archive.ph/q1ilH

* "VA Is Rewriting Big Pieces of the Disability Rating Playbook :" https://www.military.com/feature/2026/02/15/va-rewriting-big-pieces-of-disability-rating-playbook.html?ESRC=mr_260309.nl

* "Federal appeals court sides with Pentagon against science, reinstating U.S. military’s HIV enlistment ban:" https://www.advocate.com/news/hiv-military-ban-upheld

* " After 40 years living with HIV, this military veteran sees history repeating :" https://www.advocate.com/news/people/reggie-dunbar-hiv-military-advocacy

* "Judge hints at federal class action, orders DOJ evidence in trans military ban case:" https://www.advocate.com/news/talbott-trans-military-class-action

* "DOJ tells court transgender troops must be fired before suing over revoked retirements:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/doj-logan-ireland-retirement-transgender

* "Trans service people vindicated by latest research:" https://www.advocate.com/military/the-power-of-trans-servicepeople

* "If this gay paratrooper could speak directly to Pete Hegseth, this is what he’d say:" https://www.advocate.com/news/people/brian-femminella-gay-paratrooper

* "Pete Hegseth declares that Scouting America will eliminate transgender tolerance & diversity programs:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/hegseth-war-scouting-america

* "Scouting America says transgender kids are still welcome after Pete Hegseth claimed they weren’t:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/scouting-america-transgender-still-welcome

* "Meet the Mastermind Behind Trump’s Definition of “Woman”:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/trump-anti-trans-may-mailman-sports-ban-womens-bill-of-rights-terf/

* "The Federal Bureau of Prisons is running a conversion therapy program. We must not let it stand:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/bop-transgender-conversion-therapy

* "Pell Grant Program Faces Serious and Immediate Shortfall :" https://www.crfb.org/blogs/pell-grant-program-faces-serious-and-immediate-shortfall

* "8 states file emergency motion to block Nexstar-Tegna merger after FCC approval:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/8-states-file-emergency-motion-block-nexstar-tegna-merger-fcc-approval-rcna264485

* "Major CBS News Layoffs Begin Under Bari Weiss’ Restructuring Plan:" https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cbs-news-layoffs-underway-bari-weiss-1236542195/

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* "Supreme Court worries Trump’s attack on late ballots could also threaten early voting:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/23/supreme-court-trump-mail-in-voting-00840378

* "‘I’m not doing that’: Lauren Boebert bucks Trump’s $200B Iran war ask:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/i-m-not-doing-that-lauren-boebert-bucks-trump-s-200b-iran-war-ask-2493061699530

* "Republicans Reject Democratic Proposal to End D.H.S. Impasse:" https://archive.ph/xFoJ7

Please call your Senators and encourage them to stay firm.

* "Senate confirms brawler Markwayne Mullin to lead Homeland Security Department after Kristi Noem:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-ally-markwayne-mullin-confirmed

* "In Markwayne Mullin, Pete Hegseth has a competitor in bravado, masochism, and queer hate:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/markwayne-mullin-pete-hegseth-competition

* Please tell Quislings John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico exactly what you think of their yes votes and thank Rand Paul for voting no.

(Yes, I know the kind of person Rand Paul is and that there is personal beef, but we want to encourage him to do the right thing in future votes).

* "SAVE America Act author admits married aide ‘had to go through a bunch of hoops’ to vote because she changed name:" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/chip-roy-save-america-act-voting-barriers/

I beg you to fight hard on this one 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

* The housing bill is a good and important piece of legislation that will free up so much housing being hoarded by corporations and the like to make it possible for people to have affordable homes.

The House Republicans do not like it, but they have only a two vote majority if you count the independent caucusing with them.

It is essential to contact your Congress Critter in the house and ask them to vote for this bill.

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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.

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.

* Arkansas! Don't forget to vote in the Run Off Election March 31st!

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

* "A Mar-a-Lago flip: Dems win Trump's hometown Florida House district:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/dems-win-mar-a-lago-gregory-00843333

* Interview with the winner here: "Democrat projected to flip Trump’s Mar-a-Lago district in Florida legislature:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/democrat-projected-to-flip-trump-s-mar-a-lago-district-in-florida-legislature-2493517891776

* "California sheriff running for governor seizes over 650,000 ballots from 2025 election:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/california-sheriff-election-ballots-seized

He had no evidence of any wrong doing, but he didn't like the results so he seized based on vibes.

* "Judge who OK’d ballot seizure spoke glowingly about Republican sheriff leading investigation:" https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/chad-bianco-ballot-seizure-judge-22094329.php

A Maga judge allowed him to do it as Republicans believe that things people pretend are true are evidence and facts aren't.

* "As Florida Fails To Ban Cousin Marriages, A Look At The Social Practice That Remains Taboo In The West:" https://www.news18.com/explainers/as-florida-fails-to-ban-cousin-marriages-a-look-at-the-social-practice-that-remains-taboo-in-the-west-sbhp-ws-l-9983433.html

* "Tennessee bill could create public registry of trans residents’ medical info:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/tennessee-transgender-residents-registry

* "Tennessee Republicans advance bill targeting what students can call transgender educators:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/tennessee-lawmakers-disrespect-trans-teachers

* "A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup:" https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

* "Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow:" https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/02/surviving-fascism-lessons-from-jim-crow/

* "Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester:" https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/

* "The UT System’s New ‘Controversial Topics’ Policy Is About Policing Knowledge:" https://www.texasobserver.org/ut-system-new-controversial-topics-policy-policing-knowledge/

* "How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty :" https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-librarian-book-ban/

* CW: Sexual Assault "Kevin Spacey settles with 3 alleged sexual assault victims ahead of civil trial in London:" https://www.advocate.com/news/kevin-spacey-settles-civil-lawsuits

* CW: Sexual Abuse, CSA "Jennifer Shahade: ‘There’s a long and embedded history of abuse in chess’:" https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/05/jennifer-shahade-interview-abuse-chess

* "‘It’s a Nightmare’: The Human Toll of the Catholic Church’s Trans Healthcare Ban:" https://transnews.network/p/it-s-a-nightmare-the-human-toll-of-the-catholic-church-s-trans-healthcare-ban

* "Opposition MPs, activists oppose amendments to Transgender Persons Act:" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/opposition-mps-activists-oppose-amendments-to-transgender-persons-act/article70772965.ece

The plan is to legislate trans people out of existence.

* "Appeals court rebukes New York judge for repeatedly refusing to seal trans name change records:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/judge-refuses-sealing-transgender-records

* "Appeals court weighs in: Can religious employers fire workers for being trans?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/liberty-university-transgender-employee-case

* "Gay drag artist murdered in Virginia shooting:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/black-drag-artist-virginia-murdered

* "Trans editor sues DreamWorks over harassment on Bad Guys 2:" https://www.advocate.com/news/bad-guys-2-bias-suit

* "I was a homeless trans teen. Telling my story saved me:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/boston-homeless-trans-teen-hrc

* "How a teacher and her students are bringing queer equality to Wikipedia:" https://www.advocate.com/news/culture/teacher-and-students-queer-wikipedia

* "Struggling with daily HIV meds? Monthly shots may be the answer:" https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv/hiv-injections-outperform-daily-pills

* "Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.:" https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/could-a-vaccine-prevent-dementia-shingles-shot-data-only-getting-stronger/

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* "LaGuardia reopens after the crash that killed 2 and hurt dozens. Here's what to know:" https://www.npr.org/2026/03/23/g-s1-114773/laguardia-air-canada-plane-collision-fire-truck

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

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

* "The Privacy ‘Zealots’ Were Right: Ad Tech’s Infrastructure Was Always A Risk:" https://www.adexchanger.com/data-driven-thinking/the-privacy-zealots-were-right-ad-techs-infrastructure-was-always-a-risk/

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

* I knew about the debunking of the language claims, but I had no idea how bad it was. CW: Animal Abuse. "The Dark Truth About Koko the Talking Gorilla: The Primate Forced to Be a Person:"

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* "Andy Warhol’s Queer Catholicism:" https://therevealer.org/andy-warhols-queer-catholicism/

* "Getting a Share in Green Bay:" https://prospect.org/2026/02/12/feb-2026-magazine-sports-green-bay-packers-nonprofit-community-owned/

* "Support Ny's Burial and Memorial Costs:" https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-nys-burial-and-memorial-costs

She was a genuinely warm and kind person. The world is a little darker without her in it.

* Monday I had the dentist and spent the last of the EBT on the way home.

I started blocking the one I can't prove is not medicare starting the weekend past, on the grounds that I tried telling "Paige" that I was going to block their number as spam if she didn't stop talking over me and when she stopped for air I said "You aren't listening to me!," then started to ask my question, so she started yelling her opening schpeil to drown me out again. I gave the warning a second time anyway, so hang up and block everytime they call. Insurance companies can afford a lot of autodialers though and Paige calls me once or twice a day anyway to jolt me from sleep. Eventually I will block enough of them to get real rest.

Livia is not recovered from all the disruptions and is fundamentally wary of pretty much everything right now.

The dentist was fixing where a bunch of small fillings from the oughts crumbled behind my front teeth. It feels weird, but I like my new bite better than the one the old fillings gave me. I think another couple of fillings from the '90's and oughts are gone too, but further back, and I suspect I've developed a couple cavities in the last month, but there is nothing to be done until next x-ray.

* A friend kindly printed a document I needed for the way harder than last time housing paperwork and went out of their way to drop it off. Unfortunately, my sleep's been a mess, so I stared and stared at the paperwork, but couldn't work out what exactly they were asking for part of it, so I'll have to try a a different night. Related note: I hate ambiguous directions on if you fill it out wrong they may send you to jail financial paperwork. I swear renewal was easier last time. Sigh.

I can't afford to procrastinate to long because while the results don't kick in for a year, it's a long lead time on processing and if I fuck this up we basically can't live here anymore and I can't imagine being able to afford to move either. It's nightmare fuel, really.

The other thing for today got postponed, which I don't mind because I had all the computer/connectivity issues today. The Lemon Lenovo had a minor freak out I had to trouble shoot involving a bunch of maintenance. We lost connectivity a few times, once for a while. A site I need if I intend to accomplish things was down for hours and keeps crashing. Livia is still having nightmares and I need to go in there to calm her down with loves.

Why am I so hungry lately? It is annoying and food is expensive.

In other news, as good as I thought The Hymn to Dionysus was it just kept getting better. I can't recommend that book highly enough. I have been quietly waiting for the pennies to drop for the main character. It turned out to metaphorically be more like a roll of quarters. Delightful!

Also, my friends keep asking interesting questions on the internet. I love y'all. This is what the Internet is for. :)

* At log off Thursday morning I had that failure where all my links disappeared, which is catastrophic since Firefox removed the restore previous session option several years ago for no apparent reason. Which means I'm likely to be trying to find and reorganize all my links possibly all weekend. Lets hope not, but I'm not sanguine.

I was hoping to post aggregate tonight in any case ahead of no kings, so I'm doing that, but you know how I'm a month and a half behind? Yeah, that's about to get worse.

At least Waterfox kept all my data in the recent up date. Yay, Waterfox!

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

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* "Calpernia Addams ‘shocked’ by Drag Race’s mention of boyfriend’s 1999 murder:" https://www.advocate.com/drag-race-barry-winchell-murder

* "Why Orville Peck Never Takes Off His Mask:"

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* The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley:

I am entirely enjoying The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley, which is blowing me right the fuck away. So many ancient Greek reimaginings drive me right up a wall because of my academic background. This? This is genius built on a monumental knowledge of art history, archaeology, surviving sources, and modern scholarship all wrapped up in a good story and a really fun narrative voice.

I have a ways to go yet, but Natasha Pulley clearly knows what she is doing with Dionysus.

This is So fun!

I know this is something I'm going to want on my shelf.
Update: As good as I thought The Hymn to Dionysus was it just kept getting better. I can't recommend that book highly enough. I have been quietly waiting for the pennies to drop for the main character. It turned out to metaphorically be more like a roll of quarters. Delightful! I am obsessed.

I read the notes at the back.

She's like: I didn't do any research on this one. I just learned to read ancient Greek and then read a long list of books.

Cue me, looking directly into the camera like a character on the office.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* This is what Russian promises are worth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Just saying.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

These are essential experts that will be hard to replace.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stand up now.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Sen. Warren Extended Interview:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For Republicans, every accusation is a confession.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am really worried about what comes next.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It did eat my whole evening, alas.

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

So phone bureaucracy tomorrow, I guess.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Bernie Rocks Coachella:"

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* "Elmo Drops A Trump Diss Track:"

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

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

Me: do they know?

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

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

( More Links Underneath: )

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

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* "Why Israel's having some of its biggest protests since the war in Gaza began:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339490/israel-protests-netanyahu-hostages-gaza-war

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* "Russian strike kills 14, including six children in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine says:" https://archive.ph/YhVc3

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* "Labor accuses Dutton of copying Trump with suggestion children being ‘indoctrinated’ at school:" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/01/labor-dutton-trump-comparison-doge-school-curriculum

Please don't follow us into the dark, Australia.

* "Elections watchdog warned AI presents 'high' risk in current campaign: internal documents:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ai-elections-rules-1.7499383

* "Canada election debates will see these 5 party leaders participate:" https://globalnews.ca/news/11110269/canada-election-leaders-debates-lineup-qualify/

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* "Iran wants indirect talks with US, warns regional countries over strikes against it:" https://archive.ph/YISOu

* "Rep. Balint: Trump wants to 'flex his muscles as the tough guy' with threats against Iran, Russia:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/rep-balint-trump-wants-to-flex-his-muscles-as-the-tough-guy-with-threats-against-iran-russia-235823685542

* "Exclusive: Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say:" https://archive.ph/8eVEY

* "See Trump’s list: More than 180 countries and territories facing reciprocal tariffs:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-countries-chart-imports-united-states.html

* "US slaps 26% tariff on India amid ongoing bilateral trade talks:" https://archive.ph/7EdpD

* "China urges US to immediately lift tariffs, vows retaliation:" https://archive.ph/AIYKX

* "Trump tariffs pile stress on ailing world economy:" https://archive.ph/WTPAM

* "Dow futures tumble over 800 points on fear Trump’s tariffs will spark trade war: Live updates:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/stock-market-today-live-updates-trump-tariffs.html

* "US Senate passes bill aimed at stopping Trump tariffs on Canada:" https://archive.ph/udQis

Unfortunately, Mike Johnson is blocking it in the House because that is how much Republicans hate America and how much Republicans want to destroy our economy, probably for generations because of all the trading partners (and islands entirely inhabited by penguins) we have burned.

Everyone who ever told you Republicans are good on the economy was LYING to YOU.

That was last true when Nixon was President.

Ever since Reagan, I've watched Republicans crash the economy over and over, and Democrats start to repair the damage, then have Republicans voted in and yet again crash the economy.

It's what they do. They suck money out of the pockets of ordinary people while giving tax cuts to the very richest and making decisions that harm everyone but a handful of billionaires.

This time they broke the economy, the government, and Democracy, things they've been vowing to do since I was born.

They could literally stop the Trump tariff destruction TODAY but backing the Senate on ending Trump's authority to destroy the American economy by rescinding Trump's emergency declaration that gives him the Authority to do this to us.

IF YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE in THE HOUSE, CALL THEM NOW.

Make the phones ring off the hooks. I am begging you. Every hour that passes the harder it is to fix.

Here is a script for calling Congress Critters on tariffs: https://www.tumblr.com/errorschacha/779843646911643648?source=share

* "Top Republican leads bill to reassert Congress’ tariff power amid Trump trade war:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/03/congress/top-republican-leads-bill-to-reassert-congress-tariff-power-amid-trump-trade-war-00268710

There is now one for all the Tariffs in the Senate, so call your Senator NOW!

* "Trump Goes Crazy on Trade:" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-goes-crazy-on-trade

* "Trump's targets for 'reciprocal' tariffs include uninhabited islands but exclude Russia and Iran:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-targets-reciprocal-tariffs-include-uninhabited-islands-exclude/story?id=120445283

* "Launching the Economic Version of the Iraq War.:" https://fallows.substack.com/p/launching-the-economic-version-of

* "Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy?:" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-careless-stupidity-kill-the

* "President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc:" https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/04/03/president-trumps-mindless-tariffs-will-cause-economic-havoc

* "A third global recession in 20 years looms:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-cause-recession

* "It's the end of the world's economic order as we know it:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-canada-europe-allies

* "China hits back at Trump with 34% tariff on U.S. imports:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-hits-back-trump-34-tariff-us-imports-rcna199665

* "‘This Could Get Much Uglier’: The Fatal Flaw in Trump’s Trade War:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-manufacturing-confusion-00267945

* "Dow plunges 2,000 as sell-off for markets slams into a scarier gear following Trump’s tariffs:" https://apnews.com/article/market-rates-trump-tariffs-d86db525c370e9da834e6dfb76e23b86

* "‘Worst case scenario’ Hayes says Trump is waterboarding the U.S. economy:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-worst-case-scenario-hayes-says-trump-is-waterboarding-the-u-s-economy-236286533786

* "Needless economic pain from Trump not even worth it if his tariff gambit works: Economist:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/needless-economic-pain-from-trump-not-even-worth-it-if-his-tariff-gambit-works-economist-236488261814

* "Lack of answers from Trump on tariff game plan leaves investors uneasy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/lack-of-answers-from-trump-on-tariff-game-plan-leaves-investors-uneasy-236491333583

* And for bonus stupid that explains so much... "Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/critics-suspect-trumps-weird-tariff-math-came-from-chatbots/

* "Trump is 'steering the Titanic towards the iceberg,' says CNBC reporter:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-is-steering-the-titanic-towards-the-iceberg-says-cnbc-reporter-236596805514

* "The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-ridiculous-real-story-behind-the-tariff-plan-that-turned-donald-trump-into-a-global-disaster-236611653893

* "Amazon’s last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-amazon-bytedance-china-us-ban-19f62e2dba637a0d1a0b41102a2f351f

* Trump is openly disrespected our fallen soldiers again. "Trump Skips Honoring Soldiers Killed in Lithuania to Watch Golf:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-skips-transfer-soldiers-killed-lithuania-liv-golf-1235310901/

* "Donald Trump blows off dignified transfer of fallen U.S. soldiers for golf events:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-blows-off-dignified-transfer-of-fallen-u-s-soldiers-for-golf-events-236615749688

* "Appeals Court clears the way for Musk, DOGE to resume cuts to USAID:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/appeals-court-usaid-ruling-doge-00259154

* Cruelty is the point "A USAID worker's pregnant wife was denied an emergency medical evacuation after DOGE fired her:" https://www.advocate.com/news/usaid-pregnant-denied-medical-evacuation

* "Exclusive: Trump administration is pointing spy satellites at US border:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-directs-spy-satellite-agencies-surveil-us-mexico-border-2025-03-27/

* Everything about this is gross. "Donald Trump Reveals $5m Visa Gold Card With His Face On:" https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reveals-5m-visa-gold-card-his-face-2055171

* "The Trump DOJ Is Barreling Toward Contempt of Court. There’s Still One Way Out.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-doj-contempt-boasberg-salvador-prison.html

* "Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing:" https://apnews.com/article/us-institute-peace-trump-doge-mass-firing-746aa4fce9ad35fe17e8e22ce29417e3

They aren't part of the executive branch. I don't understand how any of this is legal.

* "DOGE Staffer Appointed to Lead U.S. Institute of Peace Founded Company That Sells ‘AI Workers’: Nate Cavanaugh, a 28-year-old college dropout, is steeped in the hypercapitalist ideology of Silicon Valley:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/doge-us-institute-of-peace-nate-cavanaugh-1235307495/

* "Trump administration takes $500M US Institute of Peace building for free:" https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/federal-fallout/us-institute-of-peace-usip-500-million-dollar-headquarters-department-of-government-efficiency-trump-administration/65-b32203f0-ec4a-410f-b128-15484a282d3c

* "'This is bananas': DOGE looks to finagle a building the federal government doesn't own:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-this-is-bananas-doge-looks-to-finagle-a-building-the-federal-government-doesn-t-own-235941445573

* "Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”:" https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights

* Xenophobic Lies vs. Reality: "Risk Analysis of Mass Shootings Committed by Immigrants and Native-Born Americans:" https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/risk-analysis-mass-shootings-committed-immigrants-native-born-americans#

* "Maryland father sues U.S. officials after being deported to El Salvador prison:" https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-father-deported-el-salvador-abrego-garcia-us-immigration/

* "Wife of man mistakenly sent to El Salvador prison says she fears for his safety: "My husband's not a criminal":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wife-man-error-deported-to-el-salvador-prison/

* "‘Horrific’: Joe Rogan blasts Trump for sending innocent people to El Salvador prison:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-horrific-joe-rogan-blasts-trump-for-sending-innocent-people-to-el-salvador-prison-236093509538

* Now we find out if there is even a shred of rule of law left. "Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5352448/judge-orders-the-trump-administration-to-return-man-who-was-mistakenly-deported-el-salvador

* "ICE agents detain nearly 40 employees during morning raid at Whatcom County businesst:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-government/article303349791.html

* "Protest emerges at Ferndale facility after ICE reportedly detains Whatcom County activist:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article302806399.html

* "The Trump Administration’s War on Activists Is Escalating: ICE’s detention of a Washington state union organizer, alongside other threats to activists, raises the question of how far the Trump team will go to stifle dissent.:" https://newrepublic.com/article/193391/juarez-zeferino-ice-detention-activists

* If it is legitimate, why do it in secret and not tell the students? This prevents them getting due process, so they can be kidnapped. "Visas revoked, records terminated for more students at U of M, MSU Mankato:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/03/5-international-college-students-in-mankato-have-records-terminated-by-dhs

* "Ten Colorado international students – at least half Middle Eastern – have visas revoked:" https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/02/csu-cu-uccs-international-students-visas-revoked/

There were a bunch more of these as other colleges have started checking.

* "Colorado activist Jeanette Vizguerra's hearing delayed as legal team challenges deportation: "She was targeted":" https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/family-legal-team-colorado-activist-jeanette-vizguerra-press-conference-hearing/

* "Judge denies Justice Department's effort to move detained Tufts student's case to Louisiana:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-detained-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-case-vermont/

* I can't cover all the protests in all the places people have been kidnapped from, but I want to thank all of you doing it. Stay noisy.

* "Students walk out at Ballou to demand release of Rümeysa Öztürk:" https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/04/students-walk-out-at-ballou-to-demand-release-of-rumeysa-ozturk

* "WATCH: Video shows Alireza Doroudi being detained by ICE officers at his apartment near the University of Alabama:" https://www.cbs42.com/news/watch-video-shows-alireza-doroudi-being-detained-by-ice-officers-at-his-apartment-near-the-university-of-alabama/

* "University of Alabama students protest to demand ICE release international student Alireza Doroudi:" https://www.wvtm13.com/article/university-alabama-protest-doroudi-student-detained-ice/64342584

* Reminder of how bullshit the claims are that they are renditioning criminals and not innocent asylum seekers: "The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/the-makeup-artist-donald-trump-deported-under-the-alien-enemies-act

* "British Tourist Detained by ICE for 19 Days Warns Against All US Travel:" https://www.newsweek.com/ice-tourist-immigration-detained-2055805

* "‘Inhumane conditions’ and death at Miami’s Krome migrant detention center:" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-01/inhumane-conditions-and-death-at-miamis-krome-migrant-detention-center.html

* "Weekend protests in South Florida over Trump deportation program and Tesla:" https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2025-03-31/weekend-protests-south-florida-trump-deportation-program-tesla-doge

* "Protesters march through downtown Dallas for the Mega March 2025:" https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/thousands-march-through-downtown-dallas-for-the-mega-march-2025/

* I can't cover all the protests, but I like to remind people that they are out there: "Protesters in small New York village march to Trump border czar's home over family's ICE detention:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protesters-small-new-york-village-march-trump-border-czars-home-family-rcna199867

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

* "Huger man accused of posing as ICE officer in viral video excused from court Friday:" https://abcnews4.com/news/local/huger-man-seen-posing-as-ice-officer-in-viral-video-excused-from-court-friday-wciv-abc-news-4-sean-johnson-sullivans-island-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-kidnapping

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* "Russian punk band Pussy Riot pops up at Washington Square Park to issue warnings about authoritarianism in America:" https://www.amny.com/news/pussy-riot-washington-square-park-authoritarianism/

* "Hundreds of protests planned as Trump's abuses generate wide array of grievances:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hundreds-of-protests-planned-as-trump-s-abuses-generate-wide-array-of-grievances-236612677727

* "Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-protests-hands-off-472c574303260cbac315367cc808960d

* "Photos: See demonstrators around the country rally in 'Hands Off!' protests:" https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/04/05/g-s1-58479/photos-see-hands-off-protests-trump-musk

* "Anchorage demonstrators join ‘Hands Off!’ rally, part of national protests:"https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2025/04/05/over-1000-join-anchorages-hands-off-rally-part-of-national-protests/

* "Protesters mobilize across region for "Hands Off!" demonstrations:" https://6abc.com/post/protesters-mobilize-region-hands-off-demonstrations/16132025/

* "Demonstrators participate in "Hands Off" protests in South Florida, expressing frustrations with Trump administration:" https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-hands-off-president-trump-protest-elon-musk/

* "Big crowd for ‘Hands Off’ rally in heart of one of the most Trump supporting states in the country:" https://wvmetronews.com/2025/04/05/big-crowd-for-hands-off-rally-in-heart-of-one-of-the-most-trump-supporting-states-in-the-country/

* "See the photos as protesters gather in Eugene for the “Hands Off!” demonstration.:" https://www.registerguard.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/04/05/protesters-gather-in-eugene-for-hands-off-largest-nationwide-demonstrations-in-recent-years-over-110/82888339007/

* "Bellingham turns out for local version of national day of protest against Trump policies:" https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article303583746.html

* "'Bloodbath': Protesters meet Trump at every step as he butchers U.S. government agencies:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-bloodbath-protesters-meet-trump-at-every-step-as-he-butchers-u-s-government-agencies-236123717533

* "'There's no other savior or option': Resistance to Trump mobilizes as Americans have seen enough:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-there-s-no-other-savior-or-option-resistance-to-trump-mobilizes-as-americans-have-seen-enough-235933765750

* "Chris Kluwe got arrested protesting MAGA. He's still protesting because 'it's the right thing to do':" https://www.advocate.com/news/chris-kluwe-pride-flag-arrest-update

* "Trump voters got exactly what they wanted — so why are people complaining?:" https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/trump-voters-tariffs/

* "We Are Sleepwalking Into Autocracy: Senator Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, describes how free and fair elections might end in America as soon as 2026.:" https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/senator-chris-murphy-this-is-how-democracy-dies-everybody-just-gets-scared

* "The frog of democracy is nearly boiled. We can still jump out of the pot.:" https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-dictatorship-universities-law-firms-20250323.html

* "Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Actions:" https://www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-related-to-trump-admin-executive-orders

* "Democrats sue Trump administration over elections executive order:" https://archive.ph/Zcelw

* "Satire Won’t Save Us: Power, Masculinity, and the Cult of Trump:"

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* "Trump moves to strip unionization rights from most federal workers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/union-rights-federal-workers-donald-trump-00257010

* "Trump Just Pardoned … a Corporation?:" https://theintercept.com/2025/04/02/trump-pardons-corporation-bitmex-crypto/

* "Several federal agencies launch a 'deferred resignation' effort to encourage workers to leave their jobs:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/federal-agencies-launch-new-deferred-resignation-effort-encourage-work-rcna199069

* "Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon:" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784

* "Musk might be on his way out, but what happens to all the destruction he wrought on the federal government?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/musk-leaves-destruction

* "Protests against Elon Musk’s purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms:" https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-tesla-doge-protests-a07cb5f20d65d0fb4dcb3547e2b7879c

* "‘He’s a loser’: Tim Walz says Elon Musk’s ‘toxic personality’ repels voters:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-he-s-a-loser-tim-walz-says-elon-musk-s-toxic-personality-repels-voters-236279877905

* "The Tragedy and Comedy of Elon Musk:"

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* "Social Security: How to Prepare for Changes to Benefit Access:" https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-prepare-changes-benefit-access-2052895

* "A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year:" https://apnews.com/article/social-security-offices-closures-doge-trump-b2b1a5b2ba4fb968abc3379bf90715ff

* "Social Security demands that gay activist living with AIDS repay $200k in benefits:" https://www.advocate.com/news/social-security-demands-activist-repay

You know how I've been expressing concerns about targeted attacks on people the administration doesn't like. Do I know it's happening here? No, but I suspect it.

* "Musk's claim Biden administration gave Social Security numbers to millions of noncitizens lacks context: The Enumeration Beyond Entry program grants Social Security numbers to successful applicants for U.S. residency, work permits and citizenship.:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/01/musk-biden-social-security-numbers/

* "Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/janet-mills-social-security-maine-leland-dudek_n_67ed2d99e4b0b937ab8f135c

* "DOGE cuts stall Maine seafood business trying to go green:" https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/19/doge-cuts-stall-maine-seafood-business-trying-to-go-green/

* "Maine DHHS forced to end dozens of contracts due to federal cuts:" https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-dhhs-forced-to-end-dozens-of-contracts-due-to-federal-cuts-cdc-programs-president-donald-trump-doge-elon-musk

* "Children put at risk in Donald Trump's petty vendetta against the state of Maine:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/children-put-at-risk-in-donald-trump-s-petty-vendetta-against-the-state-of-maine-236497989870

* "Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/waltzs-team-set-up-at-least-20-signal-group-chats-for-crises-across-the-world-00266845

* "Report: Waltz used Gmail for official work:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/mike-waltz-signal-gmail-security

* "Pentagon watchdog launches probe into Hegseth use of Signal chat ahead of Houthi airstrike:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-watchdog-launches-probe-signalgate/story?id=120458325

* "Fresh from scandal over group chat attack plans, Hegseth's conduct opens him to ridicule:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fresh-from-scandal-over-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-s-conduct-opens-him-to-ridicule-235934277935

* "One small part of Pete Hegseth's wardrobe is a big tell:" https://www.salon.com/2025/04/06/one-small-part-of-pete-hegseths-wardrobe-is-a-big-tell/

* He's doing another purge, this time based on a Neo-NAZI conspiracy theorist's suggestions. "Trump fires several national security officials over loyalty concerns:" https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04/03/trump-moves-to-fire-several-nsc-officials-over-loyalty-concerns/

* "Laura Loomer Is a Warning: No one else with direct access to the president has been as outwardly bigoted.:" https://archive.ph/jnAjK

* "‘Absurd’: Sen. Kim on MAGA conspiracist Laura Loomer's White House influence:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-absurd-sen-kim-on-maga-conspiracist-laura-loomer-s-white-house-influence-236597829503

* "Pete Hegseth Moves to Replace Military’s Lawyers for Chilling Reason:" https://newrepublic.com/post/192695/pete-hegseth-replace-military-lawyers

Yet more purges of competent and ethical people. It's extra scary because they are essential to ethical conduct of our military

* "Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions:" https://archive.ph/YIl3Z

They are having to censor the naval academy library because the diversity ban bars them from having books about MLK or Jackie Robinson.

* "Appeals court denies Trump DOJ’s request to halt injunction on trans military ban — for now:" https://www.advocate.com/news/appeals-court-trans-military-ban

* "Meet the transgender Army lieutenant who is challenging Donald Trump's military ban \:" https://www.advocate.com/news/nicolas-talbott-transgender-soldier-plaintiff

* "Transgender Army officer Erica Vandal was born into military service. Now, she's suing Trump to stay in :" https://www.advocate.com/news/erica-vandal-decorated-transgender-leader

* "This trans Air Force recruit wants to jump out of planes to save others. He's suing Trump to serve:" https://www.advocate.com/news/clayton-mccallister-transgender-pararescue-recruit

* "Veterans, unions, top Michigan Dems gather to protest Trump VA order in Ann Arbor:" https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/03/29/veterans-unions-michigan-dems-protest-trump-va-order-in-ann-arbor/82721024007/

* "Thousands laid off as Kennedy and Musk take aim at health agencies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/kennedy-lays-off-thousands-across-the-health-bureaucracy-00262913

* "The CDC Has Been Gutted:" https://www.wired.com/story/cdc-gutted-rif/

* For salt in the wounds of the illegally fired: "Fired health workers were told to contact an employee. She’s dead.:" https://archive.ph/DOKuM

* "Democratic-led states sue to block Trump from $11 billion health funding cut:" https://archive.ph/i9gGl

* "HHS firings undermine federal government’s ability to care for vulnerable Americans:" https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-firings-put-disabled-americans-at-risk/

* "HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled:" https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/01/g-s1-57716/hhs-layoffs-seniors-disabled-liheap-acl

* "Alzheimer’s Association Sounding the Alarm Over the Threat of Elimination of Alzheimer’s Programs at HHS, CDC:" https://www.alz.org/news/2025/threat-of-elimination-of-alzheimers-programs-hhs-cdc

* "Exclusive: Trump health layoffs include staff overseeing bird flu response, source says:" https://archive.ph/PzkLw

* "Measles outbreak in west Texas continues while cuts on health agencies loom:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5343519/measles-outbreak-in-west-texas-continues-while-cuts-on-health-agencies-loom

* "50 canceled measles clinics, and other local impact from HHS cuts:" https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-local-officials-react-rif-impacts-public-health/

* "Another child has died::" https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-rfk-death-vaccine-4e28b0edf5cab47980b40b2d47f0ec50

* "Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH:" https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/

* This will bread more antibiotic resistant strains which is bad for everyone. Infectious disease know no borders. "Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths:" https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/health/tuberculosis-impact-usaid-funding-intl-scli/index.html

* "Trump team guts AIDS-eradication programme and slashes HIV research grants:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00969-5

* "HIV Activists March in NYC to Protest “Death by 1,000 Musk Cuts”:" https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-activists-march-nyc-protest-death-1000-musk-cuts

* Trump admin cuts tens of millions from Planned Parenthood: The Title X funds were earmarked for birth control and other non-abortion services. "Trump admin cuts tens of millions from Planned Parenthood:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-admin-cuts-tens-of-millions-from-planned-parenthood-00261763

It was already illegal to use federal funds for abortion. This is intended to prevent access to birth control and cancer screenings. They are lying when they say they are "Pro-Life."

* "FDA's top tobacco official removed from post in latest blow to agency's leadership:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/fdas-top-tobacco-official-removed-post-latest-blow-120366010

* "Donald Trump fired the man who likely saved his life: Former medical official:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-fired-the-man-who-likely-saved-his-life-former-medical-official-236335685814

* "Entire staff responsible for utility assistance included in HHS cuts, sources say:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-admin-fires-staff-liheap-agency-utilities-assistance-program-rcna199177

* "Drugmakers sink after key FDA official ousted as Trump plans health overhaul:" https://archive.ph/JYyC0

* "PHOTOS: Crowd gathers to protest firings, budget cuts at CDC:" https://www.ajc.com/configsection/photos-crowd-gathers-to-protest-firings-budget-cuts-at-cdc/MUC3JE3AKVE4HNYOGESFJCEHGU/

* " In a week, RFK Jr. fat-shames the West Virginia governor, fires 10k HHS workers, and enrages Wall Street:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/rfk-jr-offends-everyone

* "Senate confirms Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/03/senate-confirmation-mehmet-oz-medicare-medicaid-00270913

* "National Park Rangers rebel against queer erasure on Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.advocate.com/news/park-rangers-transgender-stonewall-erasure

* "K-12 schools must sign certification against DEI to receive federal money, administration says:" https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-school-discrimination-federal-funding-7d1025753b9bd924711ace4069fca399

* "Trump administration announces anti-trans investigations team to fight 'gender ideology' in schools:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-anti-transgender-investigations

* "Trump’s Latest Power Grab Threatens Free Expression and LGBTQ+ Voices in Smithsonian Institutions:" https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/trumps-latest-power-grab-threatens-free-expression-and-lgbtq-voices-in-smithsonian-institutions

* "ALA statement on White House assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services :" https://www.ala.org/news/2025/03/ala-statement-white-house-assault-institute-museum-and-library-services

* "The White House press corps just caved to Trump, and that should terrify you:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/white-house-press-caves-trump

* "These universities are in Trump's crosshairs. Many don’t know why.:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/these-universities-are-trumps-crosshairs-many-dont-know-why-2025-03-27/

* "Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University:" https://apnews.com/article/princeton-trump-federal-funding-9c32a996256849ac00792ef50dbdfb0e

* "Trump administration targets billions in funding to Harvard:" https://archive.ph/EP0gd

* "Judge dismisses Eric Adams case, denying DOJ an opportunity to revive it later:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/judge-dismisses-eric-adams-case-00265683

* "The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law: Trump’s actions are an attempt to tilt the scales of justice by using the raw power of government coercion—and they’re working.:" https://archive.ph/gvgpv

* "Another big law firm cuts a deal with White House to avoid sanctions:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/law-firm-cuts-deal-avoid-sanctions-00265285

* "Over 500 law firms sign brief backing Perkins Coie suit against Trump:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/500-law-firms-sign-brief-backing-perkins-coie/story?id=120499725

* "On a scale of 1-10, how freaked out is Eric Holder about the Trump admin so far?:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/on-a-scale-of-1-10-how-freaked-out-is-eric-holder-about-the-trump-admin-so-far-236290117814

* "Truth Social filing would allow Trump's trust to sell up to $2.3 billion in stock:" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-truth-social-stock

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* "Trump increasingly asks the Supreme Court to overrule judges blocking key parts of his agenda:" https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportations-birthright-citizenship-0787cdf8bd36b964c7974ed032717ed4?

* "The LGBTQ+ Supreme Court cases to watch this term:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-supreme-court-cases-2025#rebelltitem1

* "What are 'Religious Freedom' laws, and how are they used against LGBTQ+ people?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/religious-freedom-vs-lgbtq-rights

* "Supreme Court wrestles with red state efforts to defund Planned Parenthood:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/scotus-wrestles-with-red-state-efforts-to-defund-planned-parenthood-00266466

* "Activists rally outside Supreme Court in DC ahead of Planned Parenthood funding case:" https://wjla.com/news/local/march-for-life-rally-planned-parenthood-funding-abortion-rights-anti-abortion-supreme-court-pro-life-choose-health-medina-south-atlantic-tax-dollars-washington-dc-motherhood

The one time I was able to go to a big DC protest it was in support of Abortion Rights when there was a case before the Supreme Court (on a date!) in 1989. That time, we won.

I want to thank all of you protesting out there.

* "Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5345607/supreme-court-education-department

* "Some House Republicans voice opposition to the Senate's newly adopted budget for Trump's agenda:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-adopts-new-budget-trumps-agenda-gop-cracks-emerge-rcna199747

They are doing dramatic cuts to Medicaid to pay for tax cuts to Billionaires.

If this passes, people die.

They are sacrificing people for the billionaires that bought them.

It is essential to contact your Reps, especially if they are "Freedom Caucus."

I know this is counter intuitive, but they are challenging from the extreme right. Maybe try something like: the tax cuts are driving up the debt. IDK, I'm bad at working out how they think. You know your Congress Critter best.Seriously, call in to all republican reps. Make whatever argument works if they ask for one. For regular republicans try: cutting medicaid really hurts seniors on Medicare too, as a lot have both, or something similar.

* "Medicaid cuts would decimate Native American programs, tribal health leaders say:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-cuts-native-american-health-programs/

* We'll see, I guess. "Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick Throws President Under Bus in Confirmation Hearing:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-joint-chiefs-pick-dan-caine-calls-him-a-liar-at-confirmation-hearing/

* "A Democratic senator is putting holds on VA nominees to protest Trump’s plans to cut its workforce:" https://apnews.com/article/veterans-congress-gallego-trump-6236bbc77ff1a98f736b1cf134cab609

* "Adam Schiff places hold on Ed Martin's nomination to be D.C. U.S. attorney:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nominee-u-s-attorney-in-d-c-ed-martin-blocked-adam-schiff/

* "Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest 'crisis' he says Trump and Musk created:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/booker-stages-senate-filibuster-protest-crisis-trump-musk/story?id=120365354

* "BREAKING: Sen. Cory Booker gives marathon speech to ‘disrupt’ Senate in protest of Trump, Musk:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/sen-cory-booker-filibusters-on-senate-floor-to-disrupt-the-senate-because-our-nation-is-in-crisis-235914309998

* "Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347318/cory-booker-senate-speech

* "Cory Booker Breaks Senate Speech Record in 25-Hour Rebuke of Trump Administration:" https://time.com/7273417/cory-booker-filibuster-speech-senate/

* "Cory Booker wipes away a racist's record, fires up lost Democrats, and eyes a presidential run in 2028:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/cory-booker-record-speech

* "Cory Booker Broke a Record — Now Let's Fix Democracy!:"

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* "House Democrats open probe into FCC media investigations:" https://archive.ph/DfLAR

* "Elizabeth Warren launches campaign to investigate Department of Education closure: 'I will fight it with everything I've got':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elizabeth-warren-launches-campaign-investigate-department-education-closure/story?id=120388078

* "Face-Off Between Trump Diehards Marjorie Taylor Greene and Anna Paulina Luna Gets Ugly:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/face-off-between-trump-diehards-marjorie-taylor-greene-and-anna-luna-gets-ugly/

* "Democrats introduce bill to expand gender-affirming care access to mark Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/becca-balint-trans-healthcare-bill

* "‘I promise I’ll behave’: Congress’ most mercurial Republican faces DOGE, Signalgate anger:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/29/town-hall-backlash-doge-signalgate-00005579

* "Charges dropped against trans advocate falsely accused of assault by Nancy Mace for giving her a firm handshake:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/nancy-mace-handshake-charges-dropped

* "Sarah McBride: Trans visibility and proximity have never been more important than now:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/sarah-mcbride-opinion-tdov

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Trans and wanting to run for office? Danica Roem will help lead a training for transgender candidates:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/victory-institute-transgender-training

* "PSA: If you or people you know voted in North Carolina:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3612905.html

They are trying to invalidate ballots from last November to overthrow an important election. Please check and cure your ballot if it's one of the ones in the court case.

* Democracy held in Wisconsin. "Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk:" https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-81f71cdda271827ae281a77072a26bad

* "Jill Underly reelected as Wisconsin superintendent of schools:" https://www.wpr.org/news/april-election-dpi-state-superintendent-jill-underly-reelected-kinser

This is also a relief. I want to thank all of you who voted the whole ballot.

* "GOP retains two House seats in Florida, as Democrats claim 'historic' improvement:" https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5348089/florida-congressional-results-gop-patronis-fine

* "Louisiana voters reject constitutional amendments championed by Republican governor:" https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-constitutional-amendments-landry-c9a48606790251bdddb84978eea382ea

* "In Tuesday election, Aurora City Council incumbents appear to stay, except alderman at-large:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/02/aurora-alderman-at-large-election/

* Minnesotans! Don't Forget to Vote April 8! "Referendums on the April 8 special election ballot:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/01/minnesota-special-election-referendums-april-8

* "Minnesota Governor Walz Calls Special Election for Senate District 6 :" https://www.nfib.com/news/news/minnesota-governor-walz-calls-special-election-for-senate-district-6/

* "Gay U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas announces Senate bid:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/chris-pappas-runs-us-senate

* "Can Democrats win Michigan's 2026 U.S. Senate seat? Mallory McMorrow says yes. | Opinion:" https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/nancy-kaffer/2025/04/06/u-s-senate-mallory-mcmorrow-democrat-dnc-michigan-elissa-slotkin-gary-peters/82797095007/

* "Protester carried out after undocumented student bill passes TN committee:" https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/protester-carried-out-after-undocumented-student-bill-passes-committee/

* "Florida Senate pushes ahead with 'don't say gay at work' bill after seemingly brushing it aside:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/florida-dont-say-gay-work

* "Utah becomes first state to ban fluoride in public water:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-bans-fluoride-public-water-rcna193917

* "Utah bans Pride flags after “cowardly” governor avoids veto:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/utah-bans-pride-flags-after-cowardly-governor-avoids-veto/

* "Prosecutors seek 7-year prison sentence for George Santos in sweeping fraud case:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-sentencing-recommendation

* "FBI raids leader of gay furry hacking group that went after the organization behind Project 2025:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/project-2025-gay-furry-hackers

* "Everyone Loved a Colorado Prison’s VFW Post—Until a Popular YouTuber Heard About It:" https://www.5280.com/everyone-loved-a-colorado-prisons-vfw-post-until-a-popular-youtuber-heard-about-it/

* "a promise, a threat, and a proportional response:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2033252.html

* "Here are 11 major companies standing up for DEI :" https://www.advocate.com/news/companies-keeping-dei#rebelltitem13

* "Alabama community saves library after funding cut over LGBTQ+ books:" https://www.advocate.com/news/alabama-town-saves-library

* "Iowa State students hold 'funeral' for LGBTQ+ center shut down by anti-DEI bill:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/iowa-state-lgbtq-center-closes-dei

* "Goth Is White: Pallor, Prejudice and Purity:"

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* "Lesbian former police officer wins $10 million in sexual harassment lawsuit:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ashley-cummins-lesbian-harassment-lawsuit

* "A Disturbing Advance in Fetal Personhood:" https://www.thecut.com/article/why-a-georgia-womans-arrest-after-miscarriage-is-disturbing.html

* "Georgia's War on Reproductive Freedom:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpN99TQPs8Y

* "If a Fetus is a Baby...:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9x0SnANrjEI

* "A Win for Repro Rights: Alabama Can’t Charge Activists Helping Patients Get Out-of-State Abortions:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/alabama-cant-charge-abortion-groups-for-helping-patients-out-of-state-criminal-conspiracy/

* "Hormones and surgery improve transgender men's quality of life: study:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-men-surgery-hormones-benefits

Water is wet studies are essential for things like persuading people and the courts.

* "World Athletics to require DNA testing of athletes in women's track and field:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/world-athletics-dna-testing

* "Montana judge blocks anti-trans bathroom law:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/montana-2671627321

* "Parents don’t stop fighting for their LGBTQ+ kids:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/parents-dont-stop-fighting-for-their-lgbtq-kids

* "‘World’s largest transgender flag’ unfurled at Utah State Capitol for Trans Day of Visibility:" https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/inside-utah-politics/utah-largest-trans-flag-visibility/

* "Trump signed away my identity, but forgot biology doesn't follow orders:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/gender-diversity-in-nature

* "Ervianna 'Baydee' Johnson, Black trans woman, found dead in North Carolina:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/ervianna-johnson-transgender-woman-killed

* "Meet the transgender woman arrested for using a Florida Capitol restroom (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-woman-arrested-florida-bathroom

* "Outrage follows after Texas gay campground doubles-down on banning transgender men from property:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-men-banned-texas-campground

* "Transgender girl joins boys' track and field team in Virginia:" https://www.advocate.com/sports/transgender-girl-joins-boys-team

* "‘You picked the wrong one’: Texas transgender teacher resigns after Libs of TikTok prompts far-right harassment campaign:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-teacher-resigns-after-targeting

* "A Mississippi cafe made a discount for straight couples only. Now, other restaurants are hitting back:" https://www.advocate.com/news/mississippi-cafe-discount-straight-only

* "In Memphis, Kayla Gore is building homes — and a future — for Black trans people:" https://www.advocate.com/news/black-transgender-housing-leader-tennessee

* "Autism’s missing women:" https://aeon.co/essays/the-missing-women-of-autism-are-differently-different?

Water is wet studies are essential for things like persuading people and the courts.

* "Bird flu could be heading north this spring with fewer federal health officials working to stop it :" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bird-flu-heading-north-spring-fewer-federal-health-officials-working-s-rcna199607

* "Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk:" https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/03/shingles-vaccination-dementia.html

* "If You're Black, You Have Every Right To Be Paranoid About Where Your Genetic Data Is Going:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/23andme-genetic-discrimination_n_67eab84ce4b0b5d66dcfeb57

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* "Air pollution kills millions every year — where does it come from?:" https://ourworldindata.org/air-pollution-sources

* "Without USAID, Myanmar Is Struggling to Recover From Its Massive Earthquake: “We have the capacity to save lives, and the choice has been not to use it,” said the former head of the agency’s Myanmar mission.:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-usaid-myanmar-earthquake-response-aid/

* "Myanmar images reveal scale of quake destruction as death toll climbs more than 2,700:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-images-reveal-scale-quake-destruction-death-toll-climbs-2700-rcna199005

* "Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated:" https://kfor.com/science/ap-science/ap-authorities-in-iceland-evacuate-southwestern-town-and-blue-lagoon-spa-over-fear-of-volcanic-eruption/

* "Amidst signs of possible eruption, Alaska Volcano Observatory updates Upper Valley residents on Mt. Spurr:" https://ktna.org/2025/04/amidst-signs-of-possible-eruption-alaska-volcano-observatory-updates-upper-valley-residents-on-mt-spurr/

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* "Advocates cry foul after YouTube quietly removes ‘gender identity’ from hate speech policy:" https://www.advocate.com/business/youtube-scraps-gender-identity-protection

* "The Town That Went Crazy for Crypto: In San Pedro, Argentina, 16,000 people, a fifth of the population, signed up for a cryptocurrency exchange where everyone won. Until they didn’t.:" https://archive.ph/FCrti

* "Dora Richter: Lacemaker & Trans Pioneer:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FlgQhdOrT6c

* "These three gay men began dating in 1970. Here are 50 Polaroid photos from their lives:" https://www.advocate.com/news/polaroid-images-polyamory-gay-men#rebelltitem51

* "Zine Archives Preserve Trans Survival and Storytelling:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/queer-trans-zine-archives

* "Actor Val Kilmer has died — a look back at his most notable roles:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/val-kilmer-death-film-role-retrospective/105129062

* "ACT UP member Nanette Kazaoka, a fierce activist for marginalized people, is dead at 83:" https://www.advocate.com/news/nanette-kazaoka-aids-activist-obituary

* Social Security call back last Monday was an obviously exhausted and beaten down sounding woman. I'm sure it's absolutely terrible over there with terrified and likely furious Seniors calling all day. I apologized for bothering her because the phone tree was gone. I was polite as it was possible to be and I also laced in appreciation for her hard work and all the hard work they do over there, sincerely meant.

At one point I gave a little cough as I was doing the thing where I slowly lower chest elevation in preparation for sleep. She started apologizing like I'd yelled. I felt terrible and told her she needn't apologize and it was just a cough. I reiterated that I new how slammed they must be and how difficult it all is. It really made me wonder how rough other callers were being with people who's livelihoods were threatened through no fault of their own, that she be so alarmed by a cough.

By the time I was thanking her for her public service and wishing her the best of luck at the end of the call there were a tiny bit of life in her voice.

It was a small thing, a tiny drop of the bucket, done in the same spirit that leads me to apologize to a customer service worker when the person ahead of me has been a dick because someone owes them a damned apology, and then crank up my politeness to eleven. Nobody deserves to be treated like that by a single asshole customer, let alone by their own government. I can't really fix that, but I can least do my best to convey that I see the other person as a human being and think they deserve better.

The treatment of government workers in this country makes me furious.

All I can do is signal boost and hope people keep fighting for them and for all of us.

* Tuesday I had one of my periodic mega torso muscle spasm things, which ate a couple hour until I could get it under control. Luckily is was after I ran a couple essential, time sensitive errands.

Wednesday I was still aftershocky, but at the minor inconvenience level. I did errands by myself as two Millennials were making their homemade lasagna on the grand scale. The lasagna was magical.

In other news, My Social Security didn't arrive. On two previous occasions when Republicans were dicking around with Social Security, it came a day or two late, but under the current circumstances it is extra concerning. Have I been declared dead? Deleted from the roles by a teenager who decided I was disabled enough? Or are payments just delayed by assholery, but not gone, gone? I actually have some hope it's just delay as I checked in with a friend on SSI who did get theirs.

Still, there is no way to fix it until my in person appointment and that will be too late for Housing auto-withdraw.

Let's all cross our fingers, shall we?

Update: Tim Walz's mom's check was late too.

Update 2: Check arrives.

* My sleep schedule is still messed up, but luckily the meds disruption was only one day. (On time is ideal, but I don't have to be the kind of strict a lot of people do. Approximate works okay with most of my stuff. That said, three hours off on an anti-nausea medication is a special kind of unpleasant.)

Saturday, we did errands in the morning, because I'm not the only one dramatically sleep disrupted. They are no longer shopping like a hurricane is coming, but the drivers are dangerous and there is a different kind of panicky going on at the grocery store, which is hard to categorize. We were at the big ethical grocery (The Employee owned one), and I noticed they had way more people on shift than is usual for even the first weekend of the month, which suggests they've adjusted to the panic buying and anticipated both in ordering staple foods and staffing how people were going to react to Trump crashing the economy this week.

I still need to hit two more stores this week for things about to be in short supply that are important and necessary. I am exhausted.

We did do a little errand each for me and Goth Millennial for which the other stayed in the car because we were exhausted. We were supposed to go downtown, but had very little left and both had groceries to put away. (Goth Millennial is being jerked around again and hasn't been paid in almost a month for aid work. Things are getting pretty gnarly here at the Cat Asylum, but nothing can be done just yet as we have to wait on things out of our hands. *gestures at Trump and Musk setting the government on fire*).

There was a big demo with thousands of people downtown proper near the courthouse/city hall, but we weren't up to it. There has been a regular Friday demonstration more central downtown for decades. We get a lot of other demonstrations on different days generally as well. This is a very left wing town. It's a small city, but we do love to demonstrate.

We did pass a small, separate demonstration on the was home, but they had hands off signs, so I waved and beeped.

I am double booked Tuesday for two time sensitive things that protect my benefits. (I tried to get wait listed. I tried to move the theoretically more moveable one. It is impossible, which doesn't surprise me. *gestures to the government being on fire* The appointments are 40 minutes apart on check in and about fifteen minutes apart for space. I am terrified I won't make it. My plan is to try to go very early for appointment one in hopes somebody cancels. I have already gathered the paperwork.

I am FUCKED if I miss either.

Then I get inspected on the 11th, a thing I am in no way prepared for, and can't get anyone to help with. *See Goth Millennial being not paid.* I have tried calling around for other help. No joy.

* "Tasers & Excited Delirium: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "MAGA Becomes TIT | Why Trump Wants A Third Term | J.D.'s Stupid Greenland Trip:"

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* "Trump's Tariff Spectacle | Good Climate Change? | Everyone Is At Risk Of Being Sent To El Salvador:"

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* "Trump Risks Historic Economic Damage | Musk Crushed In Wisconsin | Sen. Booker's Marathon Speech:"

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* "Trump Jets Off To Watch Golf After Triggering Global Market Meltdown | No Tariffs On Russia:"

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* "7 lesbian-coded characters who made history in Hollywood's pre-Code era:" https://www.advocate.com/lesbian/7-lesbian-coded-early-characters

* "A Liberation Carol:"

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* "Jury Duty - SNL:"

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* "Planning New York - An SNL Animated Short:"

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* "The World Reacts To Trump's Tariffs:"

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* "The New Students- Woody Guthrie Cover - All You Fascists Bound To Lose:"

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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