Mar. 17th, 2025

gwydion: (Default)
* As is custom now, Trump stuff sort is likely a little rough. I can not guarantee anything in the tariff section is up to date, because he changes it so fast and reactions from understandably furious trading partners are basically light speed at this point.




* "Hamas says it will only release American-Israeli hostage if ceasefire deal is implemented:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-03-15-2025-b54c0c11c4d7f0ca52653edb033c70f5

* "Israel's decision to cut power to Gaza hits the strip's water supplies:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-14/israel-cuts-power-to-gaza-hits-water-supplies-hamas-ceasfire/105045700

* "Palestinians unearth fresh wounds as Gaza's al-Shifa hospital burials are relocated:" https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bodies-buried-temporarily-gaza-hospital-during-israeli-raids-brought-cemeteries

* "Israel’s attacks on reproductive healthcare in Gaza ‘genocidal’: UN probe:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/13/israels-attacks-on-reproductive-healthcare-in-gaza-genocidal-un

******

* "Putin on a ceasefire in Ukraine, Western companies and gas:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-has-putin-said-about-ukraine-ceasefire-deal-2025-03-13/

* "In rare meeting without U.S. ally, Western army chiefs meet to show Ukraine unity:" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rare-meeting-without-us-ally-western-army-chiefs-meet-show-ukraine-unity-2025-03-11/

* "Poland and Baltic nations welcome Macron’s nuclear deterrent proposal:" https://apnews.com/article/france-nuclear-deterrent-umbrella-russia-55e91ab65d13559dfc55dfe376ba5268

So many countries gave up their nuclear weapons trusting our promises to protect them.

* "Poland's President Duda calls for U.S. to deploy nuclear weapons in his nation:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poland-president-duda-us-nuclear-weapons-deploy/

* "Germany debates issue of nuclear weapons:" https://www.dw.com/en/germany-debates-issue-of-nuclear-weapons/a-71924424

* This is disgusting and shameful. "'Say thank you' Rubio tells Poland amid Ukraine Starlink spat:" https://archive.ph/hVrjR

* "Trump puts U.S. at risk with increasing reliance on Musk and Starlink:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-puts-u-s-at-risk-with-increasing-reliance-on-musk-and-starlink-234049093674

* "US senator accuses Trump of weakening Ukraine's defense, dismisses Musk 'traitor' insult:" https://archive.ph/d4euZ

* "'Serious mistakes': Kelly sounds alarm on Trump handling of Ukraine; Nails Musk on 'traitor' gibe:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-serious-mistakes-kelly-sounds-alarm-on-trump-handling-of-ukraine-nails-musk-on-traitor-gibe-234047557512

******

* "Trump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen's Houthis, at least 31 killed:" https://archive.ph/bgr1S

* "Entire families killed during Syria's violence, UN says:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-says-entire-families-killed-syria-military-operation-2025-03-11/

* "A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CONGO-SECURITY/MAPS/movaykzaava/?




* Good! "Philippines' ex-President Rodrigo Duterte arrested at ICC's request over 'drugs war' killings:" https://archive.ph/1Ellj

* This includes commentary on the new Canadian PM, amoung other things. "Off the cuff news reactions:" https://sabotabby.dreamwidth.org/2648730.html




* We are seriously threatening to go to war with Denmark. "NATO Chief Smacks Down Trump on Greenland Grab:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/nato-chief-smacks-down-trump-on-greenland-grab/

* "Pentagon asked for military options to access Panama Canal, officials say:" https://archive.ph/KH6eM

We are planning to invade Panama, apparently. We HAVE access to canal. What we are planning to do is invade another country and occupy it because we are too cheap to pay a perfectly reasonable toll.

* "Donald Trump, who has been on a mission to strip transgender people of all dignity, complains ‘everything is transgender’: He made the bizarre remarks in front of the Irish prime minister.:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-everything-is-transgender

* "If our neighbor Canada hates us and Trump, what does that say for the rest of the world?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/canada-world-hates-trump-vance

No one should trust us. Not even a tiny bit.

* "How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements. :" https://archive.ph/56bzU

* "Amid U.S.-Canada trade war, Trump makes some false or misleading claims to justify tariffs:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-canada-trade-fact-check/

* "Canada and EU announce retaliatory tariffs, escalating Trump’s trade war:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/canada-and-eu-announce-retaliatory-tariffs-escalating-trumps-trade-war

* "Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump’s trade war:" https://apnews.com/article/canada-ontario-us-trump-tariffs-electricity-834dc3d9defd314923912f9bd8540e31

* "Trump Ag Secretary's Clucked-Up Advice On Eggs Has Critics Squawking: Brooke Rollins' idea to combat rising prices isn't going over very well:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brooke-rollins-eggs-backyard-chickens_n_67c676c9e4b044c440ed7fa7

Renters, especially in apartments aren't allowed to have chickens. A lot of cities and towns ban them even for home owners.

I literally know people who had to give away all their chickens when they moved into an apartment.

* It's almost like there might be consequences for starting a trade war for funsies. "Tesla, led by Elon Musk, warns of export retaliation due to new Trump tariffs:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g-s1-53947/tesla-led-by-elon-musk-warns-of-export-retaliation-due-to-new-trump-tariffs

* "‘Big mad’: Trump is ‘emotional’ and ‘annoyed’ over trade war he started:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-big-mad-trump-is-emotional-and-annoyed-over-trade-war-he-started-234383429687

* This harms everybody. "US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself:" https://www.wired.com/story/air-monitoring-beijing-state-department-halted/

* It's all illegal, of course. Republicans absolutely do not care. "Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-rubio-usaid-foreign-aid-bf442d62af67918a6fc5eee839074601

* "Judge Weighs USAID Classified Document Destruction Amid Trump Shutdown:" https://www.newsweek.com/judge-weighs-usaid-classified-document-destruction-amid-trump-shutdown-2043272

* "Court hands Trump third appellate loss in birthright citizenship battle:" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/court-hands-trump-third-appellate-loss-birthright-citizenship-battle-2025-03-11/

* Lie Detector Tests have no validity, of course, which is why law enforcement loves them so much. "DHS administering lie detector tests to employees in effort to find leakers:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-lie-detector-tests-employees-leakers-immigration-raids/

* "The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations:" https://apnews.com/article/alien-enemies-trump-immigration-deportations-21a62ede23b8c493b60d00a9c125722f

* "Federal judge blocks Trump's plan to target 'alien enemies' for deportation:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5246028/trump-alien-enemies-act-tren-de-aragua-deportation

This is just the tip of the spear. If he wins here, he will keep expanding it to remove anyone he doesn't like.

Normal deportation proceedings would work, but he's trying to establish a precedent.

* "Japanese Americans react to Trump's plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act:" https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/japanese-americans-react-to-trumps-plans-to-invoke-alien-enemies-act#google_vignette

* "Trump reportedly keen on law at root of disgraceful chapter in American history:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-reportedly-keen-on-law-at-root-of-disgraceful-chapter-in-american-history-234498629977

* "ICE Wastes $16M on Guantanamo Bay Operation as All Migrants Returned to US:" https://www.newsweek.com/ice-guantanamo-bay-migrants-immigration-waste-millions-back-usa-2044018

* "Judge says Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can't be deported from U.S. as protesters call for his release:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/demonstrators-take-nycs-federal-plaza-mahmoud-khalil-arrested-ice-rcna195602

* "Experts say Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder, can't be deported without due process:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/experts-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil-deported-due-process/story?id=119756360

* "Federal agents are seen arresting Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil in a newly released video:" https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-trump-653771d9f168c490c49d6e45e37a0893

* "New Mahmoud Khalil complaint names Trump and Rubio, and alleges 'targeted, retaliatory detention':" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-mahmoud-khalil-complaint-names-trump-rubio-alleges-targeted-retali-rcna196378

* "White House allegedly asked for updates on arrest of activist Mahmoud Khalil, his attorney says:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/white-house-allegedly-asked-updates-arrest-activist-mahmoud/story?id=119811712

* "Trump admin loses in court as judge blocks deportation of Mahmoud Khalil:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-admin-loses-in-court-as-judge-blocks-deportation-of-mahmoud-khalil-234150981981

* "Exclusive: Wife of detained Palestinian Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was safe from arrest:" https://archive.ph/bG3jK#selection-1373.88-1373.102

* "98 protesters arrested at Trump Tower sit-in for detained activist Mahmoud Khalil:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-protesters-stage-trump-tower-sit-calling-release/story?id=119762664

* Reminder: they arrested him without a warrant in the absence of a crime for voicing an opinion Trump doesn't like. "The detention of Mahmoud Khalil is a flagrant assault on free speech:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/the-detention-of-mahmoud-khalil-is-a-flagrant-assault-on-free-speech-234524741853

* "Mahmoud Khalil's lawyer: his arrest is 'test case' for how far Trump will go to repress political enemies:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/mahmoud-khalil-s-lawyer-his-arrest-is-test-case-for-how-far-trump-will-go-to-repress-political-enemies-234525253893




* "Elissa Slotkin delivers rebuttal to Trump:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/04/trump-joint-address-to-congress/democrats-respond-00212952

* The extreme corruption continues. "People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago:" https://www.wired.com/story/people-paying-millions-donald-trump-mar-a-lago/

* This is discrimination and damaging. "Trump signs executive action targeting public service loan program:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321313/trump-executive-action-public-service-loan-program

* "Trump order denies student loan relief to nonprofit workers engaged in ‘improper’ activity:" https://apnews.com/article/public-service-student-loan-forgiveness-trump-457a24f8dba3c52dfe58f1e72ba61fa4

* "Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/g-s1-53422/judge-blocks-trump-law-firm

* "Former DOJ official blasts interim D.C. U.S. attorney’s hiring ban on Georgetown Law grads:" https://www.advocate.com/news/doj-official-slams-georgetown-ban

* "Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325959/federal-employees-court-firing

* "A 2nd judge orders thousands of fired federal employees temporarily reinstated:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325694/maryland-court-fired-federal-employees-trump

* "Federal judges order Trump to rehire thousands of fired probationary federal employees :" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/federal-judges-order-trump-to-rehire-thousands-of-fired-probationary-federal-employees-234392133708

* "'A sham': Federal judge blasts Trump admin on improper firings of federal workers; orders rehiring:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-a-sham-federal-judge-blasts-trump-admin-on-improper-firings-of-federal-workers-orders-rehiring-234398789993

* They are ignoring the court orders to stop. "Trump poised to launch new round of layoffs despite setbacks in court:" https://archive.ph/aVPti

* "Federal workers called back to the office — or is it a shuttered Subway?:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-workers-called-back-to-the-office-or-is-it-a-shuttered-subway/ar-AA1APHKA

You know what would be easier and cheaper? Let people continue working remotely.

* "Tech 'solution' makes a fool of Trump again; Federal return to office order bungled:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/tech-solution-makes-a-fool-of-trump-again-federal-return-to-office-order-bungled-234403909936

* "A Wannabe Influencer Is in Charge of Defending DOGE Cuts:" https://www.thecut.com/article/opm-mclaurine-pinover-fashion-influencer-videos-doge-cuts.html

The cheek of it to fire so many hard working productive people and to have someone like this calling them lazy and incompetent. Every Republican accusation a confession.

* "Musk And Trump Are Trying To Break The Government So Billionaires Can Take It Over - Ezra Klein:"

Embed: )

* "Judge orders urgent release of DOGE records, citing ‘unprecedented’ power and ‘unusual secrecy’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/judge-orders-doge-record-release-00223151

* "Top lawyer at IRS removed amid DOGE push for taxpayer information: Sources:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-lawyer-irs-removed-amid-doge-push-taxpayer/story?id=119769757

* "OPM to review potential risks from DOGE’s access to sensitive federal systems:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/opm-security-doge-access-00221620

* "Diverse groups opposing Trump-Musk agenda coalesce around date for nationwide protest:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/diverse-groups-opposing-trump-musk-agenda-coalesce-around-date-for-nationwide-protest-234497605740

* "‘The people hold the power’: Grassroots anti-Trump resistance outshines lawmakers:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-people-hold-the-power-grassroots-anti-trump-resistance-outshines-lawmakers-234483781748

* "Republicans struggle to answer for Trump, Musk to alarmed constituents back home:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-struggle-to-answer-for-trump-musk-to-alarmed-constituents-back-home-234049093911

* "'I'm going': Tim Walz to hold town halls in Republican districts in wake of DOGE cuts:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-i-m-going-tim-walz-to-hold-town-halls-in-republican-districts-in-wake-of-doge-cuts-234266693990

* "States sue Trump administration over mass firings of federal employees:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321864/trump-federal-employees-lawsuit-states

* "Md. Attorney General goes deeper on lawsuits against Trump administration, expects more to come:" https://wtop.com/maryland/2025/03/md-ag-brown-goes-deeper-on-lawsuits-against-trump-administration-expects-more-to-come/

* "Billionaires at Trump’s Swearing-In Have Since Lost $209 Billion:" https://archive.ph/dRz86

* "Musk Melts Down as Tesla Stock Price Plunges:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/musk-tesla-stock-price-plunge-1235292855/

* "Donald Trump Calls Tesla Boycotts Illegal:" https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-tesla-boycott-illegal-2042647

* "Trump turns White House into Tesla showroom as Musk gets ‘government bailout’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-turns-white-house-into-tesla-showroom-as-musk-gets-government-bailout-234149957918

* "Tesla turmoil ignites political proxy war:" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/13/tesla-trump-white-house-musk

* "Trump says violence against Tesla is domestic terrorism:" https://archive.ph/fh80a

* "As Musk’s business empire falters, Trump summons a wave of conservative support:" https://archive.ph/8JNve

* "Tesla Reportedly Stops Cybertruck Deliveries Because a Massive Part Keeps Flying Off:" https://futurism.com/tesla-stops-cybertruck-deliveries-trim

* "Rep. Larson BLASTS The GOP For Blocking Elon Musk From Testifying:"

Embed: )

* "Trump prepares order dismantling the Education Department:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5316227/trump-order-dismantling-education-department

* " Linda McMahon lays out Education Department’s ‘final mission’ :" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/linda-mcmahon-education-department-final-mission-00210057

Reminder: she's never taught or administered a school and is profoundly ignorant about the damage she is doing and doesn't care to learn.

* "Education Department cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency down:" https://apnews.com/article/education-department-layoffs-job-cuts-linda-mcmahon-ce9f6a8a63972aede0d8fbdf057ab788

* "What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/education-department-layoffs-students-disabilities-rcna196114

This harms students with disabilities and anyone not born rich enough to pay for college up front. Cruelty is the point.

* "US judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-department-of-education-lawsuit-teacher-training-d9f84633d57f4010e1c03fcdaf003db2

* "Trump fires 1,300 at Department of Education; programs expected to suffer with staff gutted:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-fires-1-300-at-department-of-education-programs-expected-to-suffer-with-staff-gutted-234164805699

* "Fired Education Department worker: 'We got the sense that we were disposable.':" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fired-education-department-worker-sense-disposable/story?id=119732001

* "Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division: Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-division-eroded-by-massive-layoffs

* "GOP voucher plan would divert billions in taxes to private schools:" https://archive.ph/1eNhg

This is about starving public schools which serve everyone in favor of private schools which can and do discriminate. This means concentrating the students who need the most support in schools that are having their funding cut at the same time to make it impossible to provide that support.

This is on purpose. Republicans have been trying to destroy public schools longer than I've been alive as the last thing they want is quality education for people who aren't white and also wealthy.

* "Elon Musk Teases Big Cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-cuts-social-security-medicaid-medicare-1235293407/

* "Social Security Backtracks on DOGE Phone Service Cuts After Media Report:" https://www.newsweek.com/doge-pushes-social-security-administration-cut-off-phone-service-report-2043708

This is why we need an independent media. This is why we need protests.

Why is this important? The Social Security Administration has a notoriously difficult website to use. It requires a special log in thing that most people do not have. (Including me.) Sometimes they will issue you one and not tell you what it is if you get it at an SSA office. They don't, say email it to you, which would be useless in any case for people who don't have internet access or have disabilities that make using the Internet extra hard, and for people who often are older than the internet and have little to no appropriate skills, or are home bound and can't get to library, or have had their local library cut and also just had the SSA office near them closed, or.... You get the idea.

Approximately 80% of people on Social security or applying for benefits use the phone service, because it actually works if you are patient, unlike the glitchy and difficult to access web site.

This cut is really about denying people who paid into the system getting access to the benefits they paid for.

It also really fucks up seniors and people with disabilities who need things like Medicaid and EBT on top of their Medicare as those programs often require a proof of income letter once or twice a year that must be issued within 1-3 months of turning in your paperwork. (Exactly details are state by state. My state is once a year up to three months. My state is super lenient because it's been unified Democratic rule for decades and it works at keeping citizens alive instead of trying to kill them off). So do a bunch of other programs for seniors and people with disabilities. I have to interact with this phone system 2-4 times a year, depending on which of my services need re-upping.

The knock on effects of the planned cuts would have been huge!

Stay noisy! Save lives!

* They are still planning more deadly cuts: "DOGE attacks on Social Security officials could have dire consequences:" https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/doge-social-security-cuts-service-rcna196118

See the part above about people needing to go in person for a lot of things like starting benefits, updating after name changes, etc.? Yeah.

* "Here’s a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle, with plenty to say:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

They are basing these cuts on a debunked lie Musk and Trump keep telling because DOGE Minions are so incompetent they couldn't recognize a COBOL language error message, Cutting people off from benefits they deserve will kill them and there is significantly less than a one percent fraud/error rate.

* "Understanding Trump's War on Research Funding & The Future:" https://www.panaccindex.info/p/understanding-trumps-war-on-research

* "The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say:" https://apnews.com/article/noaa-job-cuts-weather-forecasts-trump-doge-musk-7e35e9d5d757d8fc3f0f50b2bd71c87d

These cuts are essential to preventing the prediction and monitoring of extreme weather so more people will die.

* People will die. People like me will die. "DOGE Is Trying to Shutter Crucial Volcano Observatory Facilities:" https://www.notus.org/health-science/doge-alaska-volcano-observatory

* "The True Cost of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NASA:" https://time.com/7267889/climate-cost-of-trump-staff-cuts-noaa-nasa/

* Ignore the misleading headline. "Trump wants to use the ‘God Squad’ to increase logging, but it must follow strict rules:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-logging-endangered-species-god-squad-5ddbbd117a480cdc60f5bc5580cd72ef

They are ignoring the endangered species act so as to drive endangered species extinct looks like too.

* "EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/epa-workers-silenced-agency-cancels-hundreds-grants/story?id=119715963

* "Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups: The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.:" https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations

It's not illegal to receive a government grant and there is zero evidence that any of these groups broke the law.

* "The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know:" https://archive.ph/pnaya

* "Musk Faces Complaint Over Efforts to Get FAA to Drop Verizon, Use Starlink:" https://www.pcmag.com/news/musk-faces-complaint-over-efforts-to-get-faa-to-drop-verizon-use-starlink

It is essential that Starlink loses this one.

Verizon has a contract they bid for and won fairly. Elon Musk arbitrarily cancelling it without any government authority and awarding his own company a no bid contract is illegal and corrupt on it's face in multiple ways.

This is also away to hijack our entire federal aviation system so he can hold it for hostage later, much as he did with the Ukrainian military.

* "Trump cuts environment program for low-income, minority communities:" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250312-trump-cuts-environment-program-for-low-income-minority-communities

* "Trump administration issues funds to NYC housing nonprofits, with new strings attached:" https://gothamist.com/news/trump-administration-issues-funds-to-nyc-housing-nonprofits-with-new-strings-attached

* He knew that he was screwing over California, and he did it anyway for the optics and revenge. "Trump's 2.2 billion-gallon dump from California reservoirs just got even uglier:" https://www.sfgate.com/centralcalifornia/article/trump-california-reservoir-dump-kaweah-success-20209496.php

* "Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees:" https://apnews.com/article/hhs-employee-buyouts-kennedy-cdc-nih-medicaid-bf5a746518b2b3fe967ab95a8e2a1a65

* So people will go hungry. Children will go hungry. "USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796

* This also really hurts small farmers. "USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers:" https://apnews.com/article/school-lunch-usda-trump-c1485f824573913fe9a734bbf1273e26

* "US senators to urge USDA to reinstate canceled local food programs:" https://archive.ph/jLnN2

* Which have a lot of salt. "Sen. Deb Fischer offers up ‘canned food’ as alternate to USDA food bank cuts:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/deb-fischer-canned-food-usda-food-bank-cuts-00228164

* "Donald Trump's policies are making our kids dumber, sicker, meaner, and scared:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-children-sicker-meaner-opinion

* "Harvard doctors sue Trump administration over censoring LGBTQ+ terms:" https://www.advocate.com/news/harvard-doctors-sue-trump-administration

* Transphobia harms everyone. "Trump officials kill federal research on safer period products over mention of transgender men:" https://www.advocate.com/news/usda-scraps-study-transgender-mention

* "RFK Jr. Reportedly Had a Call With Texans Helping Distribute Unproven Measles Remedies:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/rfk-jr-measles-outbreak-texas-cod-steroids-call-seminole-mennonite-community-hhs/

You know what would be way more effective than quack medicine? Vaccinating everyone who can be vaccinated.

* Case in point: "Measles cases linked to Texas outbreak grows to 259, with just 2 among fully vaccinated people:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/measles-cases-linked-texas-outbreak-grows-259-2/story?id=119799576

* "Trump adviser Alina Habba says veterans fired by DOGE are perhaps 'not fit to have a job at this moment':" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/trump-adviser-alina-habba-says-veterans-fired-doge-are-perhaps-not-fit-rcna194721

Trump has a long standing disgust and hatred for veterans in general, but particularly ones with disabilities. This is why he appointed people who feel exactly the same to steal their jobs and their health care from them.

* "Federal judge dismantles Trump's trans military ban in explosive hearing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/judge-skeptical-trans-military-ban

* I am not convinced they will follow the ruling stopping this. "Pentagon says it will start kicking transgender people out of military this month:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-military-ban-moves-ahead

* "Trump's VA rescinds policy treating transgender vets with dignity (exclusive):" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-veterans-policy-rescinded

* "Veteran Chains Himself Outside White House to Protest Trump and Musk:" https://newrepublic.com/post/192559/veteran-chains-white-house-protest-trump-musk

* CW: Rape. We are in a constitutional crisis now. (See also Trump administration refusing to restore funding and rehire people, as well as the Military being ordered to ignore the ruling ordering them not to discharge all the trans soldiers). "Federal officials force transgender women into men’s prisons despite judge’s ruling against Trump’s order:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-women-forced-mens-prisons

* "Pam Bondi reshapes the DOJ around Trump's priorities:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/s-trumps-justice-department-now-rcna195289

* "Justice Chucks Paper Straws in Favor of Plastic Per Trump Order:" https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/justice-chucks-paper-straws-in-favor-of-plastic-per-trump-order

* CW: Domestic Violence. "DOJ official says she was fired after opposing the restoration of Mel Gibson's gun rights:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-official-says-was-fired-opposing-restoration-mel-gibsons-gun-right-rcna195287

* "Trump administration eyes cuts to Justice Department public corruption unit, people familiar say:" https://archive.ph/hnuLn

The only reason you would do this is if you were planning to bribe or otherwise allow the bribing of public officials by your allies.

* They are ending the case because most of the victims are black. "Justice Dept. says ending Louisiana petrochemical case helps ‘dismantle radical DEI programs’:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-louisiana-cancer-denka-chloroprene-epa-lawsuit-89b1f870816f65370eeb75ff269e9c0e

* This only helps our enemies. "Trump’s Justice Dept. ousts national security officials in latest purge:" https://archive.ph/99SjJ

* "They're Fabricating Criminal Prosecutions Now:"

Embed: )

* This next batch may look small, but Trump is seizing control of the judiciary, persecuting political opposition, and removing checks that prevent Autocracy.

* He is calling openly for political prosecutions. "Trump pledges to ‘expose’ his enemies in political speech at Justice Department:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-visits-justice-department-e9091e3721adda4d3ed39bd15119a0d4

* "The GOP aim to shutdown democracy and 'replace it with techno-state dictatorship' warns Rep. Raskin:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/the-gop-aim-to-shutdown-democracy-and-replace-it-with-techno-state-dictatorship-warns-rep-raskin-234523205943

* "Trump demands 'accountability' for his pursuers in Justice Department speech:" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-demands-accountability-his-pursuers-justice-department-speech-2025-03-14/

* They are criminalizing non-violent political speech. "Acting U.S. attorney for D.C. opens inquiries into Democrats, alleging possible threats to DOGE, Supreme Court justices:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/acting-u-s-attorney-inquiry-schumer-possible-threat-doge-supreme-court-justices/

* Luckily, push back is having an effect. "D.C. prosecutor drops bid to investigate Schumer for purported threat:" https://archive.ph/enoUV

* "D.C. U.S. attorney targets Ukraine whistleblower Rep. Vindman:" https://archive.ph/owxVo

* "Democratic senators request investigation of interim DC US attorney:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/democratic-senators-request-investigation-of-interim-dc-us-attorney/3862040/

Because what Ed Martin's doing is illegal and unethical.

* "Trump allies launch a bid to take control of a powerful Washington legal group:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-allies-bradley-bondi-control-dc-bar-association-rcna195253

They need to do this because Ed Martin is in danger of being disbarred for all the illegal and unethical things he is doing to persecute people Trump doesn't like.

* "Trump hones Justice Department as weapon of revenge; some dull edges remain:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-hones-justice-department-as-weapon-of-revenge-some-dull-edges-remain-234501189653

* "‘Lawlessness’: Hayes on the ‘terrifying’ abuse of power at Trump’s EPA, FBI:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-lawlessness-hayes-on-the-terrifying-abuse-of-power-at-trump-s-epa-fbi-234483781911




* "Supreme Court to decide whether states can protect LGBTQ+ youth from conversion therapy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-case
Conversion Therapy is torture. It has no validity, but it can lead to depression and suicide.

Republicans want to abuse children, knowing it's abuse for the pleasure of harming queer children.

* "Think Small: End Billionaires:" https://www.mind-war.com/p/think-small-end-billionaires

* "Two weak spots in Big Tech economics:" https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/06/privacy-last/

* "US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs:" https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/investors-flee-equities-trump-driven-uncertainty-sparks-economic-worry-2025-03-10/

It's been suggested that doing the will he won't he with the tariffs, while extremely devastating for business, ordinary people, US Foreign Policy/trade relations, and the US Economy; would be an excellent way to manipulate the US stock market so that billionaires could buy up stocks at rock bottom prices.

I'm not saying that's what's happening, but it's the only logical reason anyone I've seen could think of to do what Trump is doing with tariffs.

I'm not suggesting Trump is bright enough to do this on his own, but I think their are a lot of very rich people who have bought their way into his inner circle who are

Again, that's speculation. I mean he could also be doing this for fun or because Putin told him to. Or all three.

* "Striking workers in WA could get unemployment insurance benefits:" https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/striking-workers-in-wa-could-get-unemployment-insurance-benefits/

* "Nestlé Purina workers in Pennsylvania on strike:" https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/11/koct-m11.html

* "Nestle Purina workers strike for better wages and benefits in South Whitehall Township:" https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/lehigh-county/allentown-area/nestle-purina-workers-strike-for-better-wages-and-benefits-in-south-whitehall-township/article_d28a8caa-f79b-11ef-86f9-bf0bc337c1b6.html

* Chuck Schumer betrayed us, rather than stand firm and force them to negotiate. Sigh. "Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight, with anger running high:" https://apnews.com/article/democrats-congress-chuck-schumer-government-funding-shutdown-43d1acea20c34ad28d848edc08ad6375

Here's who to primary:
Chuck Schumer
John Fetterman
Kirsten Gillibrand
Maggie Hassan
Catherine Cortez Masto
Jean Shaheen
Brian Schatz
Dick Durbin


Gary Peters is retiring
Angus King is a centrist independent, but caucuses Democrat.

If these are your critters, consider telling them how you feel.

* "Republicans say Medicaid is safe. But budget math says otherwise:" https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/1237260288/republicans-say-medicaid-is-safe-but-budget-math-says-otherwise

* "DC leaders in budget panic, saying Congress bill would financially devastate the city:" https://wtop.com/dc/2025/03/dc-leaders-in-budget-panic-saying-bill-in-congress-would-financially-devastate-the-city/

* "'Chuck Schumer's gotta go!' Dems face reckoning amid dire polls:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/-chuck-schumer-s-gotta-go-dems-face-reckoning-amid-dire-polls-234543173956

* "‘Chuck Schumer is not willing to be in the driver's seat’: Ameshia Cross on Sen. Schumer's leadership:" https://www.msnbc.com/jonathan-capehart/watch/-chuck-schumer-is-not-willing-to-be-in-the-driver-s-seat-ameshia-cross-on-sen-schumer-s-leadership-234544709839

* "House Republicans literally alter time to avoid responsibility for Trump wrecking the economy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/house-republicans-literally-alter-time-to-avoid-responsibility-for-trump-wrecking-the-economy-234171974002

* "Trump administration withdraws CDC director nomination just before Senate hearing:" https://apnews.com/article/dave-weldon-cdc-director-9a3d061832e2f0f644f2c58fbae36965

* "Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride calls out 'weird' obsession by Republicans in whose minds 'I appear to live rent-free':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-gop-weird-obsession

* "'Have you no decency?': Republican calls Sarah McBride 'mister,' but Democrats wouldn't have it:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republican-misgender-sarah-mcbride




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

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

Please add more below if you have them.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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




* "Teen targeted by homophobic school board member now running for his job:" https://www.advocate.com/news/teen-challenges-school-board-homophobe

* Wisconsin! Please don't sleep on this election. Your future chance at free and fair elections as well as so many of your rights are on the line! "The Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Is a Referendum on Elon Musk:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-brad-schimel-susan-crawford/

* "Crawford, Schimel clash over Musk, Soros money in $59 million court raceRecord spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court race reaches $59M as candidates debate outside influence from billionaire donors Musk and: Soros.:" https://www.wisn.com/article/crawford-schimel-clash-over-musk-soros-money-in-59-million-court-race/64176457

The polls are incredibly tight and a Schimel win means Democrats lose their majority and Trump-Musk style court decisions will do terrible damage.

* "Governor Hochul Holds Roundtable with Workers Impacted by Federal Layoffs and Announces Expansion of New York’s “You’re Hired” Initiative to Recruit Impacted Workers :" https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-holds-roundtable-workers-impacted-federal-layoffs-and-announces-expansion-new

* "Protests erupt as bill allowing TN schools to refuse to enroll undocumented students moves forward:" https://www.wsmv.com/2025/03/11/protests-erupt-bill-allowing-tn-schools-refuse-enroll-undocumented-students-moves-forward/

* Texans, I beg of you to protest. Pull out the stops. "Texas Republican bill would make simply being transgender a felony:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-republicans-transgender-lives-felony

* "Protesters unveil giant Pride flag in response to Utah's new bill trying to ban it:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pride-flag-utah-protest

* "North Dakota Senate rejects resolution seeking to overturn marriage equality:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/north-dakota-marriage-equality-resolution

Watch your state level politics, folks, because protests and calls can do a lot there. Don't give up hope.

* "Andy Beshear lambastes Gavin Newsom for hosting Steve Bannon on podcast:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/beshear-lambastes-newsom-bannon

* "Wisconsin conservative admits he was wrong about his anti-trans beliefs — this was all it took:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-trans-bill-wisconsin

* "Study: Long sentences for juveniles make reentry into society more difficult:" https://phys.org/news/2025-03-sentences-juveniles-reentry-society-difficult.html

Water is wet studies are essential for making arguments in court, to policy makers, and to people who haven't made their minds up yet.

* "Multiple D.C. LGBTQ+ bars pull Jack Daniel's orders over distiller's retreat from diversity & inclusion:" https://www.advocate.com/business/lgbtq-bars-pull-jack-daniels

I am old enough to remember the Coors boycott.

* "New German, Swiss, and Austrian guidelines recommend gender-affirming care, slam Cass Review:" https://www.advocate.com/health/europeans-recommend-gender-affirming-care

* "New report finds LGBTQ+ and intersex Americans faced much discrimination in 2024:" https://www.advocate.com/news/new-report-confirms-widespread-discrimination

* "LGBTQ+ youth feel safer online than in-person — and it's not close:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-feel-safer-online

Water is wet studies are essential for making arguments in court, to policy makers, and to people who haven't made their minds up yet.

* "Who is MassResistance, the far-right group behind anti-marriage equality resolutions?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/who-is-massresistance-anti-lgbtq

* "Seven suspects charged with torture, killing of trans man Sam Nordquist appeared in court:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/seven-suspects-sam-nordquist-appear-court

* "Body of 'Julie Doe' in Florida identified as transgender woman Pamela Leigh Walton:" https://www.advocate.com/news/investigation-identifies-deceased-transgender-woman

* "Trump’s anti-trans agenda takes center stage at planned 'Detrans Awareness Day' events:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republicans-celebrate-detrans-awareness-day

* Why are people still going on these floating plague ships? "Another norovirus outbreak on Princess Cruises ship sickens dozens of passengers and crew:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norovirus-outbreak-princess-cruises-ship-coral-princess-sickens-dozens-passengers-crew/

* "Measles cases spike to 25-year high in Europe:" https://www.politico.eu/article/measles-cases-spike-to-25-year-high-in-europe/




* "“Cool” years are now hotter than the “warm” years of the past: tracking global temperatures through El Niño and La Niña:" https://ourworldindata.org/global-temperatures-el-nino-la-nina

* "A Mount Spurr eruption is ‘likely’ within weeks or months, scientists say:" https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2025/03/12/a-mount-spurr-eruption-is-likely-within-weeks-or-months-scientists-say/




* "The Global South’s Cleantech Revolution in Five Charts:" https://rmi.org/the-global-souths-cleantech-revolution-in-five-charts/?ref=fixthenews.com

* "Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying:" https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/music-industrys-1990s-hard-drives-like-all-hdds-are-dying/

* "There’s a bizarre animal in the deepest depths of the Pacific Ocean that looks like a toast rack – and it uses deadly hooks to kill its prey:" https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/harp-spnge

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

* "Dora Richter Lived:" https://epgn.com/2024/06/25/dora-richter-lived/

* "How the Boredom Epidemic ruined Hobbies:"

Embed: )

* "Looking for the mysterious photographer who snapped occupied Paris and mocked the Nazis:" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/article/2024/09/09/looking-for-the-unknown-photographer-who-snapped-occupied-paris-and-mocked-the-nazis_6725386_183.html

* "Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, fierce LGBTQ+ ally & progressive champion, dies at 77:" https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/arizona-congressman-raul-grijalva-dies

* "Sen. Alan Simpson was way ahead of his party when it came to LGBTQ+ rights and marriage equality:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/alan-simpson-remembered

I didn't agree with everything he did, but this and his work for Internment camp survivors is incredibly admirable.

* "Felice Picano, acclaimed gay author, has died at 81:" https://www.advocate.com/news/author-felice-picano-dies

* "WWII bomb disposal operation in Paris causes hours of travel chaos and Eurostar line closure:" https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-gare-nord-unexploded-bomb-d76871a93baee768df2a225922f12d89

* I am making progress on spinning up Killian Laptop. I downloaded a bunch of smaller programs, I finally convinced some browsers to sync. I've added some more accessibility extensions, and Saturday, I got a couple browsers set up with things so I could run some of the standard things I do everyday of him.

He's pretty fast compared to Klaus. The main problem I'm having is I can't get Waterfox to run on him. Our theory is maybe he's too old for modern iterations. I am trying earlier versions one by one, but I may be stuck with classic Waterfox, which is not supported and can't sync, so I keep having to stop to hand customize. I'll keep at it this week when I'm not in the aggregate crunch.

* In Cat News: Sunday Tavy discovered that Goth Millenial can also administer medication.

Livia also reached the end of her patience with a Thing the Emperor has been doing. The Empress is a peaceable animal by nature as long as you aren't live prey. She is more than twice his size, but she will generally give way as it's less hassle unless he pushes her too far.

Sunday, she decided she had had enough. For the last month or two, he's been peeing on everybody's favorite spot on my bed 5-6 times a week. I am a person with a clothes washer on it's last legs that can only use hot water. I can't wash multiple cat pads every night and he's also taken to running it to pee on the bed while I am getting ready for bed, so if he does it earlier, the cats are SOL for napping in the Best spot until I do the bed time laundry. Traditionally, he then gets really angry at the humans because Someone has Peed in the best spot!!!

This is Livia's favorite spot too. In fact, she sleeps there more than he does in winter as he decamps for his heated bed for most of his Night Napping.

Tavy's refusal to pee in the box has been inconveniencing her all this time. Sure, she has her second favorite spot: the bedroom window podium, which I tricked out for her in her youth, but a lot of cold seeps in on winter nights and though she is cold adapted, she would rather be a bit further from the window in the comfy spot in the elbow of the Pillow Mountain Range. She has a number of other popular spots, including the desk box, top of pillow mountain, and three other on bed locations. (She used to love sleeping on the sofa, but that is also covered in pee pads and Tavy pee by that time of night. In warmer weather there is also Living room Window box, but the emperor peed in the spare boxes, so I'm not bothering with a new one until the weather is good for window naps.)

Before you ask, yes, we tried keeping the boxes clean. He pees in the boxes to mark them after a change, then goes right back to the sofa if no one is sitting on it, and sometimes when they are. I'd have to scoop each box myself after every use, a thing I can't do with my lungs and arthritis. I miss when he used to pee in the tub or the sink. I could just run a little water after each use, but he doesn't anymore.

Anyway, Sunday night, Livia was camped in the Best Bed Spot and was Not Moving, because if she did, he'd just pee on it after a token sit to establish dominance. he tried all of the passive aggressive tactics. Which she ignored, and when he got physical, she yelled at him and wapped him a good one. He knows he can't win a physical fight, so he is asleep in his desk bed as of this writing and she is enjoying the Best Bed Spot in peace for the first time since he started the regular bed wetting.

Good on her.

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

Embed: )

* "Trump Tanks Stocks, Exhausts Wall Street | Erasing "Women" From The Internet | The King's Playlist:"

Embed: )

* "Trump Trade War Wipes $4T Off The Stock Market | Rebrand Your Tesla | RFK Jr. On Measles:"

Embed: )

* "Beer Will Cost More Under “Chaotic” Tariffs | Trump: Khalil Detention Is The First Of Many To Come:"

Embed: )

* "Au Revoir, Champagne | EPA Is Abandoning The Environment | Vandalizing Teslas:"

Embed: )

* "Meanwhile... Packing Peanuts Are Not Food | Banana Technology | Carolina Reaper World Record:"

Embed: )

* "A room full of witnesses | Rose B. Simpson: Journeys of Clay | Exhibition Insights:"

Embed: )

* "Ceaser's Camp 49BC:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P2PFY7iQNVw

* I wish I could debate some of these with him at a party. "Manic Monarchs:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hUkHg1A1W5o

* "Dashing Dolphins:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9hZRMAR3w1E

* "Charging Cavalry:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ww5_UiO09Ks

* "Ludicrous Ludwig II:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nXalZ_6m5Fg

* "True Facts: How Snakes Move:"

Embed: )

* "How to play the accordion with Betsy and ‪[profile] dinosaurdinnertheatre1792‬ :"

Embed: )

* "King Charles' Radio Show: An Affront To Donald Trump?:"

Embed: )

* "Amazon's Deepening Relationship With The Trumps:"

Embed: )

* "Is It Worth It?:"

Embed: )

* "The Ballad of Tommy & Joey:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KPmAbERDy5A

* "The Red God Chronicles: The Folly of King Runas:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e5VB-DDHfk0

* "The Red God Chronicles: The Tragedy of Rudolf:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nF1Al07sQ3M

* "The Red God Chronicles: The Defiance of the Fae Queen:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JBVglBFW5GU

*****
* 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.

* "Find Non-US Alternatives: Discover alternatives to the mainstream products, services, and companies typically found in the United States and Russia, sourced from other regions.:" https://www.bankrupttrump.org/

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

* Save The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Explainer and directions here with link to government comment form: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/776960165468684288/action-item?source=share

Direct Link to Form: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations

* Indigenous led organizationtrying to save endangered species that just lost Federal funding. "The Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance:" https://www.bnga.org/

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

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

* Glad Law is fighting for trans service members. Want to help? https://givebutter.com/donatetoglad?utm_src=webheader&_gl=1*1qhxi1q*_ga*NDM3MjM0Mzk1LjE3NDEwMDk5NDA.*_ga_PCJHHSV2G7*MTc0MTAwOTk0MC4xLjAuMTc0MTAwOTk0MC4wLjAuMA..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Want to help Virginia get a Democratic Governor? "Support Abigail's Campaign for Governor of Virginia!" https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blu-asfg-2025-gs-dd?refcode=BLU_ASFG_DD_GS_NT_NTL_Q1_01&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAt4C-BhBcEiwA8Kp0CcaXXWdWpVI1uyoauFCRFgrY9hsEMA4pbxF_TO6ZPHAdhNzOmcwHTxoC8lgQAvD_BwE

* Post Joann's fabric Resources: https://www.tumblr.com/omgthatdress/777133232259989504/quilted-twins-florida-based-quilting-shop-with-a?source=share

More Links Underneath: )

May 2025

S M T W T F S
     123
45678910
11 121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
OSZAR »