* "UN Security Council backs Trump’s peace plan in key vote:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/un-security-council-trump-peace-plan-00655496* "After UN vote, Netanyahu calls for Hamas' expulsion from the region:"
https://archive.ph/jNadn* This is long and nuanced, but very much worth a listen. "Trump’s Peace Plan: Lessons from the Negotiating Table | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart:"
( Embed: )* "Updates: Israel attacks Gaza despite ceasefire killing 33 Palestinians:"
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/11/20/live-israel-bombs-house-in-southern-gaza-kills-at-least-3-palestinians* "Israel plans to seize historical site in the West Bank as a new settlement appears:"
https://apnews.com/article/west-bank-israel-refugee-camps-hrw-79d231fd15170ef095afdf6090197fc2* "Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in West Bank expulsions:"
https://archive.ph/qDjzY* "Israeli military steps up strikes in south Lebanon, says it is targeting Hezbollah:"
https://archive.ph/XimWzHow to Help:
Revive Gaza's farmland:
https://apnature.org/en/gazaPCRF:
https://www.pcrf.net/HEAL Palestine:
https://www.healpalestine.org/The Sameer Project:
https://linktr.ee/thesameerprojectGaza Soup Kitchen:
https://gazasoupkitchen.org/******
* "US may have discussions with Maduro as aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean, Trump says:"
https://apnews.com/article/aircraft-carrier-venezuela-trump-ford-strikes-drugs-241ea9e039d717b9f80f793922cb7cc9* "Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats:"
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/g-s1-97836/venezuela-evidence-doj-strikes-sinking-suspected-drug-boats-assertations* "USS Gerald Ford enters Caribbean Sea as threat of U.S. action against Venezuela rises:"
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/15/nx-s1-5609888/aircraft-carrier-caribbean-venezuela-military-action
* "Trump defends Saudi crown prince, who US intelligence found ordered killing of Washington Post columnist:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/trump-defends-mbs-saudi-arabia-00656679* "Trump’s weird ‘lovey-dovey’ treatment of Saudi leader highlights his financial conflicts:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing/watch/trump-s-weird-lovey-dovey-treatment-of-saudi-leader-highlights-his-financial-conflicts-252416581933* "Trump says he will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia on eve of crown prince’s Washington visit:"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-saudi-arabia-crown-prince-f35-77edbfa2f257805d43a501cd4808648a* " Why Are The Rich Obsessed With Saudi Arabia?:"
( Embed: )* "Trump's tariffs are costing companies. Keeping up with them may cost even more.:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/16/trump-tariffs-ceo-company-resources-00651968* "Trump issues order rolling back some of his food tariffs :"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-issues-order-rolling-back-food-tariffs-rcna244045* "October jobs report canceled and November release delayed, BLS says :"
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/october-jobs-report-canceled-rcna244828* "US Employers Added 119,000 Jobs in September, Unemployment Rose:"
https://archive.ph/lQjr2* "Fed increasingly divided over December rate cut despite Trump pressure:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/19/fed-december-rate-cut-00659858* "Trump Quips He’ll Fire Bessent If Interest Rates Are Not Lowered:"
https://archive.ph/rBtax* "Trump’s Republican Party insists there’s no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses:"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-midterms-republicans-affordability-election-losses-0e15f928cdbb01eee41eadfb477cb981* "Trump’s Republican Party insists there’s no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/16/trump-tariffs-ceo-company-resources-00651968*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News ***
* "Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On:"
https://newrepublic.com/post/202898/trump-us-visas-deny-fat-people-obesity* "New international student enrollment fell sharply this year amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/new-international-student-enrollment-fell-sharply-us-trump-immigration-rcna243295This is likely to be catastrophic for Universities. Not only are they losing diversity that is educational for everyone involved, but a lot of the colleges, particularly on my coast depend on international students as part of their funding model.
* **ACTION ITEM** It's open for public Comment. Please give them one. "Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services :"
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/03/2025-19747/collection-and-use-of-biometrics-by-us-citizenship-and-immigration-services#open-comment* "US judge revives contempt proceeding against Trump officials:"
https://archive.ph/uXFaR* CW: Child Abuse. "“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime:"
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-chargesRemember the violent warrantless aid on that Chicago apartment building where they threw everyone's stuff into the hallway and grabbed citizens as well as legal aliens and zip tied naked children and dragged them outside for the sheer pedophilic pleasure of it for the agents?
They did all this permanent harm for not reason at all the supposed gang members were imaginary.
There wasn't a single one. Which is likely why they couldn't get a warrant.
If one person is denied due process no one has them.
* CW: CSA. "Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.:"
https://archive.ph/Hsrkt#selection-505.0-509.142* "'Irretrievably destroyed': Trump admin says video footage inside ICE facility at center of class action lawsuit 'cannot be produced' in line with court's discovery order:"
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/irretrievably-destroyed-trump-admin-says-video-footage-inside-ice-facility-at-center-of-class-action-lawsuit-cannot-be-produced-in-line-with-courts-discovery-order/* "'A broken system': Texas border town has misgivings over Trump vote:"
https://www.alternet.org/texas-border-town-trump/* "Catholic bishops push U.S. to end ‘dehumanizing’ immigration enforcement:"
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/catholic-bishops-push-u-s-to-end-dehumanizing-immigration-enforcement* "Pope Leo Condemns ‘Extremely Disrespectful’ Treatment Of Migrants By Trump Administration:"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/11/19/pope-leo-condemns-extremely-disrespectful-treatment-of-migrants-by-trump-administration/* "'We are going to do everything we can to fight this’: Newport unites against ICE facility, Coast Guard helicopter loss:"
https://www.klcc.org/local-news/2025-11-13/we-are-going-to-do-everything-we-can-to-fight-this-newport-unites-against-ice-facility-coast-guard-helicopter-loss* "A small Oregon crabbing town is taking on Trump over plans to build an ICE prison:"
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/newport-oregon-dungeness-crab-fishing-ice-prison-trump-rcna244672* "Protests in Charlotte as aggressive immigration arrests continue:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/17/charlotte-protests-arrests-immigration* "Immigration crackdown operation in Charlotte ends, sheriff says:"
https://archive.ph/EUi6O* "Masked Border Patrol Agents Caught on Video Smashing U.S. Citizen's Truck Window in North Carolina:"
https://people.com/border-patrol-agents-caught-on-video-smashing-us-citizens-truck-window-north-carolina-11851148* "South Meck students stage school walkout to protest Border Patrol’s Charlotte operation:"
https://www.wbtv.com/2025/11/20/south-meck-students-stage-school-walkout-protest-border-patrols-charlotte-operation/* There were so many other protests in other cities as well. I want to thank everyone who came out.
* "Protests call on Home Depot to stop allowing Border Patrol, ICE arrests at stores:"
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article312969164.html* CW: CSA. "ICE Employee Arrested in Child Sex Sting Allegedly Told Cops, 'I'm ICE, Boys.' The Police Chief Was Not Impressed:"
https://people.com/ice-employee-arrested-in-child-sex-sting-minnesota-11852492* "ICE detains U.S. citizen for 7 hours after she photographed agents in Oregon:"
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/ice-detains-us-citizen-for-7-hours-after-she-photographed-agents-in-gresham.html* "‘It’s alarming’: Montgomery County councilmember says she was grabbed by ICE while filming stop:"
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/maryland/montgomery-county/its-alarming-montgomery-county-councilmember-says-she-was-grabbed-by-ice-while-filming-stop/* "Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers:"
https://archive.ph/UFKba* STAY Noisy! "Protesters outside Rockford AT&T store demand company cut ties with ICE:"
https://www.wifr.com/2025/11/17/protesters-outside-rockford-att-store-demand-company-cut-ties-with-ice/* "Immigration Raids in LA and Nationwide with Memo Torres:"
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5k3jgkpx6CDPUJGFYuJTbb* Here are some ways to help Immigrants and the anti-ICE Protesters:
Immigrant Defenders:
https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkoutThe Bail Project:
https://bailproject.org/National Bail Fund Network:
https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directoryAmnesty International: protect asylum-seekers:
https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1The 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-fundMid-South Immigration Advocates:
https://miamemphis.org/"Know Your Rights:"
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights"Disappeared In America:"
https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/* "How Can States Stand Up To Trump?:"
( Embed: )* "Tennessee judge blocks deployment of National Guard in Memphis:"
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5611530/national-guard-memphis-judge-ruling* "Tennessee National Guard allowed in Memphis while state appeals:"
https://tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tennessee-national-guard-allowed-in-memphis-while-state-appeals/* "Hundreds of National Guard troops will leave Portland and Chicago:"
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/16/nx-s1-5610485/national-guard-chicago-portland-texas-california* "ACLU of Oregon sues Trump administration over First Amendment 'violations' during Portland ICE facility protests:"
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/aclu-oregon-sues-trump-administration-first-amendment-rights-portland-ice-facility-protests/283-1ac659b1-02e8-4a9b-8217-b0810499622c* "Landlord may sue feds over ICE tear gas affecting Portland apartments:"
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/11/landlord-may-sue-feds-over-ice-tear-gas-affecting-portland-apartments.html* "Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC:"
https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-dc-deployment-c1c2b13a7102632632267bf1262506ff* "Anti-Trump Protest around the White House:"
https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/anti-trump-protest-around-the-white-house/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjU6bmV3c21sX01UMUFOQURMMDAwQVRBNzlX
* "Trump, who mocked Biden’s use of autopen, caught posting identical signatures on pardons:"
https://fortune.com/2025/11/15/trump-autopen-identical-pardon-signatures-technical-error/* "‘Truly improbable and hilarious:’ Hayes reacts to Mamdani-Trump meeting:"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/truly-improbable-and-hilarious-hayes-reacts-to-mamdani-trump-meeting-252609093523* "One of the Most Dangerous Interviews Ever in MAGA Media:"
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the-most-dangerous-interviews-ever-maga-media-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes* "The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi:"
https://www.vox.com/politics/466905/the-gops-top-think-tank-just-defended-an-open-nazi* "Trump defends Tucker Carlson after interview with Nick Fuentes, far-right activist known for his antisemitic views:"
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-defends-tucker-carlson-after-interview-with-nick-fuentes-far-right-activist-known-for-his-antisemitic-views* "Heritage board member resigns over organization's defense of Tucker Carlson:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/heritage-resigns-robert-george-tucker-00654143* "Trump says Democrats’ message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death:"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-traitors-sedition-illegal-orders-c5fc3c5bd2fbc6b1204550e4203c24b2* "‘HANG THEM’: Trump melts down, accuses six Dems of ‘seditious behavior’:"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/hang-them-trump-melts-down-accuses-six-dems-of-seditious-behavior-252508229591* "Trump freaks out at reminder to military that he’s not king:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing/watch/trump-freaks-out-at-reminder-to-military-that-he-s-not-king-252522053810* "Chris Hayes: Trump is in ‘worst political spell of his second term’:"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-trump-is-in-worst-political-spell-of-his-second-term-252501061789* "Mike Johnson defends Trump’s ‘sedition’ attacks on Democrats:"
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/20/congress/mike-johnson-trump-sedition-00662754* CW: Rape, Trafficking. "The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation:"
https://www.propublica.org/article/andrew-tate-investigation-dhs-paul-ingrassia* CW: CSA. "Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say:"
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/17/pardoned-jan-6-child-abuse-molestation-andrew-paul-johnson/* "A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme:"
https://archive.ph/Pr0PX* "Abuse of pardon power becomes a key feature of Trump corruption of the Justice Department:"
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/abuse-of-pardon-power-becomes-a-key-feature-of-trump-corruption-of-the-justice-department-251764805813* "Kash Patel, the FBI’s Agent of Chaos:"
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/kash-patel-the-fbis-agent-of-chaos/* "Keystone Kash Gifts His Girlfriend Insane Security Perk:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-director-keystone-kash-gifts-his-girlfriend-alexis-wilkins-swat-security-detail/* "Gay former FBI official sues Kash Patel & Pam Bondi for Pride flag firing:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/kash-patel-lgbtq-flag-lawsuit* " Decorated FBI agent trainee fired over Pride flag warns new ‘Lavender Scare’ is spreading ‘like wildfire’:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lavender-scare-pride-flag* Stay Noisy! "U.S. Coast Guard backtracks on acceptability of ‘potentially divisive’ swastikas & nooses:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/coast-guard-divisive-symbols-reversal* "Trans National Guard member sues Trump admin over bathroom ban:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-woman-sues-trump-restrooms* "Trump administration kills plan to pay passengers up to $775 for flight delays:"
https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/airline-delay-compensation-rule-21199404.php* "Trump Wanted to Abolish FEMA. His Own Advisers Disagree.:"
https://archive.ph/upGuH* "Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson resigns:"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/acting-fema-administrator-david-richardson-resigns-sources/story?id=127599184* "Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling:"
https://archive.ph/TnOiq* "Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened.:"
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/trump-coal-country-colstrip-montana/* "A Confederate Statue Is Restored as Part of Trump’s Efforts to Reshape How History Is Told:"
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/a-confederate-statue-is-restored-as-part-of-trumps-efforts-to-reshape-how-history-is-told/* "Pennies Are Trash Now:"
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/pennies-circulation-mint/684935/* "CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don’t cause autism:"
https://apnews.com/article/cdc-autism-vaccines-7b1890f626dd5921fafd00fdd1e6425a* "C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time:"
https://archive.ph/uPjGu* "America’s most basic HIV protections are in danger as a decade of progress unravels:"
https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv-protections-lost-trump* "Trans people and people of color have been quietly erased from national caregiving plan:"
https://www.advocate.com/health/trans-people-national-caregiving-erased* "Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/trump-administration-sets-out-massive-education-department-restructuring-plan-00656464* "Justice Department Prepares to Pay Trump Ally Michael Flynn Millions:"
https://newrepublic.com/post/203226/justice-department-prepares-pay-trump-ally-michael-flynn-millions**** Pretextual Indictments and the Weaponization and Corruption of the Justice System ****
* "The Unraveling of the Justice Department:"
https://archive.ph/4puuG* "Comey case hanging by a thread as judge squeezes DOJ over Halligan’s handling:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/19/james-comey-case-lindsey-halligan-hearing-00659479* "Fannie Mae's fraud watchdogs doubted charges against James:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/fannie-maes-fraud-watchdogs-letitia-james-00655533* "He’s Called ‘Little Trump,’ and His Tactics Are Rankling White House Top Brass:"
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/bill-pulte-profile-d000c844* "Fed Governor Says Housing Official Worked With Trump to Smear Her:"
https://archive.ph/PhMxl* "Trump Admin May Have ‘Tainted’ Mortgage Fraud Investigations Against Schiff, James by Appointing ‘Unauthorized’ People to Case: Report:"
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-admin-may-have-tainted-mortgage-fraud-investigations-against-schiff-james-by-appointing-unauthorized-people-to-case-report/* "Justice Department is examining handling of mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff:"
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-mortgage-fraud-ed-martin-8b29a802d74b90576e0332d610ea99ce* "Tables turn on Trump’s attack dogs as political prosecutions fall apart:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing/watch/tables-turn-on-trump-s-attack-dogs-as-political-prosecutions-fall-apart-252525125949**** Trump/Epstein/Maxwell, etc. CW: CSA ****
* I kept seeing Republicans trying to stop the Epstein File release by telling Democrats that that would mean their pedophiles would be exposed and then being shocked when Democrats responded by saying things like: Good! Let's arrest and prosecute all the pedophiles.
I was confused until I remembered that Republican politicians mostly give no fucks at all for the safety and welfare of children. They are so used to using "Think of the children" as a cudgel to steal rights for innocent people and justify any atrocity on their part, so used to lying that innocent people are pedophiles in order to scapegoat anyone or any group they don't like without caring how hard that makes to actually stop CSA as long as it gives them more power and harms innocent people they don't like, that they just started assuming anyone actually opposing CSA was doing it in a performative way, just like Republicans enjoy doing.
Except Democrats do in fact care about the greater good and the safety of children.
Surprise!
* "Epstein spent Thanksgiving with Trump during president's first term in office: emails:"
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-thanksgiving/* "Epstein's Emails Are An Indictment Of The 1%:"
( Embed: )* Extended Elizabeth Warren Interview:"
( Embed: )* "Christiane Amanpour - Journalism in the Fight Against Authoritarianism | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "Trump again threatens ABC's broadcast license, this time over Epstein questions:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/trump-again-threatens-abcs-broadcast-license-this-time-over-epstein-questions-00657264* "Trump signs bill to release Epstein files:"
https://archive.ph/PRra0* "Trump fails to stop Epstein bill as his political grip slips and sycophants fall away:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing/watch/trump-fails-to-stop-epstein-bill-as-his-political-grip-slips-and-sycophants-fall-away-252416069795* "Congress Just Rebelled Against Trump:"
( Embed: )* "All about anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Clay Higgins, the lone vote against Epstein files release:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/all-about-clay-higgins* "‘Checkmate’: GOP revolt pushes Trump to back down on Epstein files:"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/checkmate-gop-revolt-pushes-trump-to-back-down-on-epstein-files-252323909961* "Looming fight with Trump casts shadow over win in Congress for Epstein survivors:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing/watch/looming-fight-with-trump-casts-shadow-over-win-in-congress-for-epstein-survivors-252337221904* "Epstein survivor breaks her silence on ‘the list,’ Mar-a-Lago and the fight for justice:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing/watch/epstein-survivor-breaks-her-silence-on-the-list-mar-a-lago-and-the-fight-for-justice-252334149974* "New report on Trump’s ‘dirty tricks’ plan to keep Epstein files buried:"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/new-report-on-trump-s-dirty-tricks-plan-to-keep-epstein-files-buried-252410437715
* "To the ProPublica Board: We Need a Fair Contract Now:"
https://www.propublicaguild.org/updates/to-the-propublica-board-we-need-a-fair-contract-now* "House unanimously rebukes Thune on data seizure payouts:"
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/19/congress/house-votes-to-overturn-thunes-controversial-subpoena-measure-00661169Call your Senators!
* "US senator challenges defense industry on right-to-repair opposition as funding talks continue:"
https://archive.ph/2O3QY* "Sarah McBride leads bipartisan coalition to secure ‘freedom and dignity’ for LGBTQ+ people globally:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-global-respect-act* "Don’t STEAL Act:"
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5048?s=1&r=1* "H.R.5106 - Restore Trust in Congress Act:"
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/315708.html* "End arms sales to UAE:"
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/318426.html* "200+ lawmakers demand Speaker Mike Johnson end anti-trans rhetoric in Congress:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/democrats-end-transphobia-congress* "Indicted House Dem will step down from committee leadership position:"
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/20/congress/jeffries-on-cherfilus-mccormick-00661418
*
Our job for the next year and a half is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.
We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.
Please add more below if you have them.* "Take action with Indivisible:"
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/* Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.
https://indivisible.org/resource/guide* "Democracy 2025:"
https://www.democracy2025.org/?utm_source=df-ad&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=21912407002&utm_content=721373734297&source=df-ad-gs&gad_source=1* If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:
Five Calls to your critters:
https://5calls.org/Here is one that will send your reps a fax:
https://resist.bot/And another:
https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.phpSnail 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-representativesThis tracks legislation:
https://www.govtrack.us/"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):"
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=shareRun for Something:
https://runforsomething.net/"Vote Smart:"
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/Useful organizing links and resources:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=shareProtests: "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/
* "In blow to Trump, federal judges block new Texas congressional map:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/federal-judges-block-new-texas-congressional-map-00656680?can_id=b808891284d7a67085ee7e0023435760&email_referrer=email_2990297&email_subject=this-week-in-white-supremacy-voter-suppression-and-authoritarianism-nov-20-2025&link_id=5&source=email-this-week-in-white-supremacy-voter-suppression-and-authoritarianism-nov-13-2025-2* "The South’s first out LGBTQ+ congresswoman is fighting a GOP effort to cut her out of Congress:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/julie-johnson-texas-profile* "Trump continues broadside against Indiana Republicans who oppose redistricting:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/trump-set-to-primary-indiana-republicans-who-oppose-redistricting-00654352* "Indiana lawmaker under pressure to back Trump’s redistricting push is victim of a swatting:"
https://apnews.com/article/indiana-lawmaker-redistricting-trump-swatting-d25bf28002963cbc66de92721dd86775* "Supporters of Propositions MM and LL declare victory:"
https://www.cpr.org/2025/11/04/proposition-ll-mm-funding-free-school-meals-results/* "Marjorie Taylor Greene says fallout with Trump ‘has all come down to the Epstein files’:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-epstein-files-00653600I admit, I'd assumed she was in on the con and it was all a bit, but apparently she was just one of the rubes. Which doesn't make her less horrible, just different horrible.
She is an antisemitic nightmare, but I am also against death threats and political assassination.
* "See MTG react after Trump breakup: ‘He called me a traitor’:"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/see-mtg-react-after-trump-breakup-he-called-me-a-traitor-252328005588* "Marjorie Taylor Greene, the anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congresswoman, to resign in January:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-resign-january* "Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from office:"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/marjorie-taylor-greene-announces-she-is-resigning-from-office-252602949875* "‘She’s full of s—’: Hochul slams Stefanik’s Mamdani smear that Trump rejected:"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/she-s-full-of-s-hochul-slams-stefanik-s-mamdani-smear-that-trump-rejected-252608581989* "Chi Ossé, Black gay NYC Council member, files for potential challenge to Hakeem Jeffries for Congress:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/chi-osse-challenges-hakeem-jeffries* "Why can’t Pennsylvania Republicans find someone to run for Senate? :"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/why-can-t-pennsylvania-republicans-find-someone-to-run-for-senate-194629701512* "The Charlie Kirk purge: How 600 Americans were punished in a pro-Trump crackdown:"
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/charlie-kirk-purge-how-600-americans-were-punished-pro-trump-crackdown-2025-11-19/* "The Death of Shame:"
https://www.the-reframe.com/the-death-of-shame/* "Indiana homeowner charged with manslaughter in killing of house cleaner who went to wrong address :"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-homeowner-charged-manslaughter-killing-house-cleaner-went-wron-rcna243726* "What Happens If You Mention Jury Nullification?:"
https://legalclarity.org/what-happens-if-you-mention-jury-nullification/* "Who is Anne McClain, the lesbian astronaut falsely accused of committing crime in space by her ex-wife:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/astronaut-anne-mcclain-falsely-accused* "Menstruation as misconduct: How prisons punish people for having their periods :"
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/11/12/discipline_menstruation/* Cruelty is the Point "Texas teachers are being forced to deadname transgender students under a new state law:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-teachers-deadname-transgender-students* "The sex ed you get depends on your ZIP code — and your state’s politics:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/sex-education-by-state* "Transgender Day of Remembrance: What it is and how to observe it:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-day-of-remembrance* "Black trans TikTok star Girlalala killed; boyfriend charged with her murder:"
https://www.advocate.com/crime/girlalala-black-transgender-influencer-murdered* "New flu virus mutation could see 'worst season in a decade':"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dr8gzdz1wo
* "COP30 deal exposes fragile climate unity as US steps back:"
https://archive.ph/1Rzdu
* "The tough reality of Tudor childhood: Ruth Goodman on harsh lessons and discipline:"
( Embed: )* "Ryan Coogler gives a speech at Chadwick Boseman's posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony:"
( Embed: )* "Remembering the groundbreaking bisexual activist and author Loraine Hutchins:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/remembering-bisexual-activist-loraine-hutchins* FOOD RECALL: "First and Last Bakery, LLC Recalls First and Last Brand Tomato Sauce Products Because Of Possible Health Risk:"
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/first-and-last-bakery-llc-recalls-first-and-last-brand-tomato-sauce-products-because-possible-health * The problem with the next bit of living room is it is a bit like those puzzles you get as a kid where there are tiles with one missing and you need to shift them around to make a picture. I had to move everything and do it cleverly to get the living room table and this particular chair where they need to go. then I had to move everything else so people could use the patio entrance. So many piles of things need putting away. Things that fell ended up random places. Things in the way ended up random places. I have a bunch of stuff boxed up in my room. I can not find my duct tape.
Bonus, the safteyline thingie died and I didn't know so I missed a bunch of important calls including the City electrical inspector. It took well over an hour to bodge a temporary fix, but really I need new phone cords and things. Right now I'm holding together broken ends and crumbly wires with frog tape. See missing duct tape.
Everything is exhausting and painful and ends up involving 7 or eight extra steps and several hours extra even for simple tasks.
Livia is still off her feed and really just wants me to stay in bed so she can hide in there with me.
* So I discovered that all incoming calls to me go direct to voice mall, no ring, no call waiting beep.
The city inspector has come twice this week and I didn't know because the phone never rang.
I cant fix it because it's impossible to get tech help people to understand that they can't just call me back on the phone because it does not ring and goes to voicemail. No combination of words woks. So they reset, which cuts me off. They can not grasp there is no way once they disconnect to reconnect unless I call them and then I need to start over with a new tech person who insists on disconnecting and calling back. There i no way to successfully convey I don't have or want a cell phone.
So round and round we go.
I need a phone that works so that the city inspector can inspect.
UPDATE 9:30PM: So I finally wade through all the stuff I was meant to be doing while spending a couple of hours failing to convince anyone to fix things so my phone would ring rather than go straight to voice mail, except for the errands because I missed the time window so I have to do a bunch of things tomorrow including an extra errand because the phone doesn't work so I have to go in person.
I open up the Lemon lenovo intending to get going on news aggregation.
I discover I have been invited to play yet another game of what is wrong with the lenovo this time. Luckily it only took about 15ish minutes instead of me having to wait for tomorrow to trick Best Buy into updating drivers again.
The fuck with this couple of months?!?
In other news, I'm still chipping away at the post renovation stuff. The electricals seem okay, but we can't get them inspected because Phone and the real test is Summer. Honest Contractor did put the new fancy smoke detectors in to replace the dead, dying ones from when they built the building. (This isn't a battery needs changing issue. The electronics had deteriorated to the point where one was dead, one eats a battery every 6-8 months, and the third... seemed okay, but how long before it started to go? All three were the same age. These are not simple battery only ones, as they connect to the building fire system wiring.
Among other things, over the last couple nights I was able to bring in another planter, though really another three ought to be onside, but that's physically impossible withought me buying shelving. I did manage to juggle some things outside while I was at it. After inspection I will see if I can juggle a couple more things. We'll see.
I got enough done Wednesday night to hang a new living room fly strip and move stuff from the kitchen into the living room, but that was really too much for my shoulder, so everything else is now a tomorrow problem.
I'm at a point where I can work on things in smaller steps and I've got three starting places based on spoon level instead of everything needing to be done in a specific order for the next while which also helps. Things in my room need to wait for things out here, but I have plans for how to tackle the rest of out here basically.
Livia is willing to do pettin throne pets and is accessing three of five litter boxes, which is progress. (The fifth litter box is in Squirrel's room where she does not go. It was used by Little Miss and The Emperor, both now gone. She will stand in Squirrel's doorway and check on them, and gets upset if she hasn't seen them in too long, but she doesn't like it in there. The fifth litterbox is Not My Problem, so I frequently forget it exists.)
Livia will look out the patio door briefly, but won't sit there to stare out like she normally would, but is avoiding things like sofa naps, her front window scratch box and desk naps. I haven't seen her eat kibble, but she has been sneaking small amounts while I sleep. I tried putting kibbles in her room, but she didn't touch them and I worry about the bowl breaking if I put it there and Squirrel goes in to check on her.
I am worried about her, but all I can do is keep trying to comfort her.
* I keep trying to battle my way to getting them to make it so my phone rings instead of going straight to voicemail. Saturday they promised to send a tech Sunday between 1 and 6. I made them put in the notes to knock on the patio door because the phone doesn't work. I was dressed and ready. Nothing.
According to squirrel they insisted on texting them, even though I told them I can't receive texts. They did not read the notes telling them the phone doesn't work and they have to knock on my actual door, so they drove away as I suspected they would. I called every couple hours, but they strung me along until knock off time at 9PM.
So we are scheduled for Monday. I have zero hope that they will read the notes.
There is no way for me to fix it myself and they can't fix it without reading the notes on my account with they absolutely refuse to do.
I don't have much hope of the city inspector either, but I will have to sleep dressed and never leave the house during business hours on weekdays until he does.
I am terrible at sleeping in my clothes. Sigh.
The replacement safetyline box came, so I did manage to sort that out.
In other news, I found most of the things that went missing when my bedroom had to be emergency emptied accidentally Saturday, while searching my bedroom drawers for space to put the large Tavy pads. They are too big to use in the spot next to my bathroom litter box, and I won't need them unless Livia gets sick again, but I can't get rid of them in case Livia gets sick again.
I Thought I'd found all the things I tucked into drawers during the Box shortage, but I had not. I put them away properly, but I likely will have to do a little rearranging on the shelving by my bedroom door before I'm really satisfied.
I have made zero progress on other things as basic maintenance and trying to fight the fix my phone battle and the resulting sleep loss ate most of the spoons.
* I'm still running the horror movie Tournament poll:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls/tagged/Horror%20Movies* "Epstein Emails Reveal "Bubba" Bombshell About Trump & Republicans Pretend It’s NBD | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "Leslie Jones: Overworked Air Traffic Controllers Deserve First-Class Treatment | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "Jeffrey Epstein: Trump's A Bad Guy | "Bubba" Was Neither A Clinton Nor A Horse | Trump: I Don't Care:"
( Embed: )* "Epstein Files Vote Is A Huge Loss For Trump | "Quiet Piggy" | Dictator Besties | A Flying McDonald’s:"
( Embed: )* "Meanwhile... French Rocket Ship | Porn Ferry | A Pig Named "Breakfast":"
( Embed: )* "The 20+ best LGBTQ+ historic sites and artifacts to add to your bucket list :"
https://www.advocate.com/history/best-lgbtq-sites-artifacts#rebelltitem1* "Frankenstein (2025) Costumes Get Historical Fashion Right:"
( Embed: )* "Now That's What I Declare Is Music:"
( Embed: )* "The Real American Heroes:"
( Embed: )* "RFK Hospital: An Original Series Inspired by the Medical Advice of RFK Jr. | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "Sunday Sweets: My Favorite Things:"
https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-my-favorite-things-2025* Fairytale Prophesies:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/800870124195381248?source=share*****
* 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.
* "State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies:"
https://rsa.ed.gov/about/states* CW: Suicide "These hotlines are still available for LGBTQ+ youth after Trump kills 988 services:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-hotlines-still-available* "United States Disappeared Tracker:"
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map* "Introducing Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network:"
https://aflcio.org/2025/4/16/introducing-rise-federal-workers-legal-defense-network* Here are some ways to help Immigrants and the anti-ICE Protesters:
Immigrant Defenders:
https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkoutThe Bail Project:
https://bailproject.org/National Bail Fund Network:
https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directoryAmnesty International: protect asylum-seekers:
https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1The Young Center for Immigtrant Children's Rights:
https://www.theyoungcenter.org/CHIRLA:
https://www.chirla.org/AL Otro Lado:
https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fundMid-South Immigration Advocates:
https://miamemphis.org/* 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/* "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* "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/* 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* What to do if you encounter an immigration official. "Know Your Rights:"
https://unitedwedream.org/resources/know-your-rights/* "ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:"
https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/* "Legal Services for Your Reproductive Life:"
https://reprolegalhelpline.org/* "National Abortion Hotline:"
https://prochoice.org/* "World Central Kitchen:"
https://wck.org/* Trans support organization:
https://www.pointofpride.org/* "Transanta: An opportunity to directly support trans youth:"
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/291573.html* Links for various Palestinian Aid Organizations:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/750151174318112768?source=share * "Black Alliance for Peace’s Atlanta Citywide Alliance:"
https://linktr.ee/bapatlanta* Map of Cop Cities planned or being built:
https://isyourlifebetter.net/cop-cities-usa/* Want to help Journalists without Borders?
https://donate.rsf.org/us/donate/~my-donation* How to donate to Doctors Without Borders:
https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate* "The Rainbow Railroad:"
https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/take-action* "These Organizations Accept Donations To Help People in Ukraine:"
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/01/where-to-donate-help-ukraine/* "Russia-Ukraine War: Info and ways to help:"
https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/* "Support OVD-Info:"
https://beste-glatisant.tumblr.com/post/677388506851606528/hi-ive-donated-to-the-ukranian-refugees-and-now* "War in Ukraine! Support LGBTQ people.:"
https://secure.wayforpay.com/payment/s047412e502b6* What to help fight for queer people in Africa? Try the Initiative Sankofa D’Afrique de l’Ouest www.ISDAO.org
* Organizations to help trans folk:
https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/620857152453640195/about-us* Indivisible Guide for Trump 2.0 "A Practical Guide to defeating MAGA:"
https://indivisible.org/resource/guide* This tracks legislation:
https://www.govtrack.us/* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely protest in person, here are some other options:
Five Calls to your critters:
https://5calls.org/Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
Senate:
https://contactsenators.com/senator-phone-numbers/Congress in General:
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-memberHere is one that will send your reps a fax:
https://resist.bot/* "DONATE TO EMILY'S LIST:"
https://win.emilyslist.org/a/donate-to-emily* Want to help support all of us all here at the Cat Asylum?
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Gwydion* I admit to having a wicked good time tormenting myself and other history geeks with my polls:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls