* I'm making a start on the backlog despite everything.
* "After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire:"
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-hostages-ceasefire-10-13-2025-9e4921406e846189c90144609c1a9530* "Trump's Gaza deal may be 'historic,' but falls short of delivering 'dawn of a new Middle East':"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-trump-peace-deal-analysis-9.6940737* "Cigars and Champagne? Pfft! Trump’s call to pardon Netanyahu stuns Israel:"
https://www.politico.eu/article/more-than-cigars-and-champagne-donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-israel/* "Israel, Hamas trade blame over truce violations amid delay in return of dead hostages:"
https://archive.ph/ZhCXn* "Hamas carries out wave of Gaza killings, citing crime and security concerns:"
https://archive.ph/YZXuH* "Israeli military launches attacks on Gaza, ceasefire under strain:"
https://archive.ph/i6mZl* "Only 1.5% of Gaza cropland left for starving Palestinians due to Israel’s war, UN says:"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/israel-gaza-war-palestinian-cropland-starvationHow 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/******
* "Trump says six were killed in US strike on another boat allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/trump-six-killed-us-strike-boat-venezuela* "Exclusive: U.S. Navy warship holding survivors from strike on Caribbean vessel, sources say:"
https://archive.ph/96Ogz* "US will send survivors of strike on suspected drug vessel back to Ecuador and Colombia, Trump says:"
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-military-strikes-drugs-caribbean-ecuador-colombia-c1d4c025e1dfe21cc7ee67d7aa4e05bdTrump claims that these boats are from Venezuela, but the survivors of the unprovoked attack are from Ecuador and Columbia. Drug trafficking is not a capital offense. There is no proof the murdered people were anything but fisherman. The US is repatriating the survivors instead of trying them or even interrogating them as they would if the victims of the attack were suspected of any crimes, them which suggests we are doing this horrific thing to people at random for the pleasure of Dear Leader. Also we have zero right to be using the US Military to do terrorism in International Waters even if they had been doing something wrong.
* Trinidad and Tobago is also not Venezuela. "Family of Trinidadian man believed killed in US strike demands proof of drug trafficking:"
https://archive.ph/2u1l2* "Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change':"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ex1jq9pdvo* "Members of Congress growing concerned over lack of information from administration about Venezuela strikes, sources say:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/members-congress-growing-concerned-lack-information-administration-ven-rcna236921* "Commander of US Southern Command Set to Step Down, Pentagon Says:"
https://archive.ph/fH7JQThis man is fucking over his career and retirement pay, which strongly suggests he objects to what he's been ordered to do, but he hasn't said anything.
******
* "Melania Trump says she and Vladimir Putin have ‘open channel of communication’ on war-displaced children:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/10/melania-trump-putin-war-displaced-children-00602353******
* "Madagascar’s president is ousted in a military coup after weeks of youth-led protests:"
https://apnews.com/article/madagascar-protests-rajoelina-ab1e1eb1aca45fe7e80e81314ebdb0c6* "How a Gen Z Revolution Spiraled Out of Control:"
https://archive.ph/2AXFw* "How the Houthis rule in Yemen: prisons, a personality cult, and pilfered food aid:"
https://archive.ph/uqyln* CW: Human Remains. "Months after fall of Assad, families of Syria's missing still seeking justice:"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj07p5zm229o
* "‘This Is a Struggle Between Good and Bad’: After Venezuela quashed dissent, opposition leader María Corina Machado went underground. In a rare interview from hiding, she shares why she’s not giving up.:"
https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a66047848/maria-corina-machado-venezuela-opposition-democracy-interview-2025/* "Japan parliament votes on new PM next Tuesday - how might it go?:"
https://archive.ph/35RTD* "Political crisis in France eases for now as prime minister survives no-confidence vote:"
https://apnews.com/article/france-politics-what-to-know-macron-crisis-81189541062db3000ebc6ef772d38c75* "Basic income support scheme for artists to be made permanent and opened to new entrants in budget:"
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/10/06/budget-2026-states-basic-income-scheme-for-artists-made-permanent/
* Technically, this stuff happened as part of Israel-Hamas ceasfire negotiations, but Really it's about Trump's extreme corruption, so I'm butting it in with other US Centric foreign policy..
* "Trump Arrives in Egypt for Gaza Peace Summit With World Leaders:"
https://archive.ph/H6SkO* "Rambling Trump accidentally reopens questions about an election payoff:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-accidentally-reopens-questions-about-an-election-payoff-249820741952* "Trump Invents Tale of World Leader Snubbing Hillary Clinton:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-invents-tale-of-world-leader-snubbing-hillary-clinton/* "Indonesia’s president heard on hot mic asking Trump if he can meet son Eric:"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/14/indonesia-president-prabowo-subianto-hot-mic-asking-meet-eric-trump-egypt-gaza-peace-summit* "Trump Is Letting Qatar Build a Military Facility in the U.S., and MAGA Is Not Happy:"
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-qatar-military-facility-us-maga-1235445791/* "Saudis greenlight 'Trump Plaza' project while awaiting approval of massive media deal with Jared:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/saudis-greenlight-trump-plaza-project-while-awaiting-approval-of-massive-media-deal-with-jared-248711749732* "Trump faces backlash from allies for abandoning 'America First':"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/trump-faces-backlash-from-allies-for-abandoning-america-first-250171461940* "Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.:"
https://archive.ph/J8Cxz* "Cerebras aims to deploy AI infrastructure for massive Stargate UAE data centre hub:"
https://archive.ph/c6Ddk* "Trump to Fete Billionaires Schwarzman, Hamm at White House Party:"
https://archive.ph/AHa5r* "How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto:"
https://archive.ph/LB29r* "Jen Psaki blows the lid off Jared Kushner's multi-billion dollar 'donated time':"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/jen-psaki-blows-the-lid-off-jared-kushner-s-multi-billion-dollar-donated-time-248897605784* "Saudis greenlight 'Trump Plaza' project while awaiting approval of massive media deal with Jared:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/saudis-greenlight-trump-plaza-project-while-awaiting-approval-of-massive-media-deal-with-jared-248711749732* "Trump’s 100% tariff threat sparks defiance from Beijing:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/12/china-defiance-trump-100-tariff-00605499* "Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs:"
https://www.404media.co/libraries-cant-get-their-loaned-books-back-because-of-trumps-tariffs/* "U.S. consumers bearing more than half the cost of tariffs so far, Goldman Sachs says:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/us-consumers-bearing-half-cost-tariffs-far-goldman-sachs-says-rcna237283* We Are Fucked. "Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says:"
https://fortune.com/2025/10/07/data-centers-gdp-growth-zero-first-half-2025-jason-furman-harvard-economist/* "Powell Signals Another Cut as Weak Hiring Pressures Unemployment:"
https://archive.ph/JExbW#selection-1226.0-1226.1* "US Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration over $100,000 H-1B visa fee:"
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/us-chamber-of-commerce-lawsuit-h1b-visa-fee/* "Border Patrol Won’t Say Why It Used a Michael Jackson Song With Antisemitic Lyrics :"
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/michael-jackson-border-patrol/* "Fired feds, Trump lovers and veterans: Meet the people applying for ICE jobs:"
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/26/nx-s1-5534437/dhs-ice-job-fairThey have been running really alarmingly fascist recruitment commercials aimed at the famously racist and violent Seattle PD promising them they won't have to have any legal constraint to their violence if they join up.
* "We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.:"
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-willIf one person no longer has due process, no one has due process.
* "US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech:"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-charlie-kirk-visas-revoked-455f43467c0c50e84d3857c1e9c81458* 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
*** Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News ***
* I'm loving the spread of Portland Tactics to other occupied cites and other areas protesting. I fucking love the PNW, and I love how the culture in this region is contributing to the resistance at large.
* "Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protest-rally-republicans* "Republicans Should Be Afraid—Just Look at Who Joined No Kings Protests:"
https://newrepublic.com/article/201970/republicans-afraid-who-joined-no-kings-protests* "‘No Kings’ protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/19/no-kings-protests-against-trump-bring-a-street-party-vibe-to-cities-nationwide-00614875* "No Kings protests held across U.S., overseas to demonstrate against Trump administration:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/no-kings-protest-photos-cities-demonstrations-rcna238041* "'A love fest': George Conway recaps attending 'No Kings' protest in D.C.:"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-a-love-fest-george-conway-recaps-no-kings-protests-250171461651* "Massive ‘No Kings’ rally in D.C. features LGBTQ+ rights advocates: 'This is my country too' :"
https://www.advocate.com/news/no-kings-hrc-transgender* "Thousands rally at Bellingham No Kings protest against Trump administration:"
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-government/article312528599.html* I am including some pertinent things from Friday as well:
* "Maddow: Older Americans bring energy, experience to anti-Trump activism:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-older-americans-bring-energy-experience-to-anti-trump-activism-250147397535* "Doors slam on weak Trump as pushback hardens at every level:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doors-slam-on-weak-trump-as-pushback-hardens-at-every-level-250144837803* "Humor Can Topple Dictators:"
( Embed: )* Below this point Occupation and Protest things pre-No Kings
* "The Militarization of American Cities Under Trump with Mary McCord:"
https://open.spotify.com/episode/671PBaewvmEVbKd6q7XiAQ* "Illegal Troops Deployed to Blue States:"
( Embed: )* "ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones:"
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/ice-bought-vehicles-equipped-with-fake-cell-towers-to-spy-on-phones/* "Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show:"
https://www.startribune.com/trump-officials-discussed-sending-elite-army-division-to-portland-text-messages-show/601485729* "L.A. County declares state of emergency to fight back against ICE immigration raids:"
https://archive.ph/ZtoIM* "Federal judge extends restraining order blocking National Guard deployments in Portland by another 2 weeks:"
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/judge-karin-immergut-temporary-restraining-order-blocking-national-guard-deployment-portland/283-26034920-a776-45dc-ad62-5eda050a9a0c* "Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault:"
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/federal-agents-barrel-into-band-at-portland-ice-protest-arrest-clarinetist-accuse-her-of-assault.html* "Federal officers delayed, threatened to ‘shoot and arrest’ ambulance crew at Portland ICE facility, report says:"
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/federal-officers-delayed-threatened-to-shoot-and-arrest-ambulance-crew-at-portland-ice-facility-report-says.html* "‘Political opposition is not rebellion’: Appeals court rejects Trump’s rationale for Chicago troop deployment:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/trump-national-guard-chicago-ruling-00612918* "Trump Asks Supreme Court to Greenlight Chicago Military Takeover :"
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-supreme-court-chicago-military-national-guard-deployment/* "Judge orders immigration agents in Chicago to use body cams:"
https://www.theverge.com/news/801112/judge-orders-chicago-ice-agents-use-body-cams* "Pritzker looks to hold law-breaking ICE agents to account:"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/pritzker-looks-to-hold-law-breaking-ice-agents-to-account-250068037848* "Religious leaders are denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility:"
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/11/broadview-detention-immigration-enforcement-ice-religious-leaders-communion-fence-protests* "Priests, nuns, faith leaders protest ICE actions outside Chicago field office:"
https://www.aol.com/priests-nuns-faith-leaders-protest-192137632.html* "Chicago alderperson describes ‘sanctioned violence’ after ICE detained her for simply asking questions:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/jessie-fuentes-responds-ice-handcuffing* "Broadview mayor shrinks protest zones at ICE facility:"
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/broadview-mayor-shrinks-protest-zones-at-ice-facility* "ICE facility fence in Broadview has been removed, in compliance with federal judge's order:"
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/14/ice-facility-fence-in-broadview-removed* "Federal agents fire tear gas during standoff with crowd after detaining man in Chicago:"
https://archive.ph/Dvw6I* "Chicago Public Schools creates command center to monitor ICE activity:"
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/08/cps-ice-immigrant-student-families* "‘Angels’ step in after federal agents use tear gas near Chicago school :"
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/feds-tear-gas-chicago-school/* "Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’:"
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/neighbor-shielded-7-year-old-during-south-shore-federal-raid-i-didnt-want-them-to-take-her*** Some Items are older from here on down ***
* "US unveils draft design for $1 Trump coin to mark 250th independence celebrations:"
https://archive.ph/0m9Xb#selection-1052.0-1052.1Coins are only meant to have dead people on the under US Law and Custom for obvious reasons.
* Let them eat cake! "Construction on Trump’s Ballroom Continues Amid Government Shutdown:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/construction-on-trumps-ballroom-continues-amid-government-shutdown/* "Trump Just Promoted One of the Nation’s Cruelest Conspiracy Theories:"
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/09/med-beds-trump-fake-video-ai-cancer.html* "Newsom Trolls Trump Over Bizarre Magic Bed Conspiracy:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsom-trolls-trump-over-bizarre-magic-bed-conspiracy/* "Donald Trump Says White House UFC Fight Will Take Place On His 80th Birthday:"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-white-house-ufc-fight_n_68e3bfcee4b0bfa6f4948b8a* "Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday:"
https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-of-freedom-f895a361c5c1d2663cacd64082bb5ed7I miss when we didn't give our highest civilian honors to Neo-NAZIs, but here we are.
* "Donald Trump commutes fraudster George Santos's prison sentence:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-commutes-george-santos-sentence* "I do think there was a point to Bondi’s performance:"
https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2050072.html* "‘The no’s are piling up’: MAGA overreach rejected by airports, colleges, jurors:"
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-no-s-are-piling-up-maga-overreach-rejected-by-airports-colleges-jurors-250059845512* "The President's Goons Are Glitching:"
( Embed: )* "Trump orders crackdown on ‘domestic terrorists’ in escalation of a campaign against political rivals:"
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/25/trump-orders-crackdown-domestic-terrorists/It looks like they are defining ordinary opposition political organizing as "Domestic Terrorism."
* "Trump Plots to Use IRS to Go After His Enemies—and All Liberal Groups:"
https://newrepublic.com/post/201853/trump-irs-enemies-liberal-groups* "GOP lawmakers largely duck on report of IRS political meddling:"
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/16/congress/gop-lawmakers-dont-like-what-they-hear-about-politics-at-the-irs-00611888* "Michigan judge tosses out case against Trump fake electors:"
https://archive.ph/G7Bvn* "FBI analyzed phone records of senators as part of Trump Jan. 6 probe, lawmakers say:"
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-january-6-senate-grassley-26dcd37c3b9e84c0173e63799baf3fa4* "Republicans feign outrage over fake scandal to rewrite Jan. 6 history:"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/republicans-feign-outrage-over-fake-scandal-to-rewrite-jan-6-history-249440325637* "YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump’s account suspension after Jan. 6 attack:"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-youtube-google-settlement-january-6-01275f67afed84402fcff0118ce698a5* "Groups press for release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s classified documents case:"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-classified-documents-cannon-report-jack-smith-ef8aafa723d50dccaada25bee48d59e4* "Bondi tells Schiff he should ‘apologize’ for impeaching Trump :"
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/07/congress/bondi-goes-after-schiff-00596375* Want to bet the real purpose is Election rigging? "Trump’s DOJ seeks voting equipment in Missouri ahead of 2026 election:"
https://archive.ph/NVgLK* "US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week:"
https://archive.ph/ZcQPX* "The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers:"
https://www.wired.com/story/oral-history-doge-federal-workers/* "Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group:"
https://archive.ph/8HXH2The goal of this is to make rampant corruption easier as there is no other reason to do it.
* "Judge won't reinstate 8 government watchdogs fired by Trump:"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-government-watchdogs-inspector-generals-fired-by-trump/* "Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders:"
https://archive.ph/3MHG3* "Pete Hegseth is a waste of time, and Trump is a disgraceful “Sleepy Don” at meeting for military leaders:"
https://www.advocate.com/voices/hegseth-trump-military-meeting* "Hegseth slams 'fat generals,' Trump touts cities as troop ‘training grounds’:"
https://archive.ph/xZ9XS* "Pete Hegseth mandates that all military service members watch his fratty Virginia speech to generals:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/hegseth-speech-military-wide-mandate* "Petey Hegseth wants men and warriors while the military is being run by boys with skateboards and apps:"
https://www.advocate.com/voices/pete-hegseth-childish-antics* "Trump, Hegseth put on embarrassing show before a distinguished military audience:"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-hegseth-put-on-embarrassing-show-before-a-distinguished-military-audience-248800325877* "Hegseth Axes Navy Chief of Staff in Latest Pentagon Shakeup:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth-axes-navy-chief-of-staff-in-latest-pentagon-shakeup/* "Pentagon plans widespread random polygraphs, NDAs to stanch leaks:"
https://archive.ph/CSppjPolygraphs are notoriously unreliable and Hegseth keeps leaking himself via Signal Chat. Just Saying.
* "Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous:"
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/locking-down-the-pentagon-press-is-dangerous* I am legitimately impressed by the pushback here, the nearly united front. "New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won’t sign new Pentagon rules:"
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-press-access-defense-department-rules-95878bce05096912887701eaa6d019c6* "'What's he afraid of?': Veteran Pentagon reporters rip Pete Hegseth's media restrictions:"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-what-s-he-afraid-of-veteran-pentagon-reporters-rip-pete-hegseth-s-media-restrictions-250175557833* "Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand:"
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/tom-homan-and-the-case-of-the-missing-fifty-thousand* "Border Czar Definitely Did Not Take a $50,000 Bribe:"
( Embed: )* "Trump ally Michael Flynn submits ‘extreme’ legal brief brimming with bigotry in trans military case :"
https://www.advocate.com/news/talbott-amicus-brief-michael-flynn* "Veterans Affairs doctors banned from writing gender-affirming surgery referrals to private providers for trans vets:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/va-doctor-transgender-surgical-referrals* "Trump Insider Claims Top Coast Guard Brass Snubbed to Keep ICE Barbie in Rent-Free Home:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-insider-claims-top-coast-guard-brass-snubbed-to-keep-ice-barbie-kristi-noem-in-rent-free-home/* "Kristi Noem is running a digital marketing agency touting her beauty and idiocy while ignoring U.S. security:"
https://www.advocate.com/voices/kristi-noem-absurd-airport-videos* "Feds quietly scrub transgender people from national security reports on threats to LGBTQ+ community:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/feds-scrub-threat-reports-transgender* "Kash Patel pulls the plug on ADL’s FBI training on extremism:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/01/kash-patel-pulls-the-plug-on-adls-fbi-training-on-extremism-00591105* "FBI fires agents pictured kneeling during racial justice protest in 2020:"
https://archive.ph/Hq8ZD* "Angry Democratic lawmakers slam ‘despicable’ Kash Patel for firing FBI agent over LGBTQ+ Pride flag:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/kash-patel-pride-flag-firing* "Mass firings hit CDC:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/11/mass-firing-hit-cdc-00604389* "RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 doctors and scientists amid shutdown:"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/rfk-jr-lays-off-over-1-000-doctors-and-scientists-amid-shutdown-249713733798* "RFK Jr fires top NIH scientist weeks after she files whistleblower complaint:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/rfk-jr-jeanne-marrazzo-nih-fired* "Doctor: Trump administration's CDC staff cuts are 'playing with fire':"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/doctor-trump-administration-s-cdc-staff-cuts-are-playing-with-fire-249742405670* "CDC endorses RFK Jr. vaccine panel recommendations:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/06/cdc-endorses-vaccine-panel-changes-to-covid-mmrv-shot-recommendations-00594763* "RFK Jr. suggests circumcision is linked to autism. Here's what experts say.:"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-circumcision-linked-autism-experts/* "RFK Jr. said children circumcised early had 'double' rate of autism linked to Tylenol use:"
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rfk-jr-circumcised-children/* " Pennsylvania families fight Trump Justice Department subpoenas for their trans kids’ private medical records:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/pennsylvania-families-fight-doj-subpoena
*** Republican Shutdown of the Government ***
Some items may be from just before the shutdown, but still discuss issues and/or call out Republican disinformation.
Short version: Republicans want to kill American citizens and driving countless others into medical bankruptcy by stealing the health care of 15-20 million people because raising insurance premiums 50-115% depending on the carrier is good for insurance companies and donor class profits.
Democrats are trying to stop that.
Republicans lied when they passed their Big Bad Budget Bill that they would negotiate for this round, but have categorically refused on the grounds that they have undivided government (President and Both Houses of Congress). They need a handful of Democratic votes to rubber stamp the horrors they are inflicting on ordinary people for the benefit of the rich.
Their only defense for their planned mass murder is the lie that undocumented people would somehow benefit even though that is already barred by law.
It is illegal to fire government workers during a shutdown or steal their back pay. Democrats are not doing that. Republicans are breaking the law because that's how much they hate the people we all rely on for safety etc..
Now is a great time to tell your critters whether you think Americans deserve healthcare and that your critters should vote for the Democratic proposal rather than the republican. If you live in New York please tell Schumer and Jeffries you support the shutdown.
* "States reveal shocking health care cost spikes under Republican plan: report:"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/states-reveal-shocking-health-care-cost-spikes-under-republican-plan-report-250144837879* "Russell Vought Is Boring (And Evil):"
( Embed: )* "Can Republicans Just Refuse To Seat Elected Democrats?:"
( Embed: )Mike Johnson also called a five week recess to prevent negotiations on the shutdown and as a pretext not to swear in Adelita Grijalva as part of his enthusiastic cover up of CSA, he's also trying to use his refusal to do his job as leverage to force Democrats to give up saving the heath care access of 15-20 million Us Citizens.
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Our job for the next year and a half is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.
We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.
Please add more below if you have them.* "Take action with Indivisible:"
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/* Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.
https://indivisible.org/resource/guide* "Democracy 2025:"
https://www.democracy2025.org/?utm_source=df-ad&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=21912407002&utm_content=721373734297&source=df-ad-gs&gad_source=1* "Resisting Fascism in 2025 and Beyond:"
https://www.prideandpagesbookclub.com/resisting-fascism-in-2025-and-beyond* If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:
Five Calls to your critters:
https://5calls.org/Here is one that will send your reps a fax:
https://resist.bot/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/eventsHow 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"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/
* "The False Evolution of Execution Methods:"
( Embed: )* "Police arrest 14 in West Hollywood raid, deny ICE involvement:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/west-hollywood-raid-ice
* "Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured :"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/02/makereti-papakura-100-years-oxford-university-first-female-indigenous-scholar-honoured* "How We Beat The Fascists Last Time: The London History Show:"
( Embed: )* "Thieves steal priceless jewels from Paris' Louvre in brazen daylight heist:"
https://archive.ph/cWoqb* After finishing the Aggregate Friday, I needed to lie down for 16 hours or so. I rose feeling like I'd been beaten with sticks. I still dragged myself out to by a slice of cake and pick up my free birthday chai. My birthday was cancelled due to at least half the guests having covid and it took three tries to make a meal as so many things went wrong.
All I managed to achieve was replace the lights in my glowing ghost which burnt out during the emergency. The half assed front display honestly looks okay. It's only about a third of what I'd normally do and I literally just threw the blue flashers up there, but they spread nicely on the top shelf and out amounst the spearmint, so that's okay. Really I should take the ladder out there and hang that one ghost properly, but I can't trust myself on a ladder as I keep falling. The bruising is either alarming or impressive, depending.
Side note: one of the pumpkins out there is from last year. I was thinking of shellacking it, but just before the season started I spotted a tiny patch of mold on the back. Still just over a year for a pumpkin out on a shelf experiencing all weathers is pretty impressive and a personal record for me. I am pretty sure I bought it late September or early October.
* A friend in need:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/small-business-creating-artistic-solutions?attribution_id=sl%3Ac83a07d3-8543-4aa5-9a29-f7ca8620c897&lang=en_US&ts=1755130502* Squirrel Needs Help with Bills!
They've been running behind since last autumn because they got scammed, plus all the stuff with the Housing issues, plus the strike this Autumn. Now they had to quarantine for most of a week because of a dangerous exposure at work. They are fine, but it means they have a small paycheck right when all the things are due, including insurance and car payment to get to work, the Internet bill, etc..
If you'd like to help them out and help keep us both online:
paypal.me/Squirrelmh
* "A Doozy Of A Week | No Nobel Prize | Trump’s War On America | Water Safety Authorities Fired:"
( Embed: )* "Watching Trump Eat McDonald's | Racist Young Republicans | Why Mike Johnson Won't Seat Rep. Grijalva:"
( Embed: )* "I Love You, Boss! | Trump’s Cinderella Ballroom | Why Are Republicans So Obsessed With Nazis?:"
( Embed: )* "A Brief History of Sex & Horror:"
( Embed: )* "The Real Chicago “Chaos” Video:"
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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
The help links are at the bottom under the cut.
* Call RFK Jr. to complain about him not funding vaccines ph# 202-690-7000
* 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* Want to help Nathan Sage against Joni Ernst?
https://www.sageforsenate.com/* Want to help Dr. Annie Andrews beat Lindsey Graham?"
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/loc_annie_fr_txt_q22025?refcode=LOC_RTL_FR_2025.05.29_Lindsey-Bad-Job_B1_C1_Pros_N_Peony_RG-T1&amount=5* Want to help Mike Pruitt in Virginia?
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mike-pruitt-1?refcode=directory* Want to help Roy Cooper in North Carolina against Michael Whatley?
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/roy_cooper_email?refcode=directory* Want to help James Osyf in Virginia Beach?
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/james-osyf-1?refcode=directory* Want to help Omar Fateh in Minneapolis?
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/campaign-fund-of-omar-fateh-1?refcode=directory( More Links Underneath: )