Queerly Beloved

* News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.

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* ""Policy of deprivation": Gazans scramble for aid after going days without food:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-policy-of-deprivation-gazans-scramble-for-aid-after-going-days-without-food-240669253762

* "Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade:" https://apnews.com/article/greta-thunberg-gaza-freedom-flotilla-ship-aid-51729fb2b549e55547907a3b1623b515#

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* "Ukraine says it shot down Russian Su-35 fighter jet:" https://archive.ph/4yiJr

* "To attack Russian air bases, Ukrainian spies hid drones in wooden sheds:" https://archive.ph/nYeu0

* "How Ukraine's devastating surprise attack on Russia is a game changer for global military strategy:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/how-ukraine-s-devastating-surprise-attack-on-russia-is-a-game-changer-for-global-military-strategy-240761413523

* "Ukraine claims new underwater bomb attack on Russia's Crimean Bridge:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-strikes-kill-7-ukraine-hours-after-latest/story?id=122439031

* "Russia launches massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, killing 3 in Kyiv:" https://www.npr.org/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5425188/russia-ukraine-missile-drones-kyiv-putin-zelenskyy

* "Over 200 Ukrainian soldiers have died in Russian prisons.
Autopsies reveal rampant abuse:" https://apnews.com/projects/russia-ukraine-pows-torture/

* "Nordic nations embrace total defense as the risk of sabotage and war rises:" https://apnews.com/article/norway-russia-europe-preparedness-total-defense-arctic-3deb846985c54fa33932c4e87a421394

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* "India and Pakistan's drone battles mark new arms race:" https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/india-pakistans-drone-battles-mark-new-arms-race-asia-2025-05-27/

* "Escape from Khartoum:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/26/escape-from-khartoum

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* "How a former factory worker rose to South Korea’s presidency :" https://archive.ph/Rpa1g

* "How China Became the World's Largest Debt Collector:" https://www.newsweek.com/china-debt-collector-poor-developing-nations-global-south-2077953

* "How Mexico's cartels recruit children and groom them into killers:" https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/how-mexicos-cartels-recruit-children-groom-them-into-killers-2025-05-28/

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* "Merz avoids a blowup in the Oval, but Trump goes his own way on Russia:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/05/merz-trump-oval-russia-00389856

* "Aid groups say USAID cuts are already having deadly consequences:" https://www.npr.org/2025/05/28/nx-s1-5413322/aid-groups-say-usaid-cuts-are-already-having-deadly-consequences

* "Appeals court reinstates Trump's tariffs for now after ruling blocking them:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-court-trump-power-impose-tariffs-unilaterally/story?id=122290881

* " Second federal court rules against Trump’s tariffs :" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-court-trump-power-impose-tariffs-unilaterally/story?id=122290881

* "Trump Signs Order Doubling US Steel, Aluminum Tariffs to 50%:" https://archive.ph/LzRqu

* "Trump's trade war claims a new casualty: Steel:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/trump-s-trade-war-claims-a-new-casualty-steel-240669253695

* "Trump says ‘extremely hard’ to make a deal with China’s Xi as trade stalemate fuels calls for leaders to talk:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/trump-says-extremely-hard-to-make-a-deal-with-china-president-xi-.html

* "Trump accuses China of breaching trade agreement amid tariff turmoil:" https://archive.ph/iL4Ex

* "China’s rare earth weapon changes contours of trade war battlefield:" https://archive.ph/P1i1r

* "Trump's trade war imperils Spanish hatmaker's business with US Orthodox Jews:" https://www.reuters.com/business/trumps-trade-war-imperils-spanish-hatmakers-business-with-us-orthodox-jews-2025-05-27/

* "President Trump is launching new attacks on the judicial system after judges blocked his agenda:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/president-trump-is-launching-new-attacks-on-the-judicial-system-after-judges-blocked-his-agenda-240669765875

* "US growth likely to slow to 1.6% this year, hobbled by Trump’s trade wars, OECD says:" https://apnews.com/article/oecd-economy-growth-us-tariffs-b0e7a05c80035bc41f600d7710919730

* Massaging economic data to please the autocrat is a fast road to a bad place. "Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data:" https://archive.ph/CTE50

* "Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/trump-officials-farm-product-trade-deficit-forecast-00382549

* "Trump says ‘Too Late’ Powell must lower interest rates after weak ADP jobs report:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/trump-powell-adp-jobs.html

* "Private sector hiring rose by just 37,000 in May, the lowest in more than two years, ADP says:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/adp-jobs-report-may-2025-.html

* "DOGE left United States Institute of Peace office with water damage, rats, and roaches:" https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/30/doge-left-united-states-institute-of-peace-office-with-water-damage-rats-and-roaches/

I don't understand why they don't have to pay for everything they stole or damaged, including returning all the money they stole.

It was illegal on it's face. They knew it was illegal when they did it.

* "'Pure pointlessness and waste': Musk legacy seen in botched, illegal grab of independent group:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-pure-pointlessness-and-waste-musk-legacy-seen-in-botched-illegal-grab-of-independent-group-240758853891

* "Trump reinstates US travel ban, bars citizens of 12 countries:" https://archive.ph/73jHo

* "Trump sets new travel restrictions on 19 countries in echo of first term controversy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-sets-new-travel-restrictions-on-19-countries-in-echo-of-first-term-controversy-240930373982

* "US judge prevents Trump from invalidating 5,000 Venezuelans' legal documents:" https://archive.ph/ZoSKh

* "Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get a chance to challenge their removals:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations-c581c1ef8ce5199286727b17c12f81d9

* "Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela

* "Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order:" https://archive.ph/H3aNa

* "ICE Agents Ordered to Triple Number of Daily Arrests:" https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-ordered-triple-number-daily-arrests-2078305

* "ICE detained a trans migrant at her asylum hearing. Her lawyers still can't contact her:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender-migrant-ice-washington

* "An Immigrant Was Accused of Threatening Trump. Prosecutors Say He Was Framed.:" https://archive.ph/6xews

* "Judge blocks Trump administration from quickly deporting family of Boulder firebombing suspect:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/colorado-firebomb-attacks-deportation-00387345

* "Immigration official defends tactics against criticism of a heavy hand as arrests rise nationwide:" https://apnews.com/article/ice-agents-masked-boston-deportations-todd-lyons-4fa874908a64b12f1b1ee0be3825fb39

* "The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please:" https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/29/ice-arrests-blur-photos-agents-san-francisco-court/

* "‘Menacing’: Hayes sounds alarm on rise of ‘secret police’ under Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-menacing-hayes-sounds-alarm-on-rise-of-secret-police-under-trump-241015365905

* "Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in US custody after being illegally deported and will now face criminal charges:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/abrego-garcia-return-00392791

* "Could You Prove You’re a Citizen? For Americans wrongfully detained by ICE, it can be nearly impossible to escape.:" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-ice-detained-citizenship-proof.html

* "Habeas Corpus Has Already Been Suspended For Some:"

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* "'Dangerous, slippery slope': Documented immigrants increasingly swept up in Trump's purge:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-dangerous-slippery-slope-documented-immigrants-increasingly-swept-up-in-trump-s-purge-240669765696

* "ICE agents with assault rifles toss flash-bangs in serene SoCal neighborhood. City officials outraged:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/alarming-show-force-san-diego-011009143.html

The headline should read: masked government sponsored terrorists attack civilians with grenades.

* "Trump deploys National Guard as Los Angeles protests against immigration agents continue:" https://archive.ph/6DT83#selection-982.0-982.1

Really, they should be suppress the police who have been assaulting innocent protesters, but they are instead invading to suppress free speech.

Or they could stay out of it.

Instead....

* "Gov. Newsom says federal government is moving to 'take over' the California National Guard:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/gov-newsom-says-federal-government-is-moving-to-take-over-the-california-national-guard-241122885975

* "‘They are terrorizing communities’: Rep slams Trump immigration crackdown amid L.A. clashes:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-they-are-terrorizing-communities-rep-slams-trump-immigration-crackdown-amid-l-a-clashes-241127493510

* "Los Angeles protests erupt over 'worst fear' ICE raids:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/los-angeles-protests-erupt-over-worst-fear-ice-raids-241088069956

* "Protests held over ICE arrests at San Francisco, Sacramento immigration courthouses:" https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/ice-arrests-san-francisco-sacramento-immigration-courts-protests/

* "Protests erupt after Massachusetts high school student detained by ICE:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/massachusetts-high-school-student-detained/story?id=122422549

* "Advocates Speak Against Recent ICE Actions in Charlotte:" https://qcnerve.com/ice-in-charlotte-2025/

* "Crowds gather outside Florida Capitol to protest ICE raid in Tallahassee:" https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2025/05/31/crowds-gather-outside-florida-capitol-to-protest-ice-raid-in-tallahassee/83963555007/

* "Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town:" https://newrepublic.com/article/195952/trump-arrest-immigrant-triggers-shock-regret-small-maga-town

* "Protesters gather outside of Kroger in Price Hill after recent ICE activity. See photos:" https://www.cincinnati.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/06/01/ice-protest-in-price-hill-photos/83980528007/

* "Eugene protestors speak out against Avelo Airlines over "ICE Flights":" https://www.kezi.com/news/eugene-protestors-speak-out-against-avelo-airlines-over-ice-flights/article_ece8f615-9762-499b-87f2-e053c7d269ce.html

* "'The timing is suspicious': Abrego Garcia lawyer raises questions about new federal charges:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-the-timing-is-suspicious-abrego-garcia-lawyer-raises-questions-about-new-federal-charges-241105989906

* "Newark mayor sues New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor after arrest at immigration detention site:" https://apnews.com/article/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-lawsuit-arrest-immigration-0d17f4adb136b9fefc02ea8b498124ed

* "Lewelyn Dixon, lawful permanent resident and University of Washington employee, freed from ICE detention :" https://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/31/lewelyn-dixon-freed-from-ice/

* "State begins rolling out expanded student visa vetting — starting with Harvard:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/state-implements-reviews-of-harvard-visa-applicants-social-media-accounts-00375921

* "U.S. Scientists Warn That Trump’s Cuts Will Set Off a Brain Drain:" https://archive.ph/lI08B

* "Justice Department accuses two Chinese researchers of smuggling 'potential agroterrorism weapon' into US:" https://archive.ph/Qpq4w

* " Press Release AG Campbell Issues Guidance For Immigrants, Families, And Communities On ICE Enforcement: ‘Know Your Rights’ Guide Provides Communities with Information About Their Rights and the Legal Framework for ICE Stops, Arrests, and Inquiries :" https://www.mass.gov/news/ag-campbell-issues-guidance-for-immigrants-families-and-communities-on-ice-enforcement

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* The big June 14th protest is coming up. "No Protest:" https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible

* "Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/gabbard-considering-ways-revamp-trumps-intelligence-briefing-rcna209805

Remember how they had to do animated briefings for Regan because his dementia was so advanced?

* "Trump’s deranged robot Biden rant was fueled by Jake Tapper’s hypocrisy and Karoline Leavitt’s lies :" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-robot-biden-conspiracy-theory

* "Rep. Adam Smith: The President is “doing this parade so people can kiss up to him”:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/rep-adam-smith-the-president-is-doing-this-parade-so-people-can-kiss-up-to-him-241124421792

* "Trump voters call president's pardon of corrupt Virginia sheriff 'a terrific mistake':" https://www.npr.org/2025/06/02/nx-s1-5420699/the-fallout-in-a-virginia-county-after-trump-pardoned-a-former-sheriff

* "'New and very uncertain territory' as billionaires pay their way into Trump presidency:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-new-and-very-uncertain-territory-as-billionaires-pay-their-way-into-trump-presidency-240853573635

***** I'm opting to put the Trump/Musk Messy Break Up here even though bits of it could easily go in other sections of the aggregate.*****

* "‘Disgusting abomination’: Musk goes nuclear on Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-bill-00382653

* "Musk melts down over budget bill; Republicans in turmoil over their own bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/musk-melts-down-over-budget-bill-republicans-in-turmoil-over-their-own-bill-240942149850

* "Musk turns on GOP, suggests ‘we fire all politicians' who voted for MAGA bill:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/musk-turns-on-gop-suggests-we-fire-all-politicians-who-voted-for-maga-bill-240834629669

* "Trump threatens to cut Musk contracts as feud quickly escalates:" https://www.npr.org/2025/06/05/nx-s1-5424502/trump-elon-musk

* "‘Such ingratitude’: Musk, Trump blow up over GOP megabill:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/05/elon-musk-donald-trump-fight-00389480

* "Musk inadvertently gives away the game in spat with Trump:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/musk-inadvertently-gives-away-the-game-in-spat-with-trump-241024581831

* "With crashout over Trump, Musk's government conflicts become awkward entanglements:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/with-crashout-over-trump-musk-s-government-conflicts-become-awkward-entanglements-241027653925

* "See live-action replay of Trump-Elon feud: Hayes and Wagner act out 'messy breakup':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/see-live-action-replay-of-trump-elon-feud-hayes-and-wagner-act-out-messy-breakup-241010245774

* "Was it worth it, Elon? You were a stupid Trump supplicant who sunk like all the know-it-alls before you:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/elon-musk-donald-trump-feud

* "Inside Trump and Musk’s Complicated Relationship:" https://archive.ph/rtqXJ

* "'The girls are fighting!': AOC reacts to Trump-Musk feud:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-the-girls-are-fighting-aoc-reacts-to-trump-musk-feud-241090629616

* CW: CSA "'Big bomb': Trump’s Epstein ties thrust back into spotlight by Musk:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-big-bomb-trump-s-epstein-ties-thrust-back-into-spotlight-by-musk-241089605870

* "FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX’s latest out-of-control Starship flight:" https://apnews.com/article/spacex-starship-faa-408ee8e6fe05caa867b90970ecf439dd

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* "Protests continue at Twin Cities Tesla dealership despite Musk's White House exit:" https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/musk-tesla-protest-dealership/

* "Tulsi Gabbard Installs Own Adviser in Agency Tasked With Watching Her:" https://newrepublic.com/post/196249/tulsi-gabbard-compromised-national-intelligence-watchdog

* "Trump's Justice Department examining pardons issued by Biden:" https://archive.ph/wS86x

* "Justice Department drops lawsuit against Trump adviser Peter Navarro:" https://apnews.com/article/peter-navarro-lawsuit-presidential-records-34769bea622bb70d187e08f5f919b409

* "Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American:" https://newrepublic.com/post/195904/trump-palantir-data-americans

* "Exclusive: Hacker who breached communications app used by Trump aide stole data from across US government:" https://archive.ph/zvHJg

* "Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients:" https://apnews.com/article/doge-data-collection-lawsuit-trump-food-stamps-100f6be4c03a6f2b726684e1768fb5b4?

* "‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee:" https://www.wired.com/story/big-balls-young-doge-converted-into-full-time-government-employees/

* "Supreme Court grants DOGE access to confidential Social Security records:" https://www.npr.org/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5422283/supreme-court-doge-social-security-records

* "'Data can be weaponized': Ronan Farrow sounds alarm on DOGE access to private Social Security data:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-data-can-be-weaponized-ronan-farrow-sounds-alarm-on-doge-access-to-private-social-security-data-241106501827

* "Trump's Plan To Surveil America:"

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* "You're Wrong About Social Security Fraud:"

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* "Unpacking Trump admin's new hiring plan for federal workers — including question about implementing presidential policy:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-policy-hiring-plan/

* "Trump's 'best people' are not doing very well; bad time to cut career public servants:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-s-best-people-are-not-doing-very-well-bad-time-to-cut-career-public-servants-240847941905

* "MAGA world is big on conspiracies but light on evidence:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/maga-world-is-big-on-conspiracies-but-light-on-evidence-240669765759

* "The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes:" https://archive.ph/QZMp2

* "“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention:" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-thomas-fugate-cp3-terrorism-prevention

* "How DOGE destroyed a key piece of U.S. counterterrorism and Trump made it worse:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/how-doge-destroyed-a-key-piece-of-u-s-counterterrorism-and-trump-made-it-worse-241024581776

* "For Pride Month, homophobe Hegseth orders Navy to strip Harvey Milk's name from ship:" https://www.advocate.com/news/navy-strip-harvey-milk-ship

* "Hegseth to strip Harvey Milk’s name from Navy vessel in culture war push:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hegseth-to-strip-harvey-milk-s-name-from-navy-vessel-in-culture-war-push-240926789760

* "Sen. Adam Schiff blocked in effort to keep Harvey Milk's name on Navy ship:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/schiff-harvey-milk-blocked

* They plan to censor the names of these other ships as part of the military's white men only policy: John Lewis, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.

* "Cadets who met all Air Force Academy graduation standards denied commissions because they’re transgender:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-cadets-graduates-denied-commission

* "Trump Administration to Open Alaska Wilderness to Drilling and Mining:" https://archive.ph/1yrbq

* "FEMA staff baffled after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say:" https://archive.ph/yEYOe

* "Inside the scramble to keep FEMA alive ahead of hurricane season:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/inside-the-scramble-to-keep-fema-alive-ahead-of-hurricane-season-240655429712

* "Trump Admin Sets HIV Research Back ‘A Decade’ With Massive Funding Cut:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-administration-sets-hiv-vaccine-research-back-a-decade-with-massive-funding-cut/

* "‘Lesser-known D-Day’ strikes as Pentagon purges transgender patriots serving in the U.S. military:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pentagon-starts-trans-military-purge

* "Combat vet Tammy Duckworth leads Democrats’ final plea to stop Pentagon purge as trans military ban begins:" https://www.advocate.com/news/tammy-duckworth-trans-military-ban

* "Trump doesn't recognize Pride Month, but declares June Title IX Month:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/title-ix-month-trump

* "Federal prison inmates can get gender-affirming care as court blocks Trump order:" https://www.advocate.com/news/prisons-ordered-gender-affirming-care

* "Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come:" https://apnews.com/article/public-health-measles-rfk-maha-trump-d863f53a5d370413de8d165d5ab96e65

* "The MAHA Report’s Errors Are Just the Start of Its Problems:" https://archive.ph/Qn3y5

* We were so close. It breaks my heart. "Trump guts $258 million in funding for HIV vaccine research:" https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv-vaccine-trump-cuts

* "Chuck Schumer demands reinstatement of federal HIV funding after RFK Jr.’s ‘indiscriminate cuts’:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/schumer-hhs-hiv-research-cuts

* "Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids:" https://archive.ph/QmZtP

* "Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions:" https://apnews.com/article/abortion-emtala-biden-trump-emergency-hospital-3640bff165dac1d28b91e8adee7e47dd

* "Street-level violence prevention programs have been decimated by Trump just ahead of summer:" https://stateline.org/2025/05/29/street-level-violence-prevention-programs-have-been-decimated-by-trump-just-ahead-of-summer/

* "Arizona students rally at Capitol demanding protection from Trump education policies:" https://azmirror.com/briefs/arizona-students-rally-at-capitol-demanding-protection-from-trump-education-policies/

* "Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says:" https://archive.ph/F7rsk

Obeying in advance didn't save them. It only made them look week to Trump.

* "MAGA exec blames Richard Grenell, not homophobic speech, for Kennedy Center firing:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/richard-grenell-floyd-brown

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* "Justice Amy Coney Barrett has Trump privately raging for breaking ranks:" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/3/2325772/-Justice-Amy-Coney-Barrett-has-Trump-privately-raging-for-breaking-ranks

* "US Supreme Court won't review assault weapon, high-capacity magazine bans:" https://archive.ph/JbUUb

* "Supreme Court tosses Mexico’s lawsuit against American gun manufacturers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/05/supreme-court-mexico-gun-lawsuit-00389108

* "BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with straight woman in so-called 'reverse discrimination' case:" https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-ames-ohio-reverse-discrimination

* "Supreme Court rules that Catholic groups were unlawfully barred from a religious tax exemption:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-catholic-groups-unlawfully-barred-religious-exempt-rcna202654

* "Leah Litman - How SCOTUS Is “Lawless” | The Daily Show:"

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* "Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of-living-income-quality-of-life/

* We need to fight the Budget Bill

NOTE: Numbers subject to change.

If this budget passes, people die because they won't be able to afford the copays, especially as Trump economic policies kill jobs and keep causing prices to rise.

They are sacrificing people for the billionaires that bought them.

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW!!!

Remind Red State Senators that they are killing their own base with this bill!

These Senators are vulnerable in 2026, so it is particularly important to contact them if they represent you:

Collins (ME)
Tillis (NC)
Sulliven (AK)
Husted (OH)
Moody (FL)
Cornyn (TX)
Ernst (IA)

They are stealing healthcare from 7.8 million in the near future and 10.9 million peopleat minimum over the next decade.

1 Million children will lose food assistance.

They are making the bottom 10% of Americans 2% Poorer.

This is all so they can make the Wealthiest 10% 4% richer.

The goal of this legislation is to harm or kill as many ordinary people by stealing their health care while ballooning the deficit by 2.4 trillion by giving tax cuts to billionaires.

Not all deficit is bad. Deficit to invest in things like education or health or infrastructure is good for obvious reasons. This deficit is entirely about sucking money out of the economy and into billionaire bank accounts. It gives nothing back; it only harms.

Reminder: They are also immunizing the executive branch against Contempt of Court so they can just ignore the judicial branch in future.

* "A Terrible Idea:" https://www.justsecurity.org/113529/terrible-idea-contempt-court/

* A budget is a moral document which shows what the real priorities are. "Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says:" https://apnews.com/article/cbo-deficits-tax-cuts-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-64d7de49aef62ba07b7f6f45c1ca73d1

* "‘Beyond cruel’: Bernie slams GOP bill that would kick 11 million off health care:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-beyond-cruel-bernie-slams-gop-bill-that-would-kick-11-million-off-health-care-240926277819

* "GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill' seeks to lower age of dependents from under 18 to under 7 for SNAP food assistance:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/06/02/gop-big-beautiful-bill-age-dependents/

* The Republican war on Realty continues. "Confronted with awkward facts, Republicans go to war against numbers they don't like:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/confronted-with-awkward-facts-republicans-go-to-war-against-numbers-they-don-t-like-240942149967

* "A surprising coalition of GOP senators holds all the megabill leverage:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/02/medicaid-moderates-gop-megabill-senate-00378510

* "Trump ramps up criticism of GOP Sen. Rand Paul amid push to pass his funding bill:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-ramps-criticism-republican-senators-stall-funding-bill/story?id=122447199

* "Republicans accuse PBS of 'grooming' children with Sesame Street Pride post:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republicans-accuse-sesame-street-grooming

* "Marjorie Taylor Greene Freaks Out After She Finally Reads Bill She Voted For:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-greene-freaks-out-after-reading-bill-she-voted-for_n_683f664de4b016ce6568588e

* "Ernst posts weird non-apology on Instagram after telling town hall 'we all are going to die':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/ernst-posts-weird-non-apology-on-instagram-after-telling-town-hall-we-all-are-going-to-die-240669253659

* "Video shows pastors arrested in Capitol Rotunda prayer-against-Trump encore:" https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/video-pastors-arrested-capitol-prayer-trump-budget-b2762300.html

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

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

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

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

* "Democrats Merkley and Balint file bill to nullify Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/nullifying-anti-lgbtq-executive-orders

* "Rep. Sharice Davids introduces bill to improve mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/davids-bill-lgbtq-youth-health

* "Exclusive / White House to pull NASA nominee Isaacman:" https://www.semafor.com/article/05/31/2025/white-house-expected-to-pull-nasa-nominee-isaacman

* "Rep. Mark Pocan: Is it just coincidence that Trump is following Project 2025 outline?:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pocan-grills-project-2025-creator

* "How this Democrat fights Marjorie Taylor Greene's transphobia in Congress with smart preparation:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/melanie-stansbury-marjorie-taylor-greene

* "Law professor (and Chris' wife) torches Josh Hawley in legal smackdown:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/law-professor-and-chris-wife-torches-josh-hawley-in-legal-smackdown-240926789857

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

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

Please add more below if you have them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Murphy: Don't take elections for granted with Trump in power; new PAC says act now:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/murphy-don-t-take-elections-for-granted-with-trump-in-power-new-pac-says-act-now-240940613819

* "Dr. Annie Andrews: “People in South Carolina are ready for a leader who will fight for them”:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/dr-annie-andrews-people-in-south-carolina-are-ready-for-a-leader-who-will-fight-for-them-241124421959

* Want to help her 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

* "Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party, becomes independent:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/karine-jean-pierre-independent

* "MI Republicans Think It's “Inappropriate” to Ask GOP Lawmaker to Prove Their Gender: Woolford would not publicly disclose his medical history, but under his own proposed laws, children across Michigan might have to.:" https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/mi-republicans-think-its-inappropriate

* "Texas legislature passes 'Don't Say Gay' law that bans LGBTQ+ student clubs:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-dont-say-gay-lgbtq-clubs

* "6 injured in 'act of terror' with 'makeshift flamethrower' in Colorado, officials say:" https://abc7.com/post/terror-attack-fbi-investigating-boulder-colorado-act/16625310/

* "Capitol Rioter Who Assaulted Police Is Back Behind Bars After Alleged Home Burglary:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capitol-rioter-zachary-alam-arrested-burglary_n_682c7b6ae4b0dc52ee2c8505

* "Nazi Punk Told, In No Uncertain Terms, To F*ck Off:" https://www.wonkette.com/p/nazi-punk-told-in-no-uncertain-terms

* "The subversive power of Spanish-language radio:" https://archive.ph/6ZIml#selection-646.0-646.1

* "Ohio universities are closing their LGBTQ+ centers to comply with a state DEI ban:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ohio-universities-close-lgbtq-centers

Complying in advance isn't saving Columbia University.

Diversity bans lead nowhere good.

* "No right to information at public libraries, 5th Circuit rules:" https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2025/05/24/texas-public-library-free-speech/3051748133292

* CW: Sexual Harassment. "Behind Davos, Claims of a Toxic Workplace: Despite its lofty goals, the World Economic Forum has faced numerous accusations of sexual harassment and discrimination against women and Black people:" https://archive.is/TONmr#selection-1868.0-1868.1

* "The Troubling Rise of Harassment and Stalking in Women’s Sports:" https://www.elle.com/culture/a64772215/womens-sports-harassment-stalking-interview/

* "Missouri Supreme Court Defies Voters, Halts Abortions in the State:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/missouri-supreme-court-defies-voters-halts-abortions-in-the-state/

* "A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion:" https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

* "JK Rowling is Getting Worse.:"

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* "Topless trans folks protest outside Downing Street in ‘deeply symbolic act’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/26/trans-protest-downing-street-london-supreme-court/

* "Topless trans protest outside Holyrood a ‘public act of grief, resistance and solidarity’:" https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/17/scottish-parliament-holyrood-trans-protest-supreme-court/

* "This will keep going until it can’t:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2038327.html

* "LGBTQ+ adults agree — Americans don't accept transgender people:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-acceptance-poll-lgbtq-adults

* "New poll finds record-low support of marriage equality from Republicans since Obergefell v. Hodges:" https://www.advocate.com/news/marriage-equality-support

* "52% of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks targeted transgender and gender nonconforming people:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/lgbtq-harassment-assault-2024-2025

* "Man shot and killed in Philadelphia Gayborhood during Pride:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/woodys-bar-shooting-philadelphia

* "King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss shot to death; husband calls it antigay hate crime:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/actor-jonathan-joss-killed

* *side eyes police* Ya think? "San Antonio police were 'premature' in saying Jonathan Joss's murder wasn't a hate crime, police chief says:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/jonathan-joss-murder-hate-crime

* "Hate crime or neighborhood feud? Everything we know so far about Jonathan Joss's killing:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/jonathan-joss-killing-neighbor-pitchfork

* "Suspect arrested in string of attacks on Los Angeles transgender shopkeeper:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/suspect-arrested-attack-transgender-woman

* " Tennessee trans woman who was brutally attacked at storage unit speaks out :" https://www.advocate.com/crime/nashville-trans-woman-attack

* "BREAKING: Shooting and stabbing at Dupont Circle during the end of WorldPride's Saturday celebrations:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/shooting-stabbing-near-worldpride

* "Public funding grows for memorial to Pulse shooting victims:" https://www.advocate.com/public-funding-pulse-shooting-memorial

* "Trans man says he was detained after using women's restroom in South Carolina:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-man-detained-south-carolina-restroom

* "Trans athlete singled out by Trump wins gold anyway: 'I’m not scared of them':" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trans-girl-california-sports-trump

* "Why Pride's revolutionary spirit matters more now:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/equalpride-ceo-pride-month-2025

* "WorldPride isn't just a time to party but to protest in the defense of trans survival:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/worldpride-2025

* "This year, WorldPride in the nation’s capital is a protest:" https://www.advocate.com/gay-pride-parade/25-years-of-worldpride-dc

* "LGBTQ+ youth-serving nonprofits launch new coalition with message of hope for young people:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/lgbtq-youth-serving-nonprofits-launch-new-coalition-with-message-of-hope-for-young-people

* "A curious road closure and drawbridge didn't stop activists from lighting Jacksonville bridge for Pride:" https://www.advocate.com/news/jacksonville-bridge-pride-lights

* "Here are 7 LGBTQ+ groups you can donate to as major companies quit sponsoring Pride events:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-pride-groups-donate#rebelltitem8

* "My kids asked about pride- here’s what I said // A guide for parents:"

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* "When measles struck, a surge of parents stepped up to vaccinate their children:" https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-vaccine-effort-parents-babies-rcna207819

* "UnitedHealth falls on report it secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers:" https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/unitedhealth-falls-after-report-it-secretly-paid-nursing-homes-reduce-hospital-2025-05-21/

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* "Okra and Fenugreek Extracts Safely Remove Microplastics From Water in New Texas Research:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/okra-and-fenugreek-extracts-safely-remove-microplastics-from-water-in-new-texas-research/

* "A.I Made The California Bar Exam Worse (ft. Liz Dye):"

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* "The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley:" https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-resource-extraction-chile-indigenous-communities/

* "At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work:" https://archive.ph/8sTZN#selection-4392.0-4392.1

* "Pakistan Arrests 21 in ‘Heartsender’ Malware Service:" https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/pakistan-arrests-21-in-heartsender-malware-service/

* "Scientists crack the riddle of how sound is generated from handclaps – and also hint at clapping’s potential role in identifying people:" https://www.independent.ie/world-news/scientists-crack-the-riddle-of-how-sound-is-generated-from-handclaps-and-also-hint-at-clappings-potential-role-in-identifying-people/a1566420665.html

* "Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars:" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480992-weird-planet-is-orbiting-backwards-between-two-stars/

* "The Strange Secret Behind Venus’ Pancake Volcanoes:" https://gizmodo.com/the-strange-secret-behind-venus-pancake-volcanoes-2000608733?

* "Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists say:" https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5409073/annas-hummingbird-backyard-feeders?

* "Scientists have figured out why flamingos are such weird eaters:" https://www.npr.org/2025/05/16/nx-s1-5396865/flamingo-weird-eater-tiny-tornado-fluid-dynamics?

* "Our teeth evolved from fish 'body armor' over 460 million years, scientists discover:" https://www.livescience.com/animals/our-teeth-evolved-from-fish-body-armor-over-460-million-years-scientists-discover

* "Mass Grave of Thousands of Dinosaurs Puzzles Experts:" https://www.newsweek.com/dinosaur-grave-mystery-canada-2074086

* "3 ancient tombs of prominent statesmen discovered in Egypt:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-tombs-discovered-egypt-luxor-statesmen/

* "Ancient Egyptian Drawing Now Theorized To Represent the Milky Way’s Great Rift:" https://mymodernmet.com/ancient-egyptian-goddess-milky-way/

* "Mysterious Syrian artifacts reidentified as ancient baby rattles:" https://phys.org/news/2025-05-mysterious-syrian-artifacts-reidentified-ancient.html

* "Metal Detectorists Unearth Ancient Dagger Decorated With Tiny Stars, Crescent Moons and Geometric Patterns:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/metal-detectorists-unearth-ancient-dagger-decorated-with-tiny-stars-crescent-moons-and-geometric-patterns-180986369/

* "Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire:" https://archive.ph/vNH08

* "Elizabeth Báthory Primer:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elizabeth-b%C3%A1thory-primer/id1762494071?i=1000706488494

For the record, I last researched this in the 1990's-early oughts, so I'm not up on the newest scholarship. I legitimately think we'll never really know what happened.

* "When Drag Was A Crime:"

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* "The Best Part of Researching Trans History Is When I’m Wrong:" https://electricliterature.com/the-best-part-of-researching-trans-history-is-when-im-wrong/

* "The American Photojournalist Who Captured the Heartbreak of World War II:" https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/an-american-photojournalist-captured-the-heartbreak-of-world-war-ii/

* "3 Teens Almost Got Away With Murder. Then Police Found Their Google Searches:" https://www.wired.com/story/find-my-iphone-arson-case/

* "Etienne-Emile Baulieu, inventor of the abortion pill, dies aged 98:" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2025/05/31/etienne-emile-baulieu-inventor-of-the-abortion-pill-dies-aged-98_6741865_15.html

* "Loretta Swit, ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan on ‘MASH,’ Dies at 87:" https://variety.com/2025/film/news/loretta-swit-dead-hot-lips-houlihan-mash-1236414311/

* "The unprecedented scale of India’s Maha Kumbh festival:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/INDIA-RELIGION/KUMBH/klpymweyypg/

* "University at Buffalo grad chased by police as he runs across stage with contraband — his baby:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-buffalo-grad-chased-police-runs-stage-holding-baby-rcna208361

* Let me summarize the Pride saga. So back half a decadish ago, we got some pride flags to hang in our windows for June, as the otherwise very strict rule prohibited all sorts of things, but allowed "seasonal holiday decorations." (Within certain time limits). Me: Pride is a seasonal celebration. Stonewall day is a holiday.

They put up some passive aggressive notices about political things not being allowed, but in our very left college town, my guess is, they didn't want to make a big deal of it because they likely didn't want to be labelled the queerphobic apartment. Another HOA in Florida tried to ban Pride flags and it got national coverage and there were demonstrations. We are near a college, literally across the street from a bus stop and 2-3 blocks from a major bus stop routes servicing the college and our area of town all pass going both ways. Not a peep in year two.

Alas, the Boomers had been thinking though. How does one ban pride flags without making it look like that's what they were doing? Next Autumn they banned ALL flags. Us: O.o That's going to go over well for 4th of July. If they enforce on us, we are reporting every other flag in the complex.

We also put some thought into how to follow the letter, but not the spirit of the rules. I was a scholarship kid for fourteen years at a prep school with uniforms/dress code. I know from loopholes and rules lawyering. We got pinwheels (More than half have been broken since. This is me side eyeing the neighbors who also used weed killer on the container garden a few times). We got rainbow icicle lights.

When June rolled around, I hung my flags Inside the regulation white curtains. They are not allowed to dictate interior decoration. Me: looks interior to me.

They are hidden by day, but I can loop up the white curtains and not the flags, allowing them to glow from behind like stained glass. The Genderqueer chevrons aren't really visible through the white curtains if I leave it unlooped, but the Progress flag shows through the scrim, if it's lit from behind. This gives me options. :) (Squirrel has a flag too, but that's their business).

Every year, I wait to see. Is this the year they decide to fight me?

They have to give me notice and time to comply before levying a fine, which gives me leeway.

If we had more money we'd buy outdoor furniture fabric paint and trans flag my outdoor chair. We'd buy more lights. We'd by the intersex inclusive progress flag, which came out within a year of me getting a standard progress flag. We would by so many rainbow pinwheels and outdoor pride lights and rainbow clothe ribbons.

Alas, budget pride display, but at least it's something.

Before dinner Saturday, I set things up. I hope they leave me alone, but seriously fuck Cis Straight Boomer respectability bullshit. I'd rather have the freedom to be different than respectability any day!

* It has been an exhausting week and it was Tuesday when I started to write this, which gives you the idea, I suspect. Especially as it's now hours into Wednesday as I finished it.

Monday afternoon, I got a call from the City about renovations. They wanted to inspect Tuesday early mid-sleep cycle. I had told squirrel we'd likely have another week and they'd been cleaning their room, but we're remotely ready. wince Still fast is best and safest, since if it goes too slow we get bumped to the back of the line and the money might be gone for the year before we got to the front again.

So I got up and dressed and alerted poor Squirrel, who made Herculean efforts to get things ready with about 20 hours notice.

I was up so I went out into the heat and pollen for errands. I had a couple of ILLs that I somehow miraculously finished on time that had to be back by Tuesday. I figured I could get my OTC on the way down and perishables on the way back. I also went to the bank hoping SSI was on time so I could take out some toilet paper and contingency money. No joy, though it did arrive only a day late, so that's a worry put off for next month.

The good cherries local just came into season, so I splurged on those. I've tons of fresh veg as well, and the good bagels for sandwiches. I need to go get a bunch of things Wednesday elsewhere, but it was nice having fresh things again.

I was not in great shape when I got home and Tavy had pissed everywhere so I needed to strip and change the sofa. Tavy kept "Helping" and eventually flat out climbed on me. I was late for a social thing I was meant to be doing. Sigh.

Logically, I should have just stayed up for Tuesday's inspection/walk through thingie, but I was exhausted. I set an alarm. Which did not go off, so it was a bit of scramble. Tavy really likes the guy from the city and clearly remembered him, rubbing up against him and following him around.

I had a hell of a time getting back to sleep after, as him checking the smoke detector that eats batteries used the last of the battery, apparently. It went off loudly after Livia and I settled into our post scary stranger pet, scaring her, then did the incessant high pitched beep. Which meant getting up and dressing and Tavy "helping" me get the emergency nine volts out of the Forbidden (to Cats) Desk drawer. Squirrel was already asleep, so there was also dangerous and frustrating ladder work with me not sure if my legs would give out out a dizzy spell hit me.

On the upside the City is likely replacing the Terrible smoke detectors and fixing some of the problematic electrical wiring. Woot Woot! They'll get back to us soon, to let us know if we are approved or for what. The ventilation issue with Squirrels bathroom, smoke detectors, and wiring are on the City's high priority fix list and will likely be approved. Let us hope they do the clothes washer, the dishwasher, and the smaller fixes too, but a lot depends on the budget cap.

Shit, I should have asked about the sticky window!

So two days of not enough low quality sleep and very little else done, but still Progress.

* …And Wednesday they sent notice of a bunch of rules changes for living here. They have not on found a way to ban my pride flags, but my pride lights and a bunch of Halloween decorations. Bastards!

I'm going to lodge objections, but I don't have a lot of hope, honestly. I hate these Boomers and their fetish for the boring.

Cis Straight White Boomers: Why We Can't have nice things.

* We've been having connectivity/computer issues all week. Trying to accomplish anything is up hill both ways pushing Sisyphus' rock this week. Sigh.

I am beset by many things.

* "Air Traffic Control: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"

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* "Meet Tim Pool: Right-Wing Podcaster Turned Trump Media Mouthpiece | The Daily Show:"

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* "True Facts: How Jellyfish Hunt:"

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* "DEI in the Sky? No More, Thanks to Racial Support Pilots | The Daily Show:"

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* "Cupid and Psyche, Part II: It Was A Teenage Wedding And The Old Folks Wished Them Well:" https://www.thechatner.com/p/cupid-and-psyche-part-ii-it-was-a?publication_id=5&post_id=164590052&isFreemail=true&r=ykw2&triedRedirect=true

* "Sunday Sweets: A Disney Movie Marathon, Part 2:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-a-disney-movie-marathon-part-2-2025

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

* Want to help Nathan Sage against Joni Ernst? https://www.sageforsenate.com/

* Want to help her 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

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