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* I know, I know. News is now backed up 2-3 weeks. The HoA stuff keeps eating All the Spoons.

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* "UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-genocide-palestinians-c9d40ab3714b46957c5716132f9eb2a6

* "‘Every time they’re making progress, it seems like he bombs someone’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/11/israel-bombs-gaza-us-netanyahu-00558732

* "Why Trump Privately Fumes About Netanyahu but Gives Him Free Rein:" https://archive.ph/qjTtI

* "Netanyahu gambled by targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar. It appears to have backfired:" https://apnews.com/article/israel-qatar-doha-netanyahu-assassinations-hamas-fd6b73dc26dbf06f40e6b1f19ac5bb8b

* "Israel pounds Gaza City, killing 49 and displacing 6,000 in a single day:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/13/israel-attempts-to-oust-gaza-city-residents-through-continuous-bombing

* "Jew vs. Jew rhetoric breaks hearts in a bitter internal debate about the Gaza war:" https://www.jta.org/2025/08/17/ideas/jew-vs-jew-rhetoric-breaks-hearts-in-a-bitter-internal-debate-about-the-gaza-war

* "Antisemitism Is Netanyahu's Secret Weapon:" https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-08-22/ty-article-opinion/.premium/antisemitism-is-netanyahus-secret-weapon/00000198-ce2a-d1e9-abf9-df7ea5420000

* "I Fought in Gaza. Here Is Why I Would Not Go Back.:" https://archive.ph/2zZjd

* "Yosef Blau, author of Orthodox rabbis’ letter critiquing Israel, responds to critics:" https://www.timesofisrael.com/yosef-blau-author-of-orthodox-rabbis-letter-critiquing-israel-responds-to-critics/

* "Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/20/israeli-attack-on-yemeni-newspaper-complex-kills-media-workers

* "Takeaways from AP reporting on Israeli strike on Gaza hospital that killed journalists and medics:" https://apnews.com/article/gaza-nasser-hospital-attack-journalists-killed-f17b2ed7e662f18fddce04af23d4dd12

* "Israel used to lie about killing journalists; now it barely bothers to do so. What happened?:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/08/israel-journalists-kill-army-gaza

* "16 Nations Warn Israel Against Attacking Gaza-Bound Global Sumud Flotilla:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-sumud-flotilla-sicily

* "FLOTILLA TRACKER:" https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/#help

* "Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience as Ways to Support Palestine:" https://www.tiktok.com/@gbsumudflotillaupdates/video/7550937492929776914

* "Italian dockworkers threaten Israel cargo ban if Gaza flotilla blocked:" https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-dockworkers-threaten-israel-cargo-ban-gaza-flotilla-departs-genova/

How to Help:
PCRF: https://www.pcrf.net/
HEAL Palestine: https://www.healpalestine.org/
The Sameer Project: https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject
Gaza Soup Kitchen: https://gazasoupkitchen.org/

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* "Trump says US struck another alleged Venezuelan drug vessel, killing three:" https://archive.ph/EQ60z

* "With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America:" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/venezuela-trump-air-strike-monroe-doctrine/

* "JD Vance Snaps at Dem Influencer In Spat Over Potential ‘War Crimes’ in Trump Plan: ‘I Don’t Give a Sh*t What You Call It’:" https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/jd-vance-snaps-at-dem-influencer-in-spat-over-potential-war-crimes-in-trump-plan-i-dont-give-a-sht-what-you-call-it/

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* "NATO member Poland shoots down drones in its airspace during Russia’s Ukraine attack:" https://archive.ph/Ow85w

* "Russia 'Tried To Test' NATO With 'Dud' Drones: Poland:" https://www.newsweek.com/russia-test-nato-dud-drones-ukraine-poland-2129561

* "Nato strengthens defences after Russian drones shot down over Poland:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lkz2n34z6o

* "Romania becomes second Nato country to report Russian drone in its airspace:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80g7g5rmlno

* "Germany's Merz accuses Putin of murder and trying to destabilise West:" https://archive.ph/dXXDH

* "Belarus and Russia's show of firepower appears to be a message to Europe:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn95jxvn04eo

* "Poland reports increased drone activity near Belarus border:" https://archive.ph/RAyJi

* "Poland scrambles aircraft after Russia launches strikes on Ukraine:" https://archive.ph/erAmy

* "Russian Fighter Jets Violate NATO Oil Platform 'Safety Zone':" https://www.newsweek.com/russian-fighter-jets-violate-nato-oil-platform-safety-zone-2132720

* "UK fighter jets begin NATO air defence mission over Poland:" https://archive.ph/JBnE3

* "Estonia seeks Nato consultation after Russian jets violate airspace:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrp6p5mj3zo

* "Trump Says Putin ‘Let Me Down,’ Allies Must Stop Buying Oil:" https://archive.ph/xx2ch

Trump pretends to notice Putin is the problem, a decade or so late. I doubt it'll stick.

* "Trump lobbies EU for 100% tariffs on China and India:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80gvz3l7n2o

Sigh. It is all so embarrassing.

* "Zelenskyy: Putin told Trump that Donbas would fall in ‘3 to 4 months’:" https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-says-putin-told-donald-trump-donbas-region-would-fall/

* "Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces inflict heavy losses on Russia in counteroffensive:" https://archive.ph/4uJzR

* "Russia hits Ukraine with barrage of drones, missiles, kills 3, Kyiv says:" https://archive.ph/gCLbP

* "As Russian army inches closer, Ukrainians must decide to stay or go:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy50kk14y00o

* "Inside the Deadly Game of Drone Warfare:" https://archive.ph/nGFdV

* "Russia turns a Ukrainian nuclear city into a stronghold of fear:" https://archive.ph/2Njj4#selection-1027.0-1027.63

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* "Tests show Navalny was poisoned in jail, his widow says:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ye0x28vzqo#0'

* "How Gen Z-led protests put Nepal's 1st female prime minister in power:" https://www.npr.org/2025/09/20/nx-s1-5545760/nepal-protests-gen-z

* "Nepal’s new prime minister urges calm after deadly protests:" https://apnews.com/article/nepal-new-prime-minister-protests-karki-0f552615029eb12574c9587d8d76ec46

* "Japan is set to choose its fourth PM in five years - who could be next?:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62l9488ljlo

* "Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction:" https://archive.ph/HnzEA

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* "Republicans warn Australia of ‘punitive measures’ over recognition of Palestinian state:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/21/republicans-warn-australia-of-punitive-measures-over-recognition-of-palestinian-state

This is an excellent way to possibly fatally damage US National Security, a long cherished goal of Putin, and therefore Trump.

Piss off Australia enough and we lose about US' surveillance coverage of the earth necessary for US signal detection system in war.

If you've not heard of Pine Gap, this will help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap

* "ABC excluded from Trump’s UK press conference as British officials deny any link to clash with Australian journalist:" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/18/abc-barred-from-trumps-uk-press-conference-after-clash-with-australian-journalist-john-lyons

* "Trump administration says it’s reached ‘framework’ deal to keep TikTok running in US:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/trump-china-tiktok-deal-00563750

* Trump jeopardizes national security for personal gain again. "Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.:" https://archive.ph/uA9bR

* "John Roberts allows Trump to withhold foreign-aid funds approved by Congress — for now:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/09/congress/john-roberts-foreign-aid-funding-supreme-court-decision-00553743

* "Trump Admin Said $9.7 Million in Contraceptives Destroyed, Belgian Authorities Said Still in Limbo:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/usaid-contraceptives-destroyed-trump-admin-1235426072/

They are going to destroy contraceptives we already paid for to prevent women having access to them.

* "Belgian activists rally to prevent destruction of USAID contraceptive stocks:" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/09/19/belgian-activists-rally-to-prevent-destruction-of-usaid-contraceptive-stocks_6745538_4.html

* "Supreme Court to quickly consider if President Donald Trump has power to impose sweeping tariffs:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-d1d0dd6ddd83e2c1df1598e468b839f5

* "Tariffs Are Uniting Two Whiskey Heavyweights: Scotch and Bourbon:" https://archive.ph/rBA9K

* "House again votes to surrender tariff powers to Trump:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/16/congress/house-again-votes-to-surrender-tariff-powers-to-trump-00566975

* "Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal… Again:"

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* "Inflation climbs in August as grocery and gas prices jump:" https://www.npr.org/2025/09/11/nx-s1-5537074/inflation-economy-grocery-gas-federal-reserve

* "BLS revision shows annual hiring was overstated by 911,000 jobs:" https://www.npr.org/2025/09/09/nx-s1-5527000/bls-us-job-growth-numbers-revised

* "Federal Reserve cuts key rate for first time this year:" https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-inflation-trump-2d05401d7c9cb2393925f494aac71d89

* "Young America faces an economic crisis:" https://www.axios.com/2025/09/10/jobs-young-adults-labor-market

* "Senate confirms Trump nominee Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-confirms-trump-nominee-stephen-miran-federal-reserve-rcna231310

* "Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to unseat Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook ahead of rate vote:" https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-cook-trump-56e36badb0d1e9752e306fd6609747bd

* "No evidence of primary residence violation by Fed Gov Lisa Cook, says Michigan official:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/15/no-evidence-of-primary-residence-violation-by-fed-gov-lisa-cook-says-michigan-official.html

* "Scott Bessent’s mortgage history undercuts Trump’s case to oust Fed governor Lisa Cook:" https://www.advocate.com/news/scott-bessent-mortgage-applications

* So they lied that she committed mortgage fraud to oust her, something a whole bunch of Trump officials actually did.

Every accusation a confession with Republicans.

* "ICE Just Spent Millions On Surveillance Tech Banned By Facebook:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/09/18/ice-spends-millions-on-social-media-spy-tech-banned-by-meta-facebook/

* "ICE reactivation of spyware contract raises alarm about next steps:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/ice-reactivation-of-spyware-contract-raises-alarm-about-next-steps-247156293683

* "South Korea to probe potential human rights abuses in US raid:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9j585g23go

* "Recent DACA arrests raise alarm among legal advocates:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/recent-daca-arrests-raise-alarm-legal-advocates/story?id=125638163

* "After rescinding protections, ICE is moving to deport more immigrants who were victims of crime:" https://apnews.com/article/immigrants-crime-victims-ice-detention-u-visas-d616ca1c8762683639cdab1e61741f6a?

* "Environmental groups ask appeals court to reconsider Alligator Alcatraz decision:" https://archive.ph/VZ1q6

* "Wait, How Exactly Did ICE Manage to “Lose” More Than 1,000 Alligator Alcatraz Detainees?:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a67951055/alligator-alcatraz-missing-detainees/

* "Opinion | Concentration camps are not just part of our past, but our present and future:" https://www.startribune.com/trump-administration-detention-centers-us-immigration/601457107

* "Supreme Court Just Legalized Racial Profiling:"

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* "Racial Profiling is Back, Baby!:"

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* "Protesters gather outside US Rep. Jefferson Shreve's office, opposing Camp Atterbury ICE detainments:" https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/camp-atterbury-ice-detainment-protests-us-rep-jefferson-shreve-greenwood-indiana/531-1ff064d6-14c7-40b5-83ce-2fec4bc08298

* "Protesters and Federal Agents Clash Outside an ICE Detention Facility Near Chicago:" https://archive.ph/uVc3I

* "Photos: Protesters march against Trump administration immigration enforcement threats:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/photos-protesters-march-against-trump-administration-immigration-enforcement-threats/

* "DHS launches immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Boston:" https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5534338/ice-chicago-boston-immigration-raids

* "Man fatally shot by ICE in Franklin Park had just dropped off his child at school, Rep. Delia Ramirez says:" https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/13/man-fatally-shot-by-ice-officer-in-franklin-park-is-identified

* "'Harbinger of what's to come': Tensions boil after ICE agent kills father near Chicago:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-harbinger-of-what-s-to-come-tensions-boil-after-ice-agent-kills-father-near-chicago-247539269657

* "San Francisco federal judge again blocks Trump from stripping immigration protections for Venezuelans, Haitians:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/05/tps-ruling-venezuela-haiti-00548420

* "US immigration officers ramp up sweeps in LA after raid restrictions are lifted:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/08/immigration-officers-los-angeles-california

* "Jury finds LA protester not guilty of assaulting border patrol agent:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/los-angeles-border-agent-trial

* "Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid:" https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/08/firefighters-question-leaders-role-washington-immigration-raid/

* "Trump administration now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, Africa:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-warns-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el/story?id=125302355

* "Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/mahmoud-khalil-immigration-deportation-order-00569769?campaign_id=9&instance_id=162782&nl=the-morning®i_id=193655906&segment_id=206140&user_id=e330a41df83b2b4a8bd9131d9f6e2c72

* "Andry José Hernández Romero tells his story of horrific prison abuse to out California Democrat Mark Takano:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/andry-hernandez-romero-mark-takano

* "The H-2A Visa Trap:" https://projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-farmworkers-operation-blooming-onion/

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

Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
Mid-South Immigration Advocates: https://miamemphis.org/
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights

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* "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

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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.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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* "Democrat wins special election for seat held by slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrat-wins-special-election-seat-held-slain-minnesota-lawmaker-rcna231458

* "Luigi Mangione: Judge tosses 2 state murder charges related to act of terrorism:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/luigi-mangione-returns-court-1st-time-5-months/story?id=125617908

*** Kirk/Kimmel/Related Pretextual Right Wing Terrorism and Attack on our Freedoms Sort is Likely Rough because this moved Fast***

* I can not even begin to cover all the terroristic right wing bomb threats since Kirk, but I will give you a small selection.

* "String of bomb threats force evacuations at HBCUs & DNC HQ after Charlie Kirk shooting:" https://www.advocate.com/news/charlie-kirk-bomb-threats-dnc-hbcus

* "Bomb threats target homes of state Democratic Senate and House leaders Wirth and Szczepanski:" https://sourcenm.com/2025/09/11/bomb-threat-targets-nm-senate-majority-leader-wirths-home-nearby-school-evacuated/

* "New Mexico Teenager Charged with Making Violent Online Threats:" https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/new-mexico-teenager-charged-making-violent-online-threats

* "Bomb threats, lockdowns: A state on edge in wake of Charlie Kirk killing:" https://marylandmatters.org/2025/09/12/bomb-threats-lockdowns-a-state-on-edge-in-wake-of-charlie-kirk-killing/

* "Bomb threat targets Riverside County medical centers; all-clear given after hundreds evacuated:" https://abc7.com/post/riverside-county-medical-facilities-lockdown-bomb-threat/17829000/

* "The Oregon Senate’s top 3 Democrats received bomb threats Thursday:" https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/11/oregon-senate-top-democrats-bomb-threats-political-violence-wagner-jama-manning/

* "Phoenix man arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up LGBTQ+ bar over Charlie Kirk killing:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/phoenix-lgbtq-bar-threats-charlie-kirk

* "Prosecutors will seek death penalty for suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/16/charlie-kirk-killing-charges-filed-00566631

* "Utah prosecutor reads chilling text messages Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter’s roommate provided to police:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/tyler-robinson-roommate-helpful

* "New York Post targets trans people with ‘harmful’ reporting on Charlie Kirk murder, critics say:" https://www.advocate.com/news/new-york-post-charlie-kirk

* "Wall Street Journal quietly walks back false claim Charlie Kirk shooter had pro-trans messages on his bullets:" https://www.advocate.com/news/wall-street-journal-charlie-kirk

* "Texas Congressman Says Trans People Need To Be Taken ‘Off The Streets’ After Charlie Kirk Shooting:" https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-congressman-says-trans-people-need-to-be-taken-off-the-streets-after-charlie-kirk-shooting

He's calling for internment camps for trans people because a trans person who is innocent is helping with the investigation, because why the fuck not. Any pretext for internment camps and eventual genocide.

* "95 Democrats vote to honor far-right activist Charlie Kirk in House resolution:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/95-democrats-vote-honor-kirk

Charlie Kirk was a proud Neo-NAZI who wanted people like me dead and considered children killed in Mass Shootings a small sacrifice for the 2nd Amendment. In related news, Hakeem Jefferies continues to disappoint.

* "Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-quotes-beliefs

* "We must not posthumously sanitize Charlie Kirk's hateful life:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/charlie-kirk-sanitize-opinion

* "Utah Gov. Cox is 'calmed' by Kirk's words, but a generation has been indoctrinated by his rhetoric of hate:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/charlie-kirk-indoctrinated-generation-hste

* "Charlie Kirk DID say stoning gay people was the 'perfect law' — and these other heinous quotes:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/charlie-kirk-anti-lgbtq-quotes

* "Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-ezra-klein-tanehisi-coates

* "Obama says the US is at ‘an inflection point’ after Kirk’s killing and Trump has divided the country:" https://apnews.com/article/obama-charlie-kirk-trump-political-violence-faa0b07e88e4236daaee78bca4f569e8

* "Gov. Walz trashes Trump on shootings, national guard, economy:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/gov-walz-trashes-trump-on-shootings-national-guard-economy-247738437627

* "Ilhan Omar, Nancy Mace fight over Mace's false claim that Omar celebrated Charlie Kirk's death:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/ilhan-omar-nancy-mace-fight

* "Nancy Mace Pushes Ilhan Omar Censure, Suggests Deportation, Says ‘F**k Her’:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-mace-ilhan-omar-censure-resolution_n_68cae489e4b0dc3c956bffe7

* "‘Our country is being led by idiots’: Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to threats against her:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-our-country-is-being-led-by-idiots-rep-ilhan-omar-responds-to-threats-against-her-248015941519

* "'Not a serious person': Fmr. FBI official SLAMS Kash Patel's leadership:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-not-a-serious-person-fmr-fbi-official-slams-kash-patel-s-leadership-247567941666

* "'Embarrassing the FBI': Schiff predicts Kash Patel won't last long as director:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-embarrassing-the-fbi-schiff-predicts-kash-patel-won-t-last-long-as-director-247729221865

* "Military leaders consider recruiting campaign centered on Charlie Kirk:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/military-leaders-consider-recruiting-campaign-centered-charlie-kirk-rcna231971

Reminder: Turning Point USA iand Charlie Kirk are Neo-NAZIs. They are actively recruiting Neo-NAZIs.

* "Trump Downplays the ‘Radical Right’ and Says the Left Is the Problem:" https://archive.ph/g3OS7

* "White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups:" https://archive.ph/DtFod

* "JD Vance declares war on left-leaning organizations while hosting Charlie Kirk podcast:" https://www.advocate.com/news/jd-vace-charlie-kirk-podcast

* "After Charlie Kirk's death, Trump Jr. falsely claims trans people more dangerous than al-Qaeda:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-jr-transgender-terrorists

* "FBI Readies New War on Trans People:" https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readies-new-war-on-trans-people

Abandon us now and they come after you next. It will not stop with internment camps and likely genocide for Trans People.

* "The Heritage Foundation wants transgender people and allies designated as terrorists:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/heritage-foundation-transgender-terrorists

They are making us unpeople with no rights. They are claiming that just existing is by definition a terrorist act.

* "Donald Trump tries — again — to designate 'antifa' as a terrorist organization:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/donald-trump-antifa-terrorist-organization

Reminder: Antifa is just a shortening of antifascist/antifascism. Republicans want to make it a terrorist act to oppose fascism in any form.

* "What is antifa, and can Donald Trump label it a 'terrorist' group?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/what-is-antifa-terrorist-organization

* "The right wing is creating a society of snitches:" https://www.theverge.com/policy/778972/right-wing-harassment-firings-charlie-kirk

* "‘That is not the law’: Bondi promised to target ‘hate speech.’ She’s facing backlash from all corners.:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/16/pam-bondi-first-amendment-hate-speech-prosecution-00566424

* "Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/16/sonia-sotomayor-free-speech-pam-bondi-00566449

* "Louisiana Republican demands social media companies delete anti-Charlie Kirk posts & ban users:" https://www.advocate.com/news/clay-higgins-social-media-censorship

* "'So absurd': Chris Hayes blasts MAGA crackdown on free speech :" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-so-absurd-chris-hayes-blasts-maga-crackdown-on-free-speech-247727173691

* "Trump targets First Amendment; sets 'fairness' to Trump as hate speech standard:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-targets-first-amendment-sets-fairness-to-trump-as-hate-speech-standard-247738949928

* "Pete Hegseth tells Pentagon staff to hunt for negative Charlie Kirk posts by service members:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-pentagon-staff-negative-charlie-kirk-posts-service-members-rcna230915

* "Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else:" https://archive.ph/cyMAc

* "US officials plan to punish foreigners ‘making light of’ Charlie Kirk death:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/christopher-landau-charlie-kirk-foreigners

* "Trump Celebrates Censorship by Mocking Jimmy Kimmel:" https://newrepublic.com/post/200623/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-dropped-charlie-kirk

* "Trump targets First Amendment; sets 'fairness' to Trump as hate speech standard:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-targets-first-amendment-sets-fairness-to-trump-as-hate-speech-standard-247738949928

* "Bigger than Kimmel: Psaki shows what's really behind the comedian's suspension:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/bigger-than-kimmel-psaki-shows-what-s-really-behind-the-comedian-s-suspension-247913029718

* "'Right out of Goodfellas': Cruz defies Trump on Kimmel, calls out 'mafioso' tactics:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-right-out-of-goodfellas-cruz-defies-trump-on-kimmel-calls-out-mafioso-tactics-247978565764

* "Kimmel’s suspension sets off furious debate over free speech:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/18/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-reaction-00571616

* "In canceling Jimmy Kimmel, Trump’s censorship regime guts free speech:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-regime-cancels-jimmy-kimmel

* "‘Chilling’: Hayes reacts to Jimmy Kimmel suspension following Trump FCC threats:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-chilling-hayes-reacts-to-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-following-trump-fcc-threats-247816773690

* "Bernie Sanders rips Jimmy Kimmel suspension: Now we're closer to 'authoritarianism':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-sanders-rips-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-now-we-re-closer-to-authoritarianism-247816773925

* "‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Replaced With Charlie Kirk Tribute on Sinclair’s ABC Stations; Company Demands Kimmel Apologize and Donate to Kirk’s Family and Turning Point USA:" https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-live-replaced-charlie-kirk-tribute-sinclair-apology-1236522789/

* "Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension sparks congressional investigation:" https://www.advocate.com/news/robert-garcia-jimmy-kimmel-probe

* "Obama scolds media companies: Get a spine:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/18/obama-denounces-white-house-after-kimmel-suspension-00571397

* "Democrats introduce bill to protect free speech while decrying Kimmel’s suspension:" https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-9-18-2025#00000199-5dba-d2f1-ad9b-fffe118e0000

* "Comedian rips Trump's comedy crackdown rooted in 'fear':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/comedian-rips-trump-s-comedy-crackdown-rooted-in-fear-248016453861

* "In the aftermath of Kirk’s killing and Kimmel’s silencing, where do we go from here?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/kirk-kimmel-opinion

* "Can you really get fired for what you say about Charlie Kirk? A lawyer weighs in:" https://www.advocate.com/news/charlie-kirk-free-speech-firings

* "Free speech backlash as even members of Trump's base reject his attack on the First Amendment:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/free-speech-backlash-as-even-members-of-trump-s-base-reject-his-attack-on-the-first-amendment-247990341512

* "Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-dictators-media-putin-russia-orban-hungary-2de4b920e9d7952eed132d38e1934ce5

* "Maria Ressa - Fighting Back Against Trump’s Authoritarian Algorithm With Truth | The Daily Show:"

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* "'Death by a thousand cuts': Garry Kasparov on how democratic rights can slowly slip away:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-death-by-a-thousand-cuts-garry-kasparov-on-how-democratic-rights-can-slowly-slip-away-247916101551

* "Civil War Canceled: The Right is Fracturing w/ former Turning Points Staff Member:"

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* CW: Abuse. "Inside a ‘Hell on Earth’ in Oklahoma:" https://archive.ph/1FtZZ#selection-493.0-493.262

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* "Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art:" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/why-ai-isnt-going-to-make-art

* "Banksy mural scrubbed from Royal Courts of Justice:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2z30p033ro

* "Robert Redford, ‘Butch Cassidy’ and ‘All the President’s Men’ Icon, Dies at 89:" https://variety.com/2025/film/news/robert-redford-dead-all-the-presidents-men-1236520246/

* "Legendary actor, activist, and ally Robert Redford dies at 89:" https://www.advocate.com/people/sundance-founder-robert-redford-dies

* "11 of Robert Redford’s most memorable performances and where to watch them:" https://apnews.com/article/robert-redford-movies-c4f4f9b41fdfac094405c62be86f293f

* "The ageless Robert Redford, a heartthrob and LGBTQ+ ally all his life, began his career with a queer role:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/robert-redford-lgbtq-ally

* "A new book claims Hollywood legend Cesar Romero led a private queer life:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/cesar-romero-private-queer-life

* Apparently it takes a full vote of the board to decide if Management is going to make more demands reguarding the garden. It is mid September and yet when I went out to water the garden to day it was so hot and humid I struggled to breathe.

* The Garden is saved!

I suspect an entire tomato plant won't survive and some of the others are damaged, but we are cleared for now. My pinwheels are back out there and I did a little more rearranging in hopes of fostering more tomato survival.

In other news the "holistic" in home physio lady came by. Livia was horrified. Tavy, who is not fond of her came out and twined her legs. She was really nice today. It's like she' forgotten she didn't like me.

Four new of her delicate, but generally effective exercises to work on. She pressed the right spots to get some of the range of motion back after the Garden Situation completely thrashed me.

I realized I had time to do a library run, so I did, as City contractors are planning to come by tomorrow to put in the water filter, so I couldn't trust I'd be able to get out to exchange books.

New Millennial has nailed the trim onto the book ends and attached them for the great Shelf project.

We are likely doing the kitchen shelving project at some point this Autumn as I basically just did a stop gap and we already have everything we need to do it.

* Thursday City Contractor came to put in the water filter which we believe will solve so many long term problems. In related news, I am very glad the cats drink the same filtered water I do. The thing needs draining every month, but they think they can drain it to the patio mostly using existing pipes.

They need both my room and the hall closet as the water heater is by my bedroom door and the pipes for the whole apartment are accessed via the adjoining wall. All water for the apartment runs through the heater, so they are intercepting it before it enters. The assembly isn't that big and they are going to build a soffit around it with an access panel. I think.

New Millennial finished the shelf refurbishment and I mounted it in my room before my per-contractor nap. It looks great and randomly is the length my bed is wide. While city contractor was out getting another part (and lunch), I went into my room and put all the books that go on that shelf that I've found so far up on it. I also put the loose CDs away where the CDs go. (It had been blocked by boxes.

After I eventually get some sleep, I can theoretically start on the remaining living room boxes. If there are any spoons for it.

UPDATE: The gentlemen have gone. I have a bucket under the assembly in case of leaks. He's coming back likely next week to build the protective bit around it and put in a thing with wingnuts we can loosen in case of servicing. The little filter chamber will hang below the boxy thing, and I'm to release it every week.

* City Contractor contacted me Friday to see if he could come back Saturday, which was a surprise. I did not know contractors worked non-emergency things on weekends, but I said yes. (It turned out his wife is doing rather strenuous medical training and has been turfing him out Saturday afternoons for quiet time. He so clearly loves her from the wat he speaks of it).

He came in the afternoon to do the sofit thing around the filter and put the closet door back on.

We still have floor repair and the massive fire/electrical project, but the general contracting is done.

It is huge for piece of mind to know the water is now people/pet/appliance safe.

UPDATE: The weather was perfect for gardening, so I gave in and tried re-potting the strawberries, as that will give me more watering access to that end of the patio. The results were not ideal. The fix is, inevitably labour intensive and I am exhausted, so I set it up at good enough and will try again another day, as I have two solutions in mind.

I also managed a little sorting last night, though mostly it was taking two small boxes and shifting the contents so stuff needing putting away in a particular area could live in a box in that area for now. Really, I need to reorganize the light box to make more room, but the logical time for that is in a couple weeks, so fuck it. I shall move on to the search for the rest of my books. Once those are sorted and back on shelves, the grand fish reorganization, follows. Then October, which creates new problems, but solves others like the closet I randomly jammed things into during the HoA Bedroom Emergency and the light box and the small things needing go away in specific places.

Sigh.

* It turned out my fan kept opening my bedroom black out curtain, so I had to tie that fucker down today, which was an entire drama. We'll see if I wake up tomorrow with it open.

It was hotter than ideal, but leaving the strawberries like that kept haunting me, so I dragged myself out to rearrange the garden, again. It was A Lot of lifting for me, and kept running up against the shoulder joint limits, but I really like how it turned out. Plan B for the strawberries worked. Now to see if they survive transplanting. They barely produced this year anyway, so I don't feel as bad about it as I might otherwise. Maybe they will do better re-potted next year. I can now see how much damage the Great HoA Garden Reorganization did the tomatoes and I could weep.

Still, I like how I have things set up now and I can actually reach composting again.

Later New Millennial and I went on a field trip to the other side of town to a little Mexican Grocery store we hadn't been to before. They have elephant ears that taste like childhood, it turns out incidentally. They also had what we were separately looking for, so yay!

* 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

* "Trump Blames the Left for Charlie Kirk's Assassination as Rhetoric Escalates | The Daily Show:"

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Is it just me or did Michael Kosta of all people do a better job of commentary in the immediate wake of the assassination than 90% or more of the actual news media?

* "Charlie Kirk Criticism Ignites MAGA Cancel Culture Spree | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Wages War on American Cities As DOD Gets a Makeover | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Sending National Guard to NYC? New Yorkers Sound Off | The Daily Show:"

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* "Kash Patel Gets Grilled on Epstein & Trump Lives Out His King Fantasies in the U.K. | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump's Pervy Epstein Bday Card Released & MAGA Allies Run Cover | The Daily Show:"

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* "If Trump Isn’t Dying, Why Is He Being Treated Like a Make-A-Wish Kid? | The Daily Show:"

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* "Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show:"

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* "It Was All A Dream: Ten Years Of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert:"

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* "The Late Show Turns 10: A Fond Look Back On The Things Stephen Chooses To Remember:"

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* "Europe On The Brink Of War | Trump Goes Out To Dinner | MAHA For Kids | "I'll Drink To That":"

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* "A Message Of Unity | Aliens Are Here | Ambassador Fired Over Epstein Book | RFK Jr. Is “Different”:"

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* "Trump’s Magical Carriage Ride | RFK Jr. Stokes Vaccine Chaos | Buying TikTok | Who Owns The Moon?:"

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* "Sex Doctor Scandal | America Loves Cocaine Again | Boozed-Up Chimps:"

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* "Meanwhile… Koala Chlamydia | Forever Chemicals In Beer | Fish Sex:"

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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

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