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* "America vs. the World:" https://archive.ph/GseDk

* "President ▅▅▅▅▅▅▅ in the news:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2750720.html

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* "Drone's War in Ukraine:" https://paserbyp.dreamwidth.org/815984.html

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* "Iran protests have eased after government's brutal crackdown, activist says:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/iran-protests-have-eased-after-governments-brutal-crackdown-activist-says

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* "European leaders warn Trump's Greenland tariffs threaten 'dangerous downward spiral':" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/18/nx-s1-5681422/european-leaders-greenland-tariffs-downward-spiral

*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News (Sort likely a little rough)***

* "Abolish the senses:" https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/abolish-the-senses

* "Trump’s Moaning Border Czar Cooks Up Revenge Plot Against People Being Mean About ICE:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-moaning-border-czar-tom-homan-cooks-up-revenge-plot-against-people-being-mean-about-ice/

* "Minnesota, Maine brace for feds after Trump’s Insurrection Act threat:" https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/minnesota-maine-ice-federal-troops-insurrection-act-trump/

* "Judge limits ICE’s crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/ice-minneapolis-arrests-judge-protests-00735416

* "ICE Agents Detain Workers Who Had Just Served Them Lunch:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-dhs-department-of-homeland-security-cretins-detain-mexican-migrant-workers-who-had-just-served-them-lunch/

* "Couple Says ICE Agents Gassed Them as They Drove With 6 Children:" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/minneapolis-couple-ice-tear-gas-6-children.html

Ice agents violently attacked them for the crime of being innocent black people just trying to drive home, endangering six children, one of them a baby who they could have killed.

They refuse to explain why they decided to tear gas a car full of kids to the point they were struggling to breathe and the baby was foaming at the mouth.

* "Woman dragged from car by ICE identified as U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/aliya-rahman-citizen-ice-arrest-9.7047853

They dragged an innocent disabled US citizen from her car for the pleasure of keeping her from a doctor's appointment, illegally detaining her in the absence of any crime and denying her medical treatment until they passed out.

* "Trump's anti-immigrant overreach BACKFIRES; 'It looks bad,' says advisor:"

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* "Noem creates police state in Minnesota for Trump; Residents learn to adapt to threat:"

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

"Support minnesotans defending their communities from ICE:" https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
"When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers
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
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

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* "National Park Service will void passes with stickers over Trump's face:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/09/nx-s1-5672341/national-park-updates-guidelines-stop-visitors-defacing-trump-picture-pass

* "Suspended Michigan autoworker who heckled Trump gets outpouring of donations:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/trump-suspended-michigan-autoworker

* "Ford worker who called Trump ‘pedophile protector’ has ‘no regrets whatsoever’:"

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* "Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’:" https://archive.ph/LpehR

* "Trump regrets not seizing voting machines after 2020 election loss:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/12/trump-voting-machines-election-2020

* "what’s permuting itself around in my head, part two: the election:" https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2055440.html

Quality speculation on the likely game plan to overturn the election and how we should start organizing now to resist it.

* "Trump says he will temporarily cap credit card rates:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/09/trump-says-he-will-temporarily-cap-credit-card-rates-00721147

* "Trump threatens to cut off funds to 'sanctuary' cities and their states starting next month:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-immigration-funds-sanctuary-cities-states-february-rcna253986

This is blatantly illegal with a lot of precedent behind it.

* "Trump’s first-year actions sparked a fiery legal war, and stunning rebukes from judges:" https://archive.ph/Gr3IO#selection-2467.78-2476.1

* "Judge blocks Trump’s $10B welfare fund freeze:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/09/judge-blocks-trumps-welfare-fund-freeze-00720936

* "‘Brace for impact’: Trump turns fraud into new weapon against blue states:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/12/brace-for-impact-trump-turns-fraud-into-new-weapon-against-blue-states-00719401?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=c6c334c5-29a0-4ae2-a156-370f4d70e9b6

* "A judge orders HHS to restore children's health funding as a lawsuit continues:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g-s1-105740/a-judge-orders-hhs-to-restore-childrens-health-funding-as-a-lawsuit-continues

* "Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers':" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g-s1-105808/offshore-orsted-revolution-wind-trump-court-clean-energy

* "Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants to Democratic states:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-clean-energy-democrats-blue-state-hydrogen-9269a5a839122e1b3fd487787747d47e

* "Trump rebuked at every turn; Courts and Congress show new spine as Americans take to the streets:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-rebuked-at-every-turn-courts-and-congress-show-new-spine-as-americans-take-to-the-streets-2481027651505

* "Pentagon will begin review of 'effectiveness' of women in ground combat positions:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/06/nx-s1-5667583/pentagon-review-women-in-ground-combat-roles

* "Renaming Defense Department Could Cost Taxpayers $125 Million:" https://archive.ph/hXTvO

I think I just found more government waste.

* "Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says :" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/elon-musk-grok-hegseth-military-pentagon

So adding nonsense and inaccuracy as well as increasing security risks beyond those caused by Pete Hegseth himself.

* "Two Staffers for Trump’s Labor Boss Put on Leave Amid Fling Probe:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-staffers-for-trumps-labor-boss-put-on-leave-amid-fling-probe/

* "Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677104/trump-administration-letter-terminating-addiction-mental-health-grants

* "Dr. Demetre Daskalakis on leaving the CDC and calling out RFK Jr. :" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/daskalakis-on-rfk-cdc-resignation

* "E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution:" https://archive.ph/Tsv8A

* "Poor communities threatened by aging sewers see crucial aid slashed under Trump:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-epa-wastewater-systems-minority-dei-8f67357e87f9fe67e8c7351b6d5244de?

* "Smithsonian swaps Trump portrait and removes mention of impeachments:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/11/smithsonian-swaps-trump-portrait

**** Corruption of the Justice System, Pushback, and Related ****

* "Federal judge demands former Trump lawyer explain why she’s still listed as U.S. attorney :" https://thedailyrecord.com/2026/01/08/judge-orders-lindsey-halligan-us-attorney-title-constitutional-ruling/

* "DOJ says Halligan is still a US attorney, despite a judge disqualifying her:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/13/lindsey-halligan-us-attorney-doj-00726362

* "Top attorney dismissed in prosecutor's office run by Lindsey Halligan:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/top-attorney-dismissed-prosecutors-office-run-lindsey-halligan-rcna253651

* "DOJ opens probe into Fed’s Powell, drawing backlash from lawmakers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/11/doj-probe-fed-powell-statements-headquarters-00721679

* "Global central bankers speak up for beleaguered Fed Chair Powell:" https://www.politico.eu/article/global-central-bankers-speak-up-for-beleaguered-fed-chair-jerome-powell/

* "Wall Street executives warn Trump: Stop attacking the Fed and credit card industry:" https://apnews.com/article/banks-trump-jamie-dimon-jpmorgan-credit-cards-bny-b4f31993a64c31687c91f17beab0a98a

* "The enormous stakes of Donald Trump’s fight with Jerome Powell:" https://www.vox.com/policy/474960/donald-trump-jerome-powell-fed-economic-stakes

* "Why Trump’s foolhardy Fed power grab is so dangerous:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/why-trump-s-foolhardy-fed-power-grab-is-so-dangerous-2481262147880

* "Democrat Elissa Slotkin says she is under investigation for video on illegal orders:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/g-s1-105989/slotkin-investigation-illegal-orders

* "Mark Kelly sues Hegseth over ‘chilling’ effort to reduce military retirement rank:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/12/mark-kelly-pete-hegseth-lawsuit

* "Trump's ongoing freakout over viral video message to military spurs weaponized DOJ:"

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* "US justice department investigating Minnesota Democrats over alleged obstruction of ICE:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx1wgvpr1zo

The Law is about using force, such as the insurrectionists used on Jan. 6 to try to stop the transfer of presidential power to Biden, not for legally protected speech.

* "Former special counsel Jack Smith to testify publicly about Trump probes:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/former-special-counsel-jack-smith-testify-publicly-trump-judiciary-com-rcna253740

* "FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/fbi-raid-washington-post-hannah-natanson

**** Trump/Epstein/Maxwell, etc. CW: CSA ****

* "Trump DOJ In Contempt of Congress:"

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* "Conservative Californians ask SCOTUS to allow forced outing of transgender students:" https://www.advocate.com/news/education/supreme-court-appeal-forced-outing

They want the legal right to abuse other people's children.

* "Supreme Court seems likely to rule against transgender athletes in school sports programs:" https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-anti-trans-sports-laws

* "7 takeaways from Supreme Court arguments about bans on trans women and girls in sports:" https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-athletes-scotus-takeaways

* "The trans athletes at the center of Supreme Court cases don’t fit conservative stereotypes:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender-athletes-supreme-court

* "The Supreme Court’s trans sports cases are about erasure, not fairness:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/supreme-court-transgender-sports-case

* "Hiring slows in December to end the weakest year of job growth since the pandemic:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/09/nx-s1-5670392/jobs-employment-labor-market-economy-tariffs

* "Here’s the inflation breakdown for December 2025 — in one chart:" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/13/cpi-inflation-december-2025-breakdown.html

* "Tortilla, broccoli, ‘a piece of chicken’: US agriculture secretary mocked for ‘money-saving’ meal:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/trump-agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-food-guidelines

* "A Dallas Megadonor, a New Nonprofit, and the War on ‘Housing First’:" https://www.texasobserver.org/dallas-texas-monty-bennett-homeless-policy/

* "‘We’re asking for very basic things’: 15,000 nurses are on strike in New York City:" https://19thnews.org/2026/01/new-york-city-nurses-strike/

* On I.C.E. "Robert Reich has talking points for calling your reps re: ICE and the DHS funding bill:"

* On I.C.E. "Today's earful to my federal legislators:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2750636.html

* "Trump announces outlines of health care plan he wants Congress to consider:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-health-care-insurance-congress-savings-accounts-b7b4caae9ad14fda4646c42d3858202b

* "Fewer Americans sign up for Affordable Care Act health insurance as costs spike:" https://apnews.com/article/affordable-care-act-aca-health-insurance-subsidies-a95164553f8cdd6c77348856334e64d6

* "Georgia Republican's weeklong anti-trans obsession with Sarah McBride plays out on the House floor and online:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/andrew-clyde-sarah-mcbride-obsession

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* Our until Midterms 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.

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

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

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

"Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It:" https://boltsmag.org/prosecuted-for-voting-american-samoans-alaska/

* "The GOP’s Secret to Protecting Gerrymandered Electoral Maps? Claim Privilege.:" https://www.propublica.org/article/electoral-maps-gerrymandering-texas-voting-elections-privilege

* "Tennessee Republicans unveil ‘Immigration 2026’ agenda as ‘model’ for rest of nation:" https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/15/tennessee-republicans-unveil-immigration-2026-agenda-as-model-for-rest-of-nation/

* "Federal judges allow California congressional map to stand:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/14/federal-judges-california-congressional-map-00729765

* "6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong:" https://theconversation.com/6-myths-about-rural-america-how-conventional-wisdom-gets-it-wrong-269037

* "Abigail Spanberger becomes VA's first woman governor, honoring history and diversity in inaugural speech:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/abigail-spanberger-inauguration-diversity

* "Members Of Congress Should Not Be Allowed To Trade Stocks While In Office - Gov.-elect Spanberger:"

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* "24 members of Congress are 80 or older. More than half are running for re-election.:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-oldest-members-run-reelection-80s-rcna249479

* "Mary Peltola, barrier-breaking ex-Alaska congresswoman, is challenging Dan Sullivan in Senate race:" https://apnews.com/article/alaska-senate-peltola-sullivan-3fd17afc556641652e83e9c11d700306

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* "Locally Extinct for a Century, Bay Scallops Thriving Again on Virginia Shore of Chesapeake Bay:" https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/locally-extinct-for-a-century-bay-scallops-thriving-again-on-virginia-shore/

* Friday after the lying down part of physio, I did manage to drag myself out to exchange books and they hadn't return the one that was close to the edge. I also felt like I'd been beaten with sticks and send on a long slog through mud. By the time I reheated leftovers for dinner, I had the shakes pretty bad, which is no surprise. Thursday is supposed to be a rest day, but I didn't get one. By Friday, I was on day five of not enough sleep while doing physio. I had an uncontrolled fall trying to feed fish, so that's one mild sprain one the ankle that dislocated one the week before and once the week before that. My body then piled on the really bad muscle spasms, which were also no real surprise as the muscles involved are also ones I am using for physio. I still owed sitting and standing physio on top of all this. I ended up deciding standing physio wasn't safe and liable to re-injure, but I did do sitting physio.

I pushed myself to get an aggregate out anyway, ahead of the weekend protests, and also under the belief that I was going to be a MESS Saturday, which I was. It took four hours to do lying down physio as Livia kept coming for pets and cuddle naps and I kept needing cuddle naps. I did end up doing all the physio, but I suspect I should not have done standing physio because the ankle is really unhappy now even though it was okayish during.

There are a bunch of things I really need to do in my room because I really am tired of it not being properly squared away after All the Things and I am so close to done, but half of it is standing and I am so tired if I try to sort I will never leave the bed. I really need to change bedding too, but it's a two person job and Squirrel literally can't help and it's really too much for New Millennial. I have no idea how I will change a fitted sheet under these conditions.

Squirrel now has two physio exercises. Progress!

* "The War On Protein Is Over | Trump Unveils Our New National Bird | "High-Grade" Morality:"

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* "The Orphanage (2007) feat. Shelagh Rowan-Legg:" https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-horror-queers-31157095/episode/the-orphanage-2007-feat-shelagh-rowan-legg-301857119/

Contains spoilers. Also some interesting stuff I did not know that illuminates some things.

* "Cabinet Meeting Cold Open - SNL:"

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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.

* "When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers

* "Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

* If you need help with chest binders:

* "Free Chest Binders:" https://www.pointofpride.org/free-chest-binders

* "Brother 2 Brother Binder Program:" https://blacktransmen.org/binder-program/

* "Morebinders:" https://www.morebinders.com/about

* "The Queer Trans Project :" https://queertransproject.org/

* "Free Gender Affirming Gear Program:" https://www.ftmessentials.com/pages/ftme-free-youth-binder-program

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